Chapter 178
“You shameless pair! How dare you engage in an affair! Do you have no shame?! Disgusting!” Yu Siping charged forward like an angry shrew.
However, she was slapped hard and sent sprawling to the ground before she could lay a hand on the couple.
“You idiot, which eye did you use to see us having an affair?” Jiang Quansheng stared at Yu Siping with a dark and threatening look.
With red eyes, filled with anger and frustration, Yu Siping stared at him and Dong Jiaxuan. But her fear of Jiang Quansheng made her hesitant to say anything. She looked to her father-in-law for help, hoping he would mediate the situation.
However, Team Leader Jiang warned her with a threatening tone, “Quansheng met with Educated Youth Dong here; they may have something to discuss. Their clothes are intact. What can they possibly do? Just because you see a man and a woman together doesn’t mean they are up to something.”
Yu Siping wiped her tears away, and gradually calmed down. She was currently pregnant with Quansheng’s child, and she had no evidence of Quansheng’s affair with someone else. If she didn’t help cover up the situation involving Quansheng and Dong Jiaxuan, she feared that there would be consequences when she returned home.
Wiping her eyes, she got up from the ground and pretended to be calm as she asked, “What are you two doing here? I saw you just went out and returned. Did you bring something back?”
“She asked me to lend her some money,” Jiang Quansheng explained coldly.
“Yes, I just asked Brother Quansheng for a loan,” Dong Jiaxuan quickly added and took out five yuan from her pocket. Seeing her man being so frugal with her, only buying her a meat bun in town while generously giving five yuan to this outsider, made Yu Siping furious to the point of feeling physical pain.
However, at this point, she had to restrain her anger. She smiled faintly and said, “Since Educated Youth Dong has come to our production team, if there’s any difficulty, we should support each other. But our family is not wealthy. Since it’s a loan, could you please write a promissory note?”
Dong Jiaxuan initially thought she could take the money for free and was reluctant to write a promissory note.
“Brother Quansheng, didn’t you say I can pay back the money whenever I want?”
This statement, in the midst of all the suspicious gazes, added even more intrigue to the situation. Jiang Quansheng was so furious that he wished he could slap some sense into this foolish woman. But for now, he could only smile awkwardly and say, “Just write a promissory note, but there’s no need to specify the repayment date.”
“Brother Quansheng…” Dong Jiaxuan was already traumatized by Su Xiaoxiao’s relentless pursuit of her debt, and she didn’t want to write a promissory note at all. But Jiang Quansheng suddenly turned to her and glared at her fiercely.
Her man’s normally gentle eyes were filled with a horrifying, twisted expression of murderous intent.
Dong Jiaxuan was frightened and dared not say anything more. She quickly nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll write one as soon as I go back.”
“Let’s go, we’ll head back to the educated youth dormitory to write it now,” Jiang Quansheng took a deep breath and spoke in a seemingly gentle tone.
However, as they were walking away, they heard Su Xiaoxiao’s sarcastic comments, “But it’s just five yuan, and it involved sending Pan Yongsheng to the Jiang family and coming here to meet up. And you have to go back and return the money later. Borrowing five yuan is now like conducting underground espionage. I’m really curious, why couldn’t you, Dong Jiaxuan, borrow the money yourself? Why couldn’t you do it at the educated youth dormitory gate? Why did you have to pick a secluded place with a house and a bed? And Dong Jiaxuan, how come your lips are swollen, and you’ve got two buttons undone on your clothes? People who are taller could see things they shouldn’t. I guess with Jiang Quansheng’s height, he had a great view, didn’t he?”
The spectators already had a good idea of what had happened. They hadn’t caught them in bed, and Jiang Quansheng was the son of Team Leader Jiang, so they couldn’t keep pestering them. But when they heard Su Xiaoxiao’s remarks, they suddenly got excited and looked at Dong Jiaxuan and Jiang Quansheng with more interest.
Dong Jiaxuan took a deep breath and then showed a wronged expression as she looked at Su Xiaoxiao. “Xiaoxiao, how could you think so lowly of me? We grew up together since childhood, and now Quansheng is your brother-in-law. Why do you insist on sullying our reputation? Also, if you hadn’t suddenly forced me to repay the meat ration, I wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to borrow money from Quansheng. The reason we took this detour was because of the money I owed you. I didn’t want the other from the educated youth dormitory to know I was borrowing money again, so I deliberately chose to come here.”
Su Xiaoxiao sneered and said, “Do you think we’d believe you? You’re really foolish if you think you can make fools out of us.”
Without waiting for Dong Jiaxuan to say more, Su Xiaoxiao turned and led her group away.
Tao Junlan was still on the sidelines, sighing, “She refused to pay for renovating the educated youth dormitory before, but now she suddenly took out the money. It turns out it’s because she’s having an affair with someone and has a man to support her. Tsk tsk tsk, she has no shame.”
She said this loudly, as if she wanted everyone to hear, deliberately raising her voice a couple of notches.
Dong Jiaxuan was about to retort angrily but immediately heard other educated youth dormitory members agreeing.
“That’s right! It’s disgusting to be with someone like her. Can’t we just kick her out of here?”
Dong Jiaxuan was left speechless and didn’t know who to scold. She was afraid of offending these people, and if they got too angry, she might really be thrown out.
She could only cover her face and run away in tears.
Yu Siping, clutching her belly, moved slowly, thinking of catching up. But as she passed by Su Xiaoxiao, she heard her disdainfully mutter, “Someone has such a pitiable life. Pregnant with a child, and their man is having an affair outside. He even beats his wife openly. Poor them; not only have they lost face, but they also have to give up money. But that’s not the worst part. The most important thing is that with a big belly, she might end up dead. This man must want to kill his current wife and marry a new one who is as pretty as a flower.”
Yu Siping’s body stiffened suddenly. Although she wanted to pretend she didn’t understand, the anger left her trembling.
Jiang Quansheng saw that she was not moving and tried to push her, but he thought about Su Xiaoxiao’s previous words. He was afraid that if something happened to Yu Siping, he wouldn’t be able to clear his name.
He could only look at Su Xiaoxiao with a cold expression.
But Jiang Yexun, his younger brother, quickly took a step forward and blocked his line of sight.
“If you look at my wife again, I’ll beat you to death!”
Jiang Quansheng was furious, but when he thought about what Su Xiaoxiao had just said, he didn’t want to provoke her. He had no choice but to watch her daughter.
However, Team Leader Jiang quickly raised his hand and pointed at him, “You’ve gone too far! You’ve gone too far!”
“What? Are you treating the son who committed bigamy as a treasure, but regarded the son from your second marriage as hogweed? Team Leader Jiang, with your attitude, it’s hard to gain the people’s trust.”
Su Xiaoxiao sneaked a peek, sarcastically threatening.