Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife

Lu Jiang sighed, "Criticisms, punishments, self-reflection, public confession, these are the standard procedures. The military has no room for such perverse influence. Four soldiers were implicated and all were transferred to areas even harsher than this one. The Art troupe performers implicated can no longer take the stage. Involvement in such a scandal, the physical punishment is not as important as the blow to their reputation. They’re avoided by everyone as if they’ve contracted a contagious disease, the emotional toll can be far heavier than the physical discomfort."

Feng Qingxue remained silent.

This place is already one of the harshest, areas more severe than this are rare, implying those soldiers weren’t expelled from the military.

The women from the art troupes likely experienced the same as Fang Ning, unable to go on stage, but doing odd jobs within the group.

In fact, what Feng Qingxue feared most was the special period beginning two or three years later. If such a thing happened now, it would certainly be brought up then. They might face a new round of punishment like Qiao Desheng and Fang Ning.

Lu Jiang stroked his wife’s sweat-dampened hair, "They knowingly broke the rules. Who are they to blame? The whistleblower? No, they should blame themselves. They broke the rules, were indiscreet. Even if they were to correspond, they should have immediately destroyed the letters, rather than leave evidence to be found."

"Who is the whistleblower? Although they might seem very righteous, I dare not associate with such a person, lest they betray me one day without my awareness." Feng Qingxue said.

Lu Jiang pondered for a moment. As a close aide to Colonel Ye and a member of the commander Chen’s inner circle, he was not kept in the dark about these matters.

"The whistleblower is Chen Chen. She reported Fang Ning for receiving a love letter from a soldier, but strangely, Fang Ning was not among those eventually found to have misconduct."

Upon hearing Lu Jiang’s words, Feng Qingxue was taken aback.