QTIMP -Chapter 287 Character Persona – Violent (Part 15)

If she went out, people would really feel at ease. Who would dare bully her? If it weren’t for the fact that she was his daughter, she could even join their police station. With this kind of skill, at the very least she wouldn’t have ended up injured like this case—catching a few spies and getting several people hurt.

“Did Chen Shuanzi’s parents spend money to send you to school, and did you just dump everything into a dog’s stomach? You didn’t learn anything else, but you did learn ingratitude perfectly.”

Chen Changsheng knelt there with his head lowered.

“When I was seventeen or eighteen, my parents asked you whether you agreed to marry me. You said yes, so they made me wait until I was in my twenties.

If you had said earlier that you didn’t agree to the marriage, my parents would have taken me as their adopted daughter instead. Just because you said yes, I waited for you until my twenties, and then you ran away on the eve of the wedding. Is that what a man is supposed to do?”

Chen Changsheng looked up and secretly glanced at Si Qiu, then lowered his eyelashes again, muttering under his breath.

“I was only eleven back then. What did I know? Besides, you were standing right there. I was afraid that if I said I didn’t agree, you’d beat me up.”

Si Qiu heard his muttering.

She let out a cold laugh.

“At eleven you didn’t know. What about at sixteen? You still didn’t know? You could have just said what you really thought. Why did you have to run away the night before the wedding?

Do you know how you made my parents look in the village? Do you know how you made me look? If it weren’t for the Chen family clan protecting their own, our family of three would have been hung from the beam already.”

Chen Changsheng wiped his tears with his sleeve.

“I… I know I’m sorry. I did tell my parents what I was thinking, but they felt that you had already waited for me so long that you had become an ‘old unmarried girl.’

They said they absolutely couldn’t let you down. But I also wasn’t willing to just stay in the village, get married, and have children like that. I’m an educated person—I wanted to go out and make my own way.

But you also know our family situation. Whether it was because of your years of waiting, or because my parents already lost six children and only had me left, they watched me very closely.

No matter what, they wouldn’t agree. Not only that, they even informed the village. As soon as I appeared near the village border, I would be brought back.

I had no choice. On the day before the wedding, everyone came to help. I knew that was my last chance. So…”

“Then do you know how the three of us lived these past six years?

Everyone knows my parents should have had some money. And although our village is united, there are always a few troublemakers. People climbing over walls at night, breaking into doors—there were plenty. Even those who came straight in to take advantage weren’t rare.

My cousins could help once or twice, but they couldn’t stay at our house all the time to handle everything.

If it weren’t for me protecting them—if I had really married out like you said—my parents would have long ago…”

Si Qiu’s voice broke slightly here.

“Then right after we buried the two old people, you sent a letter saying I should remarry myself.

And right after that, the Fourth Sister-in-law from the village came to our house to snatch me away. You were clearly trying to force me to death.”

Everyone present understood how difficult life was for two vulnerable elderly people in the village. But by the same logic, how easy was it for a young girl to protect two elders and survive there?

In the end, that man even tried to drive her away. Thinking about it, everyone felt Chen Changsheng was not human.

“Waaah… sis, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t know. I really didn’t know. After things were settled, I got injured and was unconscious for a long time before waking up. I just wanted to quickly write home—first to let you know I was safe, and second so I wouldn’t delay you…”

Commissioner Song nudged Battalion Commander Jiang with his arm. “So according to Changming, those two are childhood betrothed? What, that kid already has someone he likes, so he wants to dump that little girl?”

Jiang Yiming shot him a glare. “Stop talking nonsense. Does a man’s reputation not count as reputation anymore?”

It wasn’t strange that Commissioner Song would think this way. In fact, things like this were too common at this time—people abandoning rural wives under the banner of “free love.”

There were even shameless ones who talked about “divorced but not separated,” using that one phrase to trap a woman for the rest of her life, making her work like a mule for the family.

However, from Jiang Yiming’s tone, that kid didn’t actually have anyone he liked. That was at least good news.

“No one he likes? Then why break off the engagement?” Commissioner Song elbowed Jiang Changming again.

Jiang Yiming frowned, shifted his body slightly, then tilted his chin toward the other side. “Didn’t you see how that girl was beating Changsheng like he was her grandson? The kid got scared. He’s probably afraid that if he marries her, he’ll be getting beaten for the rest of his life.”

Commissioner Song snorted with laughter. “What an idiot.”

Jiang Yiming nodded in agreement this time. “Exactly. A girl like that is actually pretty good—beautiful, strong-willed. A man can help her make life better and better.”

“Even without a man, she can still stand on her own and won’t let children or the elderly suffer.”

Commissioner Song looked at him suspiciously. “You kid… you don’t have any ideas, do you? You’re not usually this gossipy. I’m warning you, they’re not even officially anything yet—don’t you go sticking your nose in. That’s a discipline issue.”

Jiang Yiming glanced at him disdainfully.

At that moment, the regiment’s political commissar also came over and immediately spotted Jiang Yiming. “Commander, you’re here?”

What he really meant was: You’re here, so why aren’t you handling this? Why are you letting things get so noisy?

Jiang Yiming gave him a look, and the commissar immediately understood. The commander was implying that he wasn’t going to handle it—this was the commissar’s responsibility.

The commissar, fuming, put his hands on his hips, but still called for everyone to head to his office first.

They couldn’t keep making a scene at the entrance and let military families and soldiers treat it like entertainment.

Chen Changsheng helped Si Qiu carry her luggage. There was so much of it that his hands and arms were full, and Si Qiu didn’t even try to help him carry any.

He seemed to think it was completely normal. His flattering, servile attitude was almost comical. One of the people who had come with him took over two suitcases.

Unexpectedly, Chen Changsheng even turned back to warn him, “Hold those boxes properly. Don’t damage my sister’s luggage. If she hits me, I’ll use you as a whip.”

The man he was talking to was named Yang Dezhi. He was so angry at those words he nearly flipped over, but in the end he still gripped the suitcases tighter.

“You brat, just you wait. Ungrateful for kindness—see if I ever bother with you again!”

Chen Changsheng turned his head away. “You can’t possibly stop dealing with me anyway. But if I don’t listen to my sister, she’ll really beat me.”

The regiment political commissar was talking to Si Qiu about the situation and didn’t pay attention to what they were saying. However, Battalion Commander Jiang kept glancing at Chen Changsheng with an amused, half-smiling expression.

Commissioner Song also followed them inside, clearly there for the spectacle.

Once they arrived at the office and sat down, the commissar specifically introduced Battalion Commander Jiang to everyone.

Si Qiu only glanced at him and gave a slight nod. She had already noticed this man earlier, but since he hadn’t said a word from beginning to end, it was clear he didn’t intend to get involved. If he didn’t want to handle things, then there was no need to pay him any attention.