During her year-long imprisonment, Yu Huimin lost her makeup and nice clothes, and coupled with the "suppression" in her heart, she aged considerably.
When she was first locked up, she couldn't accept the psychological gap and became somewhat arrogant.
This gave her a good "lesson," and from then on, she kept a low profile.
After visiting her a few times, Li Zhenhua was either complained about by his wife or begged to get her out of prison as soon as possible, so he almost stopped coming. He only sent things to the prison regularly.
During this time, Yu Huimin's beloved son never came to see her even once.
Li Wei initially felt ashamed that his mother had been arrested for the things she had done, and was unwilling to come and see her.
Later, Li Zhenhua sent him to the army, so even if he wanted to see him, he no longer had the chance.
However, Li Wei also wrote several letters to his mother in prison, complaining about his father's ruthlessness.
In this respect, the mother and son are strikingly similar.
Li Zhenhua's painstaking efforts ultimately yielded nothing.
Thinking that she would regain her freedom in a few months, Yu Huimin was more energetic than before when she was in prison. Similarly, she began to plan her life after her release.
Over the past year, she has gradually calmed down. Even though she still resents her husband in her heart, she never shows it on her face, and her letters to him are full of longing.
She has lost all the money she had painstakingly saved, and she can no longer afford to lose her position as Li Zhenhua's wife.
Money can be earned back, but if she loses her position as the wife of a high-ranking official, she will truly have nothing left.
At this moment, what she was most grateful for was that her husband still held his position, and as long as she held on until she was released from prison, she could still be the wife of a high-ranking official that everyone envied.
During her time in prison, she reflected on how her actions had been exposed and even questioned Li Huai.
Unfortunately, she was in prison and couldn't do anything. She couldn't tell her husband, whose trust in her had greatly diminished, about this. Her only trustworthy son was also out of reach as he was in the military.
Although it's uncertain whether it was Li Huai retaliating against her, it didn't diminish her hatred for him at all.
Why is it that she went to prison, her son who was doing well in college was sent to the army to suffer, while Li Huai got away with nothing?
She was even constantly panicking, wondering if the relationship between the father and son had been restored to normal during the year or so that she and her child had been away from home.
If the father and son reconcile, wouldn't all her hard work have been in vain?
However, she really doesn't need to worry about that.
Li Zhenhua was indeed willing to repair the father-son relationship and had also realized some of his own mistakes, but Li Huai did not share these thoughts.
With various thoughts piling up, Yu Huimin was tormented and wished she could be released from prison immediately.
Yu Huimin was unaware that someone had already begun to have designs on her.
Upon learning that Yu Huimin might be the person who caused his imprisonment, Zheng Jun wrote back to his fellow inmate, asking him to investigate Yu Huimin.
The capital city is so big; with just a name, it's impossible to know when we'll be able to find the person.
However, Zheng Jun had already made long-term plans. No matter what method he used, he was determined to find out his true enemy.
After all, his life has already been ruined, hasn't it?
Zheng Jun had considered getting the family to back down, but it wasn't so easy to do.
Overturning a conviction is extremely difficult, especially since the family only revealed the truth under duress from their fellow inmates.
If he really goes to court, who knows what those people will say? He won't ruin his only chance to gain freedom unless absolutely necessary.
Life in prison taught him a lot; he was no longer the Zheng Jun he once was.
Yu Huimin is about to be released from prison, and this matter has long been forgotten by Zhao Qinglan and Li Huai.
It was Old Master Dou who reminded them of this.
Because Zhao Qinglan became pregnant and gave birth, they hadn't seen each other since that trip to Beijing when she met the old man, and their only contact was through letters.
After the telephone was installed in Zhao Qinglan's house, the old man made a call once, but never used it again.
That day, Zhao Qinglan had just arrived home from get off work when her mother took out a letter.
"I see your son-in-law's name on the letter. Keep it safe and give it to him when he comes back." Although Mrs. Sun was not very literate, she recognized the names of her family members.
Seeing that it was a letter from Old Master Dou, Zhao Qinglan happily opened it.
In the past, when the old man wrote to her, she would wait for her husband to come home before reading it. But Li Huai later said that she didn't need to wait for him, since there was nothing shameful about the old man's letters.
Sure enough, when she received the letter again, Zhao Qinglan read it immediately.
The beginning of the letter was fine; the old man talked about his daily life in Beijing and mentioned that his two children, Wei Hong and Sun Wen, had gone to work for him again.
Zhao Qinglan smiled upon seeing this.
She had given the address of the small courtyard in Beijing to Wei Hong and Sun Wen, but she didn't expect that the two of them would get along so well with the old man, just like grandfather and grandson.
However, this also made her and Li Huai very happy.
They live too far away to take care of the old man they regard as their own elder. Wei Hong and the others occasionally go to visit the old man, which is a way for them to fulfill their filial duty.
But when she saw the old man mention that Li Huai's stepmother was about to be released from prison and ask them if they had any plans, her expression froze.
Yes, Yu Huimin, things have been going so smoothly for the past year that she almost forgot about this woman.
This is a disaster. She doesn't believe that spending two years in prison can make someone reform; the chances are too slim.
She definitely needs to take precautions, but she'll have to wait for her husband to come back so they can discuss it in detail.
After dinner, as soon as they entered the room, Zhao Qinglan handed over the old man's letter.
"Look, here's a letter from Grandpa Dou."
Li Huai took it and read it quickly.
Seeing that his expression had changed slightly, Zhao Qinglan said, "That woman will be released soon, what should we do?"
"Let's deal with whatever comes our way. She's already been caught once, so it'll be harder to find something to use against her this time." Li Huai's expression was somewhat serious.
"Indeed, one learns from one's mistakes. She's not stupid, she certainly won't make a stupid mistake. But I don't think we need to be too pessimistic."
"What do you mean?" Li Huai looked over.
"In the past, she was able to do those things because your father trusted her too much. As a result, she almost ruined your father's life. Now that she's out, your father will probably be keeping a close eye on her, at least he won't be easily manipulated by her anymore."
"That's true." Li Huai laughed.
Those self-righteous shortcomings of Li Zhenhua that he once disliked can now truly become shackles binding Yu Huimin.
Thinking of this, Zhao Qinglan felt a little relieved.
"So, let's set it at that for now: strategically despise the enemy, but tactically take them seriously."
Yu Huimin is a nuisance, but not enough to keep them up at night or disrupt their daily lives.
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