Wang Jianfen's hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, only a few centimeters away from Jiang Ningyan's face.
He turned around angrily and saw a middle-aged woman walking towards him quickly.
She was well-maintained, her hair was combed meticulously, and there was a sense of majesty between her eyebrows.
Wang Jianfen was stunned, the fierce look on her face disappeared in an instant, and she took a step back stammering.
"Are you... Director Gao?"
If she wasn't mistaken, this woman seemed to be Deputy Director Gao of the Education Bureau? Commander Lu's wife?
Gao Qiaolan walked to Jiang Ningyan, put her arm around her shoulders, and examined her from head to toe with concern.
Seeing that she was not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Wang Jianfen with a cold face.
"What's going on? Who allowed you to openly beat people in the military area?"
"I, I..." Wang Jianfen lost her confidence and stammered, "She seduced my husband, Lao Liu, and destroyed our family. I want to ask for an explanation!"
"Where's the evidence?" Gao Qiaolan's voice suddenly rose. "Just based on a few rumors, you dare to hit someone? Do you know what kind of problem this is?"
If Old Lu had not been out of town and asked her to come to the military district to submit the documents on his behalf, she would never have witnessed this blatant scene of bullying her daughter!
Cold sweat broke out on Wang Jianfen's forehead. She didn't expect Gao Qiaolan to suddenly appear, and she didn't expect her to protect that little bitch so much.
"You don't know her. Many people in this unit know her. She has a bad style..."
Gao Qiaolan snorted coldly, "You mean, you know my daughter better than I do?"
The onlookers immediately started whispering to each other.
"I heard that the Lu family adopted a goddaughter, and it turns out to be Jiang Ningyan!"
"Hiss, if that's the case, then Comrade Jiang is Chief Lu's godsister..."
"With this background, who would look up to Captain Liu? Comrade Jiang is not blind..."
Seeing the wind change, Wang Jianfen panicked.
She has always had a hot temper and was impatient. When she heard that a bitch dared to touch her husband, Old Liu, she immediately rushed over to demand an explanation.
But this time, she seemed to have hit a wall.
She stammered, her fingers leaving two streaks of sweat on her collar. "Maybe I heard it wrong, Comrade Xiao Jiang. This is a misunderstanding. It's all my fault..."
"Misunderstanding?" Jiang Ningyan tilted her head and blinked at her. "Weren't you quite capable just now? Calling someone a vixen and even hitting them?"
Every time she took a step forward, Wang Jianfen took a step back with a pale face.
Before he could finish his sentence, the sound of the jeep rolling over the gravel road startled a few sparrows and raised a cloud of dust from the roadside.
Before the car came to a complete stop, a tall figure pushed open the door and strode down.
It’s Lu Bingchuan.
He was dressed in military uniform, the stars on his epaulettes gleamed coldly in the sunlight, his angular jawline was taut, and his eyes swept across everyone present like a knife.
Behind him, the commander of the Second Regiment, Liu Jinbu, got out of the car in a panic, with beads of sweat already on his forehead.
"What's going on?"
Lu Bingchuan's voice was as cold as ice, his eyes fixed on Wang Jianfen, "I heard someone here is spreading rumors and slandering you?"
Jiang Ningyan's eyes lit up, and she trotted over to him, her voice trembling like a frightened deer.
"Brother Chuan, this elder sister said that I seduced Captain Liu and called me a vixen..."
Jiang Ningyan would not bully others on her own initiative, but once someone provoked her, she would not be a softie who could be bullied.
Especially when you have someone to back you up.
Lu Bingchuan looked down at her and saw that her eyes were red and pitiful. Her cold brows immediately softened a little.
He raised his hand and rubbed the top of her head. "Don't be afraid, I'll take care of it."
Liu Jinbu's face turned pale with fear. He quickly walked up to Wang Jianfen and shouted in a low voice, "What are you crazy about? I've never even met this woman. Who on earth told you this nonsense?"
Wang Jianfen was incoherent. "A lot of people outside were saying, they saw you with this woman in the cinema last week..."
"Bullshit!" Liu Jinbu's face turned blue with anger. "I was in the army training last week and didn't even go home!"
When Wang Jianfen saw him scolding her mercilessly in front of so many people, the anger that she had been suppressing came out.
"You still have the nerve to yell at me? If you hadn't been away from home all day, would I have suspected you were fooling around with a vixen?"
Liu Jinbu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and veins on his temples were bulging. He felt that he was about to lose face because of this woman in public.
"Idiot! Shut up!"
The two of them were arguing more and more loudly, and it was really out of control.
Lu Bingchuan's handsome face darkened, "That's enough."
His voice was not loud, but the oppressive feeling was extremely strong, and the two people who had been at odds with each other suddenly became silent.
Lu Bingchuan took a step forward, and his military boots made a "click" sound on the ground.
"You have three seconds to name the person who spread the rumor."
Wang Jianfen was frightened by his momentum and took a few steps back, her back hitting the iron frame of the bulletin board. The faded slogan of "Five Speaks, Four Beauties and Three Loves" rattled in the glass frame.
"Yes, it was Director Chen!" she cried out, "Last Friday in the boiler room, she said she saw Lao Liu and Comrade Jiang arguing with each other!"
The crowd suddenly erupted in excitement. Accountant Song, who was cracking some sunflower seeds, spat out the shells. "I knew it! Director Chen told me the other day that Xiao Jiang was running into the group leader's office every day!"
"That's right!" The doorman, Old Sun, shouted, "Yesterday she even gave me half a pack of Daqianmen and told me to keep an eye on where Comrade Xiao Jiang went after get off work!"
After everyone discussed it, they found out that the source of the rumor was just one person - Chen Meiqi.
Jiang Ningyan seemed to be lost in thought. This was within her expectations.
Chen Meiqin disliked her in every way, and she refused to bow her head and please her, so naturally she would find ways to make trouble for her.
I just didn't expect that they would use such a low and despicable trick.
In this era, a lesbian's reputation is more important than anything else.
Once an unmarried woman is labeled as having "problematic conduct", she becomes like a piece of white cloth stained with ink, which can never be washed clean.
Although it was an era without the Internet, gossip could be exaggerated and spread throughout the city overnight. Even if a lesbian got married later, her in-laws would look at her strangely. No matter how well she worked, there would still be people talking about her behind her back.
Suddenly someone shouted, "Director Chen is here!" The crowd became agitated and a crack appeared in their throat.
Chen Meiqi walked over holding an enamel pot, with the words "Advanced Worker" written in glaring red on the pot.
There was still a smile on her face as if she was enjoying the show, but she froze the moment she saw Lu Bingchuan.
"Oh, this is..."
She felt something was wrong and turned to leave, but was stopped by Captain Liu with a stern shout.
"Comrade Chen Meiqin, come here quickly and explain your problem clearly!"
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