There is no need to explain the nature of hiding such a heinous thing in the people treated my treasured outfit as a trophy, holding it in their hands with contempt on their faces, as if it were some smelly and dirty thing. The leader put the item in front of me and said arrogantly, "Why is this outfit in your closet?" I glanced at Captain Wang next to me and was about to speak, but Captain Wang spoke first: "Comrade, this dress is something they kept privately! When I was a guest at their home, they took out this dress to show off to me, saying that they hid it carefully back then, so it wasn't looted!" I looked at Captain Wang in disbelief. Although I had guessed that giving us this set of clothes would lead to some unforeseen consequences, I did not expect that these consequences were caused by him alone. Now that they have fallen out, he can still make up lies so brazenly. I was so angry that I blurted out, "These things were clearly given to us by you!" Captain Wang suddenly jumped up, came towards me and slapped me hard. My hands were tied and I had no power to resist, so I just took it. While he was shouting angrily, "Comrade, he framed me!", he was about to rush over and slap me a second time. The second slap didn't land on my face, he was pulled away by those people.
Those people said to Captain Wang to comfort him: "Comrade, I know you are very excited, but please calm down first. We will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will we let a bad person go." When they said these words, they glanced at me intentionally or unintentionally, and the meaning of that look was self-evident. He waved his hand and two people came up. One of them pried my mouth open, and the other stuffed a piece of rag in it, stuffing it tightly so that I could no longer utter a complete sentence. Haha, they say nice things, but in fact they are still biased and only believe what they want to believe. Captain Wang was still shouting, "They must have hidden something else. I've seen people hide things in walls, buried things under the ground in the yard, and even hidden things in wells! Comrades, please search carefully so that I can be cleared of all charges." So the ash and charcoal in the stove were taken out, and the wall that had been plastered with great difficulty was smashed open to check if there was anything hidden inside; so the backyard was dug three feet deep, and the vegetables planted there were uprooted and fell to the ground; so the chicken coop that had just been built with great effort was overturned... Construction requires small things to accumulate, but destruction can happen in an instant. I was so heartbroken that I couldn't breathe. It was not just this body's reaction, but also my Su Cancan's reaction. I built all of these with my own hands. I dragged the bricks and tiles when repairing the stove, turned the soil when repairing the backyard, and even accidentally hit my fingers and made them bleed when hammering nails to build the wooden platform. I have personally experienced the pain, joy, and satisfaction of the construction process. How could I not feel heartbroken? Everything could be fine, everything was getting fine, why? What deep hatred or grudge did we have that required him to treat me like this? Is it really because I have “wrong thinking”? If we say that his thinking is wrong, he himself is not much clear either. It can even be said that he is the culprit! He was the first one to keep the things and to sing the music. Does that mean his love for opera was all fake? This is not quite right. His knowledge of opera is indeed that of a half-expert. So perhaps from the beginning, he really did like it. When did it start to change? I racked my brains, trying to figure out when his attitude towards coming to my house began to change and what exactly he wanted to do by doing so. Captain Wang on the side was still chattering away, taking advantage of the fact that I couldn't speak, making up some half-true and half-false things and speaking them out with indignation on his face. He said that I was secretly singing opera at home, and that Chu Yucheng and I were living a life of extravagance and waste, like a petty bourgeois. He said I would say some "shocking" remarks at home. He didn't want to say such unfounded things, but he couldn't stand it. I slandered him, and he couldn't stand us continuing to make mistakes, so he had to tell them all. However, the results of the search at home really disappointed them. Apart from the outfit, they found nothing. Captain Wang was a little anxious: "Comrade, look at the delicious food and dishes on their table, the rich fish and meat, and you will know how they live normally! Isn't this irrefutable evidence?"
My mouth was blocked and I could only whimper as hard as I could. When those people saw that I was about to speak, they finally pulled the rag out of my mouth. I finally spoke, anxiously saying, "This table of food is to celebrate Chu Yucheng's machine improvement plan being adopted by the factory, and also to celebrate his upcoming career as a technician!" "What are you talking about! That's clearly my plan!" Captain Wang was furious, veins bulging on his face and his eyes were ferocious. It reminded me of a hyena in the wilderness with green eyes and staring hunger. He wanted to come over and attack me again, but was stopped by a group of people around him. "Shuck his mouth and don't let him talk." The leader waved his hand at me. My mouth was gagged again. I finally understand why Captain Wang did this. Because of jealousy, there is resentment. Chu Yucheng was promoted too quickly and his abilities were too outstanding. If he was rated as a technician this time, it would seriously threaten Captain Wang's position, so he had evil intentions. "I have worked in this factory for so many years, and I know all the machines very well, so I came up with the idea of upgrading and renovating them. Xiao Chu said he wanted to join me and learn more knowledge so that he could work for the factory. I didn't expect that after the plan came out, he actually told the factory that the plan was his!" Captain Wang said with great emotion, almost crying: "It took me 16 years to get from entering the flat team to becoming a technician. How could he, a small worker with no basic experience, come up with a complete upgrade plan in just less than two years? He is indeed a smart guy, so I took extra care of him and taught him a lot of things. I didn't expect that he would be so ungrateful and even do such a heinous thing as harboring the enemy. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I reported him to the factory!" That's not the case at all! He is slandering us! I was extremely anxious and wanted to retort, but I could only utter a few meaningless groans. They didn't want to listen to my explanation at all and had already determined the result. This may be the beginning of the turning point. I finally understood why this hanged man wanted Chu Yucheng and I to live a seemingly dull life here for two years. The ordinary days are the most unforgettable. In just two years, I have developed such a deep affection for this place. When I saw everything being destroyed, I was actually so heartbroken. I finally understood why he briefly controlled my body when I was performing, because that scene was a turning point in the life of this hanged man, and it was a deep hatred that would be remembered forever. I just want to know one thing now. Chu Yucheng, how is he? (End of this chapter)