Chapter 16: Deliberately Embarrassing the Xu Family
Before the Xu family could post anything, Ruan Anan stumbled and fell to the side.
As if all his strength had been drained by the shocking news, his eyes instantly turned red.
"Sister-in-law! Even if Wang Quezi is a scoundrel, how could he dare to sneak into the yard during my wedding night? Is he really going to die?! But you... weren't you lying on the bed at the banquet at that time?! Tell me, how did you see Wang Quezi enter my yard?"
"That's exactly what you mean!" Mrs. Liu slapped her thigh and shouted as if she suddenly realized something.
"Wang Quezi isn't a ghost that escaped from Hades' palace, picking on someone's wedding night to sleep with a new bride. Besides, at that time, those two dogs were busy having sex in bed, unable to move their butts. How could they have time to go out and see Wang Quezi? You're bullshitting me!"
This was like stirring up a hornet's nest. Li Ying's eyes turned red. "I'll tear your shit-spouting mouth apart!"
She roared and was about to pounce on him again.
"Stop!" The guard moved swiftly and stopped her again, his face gloomy enough to drip water from it.
Xu Yanli looked at Ruan Anan, who looked "weak and helpless" but whose words were piercing to the heart, and felt a surge of evil fire rising to his head.
This woman clearly did it on purpose! She just wanted to see the Xu family make a fool of themselves!
Just as he was about to open his mouth to scold this "ungrateful" woman, he met Li Jianguo's cold eyes with a clear warning.
His heart skipped a beat, and his arrogance was instantly extinguished. He could only bend down reluctantly to help Li Ying, who was lying on the ground with a bruised face.
Li Ying's face was swollen like a steamed bun, blood foam was oozing from the corners of her mouth, and her words were slurred, as if she was holding a hot eggplant in her mouth: "You... you bastard! You... you are such a scoundrel... don't care... don't care?!"
(Someone's going to kill someone! You guys in military uniforms don't care!)
"How dare you!" the guard shouted in a loud voice, "You're using foul language and slandering soldiers!"
"Oh my God... There's no way out..." Li Ying fell to the ground with his butt, slapped his thigh and started wailing, his face covered with snot and tears, and he started to throw a tantrum.
Xu Yanli stole a glance at the stars on Li Jianguo's epaulettes, feeling increasingly uneasy. He just wanted to quickly get this embarrassing mother up. "Mom, please get up quickly, don't... don't do this..."
He reached out to pull it, his tone filled with forced impatience.
Unexpectedly, Ruan Anan's sobs suddenly rose in pitch, even more mournful and heartbreaking than Li Ying's. "How on earth have I ever bothered you? Why do you want to torture me to death like this?"
She turned to Su Qingyue with tears in her eyes, as if she was heartbroken. "Sister-in-law, I know you are precious! You are pregnant with the Xu family's flesh and blood, and you are a great contributor to the Xu family! I... I am grateful for this love! The aunts gave me brown sugar out of pity, but I couldn't bear to eat a single bite. I took it all back eagerly, thinking of using it to nourish your body... How could you... How could you do this to me? Throw such dirty water on me? Wuuwuwu..."
"Bullshit!" Su Qingyue was sore, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, she shrieked and retorted, her face pale. "Who...who is pregnant! Stop slandering me!"
"You're pregnant!" Ruan Anan seemed stunned by her denial, her eyes widened with tears, with a look of grievance and confusion that said, "How can you lie with your eyes open?"
"I have... I have your list!"
As she spoke, she took out a crumpled piece of paper with frayed edges from the pocket of her old cotton-padded jacket with shaking hands.
The piece of paper was unfolded, and the three words "Su Qingyue" and the words "8 weeks pregnant" following it were like red-hot irons, instantly burning everyone's eyes.
Ruan Anan had accidentally found this in a corner of the Xu family's side room when she was cleaning the west room. She hadn't expected it to come in handy so soon.
Although Mrs. Liu could not read many words, she still recognized the words "Su Qingyue", "pregnancy" and "8 weeks".
"Everyone, take a look! It's written in black and white! The child's been two months old?! Holy crap! Doesn't that mean these shameless couple... got into bed together and started having sex before the news of Captain Xu's 'sacrifice' even arrived?! What a shameless person!"
"Give it back to me!" Su Qingyue's head buzzed and she no longer cared about anything else. She rushed forward like a madman and tried to grab the paper.
"Pa!" A crisp and loud slap.
Luo Guifen had been holding back her anger for a long time, and she slapped Su Qingyue hard, causing her to stagger.
"Bah! Shameless little whore! Two months ago? The news of Captain Xu's sacrifice for his country hadn't come back yet, hadn't it?! Whose child is this bastard in your belly?! Tell me! Were you already having an affair with the second son of the Xu family at that time?! Huh?!"
"Comrade!" Li Jianguo's face darkened completely, his tone serious enough to freeze ice. "The military district's archives clearly record that they've never received any marriage application from Su Qingyue and Regimental Commander Xu! Therefore, this is a personal issue with Comrade Su Qingyue, and it has nothing to do with Regimental Commander Xu! Please don't confuse the two!"
"Ah?!" Granny Liu was so frightened that she quickly covered her mouth, her eyes wide open. She lowered her voice, but it was loud enough for those around her to hear, "So... So this woman is using the name of the Xu family boss's fiancée to have an affair?"
"No... no... it's not like that..."
Half of Su Qingyue's face was burning with pain and her ears were buzzing.
She looked at the contemptuous and disgusting gazes around her and wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
The hatred in his heart for Ruan Anan was so overwhelming that it almost swallowed her.
But now, not only Luo Guifen and Liu Pozi were protecting Ruan Anan, but even those in military uniforms were clearly on her side.
No matter how much she hated him, she could only cover her face and sob fake tears, trying to gain the last bit of pitiful sympathy.
Su Qingyue was crying like a pear blossom in the rain, and her pitiful look really made people feel soft-hearted.
Li Jianguo frowned slightly, and just when he was about to say something to ease the situation...
"Report to Political Commissar Li!" The militia captain, accompanied by several members, walked over quickly with a righteous look on his face. "We've investigated thoroughly! Comrade Su Qingyue and Xu Yanli, the second son of the Xu family, have not only been engaged in an improper relationship for a long time, seriously undermining social morals, but they also relied on living next door to Comrade Ruan Anan and took advantage of her kindness and honesty to forcibly seize and defraud her of many valuable belongings! We have the testimony of neighbors and some of the stolen goods as evidence!"
These words were like the final heavy blow, completely shattering the sympathy for the weak that had just emerged in Li Jianguo's heart.
The look in his eyes when he looked at Su Qingyue was instantly filled with cold contempt and disgust.
Having an affair and defrauding military families of their property is an even greater crime!
Li Jianguo's voice was icy and filled with unquestionable authority. "Destroying the reputation of military families and defrauding their property are multiple crimes and must be punished together! Comrade militia, execute the law! Copy what needs to be copied, seal what needs to be sealed!"
Upon hearing the order, several burly militiamen walked towards the house where the Xu family lived with cold faces.
Li Ying couldn't even think of howling anymore. She jumped up from the ground, opened her arms and blocked the door tightly, shouting at the top of her lungs: "What are you doing?! What are you trying to do?! This is outrageous! Is there any law left?"
The militia captain shoved her away without hesitation, so hard that she staggered. "Get out of here! Don't interfere with public affairs!"
Li Ying was pushed so hard that she nearly fell, but she immediately rushed back, clinging to the doorframe tightly, her face flushed and her neck thick with anger as she screamed, "Those things! They were all given to me willingly by Ruan Anan as a filial gift! They're mine! Why did you rob my house?!"
Xu Yanli pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose and joined in with forced composure, "Yes, comrade, you must have made a mistake. An An and I are family, and we're connected as a family. Those things... she took the initiative to bring them to us. She was afraid that if she kept them, they would attract thieves, so she specifically 'asked' us to 'keep' them. Isn't that right, An An?"
As he spoke, he desperately winked at Li Ying, asking her to cooperate.
Li Ying's eyes rolled and he immediately understood.
A flattering smile uglier than crying instantly appeared on her face. She rushed to Ruan Anan and reached out to grab her hand.
She didn't care that Ruan An'an avoided her with disgust. She cried hypocritically, "An'an! A'li and Qingyue...they can't do anything! If it weren't for...if it weren't for your weak body, unable to bear children, and cutting off the Xu family's incense, Qingyue...a virgin girl, could she be so wronged and sacrifice her reputation just to give birth to a child for you and leave a bloodline for the Xu family?"
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