"Wanqing, you're back! Where did you go so early in the morning? Come on, let's go to your sister-in-law's house. I made something delicious."
Sister-in-law Song quickly stepped forward to pull her away and led her home, not wanting her to have any contact with Guo Xueyun or hear things she shouldn't hear.
But if things had really gone according to her plan, there wouldn't have been so much trouble. That's why Guo Xueyun arrogantly stood between the two of them.
"Oh, so you know how to come back? I thought you and Cheng Ran would run away together when disaster struck. It's not like you love him that much. Did you come back to pack your bags and get out of here?"
Jiang Wanqing glanced at her as if she were an idiot and clicked her tongue.
"Have you forgotten how your family begged me last time? It's not good to have dementia and forget things at such a young age."
“You…” Guo Xueyun was furious, pointing at her nose, trembling with humiliation.
"Pfft..." Sister Song covered her mouth and laughed, shaking her head: "So that's how it is. I've really learned something new. This Comrade Guo is quite the man of principle."
"Shut up, you old hag! You don't want her to know what happened, but I'm going to tell you anyway!"
"You dare! This is our family compound, get out, get out!"
Seeing that she was about to burst out, Sister Song quickly pushed her out of the yard, not giving her a chance to say another word. Guo Xueyun was weak and none of her steps were voluntary. She desperately turned her head and shouted.
"Jiang Wanqing! You'll get Cheng Ran killed sooner or later! Your family's misdeeds have implicated him, leading to a forced investigation, and the Cheng family is also under investigation. Do you think you can escape unscathed? Don't dream! This is the consequence of your forced union between two people from different worlds. If I can't have him, you won't have him either! And what's even more devastating is yet to come. I'm waiting to see your end!"
"Get lost! You bastard!"
With all her might, Sister Song shoved Guo Xueyun out of the gate, slammed the iron door shut, and stood there with her hands on her hips, pointing at Guo and cursing angrily.
"You call yourself an educated person? Don't you even know what propriety, righteousness, integrity, and a sense of shame are? If you don't, go back and study hard and reform yourself! You've been spoiled rotten!"
"You old hag, you're so protective of her, just you wait!"
The vast difference in strength left her with no chance of getting past Sister Song and barging in. After yelling for a few minutes, she left, cursing and swearing.
Although her ears were finally at peace, Jiang Wanqing's heart remained unsettled.
Seeing that she was in a heavy mood, Sister Song helped her sit down, carefully chose her words, patted her hand, and comforted her.
“Sister-in-law, I’m not good with words, but I’ve seen the relationship between you and Comrade Cheng, and I know your character. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end. Once the truth is found out, everything will be alright no matter what. Don’t be too sad. If it really comes down to it, I’ll ask my husband and try to find a way for you and Comrade Cheng to meet.”
"Thank you, sister-in-law. I know you mean well, but this matter is unusual. You and Brother Song should stay out of it. I'll figure something out."
Her eyes held sadness, but more so clarity and composure. It was precisely at times like these that she couldn't afford to lose her composure. She needed to use the weekend to figure out what had happened.
The brigade leader said that the Jiang family was abusing Cheng Ran's power and doing all sorts of evil deeds. First of all, her parents would never do such a thing, so it could only be Jiang Jianwei's family who were up to something.
It makes sense. They suffered a huge loss in Xiyang Village last time, so it's impossible for them not to cause some trouble.
But thinking deeper, those two were all bravado and no brains. If no one had backed them up, they would never have thought of, much less dared to, use the influence of a nephew-in-law with whom they had almost severed ties to satisfy their own interests. After all, the consequences would be severe, and they couldn't bear them. So who was behind them, giving them the courage?
In the afternoon, Jiang Wanqing wanted to go to the phone booth to make another call back to the village to ask for clarification, but as soon as she stepped out of the courtyard, she ran into Hong Xing, who was squatting in the alley waiting for her.
He patted his pants, stood up, looked at her with guilt and apology, and greeted her.
"sister in law."
"Why are you here? Did you encounter some trouble or...?"
"No, no."
He quickly waved his hand, realizing that Jiang Wanqing's attitude towards him was the same as always, and felt even worse.
"Sister-in-law, I have something very important to discuss with you. Can we sit down and talk?"
"Okay, come with me."
Because of the sudden bad thing that happened, she wasn't in a particularly good mood. She forced a smile and led him to a small teahouse nearby, where they found a quiet spot to sit down.
"I'm sorry, sister-in-law." He apologized as soon as he sat down: "I've let you and Brother Cheng down, I..."
"You haven't let anyone down. What you did was right. The key to a perfect escape is to act calmly and not give Zheng Yuan any leverage over you."
His eyes brightened, and he suddenly looked up, glistening with tears. As a man, he had never cried, even when he was injured and bedridden from training. But now he truly couldn't hold back.
“Sister-in-law, it’s good that you believe me. I swear I have never betrayed you and Brother Cheng. The reason I don’t leave Zheng Yuan’s factory is twofold: first, he does pay me a salary; second, even if I left, I would only be a burden and a trouble for you. You still have to take care of me. At least while I’m in his factory, he wouldn’t dare let anything happen to me. To put it bluntly, if something happened to me, it would give you a reason to make trouble for him. That would be a good deed for me.”
After saying that, he laughed. It turned out that he had already thought of the worst possible outcome. They had always been of one mind, but each of them acted differently.
"Is this what you wanted to tell me today?"
"Not only that, there's more..."
He hurriedly spoke, looked around to make sure there were no suspicious people, then lowered his voice and leaned forward.
"Sister-in-law, yesterday when I passed by Zheng Yuan's office, I overheard him talking to someone. It sounded like he was instructing your uncle Jiang Jianwei to do something bad, and he even said that after he succeeds, he'll be your only powerful backer..."
Jiang Wanqing's heart skipped a beat. Today she was wondering who had provided backup for Jiang Jianwei and his wife, but now everything was clear: it was Zheng Yuan again! She gritted her teeth in anger, her hand gripping the teacup tightly.
Seeing her like this, Hung Hing suddenly had a bad feeling and widened his eyes.
"Sister-in-law, has something really happened?"
She closed her eyes and hummed in agreement: "Jiang Jianwei committed crimes under Cheng Ran's name, which led to his forced detention to cooperate with the investigation."
"What?!"
Upon hearing this news, Hung Hing jumped to his feet.
"I'm going back to confront Zheng Yuan. Why did he do this?!"
"Don't go, it's no use. This is revenge and a threat, he's coming for me."
"What can we do? We can't just watch Brother Cheng be wronged."
“Zheng Yuan will still try to negotiate with me. There’s time to figure things out. Things haven’t gotten to the worst point yet, so don’t panic. Go back and continue working as usual. We’ll contact you again if we have any news.”
Jiang Wanqing clenched her hands tightly, forcing herself to calm down and think of a solution. Now that things had come to this, even if there were wolves and tigers in front of her, she could not let Zheng Yuan's evil plan succeed!
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