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Song Guoqiang's wife, who is a junior apprentice of Cui Zhizhou, is also an employee of the Qin Province Textile Factory, just like Wu Wanying.
He met Cui Zhizhou and his fellow students who were assigned to Qin Province after graduating from university, and they came to the 804 Shipyard Family Compound together in the same year.
From Qin Province to the tenement building, her relationship with Wu Wanying was never good; on the contrary, Xu Ruoling and Wu Wanying had a better relationship.
No wonder Wan Guihua was so hostile to Yu Yao this time. Besides hating everything about her, she was probably also afraid that what happened back then would be exposed.
Yu Yao and Lu Ze returned to the family compound with the results.
Seeing that the two looked normal, Wu Wanying nervously rubbed her hands: "Yu Yao, did you and Lu Ze get any information when you went to the police station? Does the police still remember the people from back then?"
Yu Yao handed the transcribed record and the identification document personally signed by the police to Wu Wanying.
"Wan Guihua, it really is her! Is she the one who took the child?"
"It cannot be confirmed yet, but it can be confirmed that she was the one who told the police about the child and got the police to drop the case."
Wu Wanying slumped onto the wooden sofa, her eyes filled with anger, sadness, and disbelief.
When Officer Fu mentioned the courtyard incident before, Wu Wanying had some suspicions about her, but she still didn't want to think too badly of her.
After all, the two men were fellow apprentices, and their relationship was better than that of ordinary brothers.
Over the years, she and Zhizhou have gone to great lengths and shed countless tears in their search for their child, yet Wan Guihua has never once mentioned the new clues provided by the police.
The thought of this made Wu Wanying shudder.
Wu Wanying quickly composed herself. "Yu Yao, let's go find Wan Guihua. Lu Ze, go report this to the police. Wan Guihua should pay the price for everything she's done."
Wan Guihua's family and Wu Wanying's family live in the same direction. This area is inhabited by the families of the shipyard's long-time employees, and they all know each other very well.
Seeing Wu Wan's cold face, someone asked curiously, "Teacher Wu, where are you going?"
"Go settle the score with Wan Guihua!"
This was the first time anyone around had seen Wu Wanying like this. What had Wan Guihua done to make the usually kind Teacher Wu so angry?
Some people sensed something was wrong and, fearing something bad might happen, went to find the leaders of the family compound. Unexpectedly, they saw the shipyard men leaving get off work from afar.
"Professor Cui, Expert Song, you should go and take a look. Wan Guihua has done something, and Teacher Wu has taken her daughter to confront her."
Upon hearing this, Cui Zhizhou and Song Guoqiang, disregarding their exhaustion, ran over.
The Song family.
Wan Guihua was looking at her four daughters, especially her fourth daughter Yingdi. "Go to your aunt's house in a few days and keep your sister Xiaozhen company. She's unhappy because your aunt went out to visit relatives and kept her remarriage a secret. Try to talk to her and comfort her."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely keep Sister Xiaozhen company." Yingdi, the most favored, proudly raised her chin at her three older sisters.
After finishing her business, Wan Guihua went to the kitchen to get busy, making steamed cakes for her three beloved sons as usual.
"Wan Guihua, come out here!" Wu Wanying's voice rang out from outside, trembling with anger.
Wan Guihua's right eyelid kept twitching. She had a feeling that Wu Wanying's visit this time was not well-intentioned. Could it be that she knew about what happened before and came to settle scores for Yu Yao?
She peered through the crack in the door.
Not seeing Lu Ze or the shipyard leaders put my mind at ease.
She had never been afraid of Wu Wanying, and this time was no exception. She put down her things and went out.
"Wu Wanying, why aren't you at work? What are you doing here?"
Wu Wanying looked at Wan Guihua with red eyes, but her expression calmed down: "Wan Guihua, why did I come to find you? Of course, it's to settle accounts with you!"
Feeling guilty, Wan Guihua denied it, saying, "What happened before was unintentional. Your husband and my husband are fellow disciples, so we're practically sisters-in-law. I've already apologized, what more do you want?"
Sisters-in-law? How dare Wan Guihua say that?
She asked herself, "I have always been kind to others. For my master's sake, I didn't want to affect the relationship between the two families. I have been very tolerant of Wan Guihua over the years. But what have I gotten in return?"
It was twenty years of separation from family.
Wu Wanying stared at Wan Guihua, her anger reaching its peak. "Wan Guihua, don't you feel guilty saying that? The police have a record of everything you did back then. You don't think you can get away with it!"
Upon hearing the words "Public Security Bureau," Wan Guihua's heart skipped a beat, and she vehemently denied it: "What Public Security Bureau? I only said a few bad things about you, and I already said it was unintentional. Why are you going to the Public Security Bureau? You're being too petty."
Wu Wanying laughed angrily, "Even now, you're still trying to deny it. Wan Guihua, I've treated you and your husband well because of my master, but how have you repaid me? You knew we were looking for our child, yet when the police provided new leads, you told them we'd found our child! And you even got the police to close the case!"
"What are you thinking? What have Zhizhou and I ever done to wrong you? How could you be so heartless and do such a despicable thing!"
At the end, Wu Wanying's voice choked with emotion.
The thought of all the years of hard work searching for her child, and the suffering he endured in places they didn't know about, made it impossible for her to forgive him.
Everyone around Wu Wanying stared wide-eyed at her words.
Wan Guihua actually told the police that the child had been found when they came to provide new clues?!
When did this happen?
So many years have passed, and Wan Guihua never expected that what happened back then would be exposed, leaving her at a loss.
Thinking of the possible consequences, tears welled up in her eyes, and she felt wronged.
“Wu Wanying, what do you mean by this? What do you mean I should tell the police that they’ve found him? Wu Wanying, we’ve known each other for so many years, and our men are even fellow disciples. I, Wan Guihua, may not be a good person, but I’m not the kind of person who would do something like this.”
“I know you and your daughter resent me for saying bad things about you at the gate, and I understand that you are retaliating against me, but you can’t just pin everything dirty and smelly on me.”
She became more and more aggrieved as she spoke, and tears and snot streamed down her face.
After hearing the two families' accounts, the people around were unsure. "Teacher Wu, could there be a mistake? Or is there some misunderstanding?"
Yu Yao said, "It's not a misunderstanding, we have evidence."
Wu Wanying knew that Wan Guihua was a stubborn person who wouldn't admit defeat until she saw the coffin, so she nodded to Yu Yao and said, "Yu Yao, show them the things."
Yu Yao distributed several copies of the police records she had made to everyone present, saying, "These are the filing records from the island's public security bureau."
Cui Zhizhou and Song Guoqiang ran over, and their expressions turned sour upon hearing Yu Yao's words.
Cui Zhizhou never expected that his first meeting with his daughter would be under such circumstances.
He had a lot to say to her, but his immediate priority was to find out what happened back then and seek justice for his family.
When Wu Wanying saw Cui Zhizhou, she couldn't hold back anymore, and tears streamed down her face. "Zhizhou, we hadn't been on the island for long when the police came to our door, but Wan Guihua told them that the child had been found and asked the police to drop the case."
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