76. Catching an adulterer
Xu Wenqiang soon realized that no one is perfect, nor is anyone heartless. It's just that everything has a process of development. When the process is sufficient and everything is clear, being perfect or heartless is meaningless in the face of the truth.
After the Little New Year, the festive atmosphere becomes even stronger.
After working for a whole morning, Xu Yanmei said impatiently, "I'm going back to rest," and then disappeared.
Xu Wenqiang was also a little tired. She sat lazily beside the stall, staring blankly at the dark roof of the farmers' market, listening to the noisy hawking in the market, and thinking aimlessly, it's been a long time since I last saw Xiao Cheng. He said he would come to see her when he came back...
Xu Wenqiang hadn't expected that during these days when she couldn't see Xiao Cheng, she would think of him from time to time. Although she only thought of him occasionally, and the time she thought of him wasn't very long, whenever she did, her heart would become a little sad. That kind of sadness would make you feel empty. When Xu Wenqiang was most tired, dragging herself back home from the farmers' market and collapsing on the bed, she even thought that she should have been so foolish as to ask for him to stay.
"Xu Wenqiang, you are alone here, where is your mother?"
Xu Wenqiang looked up and saw that it was Yu Yong, so she said coldly, "What the hell is it to you?"
Yu Yong touched his nose and turned away.
Yu Yong's sudden question about Xu Yanmei was truly bizarre. Xu Wenqiang, still visibly upset, stared at Yu Yong until he reached Chen Yang, then she suddenly stood up.
Chen Yang looked at Yu Yong, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, raised his fist and said, "Get lost!"
Yu Yong looked at Chen Yang's delicatessen and asked, "Chen Yang, your father is not here."
"It's none of your business. Get out of here!" Chen Yang waved his hand like he was shooing away a fly.
But Yu Yong shamelessly said, "Don't rush to chase me away. I have something to tell you."
"Yu Yong, I have nothing to say to you, get out of here right now—"
"Chen Yang, your father is not here, and neither is Xu Wenqiang's mother!"
Chen Yang, who was pushing Yu Yong, stopped.
"Hey, how much are you selling this fish for?"
"I'm not selling it anymore."
"Hey, little girl, if you say you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it..."
Seeing Chen Yang and Yu Yong leave the farmers' market, Xu Wenqiang didn't care about her business. She put the money away and hurriedly found Su Xiaoshan, asking him to help look after the stall.
"Su Xiaoshan, you don't have to keep watching. As long as no one takes it, it's fine. If someone comes to buy it, just say you don't want to sell it. I have something urgent to do and will be back soon."
"What are you in such a hurry for..."
Xu Wenqiang left after she finished her instructions, without waiting for Su Xiaoshan to finish his words.
Xu Wenqiang ran out of the farmers' market, looked around, saw Chen Yang and Yu Yong, and hurriedly chased after them.
Xu Wenqiang followed Chen Yang and Yu Yong out of the farmers' market, turning from the main road onto a smaller path. They walked along the path for about ten minutes until they reached the end, where they came upon a row of two-story commercial buildings. These buildings looked perfectly organized, as they all displayed identical signs in similarly sized, shaped fonts, reading "XX Hotel." The only difference between them was the name of the business before the "hotel."
Xu Wenqiang is no stranger to this place.
When Xu Yanmei and Xu Wenqiang first arrived at the Qingshi Farmers' Market, they had no place to stay, so in order to save money, they stayed in these small street hotels.
During the days she lived there, Xu Yanmei was looking for an apartment, and Xu Wenqiang stayed alone in her room. These hotel rooms were partitioned off by the shop owner himself, with almost no soundproofing. So she could hear everything next door clearly. During her days alone in the hotel, Xu Wenqiang blocked her ears every day. Even so, she could still hear all kinds of noises from men and women.
Chen Yang and Yu Yong stopped in front of a small hotel.
"Chen Yang, a few days ago, I saw with my own eyes Xu Wenqiang's mother holding your father's arm and walking into this small hotel." Yu Yong said to Chen Yang as if he was presenting a treasure.
Chen Yang ignored Yu Yong. He clenched his fists and looked at the "Happy Hotel" in front of him with a grim face.
"Chen Yang, what are you going to do?"
"Chen Yang, I treat you as a brother, so I tipped you off."
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Yu Yong was buzzing in Chen Yang's ear like a fly. But Chen Yang turned a deaf ear to him. There was only one sentence in his mind: "Damn it! They all deserve to die!"
Chen Yang picked up a brick from the roadside and walked straight towards the hotel.
Yu Yong took one look and hurried over to say, "Chen Yang, I'll go with you."
Chen Yang stopped and said one word to Yu Yong, "Get out!"
Yu Yong was frightened by the fierceness in Chen Yang's eyes and turned and ran away.
Xu Wenqiang knew that Chen Long and Xu Yanmei's affair would be discovered sooner or later, but she didn't expect that Chen Yang would catch them in the act while they were having a tryst in the hotel. She also knew that Chen Yang would cause a huge uproar, but she didn't expect that Chen Yang would risk his life to do so.
When she saw Chen Yang rushing into the small hotel with a brick, she rushed over and stood in front of Chen Yang, "Chen Yang, throw the brick away."
"Xu Wenqiang?" Chen Yang looked at Xu Wenqiang who had suddenly appeared, his eyes filled with hostility. "Why are you here?"
"Chen Yang, I won't stop you if you want to go in, but you threw the brick." Behind Xu Wenqiang was the glass door of the hotel. She knew that her barrier against Chen Yang was as fragile as the glass door behind her. Her only hope was that the commotion between her and Chen Yang would alert the people having fun inside.
"Xu Wenqiang, have you known this for a long time?" Chen Yang roared like a wild beast.
Xu Wenqiang didn't deny it. She only had one sentence to say, "Chen Yang, you throw the brick away, the rest is up to you."
"It seems you have known it all along." There was only hatred in Chen Yang's eyes. He raised the brick and threw it at Xu Wenqiang.
Xu Wenqiang tilted her body, and the brick just grazed her face. She touched it with her hand, and it was bleeding.
Seeing the blood, Xu Wenqiang cursed, "Chen Yang, you bastard! You caught someone in adultery, so what? Do you want to cause a death?"
Chen Yang looked at the blood on Xu Wenqiang's face. Flashes flashed through his mind of him, Xu Wenqiang, and Su Xiaoshan sweating profusely on the ping-pong table. Flashes flashed through his mind of them drinking and chatting happily together in Grandpa Li's small clinic. Flashes flashed through his mind of him and Xu Wenqiang scuffling at the farmers' market. Flashes flashed through his mind of him and Xu Wenqiang fighting for the ball on the basketball court. Flashes flashed through his mind of him looking at Xu Wenqiang through the blood in front of him at the abandoned bus station...
"Fuck you!"
Chen Yang cursed and threw the brick. Then he pushed Xu Wenqiang aside and rushed into the small hotel.
Xu Wenqiang staggered and followed.
"Which room is Chen Long staying in?" Chen Yang asked the hotel owner who was sitting at the door as soon as he entered.
The hotel owner was a short, middle-aged woman. Seeing that Chen Yang looked like a student, she didn't take him seriously. "There are many people staying here. How would I know who is Chen Long and who is Chen Hu?"
"If you don't know, I'll find it myself." Chen Yang was too lazy to talk nonsense with the hotel owner and walked into the hotel by himself.
"Hey, you little brat! I'm running a business. If you want to find someone, go find the police." The innkeeper got serious and reached out to drag Chen Yang out. But she was short and weak, so she couldn't do anything to Chen Yang.
While being pulled by the hotel owner, Chen Yang pounded on the doors of each room, "Chen Long, get out of here..."
The hotel's soundproofing was already poor, and the people in the rooms were disturbed by the knocking. They all opened the door and cursed, "Why are you knocking? What's wrong with you..."
The hotel owner was at his wit's end and could only angrily say, "The Chen Long you're looking for went to the last room on the second floor with a woman!"
When Chen Yang heard this, he ran up the stairs to the second floor.
Because Chen Yang made so much noise, everyone in the hotel room came out and peeked in to watch the fun.
When Xu Wenqiang passed through the crowd of onlookers and climbed the stairs to the second floor, she saw Chen Yang kicking the door open.
The onlookers rushed forward. Xu Wenqiang stopped and heard Xu Yanmei shouting at the top of her voice, "Close the door quickly! Where are my clothes? Where are my clothes?..."
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