Qin Yilan's face turned ashen, and she looked at Zhao Yaru with a sinister look. "Zhao Zhiqing, please be careful with your words. I have already made a clear break with my family, and I have passed the investigation of the Revolutionary Committee. I am innocent. Please be kind in your words, otherwise I will die to prove my innocence."
Zhao Yaru curled her lips and said disdainfully: "You are good at acting. Stop pretending in front of us. No one will believe you in the future."
Qin Yilan sneered and said, "I have never acted before, and I won't in the future. I was too weak before, and all kinds of people came out to bully me. If anyone bullies me in the future, I will fight her to the end."
Zhao Yaru angrily pointed at her nose and yelled: "You..."
Before she could finish her words, Yue Wenbin pulled her over and said, "Stop talking! The meal is ready, hurry up and eat."
Qin Yilan looked at Yue Wenbin obsessed, then lowered her head, bit her lip, walked to the table and sat down without saying a word, and began to eat without any appetite.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was very depressing. Diao Lijun poured some white wine for each of the male educated youths, saying, "Brothers, have a drink! Warm yourself up."
Each of the male educated youth drank some wine, and the atmosphere at the dinner table became relaxed.
Wu Shuangshuang said enviously, "Shi Zhiqing and the others in the backyard have already started to light the fire wall, and the house is very warm. When will we light it?"
Zheng Hongjuan said, "They had already prepared the firewood. It was Zhang Zhiqing's fiancé who helped them chop it."
Jiang Qingzhou looked around at everyone and said, "The weather is getting colder, and it's time for us to light the fire wall. Everyone should go to the mountains to chop firewood these days.
We also need to prepare firewood for the winter, otherwise we will be freezing when the heavy snow comes."
After dinner, Qin Yilan glanced at Yue Wenbin and returned to her room.
Wu Shuangshuang and Zheng Hongjuan went to the literacy class, so Qin Yilan went to bed first.
She probably hadn't slept well in the past few days, so she fell asleep soon after.
After sleeping for a while, she woke up from her dream with sweat all over her head and shouting, "No, no..."
Qin Yilan lay on the pillow, completely unable to sleep. Thinking of what had happened in the past few days, her tears silently rolled down her face. The scenes of the past few days in the Revolutionary Committee kept flashing in her mind like a movie.
After Qin Yilan was arrested and brought to the Revolutionary Committee, she was interrogated every day and asked to confess her problems honestly.
Zhang Shengli, deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, interrogated her several times, scolded her with a serious expression, and asked her to tell the truth. She was so scared that she trembled, but she just said that she had a conflict with Chu Jingqiu and was not a spy.
That day, a tall, fat man walked into the room where she was imprisoned.
The man had small eyes and a face covered with freckles. He looked gloomy and looked Qin Yilan up and down for a while.
Then he sat down on the chair opposite her and said coldly, "Director Zhang has gone on an urgent mission. I am Xu Zhongmin, deputy director of the Political Department of the Revolutionary Committee. I will be responsible for your case.
I hope you can honestly explain your problem and not harbor any hope of success."
Qin Yilan lowered her head and whispered, "Director Xu, I have completely drawn a line between myself and that counter-revolutionary family. I did something wrong this time. I just had a quarrel with Chu Zhiqing. I am not a spy. Please believe me."
Xu Zhongmin sneered, "You're still as stubborn as a stone in a toilet, smelly and hard. No wonder Director Zhang said you're stubborn and refuse to explain the problem."
Qin Yilan burst into tears and began to cry loudly. After crying for a while, she raised her tearful face and said with a sob, "Director Xu, I'm really not a spy. I'm really not. You can't put the label of counter-revolutionary on me without any evidence!"
Xu Zhongmin stood up, walked slowly to Qin Yilan, and patted her on the shoulder. "Qin Zhiqing, your whole family are spies, and you are redressing the grievances for them. Even if you don't confess, we can still label you a counter-revolutionary. You should think carefully about what you should do!"
Qin Yilan was so scared that she immediately knelt on the ground, "I beg you, let me go! I will never dare to do it again, I will definitely draw a clear line with my family.
I'm really not a counter-revolutionary, please give me a chance to reform myself!"
Xu Zhongmin suddenly grabbed her hand and said, "Your problem can be big or small, it depends on what you do."
Qin Yilan quickly pulled back her hand and said, "Director Xu, as long as you let me go, I will work like a cow or a horse in my next life to repay your kindness."
Xu Zhongmin squinted at her and said, "You can repay my kindness in this life, why wait for the next life?"
After saying that, he held up her little face with his hand and stroked the cinnabar mole between her eyebrows, "You look very much like a classmate of mine. It's a pity that she died at a young age. When I see you, I think of my classmate.
I feel sorry for you, so I want to give you a chance. It depends on whether you can seize it."
Qin Yilan broke free from his hand and said gratefully: "Director Xu, I can tell you are a good person. As long as you let me go, I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life. I will give you all the money I earn to repay your kindness."
Xu Zhongmin snorted coldly, "You don't understand, right? I don't like to force people. Think about it carefully! I'll give you some time to think it over. If you still can't figure it out, then I can't do anything about it. I'll deal with you as I should."
After saying that, Xu Zhongmin turned away.
Qin Yilan opened her mouth but no words came out. She stared blankly at the door that closed again, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
In the evening, a female comrade came to bring her food. Qin Yilan asked anxiously, "Comrade, please tell me, how would the Revolutionary Committee handle a situation like mine?"
The female comrade rolled her eyes at her and said impatiently, "She's a family member of a counter-revolutionary and suspected of being a spy. The worst punishment is being sent to labor reform or even shot."
Qin Yilan was so frightened that her whole body turned cold, and tears instantly flowed out. "Comrade, I really am not a spy. I have already drawn a clear line with my family. Please help me! I am still young and cannot be ruined like this!"
The female comrade sighed, "There's really nothing I can do. You really shouldn't have spoken up for your counter-revolutionary family this time. You even incited the masses to oppose the victims. No one dares to take responsibility for your mistake this time. I really can't do anything about it."
Qin Yilan was completely desperate. She gritted her teeth and asked again, "I want to ask you, is Director Xu still here?"
Without even looking up, the woman said, "Director Xu left work a long time ago. He's not on duty tonight. If you need to see him, you'll have to wait until tomorrow afternoon. He has a meeting tomorrow morning."
Qin Yilan didn't sleep all night. She tossed and turned, struggling with her thoughts, and kept her eyes open until dawn.
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