Should we hold a large-scale apology meeting?
Wouldn't that make everyone in the compound gossip about me?
She'd lose all face in the entire compound!
Li Hongxia's face instantly drained of color, and she looked at Zhao Jing pleadingly, "Sister Zhao, I was wrong, I was really wrong, please...please don't hold the meeting anymore, okay? I'll apologize to Wan Tang privately..."
"No way!" Zhao Jing said firmly. "This kind of unhealthy trend must be dealt with publicly to make an example of them! Otherwise, who will dare to live peacefully in this compound in the future?"
Seeing that her pleas were hopeless, Li Hongxia could only nod in humiliation, her eyes red, and slunk away amidst the scornful gazes of the crowd.
"Wantang, don't take it to heart." Zhao Jing breathed a sigh of relief and turned to comfort Su Wantang gently, "Take good care of yourself during your pregnancy. If anything happens, come to me and see who dares to gossip."
Su Wantang felt a warmth in her heart and nodded, "Thank you, Sister Zhao."
Not long after, a meeting was held in the military family compound. This was a small, internal meeting, and all the invited guests were family members of the military family compound.
The meeting was held by the sea, where rows of chairs were neatly arranged and filled with the families of the military personnel.
A sense of tension hung in the air. No one spoke, all staring intently at Zhao Jing in the center.
Zhao Jing cleared her throat. "Today's military dependents' meeting is for only one thing."
“Recently, there have been some rumors circulating in the compound about Comrade Su’s unborn child. I have heard some of these rumors recently, and I am now going to refute them.”
As soon as Zhao Jing finished speaking, everyone's eyes were immediately fixed on a figure with his head down in the corner.
"Li Hongxia, come up here."
Li Hongxia's body trembled violently.
She lingered, each step feeling like she was walking on a knife's edge, as she walked from the back of the crowd to the front of the stage. Those short ten meters felt like an eternity.
She clutched a piece of paper covered in writing in her hand; the paper was soggy and crumpled from the sweat in her palms.
"I……"
When she opened her mouth, her voice trembled so badly it was barely audible, as thin as a mosquito's buzz.
Several suppressed snickers immediately rose from the audience.
Her face flushed instantly, the color rising from the base of her neck all the way to her ears.
“I…I’m sorry to Comrade Su Wantang.”
"I spread the rumor that Comrade Su's unborn child was deformed..."
As she read her self-criticism, each word felt like a resounding slap across her face.
She had no choice but to lay bare her dark and sordid thoughts, her embellished lies, in front of everyone, word by word, exposing them to the sunlight.
"...The above is all nonsense. The child in Su Wantang's belly is very healthy. It is my moral depravity that is the problem. Please...please criticize me."
After saying the last sentence, she seemed to have all her strength drained away, and she swayed precariously.
The military wives in the audience were already in an uproar.
"My God, Li Hongxia really can't stand to see others do well! Not long ago, she was inciting everyone, saying that Comrade Su's baby was deformed, and telling us to stay away from her, saying that Comrade Su would bring bad luck to everyone."
"Yes! Luckily, the baby in Comrade Su's belly is healthy! Otherwise, wouldn't it be a pity for those twins?!"
"Yes, Comrade Su looks very fortunate. It's good that everything is alright and the child is healthy."
"Comrade Su is so lucky to be pregnant with twins! We should try to get closer to her in the future!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
