Ye Zhifan was taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission. Within a few days, it was rumored that he was reported by his ex-wife Sun Dongqing. After another week or so, things about Sun Ying gradually became known by the public.
The wall had fallen, and everyone came pushing in. Before Ye Zhifan walked out of the Discipline Inspection Commission, what he had suppressed before slowly became apparent.
It was mid-April by the time the villagers in Shuikou Village knew.
“It’s a pity. We finally got an official in Shuikou Village, the people in the village didn’t hold him back, but his own wife held him back. Alas, the family is unfortunate, really unfortunate.”
“What Sun Dongqing did in our village before had always been a hindrance to Ye Zhifan! She was never friendly with the neighbors; she was rude and unreasonable. This kind of lady is a curse!”
“Who disagrees? Not only did she drag down her own husband, she even influenced her daughter to be miserable like mother, like daughter. Look at what Ye Ying did! She actually messed with Ye Jian during their college entrance examination! How can her mind be so vicious! Wasn’t she pretty well-behaved before?”
“Who said that she used to be well-behaved? She was a girl who cried wolf; she always bullied Ye Jian. I knew she was not a good thing a long time ago.”
“Pfft! Bigmouth Yu, you and big mouth Qiu used to compliment Sun Dongqing before. You two always complimented her daughter, good-looking, smart, and will have a promising future. Why are you taking back your words now?”
The famous long-tongued woman in the village had also talked bad about Ye Jian before.
Now that she was backstabbed by a woman in the village, her face was a little scornful, “Isn’t Sun Dongqing an official’s wife? Citizens mustn’t fight with the official; if I don’t flatter her, what if she comes making trouble with me one day?”
Her words made the other gossiping villagers roll their eyes. Bigmouth Yu was more shameless than big mouth Qiu!
“Ye Zhifan’s family is ruined. His ex-wife reported him, his biological daughter reported him; alas, he is also quite unlucky to have such a pair of mother and daughter. Ye Ying, that dear lady, is too cruel; how can she treat her biological father like this?”
“What Ye Ying, her surname is “Sun” now, Sun Ying. How can she come out if she doesn’t report her dad? She is going to take credit for her dad’s work in exchange for her freedom, this girl… I hope she doesn’t come back to the village; who knows if she will bring bad luck to our village.”
“Yes, yes, yes, what you said is right. We must not let this kind of unfilial thing come back; you have to talk to the village chief, make sure he never lets her return to the village in the future!”
At the end of April, the weather was neither hot nor cold. The villagers who had finished their farm work sat under the big tree in the village to rest. They chatted and finally talked about not allowing Sun Ying to return to the village.
When the villagers, who used to envy the Ye Family, passed by the Ye Family’s two-story small villa where no one lived anymore, they sighed.
As beautiful as the house was, what good was it?
The Ye family was gone.
Ye Jian didn’t know what happened at all. She didn’t know about Ye Zhifan’s matter; she didn’t know what happened in the village; she didn’t know everything outside of school. It was May as soon as April ended, and the drills for freshmen and seniors began.
All personnel took the train to the northern part of the province to complete the three-day and three-night exercise.
The freshmen participated in the exercise for the first time, and those who said that they were not nervous were all liars.
They didn’t admit it, but they couldn’t calm down at all. The trainees who were sitting on the hard seats swayed with the train; only a few of them could fall asleep peacefully.
Ye Jian was a special case. She slept soundly while sitting by the window. She only woke up slowly when the train was about to arrive at her destination.