Chapter 31: What Does It Have to Do with Him if She Is Unfaithful?

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Chen Jinlan did not know any of Lu Hao’s family members at all.

She had always disliked Lu Hao, let alone his poor, shabby relatives. That was why she had never once taken the initiative to meet them.

Those eyes watching the spectacle turned toward Chen Jinlan. Furious, she spun around and walked away.

“Hey, hey, hey, Chen Jinlan, where are you running off to?” Li Rumei called after her.

“That was Song Jiajia’s mother just now. Why didn’t you go over there?” Li Rumei turned to Liu Fenglan, who was still making a scene.

Deep down, Li Rumei looked down on people who threw tantrums and rolled around at the slightest provocation.

But in this case, the person Liu Fenglan was making a scene at was Chen Jinlan.

As long as Chen Jinlan was unhappy, Li Rumei was delighted.

Liu Fenglan got to her feet and asked, “Where?”

Li Rumei said with exaggerated enthusiasm, “Come on, come on. I’ll take you to her home.”

Chen Jinlan hurried home, taking three steps in two.

“What’s the rush? Did a dog chase you?” Song Zhenhua was already in a foul mood.

Chen Jinlan snapped back, “I told you from the beginning not to let Jiajia marry that Lu Hao, but neither you nor your daughter listened to me. And now look what’s happened! His family is making a scene at our door like a bunch of vulgar country women!”

She had already been deeply unhappy about Song Jiajia marrying Lu Hao.

These days, she disliked going outside. Whenever she ran into anyone else from the tenement building, she always felt they were laughing at her.

And now those people had come right to her doorstep.

Song Zhenhua could not understand why Chen Jinlan was suddenly acting like a madwoman. “What are you making such a fuss about?”

“What am I making a fuss about? Lu Hao’s shabby relatives have come all the way to our door and started causing trouble, and you’re asking me why I’m upset!”

Chen Jinlan’s temper flared as well.

The memory of Li Rumei’s gleeful expression made her so angry that she could hardly contain herself.

“Who came to the door? What kind of trouble are they causing?” Song Zhenhua asked with a frown.

“Who else could it be? That old woman from Lu Hao’s family. She says Jiajia got Lu Hao arrested by the police. Who knows what shady business they were involved in outside, only to pin the blame on Jiajia? I told you from the beginning not to let her marry him. Jiang Jingming was so much better. At least he was a police officer. And now look at us!”

“You said Lu Hao was taken away by the police?” Song Zhenhua ignored everything she had said after that.

“That’s what the old woman said. How should I know?” Chen Jinlan replied.

“You—you’re truly useless when it comes to getting things done, yet remarkably talented at making trouble! Since you knew they were Lu Hao’s family, why didn’t you bring them inside immediately? Are you trying to get me killed? Do you have any idea how many people are watching me?”

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Song Zhenhua spoke in a rage.

Chen Jinlan was too angry and too ashamed to think things through.

Pointing at her with a furious expression, Song Zhenhua said, “If word gets out, where will that leave my reputation? What will the people at the factory say about me?”

Seeing how angry he was, Chen Jinlan finally realized that something was wrong. With a guilty look, she asked, “Then… what do we do now?”

“What do we do? Hurry up and bring them inside!” Song Zhenhua roared.

Chen Jinlan hurriedly answered, “Oh, all right.”

The moment she opened the door, she saw Li Rumei and Liu Fenglan.

“Oh, where are you off to, Director Song? This must be your in-laws, right? I’ve brought them up for you. Honestly, your in-laws have come all the way to your door, and you didn’t even invite them in for a seat?”

Li Rumei looked at Chen Jinlan with undisguised delight at her misfortune.

Hearing Li Rumei’s voice, Song Zhenhua forced down his anger and smiled apologetically. “My wife was being thoughtless. I was just about to bring them inside.”

Li Rumei smiled. “No need. As you can see, I’ve already brought them up.”

Song Zhenhua maintained his strained smile. “Thank you very much.”

“You’re welcome.”

Chen Jinlan said coldly to Li Rumei, “You can leave now.”

Then she turned to Liu Fenglan and Lu Ting, who stood behind her. “You two, come in.”

Liu Fenglan and Lu Ting hurried inside.

With a loud bang, Chen Jinlan immediately shut the door.

Li Rumei smiled. Had they only just remembered to close the door? Wasn’t it a little late for that?

Indeed, everyone in the tenement building who needed to know already knew.

Song Zhenhua stared coldly at Liu Fenglan and Lu Ting without speaking at once.

After all, he was a director, and his gaze carried a certain intimidating authority.

Lu Ting, frightened, hid behind Liu Fenglan.

Liu Fenglan herself was trembling slightly.

This was the first time the elders of the two families had ever met.

Song Jiajia’s parents did not seem nearly as warm and familiar as Sang Yu’s parents.

“What have you come here for?” Song Zhenhua asked, seated opposite the two women. His very first words were laden with pressure.

Liu Fenglan held her head high. “In-law, we had no choice. Haozi and Jiajia have both been taken to the police station. We had nowhere else to go, so we came to find you.”

“What? Jiajia was taken away too?” Chen Jinlan demanded sharply.

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She had not listened carefully downstairs and had assumed that only Lu Hao had been taken away by the police.

She had never expected Song Jiajia to be arrested as well.

“Yes,” Liu Fenglan said. “That’s why we came here.”

If not for Song Jiajia, how could her grandson possibly have been taken away? She had to make them get her grandson out.

“What did Lu Hao do outside? Why did he cause Jiajia to be taken away too?”

Chen Jinlan instinctively assumed that Lu Hao must have done something wrong and dragged Song Jiajia into trouble with him.

The moment Liu Fenglan heard Chen Jinlan placing the blame on her grandson, she became displeased.

“What do you mean, what did my grandson do wrong? It was clearly that little tramp Song Jiajia fooling around outside who got my son dragged into this!”

“Impossible! You old hag, stop spouting nonsense here. Jiajia would never do such a thing,” Chen Jinlan shouted angrily.

“Who are you calling an old hag? I’ll scratch your face to ribbons!” Liu Fenglan said, reaching out to attack her.

The two women looked as though they were about to come to blows.

Song Zhenhua suddenly slammed his hand against the table, making the teacups tremble.

“That’s enough!”

“If you want to keep arguing, get out and do it!”

Lu Ting, who had been silent at the side, jumped at the sound of Song Zhenhua’s voice.

Only then did Chen Jinlan and Liu Fenglan back down.

Liu Fenglan was afraid they would stop caring about her grandson, while Chen Jinlan was ashamed of making such a spectacle of herself.

“What exactly happened?” Song Zhenhua demanded coldly.

“How would we know?” Liu Fenglan said. “A few police officers suddenly showed up and said that little—”

At that moment, Song Zhenhua’s gaze swept toward Liu Fenglan, carrying a trace of icy warning.

Liu Fenglan froze and hurriedly changed her words. “They said that girl Jiajia had insulted a national hero in public, so they were taking her away. My grandson tried to stop them, but he was taken away too.”

Liu Fenglan placed all the blame on Song Jiajia.

As for the police saying that Lu Hao had harassed a married woman—how could that possibly be true? Those shameless, loose women must have behaved improperly. What did any of that have to do with her grandson?