"Mom, you haven’t eaten yet, have you? Shall I cook for you?" After all, she’s been watching my three kids, I still feel grateful.
"No need, I don’t want to eat. ngjie, have you seen your second brother?"
"No, I simply couldn’t get in."
"No way, you take there. I don’t believe it; what can they do to ?"
"Mom, take a break. Let’s talk when Dad wakes up. I’ll make you so noodles."
"No need, save the fine grain for the kids." Tian Shulan waved her hand.
"Mom, my second sister-in-law divorced my second brother, and they’ve cut off ties.
nglin also divorced, that man also did today, and they’ve cut ties too."
"They’re all a bunch of ungrateful white-eyed wolves, heartless bastards."
Tian Shulan went into the west room where Kong nglin was sleeping, saw her daughter was asleep, and ca back out.
"Mom, there are still so stead buns, you can eat a bit."
"No need, it’ll be dinner soon."
Kong ngjie decided not to persuade further. The mother and daughter went into the east room, and by now Kong Zhongyou was already sitting up, unable to sleep. With such a big issue happening, only soone heartless could sleep through it.
"Why are you here?"
"I’m worried about my son; with things like this, how can I stay away?"
"There’s a lot to handle at ho, you should return tomorrow."
"Husband, when will Demin be released?"
Kong Zhongyou lit a cigarette. "He won’t be released, there’s no way."
"Wasn’t it that bitch Jiang Xinyu’s mom who reported? Let’s have her drop the charges."
"Who are you? You think she’ll drop the charges just because you say so? I went to see her twice today. It’s impossible."
"No way, if you can’t, I’ll go. I just don’t believe it."
"You can’t even see her, and she warned that she has ways to make lose my position as village head."
Now Tian Shulan was silent. She knew that today’s Jiang Xinyu was not the timid girl she used to be.
But what about her son?
"ngjie, can’t you do sothing?"
Kong ngjie shook her head, "I don’t even have a job now, what can I do? Even if I was still working, there’d be nothing I could do."
"Is he just going to suffer in there?"
Both of them fell silent, wishing to help Kong Demin, but lacking the ability to do so.
At that mont, the door knocked; Kong ngjie checked the ti—it was Huang Hongwei coming ho from work. She hurried to open the door.
He knew there were many people at ho today but didn’t expect his mother-in-law and sister-in-law to be there as well.
"ngjie, I’ll go to the cafeteria to buy so food."
"No need, let’s cook sothing to avoid the cold stares." Because of the relationship, Huang Hongwei was not having an easy ti at the textile factory.
"Okay, that’s fine, there’s still rice at ho, let’s make rice porridge. I’ll pick up the kids, then swing by the co-op."
Kong ngjie nodded, appreciating that Huang Hongwei was still good to her.
He greeted the two elders inside and then went to pick up the children.
"ngjie, cherish what you have now," Kong Zhongyou said with a sigh.
"Mm, I understand. I’ll go make dinner. Dehong should be coming over later."
The three kids were very happy to see Tian Shulan and Kong Zhongyou co over.
Kong Dehong also ca. After dinner, they discussed and decided to stay at the house Kong Dehong lived in. Thankfully, the house was transferred to Dehong; otherwise, it would have probably been taken back.
After seeing off the family of four, Kong ngjie felt slightly relieved. As the couple lay in bed, she said, "You don’t need to co back at noon tomorrow; I’ll head over directly in the morning."
"Mm, will Mom and Dad overthink things?"
"No need, they know you’re the only one working in our family now. I’m enough to handle things here."
That night, Jiang Xinyu couldn’t help but call Wei Kaiyun, knowing he was staying at the office too.
"Hello, Wei Kaiyun."
"It’s ."
"Xinyu, why are you calling at this ti? Haven’t you finished work yet?"
"Mm, I’m staying at the factory now, it’s more convenient."
"Be honest."
"Kong Demin wanted to grab , and Qian Jun and the others weren’t comfortable letting stay alone at the factory."
"Why didn’t you tell ?" Wei Kaiyun was a bit angry that he hadn’t heard anything.
"It’s already resolved; Kong Demin was arrested and has no chance to turn things around."
"I’m driving over right now."
"Don’t, it’s too risky with things being sensitive now. Also, I’ve already handed in my resignation, and I think once this is over, I can resign."
"I’ve submitted my resignation too; Zhu Peishan is arranging things, it shouldn’t take long.
Have things over there truly been sorted out?"
"Mm, I filed a real-na report and submitted the materials to Wang Jinseng, and Tao Juncheng also stepped in. They arrested him last night.
Don’t worry about , nothing too complicated here, I’ll be fine. You just focus on your resignation."
Wei Kaiyun couldn’t stop worrying, feeling utterly inadequate as a husband, with his wife handling all the difficulty and danger alone, while he was of little help.
"Xinyu, I feel so useless."
"Alright, don’t overthink things. We can’t talk for too long, take care of yourself."
They both spoke cautiously, not saying anything they shouldn’t.
After Jiang Xinyu hung up, she felt a little more at ease.
anwhile, Kong Zhongyou and Tian Shulan lay on the bed. "Husband, is it truly impossible for to go and find Jiang Xinyu?"
"No way, genuinely, there’s no hope for our second son. You don’t know, but I saw many people signing a petition at the co-op today, asking for severe punishnt for our second son."
"What business is it of theirs?"
"Sigh! Demin has done many unscrupulous things, and now that the walls are down, everyone wants a hand in pushing."
"So, we truly won’t do anything for the second son?"
"There’s nothing we can do; you’re going to have to shoulder the burden of raising his kids in the future."
"Alright then, they are still my second son’s children, after all."
"His brother-in-law, Changjun, is also Demin’s."
"What did you say?"
"A lot of people know about this."
Tian Shulan couldn’t accept this fact, wondering just what her second son had done.
After about half an hour, "I’ll go bring the kids back tomorrow; there’s no reason for to stay here. Honestly, I most want to go to the textile factory, even if it’s just to tarnish Jiang Xinyu’s reputation."
"Forget it, I now believe that actions are seen by the heavens. We just need to raise the kids, and even the two little ones might not keep their jobs; we might have to go back ho and farm." Kong Zhongyou sighed.
How can we hold our heads high in the village after this? Once admired by everyone, now all four kids have lost their jobs.
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