As an official, when you are prosperous, countless people are vying to flatter you, but once you fail, especially in a shameful and even disgusting way of accepting bribes, you will be criticized, ridiculed and looked down upon by everyone.
One can imagine what kind of life Tong Qiao and her family lived in those three years. It must have been dire straits.
Therefore, although Tong Wenbin was later acquitted and the state provided appropriate compensation, the damage caused to the Tong family by Tong Wenbin being imprisoned for accepting bribes was irreparable.
Although Shu Xin had severed contact with Tong Qiao in her previous life, Shu Xin still cared about Tong Qiao as a friend from the bottom of her heart, so she often paid attention to her news.
Shu Xin also saw this incident on Xinwen Network. At that time, this incident was a big deal, very shocking, and almost everyone knew about it.
Shu Xin thought about it carefully. If the trajectory of this life does not change, the incident of Tong Wenbin accepting bribes will happen soon...
Does Tong Wenbin's decision to let Tong Qiao marry Lu Jinshen have anything to do with this
But Shu Xin didn't dare to make any assertions about what didn't happen. After all, it was not a trivial matter. Maybe it would be different in this life.
Shu thought for a moment, pushed Tong Qiao away, and said while wiping her tears: "Have you met Lu Jinshen? Maybe he is not working in the army like the legend says, and his position is at that level. His private life should be It’s very clean.”
Tong Qiao shook her head and said, "I haven't seen him before. I can't see the leader just by asking."
Shu Xin thought about it and comforted softly: "You haven't seen him yet. He is the leader. Maybe he is the kind of handsome man with strong bones and full of abstinence that you like?"
"How is it possible? To put it another way, even if he is really handsome, he is divorced and has children. These two points are all I can't accept."
Shu Xin thought about it. She couldn't accept these two points. She didn't know how to comfort Tong Qiao for a moment. She was silent for a few seconds. Then she suddenly thought of something and asked: "Your father gave you freedom and asked you to return to Fancheng. It was you who compromised." Or did your dad compromise?"
"Me." Tong Qiao said with red eyes.
"You agreed to marry?" Shu Xin's eyes widened in disbelief. According to Tong Qiao's temperament, she shouldn't compromise.
Tong Qiao nodded and bit her lip, "I... I had sex with someone else all night long..."
"Huh?" Shu Xin was stunned by Tong Qiao's words, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, "What's going on?"
"My father kept me locked up at home. No matter what I said, he never wavered in his determination to marry me to Lu Jinshen. I cut my wrists and committed suicide in anger."
Shu Xin hurriedly looked at Tong Qiao's wrist. Sure enough, there was a shocking scar on the thin white wrist. It had just scabbed, and the wound was still pink with new flesh growing out.
Shu Xin looked at the wound, thinking that Tong Qiao almost left her, a hot wave of heat surged in her heart, and her eyes instantly became misty, "Are you stupid?"
"I hit a dead end, I just couldn't think about it for a moment." Tong Qiao had tears in her eyes, but she still smiled and comforted Shu Xin, "Aren't I doing well?"
Shu Xin gently touched the wound on Tong Qiao's wrist, her eyes filled with distress, "Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore, it doesn't hurt at all." Tong Qiao was afraid that Shu Xin would be sad to see her wound, so she pulled her hand back.
Shu Xin lowered her eyes and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Then what?"