Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 699 - 677: The Beginning of Ye Qing

"Oh dear, look at me, wasting time here. It’s so late, everyone is asleep already. Now I’ll have to make this trip for nothing. Let’s go first," one of the women tapped her forehead, saying as she pushed her bicycle forward.

Once beside the police, she quickly explained with a smile, "Officer, this has nothing to do with us. We were just passing by."

The captain glanced at them and sternly asked, "Where are you all from, wandering around here so late at night?"

"We’re from the district compound. We agreed to go to the front village to buy mountain goods. Nobody was home during the day, so we had to go in the evening. We ate just now and set off together, planning to make a quick trip. Who would have expected to run into such trouble on the way," one woman explained.

"Yes, and we know the girl. She’s from our compound too," Wang Guihua agreed nervously.

"What nonsense are you spouting? We don’t have such embarrassing women in our compound!" one military wife exclaimed. Another nudged her and corrected, "Officer, this woman is from the South District, with her husband here to handle some affairs for a few days. Who would have thought such a thing would happen?"

"Officer, my husband belongs to the Vice Era Division of S City. I’m completely unfamiliar with this area. Tonight, as I passed through, I was harassed by this thug. Officer, you must punish them severely. Look, these injuries were inflicted by them," Ye Qing quickly seized the opportunity to defend herself.

The captain glanced at a few women, "Hurry up and leave, it’s already past eight, pitch black out here. It’s not safe."

"Yes, yes, we...we won’t buy anything. With such an incident, we’re scared to go anywhere," the military wife said as she urgently turned her bike around to head back.

The remaining women quickly followed suit. They came for entertainment, but now embroiled with police matters, they wouldn’t go any further.

As they had barely walked a little further, one woman cried out, almost colliding with a shadow.

Shining a flashlight, it revealed none other than Mei Langchi, but with the military wife hesitant to linger, she quickly moved the light away.

Mei Langchi’s face was dark and terrifying. He stood there ominously, as if about to erupt like a volcano at any moment.

"What’s wrong?" another military wife asked, worried, upon hearing her exclamation.

"Nothing, nothing, just a trick of the light. Let’s hurry on," she replied.

After cycling some distance away, a few military wives stopped to pat their chests out of relief, "Oh my god, scared me to death. How could that woman get caught cheating like that? Look at her, she isn’t easy to deal with, see how much they’ve beaten her."

"Indeed, she was so flamboyant when she came out earlier, but look at her now. She must’ve been beaten badly."

"Let’s not discuss further. Off we go; didn’t you hear my shout earlier? Guess who I saw?"

"Who?"

"Her husband, standing right behind us, silent and with an eerie expression."

"Oh my, things have gotten interesting. The husband’s here, the lover’s here, it’s hard to clear things up now."

"What a coincidence that the police appeared at this time."

"We better not interfere further, it’s none of our business. Let’s head back quickly; I’m almost scared out of my wits," another woman added.

"I reckon her husband’s wife called the police. She’s likely decided not to continue this marriage."

"It’s gotten to this point, why bother?"

"Ye Qing said she was coerced. Looking at her state, she probably did meet a gangster who...with that man," another woman speculated.

"But I clearly heard her say she went to the mud house for a rendezvous, how can that be wrong," Wang Guihua disagreed immediately.

"She’s been in the south with her husband, just arrived here a few days ago, hardly ever leaves the house. How could she know anyone here?"

"Right, she even said she’s on her period. How could she possibly engage in anything with a man? She wouldn’t be so foolish."

"You never know with such women."

"Ah, what a pity. I’m really curious how her husband will handle this mess," one woman mused.

"How would he? It’s utterly embarrassing. I bet he doesn’t even want to come out," another said. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The military wives returned home unsettled, not daring to speak of the matter openly. Their husbands mentioned that the Vice Era Division from the South, like Mei, had substantial influence—they would be wise not to provoke them.

They kept mum in public but shared among their husbands.

...The captain, with a few officers, gathered the details and inspected the small mud house nearby. They also found a camera in the bushes.

The camera was indeed hard to find where Ye Qing threw it, but Han Yi managed to pick it up secretly and place it at the mud house entrance, enabling the police to locate it.

The captain reviewed everything without pinpointing anyone’s fault yet. Planning to bring everyone to the station, he said, "Officer, this woman has done time. You should have records. Back then, there were already suspicious relations between them...This woman was my husband’s student, he happened to be her teacher. They were secretly involved then too. When it was discovered, she was expelled. I thought they had no contact, yet they got back together, had a kid, and pushed for my divorce with my husband. I refused, and she wickedly plotted against my family. She went to jail, yet after release, they colluded again. Officer, this married woman still flirts around, who else should I beat?" Wei Xue followed them, persistently recounting this ’shameless pair’s history’ to the police.

"I told you, I’m innocent. I was just passing by and got tangled up with him. Even if there was anything between us, I wouldn’t be foolish enough to engage while on my period. Officer, you can’t just listen to their side!"

"Then tell us why you came here at night," the captain questioned.

"I...suddenly missed my child and wanted to visit. My child is in S City."

"Ha...Don’t tell me you planned to walk back in the dark," Wei Xue scoffed angrily.

The captain remained silent, considering everyone’s testimony. As he reached the roadside and shone his flashlight, he noticed a person standing there. "Who, who’s there?" As the light pinpointed the person, before he could ask further, Ye Qing rushed sobbing to Mei Langchi’s side, "Langchi, I’m sorry. I can’t live anymore," she cried, collapsing in tears gripping Mei Langchi’s leg.

"I only ask you, did you come here on your own?"

"No, no, I don’t even know how he ended up here. Langchi, you must believe me," Ye Qing’s eyes were too heavy to lift, her eyelids swollen, a few heavy teardrops clung to her long lashes, blinked a few times then fell, her vision blurred, vaguely reflecting a pale face, along with the blood stains beneath. This made Mei Langchi believe it wasn’t Ye Qing’s fault.

Since they’d been together every day, there was no reason she’d seek another man.

He couldn’t understand why Ye Qing would want to visit her son at this time, as public buses were no longer available.

She seemed ready to walk back alone, though her son lived in the suburbs, a distance from the army base.

Mei Langchi didn’t have time to contemplate these details, but knowing something intimate happened to his woman fueled his rage, reacting before anyone else could.

Mei Langchi’s fist fell upon Li Liang, a soldier assaulting a weakened injured man, was like slaughtering a helpless pig, leaving him at Mei Langchi’s mercy.

Pounding Li Liang in vital spots, crippling him if not fatal, "Ah...Help me, save me."

The Wei family members nearby felt no remorse for Li Liang, as long as he survived long enough to divorce her sister by tomorrow.

"Quick, stop him."

The captain rushed to pull Mei Langchi off Li Liang, "Comrade, comrade officer, mind your image. We know you’re upset, but this matter has escalated, we must plan and resolve reasonably, no violence! Moreover, your uniform forbids such actions. Since everyone’s here, let’s go to the police station and talk."

"Captain, this woman is bleeding heavily. She urgently needs to go to the hospital."

"Quick, quick, get to the hospital!"