"Except for Xu Wei who has already left, and Liu Qian, everyone else in the art troupe wrote notes to report your wrongdoings. Do you think they are all jealous of you?" Director Xue asked back.
When Meng Xiaoying heard that everyone was stabbing her in the back, even those who seemed to have a good relationship with her, she was furious and yelled, "They are just jealous of me, jealous of the Meng family's power and influence, jealous of my parents' love. They are all fence-sitters, deliberately framing me and harming me."
Captain Xue was already very disappointed with her, and now he was even more disappointed. He shook his head and sighed, "You do have some talent in singing, dancing and performing. I used to be very optimistic about you and wanted to focus on training you, but your actions and words have really disappointed me."
Seeing his daughter was about to scream, Father Meng quickly stopped her from speaking. His voice was somewhat gloomy: "Captain Xue, I'm sorry, we didn't educate our child well. She has caused you trouble. I will take her to handle the formalities now."
"dad."
Meng Xiaoying's face changed and tears burst out.
"Shut up."
Father Meng glared at her, but there was no blame in his eyes. "Go pack your things and come back with us."
Meng Xiaoying was reluctant to leave. If her relatives and friends knew that she had been expelled from the art troupe in disguise, how would she face people in the future? She pouted and said, "Dad, I know I was wrong. Please ask Director Xue for mercy on me and ask my cousin for help. I can't leave the art troupe. I promise to be careful with my words and actions in the future and never cause trouble again."
Seeing her crying so aggrieved, Meng's mother felt extremely distressed and even discussed with the man: "Old Meng, why don't you lower your face and beg Political Commissar Zhao..."
"Forget it, my man is very busy, don't bother him."
Yu Ximei immediately stood up, her voice a bit loud. "My husband may be a political commissar, but he's from the countryside too. He's a country bumpkin. We're both what your daughter calls country bumpkins—vulgar and ugly. If you go to my husband to plead for mercy again, wouldn't that be like slapping him in the face and asking if it hurts?"
The Meng couple's expressions at this moment were the same as when they were constipated. The woman in front of them, dressed simply and dressed like a rural woman, was Political Commissar Zhao's wife?
"Apologize!"
Meng's father suddenly roared so loudly that Meng Xiaoying trembled.
Meng Xiaoying's eyes were like floodgates opened, tears gushed out, and she pouted with a look of grievance.
Seeing her aggrieved look, Meng's mother felt heartbroken and complained to Meng's father: "Why are you yelling? You've scared Xiaoying. If you have something to say, talk it over nicely."
Seeing how protective she was of her daughter, Jiang Yaping and the others finally understood that the couple had overly doted on Meng Xiaoying, which was why she had become so willful and domineering.
"Never mind. No need to apologize."
Yu Ximei waved her hand towards them, indicating that she would not embarrass them. She then said to Captain Xue, "Captain Xue, we are just ordinary military wives. We have no right to interfere with the internal decisions of the art troupe. Please handle this matter as you see fit."
After saying that, he called to the others: "Let's go to the front."
Seeing them about to leave, Father Meng quickly stopped them and said, "Comrades, I'm sorry. I didn't educate my daughter well. She did something wrong, and she should apologize to you."
After he finished speaking, he pulled Meng Xiaoying over, secretly warned Meng's mother, and spoke to his daughter in a stern tone: "Xiaoying, apologize to all the sisters-in-law."
Before Meng Xiaoying could speak, Political Commissar Zhao's voice came from not far away: "Captain Xue, where is Meng Xiaoying?"
"Political Commissar Zhao, Meng Xiaoying is here." Captain Xue hurriedly answered him.
Political Commissar Zhao strode over with two soldiers. He glanced at the Meng couple and asked, "Who are you?"
Meng's father hurriedly shook hands with him and introduced himself: "Hello, Political Commissar Zhao, I am Meng He, Meng Xiaoying's father, and this is my wife, Xiao Hongmei."
Political Commissar Zhao briefly shook his hand, but his words stunned everyone present: "You two have arrived at the perfect time. Meng Xiaoying has close ties with enemy spies and is suspected of leaking state secrets. Come with us and cooperate with our investigation."
Enemy spy!
When these two words fell into everyone's ears, everyone's face changed drastically in shock.
The pupils of the Meng family couple suddenly shrank, and they said almost in unison: "Political Commissar Zhao, you must be mistaken."
Meng Xiaoying, who was still shedding tears, stopped crying instantly. Her expression was extremely flustered, and her voice cracked harshly. "Political Commissar Zhao, when did I become close to the enemy spies? You must be mistaken. I did have some conflicts with the military wives, and I said the wrong thing, but I never colluded with the enemy spies."
The troops were distributing news of the capture of enemy spies. Notices were being posted on the bulletin board. Political Commissar Zhao had also directly informed them, "Gao Xuemei, the wife of Deputy Director Yu Zhen of the Logistics Department, was an enemy spy lurking within the troops. She was killed the night before yesterday. Xu Wei from the art troupe was a subordinate she trained and has now been captured."
boom!
When these two pieces of news came out, it was like two thunderclaps falling on the heads of the three members of the Meng family.
Meng Xiaoying's body trembled instinctively, her legs went weak, and she fell to the ground with a thump.
Gao Xuemei is her cousin's wife and a relative of the Meng family. They interact with each other frequently. She often goes to her cousin's wife's house for dinner and they have a very good relationship.
Everyone in the team knew about her relationship with Xu Wei. Xu Wei was her best friend and also her little follower.
"take away."
At a command from Political Commissar Zhao, two soldiers rushed over and arrested Meng Xiaoying.
"No."
Seeing her daughter being detained and taken away, Meng's mother finally reacted and immediately rushed over to stop them, looking panicked: "Political Commissar Zhao, this must be a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."
"Comrade Xiao, do you think the military district's action of killing the enemy spies was wrong?" Political Commissar Zhao asked.
"No, no, I mean my daughter, Xiaoying, she didn't, she didn't collude with the enemy spies."
Mother Meng hurriedly explained, grabbing the panicked Meng Xiaoying and pushing her hard: "Xiaoying, tell me, tell me quickly, you and your cousin, no, you are not familiar with Gao Xuemei and the others, you have an average relationship with them, right?"
"Yes, yes, Political Commissar Zhao, I have an average relationship with them. I have not colluded with them."
Meng Xiaoying was trembling with fear. She couldn't imagine the consequences of colluding with enemy spies. She was so panicked that she stuttered. "Gao Xuemei is my cousin. We are just ordinary relatives. There is no collusion. I don't know either. I don't know Xu Wei either. We are just ordinary acquaintances."
"Regardless of whether you have any special collusion, your Meng family has contacts with the Yu and Gao families. Not only you will be investigated, but the Meng family will also be investigated."
When Political Commissar Zhao said this, his eyes fell on Meng's father. Seeing his face filled with horror, he added, "If you are upright and honest, don't be afraid of being investigated. Just cooperate well, and the state law will give you justice."
After that, he said to the two soldiers, "Take the man away."
In the end, Meng Xiaoying was taken away. She screamed loudly all the way and asked her parents to save her.
Meng's mother wanted to chase after her to save her, but was stopped by Meng's father. There was an enemy spy among the relatives, and the Meng family could not stay out of it. They could not take care of their daughter for the time being and hurried back home.
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