Zhou Han didn't struggle at all and confessed everything.
“His name is Brother Leopard. I got his contact information from someone I knew in Xin’an. I only helped him deliver the goods that came to the seller; I didn’t know anything else.”
A massive crackdown on the black market was launched throughout the city, and Brother Leopard was also brought back. The amount of money involved was huge, and they all faced imprisonment.
Several small fishing villages on the other side of the island were also raided, and the entire black market will be quiet for several months.
Zhou Han's case is more complicated. We still need to wait for the results of his father's investigation. If he is a member of the "Five Black Categories" and engages in capitalist activities, the consequences will definitely be more severe.
Can I meet my boyfriend?
Zhou Han had been interrogated for a whole day, and under all kinds of pressure, he was exhausted. All he wanted to do was see Bai Rongjun and find out how she was doing.
"She refused to see you. Bai Zhiqing said that you threatened her and abducted her to the hospital. Is this true, Zhou Han?"
"……yes"
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Chen Hongxia's older sister believed she hadn't made a mistake; that person definitely couldn't be her sister. But everyone around her insisted that her name was Chen Hongxia.
"Mom, are you sure you're not mistaken? Don't you recognize our own aunt?"
"I don't believe a person can change that much."
Although her younger sister was the youngest in the family, the family was constantly on the move due to the frequent wars of that era. Her sister was so hungry that she was even shorter than the rest of the family.
But this Chen Hongxia not only has the demeanor of a city dweller, but she is also taller than before.
"Mom, you yourself said that Auntie has been a city dweller for over 20 years, so she's definitely different from us country folk."
“My aunt used to be short and didn’t have much to eat, but now her family are workers. What you should be worried about now is whether my aunt is willing to acknowledge us.”
The eldest sister didn't believe it. She took her two sons and hid in the shadows to wait for the man surnamed Bai to return, thinking that he might just be two people with the same name.
Bai Xiangdong had been living in fear and drinking heavily lately. His eyelids were swollen and he looked deathly. He spent his entire monthly salary on alcohol, and even exchanged his food coupons for alcohol.
He caused several accidents at the factory because of drinking, and his supervisor criticized him several times.
But he didn't take it seriously, and he came back drunk again today.
It was late at night, and the trees below the dormitory building were dimly lit. Bai Xiangdong stumbled several times.
"Mom, take a closer look, isn't that our aunt's husband?"
Sister Chen gripped her son's hand and pinched it hard a few times. This person was the one surnamed Bai. He had changed a lot compared to before, but you could still find similarities.
Why is it that the brother-in-law is the same brother-in-law as before, but the sister doesn't recognize him at all?
They received an unexpected message that their younger sister was in Xin'an. The mother, who was worried about her youngest daughter, asked her to come and find her.
Could it be that I'm just being paranoid? My brother-in-law is the same brother-in-law as before, and Hongxia is the same Hongxia as before.
But Sister Chen hesitated to go out.
But he couldn't stay here indefinitely, so he thought for a moment and called out Bai Xiangdong's nickname in his hometown dialect.
Bai Xiangdong responded reflexively, but when he turned around, he found no one there. He thought he was too drunk. This was Xin'an, why would someone call him by his nickname in his hometown dialect?
Both sons thought their mother was still angry with her for running away from home, which was why she was unwilling to acknowledge them. Just as they were about to persuade her, Sister Chen took them directly to a guesthouse.
Sister Chen waited downstairs at the Bai family dormitory for two days before Chen Hongxia finally came out.
She followed behind her and tentatively called out her sister's nickname in their hometown dialect, but Chen Hongxia did not react at all.
She forced herself to remain calm and shouted a few times. Finally, Chen Hongxia turned around and looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"Are you calling me?"
Her eyes, which she turned to look at, were weary but held absolutely no surprise, like a stagnant pool, showing no emotion at the sight of her family.
"You look like my sister from behind."
Chen Hongxia didn't react after hearing this. She turned around and slowly walked away, leaving Sister Chen behind her staring intently at her back.
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"Captain, why are you only coming back now? What do those comrades want with Zhou Zhiqing and the others?"
The captain silently waved his hand and went into the brigade headquarters.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know. Even when I was criticized by people from the commune before, it wasn't like this now."
"Then they've probably gotten themselves into trouble; they must have been reprimanded by their superiors."
Not long after the educated youth finished eating, they were sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) reading when suddenly the Party Secretary's voice came from the courtyard outside, telling them to go to the brigade headquarters immediately.
"What's wrong now? You never have a peaceful day."
"The team knows we educated youth are studying, so why can't we talk about it tomorrow?"
The Party Secretary remained silent, letting them complain, but he was firm and insisted that they go to the brigade headquarters immediately.
Nearly twenty educated youths dawdled and walked over impatiently, only to see their brigade leader, who had been missing for a day, staring at them with a livid face and a very serious expression.
"Captain?"
His expression was even more terrifying than when Chen Yuehong was taken away. The educated youth were frightened and quickly sat down.
"You share a dorm room with Zhou Han, so why didn't anyone tell me when he sneaked out at night?"
The brigade leader reached out and tapped the table, his eyes fixed on the educated youth opposite him.
“I…” The educated youth looked at each other, none of them daring to speak.
"When we first held meetings with you, we asked you to supervise each other, but such a huge mess has occurred, and our entire brigade headquarters was kept in the dark!"
The brigade leader felt like he was in a dream all day. He finally managed to find Bai Rongjun with the help of the educated youth office, only to be immediately stunned by another piece of news.
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