The heating in the small western-style building in the military compound was on full blast, and a woman wearing only a thin nightgown was pacing anxiously in the bedroom on the second floor.
She frowned, looking displeased at the woman sitting at the dressing table beside her, her tone questioning, "Didn't you say it was okay before? Why don't you say it now?"
"We never thought she'd come all the way from Northeast China," Yang Qing whispered. "Sis, let's just forget about it now. Jingshu is capable of doing it herself. It's not like she doesn't want to. She injured her hand this time and missed two exams, but she can just take them next time. Why does she have to take someone else's place?"
"It's because Old Yan is becoming more and more partial." Jian Suhua's face was grim. "It would have been fine if she had been abandoned in the countryside for more than ten years without paying any attention to her, but now that she's married into a good family, her husband's family is both capable, and she's risen to prominence, she's starting to pay attention to him again and wants to repair her relationship with him."
At this point, Jian Suhua sneered, "How ridiculous. That girl is so hard-hearted, she's just an ungrateful ungrateful person. It's good enough that she doesn't hate our whole family. Reconciliation? What a pipe dream. But Old Yan can't see clearly and only wants to reconcile with her."
"She's your own daughter after all." Jian Suhua's sister-in-law Yang Qing whispered to her, "Sister, don't keep your eyes on the one in front of you. No matter what, she's already married. It won't hinder our Jingshu and Jiefang. Be gentler with your brother-in-law. Everything in the family will belong to Jiefang in the future."
"I was afraid that Old Yan would be won over by that ungrateful person. You weren't in the capital at that time, so you don't know how scheming that ungrateful person is. Even I suffered a lot at her hands." Jian Suhua felt sad when she talked about this: "Old Yan has no conscience. He relied on our father to get to where he is, but as soon as our father retired, his attitude towards me changed immediately. He used to be so gentle and considerate, but now he orders me around at every turn..."
"Men all care about face, and my brother-in-law is from Shandong Province. Men there are the most traditional and chauvinistic. It's quite remarkable that he's been so humble in front of you for twenty years." Yang Qing advised cautiously, "Times have changed. Big sister, you should control your temper and go along with your brother-in-law. As I said before, men in Shandong Province are all chauvinistic and favor boys over girls. If you have liberated this son, you don't have to worry about your brother-in-law being won over by Yan Jingwan. My brother-in-law knows it well. No matter how much my daughter dotes on him, the family property will still be given to my son."
Jian Suhua hummed softly, "I know."
Yang Qing glanced at her face and said softly, "Let's forget about Jingshu's matter. Boss, tell her about the situation. She'll understand."
Bringing up the matter again, Jian Suhua's face darkened again. "How am I supposed to tell Jingshu this? She always thought she passed because of her exceptional performance, and she even happily treated her classmates from the review class to dinner. But now, school is about to start, and I'm suddenly telling her that she didn't pass. How can she accept this? How will her friends view her?"
"Even if you can't accept it, you have to tell me." Yang Qing sighed. "Yan Jingwan has been taking people from the People's Armed Forces Department to the Recruitment Office to ask for an explanation. If we don't give her a satisfactory answer tomorrow, this matter will be unbearable. Not only will I lose my job, but my whole family will be implicated and suffer. Once the news gets out and everyone knows, how will Jingshu still be able to live in the circle?"
Yang Qing advised, "Sister, listen to me. Let's end this now and tear up the tampered notice. No one will know we were involved. After a few days, let Jingshu go out of town to hide. If anyone asks, just say she had a serious illness and was sent away to recuperate, so she's temporarily off school. After two years, this matter will be completely over and no one will remember it."
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