Chapter 18: Losing the Most Important Thing in Life

Seeing a box of gold bars unearthed, Su Dajun and Feng Cuihua’s legs went weak.

Even Xia Yuting’s eyes widened.

She hadn’t expected there to be such valuable things hidden here.

Unfortunately, these things should have been handed over to the state long ago.

Su Dajun was greedy and hadn’t been willing to part with them. He wrapped them in kraft paper and a raincoat, and hung them in the well in the courtyard.

Only Su Dajun knew about this.

Not even Feng Cuihua knew.

But now, they were discovered during a search.

“Comrade, please come with us.” The leading comrade was relatively polite, but there was a hint of pity in his gaze towards Su Dajun.

Daring to privately hoard such things was indeed audacious.

With Su Dajun’s arrest, Feng Cuihua felt like the sky had fallen.

“Which damn person reported us!” Feng Cuihua couldn’t even cry properly, her face pale. She had already suffered a mild concussion from a fall, and the successive shocks caused her to faint.

Xia Yuting, who had just been looking wronged and resentful, was also stunned.

She felt she couldn’t stay in this house anymore.

So many things had happened; it was over!

At the guesthouse.

Su Anan ate a delicious meal.

She was picky eater.

However, the craftsmanship of this 1970s state-run restaurant was superb, and the food was genuine, making her very satisfied.

Calculating the time, she could already imagine the chaos at the Su family’s house.

She had made the report based on the contents of the book.

She wanted to crush the Su family under her feet.

To ensure they could never recover.

“Su Anan, get out here!” Xia Yuting, after failing to find Su Anan at the factory, searched various guesthouses. She happened to find her classmate working at the front desk of this guesthouse, and so she found Su Anan. She stood directly outside Su Anan’s room.

Standing with Xia Yuting was Wei Zhiming.

Wei Zhiming’s eyes were also red.

In the army, Zheng Tuan, taking advantage of his position, had already confirmed for him that the report wasn’t written by Lu Jingchen.

However, the content of the report was true. Now, Wei Zhiming couldn’t be promoted; he couldn’t stay in the army.

He might even be held accountable.

Wei Zhiming didn’t dare to tell Xia Yuting, afraid she wouldn’t want him anymore.

Hearing Xia Yuting’s voice, Su Anan curled her lips. They came quickly, but she didn’t care. She turned over and continued sleeping.

Ignoring Xia Yuting’s shouting outside.

Soon, she was driven out by the guesthouse staff.

“Su Anan is so despicable; she’s a lunatic! She actually reported her aunt and uncle, her own biological parents. How could she be so cruel?” Xia Yuting gritted her teeth, her features contorted. “My aunt and uncle are in trouble. What, what, what am I going to do!”

This time, Xia Yuting was truly panicked.

Losing her job, losing face, and facing the possibility of being sent to the countryside.

She hadn’t cared about those things.

She thought Su Dajun and his wife would find a way.

At worst, they could spend money to settle things; they wouldn’t let her suffer.

But now, Su Dajun was in custody.

Feng Cuihua faced unemployment.

How could they take care of her?

Wei Zhiming gently put his arm around her shoulders: “It’s alright, you still have me.”

At this moment, Wei Zhiming was also somewhat bewildered.

How did things turn out like this?

Everything had been under his control.

When did things change?

“But…” Xia Yuting felt she had lost something particularly important in her life; her life shouldn’t be like this.

“I will definitely take care of you.” Wei Zhiming, recalling the ambiguous relationship between Feng Cuihua and Liu Changchang, became even kinder to Xia Yuting. “If you go to the countryside, I’ll apply to go to the same place and be with you.”

Xia Yuting leaned her small face against his chest and nodded vigorously.

She didn’t dislike Wei Zhiming; at this moment, she needed a shoulder to lean on.

“I’ll ask Zheng Tuan to help with my father’s matter. As for my mother… I think Liu Changchang won’t be so ruthless.” Wei Zhiming softly comforted her, his hand firmly grasping Xia Yuting’s waist.

“That bitch Su Anan, she’s so despicable! This is all because of her. If she had just admitted her improper relationship with Lu Jingchen, you would be a battalion commander now.” Xia Yuting blamed everything on Su Anan.

In her opinion, it was because of Su Anan’s uncooperativeness and her troublemaking that she was so miserable.

She had truly lost everything.

Wei Zhiming hugged her tightly and whispered, “It’s okay. Didn’t the Revolutionary Committee director see her photo and take a liking to her? As long as she marries him, everything will turn around.”