Chapter 108 The Letter Was Sneaked at
Seeing Xu Lin coming back, Han Hong and the others greeted her happily, and after saying a few words of concern, they went back to the house.
However, when Hu Changming handed over the two letters, his expression was somewhat unnatural.
Xu Lin stared at Hu Changming's face and soon his expression darkened.
She lowered her head to look at the envelope, then said in a deep voice: "You peeked at my letter."
Her tone was one of statement, not question, which made Hu Changming even more panicked.
"I didn't, I didn't, you are slandering me." He didn't dare to look at Xu Lin while he was arguing.
"Really?" Xu Lin shook the envelope in her hand. "Both of these letters show signs of being opened, and this one was sent from the army.
If you didn't peek, I'll report it to the police."
Upon hearing the report, Hu Changming's expression became even more nervous. If the letter sent from the army was read by someone and the news got out, he would be in big trouble.
"How can you be sure that it was me who peeked? Maybe it was the delivery man." Hu Changming's explanation became weaker and weaker, and finally disappeared.
At this time, Han Hong, Zhang Qiang and others also opened the door and walked out. It was not that they wanted to eavesdrop, but the house was not soundproofed well.
After hearing Hu Changming's loud explanation, they couldn't help but feel curious and concerned. They were even more afraid that their letter had been read by Hu Changming in private.
"Xu Zhiqing, what's going on?" Han Hong asked, and walked to Xu Lin's side.
"Look, my letters have been opened." Xu Lin held up the two letters in her hand and motioned Han Hong to look over.
One of the two letters was sent by Aunt Guihua, and the other was sent from the army. The sender written on the envelope was Qin Zonghan.
If I guessed correctly, this Qin Zonghan is Xu Lin's biological brother whom she has never met. I wonder why Qin Zonghan wrote to her?
What made Xu Lin angry was that the letter had been read by someone.
Han Hong took the envelope and examined it, his face soon darkened and he looked at Hu Changming with an unfriendly look.
"The letter has indeed been opened. If you are not sure who read it, then report it to the police."
Zhang Qiang, Huang Zishu and Lin Zihao also came over to watch, especially Huang Zishu and Lin Zihao, who had the ugliest expressions.
In a place where no one else noticed, the two of them exchanged glances, with a flash of relief in their eyes.
Fortunately, they and their families were very careful and never made anything clear in the letters, always using code words.
If this had been written in plain language in the letter, Hu Changming would have already possessed the evidence against them.
"No, not really, not really." Hu Changming became even less confident, and his face turned pale with guilt.
"Why not?" Han Hong said coldly, "Dongguo has clear laws and regulations that it is illegal to peek at their letters."
Han Hong narrowed his eyes while speaking and looked Hu Changming up and down. He thought that this was a person who liked to flatter, but he didn't expect that he had such a dirty heart.
He even dared to peek at letters, what did he want to do?
Also, is there anyone in this Youth League Institute who has been given leverage by him?
"I, I." Hu Changming was extremely nervous, and looked pleadingly.
"If you don't give a reasonable explanation, then report it to the police." Xu Lin responded, not giving Hu Chang a chance to shirk his responsibility, and put away the letter and prepared to leave.
"No, no." Hu Changming turned his head to look at the room. Du Yong, who shared the room with him, had not come out yet. He rolled his eyes and came up with an idea.
"It wasn't me who saw it. It was Du Yong who peeped. It was Du Yong. He, he, he wanted to find something to hold against you and use the power behind you to return to the city."
The more Hu Changming spoke, the more he seemed to think his words made sense. He nodded heavily after he finished speaking, leaving Xu Lin speechless.
When Xu Lin first saw Hu Changming, although this man had a perverse look in his eyes and was full of thoughts, she did not take him seriously.
I didn't expect Hu Changming to be so cunning and so good at using tricks.
It's a pity for Du Yong. His family situation is not good and he is not favored, but in the end he becomes friends with someone like Hu Changming.
I can only say that Du Yong is extremely blind.
Thinking about what Du Yong had done to curry favor with Qin Fang and Su Liang, Xu Lin was even more speechless.
Not only is he blind, he's also deaf. There's no hope for him.
Although Xu Lin did not want to offend Du Yong, she did not agree with Hu Changming's words. She stared at Hu Changming coldly and said:
"Since you won't tell the truth, let's leave it to the law enforcement officers to investigate. I believe in their ability."
After saying that, Xu Lin turned around and left. Not wanting to waste time, Hu Changming was so scared that he immediately reached out and grabbed Xu Lin's sleeve.
I wondered who this person was, why did he report the case to the police just because of a disagreement?
This matter definitely cannot be reported to the police. Even if it is reported and the truth is found, then he will be finished.
Hu Changming had no choice but to tell the truth. It was indeed he who opened the letter and he was the one who covered it with paste.
As for why I did this, it all started one day in May last year.
The brigade had a holiday that day and everyone went to the commune or the county town for a stroll, except Hu Changming.
When the postman delivered the letter to the educated youth home, he found out that the educated youth had all gone out to play.
There was no other way but to let the team leader Hu Changming collect these letters. One of the letters was from Wu Siyu.
When the letter reached Hu Changming, it was already half opened, and Hu Changming immediately had an idea.
He couldn't help but open the letter and check it out. He actually saw twenty yuan inside the letter.
He read the letter from beginning to end and found that it did not mention anything about money, so Hu Changming withheld the twenty yuan.
After tasting this sweet taste, Hu Changming couldn't help but open other letters to read them, and then seal them again with paste.
From then on, Hu Changming developed the habit of peeking at other people's letters. In addition to money, he found that the contents of the letters could also be exchanged for money.
Look, one of the people he threatened was Fu Yaqin.
Fu Yaqin is from Huacheng, which is very close to Gangcheng. Some of Fu Yaqin's relatives fled to Gangcheng.
Under normal circumstances, this would at most be a stain, but in this era, it is not a good thing.
If something goes wrong, Fu Yaqin and his family will be implicated.
The purpose of Fu's mother writing the letter was to remind Fu Yaqin to be careful and be a good educated youth in the countryside and not to think about returning to the city in the next two years.
Relying on this secret, Hu Changming was able to deduct twenty yuan from Fu Yaqin every month for living expenses.
This made Hu Changming, who was not loved by his father and mother, improve his living standard dramatically and also made him reap the benefits.
Originally, Hu Changming wanted to marry Fu Yaqin. He wanted to be a gigolo, but Fu Yaqin was not a pushover.
He could take her money, but Fu Yaqin was unwilling to let her marry Hu Changming and spend her whole life with him.
Fu Yaqin even became furious and said that if the affair of her relative was exposed, she would drag Hu Changming to hell together with him.
The timid Hu Changming was frightened and gave up the idea of marrying Fu Yaqin, but the monthly allowance increased from 20 yuan to 30 yuan.
In other words, Fu Yaqin's family loved her, which was why she spent money to deal with the disaster.
Thinking about what he had done, Hu Changming felt uneasy and regretted provoking Xu Lin.
This little girl is really not easy to get along with.