Chapter 285: What Are Your Demands?
Deputy Director Huang looked at Lu Qiaoge and felt that this girl might have some idea.
But there was one thing that indeed needed to be done.
The main reason Che Wei and Wang Cuizhi had a conflict was what Wu Zhi said.
Thinking of something, Huang Juan asked Che Wei: “Which work unit are you in?”
Che Wei had to say: “I go to work at the Heating Department.”
Huang Juan didn’t know that Wang Cuizhi’s former partner was Meng Qingshan.
If she knew, she would also make associations.
But before checking clearly, Lu Qiaoge wouldn’t draw a conclusion.
So, Huang Juan agreed to let the two subordinates go to the Heating Department to verify with Wu Zhi.
This Wu Zhi spoke too irresponsibly; how dare he casually say words that could trigger a family war?
After leaving the main door of the Neighborhood Committee, Che Wei suddenly said: “Forget it, no need for you to mediate. I’ll go to my father-in-law’s house to pick up my wife.”
Sister Che on the side still wanted to speak but had to shut her mouth after being glared at by Che Wei.
Sister Qiao frowned: “What do you mean? You don’t dare to go find Wu Zhi, so those words weren’t said by Wu Zhi; you’re the one splashing dirty water on Wu Zhi?”
Che Wei hurriedly explained: “No, he was just saying it casually, and I took it seriously.”
Lu Qiaoge sighed: “Comrade Che, you’re not a child anymore. You take others’ casual words as true; your ability to distinguish is too poor. If someone casually says something in the future and you take it seriously again, won’t your family ever have peace?”
Che Wei felt somewhat ashamed and annoyed, but this was the Neighborhood Committee, so he didn’t dare to act tough and could only say: “It won’t happen again.”
Lu Qiaoge felt somewhat surprised: “I don’t quite understand. Wu Zhi said the daughter doesn’t look like you; isn’t that actually quite normal? Generally speaking, children don’t necessarily all look like father or all like mother. Is it too outrageous that because of this you quarreled with Wang Cuizhi and are getting divorced? Did Wu Zhi say other sensitive words that stimulated you?”
Che Wei regretted it.
He had just come early to give a heads-up, not to let the Neighborhood Committee rule on divorce.
After all, this time Wang Cuizhi’s attitude was very firm, even wanting to jump into the lake with the child.
She said she didn’t want to live and didn’t want to leave the daughter to suffer alone; he felt Wang Cuizhi was determined this time.
But after the Neighborhood Committee got involved, things seemed to change.
Sister Che couldn’t hold back and said: “Little brother, what exactly do you mean?”
Che Wei suddenly lifted his head, ran to the wall, got on the bicycle, and rode away, but left behind a sentence: “No need for you to mind.”
After saying that, he was gone.
Lu Qiaoge and Sister Qiao: ……
Sister Qiao asked Sister Che: “What’s wrong with your younger brother? What exactly did that Wu Zhi say? If we don’t get it clear, won’t there still be conflict?”
Lu Qiaoge softened her voice: “We should still clarify it. Earlier your younger brother said Wang Cuizhi wanted to die with the child. If she really dies, your family will be affected too.”
Sister Che endured her impatience and said: “Wu Zhi said the child looks like Meng Qingshan; otherwise, how could they fight?”
Sister Qiao widened her eyes: “Meng Qingshan, Meng Qingshan from the Food Factory?”
“Not him, who else? It’s him, my sister-in-law’s former partner.”
Lu Qiaoge said seriously: “Then this problem is serious. Let’s report to the leader; we two can’t handle it. After all, Wu Zhi is the team leader at the Heating Department.”
Lu Qiaoge turned to find Huang Juan, and then Huang Juan and Old Hu went to the Heating Department.
While Lu Qiaoge still went to the Wang family.
No one was found; they said she went home with the child.
Wang Cuizhi’s parents were still quite pleased; after all, this son-in-law was very filial and good to the daughter. Why divorce if not living well?
Xiao Cangcang flew over and hurriedly told Lu Qiaoge: 【Wang Cuizhi walked toward Hongxing Lake with the child. The Survey Team finished surveying; now there’s no restriction at the lakeside. Is she going to jump into the lake?】
Lu Qiaoge turned to Wang’s mother and said: “You should still go back and check if your daughter really went home. I didn’t see a woman carrying a child on my way here.”
Wang’s mother: “If she doesn’t go home, where else could she go? Back to the work unit?”
But in the end, unable to rest assured, she went to the Che family.
Lu Qiaoge went straight to Hongxing Lake.
She quickly caught up with the ashen-faced Wang Cuizhi.
She was already on the verge of collapse.
After some introduction, Lu Qiaoge asked her: “What is your demand? Just divorce?”
Wang Cuizhi burst into tears: “I can’t take it anymore.”
Then she pointed at herself and said with a bitter smile: “Look, there’s not a single mark on me. If I say he treats me badly, no one will believe it.”
Lu Qiaoge: “This is mental torment, the same as physical suffering; it can drive a person crazy. Killing the body or the heart makes no difference.”
Wang Cuizhi stared blankly at Lu Qiaoge, then kept nodding, tears streaming down: “Yes, yes, that’s it. I can’t tell others. He went to the Neighborhood Committee to seek justice from you; I feel I can’t divorce, so better to die.”
Lu Qiaoge didn’t approve: “If it were me, I’d simply kill the person tormenting you first, then die myself. Otherwise, he still lives freely; your death would be in vain!”
Wang Cuizhi was frightened.
She looked at Lu Qiaoge in disbelief, glanced left and right; they were already out of the Family Courtyard with almost no pedestrians, so she breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said: “I… I pretend I didn’t hear that. Little Lu, don’t say such things.”
Lu Qiaoge waved her hand carelessly: “Also, how unlucky for your daughter. She doesn’t understand anything yet. Earlier she giggled at me, clung to your neck calling mama obediently, thinking you were taking her to play. But how does she know her mama is taking her to die.”
Wang Cuizhi’s face turned pale, lips trembling, as if struck a blow.
Lu Qiaoge: “Then let me ask you, if divorced, would you still want to die?”
Wang Cuizhi shook her head immediately, eyes showing a glimmer of hope: “Don’t want to die. As long as I can leave him, I can raise my daughter alone.”
She wouldn’t marry again; she couldn’t bear the consequences of marrying the wrong person a second time.
Lu Qiaoge glanced at Wang Cuizhi; her eyes had a bit of light.
She said: “Let’s go. Luckily someone told me earlier you were heading this way. I was worried and came to check; otherwise, you would have killed one of the motherland’s futures and hopes.”
Wang Cuizhi was stunned, reacting after a while; it referred to her daughter. She picked up the daughter playing by the roadside, shaking her head hurriedly: “Cadre Little Lu, I won’t do it again, never again.”
At this time, Che Wei didn’t go to the Wang family; he was stopped midway and taken to the work unit.
In Section Chief Peng’s office, he looked livid at Wu Zhi and cursed: “Are you sick in the head, talking like an old…”
He wanted to curse Wu Zhi for talking like an old woman gossiping, but there were the deputy director and Comrade Qiao from Xiangyang Neighborhood Committee in the room, both women, so he slammed on the brakes and changed: “talking like an old fool. Where’s your brain? Eaten by a dog? Even if you went to eat shit, you shouldn’t say those words. You you you…”
By the end of the cursing, Section Chief Peng was so angry he didn’t know what to curse anymore.
