Chapter 95

In fact, when Lu Jiaojiao learned that the Women’s Federation intended to make her a typical case of female awakening, helping her divorce Yin Zhihe, she had already changed her mind. She was blaming herself for impulsively going to the county Women’s Federation to file a complaint.

The Women’s Federation had promised to help her find a street sweeping job.

But a street sweeping job only paid a few dozen yuan a month, even with hard labor.

Moreover, being a street sweeper was considered a lowly job. Although it was said to be part of the state-run work system, working as a cleaner would make her lose face.

How could being a street sweeper compare to doing nothing and living as a rich housewife?

So, Lu Jiaojiao hesitated.

She thought that going to the county Women’s Federation to complain was supposed to make the Women’s Federation help her make Yin Zhihe behave, just like how He Ting treated Lu Baiwei.

She also wanted the Women’s Federation to warn and scold her mother-in-law, Shen Guixiang, to stop beating her.

But things had turned out differently from what she had hoped.

The Women’s Federation did promise to support her, but they still insisted that she divorce Yin Zhihe.

When the county Women’s Federation came to Xiangyang Brigade, the matter had become so big that Shen Guixiang and Yin Zhihe naturally found out that Lu Jiaojiao had gone to the county Women’s Federation.

Shen Guixiang and Yin Zhihe were shocked!

Lu Jiaojiao had quietly gone to the county to file a complaint?

And she had even bypassed the commune and gone straight to the county Women’s Federation?

If she had gone to the commune, with Yin Yueping’s husband’s relative being a cadre there, this matter could have been easily handled.

But with the county Women’s Federation involved, there was no way out now!

When they heard that the police were going to arrest them after confirming that they had injured Lu Jiaojiao, Yin Zhihe was both angry and anxious.

“Well, well, Lu Jiaojiao, you really have the guts to report me to the county.”

“Seems like I’ve been too nice to you!”

Yin Zhihe was about to repeat his previous actions of beating Lu Jiaojiao, but Shen Guixiang stopped him.

In front of Feng Shishi, Shen Guixiang slapped Yin Zhihe on the shoulder and said, “If you dare lay a hand on Jiaojiao, I swear I’ll beat you to death today, do you believe me?”

“Jiaojiao, what are you really thinking?”

Shen Guixiang gave Lu Jiaojiao a scrutinizing look and reminded her: “Honestly, since you married into our Yin family, when have I ever wronged you?”

“Your parents stealing from our family, I let it slide for your sake and didn’t report it to the police.”

“You went to the county Women’s Federation and falsely accused me and Zhihe of abusing you. If this continues, the end of your marriage with Zhihe will come. You’ll only end up getting divorced.”

Here is the translation:

“You went to the county Women’s Federation and falsely accused me and Zhihe of abusing you. If this continues, the end of your marriage with Zhihe will truly come, and it will only end in divorce.”

How could she be falsely accusing them?

Lu Jiaojiao wanted to defend herself.

But Shen Guixiang emphasized the word “divorce” with great weight.

Seeing that she remained silent and seemed hesitant, Shen Guixiang saw right through her and knew how to manipulate her.

“Jiaojiao, even teeth and tongue sometimes clash, which family doesn’t argue from time to time? If there’s something, we can settle it within our own family, why make things so public?”

Shen Guixiang spoke in a considerate tone: “Think about it, if you divorce Zhihe, how will your reputation be?”

“What will you do then?”

“You can’t have children, but Zhihe hasn’t abandoned you.”

“If you remarry, you definitely won’t find a good husband like Zhihe, especially with someone who’s as understanding and reasonable as me as a mother-in-law. People will definitely look down on you for not being able to have children.”

Yes!

She couldn’t have children, she couldn’t bear a child.

If she divorced Yin Zhihe and remarried, who would marry a woman who couldn’t have children?

What’s more, Yin Zhihe was destined to become a rich businessman.

Even though Lu Baiwei’s marriage to He Ting had changed her fate in the new life, Yin Zhihe had a wealthy uncle in Hong Kong, and that was a fact.

If she divorced Yin Zhihe, wouldn’t that just make things easier for Feng Shishi?

Feng Shishi would be the one to become the wife of a billionaire, not her, the ex-wife of Yin Zhihe.

No!

She couldn’t divorce Yin Zhihe.

Almost as soon as Shen Guixiang finished speaking, Lu Jiaojiao shook her head violently. “No, I can’t divorce.”

Whether or not to divorce was not up to Lu Jiaojiao.

After dealing with the Women’s Federation and the police, there would be plenty of ways to make Lu Jiaojiao suffer so much that she would choose to divorce Yin Zhihe herself.

The rich “young intellectual” would be handed to their son on a silver platter; they could not let this opportunity slip away.

Shen Guixiang suppressed the satisfaction in her eyes, sighing as if she were helpless against Lu Jiaojiao.

“Well, Jiaojiao, when the Women’s Federation and the police come later, you know what to say, right?”

“Well, Jiaojiao, when the Women’s Federation and the police come later, you know what to say, right?”

Lu Jiaojiao didn’t respond.

Shen Guixiang’s ambiguous words made Feng Shishi feel that she and Yin Zhihe were indeed being falsely accused.

Since coming to Xiangyang Brigade, her aunt had helped her a lot.

In contrast, her aunt-in-law, Lu Jiaojiao, had always been cold to her and had even said some absurd things in front of the Women’s Federation, claiming that she rented a house from the Yin family because she was interested in Yin Zhihe.

Although her aunt’s son treated her politely and would even discuss literature with her, as if he had read many books, he was just a country bumpkin!

Would Feng Shishi, from the capital, be interested in a rural countryman?

Feng Shishi, standing nearby, was furious: “Comrade Lu Jiaojiao, you’re going too far.”

“How can you falsely accuse your own husband, and falsely accuse such a reasonable and understanding aunt?”

“You also made up stories about me—I rented a room in your house, and I’ve been paying rent.”

Convinced that Shen Guixiang and her son were good people, Feng Shishi spoke up to defend them when the investigation team from the Women’s Federation and the police arrived at the Yin household.

“Comrades from the Women’s Federation, comrades from the police, there must be some misunderstanding. My aunt is a very good person, and since I arrived at Xiangyang Brigade, she’s given me a lot of help.”

“I’ve been staying at the Yin family for several days now, and I’ve seen with my own eyes that Lu Jiaojiao is the one who is always throwing tantrums and making unreasonable scenes, while my aunt has been very tolerant and understanding towards her.”

Feng Shishi, after all, was a young intellectual from the capital.

She was not only good-looking but also had an impressive image, appearing as someone well-read and credible.

If the Women’s Federation and the police hadn’t conducted thorough interviews and investigations with the villagers from Xiangyang Brigade before coming to the Yin household to arrest someone, they might have thought they had made a mistake.

“Feng, you just arrived at Xiangyang Brigade and don’t know the situation in the Yin family.”

“We’ve investigated, and it’s true that Shen Guixiang and Yin Zhihe beat Lu Jiaojiao, causing damage to her uterus, making it impossible for her to conceive.”

A comrade from the Women’s Federation patiently shared the findings with her: “Also, Shen Guixiang brought you to stay at their house with ulterior motives. According to her second son-in-law, who works as a cook at a state-run restaurant, Shen Guixiang wanted to force Yin Zhihe and Lu Jiaojiao to divorce, then arrange for you to marry Yin Zhihe.”

“You, a young intellectual from the capital, might not know, but there was a case in the neighboring Hongqi Brigade, where a female young intellectual was raped.”

“I thought, as a young intellectual from the countryside, you should remain cautious before understanding the full situation and not trust anyone too easily.”