Chapter 71 For the sake of me being pregnant with Commander Xie's child
Li Zhengjie stood up.
Although he had made ample mental preparations beforehand, he still couldn't help but stammer when the moment actually arrived.
"Reporting, sir! I...I have something to say! The broadcaster Qiao Feitian...the prescriptions she mentioned, and the methods to cure the troops, no, they weren't her ideas! They were Xia Fanxing's! They were Comrade Xia's ideas! And they were the ones Comrade Xia saved!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room fell into a deathly silence.
Because of Li Zhengjie's identity, no one usually pays any attention to his existence.
But today, he revealed such a shocking secret in front of hundreds of people and leaders, making it impossible to ignore him any longer.
All eyes then turned to Li Zhengjie.
Li Zhengjie found it difficult to bear the immense attention he was receiving.
He subconsciously shrugged his shoulders and lowered his head, trying to hide as he used to.
But he quickly remembered his task for the day, so he struggled to raise his head, straighten his chest, and looked at the podium with a mixture of timidity and determination.
After Qiao Feitian came to her senses, her face turned deathly pale, and she almost dropped the microphone in her hand.
She burst out with a sharp denial: "You're talking nonsense! You're just a janitor, a criminal with a bad class background who was sent to the countryside, how dare you slander me! Tell me, are you acting on someone's orders?"
Qiao Feitian pointed at Xia Fanxing and glared fiercely at Li Zhengjie, "Did she tell you to say that? You two have bad class backgrounds, so you're in cahoots, right!"
Qiao Feitian attempted to overpower Li Zhengjie with insults and her status.
Xia Fanxing was very surprised.
She never expected that the poor little boy she had casually saved would know the truth, and it seemed he was a very important witness.
She got up and walked to Li Zhengjie's side, patted his shoulder, and whispered comfortingly, "Don't be afraid, thank you."
Li Zhengjie was already trembling all over and his legs were weak, but Xia Fanxing's arrival seemed to give him new courage.
Looking at Xia Fanxing's calm and composed face, his unease and fear gradually subsided.
On the podium, Qiao Feitian had already turned off the microphone and was anxiously explaining something to the leaders of the regiment and division.
The people in the auditorium were also whispering and discussing, creating a noisy atmosphere.
"Everyone, it's actually quite simple to find out whether Comrade Qiao has been slandered." Xia Fanxing suddenly spoke up, her voice not loud, yet it carried to every corner of the auditorium.
The murmurs and noise from the crowd gradually subsided, and the leaders on the platform all looked past Qiao Feitian and toward Xia Fanxing.
Qiao Feitian was both angry and guilty, and could only follow the leaders' gazes to look at Xia Fanxing.
Her eyes were filled with undisguised ferocity, and her hand casually touched her stomach, clearly indicating that she wanted to use the pregnancy to threaten Xia Fanxing.
Xia Fanxing didn't even glance at her, her voice cold as she said, "Comrade Qiao said that the folk remedies were collected and researched by her. Then please tell me, Comrade Qiao, what is the optimal temperature for rendering lard in the 'anti-frostbite oil' in the folk remedies? Why is snake gallbladder needed as a guide for treating parasitic infections in the military? Which type of snake gallbladder is the most effective? How is it processed? What is the ratio?"
Xia Fanxing's questions were very professional, specific, and to the point.
The auditorium was filled not only with staff members from the regiment headquarters, but also with many doctors and experts from other regiments and divisions. They were immediately drawn to Xia Fanxing's question and nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Comrade Qiao, what do you say? We can learn from you."
"What is the principle behind this drug treatment for parasitic outbreaks? I've never heard of this treatment method before."
"I also have several questions about traditional remedies, please answer them, Comrade Qiao."
Faced with so many questioning and doubtful looks, Qiao Feitian completely panicked.
She stammered, her eyes darting around, her words disjointed: "It's...it's processed like that...the heat? The heat should be about right...the medicinal ingredient, the medicinal ingredient is what I saw in a book, that's how it's written in the book..."
Anyone with eyes can see that Qiao Feitian is completely unable to answer any questions about the details!
Xia Fanxing turned around and faced the crowd frankly, asking, "Everyone, do you really think someone who can write a prescription for the right medicine wouldn't even know such basic details?"
A company medic, who had long harbored doubts, stood up and shouted indignantly, "Last time she gave a report in our company, I felt that the folk remedies were losing their effectiveness, so I asked her a couple more questions. As a result, she said I had a bad attitude and didn't want to answer me, which caused me to get a severe scolding from the company commander! Now the truth is finally out. It turns out she was faking it; she simply didn't know how to answer!"
"I didn't!" Qiao Feitian was sweating profusely and could only dryly protest her innocence.
Then many doctors began to press her for details, but she was speechless and couldn't say a word.
She stood awkwardly on the stage, holding the microphone, looking quite embarrassed.
The truth is already obvious.
"Fine, fine!" The division commander pointed at the regimental commander, laughing angrily. "Such a big matter, and you dared to deceive the Corps, and not only did you deceive them once, you even deceived them twice!"
"Yes! It was all the regimental leaders who forced me to do this!" Qiao Feitian pleaded repeatedly, as if grasping at a straw. "Leaders, please understand, when the parasite outbreak occurred in the unit, I was giving a tour of reports to the companies below. How could I have had time to save people? It was the regimental leaders who insisted that I come to this commendation meeting. I had no choice!"
"Don't even think about shifting the blame!" the division commander roared. "Even if others forced you this time, what about the folk remedy from last time? Were the words you personally delivered also forced upon you by others?!"
"I...I..." Qiao Feitian's mind went blank, and she couldn't think of any way to defend herself.
The division commander, his expression grim, said, "This is a politically egregious deception! You have not only deceived us, but also the vast majority of soldiers in the corps! Such a serious mistake is enough to land you in jail—"
Upon hearing the words "go to jail," Qiao Feitian was terrified.
Seeing that the division leaders were about to order her to be dragged away and severely punished, she immediately knelt down on the ground with a thud, crying with tears and snot streaming down her face.
"Commander, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong! Please give me another chance, please forgive me this time, for the sake of me... for the sake of me being pregnant with Commander Xie's child! I can't go to jail! Commander Xie's child can't be born without a mother!"
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