As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked.
During the few days that Meng Xuan had been in the Nanjiao Brigade, none of them had thought that he had other purposes besides coming to visit his relatives and his biological sister.
Especially since the purpose was to investigate the pension that the army gave to Lu Tian back then!
Anything related to the army is awe-inspiring enough, not to mention how serious and fierce Meng Xuan's expression is at the moment.
He looked at Lu Dashan and said sternly.
"Lu Dashan, Lu Chen is the son of a martyr. Not only did you not help him as a relative, but you also embezzled the pension for the martyr's family. This alone is enough to put you in jail for life!"
Most of the country folks were not very courageous. Not to mention entering Orange County, even seeing the police would make their legs tremble. So when they heard Meng Xuan announce in such a decisive tone that Lu Dashan would spend the rest of his life in prison, they were immediately terrified.
Naturally, Lu Dashan, the person involved, was so frightened that his face turned pale.
He knew that he would be affected if this matter was exposed, but he didn't expect that he would end up in jail after it was exposed!
Squatting on an orange is scary enough, let alone doing it for so long!
Lu Dashan's face was pale, and he looked at Meng Xuan helplessly and fearfully. Then his knees went weak and he actually knelt down in front of him.
"Comrade Meng, I was wrong, I was really wrong, I shouldn't have taken the money in a moment of infatuation, I really know I was wrong, please forgive me, please..."
"I'm already this old now. If I really go in, my life will be over. Please spare me for my old age!"
Although he had never been to jail, he had heard that the conditions there were harsh, and that some people were even forced to do hard labor, working themselves to death and not being able to eat or sleep well. There were many who died of exhaustion or even starvation!
He doesn't want to die, he really doesn't want to die!
So even though he knew at this moment that his actions had completely disgraced him, he had no other choice.
He could only hope that Meng Xuan and the others would give him a break and let him go because they were older than him.
Lu Dashan is about 40 or 50 years old this year. At the moment, he was kneeling on the ground, pissing and sobbing, and crying and begging the whole time. Seeing this, several onlookers showed sympathy to him.
It’s a pity that Meng Xuan’s heart was colder than the ice in the cold winter. Not only was he indifferent to Lu Dashan’s kneeling pleas, but he looked impatient.
Turning to look at the captain, Meng Xuan said, "Captain, you are more familiar with this area than I am. Could you please notify the commune to come over?"
Although he has his own identity, he cannot do all the work by himself. For example, things like sentencing should naturally be handed over to professionals.
Upon hearing this, the captain's expression was conflicted for a moment, and he seemed to feel a little sympathetic towards Lu Dashan because of his appearance, but he finally hardened his heart and nodded.
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Although Lu Dashan grew up with him and there is some affection between them, some things are wrong and if they are not punished accordingly, how can they be worthy of Lu Chen and Lu Chen's dead father
So the team leader finally decided to notify the commune.
As for Lu Dashan, the moment he saw the captain turn around and leave, he could no longer bear it and fell to the ground, fainting.
This farce temporarily came to an end with Lu Dashan's coma, but everyone knew that when Lu Dashan woke up, he would be faced with a punishment that he could not accept.
After Lu Dashan fell into a coma, the others had to leave temporarily. However, when they left, they also spread the news that Lu Dashan had embezzled Lu Chen's father's pension throughout the Nanjiao Brigade.
After the others had left, Lu Xiujuan finally dared to come out of the corner. She looked at her father Lu Dashan who was unconscious in bed, and her biological mother Jiang Guihua who was crying on the ground beside the bed.
But in the end, she gritted her teeth and left the Lu family, walked to Wang Chengwu, and said.
"Chengwu, I have done what you said. After what happened today, I have nothing to do with the Lu family anymore. From now on, I will be a complete member of the Wang family. Don't forget your promise to me."
In order to get Lu Xiujuan's help, Wang Chengwu went straight to her and told her some things. He said that he knew what her parents had done to Lu Chen's family. If she still wanted to continue to be the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, she must show sincerity and sever ties with the Lu family. If not, then the Wang family would definitely not keep a "time bomb" like her around. The implication was that she should divorce Wang Chengwen.
Lu Xiujuan chose the former without any hesitation, indicating that she would cooperate with Wang Chengwu and cut off ties with the Lu family.
Wang Chengwu was naturally relieved at that time, but at this moment, when he saw that Lu Xiujuan had no attachment to her biological parents who gave birth to her and raised her, he couldn't help feeling a little chill in his heart.
But he didn't say anything because he was a man of his word.
However, as for Lu Xiujuan, he would probably never really consider her as a family member again, and would even be on guard against her at all times.
After all, she could betray even her own biological parents without hesitation. If one day she were to ask Lu Xiujuan to do something detrimental to their Wang family, she would probably not hesitate at all.
This person's cruelty is even greater than he imagined.
Wang Chengwu glanced at Lu Xiujuan, suppressed his thoughts and nodded at her, then turned and looked at Lu Chen, Meng Xuan and others.
"Lu Chen, Comrade Meng Xuan, if there is nothing else, we will go back first. If you need any help later, you can come to town to find me."
This time, it was indeed thanks to Wang Chengwu's help. If he hadn't forced Lu Xiujuan to do these things, Meng Xuan would have really spent a lot more effort.
Hearing this, he nodded to Wang Chengwu.
"Okay, thank you for what you did today. I'll thank you again after I finish dealing with things here in a couple of days."
When Wang Chengwu heard this, he naturally said no, but seeing that Meng Xuan was determined to thank him, he didn't say anything more. He just said okay and left with Lu Xiujuan.
After the two of them left, there were only Meng Xuan, Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen left in the entire Lu family courtyard.
While Meng Xuan and Wang Chengwu were talking, Meng Yinyin stood beside Lu Chen, looking up at him.
After Lu Dashan's deeds were exposed, it was almost always the captain and Meng Xuan who were discussing the final outcome, while Lu Chen did not speak, but just stood silently by the side.
His habitual silence made others ignore him as a matter of course, but Meng Yinyin could feel the strong irritability and pain emanating from him.
She thought about it seriously. If she had encountered the same thing as Lu Chen, she would have cried because her grievances were redressed and her hatred was avenged. It would be a cry of relief and liberation. Even if she didn't cry, her expression would not be as calm as Lu Chen's now.
The calmer he appeared, the more worried Meng Yinyin became.
"Lu Chen, you..."
But Meng Yinyin really didn't know how to comfort people. After holding it in for a long time, she could only utter one sentence in the end.
"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
They had been making such a fuss for such a long time, and it was almost noon now. Thinking that Lu Chen had worked in the fields for a while before coming back, he should have digested what he had eaten in the morning, so she asked Lu Chen if he was hungry.
Of course, the most fundamental reason was that she didn't know how to comfort Lu Chen.
Since you can't take care of his heart, then take care of his stomach.
Hearing Meng Yinyin's voice, Lu Chen finally came out of his thoughts.
He lowered his head and glanced at Meng Yinyin who was looking at him worriedly, and all the bad emotions in his heart suddenly dissipated a lot.
With Meng Yinyin caring about him and worrying about him, he suddenly felt that the world was not that bad.
Finally, he shook his head and whispered, "I'm not hungry. Are you hungry?"
The sound is quite normal.
Meng Yinyin breathed a sigh of relief, then shook her head wildly.
She was about to say that she was not hungry, but then she felt that if Lu Chen continued to stand here and do nothing, he would probably overthink it.
So she stopped shaking her head halfway and lied, "It seems, a little."
Lu Chen didn't think much about it. When he heard Meng Yinyin say she was hungry, he directly said that he would go over and cook for her.
Meng Yinyin agreed, and was about to follow Lu Chen's footsteps to the old house when she finally remembered that there seemed to be another person.
She paused, turned slowly, and looked at Meng Xuan, who was standing beside her and looking at her with a smile.
"Hehe, brother, shall we go over there?"
Meng Xuan kept a forced smile on his face.
"I'm so touched that you still remember me as your brother."
Meng Yinyin: “…”
Although she had just accidentally forgotten about him, there was no need to be so sarcastic. Who knew who would be able to stand his bad temper in the future!
After complaining a few words in her heart, Meng Yinyin had no choice but to obediently call Meng Xuan back to the next room.
After the three of them returned to the next room, Lu Chen prepared the meal not long after. At the dinner table, Meng Xuan no longer acted like a spoiled child, but asked Lu Chen seriously if he had anything to say about the punishment of Lu Dashan, or what he wanted.
Lu Chen was silent for a long time, until Meng Xuan's patience was almost gone. Then he raised his head and looked at Meng Xuan, and said.
"If he can return everything to me, I won't pursue anything else."
Meng Xuan was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Lu Chen meant.
He wanted to make things right and return whatever Lu Dashan owed him.
Correspondingly, although Lu Dashan was not nice to him and shamelessly took his parents' things, he still gave him food to eat and allowed him to grow up.
Using Lu Dashan's kindness to him in exchange for him not having to go to jail would be considered the most he could do.
Of course, the prerequisite is that Lu Dashan returns everything he took from Lu Chen's parents.
Meng Xuan didn't say much about his idea. Instead, he felt that this solution was not bad. It was neither too saintly nor too heartless.
"Okay, then I'll talk to the captain about this, and then have him talk to Lu Dashan."
Without further ado, after lunch, Meng Xuan went to find the team leader. Coincidentally, the team leader also called the leaders of the commune over, so a group of people went to Lu Dashan's house and told him the results of the discussion.