Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1093 - 1092: Seize the Opportunity 2

Chapter 1093: Chapter 1092: Seize the Opportunity 2

"Who is Wu Lijuan?" Not only did Secretary Zheng and Chen Xingguo ask this, but everyone present had the same question.

Wang Lingzhi sensed a glimmer of hope and hastily said, "She’s my high school classmate, also from Guan Cheng, and lives in the commune. Her name is Wu Lijuan. Yesterday, when I was shopping at the supply and marketing cooperative, she’s the one who gave me the idea!"

Wang Xinlai’s wife slapped her daughter on the back of the hand and said, "It wasn’t your idea. Why didn’t you say so earlier, child? I knew it, I just knew my girl is well-behaved and honest, she would never come up with such an idea! Comrades, you must look into this clearly and return my Lingzhi’s innocence! She’s an unmarried girl; she can’t suffer such an injustice!"

Grandfather Lu scoffed, "According to you, does that mean Lu Jiang’s family and Guan Cheng deserve to suffer an injustice? The report was made by her, wasn’t it? And the charges were posed by her, right? She was so convincing at the time. Now, when the truth is revealed, she’s pushing the blame onto someone else? Someone else taught her? What about her own brain? Did a dog eat it? Knowing full well that what she’d do could bring disaster to Lu Jiang’s family and Guan Cheng, yet she still went ahead. That means she did it willingly, irrelevant to anyone teaching her!"

"Grandfather Lu..." Wang Xinlai, who had kept silent all this time, showed a pleading expression, "Look, although this girl was foolish for a moment and did such a thing, we, her parents, are so ashamed we wish we could crawl into a hole. Fortunately, it has not been publicized; only the folks present know, and as long as everyone here doesn’t speak of today’s matter after leaving, it won’t cause the slightest harm to the Lu family or Guan Cheng. On the account of us two being honest our entire lives, I’m begging everyone to be lenient with her! We have married off our eldest and second daughters, and only this youngest one remains. If anything happens to her, it would be the death of us!"

How eloquently said! Secretary Zheng and Chen Xingguo looked towards Wang Xinlai, who appeared honest and upright.

Compared to his wife and daughter who were only begging for mercy, Wang Xinlai’s words had struck a chord, didn’t a few of those middle-aged men with the surname Wang show a trace of emotion on their faces?

"There are laws for the country and rules for the family!" Chen Xingguo cut in before Grandfather Lu could speak, his voice stern, "There’s no such thing as not pursuing the principal cause when there are no bad consequences! If you were carrying a knife, intending to kill someone, and others stopped you so you didn’t end up killing them, does that mean you’re innocent and shouldn’t bear the crime of murder? Impossible. Today’s incident involves slander and it’s particularly vile slander at that. Although it’s not as severe as the crime of murder, we at Dawn Commune will never tolerate it!"

Secretary Zheng added, "As for whether Wu Lijuan instigated this, we won’t just take Wang Lingzhi’s word for it. Her accusation was fabricated out of thin air, who can guarantee she isn’t trying to shift the blame to a scapegoat to absolve herself? Whatever one does, one must bear the consequences of their actions. To indulge would only encourage worsening behavior!"

No matter how Wang Xinlai and his wife pleaded, or how much Wang Lingzhi expressed remorse and a desire to reform, it made no difference to Secretary Zheng and Chen Xingguo. When they left, they took Wang Lingzhi with them.

Although the charge of falsely accusing others wasn’t severe, it still required some time of labor re-education or detention.

To everyone, the duration of the labor reform or detention mattered little; they just felt that Wang Lingzhi deserved to be punished.

There is a cause for every effect; one must taste the bitter fruit of the actions they themselves have sown.

This incident could no longer be kept secret within Wanglou Brigade.

In an instant, it became common knowledge.