Chapter 872 - 0872: Turn Against Each Other 6
Zhu Yan cared most about her mother and would never destroy another person’s family.
Feng Qingxue understood Zhu Yan’s family situation, which could be considered "red-rooted," Her father, Zhang Hongzhi, had made great contributions during the Anti-Japanese War; he divorced her mother a few years after the founding of the nation, with the excuse exactly as what Zhu Yan had mentioned.
At that time, Zhu Yan was only three or four years old and had two older brothers.
Zhang Hongzhi divorced after he was granted a military rank, in ’55, with the rank of colonel, and Zhu Yan is only sixteen now.
Zhu Yan’s mother, Leng Xueyan, was an extremely spirited woman who did not leave any of the children to Zhang Hongzhi after their divorce. Instead, she took the children and remarried through the introduction of fellow villagers to a middle-aged widow who had lost his wife and had no children. The children took his surname Zhu, and now the family lived happily—Zhu Yan’s brothers, one serving in the military and the other working as a laborer, both married and had their own children. As for Zhang Hongzhi, he had no children after his remarriage, which Zhu Yan found quite satisfying.
"So I decisively rejected Comrade Jiu Hong. I didn’t reply to his letter, afraid of leaving any evidence; I told him directly, ’You’re a man with a revolutionary partner, plus you have two daughters fostered at Sister Tian Ling’s home. As a husband and a father, you have your own responsibilities. I don’t accept the pursuit of someone who already has a partner.’ Qingxue, my answer was impeccable, wasn’t it?"
"You spoke correctly, and your response was excellent!" Feng Qingxue praised.
Zhu Yan initially felt pleased but then her face fell. "Now I’m really scared. What if Comrade Jiu Hong is divorcing Lu Zhaodi because of what I said, because I stated I wouldn’t accept the pursuit of someone who’s partnered? What if he thinks I said that deliberately, to get him to divorce and then pursue me? If that’s what he thinks, wouldn’t I be the chief culprit?"
Feng Qingxue consoled, "It has nothing to do with you."
"Really? But my heart is still in turmoil."