Chapter 79: Public Apology
"From today on, Su Lanqiao will be designated a key target for supervision. As a result of her attempted escape to evade labor reform and the laxatives she placed in the cafeteria, your labor intensity will be doubled starting tomorrow."
After hearing this, Su Lanqiao raised her head sharply and said, "Captain Wang, what right do you have to make me work twice as hard? This is unfair!"
When Wang Dahai heard her say that, he sneered. Sometimes he really wanted to pry open Su Lanqiao's brain to see what was inside.
How did she have the nerve to reason with me when I had made so many mistakes?
"You should focus on yourself first. Everyone knows you put laxatives in the food. When you return to the dormitory, you'll have to think about how to explain this to these people."
Su Lanqiao's face turned pale instantly. Yes...
How could she forget about this matter?
"If you dare to think of escaping again, I will tell the higher-ups that you will stay here forever and never leave."
Wang Dahai closed the door and left Su Lanqiao, spending the night in the interrogation room.
The next day, she heard a whistle and opened her eyes in a daze. Before she could react, the door of the interrogation room was pushed open forcefully.
"Su Lanqiao, it's time to get up and work. Why aren't you getting up yet? Do you really think this interrogation room is your home?"
The person who came in was Sister Ma, who used to live in the bed next to her in the dormitory.
Now, Sister Ma looked at her with disgust, knowing all that she had done. "Hurry up and get to work. The team leader said you have to go cut grass for the pigs today. You have to feed the dozen or so pigs on our farm well."
"If you don't have enough to eat, you won't be able to eat it all."
She twisted her neck stiffly. She had spent a difficult night on the small wooden bed in the interrogation room last night and did not sleep well. In addition, fear had always filled her heart. Now she was even more frightened when she heard what Sister Ma said.
Su Lanqiao followed behind Sister Ma woodenly. Those who were going to work today were already standing outside in two lines. As soon as she came out of the line, everyone blamed her for the incident.
"Su Lanqiao, you've arrived just in time. You should also give everyone an explanation for what happened in the cafeteria. I won't say anything else. Now, reflect on yourself in public."
Su Lanqiao felt very humiliated, especially with so many eyes staring at her, but she also knew that she had no choice.
Soon, discussions were heard among the crowd.
"This shameless little bitch actually dared to put laxatives in the food. I don't know where she bought these filthy things from."
"That's right. She wants to escape and bring disaster to all of us. She's really bold. She openly put laxatives in the food in the cafeteria. She's really not afraid of killing people."
"I've known for a long time that she's not a good person. People like her who were sent from the south to our northern farms for labor reform basically committed some crime there. I guess she was sent here by the military because of her dirty deeds. We have to stay away from her from now on, or she might plot against us again."
Su Lanqiao bit her lip, her face pale as she said to everyone, "I'm sorry, everyone. I was momentarily possessed by a ghost and wanted to escape. I couldn't bear the hardship, so I resorted to this desperate measure. I know what I did was wrong, so I sincerely apologize to everyone. From now on, I will never do such a thing again."
"What's the point of just saying these words? Why don't you bow and say sorry to us?"
Sister Ma was shouting loudly at the side, and the others nodded in agreement.
"That's right, why don't you say sorry to us?"
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Su Lanqiao had no choice but to sacrifice all her face and bowed to these people, and only then did they give up.
However, Su Lanqiao's life will not be easy from now on. All the dirty and tiring work on the farm will be piled on her. Some people even make her do some work that she is not supposed to do just to get revenge on her.
For this reason, she really couldn't get any help from heaven or earth.
The person in the same situation as her is Xie Yunfeng, but Xie Yunfeng is not as bad as Su Lanqiao. Her reputation in the army was damaged just because she had a good relationship with Su Lanqiao before.
Since Xie Yunfeng recognized Su Lanqiao's true face, he felt very regretful. He naively thought that Su Lanqiao was a lonely little girl, so he was willing to stand up for her. He didn't expect that in the end he would be angry, and it was all her scheme.
She kept calling me "Big Brother Xie" just to use me to get more useful information.
During this period, many people in the army did not dare to talk to Xie Yunfeng. They all thought that Su Lanqiao had been sent to a labor farm in the north for reform by the military region, and wondered if he had committed some crime.
After much deliberation, Xie Yunfeng took the initiative to apply for transfer to the border front, hoping to wash away the shame with military exploits.
Before leaving, he went to find Yan Li'an and Su Jinhui.
In the evening, Yan Li'an and Su Jinhui got off work early together, a rare occasion.
They were busy preparing dinner at home when there was a knock at the door. Su Jinhui was about to wipe her hands with a rag and go to open the door, but Yan Li'an said to her first, "I'll go!"
Su Jinhui nodded. She didn't say anything, but just kept looking towards the gate.
When Yan Li'an went to open the door and saw that the person in front of him was Xie Yunfeng, he couldn't help but frown, because the last time Xie Yunfeng came to see him, something unpleasant happened between the two of them.
So this time, I don’t know why he came to my house.
"Is it you?"
When Xie Yunfeng faced Yan Li'an, his face was a little ashamed, "Deputy Head."
"I don't know if Dr. Su is home. I have something I want to tell you."
Su Jinhui heard someone calling her in the kitchen, so she rushed to the door immediately, but she didn't see Xie Yunfeng.
"Comrade, are you looking for me?"
"No, I'm going to go find you two."
Yan Li'an and Su Jinhui looked at each other, "Then come in, have a sip of water, sit down and talk slowly."
Su Jinhui behaved very generously. She turned sideways to let Xie Yunfeng in. Seeing Su Jinhui so calm, Xie Yunfeng felt even more ashamed of some of the things he had done before and the remarks he had made to slander Su Jinhui.
He quickly shook his head and said, "I'm not going in. I'm here to apologize to you."
"Ever since Su Lanqiao's incident, she was sent to a farm in the north by the military for reform. I realized that she had been using me to extract useful information. I really wanted to gain attention for her, so I have always been prejudiced against you."
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