Liu Peili never thought that she would be reported by her best friend Xia Fen, but she felt that this happened a long time ago and there was no evidence, so she refused to admit it.
A week later, a packet of medicine appeared in front of Liu Peili. The familiar paper and the familiar way of packaging all indicated that these things were made by Liu Peili.
Liu Peili finally realized that her resistance had failed. If she wanted physical evidence, she had it. If she wanted authentication, Xia Fen could come forward to testify anytime and anywhere.
"It's not my fault alone. Xia Fen instructed me to do it. Otherwise, why would I harm Cheng Qiao when we have no grudge against each other?"
"Xia Fen instructed you to do this. Do you have any evidence?"
"Yes, her daughter Wang Ping and my daughter Xu Laidi can both testify."
"Xu Laidi has been executed. How can he testify for you? Wang Ping can, but a witness alone won't do. Do you have any evidence?"
"Evidence... After all these years, where can I find evidence?"
Liu Peili suddenly broke down and burst into tears. They all knew that Cheng Qiao was a gullible naive person. Not only had she cheated people out of so much money and tickets, but she also cruelly wanted to keep people in the countryside forever and never let them come back.
As expected, karma has its ups and downs. Now they are the ones who have to go to the countryside and never come back. They also lost their daughter, who they don't know whether she can be reborn or not. It's a pity that there is no way to regret it.
Xu Laidi's family never imagined that because Xu Laidi's crimes were so serious and Liu Peili had confessed to the crime, their entire family would be sent to a farm in the northwest to do hard labor.
"Comrade, I want to divorce Liu Peili, and we will both sever all ties with Liu Peili and Xu Laidi, so let's not go to the Northwest."
"It's late. What were you doing two days ago?"
Liu Peili's husband Xu Disheng was also a formal employee of the steel plant, with a fixed salary of 40 yuan per month. Upon hearing the verdict, he quickly tried to distance himself from the matter.
But it was flatly refused. In fact, if Xu Disheng had done this two days before Liu Peili was arrested, she might have been spared from doing hard labor in the Northwest. But it was too late to say anything now.
Xu Laidie's eldest sister Xu Zhaodi was already married, and her husband's family treated her well and did not divorce her because of this, so she escaped the disaster.
But her younger sister Xu Pandi and her only brother Xu Lai Jin were unlucky. One was in the second grade of junior high school and the other was in elementary school. They were both expelled from school on the spot and even lost their student status.
Xia Fen originally thought that she would be fine after reporting Liu Peili, but she didn't expect that the comrades from the Public Security Bureau would arrest Wang Ping and interrogate her about the incident in which she drugged Cheng Qiao.
Wang Ping already knew that resistance was futile, so she poured out everything she knew like spilling beans. Especially when she learned that Cheng Qiao had captured Xia Fen, she told him many of the bad things they had done to Cheng Qiao in the past.
Xia Fen was arrested. When she learned that she was betrayed by her own daughter, she felt desperate. If she had known this would happen, she would not have come here to fall into the trap.
But where else could she go if not here? She certainly couldn't go back to Huizhou, and her parents' home was even more of a tiger's den.
"Xia Fen, come out."
Xia Fen was shocked. She had confessed all the bad things she had done, but she could only come out obediently. She saw Cheng Qiao sitting across the table from her, with hatred in her eyes.
"Xia Fen, where are those things in my house?"
"What... what is this..."
Xia Fen flicked off some fresh dust on her clothes. A sour odor emanated from her every move. Anyway, she hadn't changed her clothes in who knows how long. If she wore them for another two days, they would probably become patina-like.
"My mother's dowry, including a sewing machine, a bicycle, and a radio. Of course, there were also a lot of clothes, shoes, and fabrics. Oh, and there seemed to be a few hundred yuan and some bills."
In fact, Cheng Qiao didn't remember whether her mother left any dowry. She was too stupid in her previous life and trusted Xia Fen and her daughter too much, which resulted in her having no idea what belonged to her mother and what belonged to Xia Fen.
"Cheng Qiao, please let me go. Your mother's things include a sewing machine and a few clothes. I really don't know what else she has."
"Where's the sewing machine?"
"My brothers from my mother's side snatched it away. My clothes and the several hundred dollars I had saved with great difficulty were also taken away by my mother's family."
Cheng Qiao already knew that Xia Fen's parents' home was from a poor village, otherwise why would Xia Fen's husband die? She would rather take her daughter to work as a nanny in the Cheng family in the name of marriage than go home.
"You ran out of money, so they kicked you out."
"No, they wanted to sell me to a poorer place. I wanted to escape, but they watched me very closely. Fortunately, you wrote me a letter. No, it was my daughter who wrote me a letter. That’s why I had a chance to get out."
“I see…
Cheng Qiao somewhat regretted writing this letter. Otherwise, wouldn't Xia Fen being sold to an even poorer place have tempered her even more? No, Cheng Qiao suddenly straightened her chest. She didn't regret it.
If Xia Fen hadn't reported it, Xu Laidi's family would have escaped punishment. That would have been too easy for those people. Now it's so good, all those who should be sent away have been sent away.
"Cheng Qiao, although I am not your biological mother, I have always raised you."
"You raised me? Think about it carefully, who raised whom?"
"Although I used your father's money, I also contributed."
"You don't contribute and you expect my dad to raise your daughter for free."
"This... Cheng Qiao, please help me, I don't want to go to jail. If I go to jail, your father will also be involved. We have obtained the marriage certificate."
"That's true. So what do you want to do? Go back to my father and continue to harm him. Then get an English book and frame him."
"No, no, it would be best if your father wants to stay with me. If not, I agree to divorce you. Just... just give me a little money and leave here."
"Haha, haha, I'll give you a little money. I just discovered that you are as naive as I was back then. Of course, there's no sweetness."
Two men in green military uniforms came in. They were assigned to escort a group of convicted people onto a train to the Northwest, and Xia Fen was among them.
But Xia Fen must first go to the Hexi Corridor because she needs to go through the divorce procedures with Cheng Liguo. Cheng Qiao is a little depressed. Can't the divorce be processed without the two of them meeting
The answer was affirmative. Logically speaking, Cheng Liguo and Xia Fen had to return to Huizhou to go through the divorce procedures, but special cases were handled with special care and a lot of convenience had been given.
"Cheng Qiao, please, don't let them take me away."
When Xia Fen saw the man in green military uniform, she was so scared that she held on to the handle of the chair tightly, unwilling to leave. Cheng Qiao did not say anything, but took out a package from the cloth bag. When he opened it, there was a row of silver needles of different lengths.