The Fat Wife of the 1980s Awakens

"We are so miserable. We raised our son with so much effort, but now he is so ungrateful. There is no place for us in his heart!"

The old man's words were full of despair and heartache, which made people feel a little sympathetic.

As Xu Xiufang listened to these absurd and unfounded accusations, anger surged in her chest, and she wanted to slap someone immediately to fight for her own reputation.

She couldn't stand these people's unreasonable behavior anymore.

"When you talk about people's right and wrong, there must be some basis, right?"

As Xie Yi watched Xu Xiufang being humiliated innocently, the anger in his heart spread like wildfire, becoming increasingly out of control.

"I saw all those things with my own eyes. Xie Zhi, you may not believe your sister-in-law's one-sided words, but do you also doubt the facts that I witnessed with my own eyes?"

Xie Zhi stared at Xie Yi, his eyes full of complexity.

He knew very well that Xie Yi was not the kind of person who would easily take sides. If he said so, then these things were most likely the truth.

He knew his parents' personalities very well, and as for Xie Yi, his brother who had been side by side with him since they were wearing open-crotch pants, he knew his character and principles very well - Xie Yi always kept his word and always did what he said.

Xie Zhi frowned and looked at Xie Yi with deep eyes. For a moment, thousands of thoughts flooded into his mind and he couldn't find the right words to respond.

Thinking back to before leaving home, Xu Xiufang was just a lazy and inactive woman with no sense of existence in everyone's eyes. However, at this moment, Xie Yi, Old Lady Xie, and even himself, were all invisibly protecting her reputation and dignity. The change was so great that he was at a loss for a moment.

"I believe you, but I can't believe her."

He pondered secretly in his heart, and couldn't help but feel suspicious. Was it true that Xie Yi was in control of some secrets by this woman who looked gentle but was actually very scheming, which made him unconsciously fall into a passive position?

"There's nothing to question. Don't you know who your mother is?"

Xie Yi's tone was like the wind in late autumn, heavy and with a hint of impatience, as if every time he defended this issue, it was a physical and mental torture.

When everyone in the Xie family heard this, their expressions changed, and ripples of displeasure quietly spread among them.

Especially old lady Xie, her eyes full of traces of time, the resentment seemed like an endless burning flame, especially when that gaze pierced Xu Xiufang like a sharp blade, an invisible chill instantly enveloped Xu Xiufang, making her shiver involuntarily.

"This vicious woman must have drugged you. Otherwise, why would you keep leaning against others and speak for them?"

Xu Xiufang clenched her teeth and refused to say another word.

In her opinion, any further explanation would be futile and would only make the situation more complicated.

She had only one thought in her mind, which was to rush forward and slap Old Mrs. Xie hard a few times to vent her hatred.

However, before Xie Yi could open his mouth, the silence of the courtyard was broken by the sound of hurried footsteps, and the village party secretary rushed in hurriedly, with a beaming face and a hint of impatient joy.

"Oh, what a coincidence, everyone is gathered here, and I just happen to have some great news to announce to everyone."

He was breathing heavily, his excitement evident in his words, but when he saw Old Mrs. Xie and Xie Fei who had been discharged from the hospital, his expression changed slightly.

"Mrs. Xie, you should thank your son for pulling you out of the quagmire. You know that once those people out there are caught, they will be sentenced to at least ten or eight years in prison!"

There was a hint of anger in the village party secretary's words, as if he had witnessed a scene of evil being punished with evil.

When Mrs. Xie saw the arrival of this "plague god", she immediately realized that he was here to disrupt things again. Her heart sank. It was over. The retirement money plan she had originally planned might come to nothing.

So, she made up her mind and simply sat on the ground, slapping her thighs hard and crying loudly: "It's unfair, I know nothing, you are wrongly accusing a good person!"

Faced with Mrs. Xie's performance, Xie Yi and Xie Zhi both chose to remain silent.

Xie Zhi simply bypassed the farce, stepped forward, and anxiously asked the village party secretary about the situation.

"Village Chief, I'm not at home for a while. What happened at home?"

Old Mrs. Xie had a worried look on her face, while the village chief frowned and glanced at her with displeasure.

"I really don't understand. She's so old, her children are all successful, but she's still not satisfied. She's always messing around. Isn't this just asking for trouble?"

The village chief shook his head and sighed, then turned his gaze to Xie Zhi, his tone full of helplessness: "You may not know, this old lady has gone too far. She and Zhou Xiaoyun found a human trafficker from somewhere, and almost let your sister-in-law end up being sold."

"Although your sister-in-law had some minor shortcomings in the past, she is now proficient in every job. The whole village is counting on her to lead everyone to a well-off life."

The village chief's words made Xie Zhi's heart tremble. He pointed at Old Lady Xie on the ground and said, "What drama are you singing? Didn't you say before that Xu Xiufang ate and drank for free at home and made things difficult for you and your elder brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Zhi hurriedly asked about Xie Fei's situation.

Upon hearing this, Xie Fei's face flushed red and he wished he could disappear into the crack of the ground immediately. The panic in his heart made him want to escape from this embarrassing situation.

Old Mrs. Xie avoided his gaze, stood up hastily and patted her dusty clothes, not daring to meet Xie Zhi's sharp gaze.

The village chief was already used to the family's strange behavior. He simply said, "Those traffickers have been sentenced to ten years in prison, and their dens have been busted."

Upon hearing the news, Xu Xiufang felt an unprecedented surge of joy in her heart, as if the emotions that had been suppressed for so long had finally found an outlet for release. This was undoubtedly the most satisfying good news she had heard recently.

Has the mastermind behind this incident, which has put me in such a predicament and still haunts me, been revealed?

"Xu Xiufang asked solemnly, with a serious and expectant look in her eyes that could not be ignored.

"It has been found that the instigator of the whole incident is Zhou Xiaoyun. She has been taken away by the relevant authorities to receive the due legal judgment."

Xie Zhi frowned, the name Zhou Xiaoyun flashed through his mind, he seemed to have heard it somewhere, because they grew up under the same roof, the memory was vague, but it only flashed by.

Hearing that the truth had been revealed, Xu Xiufang finally felt relieved, but then a wave of worry surged over her.

Once the heroine in the book falls into the hands of the law and faces more than a decade behind bars, what hope will there be for her in the future?

Even if I were lucky enough to regain my freedom, the world has changed and I would probably be powerless to change it.

She couldn't help but wonder whether this dramatic life would end so hastily, leaving endless regrets.

"It's true that you reap what you sow. But it's really heartbreaking that the innocent child has to endure such pain at such a young age."