Jiang Ci, who was not far away, did not say a word or make a single movement.
Li Ailian, who was standing to the side, was clearly angry with Wang Zhaodi. She said angrily to Cheng Huasheng, "I'll say a few words for Battalion Commander Zhou!"
Cheng Huasheng was also furious. He had spent the most time with Zhou Gou in the past four years, and he knew what kind of person Zhou Gou was.
It was precisely because she knew who Zhou Gou was that she was annoyed by Wang Zhaodi's nonsense.
What kind of person is this! They have such despicable thoughts, and now they're trying to shift the blame!
Just as Cheng Huasheng was about to nod, he caught a glimpse of the person standing next to his wife—Jiang Ci.
He thought of his father and Zhou Gou's praise of Jiang Ci.
Cheng Huasheng was extremely grateful to Jiang Ci for her help to his father, but seeing that Jiang Ci was so calm at this moment, Cheng Huasheng was not so angry anymore.
Why not take this opportunity to test what kind of personality Jiang Ci really has?
Cheng Huasheng's mind raced, and he asked, "What is Ms. Jiang thinking?"
"Me?" Jiang Ci glanced at Cheng Huasheng and said, "This is their family matter. It would be a bit superfluous and annoying for an outsider like me to help."
"Why do you say that?" Li Ailian looked at Jiang Ci in surprise. "Aren't you Battalion Commander Zhou's sister-in-law?"
Jiang Ci: "Quickly, your younger siblings who are within five degrees of kinship."
Li Ailian: "..."
Jiang Ci said quite rationally and calmly, "The help from outsiders is only a temporary solution. The reason why Zhou Gou and Wang Zhaodi have become like this is partly due to his disappearance for four years, but the most important factor is that he misjudged people."
She said in a flat tone, "Perhaps he didn't know Wang Zhaodi's character when he chose to marry her, but since he came back, he has never once taken the initiative to find out what Wang Zhaodi has been doing in the past four years. He clearly had so many opportunities to see through Wang Zhaodi, but he pretended not to see it."
“A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall. Zhou Gou had neither made preparations nor had any alternative plans to prevent evil from happening. Now that things have turned out this way, it is no use for us outsiders to help.”
this……
Jiang Ci's words sounded almost cold and inhumane, and Li Ailian and Cheng Huasheng looked at each other, but could not find a single fault in them.
What they didn't know was that if Jiang Ci hadn't repeatedly helped Zhou Huai, Zhou Gou would probably still be in the dark. If things had really progressed to the point where Sun Yaozu was sucking the blood of Zhou's descendants, as Wang Zhaodi had said, Zhou Gou would probably regret it so much that he wouldn't be able to turn back time.
"So we're just going to stand here and watch?" Li Ailian asked.
Jiang Ci did not answer, her gaze falling on Zhou Huai, who was short in the crowd and whose eyes were still a little red.
Now is an opportunity for Zhou Huai to break free of his shackles.
Without destruction, there is no construction.
When people are afraid, they only have a chance to break through by facing their fear directly.
Brave people always enjoy the world first.
As Zhou Huai listened to Wang Zhaodi's framing and the others joining in slandering her father, she became incredibly anxious, almost to the point of pacing around in circles!
She is talking nonsense.
She's talking complete nonsense!
That's clearly not the truth!
Eight-year-old Zhou Huai had already matured and become sensible after the dramatic changes that occurred in his family following the death of his biological mother.
She was sweating profusely with anxiety, looking around anxiously, hoping that people would stop talking about her father.
Suddenly, Zhou Huai met Jiang Ci's gaze.
Aunt Jiang remained calm and composed as she looked at her, her gaze devoid of much emotion.
Amidst the chaotic environment, Zhou Huai's mind suddenly quieted down.
She seemed to understand Aunt Jiang's unspoken meaning.
Zhou Huai's hands were trembling, and his mind was pounding.
She recalled the extremely harsh words Wang Zhaodi had used on her in the past.
"If it weren't for me, you would have been dead long ago. What are you still standing here for? Hurry up and cook me some food!"
"You little slut, I did all this to raise you. If you dare to say a word out of turn, I'll tear your mouth apart and sell you to some remote mountain village!"
"You worthless piece of trash, nobody wanted you! I must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to marry your father. That short-lived bastard died young. Why didn't he take you with him? It would have saved me the trouble of supporting you! Get back to work!"
"Zhou Huai! You remember this, you'll be my maid for the rest of your life, a servant!"
Zhou Huai heard the adults' harsh criticism of his father again.
"Your wife is helping you raise a child who isn't related to you by blood, and instead of being grateful, you hit her! You're a real scoundrel!"
"Exactly! That ungrateful piece of trash who beats his wife doesn't deserve to be a husband or a soldier!"
"Arrest him and send him to a labor camp!"
No……
No.
That's not how it works.
Zhou Huai kept shaking his head, a thought, an idea bursting forth, almost ready to burst forth.
The harsh and disdainful gazes above him spurred Zhou Huai to rush out.
"You're talking nonsense!!"
A childish, trembling voice rang out, like the painful howl of a frail little animal struggling before learning to walk.
Zhou Huai's tears streamed down her face, her voice choked with sobs as she spoke haltingly, "You...you married my father...just for his money!"
"You use all the wages Dad sends back to buy food and other necessities for your son, and you've never spent a single penny on me!"
“When Dad isn’t home, you make me get up every day to cook for you and do your laundry. You eat white flour steamed buns while I can only eat one cornbread bun a day…”
"Only...only when Dad comes back do you deliberately let me dress nicely and eat well." Zhou Huai wiped away her tears; she was crying so hard that her whole body was trembling.
Upon hearing these words, Zhou Gou trembled, utterly shocked.
After yelling all this, Zhou Huai had completely broken down, and his tone became increasingly incoherent. "Everyone in the production team said that Dad is dead and will never come back. I overheard... I overheard that the production team gives my family a subsidy every year, with coupons and meat... But before those things were even distributed, you went and asked for them directly, and gave them all to your son. I have never eaten a single piece of meat!"
Wang Zhaodi was furious when she heard Zhou Huai's words!
That little slut dares to yell at her so loudly, she's really giving her too much face!
Wang Zhaodi retorted angrily, "What nonsense are you spouting!"
Zhou Huai burst into tears and shouted back, her voice even louder than hers, "Everything I said is true!"
“Your father wasn’t home, and you still brought your son home at night! There were also many, many adults… Uncle Zhou’s brother, Aunt Chunhua’s husband, Grandma Qian’s husband…”
Everyone: “!!!”
Cheng Huasheng and Li Ailian: "..."
What the hell!
The onlookers, who had initially felt immense sympathy for Wang Zhaodi, now stared at her with increasingly wide eyes and strange, disdainful looks.
So this was a half-open door to a marriage scam!
You're spending other people's money, living in their house, and even bringing other men home.
You deserve a beating!
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