She didn't know whether Lu Qingdai had any accomplices in the Lu family, but it was definitely better to be cautious.
But Xie Yu knew more than she thought.
Before Chief Lu came to power, he offended quite a few people.
When the daughter of the Lu family disappeared, Han Qingshan once said that it was most likely the work of a former political enemy.
But there is no evidence, so the case can only be left unresolved.
Now that Lu Shaojie has been abducted by human traffickers again, he has to think more.
If the Lu family's daughter was an accident, then the same accident happening twice would not be an accident.
And this matter is indeed as Chang Suisui said, there is most likely a traitor.
His black eyes narrowed slightly, it seems that this matter needs to be investigated by their people.
At the same time, Chang Meili, who had escaped from the town, has returned to Hongqi Village.
All the way she was wondering whether Chang Suisui would be captured by human traffickers.
If she was caught, she would never have to see this annoying woman again!
If she had not been captured, she would have been abused by those human traffickers.
Even if she comes back, she'll be a slut.
And she knew about this matter, and she could use it to threaten Chang Suisui.
Either way, it's good for her.
When Chang Meili reached the entrance of the village, she saw several elderly people enjoying the cool under a locust tree.
She rolled her eyes and suddenly had a better idea.
"Wow, wow, wow... my poor cousin..."
The aunties and grandmas who were originally enjoying the cool under the locust tree saw Chang Meili crying as she walked, and they stretched their necks curiously.
But because of Chang Meili's previous reputation in the village, people generally didn't want to associate with her.
But she is the village chief's future daughter-in-law after all.
So there are always a few people who are particularly curious and gossipy, and they come over and ask a few questions.
"Oh, little educated youth Chang, what's wrong with you? You are crying so sadly. Is there something difficult?" Aunt Wang spoke first, her face full of curiosity.
"That's right, stop crying and tell us what happened. We are from the same village, so we can help you with your advice."
"If you have any problem, just tell me. Although our village is small, we are united and we are willing to help in any way we can."
"Did something go wrong with the marriage with the village chief's family?"
"You said that your reputation in the village is not very good, and you are usually lazy at work..."
…
Several people gathered around, talking at once, trying to get some information out of Chang Meili.
The corners of Chang Meili's mouth twitched, and she wished she could pull out the tongues of the last few aunties who were speaking.
If you don’t know how to speak, don’t speak. Everything you say will be something she doesn’t want to hear!
But she was pretending to be pitiful and couldn't turn against them.
Chang Meili gritted her teeth to avoid showing her disgust.
She took a deep breath and pretended to be pitiful and said, "My cousin seemed to have met with trouble in town. I heard people say that she was raped by two men in the alley... wuwuwu..."
Her words were so ambiguous that the people around her changed their expressions instantly.
"Little Chang Zhiqing, this is not something you can talk about!"
"That's right! Little Chang Zhiqing, your cousin is going to get married, how can you spread such words about her to others?"
"A few days ago, Widow Zhang spread rumors about Chang Zhiqing and was lectured by the police. We all remember this. Are you planning to make another mistake?"
"Hey, young educated youth, we are all from the same village. If you have anything to say, just say it directly and don't beat around the bush. But if it's something that doesn't exist, you mustn't say anything nonsense!"
…
"I, I, I just heard it from others, and I, I'm not sure..." Chang Meili was a little flustered when she saw that no one believed her, but she still pretended to be calm and explained.
She didn't expect that the villagers would protect Chang Suisui so much.
She is obviously an educated youth like her, why should they protect her?
Is it because two police officers came to the village to support her before?
Humph! I don't know what kind of luck she has!
Chang Meili gritted her teeth and was about to leave when she saw that they were not going to help her spread rumors about Chang Suisui.
As a result, I happened to see Li Chunhua and Wu Lingni walking to the village entrance.
When they saw a group of aunts and gods surrounding Chang Meili, they felt something was wrong.
After all, these aunties and grandmas usually dislike Chang Meili.
Now that everyone is surrounding her, who knows what kind of trouble she will do.
Li Chunhua immediately looked at everyone with a smile and asked, "Aunties, aunties, what are you talking about here?"
As she spoke, she grabbed a handful of melon seeds from her pocket and shared some with everyone.
These were given to her by Chang Suisui before, and she hadn’t finished eating them yet, so it was just the right time to bribe all the aunts and grandmas.
The aunties and grandmas took the melon seeds with a smile and immediately started talking to Li Chunhua.
"Just now... Xiao Chang, an educated youth, came over and said that her cousin was dragged into the alley. She didn't know what happened to her and she was crying."
Wu Lingni was furious when she heard this, "Impossible!"
Li Chunhua realized later that Chang Meili was trying to trip up Chang Suisui again!
She rolled up her sleeves, ready to unleash her nature, and then listened to the aunties and grandmas speaking.
"Wasn't it that the widow Zhang from our village was almost taken away by the police because she spread rumors about Chang Zhiqing? So we definitely can't just believe it casually."
"Yes, yes. Besides, Chang Zhiqing has been working at the town hospital recently. With Xie Yu here, how could she be dragged to the alley?"
"Of course not. Xie Yu was taken away by soldiers. Who knows, some high-ranking official may have come!"
"It's said that Chang Zhiqing is lucky. She's just about to marry the boy from the Xie family. She's so lucky."
…
The topic of conversation became more and more off-topic, and eventually they simply skipped over the topic of Chang Suisui.
But Li Chunhua and Wu Lingni's angry gazes did not move away from Chang Meili.
Seeing that these people were unmoved, Chang Meili could only leave in shame.
Li Chunhua and Wu Lingni originally wanted to go to the town to find Chang Suisui, but considering that there were no ox carts going to the town at this time, they could only go directly to the village chief's house.
Chang Suisui was still a little confused when he received the calls from the two people.
After all, in this era, making phone calls was not as convenient as it is in later generations.
Especially since the call was from the village committee to the public security bureau in the town. If it weren't for the fact that there were telephones in both places where they were, they would have no chance of getting in touch.
"Hello? Suisui, are you okay?" Li Chunhua's worried voice came from the other end of the phone.
Chang Suisui was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied: "Ah? I'm fine, I'm fine, what's wrong? Did something happen in the village?"
Li Chunhua breathed a sigh of relief, and then muttered on the phone: "It was that shameless Chang Meili who spread rumors in the village, saying that you were dragged away by two men in the alley. She really has bad intentions, I'll slap her in the face soon!"
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