Involving Yuan Xiaoya... well, it's not exactly involvement. After all, it was Yuan Xiaoya who paid people to spread rumors at the machinery factory, and she only accidentally mentioned what happened to that bitch Song Lan to them. That didn't break any laws.
Besides, Yuan Xiaoya comes from a good family background. Even if she goes to the police station, she shouldn't get into any trouble, and she might not even have a criminal record. She can just make a phone call home and her elders can resolve the issue over the phone.
In the end, Yuan Xiaoya wouldn't be able to blame her; at most, she'd just give her a hard time for a few days.
This won't hurt her. She can just coax the other person a bit and everything will be fine.
"You mean Yuan, the educated youth you mentioned, had a grudge against Comrade Song Lan?"
Lin Chang'an asked.
I don't know if it counts.
Song Jiaojiao replied.
"Tell me more about it."
Lin Chang'an: "It's best to be truthful, otherwise you will bear legal responsibility."
"I promise I'm telling the truth." After giving this assurance, Song Jiaojiao continued, "Song Lan's ex-boyfriend was named Chen Dongze, and Yuan Zhiqing and Chen Dongze were childhood sweethearts. She's always liked him."
Yuan was very concerned about other female comrades getting close to Chen Zhiqing. Originally, Chen Zhiqing and Song Lan had broken up and had no further contact, but recently Chen Zhiqing seemed to regret the breakup. Before going to the countryside, he even contacted Song Lan. This was recently discovered by Yuan Zhiqing.
Her expression was particularly unpleasant; she suspected that Song Lan was trying to rekindle her old flame with Chen Zhiqing.
Lin Chang'an: "So you suspect that Yuan Zhiqing is using what you said to retaliate against Comrade Song Lan?"
Song Jiaojiao: "As I said before, I didn't intentionally bring that up in front of Yuan Zhiqing. It was just something we were chatting about, and I mentioned it unintentionally. As for whether Yuan Zhiqing was using that incident to retaliate against Song Lan,..."
I don't know the details. I'm just telling you what I know. If you want to verify whether Yuan Xiaoya is at fault, you'll have to ask her directly.
"What you're really trying to say is that you're innocent, right?"
The woman sitting next to Lin Chang'an spoke up. Her eyes, like Lin Chang'an's, were calm and indifferent yet incredibly sharp.
"I was innocent to begin with."
Song Jiaojiao replied.
"In my opinion, you may not have been unconsciously referring to the educated youth Yuan you mentioned, or the things that happened to Comrade Song Lan."
"You're framing me!"
"Whether we have wronged you or not, we will know once we ask Yuan Zhiqing."
“I’m waiting. If it’s confirmed that you’re framing me, you’ll have to apologize to me.”
"Can."
Lin Chang'an responded, then turned to look at the female comrade beside him, whispered a few words in her ear, and then got up and left the interrogation room.
Shisong Village.
Local area.
"Yuan and Chen, you two come here!"
Song Tieniu racked his brains but couldn't figure out why the police officers from the local station had taken Song Jiaojiao away. He also never expected that just over two hours later, the police officers would return to the village.
This time, the police were looking for two former educated youths, Yuan Xiaoya and Chen Dongze. He frowned, wondering what the three former educated youths from Beijing, including Song Jiaojiao, had done to make the police officers come to the village again and again.
Well, not to mention the brigade leader, Song Tieniu, who couldn't figure it out, even the educated youth and commune members working in the fields were full of questions. They stared at Yuan Xiaoya and Chen Dongze's backs as they walked towards the edge of the field, their eyes full of inquiry.
"You're Yuan Xiaoya?"
Looking at the two educated youths, a man and a woman, standing in front of him, Lin Chang'an finally fixed his gaze on Yuan Xiaoya.
"Yes, it is. What do you want?"
Yuan Xiaoya wasn't too nervous. She met Lin Chang'an's gaze with a very calm expression.
However, after confirming her identity, Lin Chang'an shifted his gaze to Chen Dongze: "You are Chen Dongze?"
"It's me."
Chen Dongze responded, his expression revealing a hint of bewilderment.
Lin Chang'an: "You two are educated youths from the capital, right?"
Yuan Xiaoya: "That's right."
Chen Dongze didn't say anything; he just nodded slightly.
"You two grew up together?"
Lin Chang'an asked again.
Yuan Xiaoya sensed something was amiss, but still nodded and said, "Our two families live in the same compound and grew up together. We are indeed childhood sweethearts. I wonder why you are asking us these questions?"
Chen Dongze remained silent, offering no objection to Yuan Xiaoya's description of them as "childhood sweethearts."
After all, they did live in the same compound, knew each other since childhood, and played together.
"Come with me to the institute, and I'll tell you the reason there."
Hearing Lin Chang'an say this, Yuan Xiaoya glared: "Go to the police station? Why should I go? Do you know what my family does? You just come looking for me and Chen Zhiqing out of nowhere, wanting us to go with you. Who do you think you are?"
"My name is Lin Chang'an, and I work at the town police station. The reason I came to find you and Chen Dongze is because you are involved in a case, and I would like to ask you both to cooperate with our law enforcement department in the investigation."
Lin Chang'an spoke with an upright expression. Upon hearing this, Yuan Xiaoya was about to speak when Chen Dongze's clear and gentle voice came out first: "May I ask what case I and Yuan Zhiqing are involved in?"
"You'll find out when you get to the institute."
Lin Chang'an did not give a direct answer.
Chen Dongze was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you."
Yuan Xiaoya looked at Chen Dongze, stomped her foot, and said unhappily, "Brother Dongze, why should we listen to him? We haven't done anything illegal. If we go to the police station, people will gossip about us."
"A person with an upright character has nothing to fear from a crooked shadow."
Chen Dongze gave the other party a curt reply and then left with Lin Chang'an.
Seeing this, Yuan Xiaoya, no matter how unwilling, followed suit after getting better.
"Captain, what did Jiaojiao do with Yuan and Chen, those educated youths?"
Just as Song Tieniu was about to leave, Zhu Guihua's loud voice rang out. He looked up and saw Zhu Guihua staring at him with gossipy eyes. Well, it wasn't just Zhu Guihua who was looking at him.
The other commune members and educated youths who were going to work also looked at him. Needless to say, they all wanted to know why the police officers had taken away Song Jiaojiao, Yuan Xiaoya, and Chen Dongze.
"Focus on your work and don't meddle in other people's business!"
After uttering a single sentence, Song Tieniu put his hands behind his back, said nothing more, and walked away in a moment.
Zhu Guihua rolled her eyes, picked up her hoe, and moved closer to Li Jumei. She was clearly forgetting her mistakes, and immediately said to Li Jumei, "Da Meizi, are you really not going to take care of that girl Jiaojiao?"
"Get out of my way, I have nothing to say to you."
Li Jumei didn't hesitate to kick people out.
Zhu Guihua said awkwardly, "Look at you! Is this any different from being hit by a firecracker?! I was just asking casually, did you have to treat me like this?"
"That's just my temper. If you can't stand it, then don't come near me!"
Li Jumei continued her attack.
For some reason, Zhu Guihua didn't leave. Instead, she said in a strange voice:
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