Chapter 183
Suspicion aside, no one dared to point it out publicly.
But we need to be faithful, not add extra. Let's translate each line.
We'll need to keep the meaning exactly.
Suspicion aside, no one dared to point it out publicly.
Translation: Suspicion aside, no one dared to point it out publicly.
Suspicion aside.
On one hand, they truly didn't know who broke the Jia family's glass, suspecting it was Long Laotaitai who did it.
Translation: On one hand, they truly didn't know who broke the Jia family's glass, suspecting it was Long Laotaitai who did it.
the Jia family's glass and Long Laotaitai
On the other hand, they each felt a sour satisfaction in their hearts.
Translation: On the other hand, they each felt a sour satisfaction in their hearts.
What was broken was the Jia family's glass, not theirs.
Translation: What was broken was the Jia family's glass, not theirs.
The Jia family suffered misfortune, and the neighbors all secretly cheered in their hearts.
Translation: The Jia family suffered misfortune, and the neighbors all secretly cheered in their hearts.
Since Jia Dongxu rolled up his braid, Jia Zhangshi, not knowing which nerve was stimulated, stubbornly turned herself into a nuisance that people and dogs alike despise.
Translation: Since Jia Dongxu rolled up his braid, Jia Zhangshi, not knowing which nerve was stimulated, stubbornly turned herself into a nuisance that people and dogs alike despise.
Since Jia Dongxu rolled up his braid, Jia Zhangshi didn't know which nerve was stimulated, stubbornly turned herself into a nuisance that people and dogs alike despise.
The Jia family's amusement.
Translation: The Jia family's amusement.
Why not watch?
Translation: Why not watch?
The neighbors all had the idea of watching a show, looking at Jia Zhangshi who was like a monkey.
Translation: The neighbors all had the idea of watching a show, looking at Jia Zhangshi who was like a monkey.
Afterwards, finding it boring, they each went home.
Translation: Afterwards, finding it boring, they each went home.
It was less than ten minutes.
Translation: It was less than ten minutes.
The sound of breaking glass echoed throughout the courtyard once again.
Translation: The sound of breaking glass echoed throughout the courtyard once again.
This time, the household whose glass was broken changed from the Jia family to the Yi family.
Translation: This time, the household whose glass was broken changed from the Jia family to the Yi family.
Unknown who that divine person was, openly not daring to offend Yi Zhonghai, but secretly staging a night‑glass‑breaking drama against him.
Translation: Unknown who that divine person was, openly not daring to offend Yi Zhonghai, but secretly staging a night‑glass‑breaking drama against him.
The hypocrite's liveliness.
Translation: The hypocrite's liveliness.
It's worth a watch.
Translation: It's worth a watch.
Hualala.
Translation: Hualala.
The neighbors all gathered in the central courtyard, each staring at everything before them as if it were a rarity.
Translation: The neighbors all gathered in the central courtyard, each staring at everything before them as if it were a rarity.
Really ruthless.
Translation: Really ruthless.
The Jia family had one pane of glass broken; now it was the Yi family's turn, with three panes near the door smashed into pieces by someone throwing bricks.
Translation: The Jia family had one pane of glass broken; now it was the Yi family's turn, with three panes near the door smashed into pieces by someone throwing bricks.
While they secretly cheered, they also turned their gazes toward Yi Zhonghai.
Translation: While they secretly cheered, they also turned their gazes toward Yi Zhonghai.
At that moment, Yi Zhonghai stood in the courtyard with a grim face; his gaze swept over the onlookers watching the spectacle, lingering a little longer when it passed over Shazhu.
Translation: At that moment, Yi Zhonghai stood in the courtyard with a grim face; his gaze swept over the onlookers watching the spectacle, lingering a little longer when it passed over Shazhu.
He believed that even if Shazhu hadn't broken his family's glass, the incident was still closely tied to Shazhu.
Translation: He believed that even if Shazhu hadn't broken his family's glass, the incident was still closely tied to Shazhu.
Gazing across the siheyuan.
Translation: Gazing across the siheyuan.
The only person who dared not give Yi Zhonghai, the head steward, face was Shazhu.
Translation: The only person who dared not give Yi Zhonghai, the head steward, face was Shazhu.
Thoughts remain thoughts.
Translation: Thoughts remain thoughts.
Yet there was no evidence proving Shazhu broke his own glass.
Translation: Yet there was no evidence proving Shazhu broke his own glass.
No choice.
Translation: No choice.
Could only hold a grudge in his heart.
Translation: Could only hold a grudge in his heart.
Just now, while lying in bed, the window glass was smashed by a brick; some shards fell on Yi Zhonghai's head, and the brick also struck the foot of an elder aunt.
Translation: Just now, while lying in bed, the window glass was smashed by a brick; some shards fell on Yi Zhonghai's head, and the brick also struck the foot of an elder aunt.
Had Yi Zhonghai not dodged in time, he figured he could have been disfigured.
Translation: Had Yi Zhonghai not dodged in time, he figured he could have been disfigured.
Yi Zhonghai panted like a bull, his face grim to the extreme.
Translation: Yi Zhonghai panted like a bull, his face grim to the extreme.
Breaking glass.
Translation: Breaking glass.
It made him feel his authority was severely challenged.
Translation: It made him feel his authority was severely challenged.
The siheyuan's head steward, a level‑8 technician at the Yagangchang, while sleeping indoors, had his glass smashed by neighbors throwing bricks; he figured it would spread throughout the Yagangchang by the next day, becoming after‑dinner talk.
Translation: The siheyuan's head steward, a level‑8 technician at the Yagangchang, while sleeping indoors, had his glass smashed by neighbors throwing bricks; he figured it would spread throughout the Yagangchang by the next day, becoming after‑dinner talk.
Seeing Yi Zhonghai's gloomy expression, Liu Haizhong, who secretly felt pleased, volunteered to take charge of opening the grand courtyard meeting.
Translation: Seeing Yi Zhonghai's gloomy expression, Liu Haizhong, who secretly felt pleased, volunteered to take charge of opening the grand courtyard meeting.
"Everyone's here, so let's open this grand courtyard meeting. Before the meeting starts, I'll say a few words of nonsense. First, breaking glass is a truly vicious act. In the dead of night, under the cover of darkness, someone threw a brick and smashed the head steward's window, with shards injuring both the head steward and an elder aunt. Our siheyuan is supposed to be civilized; we can't tolerate such glass‑breaking incidents."
Translation: "Everyone's here, so let's open the grand courtyard meeting. Before the meeting starts, I'll say a few words of filler. First, breaking glass is a very bad act; in the dead of night, under cover of darkness, someone threw a brick at the head steward's glass, and the shards also injured the head steward and an elder aunt. Our siheyuan is a civilized siheyuan; we can't have such glass‑breaking happen."
Really a slap in the face.
Translation: Really a slap in the face.
Liu Haizhong kept saying, over and over, that one shouldn't break glass at night, while
Translation: Liu Haizhong kept saying, over and over, that one shouldn't break glass at night, while...
In the darkness.
Translation: In the darkness.
A brick once again flew toward Yi Zhonghai's window in a perfect arc, and with a "ka‑cha" the hypocrite's glass shattered another pane.
Translation: A brick once again flew toward Yi Zhonghai's window in a perfect arc, and with a "ka‑cha" the hypocrite's glass shattered another pane.
Line 42: ……
Translation:...
Xu Daming pedaled his bicycle at full speed.
Translation: Xu Daming pedaled his bicycle at full speed.
Also blaming Shazhu.
Translation: Also blaming Shazhu.
Running into Xu Daming, who had just come back from watching a movie at the Yagangchang, I casually mentioned that Long Laotaitai had been bad‑mouthing Xu Daming to Lou Xiaoe every day lately.
Translation: Running into Xu Daming, who had just come back from watching a movie at the Yagangchang, I casually mentioned that Long Laotaitai had been bad‑mouthing Xu Daming to Lou Xiaoe every day lately.
What kind of person is Long Laotaitai?
Translation: What kind of person is Long Laotaitai?
How could Xu Daming not know?
Translation: How could Xu Daming not know?
He got anxious.
Translation: He got anxious.
Pedaling his bicycle toward the siheyuan, he didn't want his home's rear courtyard to be stolen while his bicycle fluttered with colorful flags outside.
Translation: Pedaling his bicycle toward the siheyuan, he didn't want his home's rear courtyard to be stolen while his bicycle fluttered with colorful flags outside.
Arriving at the siheyuan, he lifted his bicycle inside and hurried to the rear courtyard in a few quick steps.
Translation: Arriving at the siheyuan, he lifted his bicycle inside and hurried to the rear courtyard in a few quick steps.
Just as he reached the junction between the central and rear courtyards, Xu Daming heard Long Laotaitai, in front of Lou Xiaoe, speaking slanderously about him.
Translation: Just as he reached the junction between the central and rear courtyards, Xu Daming heard Long Laotaitai, in front of Lou Xiaoe, speaking slanderously about him.
He also blamed Long Laotaitai for being a bit unscrupulous.
Translation: He also blamed Long Laotaitai for being a bit unscrupulous.
In broad daylight.
Translation: In broad daylight.
He couldn't even be bothered to maintain the most basic pretense.
Translation: He couldn't even be bothered to maintain the most basic pretense.
Long Laotaitai, too, had been frightened by the incident of Yi Zhonghai's glass being smashed the previous night, and eagerly sought a way out for herself.
Translation: Long Laotaitai, too, had been frightened by the incident of Yi Zhonghai's glass being smashed the previous night, and eagerly sought a way out for herself.
"Silly girl, we haven't known each other long, but you know what kind of person I am. I've never been able to tolerate sand in my eyes. You're a well‑educated, good‑natured girl from a respectable family. It's not that I'm playing the petty villain to your face; it's that I can't bear to see such a fine girl like you fall into this pit of fire."
Translation: "Silly girl, we haven't known each other long, but you know what kind of person I am; I've never been able to tolerate sand in my eyes. You're a well‑educated, good‑natured girl from a respectable family. It's not that I'm playing the petty villain to your face; it's that I can't bear to see such a fine girl like you fall into this pit of fire."
Xu Daming, whose emotions had exploded in rage, suddenly calmed down.
Translation: Xu Daming, whose emotions had exploded in rage, suddenly calmed down.
He wanted to hear exactly what Long Laotaitai had to say.
Translation: He wanted to hear exactly what Long Laotaitai had to say.
There's a saying that goes well.
Translation: There's a saying that goes well.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles.
Translation: Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles.
Now we need to ensure we didn't add extra words. Let's check each translation for fidelity.
We'll go through each line and compare.
Suspicion aside, no one dared to point it out publicly.
On one hand, they truly didn't know who broke the Jia family's glass, suspecting it was Long Laotaitai who did it.
On the other hand, they each felt a sour satisfaction in their hearts.
What was broken was the Jia family's glass, not theirs.
The Jia family suffered misfortune, and the neighbors all secretly cheered in their hearts.
Since Jia Dongxu rolled up his braid, Jia Zhangshi, not knowing which nerve was stimulated, stubbornly turned herself into a nuisance that people and dogs alike despise.
The Jia family's amusement.
Why not watch?
The neighbors all had the idea of watching a show, looking at Jia Zhangshi who was like a monkey.
Afterwards, finding it boring, they each went home.
It was less than ten minutes.
The sound of breaking glass echoed throughout the courtyard once again.
This time, the household whose glass was broken changed from the Jia family to the Yi family.
Unknown who that divine person was, openly not daring to offend Yi Zhonghai, but secretly staging a night‑glass‑breaking drama against him.
The hypocrite's liveliness.
It's worth a watch.
Hualala.
The neighbors all gathered in the central courtyard, each staring at everything before them as if it were a rarity.
Really ruthless.
The Jia family had one pane of glass broken; now it was the Yi family's turn, with three panes near the door smashed into pieces by someone throwing bricks.
While they secretly cheered, they also turned their gazes toward Yi Zhonghai.
At that moment, Yi Zhonghai stood in the courtyard with a grim face; his gaze swept over the onlookers watching the spectacle, lingering a little longer when it passed over Shazhu.
He believed that even if Shazhu hadn't broken his family's glass, the incident was still closely tied to Shazhu.
Gazing across the siheyuan.
The only person who dared not give Yi Zhonghai, the head steward, face was Shazhu.
Thoughts remain thoughts.
Yet there was no evidence proving Shazhu broke his own glass.
No choice.
Could only hold a grudge in his heart.
Just now, while lying in bed, the window glass was smashed by a brick; some shards fell on Yi Zhonghai's head, and the brick also struck the foot of an elder aunt.
Had Yi Zhonghai not dodged in time, he figured he could have been disfigured.
Yi Zhonghai panted like a bull, his face grim to the extreme.
Breaking glass.
It made him feel his authority was severely challenged.
The siheyuan's head steward, a level‑8 technician at the Yagangchang, while sleeping indoors, had his glass smashed by neighbors throwing bricks; he figured it would spread throughout the Yagangchang by the next day, becoming after‑dinner talk.
Seeing Yi Zhonghai's gloomy expression, Liu Haizhong, who secretly felt pleased, volunteered to take charge of opening the grand courtyard meeting.
The long quote. My translation: "Everyone's here, so let's open the grand courtyard meeting. Before the meeting starts, I'll say a few words of filler. First, breaking glass is a very bad act; in the dead of night, under cover of darkness, someone threw a brick at the head steward's glass, and the shards also injured the head steward and an elder aunt. Our siheyuan is a civilized siheyuan; we can't have such glass‑breaking happen." Need to ensure we kept all content. Let's verify original Chinese:
The long quote: we need to translate fully. Let's translate: "Everyone's here, so let's open the grand courtyard meeting. Before the meeting starts, I'll say a few words of filler. First, breaking glass is a very bad act. In the dead of night, under cover of darkness, someone threw a brick at the head steward's glass, and the shards also injured the head steward and an elder aunt. Our siheyuan is a civilized siheyuan; we can't have such glass‑breaking happen." We'll produce a natural English translation.
Our translation: "Everyone's here, so let's open the grand courtyard meeting. Before the meeting starts, I'll say a few words of filler. First, breaking glass is a very bad act; in the dead of night, under cover of darkness, someone threw a brick at the head steward's glass, and the shards also injured the head steward and an elder aunt. Our siheyuan is a civilized siheyuan; we can't have such glass‑breaking happen."
Actually the user gave 【300】 Check:... but we need to output translation for that line? The line is the quote itself, which is already given as line 37? Actually line 37 is the quote. The 【300】 is a comment about translation. We should not output that as a line to translate; we only output lines that correspond to the original Chinese lines. The user gave many lines with indices and Chinese text. The indices after 【258】 etc are their own translations, not the original lines. So we should ignore those and only output translations for the lines that have Chinese text preceding them. The pattern: each line starts with something like "【8】 Line 1:..." or "【12】 Check:..." but the Check lines are not Chinese text to translate; they are meta commentary. However the instruction: "These lines still contain untranslated Chinese. Translate each FULLY into natural English. Output EXACTLY one line per item as: 【N】
Really a slap in the face.
Liu Haizhong kept saying, over and over, that one shouldn't break glass at night, while
But we need to check if any other punctuation missing. We'll output exactly that.
In the darkness.
A brick once again flew toward Yi Zhonghai's window in a perfect arc, and with a "ka‑cha" the hypocrite's glass shattered another pane.
"……" My translation: "..." Good.
Xu Daming pedaled his bicycle at full speed.
Also blaming Shazhu.
Running into Xu Daming, who had just come back from watching a movie at the Yagangchang, I casually mentioned that Long Laotaitai had been bad‑mouthing Xu Daming to Lou Xiaoe every day lately.
What kind of person is Long Laotaitai?
How could Xu Daming not know?
He got anxious.
Pedaling his bicycle toward the siheyuan, he didn't want his home's rear courtyard to be stolen while his bicycle fluttered with colorful flags outside.
Arriving at the siheyuan, he lifted his bicycle inside and hurried to the rear courtyard in a few quick steps.
Just as he reached the junction between the central and rear courtyards, Xu Daming heard Long Laotaitai, in front of Lou Xiaoe, speaking slanderously about him.
He also blamed Long Laotaitai for being a bit unscrupulous.
In broad daylight.
He couldn't even be bothered to maintain the most basic pretense.
Long Laotaitai, too, had been frightened by the incident of Yi Zhonghai's glass being smashed the previous night, and eagerly sought a way out for herself.
The long quote. My translation: "Silly girl, we haven't known each other long, but you know what kind of person I am; I've never been able to tolerate sand in my eyes. You're a well‑educated, good‑natured girl from a respectable family. It's not that I'm playing the petty villain to your face; it's that I can't bear to see such a fine girl like you fall into this pit of fire." Need to verify we captured all.
Silly girl, we haven't known each other long, but you know what kind of person I am. I've never been able to tolerate sand in my eyes. You're a well‑educated, good‑natured girl from a respectable family. It's not that I'm playing the petty villain to your face; it's that I can't bear to see such a fine girl like you fall into this pit of fire.
Let's break:
Silly girl,
We haven't known each other long,
But you know what kind of person I am;
You know what kind of person I am
I've never been able to tolerate sand in my eyes.
You're a well‑educated, good‑natured girl from a respectable family.
It's not that I'm playing the petty villain to your face;
It's that I can't bear to see such a fine girl like you fall into this pit of fire.
Our translation: "Silly girl, we haven't known each other long, but you know what kind of person I am; I've never been able to tolerate sand in my eyes. You're a well‑educated, good‑natured girl from a respectable family. It's not that I'm playing the petty villain to your face; it's that I can't bear to see such a fine girl like you fall into this pit of fire." Good.
Xu Daming, whose emotions had exploded in rage, suddenly calmed down.
He wanted to hear exactly what Long Laotaitai had to say.
There's a saying that goes well.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles.
If you want to defeat Long Laotaitai, you have to know what scheming idea she has.
"Xu Daming that kid, I've watched him grow up since he was little, just like his father, he's got too many scheming thoughts, never thinking about good things. He has such a good wife like you, yet he's out there fooling around. Silly girl marrying Xu Daming really suffers injustice. Nowadays, you can't just marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog; if life is bad, you must bravely pursue your own happiness. Look at Qin Huairu in Zhong Yuan: by rights, as a widow she should remarry, but because she's greedy for that good reputation, she's kept herself in a pit of fire. Silly girl, you're still young, you can't just muddle through. You have no kids yet—what are we women afraid of? Harden your heart, pat your butt and leave."
His heart of longing for Xu Daming is not dead.
Long Laotaitai deliberately used words to drive a wedge between Xu Daming and Lou Xiaoe's relationship.
From how she addresses Lou Xiaoe, you can see what scheme Long Laotaitai has in mind.
There's also the matter of Shazhu in this.
Long Laotaitai used to call Shazhu 'Little Shazhu' but called Lou Xiaoe 'silly girl', making it obvious she herself thought Lou Xiaoe and Shazhu were a couple.
Silly!
Pillar!
There's still a 'stupid' character modifier in front!
An openly brazen forced match.
Truly disrespectful to the elderly.
Like that.
Then there's no need to save face for Long Laotaitai.
Xu Daming stopped his bicycle, bent down and picked up a brick from the ground; regarding last night's incident, he vaguely heard that the Jia Family's glass was smashed first, then the Yi Family's glass was smashed.
Long Laotaitai will be the third family to have their glass smashed.
"Hu!"
Xu Daming let out a breath, and through the door crack, clearly saw Long Laotaitai gazing at Lou Xiaoe with an unmistakably satisfied look.
I've always only destroyed others' families, never meaning for mine to be destroyed.
Nima!
"Silly girl, let me tell you, I, the old lady, Xu Daming is no good; I've heard he's always fooling around outside, where there's no wind there's no wave, a fly doesn't bite an uncracked egg—if Xu Daming were upright, such rumors wouldn't spread. Silly girl, honestly, if I had met you earlier, I'd surely pull strings to introduce you to a satisfactory husband; I'd never let you marry that good-for-nothing Xu Daming."
The brick in Xu Daming's hand.
He hurled it at Long Laotaitai's family's glass.
Then came a "Crack!"
The glass shattered all over the ground.
Inside, Long Laotaitai, who was giving Lou Xiaoe ideological work, was startled by the sudden brick, and with a yell, her body fell from the bed to the ground.
"Who smashed my old lady's glass?"
"You old bastard, I, Xu Daming, smashed it."
Long Laotaitai paused.
Xu Daming called her an old bastard.
When has Long Laotaitai, who has thrown her weight around in Dayuan all her life, ever been talked back to to her face?
I'm the ancestor of Dayuan.
"Xu Daming, you."
Xu Daming won't give Long Laotaitai face; Long Laotaitai is so lacking in virtue as to try to break up his marriage—what face is left? Not even giving her a big slap is already giving her a way out.
"What me? Calling you an old bastard is already giving you face; if I don't give you face, I'll call you a beast, an old bastard beast."
Long Laotaitai trembled all over with anger.
Seeing Yi Zhonghai and some neighbors who were off today rushing toward Hou Yuan.
They blamed Xu Daming, turning the tables like Zhu Bajie blaming the rake.
Long Laotaitai was full of baseless self-confidence; in her mind, Lou Xiaoe was a wealthy young lady whom everyone wanted to beat up, and as the matriarch of Dayuan, even if Lou Xiaoe were married to Xu Daming, she wouldn't speak the truth in front of everyone.
"Xu Daming, how has the old lady offended you, that you throw a brick at her glass? Is this the work style of our publicity department staff?"
Yi Zhonghai came up and immediately slapped a big label on him.
Jia Zhangshi seized on Yi Zhonghai's words and frenziedly piled labels onto Xu Daming.
Last night, the Jia Family's glass was smashed.
Jia Zhangshi felt sorry for the money.
She therefore wanted to use this incident to make Xu Daming pay for the glass.
"Xu Daming, is the Jia Family's glass also smashed by you? I tell you, whether you pay or not, I'll go to the street office."
"Jia Zhangshi, get lost."
"Xu Daming, Jia Zhangshi is your elder, and Long Laotaitai is older than your parents—aren't you going a bit too far in how you treat her?"
"You old fool, you know nothing." Xu Daming pointed at Long Laotaitai, "Why don't you ask what this old bastard beast has done?"
Long Laotaitai's complexion.
It changed in an instant.
Once some things are exposed.
Definitely a social death on the spot.
Better to destroy ten temples than to break up a marriage.
She said bad things about Xu Daming to Lou Xiaoe's face and tried to stir Lou Xiaoe into divorcing him; once it got out, the only one who would lose face would be Long Laotaitai herself.
This matter needs to be covered up.
Long Laotaitai instantly felt a bit guilty.
Her cheeks were furious a second ago, and the next second they became honest.
Yi Zhonghai is a sly person.
At a glance at Long Laotaitai's expression, one knows she's in the wrong on this matter, while silently cursing her eight generations of ancestors and also thinking about how to wrap things up.
If there weren't so many people around.
The matter can still be salvaged.
Today is Sunday.
The neighbors are all resting.
"Neighbors are all here, so I might as well speak the truth and let the neighbors judge: you, Long Laotaitai, to my wife's face, on the left I, Xu Damao, am not a plaything, on the right I, Xu Damao, am not a thing, and you're even urging my wife to divorce me."
His gaze fell on Yi Zhonghai.
He spoke, word by word.
"Elder Uncle, I'm asking you: can I, Xu Damao, break the glass in Long Laotaitai's house?"
Yi Zhonghai froze on the spot.
He didn't know how to respond to Xu Damao's questioning.
In an instant.
He regretted appearing at the scene of the incident.
"Long Laotaitai, if you think I, Xu Damao, am wrong, I'll go to the Jiēdào and have its leaders judge; if they all say I'm wrong, I'll kneel and call you ancestor."
Xu Damao reached out to grab Long Laotaitai.
He wasn't afraid at all.
What he feared was Long Laotaitai.
If this scandal of Long Laotaitai ruining someone's marriage were to come out.
Long Laotaitai's reputation would surely be ruined beyond repair.
Seeing the situation turn against him.
Long Laotaitai simply deployed her feigned-deafness trick.
"What are you saying? You want to treat my old lady to a meal? Forget it, just having the thought is enough; my old lady doesn't want to eat tonight, okay, okay, you guys go back first, remember my old lady's words: a couple should live well together."
"Wife, from now on keep your distance from these troublemakers who specialize in wrecking families; otherwise, if lightning strikes them, you'll be dragged down too."
Xu Damao deliberately provoked Long Laotaitai.
The more Long Laotaitai tried to split Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe, the more Xu Damao sought to stage a happy scene of himself and Lou Xiaoe in front of her.
"Wife, remember my words, Xu Damao: from now on don't go looking for that immortal old hag, Long Laotaitai; she's no good, badmouthing me to your face and praising others, all to break up our marriage."
Lou Xiaoe nodded.
There are some things she does not know.
But it's her identity that destined her not to openly refuse anyone like some people can.
Let me say something unpleasant.
The entire Siheyuan.
Anyone can use Lou Xiaoe's status as leverage, no matter who they are; Lou Xiaoe must always smile and agree.
Xu Damao saying that.
Lou Xiaoe also just went along with it.
Do you really think she gets along with Long Laotaitai?
Nonsense.
"Wife, when you meet people like this, we should keep our distance; whatever they are, I'm reminded of the saying: birds of a feather flock together, people divide into groups."
……
Yi Family.
Long Laotaitai personally came to ask Yi Zhonghai for help.
"Zhonghai, help me think of a way for my old lady."
Long Laotaitai dared not gamble on whether Xu Damao would go to the neighborhood office; she couldn't afford to.
Not fearing ten thousand.
Just fearing the one-in-ten-thousand chance.
If Xu Damao actually went to the neighborhood office, the fact that Long Laotaitai had ruined someone's marriage would be set in stone, and she would surely have no good outcome.
Which is more important, which is less.
Long Laotaitai knows the difference clearly.
Choosing to act like an ostrich also stems from this consideration.
"How can I help you? You know what kind of person Xu Damao is—he's a pure villain. What exactly are you up to?"
Yi Zhonghai grew angrier the more he spoke.
His relationship with Long Laotaitai.
It was an alliance where they shared honor together.
A single pull moves the whole body.
"Even if you ruined Xu Damao's marriage, you were doing it behind people's backs—how did he still hear about it? How can I help you? Tell me how I can help you."
"Zhonghai, we're like two grasshoppers tied to the same rope—if my old lady can't have good fortune, neither can you."
"Old lady, are you trying to threaten me to death?"
"I'm not threatening you; I'm just reminding you."
End of Chapter
