Zhou Chunyan hasn't dared to leave her house these past few days. Her father was taken away for investigation, and their home has been sealed off.
Although she and her brother immediately published a notice in the newspaper severing ties with their father, who knows if the Revolutionary Committee members will also take them away?
Anyone who goes in will suffer greatly.
She waited until everyone was out on the street before sneaking out to buy groceries, where she ran into Li Mei, who had just been released from prison.
Her face was swollen and yellow, and her steps were unsteady. She was completely different from before, and she was like a frightened bird. You could scare her to death if you frightened her.
Zhou Chunyan didn't dare go over, nor did she dare ask why she had been released while her father was still out. She immediately turned around and ran home.
"Tell me, how come you haven't found anything after all this time? If this were before, we would have held several denunciation meetings by now."
Zhou Chunyan was worried. Although Zhou Qi had done something inhumane before, she didn't want him to be brought down like this. Most importantly, she was afraid that he would affect her and her brother.
"The situation is probably more serious than we thought. Oh well, we don't know anything anyway, and the money he embezzled wasn't spent on us."
That's why Zhou Chunyan was worried. Not to mention how much money she had swindled from Zhou Qi over the years, she had just cheated them out of 900 yuan not long ago.
She regretted not taking the money. She hadn't dared to leave the house for the past few days, fearing that someone would come and take her away whenever she heard footsteps outside.
"We've severed ties, so no one should report us, right?"
"I'm afraid of those who can't stand to see us doing well."
Zhou Chunyan remained silent. Yes, putting aside the others, that bitch Li Mei might drag them down with her.
No, she's going to write another letter of complaint, accusing them of having an affair without a matchmaker and driving her mother to her death.
Li Mei was also kicked out of her parents' home and could not go back home, so she had to find an empty house to live in. Fortunately, her son sent her some money.
These days, the Revolutionary Committee people are investigating their former neighbors. Li Mei knows that her family has a bad reputation, and those people will definitely take advantage of her misfortune. She can't afford to delay, so she exchanged all the money in her hand for goods and went to find the people.
"Old Liu?"
She waited there for a long time before finally seeing Lao Liu, who was getting off work, coming this way. She waved, and Lao Liu, with a tense face, quickly walked away in another direction.
Startled, Li Mei didn't care about anything else and quickly ran forward to pull him into the alley.
"Old Liu, why did you run away? What exactly happened to my husband, Zhou? If it's just about the money, don't worry, once my son gathers the money, we'll make up the difference."
Old Liu nervously looked to both sides, thankfully no one was there, and he forcefully shook off Li Mei's hand.
“I am irreconcilably opposed to you capitalist power holders. You have betrayed our Party and our country.”
He wanted to leave as soon as he finished speaking. Zhou Qi's matter was now a murky mess, and nobody wanted to get involved.
These people had eaten some meat while following him, but now that people from above have come to investigate, they immediately vomited it all up.
Some of it was embezzled by Zhou Qi himself, and the others also made up for it. In the end, they still suffered a loss over the years.
He no longer wants to dwell on these things; he just wants the two families to sever ties as soon as possible.
“No, Lao Liu, you didn’t say that before. My Lao Zhou has never mistreated you over the years.”
Li Mei had received a lot of ideological education in the past few days, so she was quite shocked when she heard these words. She never expected that it was Lao Liu who said them to her.
"Let go! Comrade Li Mei, don't frame me. I am sworn enemies with Zhou Qi and have no connection with him whatsoever."
Don't think you can smear my stance by making a few false accusations. I'm not like Zhou Qi.
Old Liu left immediately after speaking, running as if someone was chasing him.
He quickly ran outside, and Li Mei dared not chase after him. Tears immediately streamed down her face as she held the things in her hands.
After all, she had been married to Zhou Qi for almost 20 years. It seemed that he was in grave danger. Li Mei was both afraid and worried. Once Zhou Qi was convicted, she and her son would definitely not get away with it.
If all else fails, then do what those two bitches Zhou Chunyan did and publish a notice in the newspaper to sever ties with him. Take responsibility for your own mistakes and don't drag her and your son into it.
He Shuyue has been completely quiet lately, going to and from get off work on time every day and never lingering outside.
Rong Jun must be angry with her, since she hasn't sent any letters back after being gone for so long, and Chen Hongxia is avoiding her altogether.
During this time, the Zhou family also encountered some trouble. The Bai family had just recently arranged a marriage with them. In her opinion, this marriage should not have been arranged in the first place, but they wouldn't listen to her. Rong Jun even caused those kinds of trouble.
He Shuyue sighed at the thought; it was too embarrassing.
"Shu Yue"
She was about to go home and cook dinner after work when Chen Hongxia, who hadn't appeared downstairs for a long time, quietly called out to her.
"Hongxia? What brings you here?"
"I...Shuyue, I have something to tell you."
Lu Weiguo wasn't coming home from the factory today, so He Shuyue took her home.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Hongxia sat on the sofa in the Lu family's house, feeling like she was in a dream about what had happened over the past few months.
First, her daughter broke up with Shuyue and returned home. Unable to stay in the city due to unemployment, she then became the talk of the town regarding her daughter's affair with the Zhou family's son. Forced into an engagement, they were forced to get married.
This led to a clash between her and Li Mei, and the two fought quite a few times over the course of more than a month.
These events were already enough to leave her in a daze, but she never expected something even more serious to happen: Zhou Qi went to prison.
She still has so much leverage over him, even those jewelry pieces are in the Zhou family's possession. She doesn't believe Zhou Qi won't expose her.
If her true identity were exposed, she would definitely be arrested and denounced, and Chen Hongxia's death would not be able to be concealed.
She's been terrified these past few days, dreaming that Zhou Qi implicated her and was eventually arrested and executed.
There was also Bai Xiangdong at home. Whenever that man narrowed his eyes, Chen Hongxia's heart pounded. She knew she couldn't trust him.
In a real emergency, he would definitely push her out and leave everything to her.
Her identity absolutely cannot be exposed, as it would affect even Rong Jun. The only person she can turn to for help is He Shuyue.
He Shuyue's heart ached when she saw her sitting on the sofa with tears in her eyes.
The two had known each other for many years. Although Hongxia was just an ordinary farmer's daughter, her temperament and manner of speaking were completely different. He Shuyue was attracted to her the first time she met her.
When I was a child, I went to the city with my family to deliver things to wealthy families. I caught a glimpse of a young lady standing in the ornate courtyard, looking like a delicate and noble orchid.
Even though she was poor and destitute, she still wanted to get close to her.
That scene remained in her mind. Later, society completely changed, and there could no longer be prostitutes. However, she met a woman who looked very much like that prostitute.
She couldn't quite put her finger on what she was thinking, but He Shuyue had always wanted to get closer to her.
At first, Chen Hongxia was very cautious. It took them a long time to open up to each other, and later she took Chen Hongxia's daughter under her wing and raised her herself.
He Shuyue felt that raising that child to look exactly like the child she had seen when she was a child was an extremely fulfilling thing.
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