Chapter 186 You Are the Most Shameless
"Is there any difficulty?"
Su Wan asked with concern.
Lin Yue didn't hide it, but openly admitted, "My sister is still short of tuition. My family said they can't let her go to school because they don't have the money. But I want her to continue her studies, so I want to send some money back."
In the 1980s, it was normal for older brothers and sisters to help their younger siblings, and Su Wan didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
She nodded and asked, "I'll give you a hundred dollars in advance, and it will be deducted from your salary."
After saying that, Su Wan went to the drawer and counted out ten big unity notes and gave them to Lin Yue, then wrote a receipt and asked her to sign it.
Lin Yue thanked him and continued to greet the guests.
Business was good, and Su Wan was there to greet customers. After the group of customers left, she spoke to Lin Yue, "Sister Xiaohua has something to do and won't be able to come to the store to cook for a while. In the meantime, you can go buy food across the street. Don't starve yourself. If you don't have time, you can ask the boss lady across the street to deliver it."
"Don't worry, boss. We know what's going on."
After explaining everything to Lin Yue, Su Wan left the store.
She did not go back to Grandma Zhao's house, but prepared to return to the army.
Since she had nothing to do, she planned to visit Beijing and Shanghai. However, it might not be safe to drive alone, so she wanted to ask Lin Wu if he could help her get a plane ticket.
After buying groceries for the day, Su Wan drove the car into the yard and heard the sound of quarreling in the courtyard.
The quarrel seemed to be happening in the yard next door. Su Wan didn't think too much about it. He raised his leg and wanted to go upstairs. He faintly heard his own name in there.
She stopped suddenly and heard Wang Mei's voice.
"Zhang Tao, others may not know, but don't try to fool me. Others think I'm being unreasonable, but you know better than anyone whether you have any feelings for Su Wan. I'm not wronging you. You even called Su Wan's name when you went to bed at night. Even if you two have nothing to do with each other, you must have other thoughts about her."
Su Wan was completely dumbfounded when she heard this.
What does this have to do with her?
But after hearing Wang Mei's confident words, Su Wan couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Wang Mei has been targeting me. Is it really because Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang has some evil intentions towards me?
Before she could think carefully, she heard Zhang Tao's intermittent voice coming from the other side, "I said, Comrade Su Wan and I have no relationship at all. Can you please stop making trouble all day long?"
"Besides, you're already having an affair. I haven't disturbed your life, so please don't disturb mine either."
Zhang Tao was really fed up.
Unable to get a divorce, he felt as if his life was coming to an end.
These days, because of the uproar over Wang Mei and Wei Ping's affair, everyone in the army looked at him with a hint of pity.
Even if he wanted to completely ignore those strange looks, he had no way.
They laughed at themselves even louder.
Zhang Tao doesn't want to go home at all now. As soon as he returns home, he will think of what his teammates said. He even wonders if Wang Mei and Wei Ping did something on the bed he slept on?
This feeling has caused him a lot of mental stress recently, and he is on the verge of collapse.
If Wang Mei continued to press him like this, he felt that he might really explode.
Sadly, he has children.
No matter what, he has to think about his children.
When Wang Mei heard Zhang Tao mention Wei Ping, her smug expression suddenly darkened.
She said awkwardly, "If it weren't for you, how could I possibly look for another man outside? Let's not talk about this anymore. You have to remember that I risked my life to give birth to a child to carry on the family line for your family. You owe me that."
"You're right, I owe you this."
Zhang Tao did not refute. After saying this, he left quickly.
Wang Mei looked at his back as he left, and spat on the ground with a "Puh".
She muttered to herself, "After so many years of marriage, I still don't know what's in your mind. I'm telling you, it's impossible to dump me. I'm just going to frame you for liking Su Wan. I want to see if you can get rid of this title."
Unfortunately, no one heard her words.
Su Wan returned to the house, turned on the air conditioner, and made herself a bowl of noodles.
Sister-in-law Wei was not in the yard. She felt a little out of place with the other sisters-in-law, but she didn't think much about it. After eating the noodles, she lay down on the bed to rest.
She was a little tired during this period and didn't want to think about anything. She just wanted to lie on the bed and die.
When she woke up, it was already the next day.
There seemed to be a quarrel in the courtyard. Su Wan turned over and didn't care what they were arguing about. He closed his eyes and wanted to continue sleeping.
Unfortunately, those people early in the morning just don’t want to let people sleep.
She got up from the bed, and before she had even washed up, she heard her sisters-in-law quarreling and trying to stop the fight downstairs.
It seemed that the other sister-in-law was arguing with Wang Mei. The argument was probably about Wang Mei scolding their child. The quarrel between the two families became more and more fierce, and Su Wan heard the sister-in-law say something.
"We're all from the same compound, don't be so shameless. Everyone knows what you did. You dared to bring your adulterer into the room late at night and cuckold Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang. You really have no shame at all."
"Xiao Fang is from the same courtyard as us. You seduced her husband. Be careful of retribution in the future!"
When Wang Mei heard this, she was furious.
She pointed at her sister-in-law and cursed, "If you dare to say that again, I will tear your mouth apart."
"Who's talking nonsense? Everyone in the military camp knows that you, Wang Mei, are the most slutty. Who wouldn't mess around with someone from the same compound? Who doesn't know about your dirty deeds with Wei Ping?"
"You're talking nonsense. We are both innocent now."
"Innocent?"
The sister-in-law was so angry that she laughed. "The night before last, Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang went on a mission. As soon as he left, you brought him into the room. Don't think I didn't know. The creaking sound of the bed almost echoed throughout the entire compound."
After Wang Mei was exposed, she was shaking with anger.
But there was no way she would admit it.
No one knew why Zhang Tao, who was on a mission, suddenly came back, but she would never admit it.
She stiffened her neck and said, "If you have the guts, show me the evidence instead of framing me here."
"Then next time you have sex in your room, I will call all the sisters-in-law in the yard to come over and see what shameless things you two are doing."
"You're here every day accusing people without any evidence. Let me tell you, I'm not someone you can easily mess with. If you can't find any evidence, I'll report you to the chief."
Wang Mei's shameless words made the other sisters-in-law in the compound roll their eyes.
Generally, people are too embarrassed to talk about such things. We all live in the same compound and see each other every day. No one wants to make things too ugly.
But what Wang Mei just said really opened the eyes of the sisters-in-law.
People who steal do it secretly. After all, people in the 1980s were simple and honest. Even if someone was thick-skinned, they would not dare to say it in front of others. The crime of hooliganism would result in punishment. Most of them did it secretly, and few of them were as righteous as Wang Mei.
While I was angry, I couldn't help but feel bad for Zhang Tao.
It would be a misfortune for the family to marry a wife like this.
Seeing that the sister-in-law couldn't refute anything and no one else dared to speak, Wang Mei became more and more proud, and even her tone was a little cold.
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, but you'd better not mess with me, or I'll definitely cause trouble for you."
Encountering such a shameless person, the sister-in-law was so angry that her face turned red but she could do nothing about it.
Tears welled up in my eyes, but I couldn't utter a word. I was shaking with anger.
"Alright, alright, we're all from the same compound, stop arguing."
Sister Qiu spoke at the right time, and the other sisters-in-law also pulled that sister-in-law away, comforting her:
"Let's go somewhere else and rest for a while. Don't get yourself hurt by being angry."
The sister-in-law was still shaking, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I have never seen such a shameless person."
My sister-in-law is new. She is the wife of Deputy Battalion Commander Qian who was transferred here a few months ago.
Because she was new and came from an intellectual family, she was always gentle to others. Unfortunately, her neighbor was Wang Mei. Seeing that she was easy to talk to and had a good family background, she initially came to borrow things from her, but later she directly pulled out vegetables from her house, took her things, and even revealed some bad words intentionally or unintentionally.
Mrs. Qian didn't want to cause any unpleasantness with others in the compound, so she endured it.
But today in the compound, as soon as she put on her newly bought red dress, Wang Mei started to tease her behind her back, saying that she was wearing such provocative clothes when her man was not at home, and she must be planning to go out and have an affair.
This made Mrs. Qian very angry, and the two of them started arguing.
When Su Wan went downstairs, Mrs. Qian was still complaining bitterly at Mrs. Qiu's house.
The other sisters-in-law also comforted her and asked her not to bother with Wang Mei, but Sister Qian had only been married for half a year and was not very old. She must have been raised in the palm of her hand since she was a child. The more they tried to persuade her, the more aggrieved she felt. She cried out of breath, which made the other sisters-in-law very anxious.
Seeing Su Wan coming down, Mrs. Qiu hurriedly called out, "Xiao Su, come and persuade Yingying."
Mrs. Qian’s name is Zhou Ying. Since she just arrived, everyone calls her by her nickname Yingying.
Su Wan, who was suddenly called, could only walk towards Mrs. Qiu. Looking at Zhou Ying who was crying, he felt helpless.
She really didn't know how to comfort people, and she didn't know what was going on, so she could only sit in front of Zhou Ying dryly.
"Sister Qiu, I don't know anything. How can I be at peace?"
Before Mrs. Qiu could speak, the other sisters-in-law had already started talking about what happened.
When Su Wan heard that it was because of Wang Mei, she was speechless.
"Wang Mei and I have always had a bad relationship. It's really hard for me to persuade her. Either stop associating with her or have a fight. After all, there won't be any punishment from the higher authorities if family members fight..."
Before she could finish her words, Mrs. Qiu rubbed her brows and interrupted her, "Xiao Su, how could you let them fight?"
Su Wan looked at them innocently, "Sister-in-law, you asked me to comfort you."
Mrs. Qiu opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say for a moment.
Zhou Ying stopped crying because of Su Wan's words just now, but her shoulders were still shaking slightly, like a pitiful little thing.
Blinking her tearful eyelashes, she asked Su Wan, "You...you are Captain Chen's lover, right?"
"Yes, I'm Su Wan."
"Hello, sister-in-law. My name is Zhou Ying. My husband came to the army a few months ago. I didn't see you in the compound before, so I should have paid you a visit."
Zhou Ying spoke softly and gently, completely different from the high-pitched voice she had just used.
"I'm not often in the compound, but I still encountered it."
Su Wan was smiling, and Zhou Ying looked at her and smiled unconsciously.
Seeing her smile, the other sisters-in-law also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister-in-law, were you serious about the fight you just mentioned?"
"Of course I'm serious. You're being bullied because you're soft-hearted. Fight her and you'll behave yourself."
"If I fight her, will it cause trouble for Qian Yu?"
Qian Yu is Zhou Ying's lover. She endured it because she was worried that if she quarreled with someone as soon as she arrived, it would give other sisters-in-law a bad impression of their family.
"As long as family matters don't go too far, the higher-ups won't interfere."
Hearing this, Zhou Ying's eyes lit up.
She seemed to recall something and said to Su Wan, "Sister-in-law, I heard Wang Mei say a few days ago that Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang likes you. She also told me about this. You have to be careful. She seems to be saying bad things about you everywhere."
Zhou Ying had a good feeling about Su Wan and thought that she would not be such a person, so she said it out loud.
Su Wan didn't care. Wang Mei had spread rumors about her several times before. As long as she didn't say it to her face, she would pretend not to know.
Just as he was about to say something, Mrs. Qiu spoke up for Su Wan first.
"That's just her nonsense. Xiao Su and Chen Yuan have a great relationship, everyone in the compound knows that. She just can't stand seeing them doing well, and she's always going around saying nonsense. We've talked to her several times, but it's no use."
Zhou Ying suddenly didn't know what to say. She had known before that everyone seemed to dislike playing with Mrs. Zhang, but she didn't expect that she was actually such a person.
She remembered that her sister-in-law seemed to have reminded her subtly before, and she thought that after all, they lived in the same compound, so she thought it was no big deal.
Thinking about it now, I feel so regretful.
Looking at her ever-changing expressions, everyone could guess what she was thinking.
Mrs. Qiu also comforted her, "Yingying, don't think too much. As long as you don't deal with Wang Mei, just turn a blind eye to other things. We are all in the same courtyard, and we have to make a living."
Thinking of the incident that had been circulating in the compound before, Zhou Ying couldn't help but blurt out.
"So, is it true that she kicked Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang?"
The sisters-in-law coughed dryly a few times, "That's all in the past. We are not doctors, how can we have the nerve to ask about such things?"
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