Unable to endure the hardships of rural life, she returned home to arrange a marriage with a militar

Tian Xiufen was the first to share this information with Shu Yun: "Wang Xiang has been arrested?"

Shu Yun: "Did you commit a crime?"

Tian Xiufen: "That's right. Didn't Ye Shufen get arrested a while ago? She confessed and implicated Wang Xiang. Wang Xiang used her position to accept bribes."

Sitting in the interrogation room, facing several stern and cold faces and relentless questioning, Wang Xiang was extremely flustered and honestly confessed everything she had done over the past few years.

Since she joined the propaganda department and took charge of recruitment, she has used her position to open special channels for those who have given her gifts. The amount of bribes she has received over the years is staggering.

Wang Xiang didn't implicate her husband, Zhong Guoliang, but her silence didn't mean the truth wouldn't be revealed. Their hands weren't clean, and it was soon discovered that Wang Xiang's husband, Zhong Guoliang, was also involved and even wanted to use his ill-gotten gains over the years to pave the way for his promotion.

A few days later, Wang Xiang was sentenced to three years of re-education through labor and ordered to return all the stolen money and goods. Ye Shufen and several others who obtained their jobs through improper means were also dismissed from their jobs and sent to re-education through labor for one year.

As a soldier, Zhong Guoliang was of poor personal character and morally corrupt. He failed to restrain his wife and led a decadent family. As a result, he was given a major demerit and discharged from the army early.

When Wang Xiang walked out of the interrogation room, her face was pale and she looked exhausted. Gone was her former high spirits. She lowered her head and ignored the stares of the crowd as she walked home.

At home, Zhong Guoliang was already waiting. There were cigarette butts all around his feet, and the room was filled with the pungent smell of smoke. Wang Xiang coughed a few times. She couldn't see her husband's expression, which was hidden in the smoke, but it made her shrink back for no reason. "Guo... Guoliang."

"You still have the nerve to come back?" The voice was hoarse, sending a chill down Wang Xiang's spine. Memories of the past flooded her mind, making her scalp and bones ache terribly.

Zhong Guoliang grabbed Wang Xiang's hair and said, "Do you know that you've ruined my promising future? Now I'm going to slink back to my hometown. What will people think of me?"

Zhong Guoliang shoved her violently to the ground. Wang Xiang cried out "Ah!" and before she could even stand up, a barrage of punches and kicks rained down on her. She kept begging for mercy, but this only made Zhong Guoliang's fists harder. He beat her until a neighbor heard the noise and sensed something was wrong, which stopped this one-sided domestic violence.

Wang Xiang groaned, clutching her stomach, "It hurts so much, my stomach."

Wang Xiang was found covered in blood and was rushed to the hospital.

She was pregnant, but she miscarried!

This news instantly aged Wang Xiang and Zhong Guoliang by 10 years. Wang Xiang lost all her spirit and lay in bed silently shedding tears.

She has been married to Zhong Guoliang for 20 years. She married him when she was a young girl. Back then, he had a bad temper, and Wang Xiang would be beaten if things didn't go her way.

This situation continued for several years until the couple still couldn't have children. They went to the hospital and found out that Zhong Guoliang had a health problem and suffered from asthenospermia, making it difficult for her to conceive.

From that day on, Zhong Guoliang knelt before her, begging her not to divorce him and not to tell anyone. He wanted to save face. Wang Xiang softened and agreed. She told everyone that she was in poor health, and outsiders said that Zhong Guoliang loved his wife. Zhong Guoliang seemed to have really changed for the better, and he never beat or scolded her again.

But it's all in the past now; in the end, we've returned to where we started.

When Shu Yun heard news of them again, the two had divorced. Zhong Guoliang was originally supposed to be assigned a job in his hometown after his discharge from the army, but this was canceled because of his various actions. Without a job after discharge, he could only return to being a farmer toiling in the fields, and all his years of hard work would have been in vain.

With the departure of Zhong Guoliang and his wife, the family compound returned to calm.

Shu Yun washed the large watermelon, a summer perk given to Gu Jun's troops, put it in a bucket, and lowered it into the well to cool it down by hanging it with a rope.

"Woof woof." It's Ah Xi coming back, greeting Shu Yun. Since coming to Shu Yun's house, the little guy has been eating and drinking well every day, growing very fast, with a shiny fur. After getting used to things, he even dared to go out and play by himself, but he went too far, coming back covered in mud every day.

At first, Shu Yun took care of it and dragged A happy to bathe it. But after a while, she got tired of bathing it every day and changed it to once a month.

Shu Yun filled a large red basin halfway with well water, then poured in hot water and adjusted it to a lukewarm temperature. Taking advantage of the puppy's unpreparedness, she grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and threw it into the basin. Soon, the clear water in the basin became murky, and Shu Yun changed it three times to thoroughly clean the puppy.

Shu Yun used an old piece of clothing that Gu Jun didn't want to wipe the dog's fur, but the more she wiped, the more something seemed wrong. Axi, who was originally a little black coal, turned brownish-black after washing. Shu Yun looked at the dark, dirty water in the basin and said to Axi, "You've faded?"

Ah-happy tilted her head: "Woof."

As soon as Gu Jun got home, Shu Yun held up A happy and brought it close to him, saying, "Look, it's fading."

Gu Jun took it and looked at it. Axi obediently squatted on the ground, enjoying the attention of her two masters.

Gu Jun speculated, "They must have grown up and matured."

Shu Yun stroked the dog's head. "Really? What breed is it?" She had always thought it was just a small mongrel, but looking at it now, apart from a long black stripe on its back, the rest of its fur was all black and brown. Its chubby body had grown much taller and stronger than when it was a puppy.

Gu Jun: "The military unit I used to be in had military dogs, which were probably long-haired wolfhounds, black-backed."

Shu Yun was surprised, "He's a little wolfhound."

Ah happy seemed to understand Shu Yun's words, puffed out his chest, and barked proudly.

In order to preserve the reputation of the wolfhound, Shu Yun devised a wolfhound training method overnight and accompanied A happy to train at home every day. A happy was very intelligent and obedient to Shu Yun.

"Ah-happy, sit down."

"Woof." Ah happy stuck out her tongue and obediently sat down in front of Shu Yun.

The little guy is basically fine after a few training sessions, which makes Shu Yun feel a great sense of accomplishment.

Summer days are often filled with thunderstorms. In the afternoon, the sky was overcast, and soon it started to rain. The rain was heavy and torrential, but it stopped quickly, bringing a gust of wind that cooled the temperature considerably. Shu Yun opened the doors and windows and, taking advantage of the pleasant weather, cleaned the house inside and out.

She rummaged through the wardrobe and found several pieces of brand-new fabric. After thinking for a moment, she took the fabric and a bag of sponge cakes to Shi Yan's house the next day.

When Shi Yan saw her coming, she warmly invited her in. But when she saw the sponge cake in her hand, she quickly declined, saying, "You're here, why bring food? Isn't that being too polite to your sister?"

Shu Yun placed a bag of sponge cakes on the table, took one out and handed it to the chubby little girl next to her who was drooling, and said with a smile, "This is for you, I still have something I want to ask Sister Yan for."