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Chapter 73: Satisfied Now?
Chapter 73: Satisfied Now?
Wen Wan knew that if she refused, she would be treated as a spy. She looked at the team leader of the production brigade. "I can cooperate with the investigation, but if nothing is found, Comrade Jiang Xia must apologize to me!"
This morning, she had thrown the old calligraphy practice book into the stove. What did she have to fear from an investigation?
Jiang Xia: "Agreed!"
"There’s also the matter of Comrade Jiang Xia slapping me and twisting my hand before the investigation was even complete. How will this be handled?"
Jiang Xia: "I was just worried you might run away, so I acted first."
Wen Wan: "……"
The team leader of the production brigade: "If the investigation clears you, I will make Comrade Jiang Xia apologize and cover your medical expenses for your hand."
Jiang Xia: "No problem. I’ll even write an apology letter and post it on the bulletin board."
What more could Wen Wan say!
Thus, the production brigade, along with Jiang Xia and Wen Wan, marched in a large group toward Wen Wan’s home.
It was just after lunch, and many villagers were heading to the big tree garden to cool off, especially in that area, where many people were already seated.
Seeing the production brigade in action, the villagers asked what was going on.
Jiang Xia quickly answered, "Comrade Wen Wan imitated my handwriting and wrote a letter. The production brigade suspects she’s a traitor."
Wen Wan: "……"
Clearly, Jiang Xia was deliberately smearing her. How did this become a suspicion by the production brigade? And a traitor? Next, she’d be accused of murder!
Wen Wan was so angry she wanted to kill Jiang Xia.
A traitor? Everyone looked at Wen Wan in shock!
The team leader of the production brigade frowned, about to say something to Jiang Xia, but she immediately added, "Does anyone notice anything unusual about Comrade Wen Wan? Remember, any clue, no matter how small, can’t be ignored! Peace today is hard-won, and everyone has a responsibility to protect the collective! Everyone has a duty to supervise!"
The team leader found Jiang Xia’s words reasonable and said, "If anyone notices anything, report it immediately."
Hearing this, the villagers began racking their brains, trying to think of anything unusual about Wen Wan, already treating her as a traitor!
Of course, the villagers no longer cared about cooling off under the big tree and followed the production brigade to see what would happen.
More and more people joined the crowd heading to Wen Wan’s home.
Wen Wan looked utterly defeated!
No matter the outcome, she was utterly humiliated today!
The large group from the production brigade arrived at Wen Wan’s home, startling her father and stepmother.
When the purpose of the visit was explained, the two of them turned pale with fear!
Wen’s father, enraged, slapped Wen Wan. "What have you done? Are you trying to get us all killed?"
That period was still fresh in everyone’s minds, and they were still on edge, afraid of what might happen.
Who knew if it would happen again?
Being slapped in front of so many people, Wen Wan felt both angry and wronged, but most of all, humiliated. She glared at Jiang Xia with red-rimmed eyes. "Are you satisfied now?"
Jiang Xia gave her a cold look, not bothering to answer. Instead, she said to the production brigade, "Shouldn’t we first check Comrade Wen Wan’s room and the kitchen? The stove is a great place to destroy evidence!"
Was she satisfied now?
Of course not!
No evidence had been found, and she still needed to clear her name. How could she be satisfied?
Wen Wan had only been slapped twice and couldn’t take it?
But what about herself?
If it weren’t for Zhou’s mother’s good nature, wouldn’t she have been slapped too?
Even if she hadn’t been slapped, she was now homeless!
She had been driven out of her home!
In essence, Wen Wan’s forgery of that letter was aimed at tarnishing her reputation, destroying her family, and ruining her marriage. It hurt her, and it hurt Zhou Chenglei and Zhou’s mother too!
How could she blame others for her own despicable and malicious actions?
One group headed to Wen Wan’s room, while the other went to the kitchen.
Jiang Xia looked at Wen Wan’s stepmother and stepsister. "Hiding information is as bad as being an accomplice. Have you noticed any practice notebooks or letters Wen Wan has been writing? Or perhaps have you seen her secretly destroy any notebooks or letters?"
Wen Wan’s stepsister, not wanting to get caught, quickly replied, "Yes, she came back last night with a few letters and wrote all night. I don’t know what she was writing."
They shared the same room, and Wen Wan had been writing with a flashlight all night, waking her up. She was half-asleep but still saw it.
Wen Wan’s stepmother, thinking of something, rushed to the kitchen.
Wen Wan’s face turned pale as she saw her stepmother run in that direction.
She had thrown the practice notebook into the stove this morning. Wouldn’t her stepmother pick it up?
This morning, she had planned to burn the notebook and the letter while making breakfast, but her stepmother had asked her to water the vegetables. She thought the notebook was already burning, and she took the opportunity to give the letters to Tian Caihua before going out.
Wen Wan couldn’t help but follow to the kitchen, where she saw the production team members picking up the notebook with its edges still smoldering in the corner.
Jiang Xia had been observing Wen Wan’s expressions and guessed that she had used this notebook to practice her handwriting last night.
Indeed!
Wen Wan’s stepmother said, "This morning, she got up to make breakfast and threw this notebook into the stove. I didn’t want to waste a whole notebook, so I took it out, thinking I could tear it into pieces to use as kindling."
Wen Wan tried to grab the notebook back.
Jiang Xia was quicker, grabbing her wrist. "What are you doing? Trying to destroy evidence?"
Wen Wan struggled to shake off Jiang Xia’s grip but couldn’t. She urgently told the team leader, who was about to open the notebook, "That’s my diary! You can’t read it! It’s an invasion of my privacy!"
The team leader opened the notebook, which contained some math problems, but the margins were filled with densely written practice text.
The old notebook was only half-used, and the rest was filled with practice writing.
Jiang Xia let go of Wen Wan and stepped closer to look. "This is clearly mimicking my handwriting. The writing in her practice book is completely different from the math problems!"
Wen Wan: "Can’t my handwriting change styles?"
Jiang Xia: "Sure, but why mimic my exact handwriting?"
Wen Wan: "… I just thought your handwriting looked nice, so I tried to mimic it!"
Jiang Xia sneered, "Do you think the team leader and the villagers are fools?"
Wen Wan: "…"
The militiaman captain carefully flipped through the pages of the notebook. Jiang Xia said, "Captain, look, it gets more and more like mine! The writing on this last page looks like I wrote it myself."
The villagers were shocked!
"She really was mimicking Jiang Xia’s handwriting? What did she plan to do with it?"
"Jiang Xia said she’s a traitor. Who knows what she wrote in those letters! Luckily, Jiang Xia caught her!"
"That’s terrifying! She seemed so gentle and kind, but no one could have guessed!"
Wen Wan’s stepmother then pulled out a half-burned letter from her pocket. "Oh, right, here’s another letter she threw into the stove. It’s only half-burned. I picked it up because I was worried she might be writing to someone unknown."
The captain reached out, but Jiang Xia was quicker and grabbed the letter first!
(End of Chapter)
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