Chapter 012 Su Youfu Shot His Own Thigh

"This... doesn't Officer Su seem like that kind of person?"

"What kind of person is he? His wife came to take him out to a restaurant to apologize, but then she heard him slandering himself. Does he seem like the kind of person who would do such a thing?"

Someone scoffed, "You can know a person's face but not their heart. I never expected that Secretary Su was this kind of person."

"...As they say, you can't make a sale if you're too eager. This Comrade Li is completely under Secretary Su's control, which is why Secretary Su dares to slander her like this!"

"What a waste of conscience..."

"No, shouldn't your focus be on the money? Comrade Li said that Secretary Su has been using all his money over the years to support widows..."

"Tsk tsk, the world is going to the dogs..."

"What we're saying is, even if you don't love someone, don't hurt them. Look at how heartbroken Comrade Li is, he looks like he's been dazed..."

"He looks like he's about to break down..."

Su Youfu felt his face burning with embarrassment at these words, glared fiercely at Li Banxia, ​​and raised his voice, "Everyone, don't listen to her nonsense, the truth is not what she said at all..."

"Tell me what happened!"

Li Banxia raised her hand and wiped her eyes, deliberately making them red, pretending to be a pitiful person who had suffered all kinds of grievances and just wanted the truth.

She had watched He Taohua feign weakness and innocence her whole life, and now she found it strangely easy to use.

"Su Youfu, do you dare to tell everyone the whole story? Or why don't you call over the pretty widow who was there at the time, and we can all tell the story together!"

Everyone gasped, looking at Su Youfu with expressions of utter astonishment, as if they'd just gotten the juiciest gossip.

Upon hearing this, Su Youfu's expression changed drastically, and he shouted at Li Banxia, ​​"What nonsense are you spouting? Shut up right now!"

"Smack!"

Li Banxia slapped Su Youfu across the face and said, "Su Youfu, people only resort to anger and shame to cover up the truth when they are in the wrong! If you haven't done anything wrong, what are you feeling guilty about?"

"I didn't! I just..."

Su Youfu paused for a moment, his mind racing. He took a couple of deep breaths before saying, "I just can't bear to see everyone being deceived by you."

That statement is not convincing at all.

The workers who had gathered to watch the spectacle all noticed something amiss.

Some people whispered among themselves, "Judging from the way they're acting, is there something fishy about their argument?"

I'm pretty sure it's true.

"You really can't tell from normal circumstances what Su Youfu is like..."

Su Youfu was both anxious and furious when he heard the discussion. He wanted to end the farce quickly and take Li Banxia away, but his usual killer gaze was now completely useless.

"Li Banxia, ​​stop making a scene! Look where you are! This isn't a place for you to run wild. Let's talk about this at home!"

"You know you can't run wild in this place..."

Li Banxia wasn't about to give up halfway through the fight. She pressed her advantage, staring directly at Su Youfu, "I've been supporting this whole family on my own. Have I ever skimped on your food or drink? You haven't contributed a single penny to the household. Have I ever said a bad word about you to anyone outside? Su Youfu, I know you didn't like me when you married me. I was the one who begged and pleaded to marry you. And you still don't like me now..."

Li Banxia's voice choked with sobs. She raised her hand to cover her face, then pretended to be strong and put it down again. "But you...you've really gone too far. How can I face my eldest son's wife and her family after you slander me like this? How can I face anyone in the auto parts factory's residential area after this?"

"How are you expecting my future daughter-in-law and future in-laws to view me, their future mother-in-law and future in-law? You've ripped my face off, thrown it on the ground, and stomped on it! Su Youfu, I'm a human being, I have a heart, I get hurt too..."

After saying these words, Li Banxia felt a lump in her throat, her eyes quickly filled with tears, which streamed down her face like a burst dam.

She recalled her past life, a life in which she had been deceived.

I felt like a fool, completely fooled!

What right did they have to hurt her like this?

What did she do to wrong them?

Unloved by her husband, disobedient by her children, she faces a desolate old age...

Li Banxia was in so much pain that she could barely stand.

The female employee standing nearby looked on with pity in her eyes.

Someone asked, "What do you mean by not taking a single penny home?"

"Comrade Li just mentioned that Su Youfu was using his salary to support a widow outside, and he probably gave all the money to that widow."

"Damn it, is this something a human being would do?"

"That's right, Comrade Li stayed at home bearing him children, raising him and supporting the whole family. Not only did he not contribute any money to the household, he even supported a widow! It's really..."

"Good heavens, could it be that all these years, such a large family has been supported by Comrade Li's salary?"

Everyone was drawn to this sentence and looked at Old Man Su.

Su Youfu's face turned pale, and he looked at Li Banxia with an extremely unpleasant expression.

Li Banxia snapped out of her daze and shook her head. "My eldest son and his wife give all their wages to the family. They're both filial children. They think it's too hard for me to support the family alone, so they give me all their earnings so I can catch my breath. I never expected... such a big misunderstanding..."

She turned to look at Old Man Su, "Su Youfu, this family doesn't belong to me alone, and the children don't belong to me alone either. If you don't want this family, you can just say so. I will never force you in the future. If you... want a divorce, I will support you. Anyway, your money and your heart are not in this family..."

The way everyone looked at Old Man Su changed.

"How deeply must someone be hurt for someone to say they'd support a divorce? Sigh..."

"Comrade Li has chosen the wrong person; it's so pitiful..."

"Su Youfu is so dishonest. He enjoys people's kindness while two-timing them. He's so old, he's shameless!"

"well……"

Old Su's face turned pale with anger, feeling he had never lost so much face.

Li Banxia has gone mad!

What did he say? He only picked out a few ambiguous words and said them, yet he provoked such a huge retaliation from her!

How is he supposed to work at the factory after this?!

Seeing the people around him pointing and whispering about him, and even the expressions that went from respect to disgust and disdain, Old Man Su couldn't take it anymore.

He felt things couldn't be allowed to develop this way.

He has to change the situation.

"Li Banxia, ​​you're lying! That's not how it happened at all. It was clearly the second brother who wanted the eldest brother's wife's job, to be given to his future wife, Cui Yuxia. You agreed to the second brother's request and even threatened to kill yourself to force the eldest brother's wife to give up the job to Cui Yuxia..."

This reversal successfully attracted even more onlookers.

One by one, they stood on tiptoe, straining their ears to listen more carefully.

Li Banxia looked at Old Man Su and asked, "And then?"

Old Su said, "...Then, you knocked yourself unconscious, and your eldest daughter-in-law cried and agreed."

"And then what?" Li Banxia asked with a mocking tone.

Old Man Su, "..."

Then Li Banxia woke up, regretted it, and gave the second son, who wanted the eldest son's wife to work, a thorough dressing down. But saying this did not clear his name.

On the contrary, it is advantageous to Li Banxia.

For the first time, Old Man Su felt that he had shot himself in the foot.

Now, how should he handle this situation?