Chapter 8: Rebirth Is Impressive? I've Even Entered a Novel!

“Go to the supply and marketing cooperative!”

“That’s right, bring the comrades from the police station along!”

Chen Hongxing shot Wang Zhigang a disdainful glare. No matter the outcome, Wang Zhigang would be punished. When they initially handled the employment procedures, she had repeatedly emphasized that all letters must be delivered directly to the recipients, especially those containing sensitive information—no one was allowed to collect or forward them on someone else’s behalf.

Yet, here they were, confronted with a major blunder!

The three of them left the post office and headed straight for the cooperative. Passing by the police station, they called over two police officers and then proceeded to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Qiao Qian was standing behind the counter. When she saw Shen Zhiyu approaching with the postal workers, her expression instantly changed.

However, as someone who had experienced hardship before, she quickly regained her composure.

“Shen Zhiyu, what are you doing here again?” she said simply, as if they were on friendly terms.

“Cut the act, Qiao Qian!” Shen Zhiyu looked at her with disgust. How could someone of such low character be the heroine? And someone so repulsive was even given a chance to be reborn!

“What’s wrong with you, Shen Zhiyu? If you’ve got something to say, just say it. I haven’t provoked you, have I?” Qiao Qian retorted.

“Qiao Qian, you said you would help me forward the letters to Shen Zhiqing, but she claims she never received a single one. Can you explain what’s going on?” Wang Zhigang asked angrily, glaring at Qiao Qian. If he hadn’t held himself back, he might have already rushed forward to give her a good beating.

“Comrade, what are you talking about? I don’t understand,” Qiao Qian denied outright.

Only she and Wang Zhigang knew of what she had done. As long as she refused to admit it, the matter couldn’t be clarified. If it remained unclear, no one could pin the blame on her.

At that moment, Qiao Qian’s hatred grew even deeper.

After being reborn, her life was supposed to be better than before, yet here she was, still trapped by the Zhou family and now at odds with Shen Zhiyu.

Could it be that her rebirth had actually made her life worse than before?

“Qiao Qian, do you really think you can get away with this just because no one else knows?” Wang Zhigang sneered. “You must have forgotten that every letter you forwarded bears a signature!”

At Wang Zhigang’s words, Qiao Qian’s face changed.

She had truly forgotten! Although she had been reborn, decades had passed since then, and she could no longer recall the details so clearly.

“Qiao Qian, come with us,” Wang Zhigang said.

At this point, the police officers waiting outside also stepped forward.

“You can’t arrest me! I’m innocent!” Qiao Qian panicked as the officers approached. “All the letters from Shen Zhiyu’s family, I handed them to her husband! I don’t know why Qi Huan didn’t give them to her. I just didn’t want the couple to fight!”

As Qiao Qian spoke, Chen Hongxing and Wang Zhigang exchanged glances, turning their attention to Shen Zhiyu.

Shen Zhiyu sneered, “Qiao Qian, you say you gave the letters to Qi Huan?”

“Yes, I gave them to Qi Huan!”

“Well, I’m curious — since I married Qi Huan, he’s been working at the factory in the county town and rarely comes back to the village. How exactly did you give the letters to him?”

“Did you send them by mail? Or did you deliver them in person? Or did Qi Huan come back specifically to collect them?”

Looking for Qi Huan to cover for you? Dream on!

Today, Shen Zhiyu was determined to crush this despicable woman, Qiao Qian.

So what if she had been reborn?

I’ve got my own story to tell!

“Well, then, explain yourself!” Shen Zhiyu pressed.

“I... I...” Qiao Qian couldn’t continue her lies.

She had thought to stall for time and once she got the others to leave, she would contact Qi Huan to ask him to take the blame.

After all, Qi Huan and Shen Zhiyu were now husband and wife.

Their marital troubles were essentially private family matters.

Then the issue would become muddled, and she could stay out of it.

But she hadn’t expected Shen Zhiyu to be so serious and to find the loopholes in her words.

To cover one lie, you need ten or a hundred more, but the more lies you tell, the more flaws emerge until there’s nowhere left to hide.

“Officers, please take her in for a thorough interrogation! Her behavior isn’t just about hiding my letters; there was money and bonds in the letters from my family. I suspect she was after my money!”

“It’s very likely that her theft isn’t just targeted at me!”

“I suggest you investigate thoroughly!”

Shen Zhiyu wouldn’t miss a chance to add insult to injury against Qiao Qian.

“Shen Zhiqing, rest assured, we will get to the bottom of this!”

As the matter neared resolution, the head of the cooperative finally appeared.

They wanted to cover it up, but faced with the facts, all they could do was watch as Qiao Qian was taken away.

Chen Hongxing, the post office director, looked at Shen Zhiyu with guilt, admitting their negligence and offering a solemn apology.

Naturally, Shen Zhiyu wouldn’t let them off the hook so easily.

After all, they had cooperated immediately once the issue was discovered.

Only Wang Zhigang was sure to face disciplinary action.

But that was his own fault!

If he had strictly followed the postal regulations, he wouldn’t have been tricked by Qiao Qian.

After being taken to the police station, officers led a search of Qiao Qian’s residence.

Shen Zhiyu came along as the aggrieved party.

The postal staff also went, since it was their workplace error.

In Hanjiacun, Zhou Yuhuai’s parents were at home looking after their grandchildren. When the police arrived, they were surprised and confused.

Their family was well-known in the village—after all, their son was a soldier and their daughter-in-law worked at the cooperative. Life was comfortable.

Now, with the police here, things didn’t look good.

When they learned what had happened, they refused to believe it.

But soon, when officers found a stack of letters in Qiao Qian’s room, all from Shen Zhiyu’s family, the couple collapsed to the floor.

The sky was falling!

Their family’s reputation was ruined!

And Qiao Qian was truly a talent.

Not only had she intercepted Shen Zhiyu’s letters, but she had also kept a diary recording how much money and how many bonds she had taken, even noting how she spent them.

However, Qiao Qian was truly thrifty.

The intercepted money and bonds had all been spent on her stepchildren and her in-laws.

Her good reputation in her former life was well-deserved—no wonder she was so unwilling to accept her tragic fate at the end.

But where did this woman get the nerve?

Taking other people's money, gaining fame for herself, and in the end, causing harm to others—how thick-skinned can someone be?