RYEY – Chapter 150 Two Taken Care of First

“Comrade Wang, I’ll give you one last serious warning. My wife, Cheng Qiao, is an only child. She has no brothers or sisters. If you dare to pretend to be her elder sister again, I won’t be polite to you.”

“But I…”

“I know what you want to say—that your mother and Cheng Qiao’s father have already registered their marriage. Fine, then call your mother over here. Show us the marriage certificate in front of the villagers, and only then will I acknowledge you as my sister-in-law.”

“I’ll write a letter right away. I’ll ask my mother to send over the marriage certificate.”

“Good, go write it. I’ll wait until I see the certificate. But right now, you have to go to the Public Security Bureau. You’re involved in this case—whether as a party concerned or as a victim—you need to make things clear.”

Wang Qin nodded. She still felt something was off, but going to the bureau to explain things seemed reasonable. Yet once there, just a few questions left her tongue-tied.

“Comrade Wang Qin, why did you faint?”

“I…I don’t know. I just ate a wild fruit and then blacked out.”

“Was it this fruit?”

Aunt Wang’s basket naturally contained the wild fruits they had picked. She even ate two wild kiwis in front of everyone, perfectly fine without fainting.

“Comrade Wang Qin, Chen Dazhu said you suddenly collapsed. He was worried a snake might have bitten you, so he tried to save you. But you clung to him and wouldn’t let go, and then…”

“No, it was him! He forced himself on me. I wasn’t completely unconscious, but suddenly I had no strength in my body, so I…”

“Then why did you suddenly have no strength?”

“Because Chen Dazhu drugged me.”

“Then let’s send you to the hospital for an examination to see if there are any traces of drugs in your system.”

Wang Qin nodded repeatedly, convinced she must have been drugged. Otherwise, how could she have lost all her strength for no reason?

But the test results soon came out. There were no traces of drugs in her body. What was certain, though, was that she had been violated.

The comrades at the Public Security Bureau frowned deeply. Chen Dazhu claimed the educated youth seduced him. The educated youth said Chen Dazhu forced her. Either way, both couldn’t escape the fact: they had committed adultery in broad daylight.

And Chen Dazhu was already married—his wife was pregnant, no less—yet he engaged in this indecent relationship with a female educated youth. His conduct was vile, the influence atrocious, and he had to be severely punished.

Chen Dazhu wilted. He knew he couldn’t escape prison this time. He asked to see Xu Laidi one last time, hoping she would safely give birth and raise their child well. He even told her he had hidden fifty yuan under a brick by the bed.

In front of him, Xu Laidi agreed sweetly. But afterward, she reported him and Wang Qin, revealing that they often went to the county together, that he delivered firewood to her daily, and even once saved her life.

The comrades at the bureau were stunned. After investigating, they confirmed her report was true. Both Chen Dazhu and Wang Qin were sentenced on the spot to five years in prison. Wang Qin sobbed as she was escorted away.

When Xu Laidi learned Chen Dazhu was only sentenced to five years, she thought it over and decided to reveal another secret: last year during river construction, how Chen Dazhu nearly killed Chai Jianmin with a falling boulder.

She had almost been accused of murder back then, until one day when Chen Dazhu, drunk, boasted about it as if it were a heroic deed.

She hated him so much she wanted to bite him to death, but as a pregnant woman with no evidence, she hadn’t dared to report him earlier—what if it failed and she became the scapegoat?

That winter’s “accident” with the boulder had always seemed off to the bureau. Now, hearing her report, they finally understood.

They interrogated Chen Dazhu overnight. He was just a simple rural man. Under relentless questioning, he finally confessed.

Chai Jianmin had always suspected him but lacked proof. Now, finally, his injustice was redressed. He demanded compensation for his losses.

First, his leg was crippled. Though the bone had been set, medical standards were poor—his leg had healed crooked, leaving him with a limp.

Second, he had been bedridden for six months. The village granted him work points, but only six per day—barely enough to survive. Of course, he demanded financial compensation from Chen Dazhu.

That part was outside the bureau’s scope. What mattered was that the “accident” finally had a culprit, and they reported it up the chain.

The higher-ups, upon reading the report, concluded that Chen Dazhu was vicious and calculating, a danger to society who would surely harm more people if left alive.

His new verdict came quickly: execution by firing squad in three days.

With bloodshot eyes, Chen Dazhu glared at the comrades of the bureau. He wanted to know who had betrayed him.

But of course, they didn’t reveal the truth—for Xu Laidi’s protection. After all, he had siblings who might retaliate against her.

Xu Laidi later came to the bureau, requesting a divorce. She couldn’t live under the titles of “attempted murderer’s wife” and “rapist’s wife.”

The comrades sympathized and asked Chen Dazhu in prison.

“I agree to divorce Xu Laidi.”

He hadn’t wanted to at first, but when persuaded to think of his unborn child, he agreed without much hesitation.

Xu Laidi finally divorced him. Holding the “certificate of divorce” in her hands, she took a deep breath. At last, she was free.

Two days later, in a vast open field of the county, Chen Dazhu was escorted out. Several people were to be executed that day, and he was one of them.

A rope line was drawn in the distance—spectators couldn’t cross it. That day, Li Huan went, Chen Tiezhu went, and even Xu Laidi went.

When Chen Dazhu’s eyes met the excitement gleaming in Xu Laidi’s, he suddenly realized who had betrayed him. He longed to kill her, but bound in shackles with a rag stuffed in his mouth, he was powerless.

A few gunshots rang out. After all his evil deeds, Chen Dazhu finally fell. His eyes remained wide open, unwilling to close even in death.

But Xu Laidi barely had two days of relief before Chen Tiezhu came to her. He told her that although the house had been built with Chen Dazhu’s money, she, as a divorced woman no longer part of the family, had no right to live there.