Tsk. This is going to be quite a show.
Yang Xiufen marveled silently. "I never thought Ying-shu would be so bold. She's clearly determined to divorce the Liu family!"
Sister Ge watched the alley entrance with a worried look in her eyes.
Although she had had a feud with Luo Ying-shu before, she believed in dealing with each matter on its own merits.
The Liu family had really behaved like scoundrels in this matter.
"I hope Luo Ying-shu gets what she wants," she said.
Aunt Wang exchanged a look with Li Chuchu. They both saw the eager glint of gossip in each other's eyes. They knew their gossip partner so well that they could tell what the other was thinking at a glance.
"Do you have anything to do this afternoon? Let's go and take a look."
"Okay!"
Aunt Wang led Li Chuchu away.
Granny Li also wanted to go, but her legs weren't good and she couldn't move quickly. She shouted after Aunt Wang from afar, "Come back and tell us what you see!"
"Sure thing. Just wait for us!" Aunt Wang replied excitedly.
...
At the school,
Luo Ying-shu's whole family had come to stir up trouble.
The school gate was surrounded by students and parents. Even the school leaders had to step in to mediate. "Ms. Luo, we understand your demands. But it's not a good look for you to be causing a scene here. You can come to our principal's office to discuss this. Our leaders will give you a satisfactory answer."
This was the usual way for superior leaders to smooth things over.
Luo Ying-shu's mother wasn't going to be intimidated.
"I won't! I'm putting it out there today. Liu Xiaocheng had an affair with his colleague and wasted my daughter's youth. We demand that he divorce and leave the family with nothing!"
As soon as she said this,
the onlookers were stunned.
Leave the family with nothing?
What a big claim!
And divorce was such an embarrassing thing. This family was making such a big scene. Did they not plan to marry their daughter off again?
The onlookers were shocked and didn't quite agree.
Luo Ying-shu's mother must have felt the looks from the crowd, but so what?
Her daughter wasn't going to suffer the slightest bit!
She stood her ground, her neck stiff.
Luo Ying-shu stood beside her mother, looking and acting just like her.
They were clearly mother and daughter.
At this moment,
the leader frowned and asked his assistant beside him, "Where's Liu Xiaocheng? Go and get him right away! He's caused so much trouble for the school. Tell him if he doesn't come today, he doesn't need to come back ever again!"
The assistant nodded and quickly went to find him.
He had caused such a mess and now wanted the school to clean up after him? He had seemed so honest before, but who would have thought he was such an irresponsible person!
Not long after,
Liu Xiaocheng showed up.
When the leader saw him, he thought he had found a scapegoat. But just as he was about to step forward, he saw Zhang Yu beside him and almost keeled over.
He had called Liu Xiaocheng here to smooth things over, so why had he brought this troublemaker with him?
Was he trying to make his wife's family even angrier?
The leader quickly pulled him to one side and whispered menacingly in his ear, "Liu Xiaocheng, I called you here to clean up your mess. Why did you bring that woman with you? Do you want to make things even more embarrassing? Let me tell you, this incident has had a huge impact on the school! You have to handle this properly, or you can forget about being a teacher here!"
His tone was harsh.
Liu Xiaocheng's face darkened slightly.
There was an uncontrollable gloom in his eyes, but under the leader's authority, he could only nod.
"I understand. I'll definitely handle it properly."
The director let go of his arm and straightened his collar.
He pushed Liu Xiaocheng in front of everyone.
"Tell everyone what's going on! Explain it clearly!"
Liu Xiaocheng stood in the middle of the crowd, looking around. His gloomy gaze finally landed on Luo Ying-shu. A sneer flashed in his eyes.
She really did have a way. She had managed to back him into a corner like this.
He had really underestimated her.
Li Chuchu was standing in the crowd. She had a bad feeling when she saw his look.
Suddenly, out of the blue,
Liu Xiaocheng suddenly knelt down in front of everyone and slapped himself hard.
This sudden change made everyone present stunned.
No one had expected this man to be so desperate.
He pleaded pitifully,
"Ying-shu, it's all my fault! I was blind and got seduced by this woman. She wanted to become a teacher at our school under my name, so she deliberately seduced me. When I refused, she threatened to smear my reputation. I just made a mistake that all men make. I know I was wrong. If you really divorce me, what will happen to Xiao Hu? He's still so young. How can he grow up without a father?"
This tactic really worked.
Everyone who saw this scene couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
The man had knelt down and was crying so sincerely. He must have really known he was wrong. Why was this woman so heartless? Even if she didn't think about the man, she should think about the child!
Many of the onlookers were housewives. When they saw this scene, they couldn't help but side with Liu Xiaocheng.
A middle-aged woman with a vegetable basket on her arm and a rough appearance pretended to be sympathetic and said, "There's no man who doesn't cheat. I think as long as a man shows an attitude, what's the point of a woman being so picky? The child is already so old. How can't they make do?"
"Exactly. A woman should understand a man's hardships. Men work so hard outside every day to earn money!"
The gossips started chattering away.
It seemed they were completely on Liu Xiaocheng's side.
Liu Xiaocheng lowered his head, listening to the comments about him. He didn't feel lucky but rather humiliated. Where no one could see, his face was so gloomy that it seemed to drip water. All this humiliation was forced on him by Luo Ying-shu. He would make her pay him back double in the future!
The school director also came out to mediate. "Look, Comrade Liu has shown a sincere attitude of admitting his mistake. How about you go home and discuss this as a family?"
Luo Ying-shu's mother tightened her face and didn't say a word for a long time.
She had never expected Liu Xiaocheng to be such a shameless and bottomless person. This commotion made it seem as if they were in the wrong.
In the crowd,
Li Chuchu frowned when she heard what those aunts and grandmas said. "What? Do all your husbands keep mistresses outside? Is that why you've trained yourselves to be such 'understanding' wives?"
Her voice wasn't soft.
As soon as she said this, the expressions of the people around her changed as if they had eaten something disgusting.
They had just said it casually. If it really happened to them, they would surely make a huge scene at home. But even though they would make a scene, their own families weren't as tough as Luo Ying-shu's.
In the end, it was just jealousy that Luo Ying-shu wasn't afraid of anything.
She always had her family to back her up.
Aunt Wang put her hands on her hips and shouted, "That's right. I bet most of you have sons. You're already making excuses for your sons to cheat in the future. It's really a blessing for your children to have parents like you!"
Li Chuchu had thought she was already tough enough, but she didn't expect Aunt Wang to be even more fearless. When it came to a sense of justice, Aunt Wang was truly a female pioneer.
The woman who had started talking earlier blushed with anger. She looked at Aunt Wang a few times but couldn't say a word.