Looking at Wu Xiaoru’s abject deanor, Zhang Xiaoshan felt no pity or heartache, only ridiculous disgust.
"So, what’s your business with ?" he asked.
Zhang Xiaoshan could tell at a glance that Wu Xiaoru was definitely there for a reason.
"I, I don’t have any business, just ca to see you," Wu Xiaoru said with a flushed face and in a wronged tone.
"See ?"
Zhang Xiaoshan didn’t show a trace of amiability toward Wu Xiaoru.
He who deceives , need not co again.
"Wu Xiaoru, stop playing the pitiful victim in front of . I’ve seen through you long ago. If it wasn’t for so issue, why would you behave so humbly toward ?"
"I..."
Zhang Xiaoshan’s words were direct and explicit, leaving Wu Xiaoru feeling extrely embarrassed.
Yet, recalling what her mother had said, she dared not be impolite to Zhang Xiaoshan.
"Alright, I admit it, I ca to you because I have a problem," she confessed.
Wu Xiaoru took a deep breath, steadied her emotions, and then explained to Zhang Xiaoshan.
"It’s about my brother Wu Yong’s situation. He’s been formally arrested by the Security Bureau. I heard that Huang Gou and Wang Xiaolong have pinned all the bla on him, claiming the gun belonged to him. Now, my brother is the pri suspect and could be sentenced to seven or eight years."
"Seven or eight years?"
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoshan laughed.
"Wasn’t your brother fawning over Wang Xiaolong all the ti? Calling him ’brother-in-law’ over and over, it seems that’s been in vain."
"No, not in vain—at least he’s got his als figured out for half his lifeti."
"After all, it’s like landing a secure job that brings glory to the ancestors."
"By the way, aren’t you fond of looking for n? Thinking you’re pretty, you shouldn’t co to . You should find soone more powerful than Wang Xiaolong’s family, sleep with them, and don’t mind if the man is seventy or eighty years old, or disabled—just grit your teeth, close your eyes, strip off your clothes, and lie down."
"I’m just a small village doctor, an ordinary citizen—what use do you have coming to ?"
The depth of love once had is the depth of the hatred now harbored.
In previous years, Zhang Xiaoshan had given his heart and soul to Wu Xiaoru, willing to lay down his life for hers. To be with Wu Xiaoru, he had given up a bright future, yet she had betrayed him.
This disgrace was seared deep into Zhang Xiaoshan’s heart.
Now, seizing the opportunity, he was furiously venting his pent-up resentnt.
The words he uttered were particularly harsh.
Any woman facing such venomous speech would be unable to bear it.
Wu Xiaoru had beco a ss of tears.
"Little Shan, I know it was and my family who wronged you, but that’s in the past. Can you stop bringing it up, please?"
"We were together for several years, why do you have to humiliate like this? Were your feelings for all these years fake?"
"Fake?"
Zhang Xiaoshan sneered.
"If it were not for you, would I have given up my job in the city?"
"Talk about humiliation?"
"Fine, let’s say you’re not wrong in pursuing a better life, but couldn’t you have been clear with and broken up amicably? Moreover, after we split, you and your brother insulted repeatedly, trying to embarrass . At the Security Bureau, you even wanted to see go to jail."
"If it weren’t for the county leaders showing up later to put in a good word for , I would be the one sitting in jail right now, wouldn’t I?"
As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoshan’s eyes, fiery with rage, were fixed on Wu Xiaoru.
Those eyes seed to hold an endless number of sharp swords, piercing to the extre, causing Wu Xiaoru to turn red and shiver without feeling cold.
She couldn’t bear to et Zhang Xiaoshan’s eyes and once again bowed her head.
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