Chapter 9

“Xinyue, you finally know you were adopted. Breaking off ties is good. Zhan Aiguo and Chen Juxiang are not good people. They treated you like a cow and a horse. It’s good that you broke off ties.”

“Xinyue, after you break off ties, do you have a place to live? My house has an empty room. I can rent it to you.”

This was in support of Zhan Xinyue breaking off ties.

There were also some with outdated ideas who disagreed, “Zhan Xinyue, you’ve broken off ties. An unmarried girl is not good after all. How will you live your life after you get married? You won’t have your family to support you.”

Zhan Xinyue was too lazy to argue with these shallow-minded people. She pointed at Huang Jianjun directly, “Everyone, let’s deal with the company commander’s matter first. Where’s Secretary Liu? Why isn’t he here?”

“Secretary Liu went to the commune.” Someone in the crowd replied, “He went by bicycle. He should be back soon.”

Huang Jianjun, hearing this, thought that Secretary Liu had gone to find the commune leaders. He slumped down in his chair. Even if he insisted that he had only had an affair with Chen Juxiang, he would definitely be punished. Losing the position of company commander was a small matter. He might even be paraded through the streets of the commune.

Chen Juxiang hesitated whether to tell the truth, but Zhan Hongyan pulled her into the room, claiming that she was emotionally broken, “Mom, please, just admit it. If you don’t, I’m finished. Anyway, it’s already happened. Someone has to sacrifice. If my reputation is ruined, the people in the brigade will also say that you and Dad didn’t teach your daughter properly, that your family is bad, and you will be pointed at by others. But you’re an outsider. You can just divorce Dad. We’ll minimize the damage. When I marry Li Jian, I’ll take you with me and let Li Jian take good care of you. When we make money, I’ll buy you a mansion in the city and find you a cultured city man to be your companion. He’ll be a hundred times better than Dad. At least he won’t hit you.”

These words hit Chen Juxiang’s weak spot. Over the years, Chen Juxiang had been beaten by Zhan Aiguo many times because of her laziness and sloppiness. Every time, he beat her mercilessly. If she hadn’t been able to rely on her family, she would have divorced long ago.

Now, her daughter promised to take her to her husband’s house and introduce her to a cultured man to be her companion. How could Chen Juxiang refuse?

“Mom, when you go out later, just say that the company commander forced you. That way, you won’t be guilty. Let the company commander go to jail. We’ll also have less trouble. If Huang Jianjun is still out there, he’ll definitely retaliate against us.” Zhan Hongyan continued.

“Okay, remember, Mom is sacrificing herself to help you today. You’re responsible for taking care of me in my old age.”

“Mom, don’t worry. I’ll make sure you live a life of luxury.”

After the mother and daughter had discussed their plan, they came out of the room with sad expressions.

“I was forced. Wuwuwu, Huang Jianjun came over when my husband was away. I’m a woman. How could I fight him?”

Chen Juxiang cried, wiping her tears. Zhan Hongyan cried along, “Mom, my poor mom! My mom really resisted. Look, the company commander is missing two teeth. It was my mom who knocked them out. The blood on the sheets is from when his teeth fell out.”

“Pfft!” Zhan Xinyue struggled to hold back her laughter. Zhan Hongyan, in order to cover up the lie, actually said that it was her mom who beat up Huang Jianjun.

Heh, she, Zhan Xinyue, couldn’t have given birth to such a big daughter!

Huang Jianjun was speechless. He didn’t dare to tell the truth. No matter what, raping a middle-aged woman was less serious than raping an unmarried virgin. Besides, Zhan Hongyan was the future military wife. If he told the truth, he would be dead.

“Huang Jianjun, is what they said true?” A policeman in uniform walked out of the crowd with a stern expression.

Secretary Liu was a typical scholar. He usually couldn’t stand to be in the same room as Huang Jianjun. He always let Huang Jianjun take charge of the brigade’s affairs. But when it came to matters of principle, he would definitely step in.

This morning, as soon as he heard that Huang Jianjun had raped someone, he immediately rode his bicycle to report it.

The commune was not far from the Chang Hong brigade. When he and the policeman arrived, they happened to hear the mother and daughter accusing Huang Jianjun of raping Chen Juxiang.

“Yes. Comrade, I confess. I admit it. I was confused and did something wrong. I violated Comrade Chen Juxiang. I am willing to plead guilty. Please be lenient with me, Comrade Policeman!”