"Brother Zhou, do you really hate me? Do you think I'm dirty and that I deserve it?"
Su Haiting looked at Zhou Jiuzhen with tears in her eyes, her voice hoarse and broken, but when she looked at Ling Huanwu from an angle that Zhou Jiuzhen couldn't see, her eyes were full of resentment.
In the small wooden shed, the dim candlelight outlined Ling Huanwu's bright and serene face.
This scene stung her eyes deeply, and a profound sense of resentment threatened to engulf her.
Su Haiting thought, "The person who should have suffered all this was Ling Huanwu, so why did it become her?"
The countless "bitch" marks on her body should have been etched onto Ling Huanwu's body.
But in the end, how do you carve it on her body?
Su Haiting was unwilling to accept it!
She's determined to defy fate!
Just as Zhou Jiuzhen frowned, unsure how to answer, Su Haiting suddenly knelt down in front of him, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Brother Zhou, how could I possibly want to do this!"
Su Haiting lifted her sleeve to show Zhou Jiuzhen the words and humiliating marks carved into her arm by the five men, tears streaming down her face. "At the beginning, at the mountain camp, the five of them threatened me with my grandmother to lead the way to Sister Ling. I had no choice but to lead them. Who knew they would try to bully Sister Ling? When I tried to stop them, they attacked me and threatened me, saying that I had ordered them to bully Sister Ling..."
"I had no choice. To prevent Sister Ling from being bullied by them, I had to... Waaah..."
Ling Huanwu was utterly dumbfounded as she listened to Su Haiting's distorted and distorted words.
Her statement not only completely absolved her of any wrongdoing, but also portrayed her as a noble person who sacrificed herself to protect others.
Even if those five henchmen told the truth, it would be difficult to verify who was telling the truth, since she is the real victim now.
Sure enough, just as Su Haiting was speaking and looking at her, Zhou Jiuzhen also looked over.
Just then, a strong force pushed the wooden planks aside with a loud "bang," and Su Haiting's grandmother, Old Lady Su, rushed in, grabbed the sobbing Su Haiting, and burst into tears.
Following closely behind was Zhao Tingguo, who pulled Chu Mei, whose eyes were red, into the office.
Ling Huanwu peeked out and saw a group of leaders in military uniforms whom she didn't recognize standing at the door.
She thought she would have to wait until at least the day after the floodwaters receded before going ashore to check on the casualties.
Unexpectedly, they were so concerned about the safety of the villagers and soldiers that they couldn't wait to go ashore and check on the island that very night.
Zhou Jiuzhen and Ling Huanwu came out of the office to greet them.
The two had just reported the situation on the island to Political Commissar Hao, who had rushed over, when Zhao Tingguo and Grandma Su and the others left the office.
Before Ling Huanwu could react, Old Madam Su suddenly rushed over and slapped Ling Huanwu across the face, causing her to stagger. If Zhou Jiuzhen hadn't been there to catch her, she probably would have fallen to the ground.
What are you doing?
Zhou Jiu was furious. "I respect you as Hai Di's grandmother, as an elder. What right do you have to hit me!"
Grandma Su threw down her cane and knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Leaders, you've finally arrived! My granddaughter was bullied by those five beasts in the camp for seven days and seven nights to protect Battalion Commander Zhou's ex-wife from being bullied! You have to stand up for us!"
With tears streaming down her face, Old Lady Su finished speaking and began to kowtow repeatedly to the cement slab of the drying ground.
Zhou Jiuzhen and Ling Huanwu were dumbfounded, stunned by the old man's actions.
The leader in charge quickly helped the man up and looked at Political Commissar Hao with a serious expression. "What exactly happened? Hai Di only sacrificed himself a few years ago. We can't let his family shed tears, understand?"
After saying that, the leader looked at Zhou Jiuzhen and said, "Xiao Zhou, now that your divorce report is out, and Comrade Su has suffered so much injustice because of your ex-wife, you have to take responsibility for her!"
"Boom!"
This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the two of them.
"The divorce papers have been issued? I don't want a divorce..."
Before Zhou Jiuzhen could explain that he was forced to file the divorce papers.
Chu Mei jumped up in shock, "What? Why should we, Jiuzhen, be responsible for such a piece of trash? You can't believe her one-sided story. Just now, she said that she and her five followers did it voluntarily. Otherwise, go and interrogate those five people!"
Grandma Su was covered in blood from kowtowing. She was furious when Chu Mei, who had been very respectful to her, spoke ill of her granddaughter.
She pounced on Chu Mei and they started fighting. Soon the two were locked in a fierce battle.
Some tried to break up the fight, while others just watched the spectacle; the entire drying ground was in complete chaos.
When the two were pulled apart, Ling Huanwu stood in the corner and met Su Haiting's sinister and resentful gaze from the crowd. She instinctively protected her stomach.
At this moment, she was like a blood-stained demon who had crawled out of hell, locking onto her target with a determined smile.
The smile on her face was immediately replaced by grievance, and tears streamed down her face. She raised her hand and swore to the leaders, "I swear I didn't lie. Those five of them barged into Comrade Ling's office. I was afraid that Comrade Ling, who was heavily pregnant, would be hurt, so I rushed in to persuade them. I never thought that I would be punished by them for saving Comrade Ling... Waaah... I swear if I'm lying, may my whole body rot and I die..."
Ling Huanwu was shocked. She never expected that even after falling to such a state, the woman would turn around and accuse her, and even dare to make such a vicious oath!
This is because they took advantage of the fact that she had no evidence and no one believed the five people, so they deliberately distorted the truth.
Because she knew that if Grandma Su made such a scene, the leaders would definitely seek justice for her as a martyr's family member.
Those five beasts are completely finished.
Regardless of whether Su Haiting can marry Zhou Jiuzhen or not, she will probably have to rely on him from now on, simply because she suffered such humiliation while protecting Zhou Jiuzhen's ex-wife.
Ling Huanwu snorted coldly, looked at the woman sitting on the ground looking humiliated and wronged, and questioned her in a deep voice, "Comrade Su, you said you were humiliated by them because of me, right? You mean you suffered so much for me, right?"
Grandma Su jumped to her feet and started cursing at Ling Huanwu, "What are you being sarcastic about? Do you think our Haiting would suffer this for no reason? You don't have to believe it, but you can't mock her. You're a woman too, and you're pregnant. Be careful you don't suffer retribution!"
"shut up!"
Zhou Jiuzhen, unable to bear it any longer, roared so loudly that the already crumbling office behind them collapsed.
"Bang bang bang!"
The moment the office collapsed, Grandma Su realized that she had been yelled at by this usually respectful junior. She burst into tears again, grabbing the leaders and crying, begging them to stand up for her and her granddaughter.
Seeing the leaders' grim expressions and Zhou Jiuzhen's bloodshot eyes on the verge of exploding, Ling Huanwu quickly tugged at his sleeve and whispered in his ear to comfort him, "Don't be angry, I have evidence to prove she's lying!"
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