Chapter 389: Showing You a Clear Path?
Wang Xiaoya raised her eyes, which were red and swollen with tears, and stared blankly at the unfamiliar and frightening face in front of her.
She felt as if she had fallen into a bottomless quagmire, the more she struggled, the deeper she sank, surrounded by cold, sticky despair. She had reached her limit; where was there any way out?
“Your situation is very dangerous right now.” Bai Wei’s tone became gentle and persuasive, like a caring older sister who genuinely cared about her. She reached out and gently wiped away the tears on her face. “You have been labeled as an ‘accomplice of a suspected enemy agent.’ Even if you get out this time, this stain will follow you for the rest of your life.”
"A lifetime..." Wang Xiaoya murmured repeatedly, her body trembling even more violently.
In those days, she knew better than anyone what a blemish on a person's record meant.
Joining the army, getting promoted, working in a factory, going to university... all bright futures would be out of her reach. She would be sent back to her hometown by the army and return to Beishantun in disgrace.
From then on, she was considered a "bad element" in the village, and people would talk behind her back wherever she went. When the village held meetings, she and her parents would be dragged to the front of the stage and forced to bow their heads to accept everyone's criticism.
Her parents will never be able to hold their heads up in the village because of her.
Her younger siblings' futures will be greatly affected because of her "bad element" sister. Her brother might not be able to join the army, and her sister might not be able to marry well.
Just thinking about those images made Wang Xiaoya feel like the sky was falling. It was worse than being killed!
"No... I don't want to..." She shook her head in terror, grabbing Bai Wei's arm as if it were her last lifeline. "Comrade Bai Wei, please help me... please help me... you said there's a clear path, what path is it? Please tell me!"
"Help you?" A glint of triumph flashed in Bai Wei's eyes, but it vanished in an instant. She sighed and pretended to be troubled, saying, "Xiao Ya, it's not that I don't want to help you. The current situation is that as long as the organization's suspicion of Su An remains, you won't have a moment's peace."
She paused, then dropped an even bigger bombshell in a feigned tone of "sympathy."
"I...I overheard Instructor Zhang and Instructor Lei talking," Bai Wei said in a low voice, her tone mysterious. "They said Su An's file is too clean, abnormally clean. How could an orphan with no parents have such good marksmanship? How could he know so much? They said this matter is not simple, and they have already reported the situation and sent people to Su An's so-called hometown to investigate!"
“And…” Bai Wei leaned even closer, her voice almost a whisper, “They said that the foreign writing on that box of chocolates was… was the writing of an enemy country! That’s called ‘colluding with foreign powers’! It’s a capital offense!”
Wang Xiaoya's brain went blank for a second, completely exploding.
…Investigation…enemy country…death penalty…
Every word was like a giant hammer, slamming into her heart, making it difficult for her to even breathe.
"Then...what should we do?" Wang Xiaoya was completely at a loss, tears streaming down her face like a broken string of pearls. "Sister Su An...she's not that kind of person! She's a good person!"
"Does it matter whether she's a good person or a bad person?" Bai Wei retorted, her tone cold and realistic. "What matters is that the organization now suspects her! And you, Wang Xiaoya, are the biggest suspect in her case! The only way," Bai Wei leaned closer to her, her voice filled with a mysterious allure, "is to sink one of these ships."
"One sank?" Wang Xiaoya looked at her in confusion, her eyes filled with tears.
“Yes.” Bai Wei stared into her eyes and said, word by word, “You and Su An are like grasshoppers tied to the same rope now. If the organization investigates, neither of you can escape. But if one of you takes all the blame, takes it all completely, and makes the organization believe that the matter is over and that it can no longer implicate the other person, then that person might have a chance to survive.”
Wang Xiaoya was stunned.
She wasn't very bright, but she understood what Bai Wei meant.
This means you have to choose between two options.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
