Zhong Yanling took the handkerchief in a daze, "Thank you!"
My eyes, still wet from crying, were filled with gratitude.
The man on the blind date's heart softened completely, and he turned to face Lu Yuan and his group, speaking with righteous indignation.
“It is very wrong of you to treat Comrade Zhong Yanling like this. Your thinking is very problematic. You should reflect deeply on your actions and accept labor re-education and reform.”
Re-education, my foot! Reform, my foot!
Although Lu Yuan didn't curse aloud, his feet moved with great force. With a long leg, he kicked the man to the ground.
"Aaaaaah, someone's hitting me!"
The man on the blind date was curled up on the ground, clutching his stomach and unable to scream, while Zhong Yanling was screaming loudly.
People around instinctively leaned back, and those who were close even stood up to move further away.
I never expected that the most refined and handsome person in this group would be the most unreasonable, resorting to violence at the slightest disagreement.
Lu Yuan despises people who casually label others. In this era, how many innocent people have been wronged, even losing their families, all because of a single word from these self-righteous individuals.
Lu Yuan is currently in Changhe Brigade and Commune. He wouldn't say he can do whatever he wants, but he can beat up anyone without any worries.
Not to mention that this person deserves to be beaten.
He looked coldly at the person he had kicked to the ground and said in a deep voice, "You're always quick to label people without thinking. It seems you've done this kind of thing quite often."
The man's face was deathly pale, and sweat beaded on his forehead. He felt as if his internal organs had shifted out of place. Trembling, he pointed at Lu Yuan and said, "I'm going to sue you."
"Go ahead, I'll wait here."
That's outrageous!
Zhong Yanling screamed before she remembered to help the person up, but she couldn't lift them up at all.
She looked at Lu Yuan. She had seen him before. She had met him once when she was engaged to Lu Jiefang, and Lu Jiefang had also mentioned his identity. It was Lu Yuanchao who had introduced her to his job.
I've heard her father and uncle mention this person many times; he's a capable man.
But this is too arrogant.
She wanted to say something back to him, but she knew she couldn't afford to offend him, so she turned her attention to Lu Jiefang and Zhong Zhiping.
"Are you really going to take this to the police station? You've done something wrong and not only don't repent, but you've also resorted to violence. You've really gone too far."
Zhong Zhiping laughed when she heard this.
"Zhong Yanling, don't you think it's ridiculous to say that? Outrageous? Who's really going too far?"
"When you broke up with Lu Jiefang and called off your engagement, I didn't even know him. Yet you spread rumors in the factory that he broke off his engagement with you because of me. The factory director personally clarified the rumors. Now you're here trying to pin accusations on us. Tell me, who's really going too far?"
Before Zhong Yanling could refute anything, Wang Hongmei slapped her thigh excitedly and exclaimed, "What? She's still spreading rumors in the factory?"
Not only was Wang Hongmei unaware of this, but even Lu Jiefang was unaware of it.
He looked at Zhong Zhiping and asked, "Why haven't you mentioned this before?"
When those rumors started circulating in the factory, he had already resigned and left, leaving her to face it all alone. Just thinking about it makes me feel inexplicably sorry for her.
Zhong Zhiping didn't think it was a big deal. "The matter has been resolved, so there's no need to talk about it anymore. Anyway, it's been clarified that your broken engagement had nothing to do with us."
"It's none of your business."
Wang Hongmei glared at Zhong Yanling and sneered contemptuously, "Hmph, it's all because of this shameless woman. She heard that Yuanchao was a truck driver and his monthly salary was much higher than Jiefang's, so she took the opportunity to act like a hooligan towards Yuanchao and try to take advantage of him. Jiefang just happened to catch her."
"What?"
Zhong Zhiping's eyes widened and her mouth gaped open; she simply couldn't believe her ears.
The others weren't much better off; those who didn't know the situation were almost shocked.
This is outrageous! It's shameless!
Zhong Quanyong stumbled, nearly fainting from anger. Although he didn't know the specific reason why the two families broke off the engagement, he was certain it was probably Zhong Yanling's fault.
I never imagined that it wasn't just her problem, but a huge one.
He's completely lost face today.
What a misfortune for our family! What a misfortune for our family!
At this moment, he even considered kicking Zhong Yanling out of the house; she had brought shame upon the Zhong family.
At this very moment, Zhong Yanling was still shouting and yelling, her emotions on the verge of spiraling out of control.
"I didn't, stop slandering me."
She glared fiercely at Wang Hongmei, wishing she could devour her alive.
"Ha, slander? It wasn't just Jiefang who ran into them. Your own father was with him, and Xiaoqin saw it all. Do you think you can pretend nothing happened just by denying it?" Wang Hongmei said.
"Ahhh, I said I didn't, and I didn't. It's all nonsense you old woman are talking about. It's you who are talking nonsense."
He screamed hysterically for a while, and then ran out of the state-run restaurant.
The onlookers must understand; this is probably true.
Remembering that they had previously said Lu Jiefang and Zhong Zhiping were having an affair, they all lowered their heads in embarrassment.
The man on the blind date was dumbfounded. She had just run away, leaving him alone to face so many people. At this point, he also realized that what Zhong Yanling had said before was probably just talk; she was just unwilling to accept being dumped and had come to cause trouble for the other party's group.
He cursed Zhong Yanling repeatedly in his mind, thinking that he must spread her deeds later.
Even the matchmaker complained, saying it was outrageous that someone of such questionable character would introduce him to a woman.
I shouldn't have spoken up for her before. She did such a shameless thing and even slandered others. And yet I still stood up for her. No wonder I got beaten up. I really did seem to be asking for a beating.
Thinking of this, the man on the blind date bowed slightly to the group and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have spoken up for her earlier."
Without waiting for Lu Yuan's response, she quickly ran out of the state-run restaurant.
With this, the farce finally came to an end.
As soon as he left the state-run restaurant, Zhong Quanyong felt ashamed and hurriedly said goodbye and went home.
As for who to vent their anger on when they got home, Lu Yuan and the others didn't pay much attention to it.
However, just two days later, Zhong Quanyong published a notice in the newspaper severing ties with Zhong Zhidong's family.
In addition, Zhong Yanling's reputation is completely ruined. Wherever she goes, people talk about her seducing her boyfriend's younger brother, which led to the man breaking off the engagement. This has become a hot topic of discussion.
The brick factory couldn't keep her any longer and had to fire her. Zhong Zhidong was also implicated and transferred from his original position to a retirement department.
As soon as the factory made its disciplinary decision, Jiang Haishan called Lu Yuan to inform him of the matter.
Just then, Zhong Zhiping came to Changhe Brigade with Lu Jiefang, and Lu Yuan relayed the matter to the two of them.
Zhong Zhiping clapped her hands in delight.
"This is truly gratifying; they deserved their retribution long ago."
After feeling happy, he remembered that he still owed the factory a letter of self-criticism, which made him extremely depressed.
Three months have passed, and she had almost forgotten about it, but Director Jiang clearly remembered it and would ask every time they met, "Have you finished writing your self-criticism?"
What a terrible thing!
She did nothing wrong, so how is she supposed to write it?
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