Early in the morning, Chang Le Lane was bustling with the loud banging of doors.
Everyone has just gotten up and is busy washing up and cooking. After eating, they will go to work or school.
Hearing the loud noise, everyone was startled and peeked out of their houses to see what had happened.
Then I saw that the gate to number 38 had been kicked open.
A young woman, leading a group of Revolutionary Committee members wearing red armbands, was rushing into the courtyard.
Then I heard a series of clattering sounds in the yard, like something falling to the ground, followed by the sound of a door being banged on.
Then a woman's scream rang out: "Ah! You adulterous couple! Shameless sluts! Lu Kai, you bastard, you actually cheated on me with someone else! It's one thing to cheat on someone else, but to cheat on your own sister-in-law?"
"You are utterly depraved!"
This statement contained a huge amount of information and left everyone confused.
Even the Revolutionary Committee members wearing red armbands were stunned.
They just received a tip-off, came to catch someone cheating, to see who was having an affair, so they could arrest them and parade them through the streets to complete their monthly quota, right?
What an amazing couple we caught!
It's one thing for a wife to personally catch her husband cheating!
Is this a case of the brother-in-law and sister-in-law having an affair?
Everyone's eyes widened and their ears perked up.
The neighbors stopped cooking, brushing their teeth, and washing their faces, forgetting their usual fear of the Revolutionary Committee, and surrounded the entrance to the courtyard.
The neighbors who were a little late and missed the front to see the gossip started racking their brains. Those who lived nearby set up their own tables and benches, stood on them, and tiptoed to watch.
Some people carried ladders and propped them against the courtyard wall to watch, while others climbed trees to see.
Anyway, it was surrounded by people all around it.
The courtyard was bustling with activity.
Xu Zhenzhu slapped Meng Ruyi across the face, then pounced on her like a madwoman, hitting, cursing, biting, and kicking her: "You slut! You whore! Don't you have your own man? You stole someone else's man? Of all people to steal from, you stole your own brother-in-law? You immoral whore!"
"You look like a promiscuous woman who'll seduce anyone. You'll die if you don't have a man by your side, won't you? You've seduced quite a few men, haven't you? Aren't other men enough for you? Why do you have to seduce your own brother-in-law? How can you be so shameless?"
"Today I'm going to tear off your vixen face! I'll see who wants you without that face! You slut! You stinking whore, ridden by a thousand men, trampled by ten thousand, you bitch..."
Xu Zhenzhu kept uttering foul language, and her hands were also busy.
Caught off guard, Meng Ruyi was slapped by Xu Zhenzhu, then scratched on the face, and had a strand of her hair pulled out before she finally came to her senses.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Lu Kai standing there, stunned. She pursed her lips and immediately squeezed out two lines of tears.
There was no need to squeeze; the pain on her face and scalp made her tears flow uncontrollably. While pretending to be caught off guard and helpless, she cried, but when no one was watching, she desperately pinched Xu Zhenzhu's waist, chest, and other embarrassing places.
A moment later, she pleaded pitifully with Lu Kai, "Kai, Kai, save me—"
Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were red and swollen, and there was a bloody scratch on her face from Xu Zhenzhu's scratch. Coupled with her pitiful expression, she looked exceptionally endearing.
Lu Kai snapped out of his daze and saw Meng Ruyi's state. The fear of being caught in the act and the blankness in his mind instantly vanished. He reflexively rushed over and dragged Xu Zhenzhu away, shouting, "What are you doing? Let go of Ruyi—"
Xu Zhenzhu turned her head and saw that Lu Kai was still helping Meng Ruyi at this time. She immediately became furious. Her eyes, which were already red with anger, were filled with tears: "You are still protecting this bitch at this time?"
She couldn't bear to confront Lu Kai, so she turned around and went to beat Meng Ruyi instead.
Meng Ruyi huddled up in a ball, crying pitifully, looking like a little white flower battered by frost.
Enraged, Lu Kai grabbed Xu Zhenzhu's arm and slapped her across the face: "Are you never going to stop? If you lay a finger on Ruyi again, you'll see what I do to you!"
After saying that, he left Xu Zhenzhu and hurried to help Meng Ruyi.
Meng Ruyi huddled in Lu Kai's arms, sobbing uncontrollably, only able to utter one sentence: "Kai, Kai, what should we do? What should we do?"
Lu Kai felt both pity and love for him, and held him in his arms, comforting him: "It's okay! It's okay!"
Xu Zhenzhu's face was deathly pale, with a huge handprint on her left cheek, which was swollen. She stared blankly at Lu Kai and Meng Ruyi as if she had lost her mind.
Even the members of the Revolutionary Committee and the onlookers couldn't stand it anymore.
"Holy crap! How shameless! They were being attacked by someone's wife at their door, and they were still hugging each other!"
"These adulterous couple, if it were me, I would chop them to pieces with a knife!"
"This is outrageous!"
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The leader of the Revolutionary Committee frowned and spoke up: "We received a report that someone is having illicit sexual relations here. It's you two, isn't it?"
Lu Kai's face turned pale, and he glared at Xu Zhenzhu again, barely suppressing his anger as he said, "You must have made a mistake! Or someone is making a false accusation! This is my sister-in-law, we are uncle and sister-in-law! My older brother is a soldier and rarely comes back. I'm worried about my sister-in-law's safety, so I sometimes use my older brother's name to stay here for a couple of nights. It's definitely not about having an affair!"
"Was it my wife who reported it? My wife is from the countryside. After she married me, she kept pestering me to find jobs for her family members. When I refused, she would make a scene at home! I couldn't take it anymore, so I came to my sister-in-law's place for a few days to relax! She was just holding a grudge because I didn't arrange jobs for her family members, so she deliberately made a false accusation!"
Leaving aside the people in the Revolutionary Committee, quite a few people outside actually believed it to some extent.
After all, everyone had seen Xu Zhenzhu's seemingly insane state just now.
Moreover, hearing Lu Kai speak clearly and logically, she looked at Xu Zhenzhu with some suspicion.
Lu Kai seized the opportunity and said, "Pearl, I know you're angry that I didn't arrange jobs for your family! But you can't just make baseless accusations in a fit of anger! I can let it go, but you've ruined your sister-in-law's reputation. How is she supposed to face people after this? How is my brother supposed to face people? Are you deliberately trying to make our family suffer?"
The Revolutionary Committee member glanced at Lu Kai discreetly, then looked at Xu Zhenzhu: "Comrade Xu, what do you think of Comrade Lu's claim that you made baseless accusations?"
Xu Zhenzhu gave a bitter laugh and stared intently at Lu Kai, making Lu Kai feel a chill run down his spine. However, thinking of Meng Ruyi in his arms, he hardened his heart and said sternly, "Why don't you come over and apologize to your sister-in-law? What are you standing there for? You may not care about your reputation, but I do!"
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