Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 319: Are All the Jiang Family Men Being Cuckolded?
Zhou Guizhi’s vision went dark, and this time she truly fainted. Jiang Xingjun rushed forward to support his mother, furious beyond belief. How did he encounter such a scoundrel of a woman!
Li Xiulan wobbled unsteadily.
Li’s mother lunged forward, "You wretched woman, all you do is spout lies. You, you, you shut up! My daughter hasn’t, it was just this once..."
She was stunned as soon as the words left her mouth, unable to close it, she hurriedly covered it with both hands.
Xu Qinghuan sneered softly, "Does it make any difference if it’s once or thrice for such matters?"
Li’s mother cursed, "Alright then, you wretched woman, you’ll con us, you’ll surely die a bad death..."
Smack!
Jiang Xingye slapped her across the face, instantly swelling half of it, "Try uttering another word of curse!"
Li Xiulan couldn’t hold her mother back, "No, it’s not true, I didn’t, I’m not, the child in my belly is, is, is your child, Xingjun brother, it is yours!"
She looked pleadingly at Jiang Xingjun.
Jiang Xingjun’s face turned purple with anger, "You’re talking nonsense. Over the years, you’ve been lukewarm towards me. I haven’t even held your hand."
Xu Qinghuan sneaked a glance at Jiang Xingjun, who took out and displayed the hospital’s diagnosis and Zheng Guowei’s statement to everyone.
Li Xiulan still tried to deny it, but there were skeptical voices from the crowd, mostly from some envious and resentful families towards the Jiang Family, especially when both Jiang Xingjun brothers went off to join the military, meaning all four sons of the Jiang Family stood out.
There’s a saying: both fearing brothers are suffering and fearing brothers are driving their Land Rover.
Xu Qinghuan said, "Everyone, including Comrade Li Xiulan, you can accuse freely, but I must warn you. In the big city, there is a technology called paternity testing. It involves analyzing blood samples from both parties to determine if they’re father-son or father-daughter."
Although such technology isn’t available yet, nobody knows if you bluff.
"Ah, there’s such technology, haven’t heard of it before."
Li Xiulan was stunned too, incredulous.
This also meant all her schemes fell apart, along with sacrificing her reputation and future.
Xu Qinghuan glanced at her, "You can claim the child is Xingjun brother’s, go ahead and give birth to it. We can test for paternity in the future. But I must remind you, if the child isn’t Xingjun brother’s, then this is fraud, and you’ll face legal consequences. Can you bear such responsibility?"
She couldn’t bear it; the mention of legal responsibility terrified Li Xiulan.
She shook her head vigorously.
Xu Qinghuan said, "Then let me ask again, whose child is in your belly?"
Li Xiulan hunched her shoulders, trembling, "It’s, it’s Zheng Guowei’s."
"Say it louder, whose child?" Xu Qinghuan shouted sternly. Li Xiulan cried, "It’s, it’s Zheng Guowei’s, boohoohoo, I was wrong, I was wrong, I beg you, please spare me!"
"You want us to spare you? Sure, first write a guarantee, and return all the gifts and betrothal money from the Jiang Family over the years, or else we’ll report you to the police. You’ve committed numerous offences, including hooliganism and fraud; neither is minor."
Li’s mother beat her chest, stomping, wanting to shirk, "The Jiang Family is bullying us, leaving us no way out! My daughter’s been wronged!"
Jiang Xingye angrily retorted, "Fine, let’s have the police handle it, and clear my third brother’s name at the station, lest they falsely blame him again someday."
Xu Qinghuan cooperated, "Indeed, Xingjun brother is also joining the military. Better let the station handle it, let the police figure out the truth, lest some with envy suddenly accuse Xingjun brother."
Jiang Xingwei pushed his bicycle and headed out, "I’m going, calling the police over quickly."
He mounted the bike ready to leave, but Li’s mother rushed three steps over two, grabbing the bike, "No, you’re not going, not calling the police."
Jiang Xingwei totally lost patience, "Let go, why not file a report? Who is bullying whom? Has the Jiang Family ever done anything wrong or offended anyone to warrant such false accusations?"
He swept a gaze over the commune members, "At this critical moment, does everyone only gawp, without speaking a fair word to help us?"
"Xingwei, don’t talk like that. Among your family’s kids, except for the mischievous fifth, your four are good kids. We believe you, believe Xingjun hasn’t done such things."
"What a lack of virtue to pin the child in her belly on another, Never have I heard New United Team produce such people?"
A young wife married into New United Team, holding her child, dissatisfied, "What’s this got to do with the team? Not everyone in New United Team is like this, only Li Xiulan is such a slut?
Whenever I returned to my parents, people said she was involved with Supply and Marketing Cooperative manager’s son. Serves her right, even pregnant he didn’t want her anymore."
"You knew and didn’t tell Xingwei and them, that’s where you’re at fault."
"Oh, it’s just hearsay, I didn’t see it myself, how can I say it randomly? Besides, who in New United Team doesn’t know, nobody mentions it."
Under Xu Qinghuan’s guidance, Li Xiulan wrote a statement, "During my relationship with Comrade Jiang Xingjun, Jiang Xingjun made no inappropriate moves towards me. Shamelessly, I seduced Zheng Guowei and got pregnant with his child. I’m aware of my indecent behavior, request approval from Comrade Jiang Xingjun for divorce.
Moreover, during the relationship, Jiang Xingjun gave my family thirty yuan as betrothal gift; each festival consisted of at least one yuan gift, a cumulative ten yuan. I’ll repay forty yuan to Comrade Jiang Xingjun within three days."
Then she wrote the date and signed it.
Li Xiulan and her mother prepared to flee, but Xu Qinghuan stopped Li’s mother, retrieving five "big unity" bills and a bunch of small notes from her pocket. Li’s mother frantically attempted to snatch them back, but Xu Qinghuan turned aside to avoid her grasp.
She took out four "big unity" bills, "Debt collection isn’t good, debtors are always in charge; if you have money, then avoid owing debt."
After receiving the money, Xu Qinghuan wrote "Debt Paid" on the statement, then had Zhou Guizhi sign as a witness, before letting them leave.
Li’s mother was fuming but dared not curse again.
Shangjiang Team’s members finally woke up in conscience, instinctively kicking the mother and daughter while they were down, scaring them into a hasty escape.
By the time an ordinary meal passed, news had spread among several nearby teams.
Despite winning the battle, Zhou Guizhi was clearly in a foul mood, sighing on the kang bed.
Xu Qinghuan couldn’t return just yet, so she stayed with Jiang Xingye. She cooked while Jiang Xingye tended the stove, ears alert to the commotion outside.
"Why sigh so much? Get cooking, letting Huanhuan cook, what kind of behavior is this?" Jiang Baohua puffed on his cigarette and grumbled.
Zhou Guizhi slumped on the bed, rubbed her forehead, "I’m so upset, my heart, guts, lungs, and forehead all ache, don’t you think our family’s luck is poor this year? Why are we entangled in such matters one after another?"
Jiang Baohua shivered out of fright, peeking outside the courtyard, then hushed lowly, "Stop talking nonsense."
This is superstition.
Yet one couldn’t help but wonder.
First it was He Yuzhen, now it was Li Xiulan who hadn’t even crossed into the family yet, all putting green hats on the Jiang Family men?
Jiang Xingye happened to step out, uttering "Serves them right," prompting Zhou Guizhi to fling a shoe at him in anger, but Jiang Xingjun came up and slapped him, "What nonsense, why does it serve them right?"
Jiang Xingye rubbed the back of his head, though it didn’t hurt, he was just acting, "Why didn’t you open your eyes wide enough when picking partners and getting married? Picking those with bad character but not watching carefully, what could it be other than serving right?"
Jiang Xingjun glanced towards the kitchen, "You’re standing and speaking painlessly, don’t think I don’t know, do you think you chose that Miss Xu? It was Miss Xu who chose you!"
