Chapter 2131: Dumbfounded

While waiting for Zhao Desan, He Liping looked around, observing the various customers in this dance hall. Just as her gaze shifted to the entrance of the dance hall, she suddenly widened her eyes, looking extremely dumbfounded. She saw a female acquaintance, the wife of Boss Xu, who still retained her charm. This made He Liping feel extremely surprised. She didn't understand why this woman, who was like a housewife, would come to such a place so late, and her attire and makeup were completely different from her usual simple and casual style. It was obvious that she had even applied light makeup, making her look radiant and full of charm, not at all like a woman nearing fifty. After seeing this female acquaintance, He Liping quickly changed to an inconspicuous position and secretly observed her every move. She saw that after entering the dance hall, her first action was to look around furtively, and then, as if looking for something, she wandered aimlessly through the dance hall...

It turned out that the woman He Liping saw was none other than Ma Lili, the legal wife of Zheng Tulu, the head of the Provincial Construction Commission. That was why He Liping appeared so incredulous, even hiding in an inconspicuous corner to secretly observe Ma Lili's movements. While observing Ma Lili, who was looking for something in the dance hall, she couldn't figure out why this housewife, who usually only knew how to wash clothes and cook at home, would appear in such a place of romance and pleasure tonight. This made He Liping feel extremely surprised and puzzled. In fact, logically speaking, she didn't need to hide like this; she could have walked up openly to greet Ma Lili and ask her why she came to such a place. But it was precisely because several years ago, when Zheng Tulu was still the director of the Municipal Construction Commission, he had an affair with her in the office and was caught red-handed by this Ma Lili, which left He Liping with a psychological shadow. Although Ma Lili was very broad-minded and forgave her afterwards, every time He Liping saw Ma Lili later, she still felt uncomfortable and unnatural in her heart. So in such a place, let alone greeting Ma Lili, even seeing her face-to-face would make He Liping feel uncomfortable. Furthermore, meeting her in such a place of pleasure, if Zheng Tulu found out, he would definitely get to the bottom of it. There was another point: she wanted to find out what purpose Ma Lili had in coming to such a place of debauchery tonight.

At this moment, He Liping was like a well-trained spy, hiding in an inconspicuous corner, under the cover of the dim, flickering lights and the moving crowd, secretly watching Ma Lili and observing her every move. She first saw Ma Lili walking around the dance floor as if looking for someone, turning around furtively, and then saw her find an empty seat in the front row closest to the dance floor, order a bottle of beer from a waiter, pour a glass, and drink by herself. What surprised He Liping even more was that after putting down the wine glass, Ma Lili actually took a pack of ladies' cigarettes out of her purse, took one out, put it in her mouth, and took out a lighter to light it. After taking one puff, she was choked into coughing repeatedly, leaning forward and backward. Seeing Ma Lili's unfamiliarity with smoking, He Liping couldn't help but giggle. At the same time, Ma Lili's previous good image of a virtuous wife and mother was greatly discounted in He Liping's heart. She had never expected that Ma Lili, who had always presented herself as a virtuous wife and mother, would secretly come to a notorious dance hall alone, and even smoke and drink by herself. All of this truly surprised He Liping.

But what surprised her even more followed right after she had just finished laughing at Ma Lili's unfamiliarity with smoking. Just at this moment, she suddenly saw a young man with black-rimmed glasses, fair and thin, or more accurately, a young man who looked like a student, walking toward Ma Lili while looking around furtively. He said something to Ma Lili with a blushing, shy face, and then she saw a faint blush appear on Ma Lili's face too. She nodded to the student-looking boy, and he sat down next to Ma Lili's seat. Ma Lili took the initiative to pour him a glass of wine, then raised her glass to clink it gently with his, and drank a glass of beer. Then she saw the student-looking man say something shyly to Ma Lili. Ma Lili also blushed, looked toward the 'cannon room' at the end of the aisle with a slight shyness, and nodded shyly. Immediately after, the student-looking man took his wallet out of his pants pocket, as if he wanted to take money out of it, but was blocked by Ma Lili. She said something to him, and Ma Lili stood up, looked around furtively, and walked toward the 'cannon room' at the end of the aisle with her head down, while the student-looking man followed behind...

Wow! It seems the harvest tonight is really not small! Seeing this scene, He Liping couldn't help but widen her eyes. She finally understood why Ma Lili came to this notorious dance hall. It turned out that this forty-something housewife came here to find a young man to satisfy her strong physiological needs. Could it be that Zheng Tulu's ability in that area had weakened with age, to the point where he couldn't satisfy the needs of his legal wife, who was at the age when a woman's physiological needs were at their strongest? Probably not. At least when she was with him, Zheng Tulu's ability in that area was still quite strong. Although he couldn't compare to a young, vigorous guy like Zhao Desan, his technique in teasing and foreplay was more delicate and skilled than Zhao Desan's, and he had many tricks, every time making her reach the peak without her knowing it. There was only one reason: Zheng Tulu usually flirted with many women outside, and when he returned home, he had no extra energy to 'pay the public grain' to Ma Lili. For a woman in her forties whose physiological needs were at a 'tiger and wolf' age, wasn't this a kind of pain? Perhaps for a woman at that stage, the most painful thing in the world was not being nourished by a man. And He Liping suddenly remembered that Zheng Tulu had gone out of town on business this morning and wouldn't be back until the day after tomorrow. With the man not at home, it just provided Ma Lili with an opportunity to 'climb over the wall' (cheat). And the fact that Ma Lili came directly to this dance hall when she had such a rare opportunity to cheat also indicated one problem: Ma Lili was usually lonely in body and mind, and must have learned about some places where it was easiest to have relations with men many times before, and having heard of this place of romance and pleasure, the most debauched in all of Xijing City, from the internet or some friends, she headed straight here.

Seeing Ma Lili in such a place also made He Liping have to believe that the saying 'you can't judge a book by its cover' was truly a golden rule. Indeed, although she hadn't met Ma Lili many times, Ma Lili had always given her the impression of being a virtuous wife and mother, a woman loyal to her husband and family. But she didn't expect that even such a woman couldn't endure the double loneliness of body and mind. Although she felt it was incredible to see Ma Lili here, after thinking about it carefully and using herself as a comparison, He Liping could still understand why Ma Lili did this. Take herself, for example: when she was first promoted to the Provincial Construction Commission, she was directly 'forced' by Zhao Desan, who had the guts of a lion and a leopard, in the warehouse. She should have been full of hostility and hatred toward this guy, but not only did she not think about revenge, she actually gradually fell in love with this guy, or more accurately, fell in love with the feeling of doing that thing with him. That was a feeling she had never received from other men, unprecedented, forgetful of herself, making her obsessed and crazy.

After witnessing with her own eyes that even a traditional woman like Ma Lili would cheat, He Liping sat there and began to ponder deeply, conducting in-depth thinking and research on the issue of women cheating. This was the difference between people in the system and people outside the system. For the same issue, if it were a woman outside the system who saw this scene of Ma Lili cheating, she would definitely point fingers and be full of contempt and sarcasm. But as a person in the system, He Liping's perspective on looking at problems was different from other women. She thought more about and researched why women like Ma Lili would cheat and what the reasons were.

Just as He Liping figured out the root cause of this phenomenon, Ma Lili and the young man who looked gentle and only in his twenties, like a student, walked out of the 'cannon room' at the end of the aisle one after another. Through the flickering lights of the dance hall, He Liping saw that Ma Lili's face was glowing red, overflowing with a satisfied smile, while the boy behind her was blushing, obviously not a regular here. Looking at his dress and appearance, He Liping felt he should still be a college student. After walking out of the 'cannon room', the college student walked straight out of the dance hall with his head down. It seemed his goal for tonight had been achieved.

Seeing this chaotic place and listening to the various lewd gasps and moans coming from the dance floor in front of her when the slow song started, He Liping felt that this world was truly a bit messed up. She saw Ma Lili return to her seat with a glowing face after satisfying her inner needs, take a sip of beer, and light a white ladies' cigarette to smoke, as if she still had some unfinished business. After finishing one ladies' cigarette, she didn't seem to want to leave yet.

Could it be that she wasn't satisfied yet? It seems Zheng Tulu is truly not understanding, making his own wife so thirsty that she runs to such a place to find a man for nourishment, He Liping thought to herself, and for a moment, she forgot that she was waiting for Zhao Desan in the dance hall.

As for Zhao Desan, after sending the message to He Liping, he originally intended to have a drink with Fourth Brother, Han Wu, and that yellow-haired thug, and then come over after getting to know each other. But who knew that after Zhao Desan finished drinking with them one by one, that Fourth Brother was, after all, someone in the underworld, and no matter what, he wouldn't let Zhao Desan put down his glass and leave halfway. He patted his chest and said very loyally, "Brother, I'm treating tonight, everyone drink to their heart's content, we won't stop until we're drunk!" Saying this, he raised another glass of wine to Zhao Desan and said very generously, "Brother Comrade Comrade Xiao Zhao, Fourth Brother and you met in the dance hall last time, and to run into each other there this time, it's truly fate. This glass of wine, I, Fourth Brother, will drink with you, Comrade Comrade Xiao Zhao, come!" ===== CHAPTER 2132 =====