The biggest credit for this matter still goes to the village chief. When the Public Security Bureau sent people down to investigate Su Xiaoxiao's testimony, they first went to the village chief. The chief, after looking at Su Xiaoxiao's confession, completely refuted it.
Diligent at work? No.
United and friendly? No.
Slandered and framed? No.
"Comrade police, this Su educated youth had already admitted in front of everyone that she met with Zhang Laosan. Now she's crying injustice, this person's words are not credible. Moreover, our whole village can testify that it was Su educated youth who took the lead, guiding us to find Fu educated youth. Now in her words, it's something she discovered, which is sheer nonsense." The village chief was angry after reading the confession. Su Xiaoxiao's nonsensical talk could fool the police, but not him.
"Village Chief Zhu, so your meaning is that this Su Xiaoxiao is still lying?" the two police officers asked the village chief sternly.
"That small grove is still far from the fields where we are working! So many people couldn't see it, yet she saw it at a glance?" the village chief said. "Comrade police, I'll take you to see for yourselves."
The village chief leading the two investigating police officers through the village attracted the attention of the villagers. The village chief personally took them to see the distance between Fu Wenwen's small grove at the time and the farmland where everyone was currently working. The two police officers understood the village chief's meaning.
The farmland was several hundred meters away from the small grove! How could she have seen Fu Wenwen at a glance? It was preposterous.
Back at the Public Security Bureau, the two police officers reported the investigation of Su Xiaoxiao. After the bureau reviewed the investigation results, Su Xiaoxiao was directly detained for fifteen days for providing false testimony, fabricating facts, and obstructing public security.
"The police comrades issued a notice as soon as they returned. I rushed over to tell you as soon as I heard," Zhang Cuihua said with a smile. "It's truly gratifying. Let her lie, and she still lied at the Public Security Bureau! She deserves it!"
"She actually claimed to be popular in the village and worked diligently every day! Pui!" Zhang Cuihua said angrily. "The work she did was less than what my daughter does! How dare she say that! She also said that our whole village slandered her, and that someone framed her."
"Did you see the confession?" Fu Wenwen asked curiously. Zhang Cuihua seemed to know so much.
"No, didn't I ask Wu Fang? She was there at the time!" Zhang Cuihua smiled. She definitely had her sources.
"By the way, why did you offend the village chief's younger daughter? Wu Fang's sister-in-law!" Zhang Cuihua suddenly remembered something and asked Fu Wenwen.
"Me? I don't recall having any grievances with her," Fu Wenwen shook her head.
"Then whenever she talks about you, her eyes aren't eyes and her nose isn't a nose, speaking sarcastically," Zhang Cuihua frowned. "Her mouth babbles, more unpleasant than old woman Lai."
"What did she say about me?" Fu Wenwen asked curiously.
"Oh my! You'd better not hear it! You educated youths from the city, hearing such foul language will sully your eyes." Zhang Cuihua shook her head. "Anyway, everyone already knows you're not that kind of person, so no one will believe her no matter what she says."
"That's not entirely true, Sister Cuihua," Fu Wenwen disagreed. She knew how hurtful rumors could be.
"If she slanders me like this, and lets her keep talking nonsense, if the villagers don't believe it, what about outsiders? They don't know me. If they hear her words, they'll surely think I'm just as she describes me. Then I'd never be able to clear my name, even if I jumped into the Yellow River."