Chapter 42

“If you’re not an enemy agent, then why are you hiding your relationship with Li Jian? I heard that enemy agents love to hide their identities and don’t go out much, they act secretly and alone.”

Zhan Xinyue pressed her advantage, “Liu Ruyuan, you never go to work, you just want to take advantage of everyone being in the fields to go and sabotage, right?”

“No, I really didn’t. I don’t go to work because I’m not well. I gave birth to two sons in a row, that’s why I’m not well. I’m not deliberately avoiding work, and I have to take care of them, the youngest one still needs to be breastfed.”

Liu Ruyuan was so scared that she lost control, her voice no longer had its usual softness, it was just a raspy whisper.

“Oh~” Zhan Xinyue smirked, “So you gave birth to both of them?”

Liu Ruyuan realized she had slipped up, she stood there like a statue, frozen in place, not daring to move.

Li Jian never had much of a mind of his own, and now that the backbone of the family was silent, he didn’t know what to do either. He stammered for a long time but couldn’t speak.

“Take Li Jian and Liu Ruyuan to the police station.” It was Secretary Liu’s voice.

He had just sent off the committee chairman and two comrades from the police station, his bottom hadn’t even warmed up on the chair, and another family suspected of being enemy agents had emerged in the brigade.

Even though Secretary Liu was usually a calm person, he couldn’t handle these bad things happening one after another. His mouth was so dry that it had blisters. Changhong Brigade had already produced two death row inmates, which was embarrassing enough. If Liu Ruyuan was an enemy agent, he would have to resign.

“Secretary Liu, we really aren’t enemy agents. What will happen to the children if we go to the police station?”

Liu Ruyuan cried out, “I am the children’s mother. Li Jian and I are in a difficult situation. That’s why we hid our identities. I was his child bride, his parents were landlords, we really didn’t want to be dragged to meetings anymore, that’s why we hid our relationship. We really aren’t enemy agents.”

Li Jian protected Liu Ruyuan, anxiously saying, “Secretary Liu, Liu Ruyuan and I are husband and wife, we really aren’t any enemy agents. You can check our hometown, because my parents were landlords, and from the time I have memories, I was constantly taken to meetings. It was my child bride, Liu Ruyuan, who always protected me, otherwise, I would have died long ago.”

“If you want to arrest someone, arrest me. I am the son of a landlord, Liu Ruyuan is from a poor family, my family bought her. Her family has been poor peasants for three generations, there is absolutely no problem.”

Perhaps thinking back to the days when he was thrown rotten vegetables, Li Jian was filled with tears. He held Liu Ruyuan tightly, “You always protected me, shielding me from rotten vegetables and rotten eggs. You ruined your health giving birth to our children, it’s me who is sorry for you, this time I will protect you.”

Li Jian was indeed attracted to Zhan Xinyue’s body.

But he had been with Liu Ruyuan since birth, they had suffered together and overcome many hardships, their bond had surpassed the love of ordinary couples.

In Li Jian’s heart, Liu Ruyuan was his life, his faith. If Liu Ruyuan died, his world would collapse!

“Li Jian, if it wasn’t for your family buying me, I would have starved to death, my parents and three younger siblings would have starved to death too. It was your family who saved my whole family. You can’t get into trouble, if you have to arrest someone, arrest me.” Liu Ruyuan cried like rain, hugging Li Jian and crying together!

Seeing their parents crying, Jin Yan and Shen Xing, the two brothers, also ran over and hugged each other, “Waa wa wa,” the whole family cried together!

“Alright, stop putting on this tragic play of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Take them all to the police station, investigate thoroughly.”

Secretary Liu called over some militiamen and had them take the family of four away.

With no more excitement to watch, the crowd dispersed and went home to eat and prepare for work.

Zhan Xinyue didn’t need to work, she picked a few large lotus leaves and prepared to go home to make lotus leaf rice.

“Xinyue, thank you today, if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have known that Li Jian and Liu Ruyuan were husband and wife.” As soon as the people left, Aunt Luo came over with a few eggs.

“My family doesn’t have anything good, take these home to eat.”