Sixty years old with the army, the heirless boss loves his fertile wife

Chapter 286 Death is the only option
"Because they believed that I transmitted leprosy to my husband's family, and then the entire village of my husband's family was wiped out!"

My classmate's words were filled with endless despair.

She had clearly escaped a disaster by staying at her parents' home for a month with her child, but instead became the target of everyone's anger and attacks.

Tang Qiyue was furious.

Although she didn't know whether her friend's personality had changed over the years, she knew very well that if leprosy were the source of infection, her friend would definitely not have survived.

The symptoms of leprosy are terrifying, but she and her child are doing well.

While Tang Qiyue was catching up with her friends, Zhan Zeye also learned from the village officials why they did what they did.

To sum it up in one sentence: Poor and remote areas breed unruly people!

People here have their own set of logic and don't take new laws seriously at all.

To put it bluntly, they relied on the idea that the law does not punish the masses and wanted to deal with the matter first, so they were not afraid even if the people in the commune investigated.

Zhan Zeyi was too lazy to waste words with those people, so he directly asked Hu Peng to go to the commune and call the commune director over, so that he could communicate properly with the people in the village.

Do they really think the commune cadres aren't leaders?
No matter how tough a village official is, he has no choice but to bow down under the absolute suppression of power.

After Tang Qiyue understood the situation, she advised her friend to leave. After all, she was no longer considered an educated youth, and even though her husband's family had all died, her household registration could be transferred to another commune.

The friend didn't want to live a life of constant fear with her child, so she naturally thought Tang Qiyue's suggestion was appropriate.

After helping her friend settle in, Tang Qiyue finally asked, "Why did you suddenly decide to write to me?"

After not contacting each other for several years, if they suddenly reconnect, even if they were former friends, Tang Qiyue would still need to ask for clarification.

My friend smiled wryly: "If I told you that one day I suddenly received a letter that told me this, would you believe me?"

Fearing that Tang Qiyue would suspect her, she even found the letter and gave it to Tang Qiyue.

If asked why she protected the letter so well, her friend could only say, "I was just too curious about what was going on, so I took my youngest son back to my parents' home to visit relatives and also to ask your family about your situation!"

As a result, after she returned to her parents' home, she did go to look for the shop that Tang's mother had run, only to find that the shop had been nationalized and that Tang's mother was no longer the one running it.

Later, she eventually found the Tang family's old house, but still couldn't get any news about Tang Qiyue. If it weren't for the trouble her in-laws had gotten into, she might have continued the investigation.

As for the mysterious letter, Tang Qiyue opened it and found that the entire contents were pieced together from words cut out from newspapers. Even the address on the envelope was printed out in telegraphic form and pasted on.

There wasn't a single trace of writing left behind.

She could have used the system to scan and extract the fingerprints, but she realized that even if she had extracted the fingerprints, she wouldn't have a database to compare them with, so it would have been useless.

Xin Tang Qiyue handed the analysis over to Zhan Zeye, and after helping her friend settle in, she took her leave.

Before leaving, Tang Qiyue couldn't reveal her address, but told her friend, "If you encounter any difficulties, just write to me. As long as I see your letter, I will definitely help you in any way I can!"

Knowing Tang Qiyue's personality, her friend naturally agreed.

After that, Tang Qiyue visited each of the letter writers one by one, according to the envelopes she had received, and each time she received a mysterious newspaper clipping letter from them.

Zhan Zeye couldn't figure it out. After all, newspapers are the primary tool for information exchange between different places nowadays, and the clippings are composed of individual characters. There's no way to analyze which newspaper it is based on these characters.

The whole situation is shrouded in mystery.

There was a strange feeling that all this fuss was just to find out where Tang Qiyue was. Zhan Zeye wasn't an expert in this area, and his analytical abilities were limited, but he had a way of finding trace experts.

They took the letters to forensic experts for analysis, and the results were unexpected for Tang Qiyue.

I thought I wouldn't be able to find any information on the envelope, but the trace evidence experts were able to deduce a great deal of information.

It was truly an eye-opener for Tang Qiyue.

Indeed, every profession has its own unique characteristics.

Putting aside these reflections, the information provided by trace evidence experts quickly identified the most likely suspects.

These people were neither Zhan Zeye's mortal enemies nor Tang Qiyue's. In fact, they were somewhat strange to both of them, because their goal was not to destroy Tang Qiyue, but simply to get them out of the island.

"Are they out of their minds? Using leprosy patients to get us out of here—anyone with a sound mind wouldn't do something like that!"

If Tang Qiyue hadn't heard it with her own ears, she wouldn't have believed these words.

Zhan Zeye smiled bitterly.

That is.

If they knew about such a dangerous infectious disease, not to mention whether Tang Qiyue herself would have thought of it, even they would not have agreed to it.

"Whatever their purpose, they're going to take action eventually. Shall we go back and check?"

They had been out for a while and had done their investigation. Tang Qiyue was worried that something might have happened on the island, so she went back with Zhan Zeye.

However, they did not manage to enter the island as they had hoped.

Old Guan from the military region at the dock kept them there.

"The island is under lockdown. We can't get in or out. They say a strange disease has appeared on the island!"

Old Guan had a terrible headache. He had just received the news that if Tang Qiyue and Zhan Zeye were found, they should be intercepted at all costs to return to the island.

Upon hearing that something had happened on the island, Tang Qiyue realized that the children were on the verge of losing their minds.

If Zhan Zeye and Lao Guan hadn't been constantly dissuading her, she probably would have gone back immediately.

"I don't care what those people's motives are, but our children are on the island!"

Tang Qiyue went mad, and Zhan Zeye was also worried about the child, so he naturally agreed with Tang Qiyue's actions.

Old Guan was constrained by his mission and had to stop them.

"Everything is still unclear. How about you wait for the old commander to send you a message before you go back?"

Old Guan didn't know why the old commander valued Tang Qiyue and Zhan Zeye so much, but he knew very well that an order was an order, and there must be a reason why the old commander could issue such an order.

Seeing that she couldn't reason with Lao Guan, Tang Qiyue could only stop arguing with Zhan Zeye for the time being. Lao Guan thought he had persuaded Tang Qiyue, but little did he know that she didn't take his advice seriously at all.

That evening, watching the small boat disappear into the sea, Lao Guan was so angry he cursed.

He hadn't expected Zhan Zeyi to be so reckless, to be outwardly disobedient and then outwardly defiant, and to simply run away.

Tang Qiyue and Zhan Zeye set sail under cover of darkness. They had considered the dangers, but they were more worried about something happening on the island than about those dangers.