Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 266: Unequal Division of Spoils

Yi Chichi reassured, "Think positively, now that it’s out, you don’t have to worry about Xue Zhqing all the time."

The captain felt that this reassurance was worse than none at all.

"I really must thank you for that!"

He rolled his eyes at Yi Chichi and stood up, saying, "I’ll go find the security comrades to understand the situation."

"They won’t tell you anything."

Yi Chichi poured cold water over him, "The interrogation results are nothing more than two possibilities: first, Xue Jiahuan is innocent and hasn’t committed any crime; once this is verified, she’ll naturally be released. Second, if she’s guilty, everything about the case will remain confidential until it’s officially closed, except to those internally involved."

Even colleagues from the same unit might not be able to find out the specifics, let alone an outsider like the captain.

Therefore, going would be pointless.

The captain squinted at her, "So, I just sit and do nothing?"

"What can you do?"

Yi Chichi responded sharply, making him seriously think, and he realized there’s indeed nothing much he can do.

No, that’s not right... 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"I can discuss it with the director of the Zhining Office."

Before the words were out of his mouth, he was about to leave.

Yi Chichi, feeling numb, quickly rushed out to grab him, "Uncle, what are you planning to say?"

"Just tell the truth, what else can I say?"

Oh boy, his mouth really is quick, and truly despairing.

"You can’t say anything, at least not until her innocence is proven."

She whispered, "You have to understand, being involved in matters related to traitors and spies is no small affair."

As she spoke, she made a neck-cutting gesture.

"Understand?!"

The captain’s face fell, wrinkling like a dried pickle, "So you’re saying there’s absolutely nothing I can do but wait for news?!"

"That’s right."

She gently reassured, "If Xue Zhqing isn’t innocent, the security comrades will contact the Zhining Office without any need for your intervention."

There would follow a comprehensive investigation into Xue Jiahuan’s family history.

With today’s interrogation ’techniques’ and Xue Jiahuan’s intellect and temperament, Yi Chichi had a feeling that regardless of whether she’s truly innocent or not, it’s highly likely her secrets will be uncovered.

Whether the relevant personnel would believe...

It’s hard to say.

But that’s not something she needs to worry about—she just needs to wait for the outcome.

The captain and the old man are no exception.

As the only three informed parties apart from the security comrades, the three decided to keep their mouths shut and wait patiently.

Subsequently, the long wait began.

Until the time moved into March on the Gregorian calendar—the day after Yi Chichi completed her nearly five-month-long double-sided embroidery—she, having decided to take a good rest for a day, was met with the village loudspeaker’s call.

"Yi Chichi, Yi Chichi, can you hear? If you hear, come to the team office, there’s something we need you for."

Wen’s mother was sitting on a small stool, using a washboard to scrub clothes. Next to her, what used to be Little Tangerine was now a Big Orange using its two paws to alternately play with the rattan ball Qin Jiu had made for it, getting so excited it even meowed twice.

At this, Wen’s mother spoke to it as if talking to a child, telling it to play by itself.

Suddenly hearing the announcement, she turned her head in bewilderment and asked Yi Chichi, who was getting up from a chair and seemed about to go out, "What does Liu Xiaowu need from you?"

"I don’t know."

Yi Chichi shook her head, "Mom, I’ll go check it out first, and tell you when I get back."

Wen’s mother agreed, and then Yi Chichi cheerfully went out.

On the way, she ran into Liu Lan walking with a big belly, with no one by her side, holding her waist as she walked slowly, taking waddling steps like a duck.

Seeing her belly made Yi Chichi dizzy, and she rushed over to support her, angrily asking, "What are you doing wandering around outside for no reason?"

Carrying twins to term is challenging and usually results in preterm birth, which they’d been warned about during checks before. When going out, they were told to ensure safety and never be alone, in case anything happened, having someone there would help significantly.

Though she’d agreed, stepping out she caught her wandering alone.

Caught off-guard by the scolding, Liu Lan blinked, then seeing Yi Chichi’s anxious face, reassured her by patting her hand, "I’m not alone, my sister-in-law is here."

Yi Chichi, "??? I didn’t see her."

"Here she is!"

From behind the dense thicket came Madam Liu’s voice explaining helplessly, "I had a stomach ache, so I asked Lanlan to wait there."

Yi Chichi blinked, a bit awkwardly, "I thought you were alone."

Liu Lan just laughed, "As if. I remember everything you and Aunt Yaozi said."

Not just her, but her parents, brothers, and sister-in-law all remembered too.

Grandpa even watched her as closely as possible, not leaving her unattended even when she went to the restroom.

"Don’t worry, I wouldn’t joke around with my body and the baby inside."

Yi Chichi replied, "Good, that’s reassuring."

"You should hurry to the team office, there’s no need for you to worry about me here."

Liu Lan, having heard the broadcast, demanded Yi Chichi be quick.

"Alright, I’m off then."

Yi Chichi waved at her and walked away.

Ten minutes later, she arrived at the team office, knocked, and entered. The captain was there, Grandpa Liu was there, and there were two security comrades.

The older one was the one who had taken over the Xue Jiahuan case, and was the director of the Baoshan Commune police station.

Seeing Yi Chichi, he greeted her with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Yi."

"Hello, Director Zhao."

Yi Chichi returned the greeting politely.

Seeing everyone was there, he did not mince words and directly said, "The Xue Jiahuan case has been closed."

The three of them widened their eyes suddenly, the captain asked anxiously, "What’s the situation?"

"She’s been sentenced, she’ll be sent to the farm next week."

Yi Chichi, ... Her secrets didn’t come out?

That can’t be, can it?

With today’s interrogation methods, such a result shouldn’t have occurred. Unless... Xue Jiahuan’s secrets were exposed, but no one believed them?

Looking at Director Zhao, she felt an itch in her heart, like it was crawling with lice.

Just as she was about to use some technique to probe the situation, Grandpa Liu asked gravely, "Is she really a spy?"

"No."

Talking about this, Director Zhao was exasperated enough to swear, nonsensical spy stuff, she’s just a woman whose mind was kicked by a donkey, loves to babble nonsense, doesn’t know anything serious when asked, but is very clear about all sorts of bizarre things.

Talking about nightclubs, how air abroad is sweet, she says it all convincingly, thinking she was collaborating with foreign individuals, but investigation showed all of it was untrue.

Moreover, she was a troublemaker back home.

Making a mess in her home, extremely unpopular, with terrible personal relations.

Seeing his face turn sour, the captain curiously asked, "So what exactly did she do wrong?"

"Theft and illegal sale of state property."

"What?!?"

The same shocked face appeared three times in one sound.

Xue Jiahuan had such a wild side?

She actually had the ability to steal state property?

"You heard it right, she conspired with Diao Ergou and the others to steal and sell state property."

At this point, he looked at Yi Chichi, "The reason you ran into them that day was that they went to the black market using the excuse of a Yangko dance competition, and had a disagreement when they came back to split the loot unequally."