Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 492 - 0492 End of Training 4_1

Chapter 492: Chapter 0492 End of Training 4_1

"What does this have to do with me?" Feng Qingxue’s cold face firmly rejected Wang Fengmei’s plea once more, her lips hinting at scorn, "Everything has a cause and an effect. Since you made the choices you did back then, you must bear the consequences today. I don’t know what happened to Comrade Zhao, after all, I’m just a countrywoman who lives in the city committee’s residence, but I do know that the discipline commission would never wrong a good person. You’d be better off waiting at home for the results of the commission’s investigation and accepting the outcomes openly."

She despised this sort of behavior where you were looked down upon until they needed you, then suddenly you were implored for assistance. Why in the first place, if they knew what would come of this? Is it not good to be virtuous and genuine in life? It’s ridiculous to expect to escape punishment without remorse once a wrongdoing has come to light.

Wang Fengmei looked up in bitterness and said, "Feng Qingxue, are you truly this heartless?"

Faced with her accusations and the gawking eyes of onlookers, Feng Qingxue harshly responded, "If seeking favors from Mayor Cheng and other city committee officials to bend the law for your desires defines me as ruthless, then so be it! Knowing that you consider me heartless, why did you come seeking my aid? Is it not just inviting your own humiliation?"

Just as Wang Fengmei was about to lunge forward, Wang Cuilan sternly said, "Wang Fengmei, if you continue creating a scene, I will have to bring the matter up with the discipline commission. Could the contents of the complaint letter be true and you’re trying to halt their ongoing investigation by desperately seeking help to save Zhao?"

At this, Wang Fengmei froze on the spot.

"Comrade Wang Cuilan, I didn’t, I swear I didn’t!" Wang Fengmei shook her head vigorously, she couldn’t possibly admit to it, even if it were true.

She had been married to Zhao Yide for so many years and had a daughter, Zhao Mingfang, who faced such a horrible fate. The treatment came too late and the doctor couldn’t confirm how much her condition could improve. Now bedridden and needing constant care, Wang Fengmei was hardly able to focus on work. If Zhao Yide got into trouble, the family of three wouldn’t be able to survive!

Cuilan spoke indifferently, "If that isn’t your intention, then go home, await news and be ready for discipline inspection. Since you’re Zhao Yide’s spouse, it’s impossible for you not to know all about what he’s been doing, therefore, you must accept the investigation."

Stunned as if something dawned on her, Wang Fengmei hastily turned around to leave.

With her departure, the alleyway regained its tranquility.

Although Zhao Yide is the district political commissioner and belongs to the city committee team, they don’t live in the city committee’s residence but in a separate house passed down through three generations. Zhao Yide rose to prominence relatively early—the city official before the foundation of the PRC, gaining importance after revolution and continuing up to present.

"What happened to Zhao Yide?" Feng Qingxue asked Wang Cuilan. After the marriage between Shen Feihong and Zhou Yulan was settled, she had been fully engaged in training, aware of the accusations against Zhao Yide but not of the developments.

Wang Cuilan shrugged and murmured, "Some reported that Zhao Yide was involved in illicit sexual relationships. Of course, it doesn’t refer to his dalliances in brothels before the revolution, rather, he misused his power after the establishment of PRC and cohabited with a young widow. When the discipline inspection started, the widow cried despairingly, repeatedly claiming Zhao Yide had forced her into this. If she didn’t comply, Zhao Yide threatened to make her lose her job. As a widow with three children to support, she had no choice but to succumb to Zhao Yide’s lascivious demands."