Everything was like a dream, it just began and it was over.
Before Zhao Guohui could decide whether to take the blame for Xu Erwang's crime, Ma Shengli and his gang were busted by the Sanhe Town Police Station. Xu Erwang, Ma Shengli, Zhou Jiaxing, Huang Weidong...none of them escaped.
The police seized most of the misappropriated supplies from the Sanhe Town Supply and Marketing Cooperative from Ma Shengli's home. Aside from a dozen bolts of cloth, the supplies were still in their original packaging, unopened, in Ma Shengli's east wing.
The man transporting the goods for Ma Shengli was none other than Lao Tian from the Yuyuan Reservoir. Ma Shengli had a weak spot on Lao Tian's side, forcing him to act as his accomplice despite his conscience. When the police arrested Lao Tian, he was asleep at home. After delivering the goods, Lao Tian requested sick leave from his work. The nagging guilt left Lao Tian unable to eat or sleep, and he lost seven or eight pounds.
When the police came to arrest Lao Tian, he said nothing and just left. He knew that everything he did would be punished, and that the retribution for his bad deeds was the best outcome.
The police interrogated him overnight, but Ma Shengli gritted his teeth and refused to confess. Ma Shengli's subordinates, however, were not as ruthless as him. Under interrogation and threats, they confessed everything. Zhou Jiaxing even confessed everything about Old K.
The chief of the police station heard that there was another instigator at large and quickly sent people to arrest Lao K. Unfortunately, Lao K was too cunning. Everything was normal at his rented place, but he was nowhere to be found.
The next morning, the director quickly reported the case to his superiors. The Yuyuan County Public Security Bureau took this major fraud case very seriously and issued a warrant for Old K's arrest throughout the county. Strangely enough, Old K seemed to have never appeared in Sanhe Town. No news of him remained. But that's a story for another time.
What surprised Zhou Yuanyuan was that the delivery note, with handwriting identical to Zhao Guohui's, was actually written by Huang Weidong. Huang Weidong had little education, but he was very talented in calligraphy. He had Xu Erwang get a few copies of Zhao Guohui's handwriting and after copying them several times, he was able to create a 99% similar handwriting.
Someone like Huang Weidong is a genius in a certain field. If he follows the right path, he might even become a master of calligraphy! This is Zhou Yuanyuan's sentiment.
After the supplies from the supply and marketing cooperative were recovered, Zhao Guohui's grievances were cleared and the police station released him on the same day.
Manager Wang's experience was slightly better than Zhao Guohui's. During those days, Manager Wang was ordered to suspend his work and reflect at home, and was not taken to the police station.
After the matter was settled, Zhao Guohui and Manager Wang received a punishment that was neither light nor severe: their year-end bonuses were deducted, but their positions remained the same.
The money that Zhao Guohui and Manager Wang had initially advanced was also returned to them. Coincidentally, the water-damaged cloth was worth around a thousand yuan, and the thousand yuan Zhou Yuanyuan had stolen from Ma Shengli that day just filled the hole.
Zhao Guohui, having become the director of a supply and marketing cooperative at a young age, was a proud young man. Aside from his mother's early death, his 23-year career had been smooth sailing. To suddenly face such a major setback, one can imagine his heartache.
After coming out of the police station, Zhao Guohui locked himself in the room for a day and a night. Early the next morning, Zhao Guohui took a bus to the county town and submitted a letter of resignation to the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative.
Although Zhao Guohui wasn't held responsible for the lost supplies, he knew he had made a mistake. He trusted Xu Liqin too much, and Xu Liqin trusted Xu Erwang too much. If he hadn't taken good care of the company's official seal, perhaps none of this would have happened.
What Zhao Guohui couldn't forgive himself the most was that because of this setback, his marriage with Xu Liqin had come to an end. After Xu Liqin asked Zhao Guohui to take the blame for Xu Erwang, Zhao Guohui knew that there was no going back for him and Xu Liqin.
Zhao Guohui is a proud man. He does not require Xu Liqin to share life and death with him, but he hopes that he is the most important person in Xu Liqin's heart, just like him, and puts Xu Liqin in that important position in his heart.
Xu Liqin valued her family more than Zhao Guohui, which was a major blow to Zhao Guohui. He felt that his love for Xu Liqin over the years had become a joke. He loved Xu Liqin so much that he went against his father, who loved him the most, and married her into his family. But Xu Liqin loved her family the most.
After Xu Erwang was arrested by the police station, Xu Laolai and his mother came to Zhao Guohui's house, hoping that Zhao Guohui would help Xu Erwang to seek favors and get a lighter sentence. Zhao Guohui ignored the strange couple and directly closed the door without even letting them in.
Zhao Guohui knew that in the eyes of the Xu family elders, he, the son-in-law, was just a sucker who had to help them solve their problems. Previously, Zhao Guohui loved Xu Liqin and was willing to help her solve her problems. Now, his relationship with Xu Liqin had been ruined by the Xu family, and Mr. Xu still dreamed that he would stand up for Xu Erwang? What a joke!
Zhao Guohui didn't even let Xu Liqin in. He left her a message: the two of them could no longer live together. If Xu Liqin wanted to have the child, he would raise it. If not, that was up to her.
The Xu family then realized that Zhao Guohui was really angry this time. At this moment when Zhao Guohui was furious, Xu Laolai did not dare to provoke Zhao Guohui again, so he had to vent all his anger on Xu's mother and Xu Liqin.
As for Xu Liqin, it would be a lie to say that she didn't regret it. However, Xu Liqin understood Zhao Guohui's character, and after Zhao Guohui made his decision, Xu Liqin didn't dare to pester him anymore. After all, everything was her own fault.
Zhao Qingshan rushed back to Zhaojiagou on New Year's Eve. When he arrived home, it had been five or six days since Zhao Guohui was released from the police station.
Zhao Guohui looked very depressed, his hair was disheveled, and his clothes hadn't been changed in days. He also exuded a foul, rancid smell.
These days, Zhao Guohui seemed to have lost his soul. Zhao Yunxiang cooked and asked him to eat, and Zhao Guohui ate, but it seemed to have no taste. He just filled his stomach and felt satisfied.
When Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhou Jiasheng called Zhao Guohui, he would answer, but his eyes were wandering, and it was unclear where he was looking. Zhou Yuanyuan and the others deliberately told jokes to make Zhao Guohui laugh, and Zhao Guohui laughed too, but his smile was uglier than crying.
After a few times, Zhao Yunxiang and the others let Zhao Guohui go. A disease of the heart needs a heart medicine to heal it. Zhao Guohui's heart knot needs to be slowly untied by himself. As Zhao Guohui's relatives, they only need to care for him by his side and do their best to take care of his daily life.
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