Commander Shen rubbed his temples and looked up at Secretary Fang. "You called him Shen Qian? Weren't you afraid of him before?"
The anger she felt when she first learned the whole story resurfaced. Secretary Fang took a deep breath; her years-long habit of keeping her emotions hidden had completely crumbled.
"What's wrong with you?" Shen Changchuan asked in surprise, while Lao Fang was furious. He was known for his composure.
Secretary Fang let out a sigh of relief. "The Qingshan Brigade just called via their dedicated line..." Secretary Fang paused; he was too angry and wanted to calm down. "Someone knows the woman who stole the child. She's the sister-in-law of Old Madam Wei, and she married a man named Liu Wang. Our people went to see her in person! Although she's older and different from before, it's still the same person at first glance."
Judging from the investigation, it was she who did it.
This woman had been married for a long time but had no children, and her mother-in-law constantly tormented her. Then, one day, she went out and suddenly returned with a boy. The timing was perfect.
"How did that child end up in the Wei family?" Shen Changchuan asked.
"She had the son she had always dreamed of, and at first she treated Shen Qian quite well. But the child fell ill after being brought home, and his family spent money to treat him, which resulted in them incurring considerable debt."
But not long after, this woman became pregnant…
Shen Changchuan grew angrier the more he listened…
"Once you have your own biological child, you'll start tormenting Shen Qian!" Shen Changchuan gritted his teeth.
"Her elder brother, who is also Shen Qian's adoptive father, is indeed a good person. When he went to his sister's house and found out what she was doing, he repeatedly tried to dissuade her. His own youngest son was sick, so he didn't visit for a while. He still missed her very much. The last time he went to his sister's house was when that woman threw Shen Qian out. The siblings were arguing fiercely at the time, and many people heard it. He never went to his sister's house again after that."
The villagers all said that Brother Wei had gone to look for his child, but hadn't found him.
At this time, Wei's second son fell seriously ill. The people of Qingshan Brigade said that after the child recovered, he looked completely different, and they could hardly recognize him as the same child.
I suspect that his own biological son did indeed die of illness. He then took in the child his sister had abandoned and raised it himself.
The Wei family does indeed have a biological second child. His elaborate scheme to transfer the child's identity is completely unknown to anyone. That's why we can't find anything unusual no matter how we investigate.
Everyone was struggling financially, so no one was really eyeing someone else's family. Besides, it wasn't surprising that the child's appearance had changed after being sick for so long. Even the people from Qingshan Brigade hadn't noticed that the child had been switched.
Seeing General Shen's emotions, Secretary Fang didn't dare to say everything she had heard. She had heard that the second son of the Wei family was so sick that he was just skin and bones, but his eyes could still move, which made her think that the child still had a breath of life.
How badly were they mistreating her? They'd just throw her away if she didn't die from it. Secretary Fang cursed them under her breath. This child was stolen by this woman, and they didn't even treat her well. Especially since the locals said that Wei Xiaogu's mother-in-law wanted to starve this wasteful brat to death…
When Shen Changchuan heard that this woman wanted Shen Qian to earn money to help her son get married, he wanted to shoot her right then and there. "Song Yan only shot the wolves on his way back, right? It's only because of Song Yan. If it were anyone else, my son's wife would have been fed to the wolves."
Secretary Fang pressed Shen Changchuan down to sit down. "This isn't all bad. Otherwise, how would we have discovered the wolf pack's unusual behavior?"
"Did Old Madam Wei give the money?" Commander Shen asked.
"They gave it to me! I also heard that I'm cutting ties with her family from now on."
Shen Changchuan was furious that his son and Song Yan had spent their money to get married.
Secretary Fang quickly reassured them, "It's not all bad; the money was well spent. The woman they married is named Lu Daqin, and I heard she's notoriously shrewish. Because the matchmaker kept it a secret from their family, they didn't know she'd been married before. After she entered the family, her mother-in-law and great-grandmother tried to establish her authority, but she not only scolded her mother-in-law but also hit her; both old women were beaten by her."
That woman was incredibly fierce; even Liu Shitou, the woman surnamed Wei's own son, couldn't beat her. It took the father and son working together to finally subdue her.
Moreover, her honesty is only temporary. If she has the chance, that woman will take revenge on her mother-in-law and great-grandmother.
No secret stays hidden forever, and Liu Shitou's family found out that Lu Daqin had been married before. The Liu family felt they had been wronged, and the two women constantly instigated Liu Shitou to beat Lu Daqin.
Liu Shitou discovered that his wife was bullying his mother and grandmother again, so Liu Shitou and his father beat his wife.
Their house is in chaos every day now.
I don't think that's enough. I gave the order directly without even asking you.
You're worried that what happened to Elder Liao might happen to Elder Zeng. After all, we're too far away to intervene effectively. You asked me to arrange for someone to get close to Elder Zeng and protect him. This person can't appear too abruptly.
We have a veteran named Lu Xingtian, whom I've assigned over there. He hasn't had a chance to get close to Old Zeng yet. Coincidentally, he and Liu Shitou's new wife are from the same brigade and are even from the same clan. I asked him to support his cousin.
Moreover, we are different from them; we certainly won't do anything to harm people's lives.
As children, we should be filial to our elders.
I told him to make sure his cousin took good care of her mother-in-law and great-grandmother, so that they could live a couple more years.
Women are half the sky in the family, right? They shouldn't be bullied, right? Women should be in charge. Older people can't take it, but it's okay for young, strong people to hit them a few times.
I've heard that a mother feels the pain of her child's injury, so I told her cousin to take good care of her family. Secretary Fang was no longer the refined and cultured person he usually was; his cold and stern demeanor was very similar to General Shen's.
Shen Changchuan patted Secretary Fang on the shoulder…
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