Chapter 48: Li Xuan is Fired

Father Jiang did not believe it at all.

Over these years, he had already accepted the fact that his eldest son was destined to be a bachelor for life.

He only sighed, "If you can really bring me back a daughter-in-law, I, your old man, will listen to whatever you say!"

"Even if I tell you to quit smoking, you'll agree?"

Jiang Cheng raised an eyebrow.

His old man was a heavy smoker.

He wouldn't even listen to the military doctor.

"I'll quit!"

The old man agreed readily.

After agreeing, he felt a bit strange in his heart; this eldest son had always been taciturn and sparing with his words, so why was he bragging today?

Could he really be planning to get married?

But soon, Father Jiang dismissed this thought; it couldn't be, for so many years, no matter how the family pressured him, the eldest son had never compromised.

It was impossible.

But soon, the whole family discovered the eldest son's abnormality; the eldest son, who was always accustomed to wearing his military uniform and only washing his face before going out, had actually changed into a white suit this morning and even styled his hair.

At the breakfast table, several people looked at each other in dismay.

"Did the sun rise from the west?" Mother Jiang took a bite of a deep-fried dough stick.

Father Jiang looked at his eldest son's tall and dashing back and snorted, "He only has a tiny bit of the style I had when I was young!"

Jiang Yu smiled without smiling, "Dad, Mom, perhaps there is good news coming to our family soon."

With that idiot Shen Lan getting a divorce, his brother was probably the happiest person in the world.

He finished the soy milk in his bowl in big gulps, impatient to go to work.

But he was dragged back by his own mother, who asked what happy event there was at home.

"Is your wife pregnant with a second child?"

That wouldn't do; family planning was so strict now.

Jiang Yu smiled and denied it, then pulled his sleeve from his mother's hand and left.

He used to be a rather laid-back person; transferring from the city back to the county was considered a demotion, just to come back to accompany his wife and daughter.

But ever since he went up against Shen Lan, he felt this job was extremely interesting.

Especially now, watching Shen Lan every day clearly feeling unconvinced in his heart, yet having to respectfully call him County Magistrate Jiang on the surface, he felt extremely delighted.

Shen Lan was indeed very frustrated; now his work as Deputy County Magistrate was far from as easy to do as before.

Jiang Yu was his consistent arch-rival; it was one thing for him to pick on his faults, but those people who used to be obedient to him were no longer so cooperative with his work.

"Deputy County Magistrate Shen, this report of yours is wrong again!"

Jiang Yu crossed his hands on the desk and threw a folder in front of him.

Shen Lan suppressed his anger, "County Magistrate, but this is already the third version I've done!"

"That only proves your incompetence!"

This sentence was enough to make Shen Lan's lungs explode with anger!

What did he mean by his incompetence? If he were incompetent, how did he sit in this position of Deputy County Magistrate?

"Redo it!" Jiang Yu was not simply making things difficult for him; this document really had problems.

As for the past, those loopholes were all fixed by Ma County Magistrate finding someone to help him.

But during that Dance Competition, this guy Shen Lan had offended Ma County Magistrate completely as well.

It caused Madam Ma to go and make a huge scene with Ma County Magistrate again.

Now that the promoted Ma County Magistrate, the current Deputy Mayor Ma, naturally would not care about him anymore.

Shen Lan had no choice but to take the document back, feeling unwilling.

Actually, it wasn't just his work that wasn't going smoothly; Li Xuan's work was even less smooth.

It wasn't just not smooth; Director Huang had called her to the office to discuss her resignation directly.

Li Xuan could not accept it.

The last time she was in this office, Director Huang was still talking to her about a promotion; how could he suddenly want to fire her now?

"Why?"

Director Huang found it amusing, leaning back in his chair with his arms crossed, "Do you really not know why yourself?"

"Is it because I didn't win the championship for the school at the Dance Competition?"

Li Xuan did not think her problem was that big, "Director, I admit that it was my fault for not winning the championship this time, but there are always accidents in competitions. I have won the championship for the school so many times before; if there is no credit, there should at least be hard work!"

"It's not because of that." Director Huang smiled mockingly, "It's because your reputation now, along with the negative news about you, makes you no longer suitable to be a teacher at Huaiyi. The school is considering your years of hard work, which is why we are letting you resign voluntarily. After all, being fired doesn't sound good when it gets out."

Li Xuan's face turned deathly pale.

In the end, she signed the resignation letter; the tip of her pen at the end of the signature was so sharp it pierced the paper.

Forcing herself to walk out of the school, Li Xuan's tears fell.

This matter of the school forcing her to resign must have been done by Si Rong!

How could she be so vicious?

Li Xuan went to the Rongzi Dance Studio.

Ming Zi was organizing some materials in the school; she was better at handling these miscellaneous tasks.

Seeing Li Xuan, she raised an eyebrow, "Li the Third, what are you doing here?"

Li Xuan:...

Sometimes she really wished she could tear Ming Zi's mouth apart, if only she weren't unable to beat her.

"I'm here to find Si Rong!"

Ming Zi put on an exaggerated expression, "You like snatching that trash Shen Lan, didn't you already get your hands on him? What else is there?"

"Truly a dung beetle wearing a mask, shameless!"

Li Xuan's lips trembled with anger; she clenched her fists, then forced herself to endure it, shouting toward the dance studio, "Si Rong! You come out here! Was it you who made Huaiyi fire me? Do you dare to do it but not admit it?"

After all these years of effort she had put in, could it be that it was ultimately no match for a single word from a wealthy young lady like Si Rong?

"Slap—" Ming Zi gave her a crisp and swift slap across the face.

She had wanted to hit her for a long time, but had been troubled by the lack of opportunity; she hadn't expected this shameless Li Xuan to deliver herself to her doorstep.

"Huaiyi fired you? What a good eye they have! I reckon they were afraid you'd hook up with the Principal again later!"

"You truly deserve it; even snatching your own good sister's man, a person like you deserves to be beaten by everyone!"

Li Xuan could no longer hold back and wanted to fight back.

She had endured Ming Zi for so many years, and now that things had reached a point where they couldn't get any worse, she really didn't want to endure anymore.

As a result, just as she reached out her hand, her waist was fiercely kicked twice by Ming Zi.

A barrage of punches and kicks came down upon her, and Li Xuan was left completely stunned.

How could this shameless woman Ming Zi be so good at fighting?

And clearly, she didn't look much fatter than her, yet her strength was even greater than a man's.

This was something she didn't know: Ming Zi had seen many mistresses; if she didn't have this diamond drill, how could she deal with so many mistresses?

Now she had developed muscle memory; whenever she saw a mistress, she wanted to get her hands on her and beat her up.

Li Xuan left the Rongzi Dance Studio with a bruised and swollen face.

Meanwhile, Si Rong was about to go watch a movie with Jiang Cheng.

Today, Si Rong was wearing a dark red velvet qipao, with a white fox fur coat worn over it.

She was truly a flower of worldly wealth.

Although she was wearing high heels, she only reached Jiang Cheng's shoulder.

She didn't know what this man grew up eating; he was enviably tall.

The movie they were going to watch today was "Farewell My Concubine".

After parking the car, Jiang Cheng got out first, then walked around to the other side to open the door for Si Rong.

"Thank you."

Si Rong thanked him out of habit.

"My pleasure."

Jiang Cheng restrained the joy in his heart; he noticed someone selling popcorn and cola in the distance, which young couples frequented from time to time.

He walked over and said, "I'd like one portion of popcorn and two bottles of cola."

"That will be eight yuan and fifty cents in total."

Jiang Cheng paid the money, and then the two walked side by side toward the cinema.

At the entrance of the cinema, Xiao Huang watched their backs for a moment, stunned.