Song Xue was given a three-year suspended sentence because she was pregnant.
Jiang Feifei was sentenced to five years in prison for abuse of power.
Song Xue was required to stay in her home in Nancheng and not leave the city. She was also required to submit a weekly report to the neighborhood committee and participate in community correction programs, such as receiving education, participating in community service, and receiving psychological counseling. If she was found to have committed any further illegal or disorderly conduct, she would be arrested again and the original sentence would be upheld.
Song Xue was very careful this time. She cherished this hard-won freedom and knew she couldn't repeat the same mistake.
All she had to do was give birth to this child safely. If she could keep a low profile for the next three years, she wouldn't have to go to jail.
Moreover, she plans to start her own business in a few years when the policy is relaxed.
That day, with the permission of the neighborhood committee and under their supervision, Song Xue made a phone call to Meng Yuming.
Meng Yuming was disciplined after he informed Song Xue in advance, which led to her escape.
Not only will he be locked up for 7 days, but he will also have virtually no hope of promotion.
If he hadn't stubbornly denied it, the platoon leader would probably have been dismissed.
Meng Yuming was resting after training when he heard the operator calling him.
"Meng Yuming, you have a call from Nancheng."
Upon hearing this, Meng Yuming hurried over.
The phone was answered, "Hello, who is this?"
"Meng Yuming, I'm Song Xue."
Song Xue's soft voice came from the other end of the phone.
Upon hearing this, Meng Yuming's heart skipped a beat.
"Song Xue, weren't you arrested? And we've already broken up, why are you calling me?"
Meng Yuming, fearing he would be implicated, spoke with impatience.
“Meng Yuming, I didn’t want to contact you either, but I’m pregnant, it’s your child…”
What? You're pregnant?
Meng Yuming felt a sudden darkness before his eyes and almost lost his balance.
He recalled that he and Song Xue hadn't taken any precautions when they were intimate that day.
Now, counting the days, it's almost been a month.
Song Xue was arrested afterward and never had any contact with other men.
It really is his child.
"Yes, I'm pregnant and have been given a suspended sentence. I want to have this child; it's our child. But I'm all alone now... I can't leave Nancheng, and I don't know how to survive. That's why I'm calling you."
"Okay, I understand. I'll mail my salary to you regularly. Take care of yourself."
After hanging up the phone, Meng Yuming went to the post office and immediately made the remittance.
His feelings at that moment were very complicated, a mixture of joy at becoming a father and shock.
Now his relationship with Song Xue is tangled and complicated.
...
Around 9 a.m. that morning, Gu Tingzhou was in a meeting at the police station.
Suddenly everyone felt a violent shaking.
"Huh?"
"Everyone, run!" Gu Tingzhou reacted immediately and organized the evacuation.
He quickly grabbed a megaphone and shouted at everyone in the courtyard, getting everyone out of the houses and running into the street. Fortunately, it was just a tremor, and the magnitude wasn't very strong.
Moreover, there was no collapse or damage.
However, for safety's sake, it's best not to go inside yet.
Just then, the phone rang, and Gu Tingzhou answered it.
"Director Gu, we just detected a magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Nancheng. The epicenter is in Nanshan Town. Please send someone to investigate whether any local residents have been injured."
"OK."
Gu Tingzhou then began to assign tasks. He sent a team to visit people in the county town to see if there were any disaster victims.
He personally led a dozen or so people on three-wheeled motorcycles with trailers to the surrounding villages.
Nanshan Town, under the jurisdiction of Nancheng, is located at the foot of the mountains and is prone to mudslides. Moreover, many old houses in the mountain villages are made of adobe, which are very easy to collapse if they are located at the epicenter. They plan to go to Nanshan Town to take a look.
His subordinate was driving a motorcycle, and Gu Tingzhou was sitting on the motorcycle's sidecar, looking at the distant mountain ridge through binoculars.
At the foot of the mountain stood a primary school. A red flag still fluttered on the flagpole, but the school itself had collapsed. This primary school, built on the mountainside, was where children from many surrounding villages attended classes.
"Let's go! To Nanshan Elementary School!"
So Gu Tingzhou and his group immediately rushed to Nanshan Elementary School.
The primary school's mud-brick houses have collapsed into a yellowish-brown ruin, and the broken beams look shocking.
Gu Tingzhou jumped out of the car and gestured for the rescue team to disperse and search. "Focus on checking if anyone is trapped!"
"Yes, Director Gu."
Everyone started searching with their search and rescue dogs.
Suddenly, a shout came from afar: "Chief Gu! The children are under the banyan tree on the playground!"
Gu Tingzhou immediately led his men over and found more than twenty children huddled under the banyan tree. Although the children's faces were covered in mud, fortunately none of them were injured.
But a few children were crying there because they were too frightened.
"It's alright, children, don't be afraid."
The young woman at the front was wrapping a shivering girl in her coat; her hair clung to her pale cheeks, and there was a bloody scratch on her neck from the rubble.
"May I ask who you are?" Gu Tingzhou asked softly.
The woman turned around and said gently, "I am Shen Zhixia, a volunteer teacher at Nanshan Elementary School."
She suddenly looked up and met Gu Tingzhou's gaze. The moment she turned her head, Gu Tingzhou was completely stunned.
The woman in question had snow-white skin, jet-black hair, a delicate face, and bright eyes that looked remarkably like Song Ning!
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