"And what about the person who made the whistleblower? Let him come out and say something too. Otherwise, you have no evidence and you're just saying they have capitalist behavior based on your words. I don't believe it."
"Furthermore, the other day you wronged me, which made me very distrustful of you. I think you've framed me," Song Lili said with certainty.
After her reminder, many people actually remembered that Song Lili had been wrongly accused before.
Comparing the current situation to that day, how similar they are! Everyone's gaze towards Luo Juan has changed.
Luo Juan is actually from Hongqi Village, yet she would wrongly accuse one of her own. What about the others? Were they all wronged?
In that instant, a question suddenly popped into the minds of many people, and it grew bigger and bigger.
So, some people echoed Song Lili, saying, "That's right, you should make the person who reported it come out. If he reported it, he must have seen it. Make him come out and explain himself."
"Yes, make it clear, otherwise we won't agree."
"Exactly, what if he falsely accuses me next time? Come out and explain yourself clearly, or this person won't be leaving today."
After putting themselves in each other's shoes, everyone felt a chill run down their spines and couldn't help but feel indignant.
If someone were really locked up in a cowshed just because of one sentence, wouldn't that be incredibly unfair? How ridiculous!
Therefore, many people stopped standing by and instead stood up for Song Lili.
Meanwhile, on the Red Guards' side, someone actually voiced their doubts, though it's unclear what the boy who left earlier said.
“Yes, where is the whistleblower? He’s the witness, so why waste so much time arguing with them?” Here, “them” refers to the people from Red Flag.
Upon hearing this, the others seemed to agree, and most of them began to discuss it animatedly.
"Yes, the person who reported it should have seen the evidence by now, right?"
"Do you know who the whistleblower is? Make him come out right now!"
"I don't know. Our team leader told us to come, so we came along. We didn't see the whistleblower."
Some people seemed to have a vague recollection: "I remember the whistleblower was a middle-aged man, but what was his name again?"
"Yes, yes, I saw him go into the director's office, but I didn't see what he looked like."
“I saw him, but I don’t know his name, and he’s not here anymore. I just checked.”
Many people subconsciously looked around in an attempt to find the whistleblower.
At this moment, someone timidly said in a very soft voice, "I...I know, he's from Hongqi Village. We saw him when we came here before."
"Where is he? Where is he now?" someone excitedly grabbed the speaker and asked loudly.
The person who spoke turned around, looked around, and shook his head. "He's not here now. I saw him at the bridgehead earlier; he came in with us."
So, the people who reported the elderly people are from Hongqi Village itself?
But who exactly is it?
Song Lili had been listening to their discussion, and by this point, she had a rough idea of what was going on. She thought that the person in question must be Xu Youcai.
In Hongqi Village, besides Luo Weijia's family, the only people who hated her were Xu Youcai and Zhou Jiaming. Since Zhou Jiaming was no longer able to cause trouble, it was only Xu Youcai who was hostile.
However, it cannot be ruled out that other freshmen might report it out of jealousy, so the scope is still quite large.
However, Song Lili had a gut feeling that the person was Xu Youcai, because Xu Youcai and Luo Juan had long been working together.
This time, and the last time, were probably all caused by these two.
Li Weiguo also stood up firmly, with Yang Weimin beside him, saying, "You say someone reported it, then let the person who reported it come out and say it themselves."
“Otherwise we won’t release them. These people are here for reformation, and they haven’t done anything wrong. What right do you have to arrest them?” The attitude became much tougher.
This is what Zhang Qinghua just told Li Weiguo: it's impractical to hide the identities of the elderly people, so they can only be "sent down to the countryside".
In this way, their diligent daily labor was a form of reform, and no one in Hongqi Village could point out any faults they had.
Even if the Red Guards really wanted to criticize someone, they needed a reason, right? They couldn't just arrest people for no reason.
Therefore, what Li Weiguo said is entirely justifiable.
Yang Weimin chimed in, "That's right. As long as you produce evidence, we'll let you take them away."
Yang Weimin's words were more cunning, yet still acceptable.
First, it wasn't said that they were obstructing someone's revolution; all they needed to do was produce evidence. Once that was done, they would be allowed to leave immediately.
But what we need now is evidence. We searched the entire house, but we didn't find anything inappropriate.
Now, we need evidence, but we don't have any.
Song Lili sneered, "You need to produce at least one piece of evidence, whether it's witness testimony or physical evidence, right?"
"Otherwise, if you accuse them without any evidence, what's the difference between that and slander?"
Zhang Qinghua also stepped forward and said, "Yes, as long as you produce one thing, we will believe what you say."
Anyway, forget about physical evidence; those things were just hidden and won't be found.
Therefore, if the Red Guards want to prove that they did not wrong anyone, they need to find out who the whistleblower was.
Song Lili wanted to know who was so cruel as to make these elderly people suffer.
"Yes, produce the evidence."
"Produce evidence."
"Produce evidence."
With Li Weiguo and Yang Weimin backing them up, the villagers of Hongqi Village stood tall and joined in the cheers.
Many Red Guards panicked because there were only a dozen or so of them, but there were twenty or thirty people surrounding them.
Moreover, some Red Guards also felt that what others said made sense, since people wouldn't believe things without evidence.
Therefore, they asked each other internally who the whistleblower was in order to prove themselves; teenagers still have a strong sense of self-esteem.
This commotion actually brought some clues to the table. However, everyone's attention wasn't on this, so no one noticed.
Song Lili's attention was entirely focused on Luo Juan, wanting to see Luo Juan's reaction.
Luo Juan's attitude will determine the future of these elderly people.
Luo Juan's smiling face fell, but she didn't panic. Clearly, she had long since mastered the skill of saying, "We must keep the whistleblower's identity confidential."
"I'm afraid someone will retaliate, otherwise who would dare to report others in the future? But I guarantee that what the whistleblower said is true, and there is evidence to prove it."
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