"Comrade, your husband's name is Zhou Jinglan?"
“Yes.” Leng Yinghong nodded while wiping away her tears, looking pitiful. “He has already been promoted to battalion commander. I thought I could join him in the army, but who would have thought… Alas! It’s all my bad luck!”
"I remember now, Zhou Jinglan is the battalion commander. He made great contributions on the last mission and his future was limitless. But I didn't expect him to be so bad. He abandoned his wife after he became successful. It's really despicable!"
"Exactly! How can someone with such character be promoted?"
"Comrade, don't cry. Our unit has strict discipline and will definitely give you an explanation. We won't let Battalion Commander Zhou bully you. You can rest assured about that!"
Hearing that these soldiers were on her side, Leng Yinghong felt even more confident.
Even if Zhou Jinglan came, even if he had ten mouths, as long as she insisted that he had ruined her innocence, he wouldn't be able to explain himself and would have to admit it and take responsibility for himself.
Leng Yinghong even felt a little regretful, wondering why she hadn't thought of this method sooner?
If we had done this sooner, we wouldn't have been wasting so much time in the cotton mill, working ourselves to the bone every day. Maybe that vixen wouldn't have had a chance to take advantage of us!
"I believe, I believe in the army, I believe in the leaders!" Leng Yinghong said tearfully, trying to create a pitiful and sympathetic image for herself in order to gain more help.
Soon, the soldier who went in to report came out, accompanied by another soldier.
"Comrade, you said you are Comrade Zhou Jinglan's wife?" the other party asked.
"Yes!" Leng Yinghong quickly stood up. "Sir, Zhou Jinglan and I haven't gone through the formalities to get our marriage certificate yet. I'm just his fiancée. The soldiers who went to the countryside with him to help with poverty alleviation also know about us, and..."
Leng Yinghong gritted her teeth, completely disregarding her own pride, and pushed the situation to an even more serious level.
"Besides, I've already had a relationship with Zhou Jinglan. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble to come to the army to demand an explanation from him. I really had no other choice. Now that he's abandoned me, how am I supposed to live? Waaah..."
As she spoke, Leng Yinghong started crying again.
Upon hearing this, the visitor was surprised to find that the matter was so serious.
"Comrade, don't cry. I'm not a leader, but our leaders already know about this. I came out to pick you up. Let's go inside, find out what's going on, and I'll definitely give you an explanation. Let's go!" the other person said.
Leng Yinghong then took her luggage and pitifully followed the others inside.
Upon meeting the leader, Leng Yinghong repeated the same explanation.
While Zhou Jinglan was helping people in the countryside, the two of them started dating. They had already discussed getting engaged through their correspondence, and even agreed on the bride price. However, Zhou Jinglan was injured in an accident during a mission. She chased after him to the hospital, wanting to take care of him, but was unexpectedly dumped.
However, the two had already consummated their marriage, and she had no other choice but to seek help from the military to get an explanation for herself.
"This is outrageous!" The leader exclaimed angrily after hearing this.
If this is true, Zhou Jinglan must be punished. This kind of behavior is absolutely not allowed in the army, let alone for a battalion commander. This is a completely wrong example.
"Go and find out, ask the people who went to the countryside with us to help out, whether this happened, and whether Zhou Jinglan ever dated this woman!" the leader said.
I'm angry as I am, but I still need to find out the facts first.
Leng Yinghong wasn't flustered at all, since she hadn't lied about this part; it was all true, and even the correspondence from back then could be traced.
As for the part where she actually lied, that's precisely the part that's the hardest to verify.
How can we find out whether she had a relationship with Zhou Jinglan?
Even if Zhou Jinglan insists he didn't touch her, she can still claim he did. In the end, with each side sticking to their own story and neither able to produce more evidence, the leader will have no choice but to make Zhou Jinglan take responsibility in order to quell the matter.
Even if Zhou Jinglan resents her for this, by then it's too late; they're already husband and wife, so what's there to fear about unresolved conflicts?
Leng Yinghong was very confident that as long as she could confirm her relationship with Zhou Jinglan and become a real couple, she would win him over sooner or later.
Soon, the soldier who went to confirm returned.
According to the soldiers who went to help him at the time, Zhou Jinglan was indeed dating a woman. However, during the investigation, it was also learned that Zhou Jinglan had broken up with this woman and was involved in some kind of scam. It is said that the police were also aware of this matter.
"Comrade Leng, please explain clearly what this scam and the police are all about?" the leader asked.
Leng Yinghong wasn't flustered. Since Zhou Jinglan dared to come to the military, she had considered the possibility that her imprisonment would be discovered. After all, Zhou Jinglan always had a few good brothers around him who might know about their relationship.
But the focus of this "demand for justice" is that her innocence has been destroyed. As long as she clings to this unprovable point and makes a scene, in the end, neither the military nor Zhou Jinglan will have any other choice but to compromise and appease her.
“Boss, I didn’t intend to hide this. Back then, because my parents demanded a high dowry, I was caught in the middle and had a hard time, which is why I had a falling out with Zhou Jinglan. But my feelings for him are real, otherwise… I couldn’t have had a relationship with him before we even got our marriage certificate!”
"Later, when they couldn't reach an agreement, Zhou Jinglan agreed to an exorbitant bride price in order to take responsibility. However, my parents were insatiable and eventually forced Zhou Jinglan to sue our family, accusing us of marriage fraud! I can understand his actions and don't resent him at all. Moreover, after the police intervened, I saw my parents' true colors. They were only thinking of my brother and wanted to use me to earn the bride price."
“My family pinned all the blame on me, so I ended up in jail. But I had no choice. After this incident, I saw the true colors of my family and will never associate with them again. So after I got out of jail, I wanted to find Zhou Jinglan and get an explanation. He slept with me, but I don’t want any dowry, and I won’t associate with my family anymore. There are no more obstacles between us!”
"But he's blinded by another woman and doesn't plan to take responsibility for me anymore. What can I do? I have no choice but to ask you for help. After all, I've already slept with him. How am I supposed to get married in the future?"
"Sir, I guarantee that everything I've said is true. You can investigate as you please. I just want an explanation. Zhou Jinglan slept with me, and he has to marry me!"
Leng Yinghong sat in the leader's office, adopting a stance of not leaving until she got an explanation, essentially refusing to leave.
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