Chapter 74

Jiang Nian didn't expect Sun Yuan to come.

Ge Mei also came with them. Although Ge Mei and Sun Yuan had not interacted much, they were familiar faces. Jiang Nian followed them out of the embroidery house. Suna and the others didn't stay either. They locked the door of the embroidery house and followed them to the textile factory.

On the way, Jiang Nian asked in a low voice: "Why are you here?"

After not seeing each other for a few months, Sun Yuan had changed even more. She had lost her previous gentle and low-browed appearance and had a strong woman's temperament. At first glance, she was somewhat similar to Ge Mei's temperament.

Sun Yuan said, "Someone called me and told me about this." She looked at Jiang Nian and said, "If it weren't for that call, I wouldn't have known that Sun Ying was sent to the textile factory in Yuan City by my father."

When she said this, Sun Yuan's eyes revealed a strong sense of mockery.

Jiang Nian was wondering, who called Sun Yuan?

Several people walked into the textile factory. It was almost lunchtime, and there was no entertainment in this era. The news about the embroidery factory and the textile factory yesterday had already spread everywhere, and the workers all came out to see the excitement.

The factory director's office was on the first floor. Sun Ying was pregnant and was supported by Wu Youshan. She was accompanied by Secretary Zhu's secretary Wang Wei and two police officers. Soon, Sun Yuan and Jiang Nian also arrived. The originally small office was crowded with people and suddenly seemed even more cramped.

Sun Ying and Wu Youshan were stunned when they saw Sun Yuan. They looked at each other. Sun Ying's originally pale face was completely bloodless.

Why did she come here?

Sun Ying looked at Jiang Nian hatefully. She must have asked Sun Yuan to come here!

Jiang Nian noticed Sun Ying's gaze and just looked at her coldly without saying anything.

This incident had a big impact, and it had already involved the Public Security Bureau. The secretary of the city secretary had come to inquire about the situation in person. The factory director was overwhelmed. The Dong family incident had just settled down a few days ago, and the incidents of Sun Ying and Wu Youshan had popped up again.

He knew the backgrounds of these two people. It was Sun Chao who introduced them to her, and she agreed because they were old friends. She didn't expect to cause herself such a big trouble.

The factory director looked unhappy, and said to Sun Ying and Wu Youshan with a fierce face: "You two have behaved very badly! You pretended to be sick and in pain to deceive doctors and organizations, and deliberately framed Comrade Jiang Nian. What on earth were you thinking?!"

After that, he slammed the table and pointed at Sun Ying and said: "Especially you. In order to harm Comrade Jiang Nian, you used the life and death of the child in your belly as a pretext. Aren't you afraid that the child will really die! Is there any mother like you?"

As for how Sun Ying was found out that she was pretending to be sick, it was the credit of the director of the municipal hospital.

No one knew about this matter, only Lu Yu and Gu Shizhou knew that Secretary Zhu had called the director of the Municipal Hospital in advance and insisted that Comrade Sun Ying be examined thoroughly. The director was also a smart person, how could he not understand what Secretary Zhu meant? So in front of the public security comrades, he and several doctors gave Sun Ying a comprehensive examination, and continued to examine her the next day.

In the hospital, Wu Youshan kept saying that he was also a doctor, and if you didn't believe him, you could call your original unit? As a result, when you called, they said there was no doctor named Wu.

Sun Ying was indeed fine. She just wanted to take this opportunity to send Jiang Nian to prison. Once she had black stains on her body, her marriage report with Lu Yu would be withdrawn. She couldn't marry Lu Yu, and Jiang Nian couldn't either!

She acted flawlessly, but who knew that these doctors were like crazy and checked her inside and out.

Seeing Sun Yuan coming over again, Sun Ying was completely panicked.

The public security comrade said: "Comrade Wu Youshan, the matter has been investigated clearly. The baby in your wife's belly is fine. As for the matter of Comrade Jiang Nian beating Comrade Sun Ying, do you think we should continue to investigate it or resolve it privately?"

"What basis do they have to investigate it? It was Sun Ying who insulted Jiang Nian first, so she deserved to be beaten!"

Suna said angrily.

Shu Xue also said: "Yes, if we are talking about investigation, we must also investigate Sun Ying for insulting Jiang Nian."

"But Jiang Nian hit someone! She hurt Yingying's face!"

Wu Youshan insisted on this matter and looked at the public security comrades: "It was wrong for us to use the matter of the baby in her belly as an excuse, but the fact that Jiang Nian hurt Yingying's face is irrefutable evidence. Look, her face is still swollen. Public Security comrades, I will hold Jiang Nian responsible!"

The factory director looked at Wu Youshan and Sun Ying and felt like a rogue.

"What's your position to hold Jiang Nian responsible?"

Just when the situation was at a standstill, Sun Yuan stood up and looked at Wu Youshan: "Sun Ying is my sister, and I am her elder sister. I have understood clearly that this incident was caused by Sun Ying. She verbally abused Jiang Nian and splashed dirty water on Jiang Nian. As her relative, I think she has poor family discipline."

Sun Yuan bit the three words "poor family discipline" very hard.

Sun Ying pursed her lips and stared at Sun Yuan hatefully.

Wu Youshan's face changed: "Sun Yuan, Yingying is your sister, how can you say that to her? I know you don't like Aunt Ding and Yingying, but they are your relatives after all, why are you turning your elbow outward?"

Sun Yuan's face was calm, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry in her tone: "It is precisely because she is my sister that I don't want her to continue making mistakes. And you, you keep talking about holding Jiang Nian responsible, but on what basis do you hold her accountable? In terms of your status as Sun Ying's husband? Are you married?" As soon as

these words came out, everyone in and out of the office sighed.

Jiang Nian's eyelids jumped and he looked at Sun Yuan. He didn't expect that Sun Yuan would unveil the veil between Sun Ying and Wu Youshan in public.

Sun Ying's face turned even paler.

Wu Youshan couldn't utter a word for a long time. Sun Yuan looked at Sun Ying and continued, "And you, Sun Ying. When you first married Captain Tang, you always made things difficult for Jiang Nian. Not only did you not appreciate the sparrow curtains that your sister-in-law kindly asked Jiang Nian to embroider for you and Captain Tang, you even cut it and hung it on the wall of Jiang Nian's house to annoy Jiang Nian. Tell me yourself, how many troubles have you caused in the army in the six months since you married Captain Tang? Has Jiang Nian ever bullied you? Which time did you not always find fault with him?"

"Enough!"

Sun Ying yelled madly, staring at Sun Yuan angrily: "Did you say enough?!"

Wu Youshan said angrily: "Sun Yuan, she is your sister!"

Sun Yuan's face also turned cold, and she raised her hand and slapped Wu Youshan. In front of everyone, she angrily said: "You still know that she is my sister, and you still know how to love her. If you love her, you shouldn't do that to her the day before her wedding. She has no brains, and you have no brains too? Look at the two of you hiding here like rats crossing the street!"

As soon as Sun Yuan said this, everyone present suddenly widened their eyes. It turns out

that Wu Youshan and Sun Ying are not a couple?

Moreover, the child in Sun Ying's belly is a bastard of unknown origin?

All of a sudden, everyone looked at Sun Ying and Wu Youshan with a strange look in their eyes, full of contempt and ridicule.

Sun Ying's face was burning, more painful than when Jiang Nian hit her yesterday.

What she regretted most now was that she did not agree to marry Wu Youshan before coming to Yuan City. In this way, she and Wu Youshan would be a legitimate couple, and the child in her belly would be legitimate. In this way, how could all these troubles come about?

Jia Yuan said, "So you two are a couple, aren't you?"

Suna also said, "Before, every time Sun Ying saw Jiang Nian, she was always so hostile. I wondered if they didn't know each other. Why was Sun Ying so hostile to Jiang Nian? It turns out they knew each other before."

Sun Yuan said earnestly, "Yingying, come home with me and don't make mistakes again. Dad is worried about you." Sun

Ying looked at Sun Yuan, who seemed to be doing this for her own good and was still heartbroken about her disobedience. She was so angry that her chest was beating violently. Her stomach really hurt, and she held her stomach and started screaming.

Wu Youshan was stunned by the slap, and just when he came to his senses, he heard Sun Ying's miserable scream. He was so scared that he hugged her tightly and shouted to send her to the hospital. People saw water dripping down Sun Ying's trousers and feet. The older women said: "This is a miscarriage. The amniotic fluid broke and she will be born prematurely."

Wu Youshan became more anxious. Seeing this, someone helped to support and sent Sun Ying to the hospital.

Even if these two people are no longer capable, the child in the belly is innocent and cannot be suffocated to death in the pregnant woman's belly.

Jiang Nian didn't say a word throughout the whole process, and just watched the show quietly.

The play ended in the end because of Sun Ying's premature birth. Sun Ying and Wu Youshan, the two main characters, were gone. Sun Yuan sighed in front of everyone and wiped her eyes with her hands.

Jiang Nian: ...

If she hadn't known that Sun Yuan was acting, she would have almost believed it.

Sun Yuan said to the public security comrade: "We won't pursue this matter. It was my sister's fault in the first place." Then she said to Jiang Nian: "I apologize to you on behalf of my sister. She is young and ignorant. Don't bother with her."

Jiang Nian: ...

She pursed her lips and nodded, and replied stiffly: "It's okay."

"Since you have chosen to reconcile, we won't file it here."

The public security comrade said and left.

The people in the factory were still surrounding outside. The public security comrade left, but there was still a big Buddha who didn't leave.

——Wang Wei, the secretary beside the secretary,

said: "Director Yao, the matter has been investigated clearly. How will you deal with the work of the two comrades Sun Ying and Wu Youshan? I am still waiting to report this matter to the secretary. Look at the commotion of this matter. It almost ruined the reputation of Comrade Jiang Nian of the embroidery factory, and it also caused Comrade Jiang Nian to go to jail. This is the worst behavior and bad atmosphere for our state-owned factories and embroidery factories!"

This matter is indeed not small. At the end of each year, the factories in the city must submit a summary to the city.

The factory was doing well in all aspects. Not only the factory director received a bonus, but the people below him would also receive a few more kilograms of grain and oil coupons at the end of the year. These were all in short supply. Director Yao was still thinking about tidying up the factory this year and striving to be selected as the best in the city by the end of this year. However

, such a mess happened in the factory just after the beginning of spring. Director Yao was more angry than anyone else. He wished that time could go back to last year and tear up the letter of introduction sent by Sun Chao!

She said, "I will expel Sun Ying and Wu Youshan, and send a written document about their situation to their registered places. I will ask the local revolutionary committee to do ideological work for them and hold a meeting to criticize these two people!"

Once Sun Ying and Wu Youshan lose their jobs in the textile factory here, they will have to return to their original places.

Others may not know, but Sun Yuan knows best that Wu Youshan and Sun Ying's reputation there is already bad. After the two return, they will probably be criticized for the rest of their lives, especially in the compound. Her father and Ding Hua, as well as Wu Youshan's parents, can hardly hold their heads up in the compound.

This matter is considered to be resolved.

The story of Wu Youshan and Sun Ying spread throughout the textile factory almost instantly. Sun Ying had an affair with Wu Youshan before marriage and married someone else. Her husband divorced her after finding out. As a result, the two shamelessly ran to the textile factory in their hometown. When Jiang Nian walked out of the textile factory, she could still hear the workers talking about Sun Ying and Wu Youshan.

Sun Yuan said, "I'm going to see my sister."

She acted out the whole thing. Sun Yuan was still heartbroken when she left the textile factory.

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and tried not to laugh.

Wang Wei had a good sense of propriety. He exchanged a few polite words with Director Yao and Ge Mei before leaving.

After returning to Xiuzhuang, Shu Xue was still a little bit puzzled: "I didn't expect that Sun Ying and Wu Youshan had such a relationship. I really didn't see it."

Jia Yuan looked at Jiang Nian: "You and Sun Ying were neighbors before?"

None of them had thought of this.

Jiang Nian nodded: "Yeah."

Regarding the matter between Sun Ying and Tang Ze, no matter who asked, Jiang Nian never mentioned Tang Ze at all. Sun Ying did nothing, but Tang Ze was innocent, and he should not be the discussant of this topic.

At lunch time, Suna and the others all went to the cafeteria.

Ge Mei said to Jiang Nian, "Let's go for a walk."

The two left the embroidery house, and Ge Mei led the way to the Red Star Hotel. Jiang Nian knew that Lu Yu should be inside, otherwise Ge Mei would not have brought her here. They entered the compartment by the window, and Jiang Nian found that not only Lu Yu was there, but Gu Shizhou was also there.

Gu Shizhou glanced at Jiang Nian and nodded, saying, "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian smiled, "Political Commissar Gu."

Lu Yu stood up and took Jiang Nian to sit next to him. He lowered his eyes to look at Jiang Nian's trembling eyelashes, and held her hand under the table, saying, "Are you hungry?"

He didn't ask anything, but simply asked her if she was hungry, as if he knew everything that had just happened in the textile factory.

Jiang Nian's heart skipped a beat, thinking back to Sun Yuan saying that she only found out about Sun Ying's presence when she received a phone call. Could it be that the person who called Sun Yuan was Lu Yu?

Ge Mei said, "Everything has been resolved. Jiang Nian is fine."

Lu Yu said, "Yes."

Gu Shizhou looked at Jiang Nian: "Sister-in-law, what do you and Director Ge want to eat?"

Jiang Nian said: "Anything is fine."

The last table of dishes was ordered by Gu Shizhou. Jiang Nian knew that she was able to return from the Public Security Bureau smoothly last night. It should be because Gu Shizhou contacted Secretary Zhu, otherwise how could Secretary Wang come here by chance.

No one at the dinner table mentioned what happened just now, as if it had never happened.

After lunch, Ge Mei went back to Xiuzhuang first. When leaving, she said to Jiang Nian, "I'll give you half a day off."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Thank you, Sister Ge."

Gu Shizhou was probably too hot, so he didn't wear his military jacket, but draped it over his arm. He was wearing a black turtleneck sweater. He said to Lu Yu, "I'm going to see an old friend. I'll meet you at the Red Star Hotel later."

Lu Yu nodded and walked on the street holding Jiang Nian's hand.

When they were alone, Jiang Nian asked quietly, "Did you call Sun Yuan?"

Lu Yu lowered his eyes and glanced at Jiang Nian, a smile appeared in his cold eyes: "Yes."

The man was tall, so Jiang Nian had to look up to see him. After hearing this, she was a little surprised: "When did you call?"

It takes several hours to take a train from Sun Yuan to Yuan City. Unless Lu Yu called last night, Sun Yuan would not be able to make it in time.

Lu Yu said, "I called after receiving a call from Ge Mei last night."

Jiang Nian: ???

Really!

She was stunned for a moment and then reacted, wondering, "How do you know the phone number of Sun Ying's unit?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her wrist suddenly felt cold.

Jiang Nian looked down and saw that Lu Yu had put a watch on her wrist. The watch was cool and smooth, with a thin silver-white strip. The hands inside were exactly 2:15 p.m. She blinked and looked up at Lu Yu. The man lowered his eyes and fiddled with her watch. His thin lips were pursed, and a smile could be seen at the corner of his lips.

"Do you like it?"

Lu Yu raised his eyelids slightly and smiled at Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian raised her wrist and looked at it in front of her. The thin-strap watch on her wrist, the silver-white texture was very beautiful and not cliché. Although it was not as good as the new century watch style, it was the most precious gift for her now.

It was given to her by Lu Yu.

Jiang Nian raised her head, her little face full of smiles: "I like it."

She smiled, revealing her teeth, her lips were rosy and moist, and her tender tongue occasionally touched her teeth while she spoke. Lu Yu's eyes darkened a little, and his Adam's apple rolled uncontrollably a few times. He raised his hand, held Jiang Nian's hand, and took her to the department store.

Jiang Nian walked beside him, looking at Lu Yu with bright eyes: "What are we going there for?"

Lu Yu said: "To buy you clothes for your wedding."

This was the first time in two lifetimes that Jiang Nian chose clothes for herself on her wedding day. She originally wanted to make them herself, but she didn't have enough time, so she could only buy ready-made ones. In the end, she picked a red shirt and coat, which was also one that Jiang Nian was more satisfied with. She would alter the clothes after returning.

After a round, she also bought pants and shoes.

Lu Yu was carrying things, Jiang Nian whispered: "What about yours?"

The man laughed: "I'm wearing a military uniform."

The two walked around for an afternoon and watched a movie. When they came out, it was dark. Jiang Nian's feet were a little sore after walking all afternoon. Lu Yu squatted in front of Jiang Nian with a bunch of things in one hand: "I'll carry you back."

Jiang Nian shook her head quickly: "No, no."

They had been walking for an afternoon, and Lu Yu was carrying a bunch of things. How could she have the nerve to add to Lu Yu's burden?

Jiang Nian stepped over Lu Yu and was about to leave. Before she took two steps, an arm suddenly stretched out and picked her up. The man's arm supported her soft hips and even lifted her up to hold her steady, just like holding a child.

"I'm not tired."

Lu Yu hugged Jiang Nian tightly, with a smile on his face.

Jiang Nian: ...

This posture is so embarrassing!

She put her hands on Lu Yu's shoulders and looked around in fear. It was already dark, and a few people passed by occasionally, looking in their direction frequently. Jiang Nian blushed and pushed Lu Yu's shoulder. Even through the winter clothes, her fingers could feel the man's tense muscles.

Jiang Nian's fingers trembled, and her voice became a little lower: "Put me down."