Luo Xi's life at home was also difficult.
Once Luo Xi's impersonation was exposed, he was suspended from school and kept at home. This was because Shen Ailan not only reported him and Xie Wei for impersonating each other, but also implicated Director Luo in abusing his power for personal gain, leaving Director Luo in a precarious situation.
As the investigation deepened, the relatives who had been placed in the factory by Director Luo through connections were dismissed one by one. Director Luo himself had also made a lot of money over the years, and with a charge of embezzling state-owned assets, he might face imprisonment.
At this point, even if his daughter had married the younger brother of the municipal party committee secretary, it wouldn't have mattered. After all, the man was afraid of being implicated, so he immediately forced the younger brother to divorce Luo's daughter.
The Luo family mansion is on the verge of collapse. The relatives who used to depend on him for their livelihood have suddenly turned the tables and are no longer the subservient people they once were.
They resented Luo Xi for impersonating someone else, which led to their dismissal from the factory. They spoke in a sarcastic and veiled manner.
Luo Xi had been pampered for twenty years, and when his status suddenly changed, he simply couldn't bear the huge difference.
The two sides disagreed and started fighting. Not only was the house smashed to pieces, but Luo Xi himself was also outnumbered and ended up with a bruised and swollen face.
Just then, Luo Xi's sister, forced to get a divorce, returned to her parents' home with her suitcase. Seeing the mess, she couldn't help but complain to her brother: "Luo Xi, things are different now. Because of you, our Luo family is going to fall apart. No one will tolerate your bad habits anymore. Can you please control your spoiled brat attitude?"
Luo Xi retorted, "You think it's my fault? They clearly came to my house on purpose to cause trouble. They obviously wanted to beat me up. Were I just supposed to stand there and let them hit me?"
Luo Xi's sister said wearily, "Then you should bear with it. All of them, a dozen or so people, were fired at once, so it's inevitable that they'll feel resentful. Just bear with it, and they'll be fine once they've vented their anger."
"You resent me too, don't you?" Luo Xi pointed out astutely. "As soon as something happened at home, the Song family couldn't wait to sever ties with us. You don't resent the Song family for their betrayal, but you resent me?"
"If I don't blame you, who else should I blame?" Luo Xi's sister was naturally full of resentment: "I've been married into the Song family for five years, given birth to three children for them, done the laundry and cooking, and worked hard without complaint. Who in the entire government compound doesn't praise me as a good wife? If it weren't for you insisting on going to this university and foolishly impersonating someone else, how could Jiaxing have divorced me?"
Luo Xi had been suppressing his emotions to the extreme, and his sister's words became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The siblings had a big fight, and that very night, Luo Xi ran away from home with all the family's money.
Shen Ailan later learned about this from Xie Wei.
Xie Wei's father was first suspended from his job, and later directly dismissed from public office.
After being fired, he was in a bad mood and drank alone at home every day.
Ever since he became addicted to alcohol, he's changed completely. He went from a refined, witty, and kind-hearted man into a volatile, drunken madman.
He often throws things around the house and argues with his mother. Although he doesn't say it, Xie Wei knows that her father blames her.
At this point, she could only huddle together with Luo Xi for warmth. But even Luo Xi disappeared without a trace one day in early summer.
She dared not go to the Luo family's house because it was her idea to impersonate them.
Luo Xi failed the university entrance exam and was originally supposed to become an accountant at the textile factory under Director Luo's arrangement. It was she who came up with the idea of impersonating Luo Xi in order to be with him.
Now she's been expelled from school, and the fact that she had a miscarriage during last year's college entrance exam has been made public by Shen Ailan. Apart from being with Luo Xi, she really doesn't know what else she can do in the future.
But at that very moment, Rossi disappeared.
She couldn't find her anywhere. Later, Luo Xi's mother and sister came to her door, and she learned that Luo Xi had run away with the family's money. Luo Xi's mother even thought that Luo Xi had eloped with her.
Xie Wei was beaten and swore to the heavens before Luo Xi's mother believed that she really didn't know where Luo Xi had gone.
But after Luo Xi's mother made such a fuss, Xie Wei's reputation suffered even more.
Xie Wei's father was causing trouble at home all day long. Xie Wei's mother's salary not only had to support the whole family, but also had to take care of an alcoholic and a daughter who cried all the time. Within a few months, she almost had a mental breakdown.
By the end of August, a matchmaker came to propose marriage to Xie Wei. Although he was a widower with two children in tow and was in his thirties, he said he didn't mind that Xie Wei had been pregnant out of wedlock and had an abortion, as long as she could treat the two children she had left behind well after she married him.
Xie Wei absolutely refused.
She was only in her early twenties and didn't want to marry a man in his thirties, much less become a stepmother and nanny for two teenagers.
But her resistance couldn't overcome her mother's decision.
Although the man was a bit older, he was a key technical worker at the sponge factory, earned a high salary, and owned a house. He was much better off than Lai Ziqiang, who didn't have a formal job and lived in a cramped tenement with his extended family.
In early September, Xie Wei, wearing a slightly worn red jacket, married into the family compound of the sponge factory.
Before getting married, Xie Wei visited the Textile University again.
At this time, the new semester had already started.
The school has built a new gate, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony is underway. The towering stone gate, over ten meters high, is flanked by warning slogans and red ribbons.
Decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, the scene is thriving.
Even Shen Ailan has changed her appearance.
Xie Wei still remembers the last time she saw her before she was fired. She was wearing a dirty cotton dress, thin and bony, looking like a little beggar.
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