Military family housing.
Xu Changfeng's home.
Xu Changfeng was the deputy commander and was assigned a small courtyard.
Wu Hongqin has lived a life of luxury for many years. Although conditions in the Northwest are not good, her family's courtyard is one of the few in the army.
Most other people's yards are used for growing vegetables, or for clearing land to plant sweet potatoes or potatoes.
The Xu family's courtyard was half planted with flowers and plants, and it was summer, so the flowers in the courtyard were in full bloom.
The once thriving courtyard, which drew praise from everyone, now appears somewhat desolate. The once-blooming flowers have lost their petals and look rather forlorn.
The courtyard gate was half-open, and faint sounds of Wu Hongqin's angry curses and sobbing could be heard from inside.
As everyone passed by the Xu family's courtyard, they couldn't help but quicken their pace, afraid that if they were even a step too slow, they would be associated with the Xu family.
Who doesn't know that the Xu family is doomed now?
Moreover, everyone can empathize. Put yourself in their shoes. If your own man got into trouble and you encountered a comrade like this, who talks nicely but then turns around and schemes against your wife, your children, and your money, who could tolerate that?
Several of Xu Changfeng's former comrades-in-arms, who had a good relationship with him, were ashamed to be associated with him after hearing the news.
Even more hot-tempered ones directly cursed Xu Changfeng as worse than an animal!
Wu Hongqin has now been suspended from her job, and her two children have been called back from school. Although no one has inquired about them yet, it is estimated that it will be long before they are.
Overnight, Wu Hongqin fell from heaven to earth.
Previously, she was high and mighty, and people not only took care of her because of Xu Changfeng, but also because of Xu Jiefang's past.
Otherwise, she was just an ordinary military dependent. Other family members of people of the same rank as Xu Changfeng either stayed at home taking care of children or had jobs that involved manual labor.
Only she sits in the office, both leisurely and respectable.
Today, in front of so many colleagues, I was ordered to suspend my duties. I've lost all face for the rest of my life.
When he got home, he intended to complain to Xu Changfeng, but was told that Xu Changfeng had also been suspended from his post and placed in solitary confinement, with no one allowed to visit or approach him.
That was bad enough, but even his eldest son and youngest daughter, who were at school, were called back home.
This was the first time Wu Hongqin had felt the sky fall and the earth collapse since Xu Jiefang's sacrifice.
If she still doesn't realize by now that she's been tricked by Xu Ningyan, then she's a fool.
At this moment, all she could do at home was curse Xu Ningyan, wishing him a terrible death, and cry about her own bad luck in encountering such a thing.
Xu Lei is Xu Changfeng's eldest son. He will graduate from high school next year. According to the family's previous arrangements, he will join the army after graduating from high school.
Now that this has happened, I'm afraid he won't be able to pass the political background check.
Xu Lei was also in a state of confusion. He wanted to ask more questions, but Wu Hongqin could only cry and curse, without saying a single useful word.
Xu Jing is Xu Changfeng's youngest daughter. She usually likes to compete and be the best. When she heard about it, her first reaction was that she would become one of the worst people in the compound.
Her eyes widened immediately: "Mom, where is that Xu Ningyan? Let's go find her! She's slandering Dad and our family! Dad has been loyal to the army all these years, suffering so many injuries for the country and the army, almost losing his life several times! Just for this little thing, all those merits are being wiped out? It's so unfair! I won't accept this—"
Xu Lei, being older, immediately covered Xu Jing's mouth: "Keep your voice down, what nonsense are you talking about? Don't you think the house is messy enough already?"
After Xu Jing and Wu Hongqin calmed down, he said, "There's only one way now: get Xu Ningyan to withdraw her report and tell the leaders that she only made the report because she resented you for leaving her alone in the countryside and wanted to get revenge on our family! We haven't mistreated her all these years; it's just that her adoptive parents are heartless and kept it from her! We'll put all the blame on her adoptive parents!"
Wu Hongqin's eyes were red and swollen, and her voice was hoarse: "You think we didn't say that? But the higher-ups are now completely fooled by that brat, they only listen to her and not us!"
Xu Lei gritted his teeth: "If this gets out of hand, it won't do the military region any good. The military region will also lose face! Like I said, we have to make Xu Ningyan withdraw her report and admit that what she said before was all a lie. Only then can we possibly protect our father!"
Wu Hongqin cried even louder: "If she had agreed, would we be in this situation today? That ungrateful, heartless little bitch! She promised your dad and me that she would speak well of us and even took six thousand yuan from us, but then she turned around and reported your dad!"
Xu Lei's eyes flickered: "Mom, you're saying she took so much money from our family? You, you—"
Wu Hongqin's heart ached, and she cried even louder: "That was all our family's savings! That ungrateful little beast stole it all! How are we going to live now?!"
This is what Wu Hongqin is most worried about.
After all, you can find another man if you lose him, but once you lose money, it's really gone!
Xu Lei and Xu Jing panicked. They were no longer three or four-year-old children. Their father had been arrested, and it felt like the sky had fallen.
All my savings are gone, and the ground has collapsed!
Gritting his teeth, Xu Lei came up with an idea: "Xiao Jing and I will go and ask her for it! She promised to put in a good word for our dad before we gave her the money! Now that she's reported our dad, we have to get that money back! We can't let her get away with it!"
Xu Jing wasn't optimistic: "Brother, what if she doesn't give it to me?"
Xu Lei said fiercely, "If she dares not to give it to us, we'll report her for extorting military families! We'll fight to the death! Even if our dad doesn't get out, she won't be able to have a good time outside!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Hongqin stopped crying and immediately urged, "Go quickly! Go now! You must get the money back for Mom!"
Xu Lei patted Wu Hongqin's shoulder reassuringly: "Okay, Mom, don't cry anymore. Clean up the house and think of a way to see if we can ask Dad's comrades-in-arms, uncles and elders, to put in a good word for us, or at least let us see Dad! Let's see what Dad says!"
Wu Hongqin nodded while wiping away her tears, and saw the brother and sister to the door, reluctantly reminding them, "Remember to get your money back!"
Xu Lei and Xu Jing left the house and walked outside.
They ran into many of their old playmates on the way. In the past, these playmates would definitely come up and say a few words to them when they saw them. But today, when they saw the brother and sister, they all avoided them from a distance. Not only did they avoid them, but they also pointed at them and whispered among themselves.
A few words drifted over: "How dare they even go out? If it were me, I'd be so embarrassed—"
"How shameless! They've been living off their older sisters' money all along! And they're still pretending to be rich in front of us!"
"That's right, they talk a good game about others, but it turns out they're not exactly clean themselves!"
"Let's go, let's go! We can't play with them anymore. What if they all learn from their dad and stab us in the back?"
...
Xu Lei and Xu Jing's faces turned red. Xu Lei, young and impetuous, clenched his fists and was about to rush over to teach those people a lesson.
Xu Jing held him back tightly: "Brother, brother, you can't go! Finding someone is the priority—"
After much persuasion, they finally convinced Xu Lei, and the brother and sister hurriedly left the military compound.
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