Yu Meixia almost spat out her food before she could swallow it.

Zhou Pandi was all alone. After finishing her meal, she deliberately avoided Wu Laotai when leaving the canteen.

Zhou Pandi was caught by Director Ma in the afternoon and was severely reprimanded, and her factory benefits for the month were also canceled.

In the evening, the workers gradually went home after get off work.

Zhou Pandi rushed home first and intercepted Huang Mancang at the door.

After waiting for a while, as soon as he saw a pair of feet step across the threshold, he immediately grabbed the arm and pulled the person into the path in the yard.

I couldn't even see the person clearly, but I felt that the person's chest looked somewhat familiar, and I was about to open my mouth.

A somber voice rang in her ear, "Zhou Pandi...! Who did you just call?"

Something's not right about that voice. Zhou Pandi looked up and froze instantly. "Old...Old Hao?"

"Why is it you?"

Hao Ren's face darkened. "If you're not me, who do you think you are? Huang Mancang?"

"Who called me?"

Hao Ren's voice was not low, and Huang Mancang, who had just entered the courtyard, happened to hear it and subconsciously replied.

Zhou Pandi was pulled out by Hao Ren and dragged in front of Huang Mancang. "It's my wife who called you."

Zhou Pandi hung her head and remained silent, while Huang Mancang looked completely bewildered. Hao Ren immediately accused them of having something fishy going on based on their reactions.

"Tell me! When did you start?"

Huang Mancang was completely baffled by the question, "What are you talking about?"

Hao Ren felt a surge of green energy rising from his forehead. "Adulterous couple!"

Zhou Pandi's eyes darted around. If she went along with it now and admitted to having a relationship with Wu Mingxia's man, Wu Mingxia would be heartbroken if she found out.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Do you suspect I'm having an affair with your wife?"

As soon as Huang Mancang finished speaking, Hao Ren glared at him and his eyes began to blaze with fury. "So you admitted it!"

What the hell does this have to do with anything?

Does he look like the kind of person who would even look at this fat woman, Zhou Panting? Only Hao Ren would treat this gossipy old woman like a treasure.

Even though she doesn't contact him, he still contacts her. He should ask Zhou Pandi why she's making baseless accusations and trying to sow discord between the couple.

He took a day off today to wait outside the textile factory, hoping to find out what Zhou Pandi had said.

After calming down last night, he realized that Old Mrs. Wu wasn't the type to gossip outside the home. She had never done so before, and now that she had herself firmly under control, there was no reason for her to complain outside.

Sure enough, after asking several people, what they said was completely different from what Zhou Pandi had said yesterday.

"Even if she doesn't contact me, I'll still contact her. Why...?"

Zhou Pandi suddenly raised her face, tears streaming down her cheeks, "Old Hao, I'm sorry, but it's all Huang Mancang's fault, he forced me into this."

"You heard it too, he just said that even if I don't contact him, he'll still contact me!"

She spoke with such fervor, as if she were a respectable woman being forced into prostitution by a tyrant, effectively cutting off the second half of Huang Mancang's sentence.

Huang Mancang was furious. "What nonsense are you spouting, you stinking woman!"

Hao Ren gripped Zhou Pandi's wrist tightly with one hand, "So you were forced into this... I told you long ago, Huang Mancang beats his wife and is domineering, and you always went to watch the show, and now you've gotten yourself into trouble."

Seeing the couple working together to pin the blame on him, Huang Mancang simply waved his hand and was about to leave.

He didn't do anything, so how could they just do it on a whim?

The moment she lifted her foot, Zhou Pandi shook off Hao Ren and grabbed his leg, wailing loudly, "You can't just leave like this! What will I do if you leave?"

Just as Huang Mancang was about to shake off the persistent Zhou Pandi, a faint voice suddenly came from behind him, "What kind of show is this?"

Turning around, I saw it was Grandma Wu returning from grocery shopping, with Huang Xiaoqiang following behind her, his eyes wide open.

In his haste, Huang Mancang kicked Zhou Pandi aside and rushed forward to explain to Old Lady Wu.

“Mingxia, don’t misunderstand. I don’t know what’s wrong with Zhou Pandi this week? She’s like a mad dog, biting people everywhere.”

“Yesterday, Zhou Pandi also told me that you were complaining everywhere in the textile factory, saying bad things about me, and making people isolate me.”

Grandma Wu gave a faint "oh," leaving Huang Mancang's heart pounding with anxiety.

Huang Xiaoqiang acted as if he had wronged Old Lady Wu, but Old Lady Wu ignored him and went straight up the steps to Zhou Pan, who was still lying on the ground, and asked,

"Was it you who started the fight between my husband and me yesterday?"

Hao Ren was about to speak when Old Lady Wu stopped him, saying, "Let's keep things separate and figure out what happened yesterday first."

Zhou Pan smiled suddenly, "Yesterday? It was your man who contacted me, saying you're completely a different person, that you've tormented him to no end, and that you're not as gentle as me, nor as pretty."

Huang Xiaoqiang glared at Huang Mancang at first, but upon hearing the last sentence, he instantly looked away. Now he was certain that she had wronged Huang Mancang.

Old Mrs. Wu suddenly smiled, "Did he tell you all of this?"

"I didn't!" Huang Mancang exclaimed anxiously. He hadn't told anyone; it would be too embarrassing.

Old Mrs. Wu sighed and looked at her with pity in her eyes. Zhou Pan felt inexplicably angry at her gaze. What did she mean by looking at her like that? She hadn't said anything wrong!

Huang Mancang stepped forward, hands on his hips, and said, "Don't you even look at yourself? My wife is a thousand times prettier than you. Why would I look at you when I have such a beautiful wife?"

Zhou Pan gritted her teeth and insisted that Huang Mancang and she had an affair.

Hao Ren now realized that his wife was acting like a cross-eyed rooster when she faced Old Lady Wu. He recalled how she had eavesdropped under the Huang family's door the night before and looked so happy.

Based on what Old Lady Wu said about the fight between the two of them, she secretly believed what Huang Mancang said.

This woman was actually secretly instigating Huang Mancang and Old Lady Wu to fight, and now she's even proactively admitting that Huang Mancang is her lover.

Hao Ren thought it through, and his vision blurred.

After discovering the screen wall, many heads peeked out, and they immediately grabbed the short and chubby Zhou Pandi and took him home.

"Let me go! You trust Wu Mingxia, but you don't even trust your own wife? You coward, you wimp!"

With a 'snap', Zhou Pandi fell silent for a moment, followed by an even more intense roar.

Huang Mancang glanced nervously at Old Lady Wu, just about to apologize to her.

Grandma Wu walked straight past and headed into the courtyard. Huang Xiaoqiang shook his head and patted Huang Mancang, "Dad, good luck to you."

The houses in the courtyard were not soundproof, and the sounds of Zhou Pandi being beaten could be clearly heard.

Anyone with hearing knows about the commotion that just happened at the courtyard gate.

Huang Mancang covered his face and hurried home. More or less, people's eyes fell on him, which made him shiver.