Su He was somewhat surprised to see her acting so recklessly, but then she became puzzled. After handling so many cases, she tended to think the worst about things.
Is this exactly what Ren Xue is thinking, waiting for her reputation to be ruined so she can come and hold Section Chief Ye accountable?
As an upright man, Section Chief Ye might not stand idly by and watch a young girl ruin her reputation because of him; he might even marry her.
The more Su He thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and she intuitively felt that she might have guessed Ren Xue's plan.
I admired the girl's ruthlessness; she was practically gambling with her own life.
Success brings a bright future, while failure leads to utter ruin.
I just don't know if Section Chief Ye will fall into the trap.
...
Su He had assumed that things would unfold exactly as Ren Xue had planned.
Unexpectedly, she heard the next day that Section Chief Ye had taken leave and gone on a long trip.
Su He was taken aback again upon hearing this, wondering if Section Chief Ye had also guessed Ren Xue's plan and had gone out to hide.
But seeing that Ren Xue still showed no sign of leaving, it was clear that she hadn't given up. It was probably just a temporary measure for Section Chief Ye to hide away, because when he returned, the matter was still unresolved.
It's unclear how things will develop for them.
...
However, this time she was wrong.
Section Chief Ye actually solved the problem.
Because a few days later, he went home, and he didn't come back alone.
He brought his wife back with him.
That's right, Section Chief Ye took leave this time to get married.
His wife was a divorcee and brought three children with her when she married him.
Su He was surprised to hear this, never expecting that Section Chief Ye would get married so hastily, and was a little curious about what his wife looked like.
...
Su He saw her when Section Chief Ye brought his newlywed wife home.
To be honest, it was a bit of a surprise.
Section Chief Ye's new wife was a typical rural woman. She was not young, looking to be in her thirties. She was very thin, probably due to long-term overwork and malnutrition, and her skin was yellowish. She looked like she had suffered a lot.
The three children were dressed like beggars, skinny, with big heads and small bodies. The oldest looked about seven or eight years old, and the youngest was probably only four or five.
It turned out that the oldest one was 12 and the youngest one was eight.
Su He couldn't even imagine what conditions could have caused a child to starve to such an extent that he wouldn't grow any taller.
She only found out later from Grandma Su and others, as well as from the news from the machinery factory provided by Lin Jingyan.
It turns out that Section Chief Ye's new wife is named Fang Guihua, and she is the wife of one of Section Chief Ye's former comrades-in-arms.
After their comrade passed away, although Section Chief Ye took care of them, Fang Guihua's husband's family did not treat them well because all three of her children were girls.
Gradually, they were reduced to servants in the household, and they weren't even given food. In order to survive, Fang Guihua had to do more work in order to earn some rice gruel from her family to feed the children.
Even so, she couldn't leave with her child because she was a child bride, had no family, and was illiterate. Where could she go?
As for the money that Section Chief Ye usually sent, she couldn't see it at all; it was all held by her mother-in-law.
Over the years, she has raised her child with great difficulty.
However, her husband's family still wouldn't let them off the hook. They wanted to sell her two youngest daughters to raise money for their eldest son's grandson's wedding.
Fang Guihua panicked as soon as she heard this. Her children were her life; she had relied on them to survive all these years.
So the rural women, who had always been submissive, finally rebelled.
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