Chapter 1736

Meng Lan's family stayed in the forest for a few minutes and saw Pi Wenzhuo jumping downstairs and running outside. Meng Lan knew this was her husband sending her son away to play video games.

About another half an hour later, a motorcycle taxi drove over and stopped downstairs. A graceful woman got off the motorcycle taxi. Meng Lan and her brothers and nephew immediately perked up and looked over.

The woman got off the motorcycle taxi, paid the driver, and the motorcycle taxi drove away. The woman scanned the surroundings, didn't find anything unusual, and then stepped in her high heels, walking gracefully upstairs.

But the shock in Meng Lan's heart was beyond measure, because when the woman scanned the surroundings just now, she had already recognized that this woman was actually Deputy County Magistrate Fang Qing.

She naturally wouldn't mistake Fang Qing; after all, she was a deputy county magistrate, and she was often seen on Changshan news. She used to be the director of the Education Bureau, and Meng Lan often saw her when she went to the Education Bureau to find her husband.

Could it be that the one having an affair with her husband was Fang Qing? This fact made Meng Lan unable to believe it. She was more than ten years older than her and not as pretty as her. What did her husband like about her? Did he just like her breasts being bigger than hers?

Meng Lan's family watched from the flower window of the stairwell as Fang Qing went upstairs, stopped at the door of the room on the right on the third floor, took out a key, opened the door, and went in.

Meng Lan's hands were tightly clenched, her fingernails piercing into her palms, but she was completely unaware.

A few minutes later, from the flower window of the stairwell, Meng Lan saw her husband go out the door. Her hands clenched even tighter, already piercing her palms until they bled, but she still couldn't feel the pain. She watched her husband pull the door shut, walk downstairs excitedly, come to the door of that room on the third floor, take out a key, open the door, and go in.

Meng Lan's older brother cursed in a low voice, "This bastard, he really did it!"

A few minutes later, Meng Lan said, "Let's go up."

Several people came out of the forest together, went upstairs, and came to the door of that room on the third floor. Everyone looked at Meng Lan. Meng Lan was silent for a few seconds and said, "Little Brother, kick the door open."

Meng Lan's younger brother was strong and sturdy. Hearing Meng Lan's words, he raised his foot and kicked toward that door.

This door was just an ordinary wooden door; how could it withstand the full-force kick of a strong man? With a earth-shattering loud noise, the door was kicked open. It hit the wall and bounced back. In an instant, dust filled the air.

A dozen or so seconds later, the dust settled. Meng Lan stepped toward the room. She walked these few steps very slowly, feeling as if it were difficult to walk. She knew that once this door was kicked open, her marriage would be coming to an end. During these few steps, she had been recalling her ten-plus years of married life with her husband.

For these ten-plus years, they had lived very peacefully and steadily. Was it happy? This should be happiness, right? She was attached to such happiness, but starting today, she would have to say goodbye to such happiness.

Why on earth was this? Meng Lan couldn't think of an answer.

Fang Qing and Section Chief Pi didn't close the door; they never liked closing the door. If possible, they didn't even want to pull the curtains. They liked such freedom and such excitement. Of course, they had no idea how much harm the freedom and excitement they liked would bring to others.

Because they didn't close the door, they were exposed in front of Meng Lan's family. They looked at the four people walking in in astonishment, forgetting even to cover their bodies with a quilt.

Meng Lan's older brother liked photography. Today, he brought a camera. He quickly moved the shutter, capturing this scene into the lens, taking a multi-shot burst.

Section Chief Pi looked at Meng Lan's family, his heart and gallbladder split. Fang Qing wanted to be calm, but she found her body shaking, making her tremble uncontrollably. This wasn't because of the cold—although it was December and quite cold—but she knew this wasn't because she was cold; it was because she was afraid.

Fang Qing naturally recognized Meng Lan. In front of Meng Lan, her status and position were useless. Even if she was a deputy county magistrate, her status was much higher than Meng Lan's, but now in front of Meng Lan, she was a sinner waiting for judgment!

Fang Qing had always thought she could face any situation, but when she truly faced such a scene, she discovered that she wasn't always that strong; she also had times of fear.

Although she thought she had cast aside propriety, justice, integrity, and shame, deep in her heart, she still had a sense of shame. This was the tradition of the Chinese people and could not be completely cast aside.

What she feared wasn't anything else, but the sense of shame in her heart.

In front of Meng Lan, Fang Qing couldn't say a single word.

The loud noise made by Meng Lan's younger brother kicking the door open alarmed almost all the residents in the building. Such old-fashioned buildings had poor soundproofing; a little noise could be heard by the whole building, let alone such a loud noise. They gathered here, surrounded the doorway, and looked at this scene one by one with astonishment.

Meng Lan's older brother and younger brother stepped forward directly and dragged Section Chief Pi off the bed, beating him with fists and kicks. Section Chief Pi didn't make a sound, holding his head and letting them beat him.

Meng Lan didn't look at her husband; she stared at Fang Qing. Fang Qing finally couldn't withstand Meng Lan's piercing gaze and asked, "Can I put on my clothes?"

Meng Lan nodded silently. Fang Qing put on her clothes. After putting on her clothes, her trembling improved slightly. This was not only because she received warmth, but more because she had put on her clothes, and her sense of shame wasn't as severe.

Meng Lan said, "Why?"

Fang Qing said, "Little Meng, can we change to another place to talk?"

Meng Lan looked back. The neighbors behind her were all looking at her in astonishment. Seeing this scene in their eyes, everyone naturally knew what had happened. However, they didn't expect that Section Chief Pi, who was usually a good man in everyone's eyes, would actually do such a thing.

What made them even more unexpected was that the one having an ambiguous relationship with Section Chief Pi was actually their former director, the current deputy county magistrate Fang Qing, whose age was more than ten years older than Section Chief Pi. This news was truly too explosive. Compared to this, the loud noise made by kicking the door just now didn't count for anything at all.

This was indeed not a very good place for conversation. Under the gaze of so many neighbors, every minute they stayed longer, everyone's face would be peeled off by a layer. But did Meng Lan still care about her face now?