Upon hearing Zhao Qingzhou call her name, Liang Qing's body suddenly tensed up, and her face showed a hint of unease.
But she composed herself and said, "Please speak."
Zhao Qingzhou replied, "You don't need to be nervous."
"First of all, you didn't get in through connections; you got in on your own merit. Also, regarding Qingyu's case, you're not the murderer. Those who harmed him have all been brought to justice. I just never expected that after all these years, you would come to Beicheng and even get into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
Zhao Qingzhou met Liang Qing four years ago.
His younger brother was a sent-down youth who later returned to the city.
Their family is fully capable of bringing their younger brother back, whether it's to get a job or prepare for university entrance exams.
But his brother refused.
He understands that young people have some ambition and want to help people in the countryside become wealthy.
But her parents didn't really approve.
The Zhao family are all intellectuals. Zhao Qingzhou's father is a university economics professor, and his mother works at a cultural center.
The family is well-off.
There are only two brothers in their family.
That year, Zhao's mother fell seriously ill. Zhao Qingzhou called his younger brother to come back, but Zhao Qingyu said he couldn't come back.
He never said what the specific reason was.
Fortunately, Zhao's mother's illness was not very serious. She underwent a minor surgery, stayed in the hospital for a while, and then went home to recuperate.
But Zhao Qingzhou is very busy with work, and he also has a child at home to take care of.
He also harbored some resentment towards his younger brother.
He didn't come home because his mother was sick, and she even gave him a severe scolding.
When Zhao Qingzhou received another call from his younger brother, it wasn't his brother Zhao Qingyu who made the call.
Instead, it was a female comrade named Liang Qing.
She called her older brother on the phone, asking him to save Qingyu.
Zhao Qingzhou then learned that his younger brother had had an accident in the rural area.
When Zhao Qingzhou arrived in the countryside and learned the whole story, he finally understood.
Liang Qing is a high school student, but her parents sold her to a man in another family for 500 yuan to be his wife.
The family's son had been in poor health since childhood, suffering from severe tuberculosis and always looking sickly.
The family was worried that Liang Qing would run away, so they tied her up at home.
Everyone in the surrounding villages knew about it, but they all thought it wasn't their business.
Besides, if the Liang family sold their daughter themselves, the neighbors would rather not get involved, especially since the village is remote and the estate is small.
Liang Qing was kept like livestock, with no one daring to interfere or ask questions.
Only Zhao Qingyu, who was working as a teacher in the neighboring village at the time, heard the noise coming from next door while making a home visit.
He asked Zhao Qingyu out of curiosity, jokingly, "The male classmate I was visiting at home said this to me:"
"That's the wife the sickly guy next door bought. He's afraid she'll run away, so he keeps her tied up like a dog."
Hearing such a teasing and joking tone, Zhao Qingyu was immediately shocked.
It's been so many years since liberation, how could something like this still happen?
Although he didn't go to help that day.
But later, he went to his male classmate's house several times. Later, when no one was home at Zhu's house, he climbed over the wall and jumped in, where he saw Liang Qing with her hands and feet tied.
She was filthy, and her hair was tangled up, but when she looked up at Zhao Qingyu, her eyes held a longing for freedom.
Her mouth was tied with strips of cloth.
No wonder Zhao Qingyu hadn't heard her shouts; he even thought Liang Qing was mute.
Liang Qing remembers it very clearly; she will never forget that day for the rest of her life.
Zhao Qingyu took her out.
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