Zhou Qi had been living a comfortable life thanks to the money he got from Lin Yingyu over the years, but human nature is greedy, and he became increasingly dissatisfied with this.
"I have no money. All the money I had on me was taken by you and Bai Xiangdong. You also took a lot of the jewelry I had. What more do you want from me?"
Lin Yingyu suppressed her anger. How much of the few pieces of jewelry she had on her had Zhou Qi taken?
Back then, those gold bars were divided into three. He had already taken one share, and Lin Yingyu also took out a portion of his own shares to exchange for money, which also ended up in his pocket.
This man is a bottomless pit. If she can't satisfy him one day, she'll be devoured. She can only drag it out.
Besides, at this critical juncture, the newspapers have already given us clues. Many people are afraid that if they live a good life, they will be reported, so even if they have something, they dare not take it out.
Lin Yingyu didn't want to take that risk.
Zhou Qi didn't believe it; she was fleeing for her life back then, and she must have had a lot of money on her.
They always say they're out, but if you press them a bit more, they'll produce a few more.
Besides, he's been keeping such a big secret for her, taking such a huge risk. If something goes wrong, they're all finished, and he's being stingy when it comes to asking for something.
Although Zhou Qi has lived a relatively comfortable life over the years, he has not made any progress in his career.
He recently caught a whiff of something unusual, and he needs to spend some money to smooth things over.
Only by pulling others down and making room for them can he climb up.
To be honest, Chen Hongxia was short-sighted. The higher he climbed, the better he could protect her. It would have been a mutually beneficial arrangement, yet she was still so unwilling.
Anyone who didn't know better would think that Zhou Qi was taking advantage of her.
Lin Yingyu gritted her teeth; she could clearly hear the threat in Zhou Qi's voice.
She knew that this man had become a member of the Revolutionary Committee, and she knew exactly what the Revolutionary Committee was in charge of.
"You've seen how many people have wavered in their stance lately, and they're eroding the hard-won achievements of our revolution. The most important thing for the whole society now is to safeguard the gains of our predecessors and not let them be poisoned by capitalism."
Our Revolutionary Committee's duty is to supervise them; you know how busy we've been lately.
Lin Yingyu immediately interrupted, "I have a way to help you move up the ranks."
Over the past few years, she has received several letters from overseas, mostly from her father. In addition to expressing concern and asking about her well-being, he would also include some US dollars in the letters.
There were people exchanging US dollars on the black market, but she kept most of it in her hands and dared not flaunt it in public.
However, as the lockdown worsened, the intervals between incoming letters became longer and longer.
It has been almost a year since the last letter.
For the past year, she has been hoping that her family would really take her away from here, but she has not received any letters.
Before the movement even began, there was an unusual atmosphere in the newspapers. She comforted herself, thinking that the situation was so serious that her family couldn't send letters.
But soon the movement began, and all walks of life were affected.
Lin Yingyu knew her identity was a ticking time bomb, but thankfully she kept to herself and no one knew who she was.
She was still Chen Hongxia, the quiet and unassuming Chen Hongxia.
Nobody will notice her.
But given that environment, no matter how much she tried to comfort herself, she still felt uneasy.
Even that idiot Bai Xiangdong sometimes comes home from get off work silent. If they hadn't done that thing together, he would definitely have reported her.
The final straw that broke Lin Yingyu's back was an incident that happened at the factory.
One of the factory workers' grandfathers was a herbal medicine shop owner in the old society. After the public-private partnership, the herbal medicine shop was taken over by the state. His grandfather worked as a worker for several years and later passed away. The herbal medicine shop was also renamed and merged in various ways.
But who would have thought that someone would suddenly dig out these old almanacs, and even find his old books on medicinal herbs in his house.
I heard that the book contains some annotations by the old man, and those words have been deliberately misinterpreted by some people into expressions of dissatisfaction with society.
He said he was unhappy that the government had taken away his shop and that he could only receive a fixed salary.
These words stirred up a hornet's nest, and many people criticized his grandfather for enslaving the masses in the old society, sucking their blood, and calling it the evil of capitalism.
Once the mark of capitalism is applied, no one cares what it is anymore. Even though his maternal grandfather has passed away, his family is fundamentally bad, and they have capitalist blood flowing through their veins.
The worker was quickly paraded through the streets to make a public apology, and his wife and children immediately distanced themselves from him and personally came forward to expose his crimes.
Lin Yingyu's heart was in turmoil. She knew the problem wasn't with the books on medicinal herbs, but with the fact that her maternal grandfather had been a capitalist roader.
To put it bluntly, that herbal medicine shop is nothing compared to the Lin family's businesses. If anyone knew her true identity, given the public outrage the Lin family had previously incurred, she would be in even worse shape than that worker.
She will never forget the hatred of those people back then. They burned down the Lin family mansion and wanted to tear the Lin family apart and smash them inch by inch.
Those letters were like time bombs; guards would often break into homes without warning to search, and once found, it was a death sentence.
Most importantly, the fact that she is a member of the Lin family must never be revealed.
Zhou Qi and she are a community of shared interests. As long as there are still interests involved, they will not easily break up. The murder was instigated by Bai Xiangdong, so he cannot escape responsibility either.
The only variable is Lin Yueyu.
Another member of the Lin family in Xin'an.
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