Director Jin produced Tian Shanhua's gold bar jar and lied to her, saying that the gold bar jar was handed over by Zhou Fugui, and that Zhou Fugui had confessed everything.
Tian Shanhua finally broke down.
Tian Shanhua confessed that she was a hidden spy, and her superior was the high-ranking spy Tan Shaoan. Tian Shanhua's true identity was Tan Shaoan's half-sister, Tan Shanshan.
Tan Shanshan was kicked out of the Tan family by the mistress of the house along with her birth mother shortly after her birth. After returning to her parents' home, her birth mother could not bear her sister-in-law's cold words and committed suicide by drowning. Tian Shanhua was given by her maternal grandmother to be raised by an elderly couple in the same village who had no children.
When Tian Shanhua was eighteen, her elder brother Tan Shaoan found her. Under Tan Shaoan's arrangement, Tian Shanhua married Zhou Fuyu.
A few years later, Tian Shanhua was recruited into Tan Shaoan's secret service organization.
Before Tan Shaoan fled abroad, he came to find Tian Shanhua carrying Zhou Jin's grandson.
Tan Shaoan instructed Tian Shanhua to lie low, await orders, and raise the child.
Tian Shanhua was afraid that having an extra child in the family would arouse suspicion.
Just then, Ding Ermei gave birth two or three days later.
Tian Shanhua took out ten silver dollars and asked Zhou Fugui if he would be willing to let this child replace Zhou Fugui's youngest son.
Zhou Fugui gritted his teeth and agreed.
And so, that child became Zhou Fugui's third son, Zhou Bingchen.
As for the real Zhou Bingchen, he only lived for three days after birth.
Tian Shanhua was always worried that Zhou Fugui would resent her because of the child.
In recent years, Zhou Fugui has been outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant towards Tian Shanhua. Although Tian Shanhua is resentful, times have changed, Tan Shaoan has not appeared, and Tian Shanhua has no way to control Zhou Fugui.
Director Kim's "divide and conquer" tactic just happened to touch a nerve with Tian Shanhua.
Chief Jin and his men found a small packet of poison in Tian Shanhua's house. It was the exact same poison as the one on the gold bars.
Moreover, after a thorough investigation by Director Jin and his team, it was discovered that Tian Shanhua's husband, Zhou Fuyu, did not die of natural causes, but was poisoned.
Forensic experts discovered the unique and potent poison of Hetian mountain flower on Zhou Fuyu's remains.
Tian Shanhua committed murder and will definitely be sentenced to death.
Tian Shanhua simply confessed everything.
Tian Shanhua thought that Zhou Fugui had betrayed her, so she told him all the bad things he had done over the years, and even revealed the identities of two other subordinates.
The case of Tian Shanhua has far-reaching implications.
It took Director Jin several days to finally bring this matter to a close.
The police officers that Chief Jin sent to the county town to arrest Zhou Fugui all returned empty-handed.
Zhou Fugui, however, seemed to have vanished into thin air.
The day before Zhou Bingchen left home, Zhao Tianyu returned from his business trip.
"Brother-in-law, when did you get back? I called my sister a few days ago! Why didn't she tell me?" Zhao Tianyu's face was full of surprise when he saw Zhou Bingchen.
“She’s been back for a few days. Your sister has been very busy these past few days, she probably forgot,” Zhou Bingchen said.
"What's my sister busy with? The harvest season is over, isn't it? Is she back at work? Brother-in-law, I'm not trying to be mean, but you're a grown man, how come you haven't been able to support your family all these years? Look how tired my sister is." Zhao Tianyu was very dissatisfied.
"Hehehe..." Zhou Bingchen chuckled awkwardly a few times, unsure of what to say.
Fortunately, Zhao Tianyu wasn't one to hold a grudge.
Seeing Zhou Bingchen's embarrassment, Zhao Tianyu didn't continue to press him, but instead changed the subject.
“Brother-in-law, when are you going back to Guangzhou? Let me know a few days in advance, I’d like to go with you to Guangzhou.” Zhao Tianyu said.
"Your supply and marketing cooperative has even taken business to Guangzhou? Wow, your leaders really have guts!" Zhou Bingchen exclaimed.
"No, brother-in-law, it's not a work matter, it's my personal matter." A hint of unease flashed across Zhao Tianyu's face.
Zhao Tianyu wants to resign.
Zhao Tianyu has been feeling very stifled at work lately.
For some reason, Director Wang started finding fault with Zhao Tianyu in every way. No matter how well Zhao Tianyu did, Director Wang would always find something to criticize and reprimand him.
Zhao Tianyu didn't want to put up with this, so he thought he might as well resign.
In the past few days, Zhao Tianyu was on a business trip and met some middlemen on the train. They said that there were many novel goods in Guangzhou, and that they could make at least four or five times the profit if they were brought to the north.
Zhao Tianyu wanted to give it a try.
“Tianyu, a trip to Guangzhou will take at least three days round trip, and the travel expenses aren’t cheap. Will your company be able to grant you leave?” Zhou Bingchen looked at Zhao Tianyu with suspicion.
"Brother-in-law, I... I want to quit my job. I want to go to Guangzhou to buy goods to sell here." Zhao Tianyu had no choice but to tell the truth.
Before Zhou Bingchen could speak, Wu Meiyun's voice rang out: "What? Zhao Tianyu, you want to resign? You're doing so well, why would you want to resign?"
"Mom, I work at the supply and marketing cooperative, and I'm unhappy every day. I want to change my environment," Zhao Tianyu said through gritted teeth.
The biggest gossip at the supply and marketing cooperative recently is the affair between Liang Xiaohe and Hu Yong.
In front of Zhao Tianyu, those people didn't say anything, but as soon as Zhao Tianyu left, all sorts of lewd jokes about Liang Xiaohe started circulating. Some even said that Zhao Tianyu must be "impotent" for Liang Xiaohe to seek opportunities outside the marriage.
Zhao Tianyu was almost furious.
Why do these people have such a foul mouth?
It's as if I've witnessed something that's fabricated out of thin air.
Before catching them in the act of adultery, Zhao Tianyu had considered what he would face and made some mental preparations. However, Zhao Tianyu never expected that some people's malice would come so suddenly.
Wu Meiyun's anger dissipated.
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