01
Huang Shurou sat at the dining table, looking at Fang Chengguang and Cheng Rushan with resentment, "I know you can't accept me marrying your father. You have always disliked me and targeted me. I have always been considerate of you and tried my best to do my duty. I want to..."
"Don't talk nonsense. Whether I accept you or not is a family matter. Huang Xiangyu harming others is a public matter. I don't have the power to mix public and private matters." Fang Chengguang didn't want to listen to her whining.
Huang Shurou walked to the door of the study to listen to Fang Jianhua talking on the phone.
He was very angry, and his voice was very serious when he called, without any of the empty talk that you hear in your daily work life.
She quietly pushed open the door and saw him standing at the window motionless after hanging up the phone. She sobbed and said in a soft voice, "Lao Fang."
The voice couldn't be softer, carrying endless grievance and affection. In the past, when she was like this, he had never been able to refuse her.
Fang Jianhua still stood facing the window, "Xiao Huang, tell me the truth, do you know about this?"
Huang Shurou's heart sank. He called her Xiao Huang when they first met. After they got married, he called her Xiao Rou.
She sobbed, "I know I had a girlfriend, but that girl was vain and her parents were greedy, asking for money again and again. Later, I couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to break up. That girl wanted to commit suicide to control him, but I didn't expect that the fake play would become real..."
Fang Jianhua: "Wu Jinshui is in charge of this case. He even sent an old policeman to the countryside for this. Did you know that?"
"Of course I don't know. You know, I never see my family at home. I'm busy working in the hospital and don't interact with them often. I only go back for a meal during festivals and my parents' birthdays, and I'm back soon. Lao Fang, my little brother is not that bad. He, he's just a naughty child..."
"Child?" Fang Jianhua looked back at her, only to see that her eyes were red from crying, and she looked weak and helpless. "Okay, if you don't know about this, don't get involved. If the truth is that Wu Jinshui shielded Huang Xiangyu, no one can bend the law for personal gain!"
He was not familiar with the Huang family, and now he thought it was a simple matter, thinking that it was just a quarrel between young people over love, which resulted in irreversible consequences, and Wu Jinshui helped to suppress the matter out of protection. After all, it was true that Chen's parents wanted Huang Xiangyu's money, and it was Chen Yue's will that the two of them lived together openly. Later, she committed suicide only because her relationship had changed and she could not accept it.
This is not as serious as raping another girl.
"Lao Fang!" Huang Shurou was immediately seized by a huge panic when she heard his tone that he was going to investigate Huang Xiangyu and Wu Jinshui truthfully. She felt as if she was drowning and could not bear it. "Lao Fang, no, I only have one brother, and my parents only have one son. If Xiangyu dies, our family will be extinct. Lao Fang, you can't be so cruel. I beg you, please save her."
Huang Shurou held Fang Jianhua's arms and begged repeatedly, then slowly knelt at his feet.
Fang Jianhua helped her up and said, "Don't go to work for now. Stay at home first."
At this time, a little boy of about six or seven years old came over, still half asleep, "Dad, Mom, Tongtong is scared."
When Huang Shurou saw her son, she immediately hugged him and said to Fang Jianhua, "Mr. Fang, for the sake of our son, please save Xiangyu. Do you want Tongtong to be without an uncle at such a young age?"
Fang Chengyu has been in poor health since childhood. He is 7 years old this year, but looks like other 6-year-old children and often takes leave from school.
Fang Jianhua looked at her and her son in silence.
Fang Chengyu reached out to him: "Daddy, give me a hug."
Fang Jianhua wanted to reach out to hug him, but he held back and said, "Take Tongtong back to the room."
He went downstairs and saw Fang Chengguang sitting there drinking porridge. He immediately became angry. He took a deep breath and said to Cheng Rushan who was standing beside him, "Xiao Cheng, sit down."
Fang Chengguang: "What, is the chief trying to persuade us to do it privately? Sorry, we won't do it privately."
Fang Jianhua: "You bastard, do you think it's so satisfying to expose your own relatives? Can't you just quietly come back and report to me first?"
Fang Chengguang: "Report it so that you can help suppress it?"
Fang Jianhua was so angry that his face darkened. "Is your father such a person who can't tell right from wrong? In all my years of work, have I ever been partial to someone for personal reasons?"
Fang Chengguang: "Then let's wait and see. Commander, please don't be a hero who is tempted by beauty and be soft-hearted in the face of major issues, which will make people laugh at you."
Fang Jianhua dared to be soft-hearted and let Huang Xiangyu negotiate, so he, as a son, dared to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice and report it to the commander! Anyway, if he finds out, there will be no hope of living a peaceful life!
Cheng Rushan tried to calm them down, "Chengguang, the chief is very busy, he must not know about this case. But Wu Jinshui was able to suppress this case for four years, he must have borrowed the chief's name."
Huang Shurou is Fang Jianhua's wife. Just showing up for a meal is a big deal without her even having to express anything. Anyone with a discerning eye will understand.
Fang Jianhua's heart tightened. Four years ago, he had already married Huang Shurou and had a son. It was the time to pity her. She had never asked him for anything, but she was Mrs. Fang, so she naturally had face in the military region. If she...
Fang Jianhua didn't dare to think further.
Fang Chengguang: "There is one more thing I need to tell the commander. We have interrogated Huang Xiangyu's friends, and one of them said that the five daughters of the Huang family are all aiming to marry powerful men, and it is not just hero worship."
Under what circumstances would a girl be willing to marry a man who is almost twenty years older than her?
Fang Jianhua got married relatively late, and later married Huang Shurou when he was in his forties. At that time, Huang Shurou was twenty-four or twenty-five. Only a fool would believe that Huang Shurou simply admired his heroism. Why didn't she love so many powerless combat heroes?
Seeing that the matter had been discussed and the next thing to deal with was the Public Security Bureau's affairs, Cheng Rushan said goodbye to Fang Jianhua.
Fang Jianhua didn't say anything, just waved his hand and sat on the sofa waiting for Director Chang and Sun Kaixuan.
There was no need for Fang Chengguang to stay and listen to anything. Since he had already exposed the matter, no one could cover it up. He left with Cheng Rushan.
Huang Shurou stood upstairs, staring at Fang Chengguang and Cheng Rushan as they left, gnashing her teeth in hatred. She said to her son, "Tongtong, go call your sister and ask her to come back and save mom and dad. My brother wants to kill mom. If mom dies, dad won't live either."
Fang Chengyu immediately shouted, "Bad brother, let my second uncle shoot him!"
Huang Shurou quickly covered his mouth, "Tongtong, don't say that. Dad doesn't like that kind of talk."
He nodded and secretly ran to his father's study to make a phone call.
After Fang Chengguang and Cheng Rushan left, Fang Jianhua sat alone downstairs for a long time until Director Chang and Sun Kaixuan came over.
Huang Shurou walked to the stairs and tentatively pleaded in a wronged and soft voice, "Lao Fang, you have to believe me..."
"Go back to your room! Don't go downstairs without permission!" Fang Jianhua rarely spoke to her in a stern tone.
After Huang Shurou returned to her room, Fang Jianhua took the two of them to the study upstairs to talk.
Huang Shurou had never seen Fang Jianhua being so fierce towards her.
She thought about her past with Fang Jianhua. In 1970, she was transferred to the military hospital as a nurse. At that time, his wife had just died and he was depressed and haggard. But she fell in love with him at first sight. It was rare for such a powerful man to be single, so she was determined to win him over.
At first he was very cold to her and didn't pay attention to her, but she was not discouraged, she made every opportunity to appear in front of him. And whenever he saw her, she was gentle and considerate, and she successfully left a synonym for gentleness in his eyes.
The next year, he fell seriously ill and she was finally able to get closer to him!
She used her connections to be able to serve him personally.
She is gentle as water, considerate, and knows how to comfort a lonely man. She takes very good care of him both in life and in spirit, so that he cannot do without her thoughtfulness and tenderness when he is discharged from the hospital.
Sure enough, he later began to greet her actively and would appear in front of her every once in a while.
Although he didn't say that he came to see her specifically, she knew that he was, and he couldn't resist her offensive at all.
But he refused to go further and break up the relationship, which made her extremely anxious. So she used other company commanders and platoon leaders to stimulate him, saying that many people wanted to pursue her and wanted her to marry. He really took the bait and blocked her several times. In the end, he started to go to the hospital for examinations and prescriptions intentionally or unintentionally. One night in the duty room, they were together.
At first he was very resistant, felt guilty and even wanted to avoid her, so she took the initiative to make him believe that she loved him.
She didn't care about age, she cared about him as a person.
At that time, he still refused to express his opinion because he was afraid that his children would object and that her young age would have a bad influence on him.
So she changed her strategy and no longer asked for marriage. She only asked him not to avoid her. Just being able to see him was better than anything else.
Finally, she succeeded in hooking him, and gave him only the most considerate tenderness. Finally, she became pregnant. Three months later, she told him the truth, and at the beginning of the second year, he married her in a formal ceremony.
She got what she wanted!
After marriage, he became more considerate and gentle to her, almost obeying her in everything and never speaking loudly to her.
Even though Fang Chengguang had conflicts with her, he never favored his son.
And she used all her skills to serve him, making him feel her fascination with him, her possessiveness and jealousy at all times, and forbade him to go to the military hospital to see other nurses and doctors, forbade him to...
He became more and more devoted to her.
Until...now!
It’s all that bastard Fang Chengguang’s fault!
Huang Shurou was so anxious that she was like an ant on a hot pan. She was under house arrest and could not go out, make phone calls, or see any outsiders. She could not write to her parents' home.
Why hasn't Fang Chengxia come yet? She said she would try her best to maintain family peace, but she disappeared at the critical moment.
Thinking that Fang Jianhua believed Fang Chengguang's words and wanted to kill her brother, she became uneasy and almost exploded.
She has only one brother in the Huang family, and she absolutely cannot lose him!
Her mother was actually in poor health, but she gave birth to five daughters in succession. Later, she lost a son. The doctor said that she could not have another child, but her mother still tried her best to give birth to Huang Xiangyu. The son who was finally born was treated like a treasure by the whole family. Naturally, they were very good to him. As a result, he developed such a naughty character and was always childish and could not grow up.
She must not let the Huang family’s bloodline be cut off!
She didn't care even if she had to beg Fang Chengguang or kneel down before him. As long as he could let her brother go, she would be willing to do anything!
At this time, Fang Jianhua was in the study room discussing the case with Director Chang and Sun Kaixuan. What moved him was that it was not as simple as he had initially thought.
Chen Yue's case was not a simple love affair, and Xie Xiaoman's case was not a simple rape. Instead, Huang Xiangyu was infinitely indulged and doted on by his family, and under the protection of Wu Jinshui, he committed more and more evil deeds.
At first, he just bullied the female classmates, lifted their skirts, touched them, and said rude words. Their parents not only ignored it, but also fought to protect their son when others came to their door. As time went by, he became more and more aggressive, and began to stop the female classmates and touch them, until it developed into rape.
Once it happens, there will be a second time. At first I was afraid and guilty, but later I just felt that it was what I deserved.
Huang Xiangyu's famous quote: Pretty women hanging around him are seducing him! They deserve to be fucked by him.
Instead of being ashamed, his family members are proud of it and think that their son and brother are awesome, cute and naughty.
Fang Jianhua was filled with rage when he heard this, and his hands were shaking. What was even more terrifying was that this man was his brother-in-law, but unfortunately he was not familiar with him and even avoided him deliberately because of his age.
Fang Jianhua angrily asked: "Why didn't the director of the xx police station ask about it?"
Director Chang naturally had to say a few good words to his colleague, "Commander Fang, Wu Jinshui has a lot of influence in the x area. His father is an old police captain who rose to prominence through the movement. Even in a department that doesn't allow succession, he was able to pass down the position of captain from father to son. That police station seems like his family has the final say."
Fang Jianhua was silent for a moment, then said cruelly, "I will report this to the commander."
He could only report this matter on his own initiative, and could not wait for others to report it, let alone wait for Commander Han to question him, as that would be too passive.
Director Chang and Sun Kaixuan stood up and said goodbye.
Fang Jianhua tried to hold back, but in the end he couldn't help asking, "Has Wu Jinshui ever used my name?"
Director Chang hurriedly said, "Master Fang, don't worry. He is only rampant in the jurisdiction and is not outside. There is no need to borrow Master Fang's name."
Wu Jinshui has the final say in his own jurisdiction and does not deal with higher-level departments, so naturally he does not need to borrow Fang Jianhua's name.
Of course, even if it was borrowed, it wouldn’t be a direct borrowing. As long as Mrs. Fang showed up and had a meal, who wouldn’t understand?
But Director Chang couldn't say it directly. He would rather not know or turn a blind eye. In his opinion, who is more honest than who? As long as you do your job well, it's good enough.
After all, there was only one Hai Rui, and he was completely excluded by the officialdom.
Fang Jianhua breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he was not involved. "We must investigate thoroughly and strictly!"
Director Chang had to visit other leaders, so Sun Kaixuan went to find Fang Chengguang and Cheng Rushan.
And have a free meal at the same time.
…
02
It was already noon and Jiang Lin's family was preparing to eat. When they saw Sun Kaixuan coming, they welcomed him to eat with them.
After the meal, Sun Kaixuan said to the others, "Don't worry, the commander has instructed us to conduct a thorough and strict investigation and not let any bad elements go."
Fang Chengguang looked at him, "Captain Sun, tell me the truth, was the old man involved?"
Sun Kaixuan: "Absolutely not! Chengguang, don't worry, absolutely not. The old leader has been tempered by the revolution and can stand the test."
Fang Chengguang stopped asking.
Cheng Rushan said: "Since the chief has asked about it, I believe the case will be closed soon."
If someone obstructs, the case will not be closed for three to five months or even a year or two. But if there is pressure from a senior leader, the case may be closed in three to five days, because everyone will stop other work and focus on this case first.
Jiang Lin was stunned when she heard this. She never thought that she would become a treasure girl. She could dig out such a big melon just by meeting a little gangster on the road! Moreover, she had such a good relationship with Fang Chengguang that she directly involved his stepmother's younger brother, brother-in-law, and the whole family.
What kind of physique is this?
If I were to write a memoir, there would definitely be a chapter about Uncle Huang.
After Sun Kaixuan left, Fang Chengguang taught Wensheng how to perform swordplay and told him how to look good. Dabao and Xiaobao got a small gong and a small drum and played them in the yard to provide music for Wensheng.
As we were talking, someone knocked on the door, "Chengguang?"
It was the voice of his sister Fang Chengxia. Fang Chengguang frowned and gave Bie Dongshan a wink.
Bie Dongshan immediately said, "Chengguang is not here, he went out."
Fang Chengxia walked in from outside and said, "Don't try to coax me. Don't I know his temper?"
Fang Chengguang didn't feel uncomfortable at all about being caught. He said indifferently, "If you are a lobbyist, don't say a word."
Fang Chengxia was a little embarrassed, but not angry. She looked at Fang Chengguang and said, "Xiaoguang, do you want to be so childish forever?"
Dabao and Xiaobao immediately stopped and looked at her curiously.
Xiaobao whispered to Dabao: "Is this what we are like when we are childish?"
Dabao: "Like you, so childish."
Xiaobao: "I'm not childish. Only children are childish." He is grown up now.
Jiang Lin and Yan Runzhi in the room saw this and were unsure whether to go over and say hello, so He Liang shook his head quietly.
Jiang Lin concentrated on helping Yan Runzhi cook.
Fang Chengxia looked at her brother outside and was very sad to see that he was so cold. She walked to the door and said to Yan Runzhi and Jiang Lin, "Chengguang has caused you trouble."
When He Liang saw her coming, he quickly stood up and introduced them to them.
Yan Runzhi just smiled and left everything to Baoer's mother.
Jiang Lin said, "Doctor Fang has something to say to Chengguang, do you want to go to the south room?"
There are so many people here, it's embarrassing after all.
Fang Chengxia looked at Jiang Lin: "Jiang Lin, can I talk to you for a moment?"
Jiang Lin hesitated for a moment. She didn't know much about Fang Chengguang's family affairs and it was not convenient for her to interfere, so she wanted to refuse.
Fang Chengxia smiled bitterly: "I won't say anything excessive."
Fang Chengguang came over and said, "Okay, you should go back to your parents and brother's family. You don't need to find anyone to persuade me. I won't buy it."
Fang Chengxia: "Xiaoguang, Dad is old, you have to think about him. We don't have a mother anymore..."
"No, you do!" Fang Chengguang sarcastically said, "You have a mother who is about your age."
He could be disappointed with his father and act as if he didn't care, but when facing his once dearest sister, he spoke without thinking and only wanted to scold her with the most satisfying words.
At first, he didn't accept Huang Shurou and quarreled with his father. Later, he broke up and moved out. She wanted him to go back and apologize to his father. She didn't understand why he got angry because his father came home for dinner. Wasn't he the most angry when his father didn't come home before? Why was he even more unhappy when his father came home now?
From that time on, he was extremely disappointed in her and didn't want to acknowledge her as his sister anymore.
These words seemed to slap Fang Chengxia in the face. Her eyes suddenly turned red and her lips trembled. "Xiao Guang, you...why don't you understand? I don't recognize her as my mother. I just don't want to lose my father again. Our mother is gone. No matter how sad you are, she will never come back. Mom hopes that we will take good care of Dad."
Her tears finally flowed down, "Xiao Guang, do you want to lose your father too? He is old, and we as children should be more considerate of him. I didn't ask you to accept your stepmother, I just want you to live in peace with her. Even if you just put in some superficial efforts, it will make your father feel at ease, right?"
Fang Chengguang looked at her coldly. Originally he was just angry and not sad. But now when he heard his sister say this, he felt a heart-wrenching pain.
He instantly lost his mind, as if he had returned to his most rebellious period in his teens, without caring about anything and just wanting to let out the devil in his heart.
"Why should I let him rest assured? As children, we should be considerate of him. Has he ever been considerate of us? When mom was lying on the bed dying, why didn't he come to understand us?"
He gave all his consideration to his concubine and his son in old age!
Fang Chengxia's face twisted in pain, "Dad was too busy with work, and the situation was so tense at the time, he couldn't...he could only do that..."
"Xiao Guang, if you haven't grown up and experienced those hardships, you can't imagine how much pressure he is under, sister..."
"Don't say anything more." Fang Chengguang turned and walked out, not wanting to pay any more attention to her.
Fang Chengxia: "Xiaoguang, you can hate Huang Shurou, but you can't ignore Dad. He is too old to withstand such a big blow a second time."
Fang Chengguang stopped, turned around and looked at her gloomily, "You are wrong, I don't hate Huang Shurou. I never considered her a family member, and I didn't have any feelings for her. I hate you. Why can you forget the past completely and be so close to another woman who replaced your mother?"
"So you want dad to live out his life alone? Mom can't be with him until the end..."
"Wrong! It's not that mom can't accompany him to the end, it's that he has never been with her."
He was not against the old man getting married again, but he was against him finding someone like this. Wouldn't it be better to find someone of the same age to live with? Listening to Huang Shurou's coquettish talk about the local brother all day long and taking every opportunity to say sweet words to the old man, Fang Chengguang could spit out the overnight meal!
"Dad was in pain too, and he missed mom, too. Can't you see? Mom passed away, and he was in the most difficult time. He was so sad that he couldn't sleep all night. Why did he come home for dinner every day? It was because you wanted him to come home to accompany you, and he wanted to fulfill your wish. Why can't you forgive him?"
Fang Chengguang was not moved at all, and sneered, "Stop disgusting me. My mother is gone, who are you talking to? Who are you showing this to? What's more, are you sure he misses his mother? And not to please others?"
Fang Chengxia walked towards him and reached out to grab his arm, "Xiao Guang..."
"Huang Shurou thought I was targeting her on purpose, so she asked you to plead for mercy. She was wrong. Huang Xiangyu must die. It has nothing to do with whose brother he is, but only with whether he is a heinous criminal."
Before this, he just hid from home and did not confront Huang Shurou directly. Wasn't this his last act of care for the old man? He stepped back and let the family enjoy the family life together. Wasn't this the best way for him as a son to repay his father?
Although he hated Huang Shurou, he never thought of using any despicable means to deal with her.
He wanted Huang Xiangyu to die because Huang Xiangyu deserved to die! If he didn't deserve to die, it wouldn't matter even if he was Huang Shurou's brother.
Fang Chengxia choked up: "Xiaoguang, if something happens to her, Dad..."
"If she did something illegal, then she should be in trouble. If the old man protects her, then they should share the same fate. What's wrong with that?"
"You...are you really so heartless? Don't you care about the relationship between father and son?"
"Get lost!" Fang Chengguang grabbed her arm and dragged her out, pushing her straight out the door. "Fang Chengxia, from now on, we are no longer brother and sister, and don't be so self-indulgent as to act as a lobbyist for others!"
"Xiaoguang!" Fang Chengxia rushed over in pain with tears streaming down her face.
Fang Chengguang pushed the door shut fiercely, pushing her out mercilessly and blocking out Fang Chengxia's sad voice.
He wiped the tears from his face fiercely, but the more he wiped, the more tears came.
Men don't shed tears easily, only because they haven't reached the point of being sad.
Dabao, Xiaobao and Wensheng hid beside the screen wall and watched him secretly.
Wensheng: "I'm sad too." He touched his chest and felt depressed, then said firmly: "Fortunately my mother is fine."
Xiaobao: "Xiaoguang is so pitiful."
Dabao: "Don't worry, he is a man, and we men are very strong."
Xiaobao: "I am a man too. Let's go see him."
Dabao: "No, a man doesn't want to save face?"
The other people in the yard continued to do what they were supposed to do, as if nothing had happened, and did not go over to persuade Fang Chengguang and his sister to quarrel. The words that were suppressed in their hearts could only be shouted out to each other face to face, and no one else could do anything.
Xiaobao ran to Cheng Rushan and said, "Dad, Xiaoguang is so sad. How can I persuade him?"
Cheng Rushan: "Men don't need to be persuaded, they will be fine in a while."
Xiaobao: "Hey, Dongsheng is unhappy and Linlin is trying to persuade him. Xiaoguang is so pitiful, he has no wife."
Cheng Rushan: ...and you know.
Xiaobao searched his pockets and took out a piece of candy. He ran over to stand in front of Fang Chengguang and handed the candy to him. "You are so sad. There must be a hole in your heart. Eating a piece of candy can fill it up."
Wensheng said that when he dreamed that his mother was gone, he would feel very sad, as if there was a hole in his heart.
Although Xiaobao couldn't understand this feeling, he almost lost his mother when he was a child, so he felt that he could understand it. It was like having a bag of White Rabbit milk candies, but before he could even eat a single piece, his mother snatched them away from his fingers piece by piece.
My heart is hollowed out!
Fang Chengguang leaned against the door. He was completely hopeless, but after hearing what Xiaobao said, he couldn't help but laugh softly. He lowered his head and let his tears fall into the dust, stirring up a small cloud of dust. He slowly slid down to sit on the ground, looking up at Xiaobao's innocent face, "Young man, if you see a man crying, you should hide away and pretend not to know, and save some face for your brother."
Xiao Bao pulled up the sleeve of his sweater and wiped Fang Chengguang's tears, "I'll just assume that you're greedy for my last piece of candy."
He peeled off the candy coating and swallowed his saliva subconsciously. He had been eating too much candy a while ago and was discovered by Linlin. These days, Linlin punished him by not allowing him to eat any candy, so this was his last thought. But for the sake of his good brother, he had to reluctantly give it up.
He put the candy between Fang Chengguang's lips and said generously, "Eat it. It will be fine after you eat it."
For him, there is no sad thing that cannot be cured by sugar. If one piece doesn't work, then have another piece.
Unfortunately, the landlord had no surplus food, and this was the only thing he had.
Fang Chengguang looked at Xiaobao's entangled expression, trying to be generous but jealous, and the anger and sadness in his heart suddenly disappeared, and he couldn't help laughing. He opened his mouth and bit the candy, biting it in half, and put the outer half in Xiaobao's mouth.
Xiao Bao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he raised his hand to rub Fang Chengguang's thick hair, "Good brothers, let's share the candy. Okay, don't be sad."
Fang Chengguang was amused by him and couldn't stop laughing. "But the hole in my heart needs a piece of candy. Now I only have half a piece. What should I do if I can only fill half of it?"
Xiaobao, who was chewing candy, widened his eyes and said, "Oh, let's go back first. I've chewed it to pieces!"
He smiled and said, "It's okay, the heart will heal on its own. Look, the cut on my hand has healed on its own. The same goes for the heart, it will heal." Then he touched Fang Chengguang's head to comfort him.
Dabao and Wensheng also came over, and Wensheng raised his hand to pull Fang Chengguang up.
Wensheng: "Okay, don't be sad. I sincerely lend you half of my mother now."
Before, when Dabao and Xiaobao said that they would give half of their mother to Fang Chengguang, Wensheng was reluctant to do so. Now that he saw Xiaofang was so sad, he felt that he should not be too stingy, and it should be okay to temporarily lend him half of his mother.
Fang Chengguang: "Thank you. I'm sorry for scaring you. Don't learn how to lose your temper. I will control myself in the future."
Dabao: "Men all have tempers."
Xiaobao: "You can't send it to mom and wife... Hey, that wife who isn't Xiaoguang is my sister, so should I do that?"
Dabao: "I don't have a sister either, how would I know."
Vince: "If my sister is wrong, I can lose my temper."
Xiaobao held Fang Chengguang's hand and said, "Let's go, it's time to eat. He is such a pitiful child."
Fang Chengguang: “…”
He already regretted not controlling his temper and losing his temper with his sister like a rebellious teenager. Now, the kids will remember it.
Shameful.
Fang Chengxia had been standing outside. Although the neighbors heard the noise, they did not dare to come out to see what was happening and could only pretend that they knew nothing.
Fang Chengxia stood outside, listening to the children talking to her brother, listening to them saying they would give him half of their mother, and listening to them leaving... She felt a pain like her heart was being cut out. She obviously loved her brother and wanted him to be with his father, so why did this happen?
Before her mother died, she told her that she was most worried about Xiaoguang. Xiaoguang was stubborn, rebellious and nitpicky. Her mother was afraid that he would become even more rebellious after her death, so she asked her to guide her younger brother and take good care of her father.
But she didn't do anything right, and her brother even disowned her. What did she do wrong?
She found everything boring.
Fang Chengxia's mind was in a daze. She walked out with heavy steps, but she didn't want to go back to that home.
Xiaolian was waiting there, "Sister Xia, how is it?"
Fang Chengxia ignored her and walked away in a daze.
03
After Fang Chengxia left, Fang Chengguang said to Cheng Rushan: "Let's go to the police station."
Cheng Rushan: "We will investigate thoroughly even if we don't go."
Fang Chengguang smiled with a hint of cruelty, "It's always more satisfying to watch them go to hell in person."
Cheng Rushan nodded: "I understand."
Jiang Lin said that she also wanted to go to school to meet Zeng Hongjie and others, so she went with them.
Cheng Rushan and Fang Chengguang continued to go to the police station to follow up on the relevant investigation. After checking, Fang Chengguang was so angry that he laughed. It turned out that Wu Jinshui was the real local tyrant.
He treats the police station as his home. What a poisonous snake hiding in the cadre team!
Accepting bribes, buying and selling police station positions, colluding with factory leaders to resell supplies, retaliating, taking human lives, manipulating cases, etc. Huang Xiangyu's affairs are simply trivial matters to him. Others would ask him for help to settle cases, let alone his own brother-in-law?
Cheng Rushan: "It would not be excessive to shoot him a thousand times."
Fang Chengguang: "His wife can't escape responsibility either!"
In such a short period of time, Wu Jinshui's wife Huang Shufen had already looked for people to lobby for help, trying to get Wu Jinshui out first, even if it meant pretending to be sick or dead.
Unfortunately, with Cheng Rushan and Fang Chengguang around, no one can do anything because they represent the military region's opinion.
Cheng Rushan also took Fang Chengguang to the Huang family to find out more information.
They found out something even more shocking. The Huang family had a tradition of brainwashing their daughters to support their brothers. It had been like this since Huang's father and grandfather's generation, and it was still the same for him. The family was willing to spend energy and money to educate their daughters, making them gentle and obedient, well-educated, good at dressing up, and able to please men.
With five daughters, many people wanted to marry them before they even reached adulthood, but Huang's father and his wife did not agree easily.
They don't want someone of equal status, and they don't want someone who is lower than them! Their goal is to marry someone who is powerful and wealthy, so that they can help their sons.
The second daughter, Huang Shufen, married Wu Jinshui, who was a dozen years older than her, at a young age. Their family changed their circumstances and helped Huang Shurou get a job as a nurse in a military hospital.
According to Fang Chengguang's memory, Huang Shurou met an old man who had lost his wife for half a year there, and successfully got pregnant and married him. After becoming Mrs. Fang, her three younger sisters also got married one after another, this time to rich men. Those who can be rich and powerful are naturally not young boys, and are basically more than ten or twenty years older than them.
The neighbors are stabbing them in the back, but they don't care.
Huang's father's famous saying: How many people in this era can live a good life by relying on duty and hard work?
Haha, I just didn't expect that this prosperity gained by relying on others would collapse so quickly. In less than ** years, the family was broken up and the family became notorious.
Jiang Lin went to school to meet with Zeng Hongjie, Su Xingyun and others to discuss the manuscript.
Zeng Hongjie and the others only knew that Huang Xiangyu's brother-in-law was Wu Jinshui, but they didn't know about his relationship with the Fang family. Unless one has reached a certain status, the outside world rarely knows about it. Jiang Lin naturally wouldn't say much, but he could tell them that if the military region intervened, Wu Jinshui and Huang Xiangyu would definitely be finished.
Su Xingyun clapped his hands and cheered: "It's a great relief to eliminate these two scumbags!"
He sincerely thanked Jiang Lin: "Jiang Lin, you are amazing. All the classmates admire you now."
Jiang Lin's shoulder throw last night was so earth-shattering that it frightened the male and female classmates. Many people were discussing it when they went home that night. The female classmates envied and admired the male classmates. The most important thing is that Jiang Lin was not timid or panicked in the face of evil forces. She was so calm that it was scary. The classmates were influenced by her and laughed and didn't take it seriously. They beat up the gangsters and continued to dance.
Jiang Lin became a little shy, "I'm not that great, I was just mad at him, I don't know how gentle I am."
Zeng Hongjie put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Yes, gentle Linlin, Dongsheng likes her very much."
"Oh my, you little sister," Jiang Lin pinched Zeng Hongjie's fair face.
At this time, a school worker came to ask the president of the school newspaper to answer the phone, who was from the military district office.
Jiang Lin hurriedly accompanied Zeng Hongjie over. Zeng Hongjie picked up the receiver and said, "Hello, Chief."
The other party's voice was serious and emotionless. "Comrade Zeng Hongjie, the Public Security Bureau thanks you for cooperating in the investigation and crackdown on evil forces. All photos and manuscripts are required to be handed over to the police station as evidence and sealed. They are not allowed to be sent to any newspaper."
Zeng Hongjie: "Yes, sir."
"Thank you for your cooperation." The other end hung up the phone.
Soon the police from the police station came to collect the information.
Jiang Lin, Zeng Hongjie, Su Xingyun and others handed over the negatives, photos developed overnight, and written manuscripts to the police.
However, she kept the photos taken of Jiang Lin, Cheng Rushan, Fang Chengguang and others, and only handed in the photos related to Huang Xiangyu, Wu Jinshui and others.
Jiang Lin asked in a low voice: "Which office is calling?" She thought it was Teacher Fang, so she wanted to confirm.
Zeng Hongjie whispered: "Commander's Office, you almost scared me to death."
The headquarters office, that means Commander Han. If it was Commander Fang, it should be the Political Department Office that called. It seems that Commander Han has intervened, and it is estimated that Commander Fang is involved. The top leaders cannot be careless.
In the evening, Cheng Rushan and Fang Chengguang drove a jeep to take Jiang Lin home. They would go to the Municipal Public Security Bureau tomorrow. As long as there was sufficient evidence, the Municipal Revolutionary Committee and the Municipal Public Security Bureau could conduct a joint trial and report the results to the Provincial Revolutionary Committee and the Public Security Bureau.
After ten years, the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs were smashed. At this time, only the public security organs were working, under the leadership of the Revolutionary Committee and the military. Recently, they have begun to restore the inspection and court organs from top to bottom, but preparations need time, so before the official restoration, the public security bureau is still responsible for investigating cases, and the Revolutionary Committee is responsible for trials and sentencing.
Although the army withdrew from the Revolutionary Committee, it still had a key seat, so it had to be reported to the Military Region Office. Especially since it involved Fang Jianhua, the head of the Military Region Political Department, the headquarters would definitely inquire about it, and clearly ordered that the military headquarters and Division Commander Fang should not be involved in the trial.
Even some military officers who were proven to have colluded with Wu Jinshui did not appear in the case. They were not tried at the Public Security Bureau of the Revolutionary Committee, but went directly to the military court.
Severe punishment without mercy!
When the Huang family first learned that their son was in trouble, they were eager to ask Huang Shurou for help. Unfortunately, not only could they not see Huang Shurou, they couldn't even get into the gate of the military district.
In just a few days, Huang Xiangyu's crimes of marriage fraud that resulted in Chen Yue's death, rape, and extortion were fully investigated and he was sentenced to death.
Wu Jinshui was sentenced to death for multiple crimes, his wife Huang Shufen was sentenced to death, and all their property was confiscated.
What is shocking is that nowadays, people have to live in houses allocated to them and cannot buy and sell them freely. Wu Jinshui actually got 12 houses from different units! In addition, he also occupied more than a dozen houses that the government had taken from private rental owners! He gave some of these houses to relatives and rented some to others. It is simply jaw-dropping.
Other accomplices were also thoroughly investigated one by one, and those who were sentenced to death, imprisoned, or dismissed from their posts all got what they deserved.
The things done by the other three daughters of the Huang family and their husbands were also dug up and investigated. They were arrested and sentenced for various money transactions and reselling of materials.
Huang's mother had relied on Wu Jinshui to become a street committee cadre and was a street bully around her home. Huang's father had relied on several sons-in-law to get a position as workshop director in a factory, but now they have all been fired and are standing trial. Combined with Chen Yue's case, both of them were sentenced to three years.
The Huang family, which was once prosperous and bustling with people, suddenly became a graveyard and everyone avoided it like the plague.
Huang's mother couldn't accept such a blow and went crazy. "Oh my God, what a sin I have committed... My son, you hurt me so much——"
04
Fang family building.
Huang Shurou has been unable to sleep for several days and nights. She now looks haggard, with a sallow complexion, and looks extremely pitiful.
She held a kitchen knife against her neck and threatened Xiaolian: "Go tell him that if he doesn't come back, I will die here."
"Doctor Huang, please don't do this. Don't do this. You'll scare the child."
Xiaolian was scared to death these days. Fang Jianhua had been staying in the military dormitory for several days and refused to go home. Huang Shurou cried all the time at home. Sometimes she would suddenly take a rope to hang herself in the middle of the night, or take a match to light a fire. One day, she even strangled her son to force Fang Jianhua to show up.
"Go and call him. Tell him I'm dying and I want to see him for the last time." Huang Shurou cut her neck hard and blood flowed out.
Xiaolian screamed in fear, covered her eyes and ran out, but bumped into the door frame. The pain made her cry immediately and she hurried to the office area to find Fang Jianhua.
After Xiaolian left, Huang Shurou immediately put down the knife, her whole body limp and without any strength, and she fell to the ground.
She knew that her mother's family was finished, and the prosperous home they had worked so hard to build was finished.
She really didn't do anything bad in the name of Fang Jianhua, because her second brother-in-law's means were enough. And my father said that she didn't have to do anything as Mrs. Fang. She just had to serve Mr. Fang wholeheartedly, take good care of the children, and give him more sons. That was enough.
As long as she is in that position, others will respect her and, knowing her family background, will also take care of her a little.
So, there is really no need to do anything. The reputation of a person and the shadow of a tree are enough.
But she didn't expect that it was not enough, because although Master Fang loved her, he would not allow such a thing.
When she first knew that her brother had done something wrong, she tried to persuade him, but he said he would never do it again. But later, after Wu Jinshui settled the matter, she resented those girls, thinking that they were not decent and had seduced her brother.
Now she hated Cheng Rushan and his vixen wife for bringing harm to her family.
She also hated Fang Chengguang, who was hiding behind her like a poisonous snake, ready to give her a fatal blow once he got the fatal evidence.
It's all over.
It seemed like I had been waiting for a long time, but it also seemed like not much time at all, Fang Jianhua came back.
“Brother Fang.” Huang Shurou’s face was covered with tears. She regained her gentle and submissive look. Her lips trembled. “Let me take a good look at you. I was wrong. I don’t ask for your forgiveness, nor do I ask you to make a mistake to save my brother. I only ask… please let someone bury him properly, and don’t let those bastards harm him, wuwuwu…”
Fang Jianhua stood in front of her. Her weak and pitiful appearance was like a knife stabbing his heart.
It was because she was so gentle, like a little dove, that he couldn't control himself.
Later, he felt that this was not good, so he wanted to break up with her. She did the same, not making a fuss, but just crying, looking at him with sad eyes, "Brother Fang, it's my fault. I... I shouldn't have fallen in love with you uncontrollably. I know that I put a lot of pressure on you, and people laughed at me and said that you were disrespectful to your age. They didn't understand me and didn't believe that a young girl would fall in love with a mature man. I don't ask you to understand me, I only ask you... don't hide from me in the future, and come to the hospital, so that I... let me see you..."
As she turned to leave, a test report dropped down, showing that she was three months pregnant.
So he couldn't bear it any longer and decided to marry her and give her and the child a legitimate status.
She was really sensible and considerate. She knew that he was embarrassed about his age, so she never let her family come to visit, and never let him meet his father-in-law and mother-in-law, to avoid gossip.
As for him, out of embarrassment, he would try his best to avoid her relatives from her mother's side.
Although he didn't say it, his actions really tried not to get involved with the Yue family, for fear of being too embarrassed.
After a long time, there was no contact, so he just pretended it never happened.
It turns out that deceiving oneself is useless.
This time, the case of Wu Jinshui and Huang Xiangyu involved a large number of violations of law and discipline by grassroots cadres, factory leaders, and military officers. The military headquarters and the provincial revolutionary committee directly ordered severe punishment. Even if the higher-ups and people at the same level did not say anything about him for the sake of face, and the lower-ups did not dare to talk about it, he knew that his old face had been torn off in blood.
The pain is secondary. Not only will half a lifetime of work go down the drain, but also your reputation will be ruined.
For people who care too much about their reputation, having their face thrown on the ground and stepped on is no different from being tortured in public.
He spoke with difficulty, his voice like rough sand grinding against his throat, burning and painful, "All I can do is keep you safe. You can choose to stay here, or you can choose to go back to your parents' home."
Thinking about her sisters who all married men who were more than ten years older than them, and then recalling what she said about young girls also falling in love with men who are much older than themselves because they are mature, experienced, and have a unique charm that can touch women's hearts, this is simply a slap in the face.
He naturally couldn't continue to be with her, otherwise what would he be in everyone's eyes? Five sisters all married old men, what was they trying to do, love? Isn't this a laughing stock?
“Jianhua!” Huang Shurou chased after him, tripped and fell to the ground. “I really loved you and never lied to you. During these years of marriage, I took care of you and Tongtong. I was not hypocritical at all and never schemed against you…”
If it was in the past, she didn't need to fall to the ground, just looking so sad would be enough to make him feel distressed. Now his distress was mixed with self-mockery, and at the same time, there was a lot of helplessness.
After thinking for a long time, Fang Jianhua went to the headquarters to resign and accept organizational review.
Commander Han received him personally and patted him on the shoulder. "Old Fang, don't feel stressed. I have personally reviewed this case. The Public Security Bureau has investigated it clearly and there is no problem with you. As for your wife..." He paused, "It's not a big problem. Our military region will not let a bad person go, nor will we wrongly accuse a good person."
He and Fang Jianhua have been partners for many years and have always cooperated happily. If Fang Jianhua had really done anything seriously illegal or disorderly, he would have warned him long ago.
Fang Jianhua was still ashamed and put himself in his shoes. If the commander had married a younger girl, and the five sisters had all married men who were a dozen or twenty years older than him, he would probably have had some thoughts in his mind.
"Commander..." Fang Jianhua was speechless. This was the feeling of being speechless.
Commander Han patted him hard again and said, "Don't give in to old age. We are still strong even when we are old. So, if you feel unhappy here, I will help you coordinate and transfer you to another military region for two years. Exchange with their political department director, and we can learn from each other."
The commander and political director of a military region are not appointed by the military region headquarters, but by the central government. However, the local headquarters can propose something, and it will basically be adopted. At his age, he could have tried his best and continued if he could get promoted, but now his career has come to an end and he will have to retire in two years.
Fang Jianhua: "Thank you, Commander."
"We have been brothers for so many years, so don't be so polite. Lao Fang, the more peaceful the times, the more we should be vigilant. We are in important positions, so we must be self-reflective."
"Yes!" Fang Jianhua wanted to find a hole to crawl into. He knew Commander Han had helped him. Otherwise, even if he hadn't done anything illegal, he might have been forced to retire or at least divorced because of his second marriage.
But he didn't want to harm Huang Shurou. After all, she was with him and he couldn't divorce her.
Fang Jianhua was transferred to a military region in the west. Although the position was the same, it was actually a demotion.
Before leaving, he tried to make some arrangements, but Fang Chengxia had already volunteered to go to the countryside to train barefoot doctors, and Fang Chengguang refused to see him.
He went to see Huang Shurou. Even though he was not in this province, he could still ensure that she had enough food and clothing.
When Huang Shurou saw that he was not taking her and her son with him, she knew that the situation was hopeless and he was going to abandon her.
Men, no amount of sympathy can compare to your own career.
Huang Shurou decisively chose to divorce. "I want to take Tongtong with me. Since you have the heart to abandon us, I cannot abandon my son."
Fang Jianhua was silent for a moment and nodded in agreement.
…
Time passed extremely quickly in the busyness and laughter. In the blink of an eye, it was the end of 1978. On December 18, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee was held. It comprehensively rectified the chaos and shifted the focus of the party's work to economic construction, thus opening the prelude to reform and opening up.
It was the winter solstice, and Jiang Lin had no classes in the afternoon, so after class in the morning she went to the dormitory to find Zeng Hongjie.
"Xiao Jie, do you want to come to my house for dinner on the Winter Solstice? My mother will take them to make dumplings with at least four kinds of fillings." Jiang Lin was so greedy just thinking about it. There should be shrimp, black fungus and mushroom fillings, lamb and radish fillings, leek and egg fillings, cabbage and pork fillings... maybe there will be others.
Zeng Hongjie had been planning to write a few manuscripts in the afternoon, but was tempted by Jiang Lin and immediately packed up. He couldn't wait to say, "Let's go, I just got some winter bamboo shoots. I can use them to make three-fresh dumplings. I'm so greedy."
The two of them walked downstairs hand in hand and met Yang Lu on the way, making Yang Lu extremely envious.
She just wanted to be intimate with Jiang Lin, but Jiang Lin was avoiding her for some reason.
Before they walked out of the door, they saw Cheng Rushan driving a jeep to pick her up.
He stopped the car, and Jiang Lin opened the door and got into the back seat with Zeng Hongjie. She leaned over the back of the front seat, leaned over and quickly kissed him on the cheek, "Thank you, Captain Cheng."
Cheng Rushan has now been promoted to captain of the transportation department, responsible for dispatching and arranging, and no longer has to drive the car himself.
Captain Cheng can finally hug his wife at home every day.
He lowered his eyes, smiled, and stepped on the accelerator. "Let's go home."
A lot of things happened this year, and Jiang Lin heard everything from Cheng Rushan.
In the first half of the year, Huang Shurou divorced Fang Jianhua and took her son away. She changed her son's name to Huang Xiaoyu, and made him the inheritor of the Huang family.
She did not lose her job in the hospital, but she could no longer be a doctor. She was transferred to manage cases and did not need to see people. However, she was taught to rely on men since she was a child, and she could not work hard to make a living on her own.
Finally, she returned to her old ways and wanted to hook up with a powerful man, but he turned out to be a married man. His wife was quite fierce and brought people to beat her up, leaving her face bruised.
She could no longer work in the hospital and had to return to her parents' home to make a living. As a result, she became mentally unstable. Later, the neighbors reported her for seducing their men. After a beating, she was sent to a mental hospital by the neighborhood committee.
Huang's mother was also there, acting crazy, but the two no longer recognized each other. Huang's father had hanged himself in the cell with a bed sheet the day his son was shot.
Fang Chengyu suddenly became an orphan. When Fang Chengxia found out, she took him to the countryside to live with her.
After Fang Jianhua went to the northwest, he was not able to adapt to the environment due to his age, and he was also suffering from illness and could not perform his duties, so he had to resign and return to his original provincial military region for recuperation. Commander Han took good care of him and allowed him to live in the original small building even though he had no position.
Jiang Lin, however, felt that this was tantamount to a public execution. It contained all the glory and shame, sweetness and pain, enough for him to chew on slowly for the rest of his life.
When they arrived at the door of their home, as soon as they got out of the car, they smelled the aroma of delicious dumplings fresh from the pot, and could also hear the chattering of Dabao, Xiaobao, Wensheng and He Liang.
"My mother likes to eat shrimps, don't snatch them away!" Wensheng's voice.
Jiang Lin was so greedy that she smiled at Zeng Hongjie: "Let's see who runs faster!"
She ran home as fast as she could, and Zeng Hongjie chased after her, unwilling to be left behind.
Cheng Rushan was carrying a bag of winter bamboo shoots. "...Wife, be careful!"
Just then Fang Chengguang came out of the yard. Jiang Lin quickly dodged and ran inside, but Zeng Hongjie couldn't dodge in time and crashed into his arms.
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