Chapter 1730

Wang Liu glared at him and said, "Director Jiang, listen to me. If anyone asks you today, you are not allowed to mention County Magistrate Su's name. If you do, I will tell everyone everything you said today."

Jiang Zhongping nodded like a chick pecking at rice. Wang Liu pulled on him there and said, "Get up."

Jiang Zhongping was very obedient and stood up. He had no choice but to stand up; he was being pulled by Wang Liu there, just like an ox with a ring through its nose—as long as the rope was pulled, the ox had to go in whichever direction the person leading it pulled.

As soon as Wang Liu pulled Jiang Zhongping up, she let go. At the same time she let go, she fiercely kneed Jiang Zhongping in his lower parts. Jiang Zhongping was instantly in such pain he nearly passed out. He let out wheezing cries of pain, collapsed to the floor, and covered his lower parts with both hands, lacking even the strength to move.

Next, Wang Liu tore at her own clothes with force, ripping off the buttons, making the clothes all wrinkled, and messing up her hair until it was disheveled. Only then did she open the door and scream "Molestation!"—which led to the scene that occurred earlier.

By the time the station director directed everyone to send Jiang Zhongping to the hospital and everyone had gone out in a clamor, Wang Liu closed the office door and locked it from the inside. She immediately dialed a phone call to Su Xinghui, told him everything that had happened today, and told him that he must never admit to having met her last night.

After speaking hurriedly, Wang Liu hung up the phone, stacked two stools, found a length of rope, and hung it from the iron hook on the ceiling, pretending to be committing suicide by hanging.

While doing all this, Wang Liu seemed to have grown up all at once. Although she was thirty years old, she had never experienced any major events, and her psychological age was probably not even twenty.

But today, in order to protect Su Xinghui, she had cast everything aside; she was capable of doing anything. This was also the point Jiang Zhongping had misjudged, and it was this misjudgment that led to his total ruin.

Su Xinghui was incomparably shocked after hearing Wang Liu's words. He hadn't expected such a major event to have occurred today. Just as he wanted to ask Wang Liu for more detailed information, Wang Liu had already hurriedly hung up the phone.

Su Xinghui hadn't expected that Wang Liu would be willing to do such a thing to protect him. In his impression, she was a weak and talented woman who had absolutely nothing to do with such matters.

When he sent Wang Liu home yesterday, the hug Wang Liu gave him had left Su Xinghui a bit dazed and at a loss. He didn't quite know how to face Wang Liu's feelings.

Accepting Wang Liu's feelings was impossible. Su Xinghui had never thought about cheating; even when his relationship with his wife was poor in his previous life, he had never cheated. This was the set of values he had formed over decades, making him fundamentally unable to accept such things.

Furthermore, Lu Xiaoya was so good to him. If he were to cheat while Lu Xiaoya was carrying his child, he simply wouldn't be human. Therefore, he couldn't accept Wang Liu's feelings.

However, how to reject Wang Liu was also a problem. Wang Liu wasn't a bad woman. The fundamental reason she had such thoughts about Su Xinghui now was that she had no love with her husband and received no warmth in her family. If she had family warmth, she might never have had such thoughts.

The second reason was that Su Xinghui himself was too outstanding, top-tier in every aspect. In particular, he and Wang Liu shared common interests, and both were exceptionally talented. It was very normal for Wang Liu to be attracted to Su Xinghui.

The third reason was Fang Qing's instigation. Su Xinghui had just heard Wang Liu say that Fang Qing's shadow was behind this matter; it was she who had been instigating Wang Liu to have contact with Su Xinghui. Why she did this was self-evident.

Even though Wang Liu had hugged him yesterday, Su Xinghui couldn't feel any resentment toward her. Wang Liu was a pitiful woman; she wasn't frivolous. Hugging him yesterday was probably the boldest move she could make.

Su Xinghui didn't want to hurt her. She didn't receive happiness or warmth in her family and always needed some spiritual sustenance. If Su Xinghui rejected her harshly, given her personality, she might very well do something foolish.

But he hadn't expected that today, to protect him, Wang Liu would do such a shocking and even somewhat tragic thing.

Having done such a thing, Wang Liu's life was destined to never return to what it was. This matter would forever become a brand on her. Given her personality, she wouldn't be able to stay in Changshan County, and her family might even fall apart because of this.

She had paid such a high price just to protect Su Xinghui. What kind of affection was this?

Humans are not made of grass or wood; who can be without feelings? Su Xinghui was, of course, no exception. Although he wouldn't accept Wang Liu's feelings because of this, he was moved.

After being moved, he felt anger. These guys were really going too far. To deal with him, Su Xinghui, why drag unrelated people into this whirlpool?

He gritted his teeth in his heart and said, "Ren Guisheng, Fang Qing, you have truly touched my bottom line this time. If I don't fight back, I'll really be failing Wang Liu."

Thinking of this, Su Xinghui was also very worried about Wang Liu. He didn't know what other foolish things Wang Liu might do.

However, although he was worried, he couldn't call to ask. Wang Liu had made such a huge sacrifice just to keep him out of it. If he called to ask now, it would be like saying "there is no silver buried here," and Wang Liu's sacrifice would have been in vain.

Carrying this worry, Su Xinghui couldn't proceed with any work. He just sat in his office, silently waiting for news. With such a major event having occurred, it surely wouldn't be long before news came on its own.