Rebirth: 1977

Xia Zilan took the divorce application form written by her brother, on which Xia Minglei signed on her behalf, and went to the district civil affairs bureau to handle the divorce procedures.

Both sides have been greeted, and even Xia Minglei doesn't want any further trouble to arise at this point.

After all, it was his daughter who was wrong, and the evidence was firmly on her.

He did not go to Pengcheng to collect the divorce certificate and get the matter done completely because he was afraid that many people here would know about it and rumors would spread in the future, which would affect his leadership position in Pengcheng.

It just so happened that Xia Zijian didn't want such a shameful thing to be seen by the people in Pengcheng.

In 1984, Pengcheng was still just a small new city. Many new policies were constantly changing, and the speed of information transmission between various management departments was very fast.

There is a lack of strict system to constrain management.

It’s different in Beijing, where top officials may fight to the death for various reasons.

But when it comes to the family's interests and reputation, they will keep it tightly guarded. One move will affect the whole body. In places where Beijing officials can easily get hold of them, the relationships between them are complicated.

If we trace back a few generations, I'm afraid there is a layer of 'kinship' and nepotism involved.

Officials in Beijing were more sober-minded than those at the local level. They used marriages between wealthy families to ensure their own high positions and the prosperity and wealth of their families.

From ancient times to the present, it has been an eternal rule for officials to maintain their interest relations through marriage.

But what is different from ancient times is that there is no "collective punishment" among "families" now.

However, occasionally, superiors and subordinates will be implicated.

Although the marriage between Xia Zijian and Xia Yingying cannot be considered a marriage of arrangement, the fact that the two families are well matched has already played this role.

Now, if their divorce procedures are handled in Pengcheng, the process will indeed be much simpler and faster, but there are countless disadvantages.

Officials in Pengcheng come from all corners of the country and are full of vigor, but the openness of the market means that government affairs have almost no confidentiality.

It's like a big sieve, full of holes.

If something is done well today, perhaps all kinds of speculations will spread quietly in every corner tomorrow.

Although it was Xia Yingying who made the mistake, as the other party involved, Xia Zijian also did not want his "scandal" to be known to others and become a topic of conversation after dinner.

Although it may seem like trying to cover up one's own faults, it is always good to avoid it.

Not to mention Xia Minglei, he has his privileges in controlling policies.

But it is impossible to cover up public opinion with one hand!

In fact, precisely because it was Leader Xia's family affair, it was more likely to attract attention and interest from all parties.

What happened in Pengcheng could be transmitted back to the capital in minutes, and in the end, everyone who wanted to know would know, and even those who didn't want to know would know.

It's different in the capital. No matter they are old wealthy and powerful official families or new nobles, they all have some "conventions" that cannot be broken and must be followed.

Once some rules are set, someone needs to maintain them.

So, where can these two people apply for a divorce certificate? Both parties have reached a tacit consensus.

Zi Lan represented her brother, and another party could also be represented by someone else. At the agreed time and place, the person who came was Xia Yingying's mother, Qiao Jingyu.

There was no way. Xia Yingying herself was definitely unwilling to be involved in such an embarrassing matter.

Is it even more impossible to let someone else replace him?

Unless her brothers and sisters are willing to take her place, this "family shame" can still be covered up.

But Xia Yingying's brothers and sisters all hold positions in the company, and they all have to save face. If the divorce was simply due to "emotional discord", it would be fine.

But it involves shameful things and no one wants to get involved.

Qiao Jingyu had no way of refusing; her daughter's affairs were her responsibility.

He put on sunglasses and came with his daughter's marriage certificate, household registration book and ID card.

Fortunately, the couple’s household registration was originally kept in Beijing, so their household registration was not moved after marriage, and the two did not have separate household registration books.

Zi Lan did not attend her brother's wedding banquet and did not know Xia Minglei's wife. In fact, she had never met Xia Yingying in person.

I've only seen her picture.

Two people meet in the same place, they don't know each other, but they know each other's identity.

Looking at Qiao Jingyu, who was about 60% similar to Xia Yingying, Zi Lan nodded politely:

"Hello, Auntie. I'm Xia Zilan. I'm here today to handle the formalities on behalf of my brother."

The divorce of her brother and sister-in-law was one thing, but they had agreed that it would not affect the "friendship" between the two families, so she took the initiative to say hello.

Qiao Jingyu stared at Zi Lan fiercely for a few times, feeling extremely jealous.

Thinking of Xia Minglei's warning, no matter how furious he was in his heart, the expression on his face subsided.

"You are Zijian's sister? Oh, my daughter and your brother have been married for more than half a year, and this is the first time we meet.

Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder their relationship has always been lukewarm, it turns out that my Yingying is not liked by her husband's family."

Zi Lan heard the sarcasm in Qiao Jingyu's words, lowered his eyes, hiding the coldness in his eyes, and smiled faintly:

“Yes, when my brother got married, I happened to be in Hong Kong Island to take care of my pregnancy, so I didn’t have the opportunity to attend his wedding banquet.

When my husband and I were passing by Yangcheng Railway Station with our children, I thought that my sister-in-law, whom I had never met, would definitely come to pick us up.

I prepared a lot of gifts for her, but unfortunately, Ling Qianjin had to accompany her friends from Beijing. Even if she was in Guangzhou at the beginning, and even if my brother said that a car would pick her up, she would not be willing to leave her friends and take an hour to see my husband, wife and children. "

When Qiao Jingyu heard the words "friends in Beijing", her face changed color. She certainly understood what Xia Zilan meant.

Her face was burning with anger. It was those 'friends in Beijing' who harmed her daughter!

But she really didn't know about this.

"At that time, I thought, what kind of rich and powerful person is so arrogant? She doesn't like me, her future sister-in-law, but I am generous and can let it go.

What is confusing is that my husband has invested in many projects in Pengcheng, and Leader Xia has always shown respect and welcome to him?

My husband and I were puzzled at the time. Was it Leader Xia who instructed Ling Qianjin to do this? Was he being two-faced towards my family and my husband?

Or was it Ling Qianjin's own decision?

Speaking of which, the fate between people is destined, blame my brother, "

Xia Zilan sat down in front of the clerk's desk, her expression becoming much colder:

"Speaking of which, it's really my brother's fault. He didn't recognize his own position and identity, didn't know the principle of 'birds of a feather flock together', and blindly tried to 'climb up' to Ling's daughter.

It's over. Leader Qiao, please sit down too. Have you brought all the information?

Today, let us help them put things right and put an end to this evil relationship once and for all."

As a trade union chairperson, Qiao Jingyu deals with people all day long. She is eloquent and has a strong background, which allows her to maintain her superior attitude.

Whatever she said was what it meant, but today Xia Zilan left her speechless.

She opened and closed her mouth several times but couldn't utter a word.

His face turned purple and his eyes looked fierce and aggrieved.

Zi Lan glanced at her coldly and reminded Qiao Jingyu:

"Take out the documents. The staff is already urging us to get the formalities done. I have a baby boy at home.

There's no time to waste here with you."

She originally wanted to give Qiao Jingyu a good face for Xia Minglei's sake and not to fall out with him because of her brother's divorce.

Who knew that she would start to tease me? Did she really think that my whole family were vegetarians?

When she heard that Xia Yingying had done such a shameless thing, she felt sorry for her brother.

Her brother was such a promising young man, a young public security officer with a bright future, but his life was ruined by two women.

This caused him to get married twice and divorced twice. He is now a 30-year-old man, while his peers have already had children.

But now he is alone and single, and her parents don’t know when they will have a grandchild!

This Qiao Jingyu is definitely not a good person. No wonder he raised such a shameless daughter!