"Ayan, how dare you speak to a soldier like that? He's our family's savior."
When Li Juan, who had brought the water, heard her daughter's angry words, she immediately began to scold her severely.
Jiang Jingxing looked up and glanced at her with a smile.
Su Yan: "..." How shameless!
"Mother, where is Zhu Xiaoping?" She immediately changed the subject.
Upon hearing this name, Li Juan's face turned cold, and she gritted her teeth and said, "She went to the brigade leader's house. She committed murder and arson. The brigade leader and the others are discussing how to handle this matter. He asked for my opinion, and I told you to decide. Your grandparents are also at the brigade leader's house."
In important matters, she would leave the decision-making power to her daughter.
They don't know when it started, but their daughter has become the pillar of their family.
Su Yan couldn't help but look at her house, where only a few people were left to clean up the mess.
The house had been burned down to its skeleton, and even the newly built walls were charred black. Only her room was slightly intact. Even though the fire had been extinguished, the air was still filled with the smell of gasoline and smoke.
How much does Zhu Xiaoping hate her? She actually did something so extreme.
Su Yan suddenly chuckled.
Li Juan and Jiang Jingxing were both looking at her.
The smile on her face was utterly cold, devoid of any warmth, while her eyes revealed a ruthless and resolute emotion.
Li Juan was somewhat incredulous when she first saw her daughter like this.
Is the person in front of me really her daughter?
Before she could think too much, Su Yan regained her composure and said calmly, "Mother, go to the chest in my room and take out the pair of bracelets that Grandma gave me, as well as the money from selling the medicinal herbs. We don't need anything else."
Including the sewing machine that was just delivered a few days ago, it was burned beyond recognition before it was even used.
After Li Juan took out the things, Su Yan said, "Let's go to the brigade leader's house."
After saying that, she leaned on the tree to get up, but as soon as she moved, her little face scrunched up in a frown.
Jiang Jingxing frowned. "Do we really have to deal with this now?"
Su Yan gritted her teeth: "If I don't deal with this, I'm afraid I'll get breast hyperplasia from anger."
Jiang Jingxing: "..."
"Then I'll carry you over."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yan was swept up in his arms.
Su Yan gasped and instinctively reached her hands up to his neck.
Realizing what was happening, she struggled a couple of times, feeling a little awkward. "It doesn't have to be like this, I can walk by myself."
"How are you going to get there?" Jiang Jingxing raised an eyebrow and asked, "Hop along? And then trip and fall, making things worse?"
Su Yan: ...You can shut your mouth now.
However, she stopped moving, which was considered an acceptance of his actions.
Jiang Jingxing smiled and carried the person away contentedly, seemingly forgetting that Li Juan was still watching from the side.
Li Juan followed along naively, without thinking too much about it at all.
After all, the daughter's foot injury was so serious, it was normal for the People's Liberation Army comrades to do this.
As soon as Jiang Jingxing walked away, his few greenhorn soldiers immediately huddled together and started chatting incessantly.
"Holy crap! The boss is hugging a woman and he's laughing so happily?!"
"Wait, didn't the boss used to avoid women like the plague? Has the sun risen in the east today?"
"I remember last time, a pretty lead dancer in the performing arts troupe sprained her ankle. The leader was the closest to her, and she wanted him to carry her, but he ended up asking a new recruit to carry her instead."
"This girl is much prettier than the one in the performing arts troupe. Could it be that the boss likes this type?"
"Don't talk nonsense! It's not even close to being settled yet. Let's wait for the boss to come back and sound him out, shall we?"
While they were having a lively conversation, the brigade leader's family was in deep trouble.
Zhu Xiaoping's husband, Li Dazhu, is clamoring for a divorce, and the others in Lijiaping have come up with two solutions.
One option was to expose what Zhu Xiaoping had done and send her back to her parents' home.
The second option is to send them directly to the police.
However, Zhu Xiaoping admitted her mistake, kowtowing until her head bled, and her attitude was sincere.
She doesn't want a divorce and begs everyone to give her a chance to change her ways.
For a moment, everyone was at a loss.
The captain did not forgive Zhu Xiaoping, so he asked Su Yan to come before making a decision, since they were not the victims.
"Captain, I really know I was wrong. Please forgive me. If everyone gives me a chance to make amends, Su Yan will definitely not say anything!"
Zhu Xiaoping knelt on the ground, crying uncontrollably, kowtowing repeatedly, and shouting, "If you drive me away, my life is over!"
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
"ah--!"
Su Yan heard Zhu Xiaoping's words as she walked to the door, and she was so angry that she rushed up and slapped her twice.
"Did you think about the consequences when you committed murder and arson? Did I kill your family, or did I owe you money?"
With bloodshot eyes, Su Yan grabbed her neck and slammed her to the ground, her voice icy cold: "Let me tell you, if I don't send you to the police station, I'm not Su Yan!"
No one had time to react; they were all terrified by Su Yan's murderous look.
Jiang Jingxing frowned, hesitated for a moment, but still did not step forward to stop him.
Su Yan is a rational person and will not lose her temper.
Zhu Xiaoping's face flushed red from being choked, and she spoke with difficulty, "You...your family is alright, isn't that right? Why are you being so aggressive? I still have a child, you can't just watch him lose his mother at such a young age, can you?"
Upon hearing this, Su Yan couldn't help but laugh, looking at Zhu Xiaoping as if she were an idiot.
"What does it matter to me whether your child has a mother or not? Do you think I'd show you any sympathy? What a joke! If I don't teach you a lesson this time, do you think I'll let you set fire to and kill my family next time? Don't dream about it."
After saying that, he couldn't help but slap Zhu Xiaoping several times, making her see stars before he released her neck.
Su Yan stood up and said expressionlessly, "I'm going to send her to the police station. She has a dark heart and can't stand anyone being better off than her. If you choose to let her go, this time it's my family, next time it will be any of your houses and people that are burned down."
As expected, everyone was frightened when these words were spoken.
Moreover, they didn't truly feel that Zhu Xiaoping genuinely admitted her mistake.
I hesitated because I saw how badly she had fallen.
"Su Yan, you're right. Keeping someone like that around is just asking for trouble. I'll listen to you."
Once it starts, people will follow suit.
"I'll listen to Su Yan too, people like that shouldn't be kept around!"
The others who hadn't spoken up quickly chimed in, "We'll all listen to you."
Su Yan nodded, then said to the brigade leader, "Then I'd appreciate it if you could accompany me to take Zhu Xiaoping to the police station. Also, have you and the other village leaders discussed how to compensate for the losses at my home?"
Everyone saw how badly the house burned down; it's definitely not safe to keep.
The captain felt that Su Yan's question was reasonable, so he took it upon himself to say, "Dazhu, Zhu Xiaoping is still nominally your wife and your son's mother. If she goes to jail, the debts she incurs can only be repaid by you, the man."
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