Chapter 690

Why was it like this?

It was because of Zhou Shanshan.

Strictly speaking, it was because of Zhou Shanshan's good sister, a woman named Miao Xiaofeng.

This woman had a relatively good relationship with Zhou Shanshan.

They lived in the same alley and were both from ordinary worker families.

And both of them were very beautiful.

They were known as the two flowers of that alley.

But in reality, the two didn't have a good relationship; later, when they were in junior high school, Zhou Shanshan's family moved away.

It was just unexpected that after Zhou Shanshan married Liu Dahui, the two met again at the department store.

Wanting to live a good life is human nature.

But many times, wanting to live a good life isn't something that can be achieved just by thinking about it.

For example, Miao Xiaofeng wanted to be a sales clerk at the department store.

But she had no one in her family, knew few capable people, and no one helped her handle this matter.

Unexpectedly, she met Zhou Shanshan, who was already living a good life, so the clever Miao Xiaofeng began to curry favor with Zhou Shanshan in various ways.

She practically wanted to praise Zhou Shanshan to the heavens.

Actually, Zhou Shanshan was okay in her own circle, but once she stepped out of that circle, few people paid her any mind; even the wives of Liu Dahui's comrades-in-arms, especially Lu Qiaoge, didn't take her seriously at all.

So she liked to invite Miao Xiaofeng to be a guest at the compound.

By this time, Miao Xiaofeng was already seeing someone, but after weighing the pros and cons, she decisively broke up with her partner.

Because Miao Xiaofeng discovered that for someone like her, wanting to live a good life, there was no other way besides marrying a good man.

Marrying a good man could not only change her life but also change the life of her family.

Miao Xiaofeng curried favor deliberately, and Zhou Shanshan naturally liked it too.

Then Miao Xiaofeng set her sights on the old district head's youngest son.

The old district head's other children were all in other places; only this youngest son lived with him.

Mainly, this son of his belonged to the type who couldn't do anything right, yet thought he was very remarkable.

Then, the old district head's youngest daughter-in-law was a capable woman, now already a vice-principal of a school.

His son had been arranged by him to work in the district government's guard room.

This was already the best arrangement he could make for his son.

Because this old district head felt he couldn't even hold his head up.

Who would have thought that Miao Xiaofeng would hook up with the old district head's youngest son.

The old district head's daughter-in-law was shrewd, had a pair of sharp eyes, and wouldn't be the last to know like some women.

She had sensed something was wrong almost as soon as there were signs.

So she joined forces with her father-in-law to nip this matter in the bud.

Because of this, the old district head gave his son a beating.

Then his son had a fight with his vice-principal wife.

Although they were pulled apart after only a few blows, the vice-principal wife really wanted to divorce him immediately after hearing the things he hissed and roared.

This man didn't love to study, didn't want to progress, had no sense of responsibility, and his family values weren't strong either.

But they had four children.

Plus, her father-in-law and mother-in-law were especially good to her.

They practically treated her like their own daughter.

In the end, she could only endure it.

However, she also learned that Zhou Shanshan had played no small part in pushing Miao Xiaofeng to hook up with her husband.

This vice-principal didn't blame Miao Xiaofeng, who had hooked up with her husband, very much.

Wanting to live a good life and marrying a good man was indeed the fastest way.

Come to think of it, wasn't she the same back then?

With her husband's character, he wasn't much better when he was young. Besides looking okay, there was nothing else to admire.

But his father was the district head.

In the matter of men and women hooking up, it takes two to tango.

Her husband wasn't much to begin with; besides being lucky enough to be born into a good family, he had married her, a good wife.

So she really let Miao Xiaofeng off the hook.

But Zhou Shanshan was different.

She clearly knew what her good sister wanted to do, and not only did she not stop her, she encouraged her and created various opportunities.

So the old district head didn't think much of Liu Dahui and Zhou Shanshan at all.

That vice-principal also never spoke to these two people.

At this moment, Liu Dahui saw the old district head, and thinking of that matter, he only felt his face burning as if someone had slapped him.

He gripped the clothes draped over his arm tightly, nodded and thanked the old district head in a hoarse voice, then hurriedly rode his bicycle straight to Old Xu's house.

That's right, he was going to find Old Xu.

Only at Old Xu's place could he get a definitive answer now.

And only at Old Xu's place would he not be scolded.

After all, this was the first time such a thing had happened, and it hadn't been characterized yet; what kind of case did this actually belong to...

That was why Liu Dahui thought of going to Old Xu's place.

And Zhou Shanshan, who had been taken in, was not cooperating with the investigation but was being directly interrogated.

How to define it?

There was no law yet on how to handle impersonation.

After all, even the crime of dereliction of duty hadn't been officially promulgated yet.

So it started with an internal investigation.

But if money was accepted, that was corruption.

This was easy to characterize, so investigating Zhou Shanshan was investigating this.

But Zhou Shanshan flatly denied taking a single cent.

She even told the comrades from the public security bureau and the investigation team to search her house as they pleased.

They could even search her parents' home as they pleased.

They could also search her office as they pleased.

Lu Qiaoge was also very surprised after learning this; could it be that Zhou Shanshan had a portable space?

Of course, this was impossible; if Zhou Shanshan had a portable space, she wouldn't be the Zhou Shanshan of today.

So where did she put the money?

Previously, they hadn't paid attention to Little Cangcang and the others, so naturally, they didn't know.

And now that Zhou Shanshan had been caught, she was very cunning and paid special attention to her words and actions.

She was in a state where she had to consider even her sleep talk.

If Zhou Shanshan's matter were handled a bit later, it would be more clearly defined.

Now it could only be executed according to the corruption punishment regulations promulgated in '59.

But there was one more point: some punishments were indeed based on the other party's degree of repentance, generally focusing on criticism and education.

If one truly repented, they would be given a chance to correct their ways.

If they performed even better and had a few backers behind them, they could even keep their jobs.

But there was another point: some punishments were particularly severe, severe enough to be directly executed by firing squad.

Lu Qiaoge estimated that execution was unlikely.

But the principal offender should be sentenced to life imprisonment, provided the illicit money was found.

She asked Qin Hengzhi to ask Wang Zhiguo if Zhou Shanshan had been to his house during this recent period.

Qin Hengzhi understood immediately; he made the call, and Wang Zhiguo told Qin Hengzhi that a week ago, Liu Dahui had brought Zhou Shanshan over.

Qin Hengzhi said in a flat voice: "Qiaoge gave a few directions; the first one is your house. Go home now and check it thoroughly with your wife."

A layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Wang Zhiguo's back.

He certainly knew that Zhou Shanshan seemed to have accepted over ten thousand yuan, but there was simply no trace of it now.

Because Zhou Shanshan refused to admit it, and every place that could be searched had been searched; it simply wasn't there.

She also had no record of extra spending.

Could this illicit money actually be in his house?

Wang Zhiguo didn't hide it and reported the situation directly to the leadership, so the leadership had him bring two public security officers back home...