Could it be that they wanted her to give up her spot for them?
It’s no wonder she had such wild thoughts, she really couldn’t think of any other reason.
In the end, Lin Chuxia’s family finally understood that after the news of the impersonation had spread, the whole family had been denounced by the villagers, accusing them of being Xue Ligang’s lackeys. They alleged that the family followed Xue Ligang and received many benefits. Otherwise, why would Xue Ligang choose their daughter for the military impersonation?
The family were all honest people. Coincidentally, their daughter’s name was exactly the same as Lin Chuxia. They didn’t even see the notification letter before they were verbally attacked. How wronged must they have felt?
Luckily, a well-intentioned person pointed out a clear path to them, to sincerely apologize at Director Zhang’s residence and see if he could say a few words for them. Maybe with his help, their family’s lives could get a little better. So, they came.
"Didn’t anyone talk to you about this before?" Chuxia asked.
"There was... yes, there was..." The family of three exchanged glances, hesitating.
"At this point, do you still want to cover for each other?" Chuxia wondered to herself if there were any fish that had slipped through the net. If so, Zhou Hanliang had not handled this case properly.
"Father, Mother, let me speak." Braided Lin Chuxia looked earnestly at Chuxia’s family, "Commune officer Yang Xiaohui is a girl from our village, she made a special trip to our home last time she visited her parent’s house. She said if the recruiting officers came, I shouldn’t register."
She said if I registered, I definitely wouldn’t be selected, but if I didn’t register, I might have a chance to be selected. When I asked her what she meant, she refused to elaborate.
She also said that if I didn’t listen to her and registered, I would definitely be the first to be eliminated. She holds some sway in our village, and since my father and mother are both honest people, they didn’t dare go against her wishes. And being an unmarried girl myself, it wasn’t right for me to defy her either. Just like that, confusingly, I ended up in today’s situation."
Indeed, Xue Ligang had really thought this through, not using someone close to him for the impersonation, but instead choosing someone who was a complete stranger and had no connection to him.
Obviously, he thought it would be foolproof, but unfortunately...
Originally, Chuxia’s family strongly disliked the impersonators’ family, but after meeting them in person and seeing the family of three, they found it hard to continue to hold their resentment.
Lin Baohe, being kind-hearted, immediately took the family of three to the commune to find Zhang Guojun. After all, this Lin Chuxia’s family were also victims. It seemed reasonable to help them.
"Mother, I still don’t understand why Xue Ligang would engage in such a flawed operation?" Lin Baohe asked Zhao Yulan, puzzled, after having taken the family away. She had been pondering this for days. If Xue Ligang hadn’t pressured their family into a marriage, or maybe it wouldn’t have been so easy to trace it back to him?
"He and your second aunt are the same. Didn’t your second aunt also harbor an inexplicable resentment for twenty years? It’s the same with him. Unable to marry mother, he kept obsessing over it. Later, when his son was embroiled in the truth, he tried every way to marry into our family.
But at that time, he began to be investigated by the authorities, and your second aunt’s husband threatened him, leaving no choice but to take that risky move.
Uncle Gangshun said that even if he hadn’t done that, he would have been incarcerated during that period anyway. He simply saw the situation clearly and decided to go all out."
"Unrequited love is the most harmful," Chuxia couldn’t help but mutter, wondering what kind of love she would ultimately encounter in her lifetime...
, The Enlistment. (To be continued. If you work, your support on Qidian (qidian.com) through recommendation tickets and monthly tickets is greatly appreciated and is my biggest motivation.)