Chapter 21: Secret Exposed: Abandoned Woman Remarries in the 1980s
There is a medium-sized square between the workshop and office area of the machinery factory. In the middle is a high marble platform with a statue of a great man on it. It is a place where everyone must pass by and admire when going to and from get off work.
Rongzhen usually passed by here when she went to have lunch, but it was never as crowded and lively as it is today.
The round square paved with stone slabs was filled with a sea of heads, surrounding the statue in three circles inside and outside, all craning their necks and looking up at the dramatic scene on the marble steps.
Sun Jianye, dressed in work clothes and hairspray, looked respectable. He held a bouquet of wild lilies and knelt on one knee at the highest point. He lovingly proposed to Zhao Hongxing, saying, "Hongxing, I've always loved you. Marry me!"
Zhao Hongxing was half-pushed and half-pulled here, and her expression showed both pride and reluctance.
She didn't know in advance about the surprise that Sun Jianye had prepared, but the envious looks from everyone made her very satisfied.
But even so, she was unwilling to agree, as she didn't want to be a widow in the future.
So Zhao Hongxing hesitated for a while, and after enjoying the attention of the crowd, she decided to refuse.
Zhao Hongxing: "I don't..."
"Hong Xing..." Sun's mother suddenly shouted, blocking her words of refusal.
Zhao Hongxing wrinkled her nose, not liking her very much, and wanted to quickly refuse and leave.
Sun's mother didn't give her the chance. She immediately stepped up a few steps, her eyes reddened, and she officially began her performance.
"Hong Xing, you probably don't know, Jianye has done so much for you, I'm really moved by him."
"Originally, he said he liked you, but you were still young at the time. I was eager to have a grandchild, so I didn't agree. I forced him to marry someone else. Guess what happened?"
"He would rather not touch his wife than not be chaste for you!"
Sun's mother's words were so moving that the people listening in the audience were shocked.
Is this true? This is too shocking!
Some people believed it and were deeply moved; some people did not believe it and looked at the other party at the scene with strange expressions.
Rong Zhen remained motionless amidst so many strange looks, without a trace of embarrassment on her face, and looked back at everyone indifferently.
Rongzhen: What are you looking at?
Everyone: What’s wrong with you? Aren’t you embarrassed?
Rongzhen said it was nothing and she was not embarrassed.
Then it's someone else who's embarrassed.
These people withdrew their gaze awkwardly and continued to focus on the platform.
Sun's mother was still recounting how her son had kept himself chaste for Zhao Hongxing, how deeply in love with her he was, how he only wanted her and no one else, etc. She praised her son as a love-struck man who was rare in a century, making other men look like dirt.
Then many male comrades present here would not accept this. Have you asked everyone for their opinions before you praise them more?
They interrupted Sun's mother's emotional drama and asked loudly the question on everyone's mind: "If that's the case, what's going on with those two children?"
Sun's mother was just waiting for them to ask, and immediately acted helpless and heartbroken and blew herself up.
She secretly adopted the children, thinking that a happy atmosphere at home would eventually make her son soften his attitude and live a good life with his wife. But who knew that he was such a stubborn donkey, determined to stay with Zhao Hongxing and not turn back.
What could she do? She had to oblige them.
What he said was quite reasonable and well-founded, and he even took the initiative to point out the rumor that he secretly adopted a child and passed it off as his own.
However, there were other doubts. Everyone continued to find fault and asked her if she knew that doing this was very unfair to her daughter-in-law?
If what she said was true, then the person who was most wronged and hurt in the whole incident was not her beloved son, but the innocent person Zhang Yuzhen.
Sun's mother said with a guilty look on her face that she knew she had let her ex-daughter-in-law down, so she let her cut her losses in time and divorced and left.
Some people nodded in approval, thinking that she was being honest and kind.
Most people, however, felt that something was amiss. "Wait, why do we remember your ex-daughter-in-law being kicked out by you and your son for not having a son? It was quite a commotion at the time. If her family hadn't been so assertive, you would have kicked her out with the child, right?"
It wasn't long since that happened, and now you're denying it. Do you think we're all fools?
Sun's mother's face froze. She endured the embarrassment of being exposed and said it was a misunderstanding. The rumor about not being able to give birth to a son was spread by others and had nothing to do with their family.
"The main reason is that my son is too stubborn. He has persisted for six or seven years and has set his sights on Zhao Hongxing. In order not to delay others any more, I can only let them divorce peacefully." Sun's mother said shamelessly.
Unfortunately, no one really believes it, because if it was a peaceful divorce, why would the children be taken away by someone else?
That was the child that Sun's mother said she adopted on purpose. Why didn't she keep him after the divorce, but instead let Comrade Zhang Yuzhen, who is not his biological mother, raise him?
Sun's mother insisted on committing suicide for the sake of her child, believing that it would be better for her daughter to follow her mother than her father.
The curious asked Rong Zhen loudly, "Comrade Yu Zhen, is what she said true?"
Sun's mother suddenly turned her head and met Rongzhen's eyes in the crowd below the stage.
Rongzhen smiled slightly.
Mother Sun's expression changed slightly, and she was thinking about the countermeasures she had already thought of, wondering if they would work.
Unexpectedly, Rongzhen did not deny hitting her in the face as she had worried, but instead focused on the child's physical and mental health, and asked everyone not to mention this matter again and not to talk about it in front of the child in the future. She thanked them for this.
Her motherly love was much more sincere than that played by Sun's mother, and everyone agreed.
Mother Sun's anxious heart eased a little.
After that, Rong Zhen changed the subject and concluded, "Anyway, I'm no longer related to the Sun family. Right now, we should focus on whether Comrade Sun and Comrade Zhao can succeed in their good deeds. Creating such a big scene and wasting a lot of everyone's time is not going to work without a conclusion, don't you agree?"
Many people were unable to go to the cafeteria to grab food because they came to watch the fun. Wouldn’t it be a loss if they couldn’t see the final result?
Everyone was reminded and agreed: "Yes, yes, Auntie, you have finished explaining for your son, so don't stand there and get in the way. Come down and let Sun Jianye continue to propose. By the way, will Zhao Hongxing agree?"
Some of the female comrades among the onlookers believed what Sun's mother said. They were moved by Sun Jianye's infatuation and urged Zhao Hongxing to agree, saying that she should not miss such a devoted man.
Zhao Hongxing would never agree to that.
If she didn't know the truth, she would probably be moved by Sun Jianye's so-called affection, and now that she was being scolded, she would probably agree.
But the truth is that Sun Jianye doesn't have that stuff at all, and marrying him will only make you a widow!
But in front of so many people, she couldn't refuse too harshly.
Zhao Hongxing was thinking about how to be more tactful so as not to affect her image.
Someone in the audience urged her, "Comrade Zhao, please speak up. Just say whether you agree or not. Don't waste everyone's precious meal time."
Sun Jianye no longer let his mother speak for him and spoke again sincerely, "Hong Xing, marry me. If you are a star in the sky, I will be the moon that accompanies you. Let us shine together. If you are the wind in the mountains, I will be the sand that entangles you. Let us stay together forever, okay?"
"Oh, Comrade Sun can even recite poems, about stars, moon, wind and sand. What a talent this young man has." The aunties in the audience clapped their hands in admiration.
The literary youths were so moved that they sobbed, and immediately took out their little notebooks to write it all down.
Zhao Hongxing looked shocked, not because she was moved, but because she heard the threat in Sun Jianye's words.
He actually dared to threaten her. He really had bad intentions and was well prepared!
Zhao Hongxing didn't know what it felt like to be bitten back by an obedient dog before, but now she knows it.
As proud as she was before that Sun Jianye could drive Zhang Yuzhen away for her, she now regretted provoking him just to satisfy her vanity.
But this wasn't a big deal. Zhang Yuzhen had her family's support, so what did she have? Did Sun Jianye think that he could just bully her in front of everyone? He was too naive.
Zhao Hongxing thought a lot in a flash, and quickly made a decision. She said with great reluctance, "Comrade Sun, I appreciate your genuine love, but I don't have that kind of feeling for you. I can't lie to you, so..."
"Hong Xing!" Sun Jianye stopped her from saying anything further, as if he didn't want to hear the rejection.
Sun's mother played the family ties card sadly: "Hong Xing, please have pity on him. He insisted on being a monk for more than six years for you, and he is still a virgin. Without you, he can't live in the future, alas!"
A trace of distortion flashed across Zhao Hongxing's face. Did his father become a monk for himself? Of course he had to.
Still a virgin, bah!
If she wasn't in front of everyone, she would want to spit on the shamelessness of this mother and son.
"No, love doesn't come from pity. I can't do this." Zhao Hongxing could hardly hold her expression anymore. After saying this, she turned around and wanted to leave.
Sun's mother quickly cried out and grabbed her arm, but Sun Jianye smiled at her sadly and said, "What's the point of me living without you?" Then he turned his head and hit the statue.
With a bang, blood instantly dyed his head, face and trouser legs red, shocking everyone present.
"Ah—someone's dead! Someone's dead!"
With a scream, Sun Jianye fell limply to the ground. The people in the audience reacted and rushed to rescue him.
Mother Sun closed her eyes and fainted, still holding Zhao Hongxing tightly in her hand.
Zhao Hongxing opened her eyes wide and was also frightened by the tragic scene before her.
But she quickly came to her senses and realized that Sun Jianye did it on purpose, deliberately trying to force her in this desperate way.
What happened today might have been a setup!
The more critical the situation became, the faster Zhao Hongxing's brain, as an accountant, worked, and she finally realized the sinister intentions of the Sun family's mother and son.
Seeing that people were blaming her in the chaos, she immediately stopped hesitating and loudly exposed Sun Jianye's purpose: "Can't you see? He hit me on purpose to force me to marry him!"
"It's funny. Who would take their own life so lightly? Look at him, his head is broken and bleeding and he's almost dead. Stop talking."
Zhao Hongxing's image collapsed and she shouted, "That's because he's a coward! He's a eunuch! He wasn't born with that thing!"
The crowd fell silent. Her heartfelt words were so deafening that the sound traveled far and wide, even to Qin Fengnian, who had just rushed over from the factory leadership team after hearing the news, and he could hear it clearly.
At this moment, everyone looked stunned: What? What did you say?!
Zhao Hongxing collapsed: "I said he is not a man, and deliberately wanted to trick me into becoming his wife. He thought I didn't know. In fact, I discovered this secret a long time ago. If you don't believe me, you can check it yourself."
"Ah? Ah? Ah, is this true?"
Everyone looked incredulous. Some looked at Sun Jianye's lower body with strange eyes, while others wanted to save trouble and directly asked Rong Zhen for confirmation.
Rong Zhen: “…”
She had thought that Sun Jianye would collapse and force Zhao Hongxing to expose his secret, but she had never thought that someone would ask her about this immediately.
Rong Zhen saw Qin Fengnian approaching through the crowd and coughed before answering truthfully, "I don't know the details. They said before that they had never touched me, and I was indeed still a woman when I married my current lover."
At the end of her words, she smiled shyly.
Qin Fengnian happened to walk in through the crowd and was asked about it by his aunt who was used to making dirty jokes. He couldn't help blushing, which completely confirmed what she said.
Compared to their indirect request for confirmation, another group of people were much more direct. While no one was paying attention, they instigated a naughty child to touch Sun Jianye's crotch.
"Ahhh, there really isn't any, no pee-pee dick, and no balls!"
The child yelled and screamed, shocking Sun's mother, who had just woken up, and fainted again.
Zhao Hongxing took the opportunity to break free from her hand and burst into tears: "See, I'm not lying. He did this today just to force marriage. He was trying to hide this secret, and you guys are still siding with him."
Everyone suddenly realized what was going on. From Zhang Yuzhen to Zhao Hongxing and the two adopted children, they could almost understand the thoughts and calculations of the Sun family mother and son.
This is really, really absurd and unbelievable.
The factory leadership team hadn't expected to encounter such a big incident right after arriving, and they quickly stepped in to take control: "Alright, alright, everyone, go back and eat. Don't hang around here. You still have to work this afternoon, and your wages will be deducted for being late."
Except for those who helped rescue Sun Jianye, everyone else left reluctantly, talking a lot as they left.
Sun Jianye and his mother were then carried to the hospital, but the news about their family quickly spread in the machinery factory.
Everyone was shocked by Zhao Hongxing's revelations and disgusted by the shamelessness of this mother and son.
Rongzhen became the one who was sympathized with, and everyone was glad that she was able to escape from the suffering in time.
Another person who was sympathized with, Zhao Hongxing, took leave and went home that day and was unable to come to work for several days.
The next time Rong Zhen heard news about her was from Qin Fengnian, who said that Sun Jianye was probably disheartened because his secret was exposed. After bandaging his wounds and returning home, he actually wanted to trick Zhao Hongxing into committing suicide with him. However, he was discovered by people sent by the organization to monitor them and rescued in time.
If he hadn't said it, Rongzhen would have almost forgotten it.
Sun Jianye and four others were once suspected of being enemy spies by Qin Fengnian because of the accident that night at the social gathering. He and the factory director had discussed in front of her about reporting them to the organization and asking the higher-ups to send people to monitor them.
She didn't hear any movement and thought that the report was unsuccessful. It turned out that people had already come and started taking action.
Later, Rong Zhen discovered that Sun Jianye and Zhao Hongxing had disappeared silently in the factory. Even the chief accountant of the finance department was replaced. Zhao Hongxing's father also disappeared. It was said that he applied for a transfer to a branch factory and left with his entire family.
Everyone sighed over this, saying that the Zhao family had offended a villain and was having a bad year.
However, Rong Zhen, who learned some inside information from Qin Fengnian, subconsciously felt that this matter was not simple.
In the evening, she went back to ask Qin Fengnian for confirmation: "Did the Zhao family commit a crime and get arrested?"
Qin Fengnian was not surprised that she could guess it. He glanced at the closed doors and windows, waved for her to come closer and spoke.
Rong Zhen quickly moved over, and was picked up by the waist and pressed under him. He took the opportunity to kiss her and whispered with a smile, "Are you so easily fooled?"
"Ah, you lied to me?" Rong Zhen's eyes widened slightly, and she stretched out her hand to pinch the soft flesh on his waist, spinning it 360 degrees.
Qin Fengnian took advantage of the situation and rolled over with her in his arms, his chest shaking slightly, his smile magnetic and seductive.
Rongzhen was almost knocked unconscious, and finally bit his Adam's apple in protest.
This has really stirred up a hornet's nest.
When the passion faded, Rongzhen lay there sweating and didn't want to move, having long forgotten the questions that had just been asked.
Qin Fengnian still remembered how he lay beside her with one hand on his head, his slender fingers slowly and methodically tidying up her soaked hair. He teased her with this and replied, "Those two were taken away and detained."
Sun Jianye was found to have antisocial tendencies and he would not be released without undergoing some ideological rectification.
As for Zhao Hongxing, something was indeed discovered about the Zhao family, and they were all taken away.
The so-called transfer of Accountant Zhao and his entire family to the branch factory was just an excuse. The purpose was to temporarily stabilize certain people in the dark, so as to catch more lurkers and catch them all in one fell swoop in the future.
"Stop, stop, stop. Can you tell me this?" Rongzhen wanted to cover her ears with her hands after hearing this.
Does he understand that the more he knows, the faster he will die?
Besides, this is the organization’s secret. Is it really okay for him to just tell it out loud?
Qin Fengnian was slapped away by her troublesome hand, and turned to lie flat on his back, clasping his hands under his head. He said leisurely, "Why not? You are my lover, and I may need your cooperation in the future. It's better to tell you some inside information."
Besides, everything he told her was what he could say, and he never revealed a single word that he couldn't say.
Rongzhen's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She felt like he was setting a flag, perhaps anticipating what would happen and giving her a heads-up in advance.
Qin Fengnian noticed her mood change and turned over again, stroking her back again and again to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, everything will be fine."
"Will you be in danger?" Rong Zhen's voice was hoarse, her watery almond eyes were slightly red, and she looked at him with concern.
Qin Fengnian covered her eyes and said, "No, believe me."
The heat surged again, and Rongzhen soon had no energy to think about anything else. By the time she fell into a deep sleep, it was already late at night and everyone was asleep.
I woke up the next day feeling so sleepy that I couldn't stop yawning even with my clothes on. I couldn't help but glare at a guy who had no self-control.
Qin Fengnian touched his earlobe, turned around and brought out a carved wooden box, motioning Rongzhen to open it.
Rongzhen didn't understand what was going on, so she picked the small lock on the box, revealing a box full of banknotes, passbooks, and land deeds, as well as several bills and certificates from foreign bank safes, all of which were of considerable value.
"Why are you giving this to me?" Rongzhen flipped through it briefly, and just seeing the numbers on the passbook made her feel a little hot.
Qin Fengnian smiled and said, "Hand over the economic power to me. From now on, all of this will be under your control."
He has kept the share that should be given to his brother separately, and will give it to his two nephews when they grow up.
The rest belonged to them, including the inheritance from their parents, the returned ancestral property, and the savings from his years abroad, along with his current paycheck, all of which were handed over.
Rongzhen held them in her hands, feeling that they were as heavy as Mount Tai, and was hesitant to take them.
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