The slap stunned Lu's mother, and she didn't react for a long time. She even dropped the vegetables she had bought on the ground without picking them up.
After slapping the vegetables, Mr. Lu was still not satisfied. Seeing the vegetables that had rolled to his feet, he kicked them, scattering the whole basket of vegetables all over the ground. Only then did he calm down a little.
Lu's mother, having recovered her senses, roared and pounced on him: "Lu Xing, you bastard! How dare you hit me? I'll fight you to the death today—"
Caught off guard, Mr. Lu's face was scratched with several bloody marks.
Then he saw that Lu's mother was scratching and biting him like a madwoman, so he impatiently pushed Lu's mother away.
"At a time like this, you're still being unreasonable? Come in here!" With that, he pulled Lu's mother into the house without allowing her to argue.
Lu's mother stumbled into the house, and Lu's father immediately asked, "Did you already know about the affair between the second son and the eldest son's wife?"
Lu's mother, who was gathering her immense power, suddenly panicked, but tried to remain calm: "Second son and eldest son's wife, what, what could possibly happen to them?"
Father Lu was so angry he nearly vomited blood: "You're still hiding it? Now the whole county probably knows! You're only keeping it from me, right? Keep hiding it! The second son and the eldest son's wife were caught in bed together by the second son's wife and arrested by the Revolutionary Committee! You'll be sending the second son jail food as soon as you get ready!"
Mrs. Lu was dumbfounded: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How did my second son's wife find out?"
Seeing that Lu's mother was still dwelling on these trivial matters, Mr. Lu was furious: "Now you'd better tell me honestly what exactly happened? Did the eldest son find out too? Is that why he applied for a transfer to the Northwest Army Corps? Also, whose children are Xiao Bo and Xiao Tao? The eldest's or the second son's?"
Lu's mother turned deathly pale and collapsed to the ground.
While chaos reigned at the Lu family's residence, everyone outside was incredibly excited, eagerly anticipating this once-in-a-century juicy gossip.
By the afternoon, the news had spread to several large factories and organizations in the county.
Xu Yinlai rose to become the deputy leader of the machine repair team not long after Xu Zhenzhu married into the Lu family.
With the Lu family as a relative by marriage, even if the Lu family didn't express any opinion or say anything, this relationship itself had already given Xu Yin a taste of the benefits.
Shen Yue'e was also transferred to a more relaxed position.
I heard from my eldest son, Xu Yewen, that he was one of the temporary workers selected for permanent positions at the end of the year.
The threshold for finding a spouse for Xu Yewen has also been raised considerably.
The only thing worrying him was his second son, Xu Yewu, about finding a job. Graduation was just around the corner, and Xu Yinlai was thinking of reminding Xu Zhenzhu to keep her promise.
I never expected to hear such a juicy piece of gossip as soon as I got to work.
The gossipmonger even pointed the question at Xu Yinlai's face: "Master Xu, aren't the Lu family your in-laws? It sounds like your sister personally caught them cheating! Did your brother-in-law really have an affair with his sister-in-law? Did he cuckold his older brother?"
Then some people chimed in, "Master Xu, this is a big deal! You have to go and see what's going on!"
"Exactly, isn't this bullying?"
They all chimed in with their crooked ideas.
Most people just want to laugh at it.
Ever since this girl married into the Lu family, Xu Yinlai and his family have been judging people by their noses.
He keeps talking about how great my sister's family is, how great my aunt is, and how if you offend me, you're offending the Lu family...
It's just that she married a girl of higher social standing, as if she herself had married into the family.
Now that such a huge joke has been made, who wouldn't secretly gloat? Let's see how smug Xu Yinlai and his gang will be in the future.
Xu Yinlai managed to stay calm and went to call Shen Yue'e. The couple went together to ask for leave to go see Xu Zhenzhu and find out what was going on.
The leader readily approved the leave, firstly because the Lu family hadn't arrived yet, and secondly because he wanted to see how things went.
The couple rode their bicycles and rushed to the courtyard where Xu Zhenzhu lived.
After knocking on the door for ages, her voice almost hoarse, Xu Zhenzhu finally snapped out of her daze and opened the door for the two of them in a daze.
She was brought back and has been sitting in the house ever since, without tidying up.
Lu Kai's beating had swollen half of his face, and he had also bitten off a piece of flesh from Lu Kai's ear. The blood had dried and congealed at the corner of his mouth, looking quite frightening.
Shen Yue'e immediately called out "Mom!" and was so frightened that she sat down on the ground with a thud.
Xu Yinlai was the bolder one. After taking a closer look, he realized it was indeed his sister and breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he asked, "Pearl, what exactly happened? There are rumors going around in our factory. Your sister-in-law and I were worried about you, so we took leave to come and see what's going on."
Xu Zhenzhu stared blankly, without answering.
Shen Yue'e couldn't hold back any longer: "Little sister, is it true that your husband is having an affair? Did you really go and catch him in the act?"
It was probably the words "catching someone in the act of adultery" that stirred Xu Zhenzhu's emotions, and her dull eyes finally came to life.
He gestured for the two to enter the courtyard.
Xu Yin saw that all the neighbors were peeking out and watching, so he quickly closed the courtyard gate and went into the main room.
Seeing Xu Zhenzhu like this, Shen Yue'e knew she had suffered a great shock. As a woman, she could empathize with her and looked at Xu Zhenzhu with more sympathy. This sister-in-law, who was usually so arrogant, was just like them and had to suffer such a blow.
Helping Xu Zhenzhu into the main room, he anxiously asked, "Little sister, did your brother-in-law really have an affair with his sister-in-law? Did you catch them red-handed?"
Xu Zhenzhu nodded.
Shen Yue'e panicked: "Little sister, how could you be so foolish! Even if you suspect your brother-in-law is having an affair, you can't make a scene like this! You should call me, your second brother, and your two nephews. We can quietly corner them in bed and get leverage over them, right? With such a huge handle on the Lu family, what can't you have?"
"Did you really have to make a scene? And make such a big one! Now the Lu family has completely lost face! Your husband has been sent to the Revolutionary Committee. How will you live your life after he gets out? Won't your in-laws hold a grudge against you?"
"What was originally a matter where we were in the right and could have easily crushed the Lu family, you've managed to turn it into this mess. You—"
Shen Yue'e was so angry she was about to die.
What a great opportunity! If they can seize this leverage, not only will the second branch of the family be safe, but the first and third branches of the Xu family will also be secure!
Not only was it wasted by Xu Zhenzhu, but the Lu family must hate her to the core.
Xu Yinlai frowned and paced around the room twice: "Your second sister-in-law is right! You ruined such a good opportunity, and now the Lu family will hate you to death when they realize what's happening! Why couldn't you just be more tolerant? Aren't all men like that? Even if Lu Kai cheats on his wife, even if he's not on good terms with her, so what?"
"You're Lu Kai's lawfully wedded wife, what are you afraid of? As long as you don't divorce him, Lu Kai is your man! In a couple of years, after you've had a few children, where can Lu Kai's heart wander to? Even for the sake of the children, he won't mistreat you!"
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