"I'll go if you don't want to!" Mrs. Zhou steeled her heart and rummaged through the liquor cabinet. She took out all the good cigarettes and alcohol she had been saving to give to Lu Yiwei.
"Hey, hey, hey! That's my hard-earned savings! Don't touch it! "Zhou Jiansheng said.
Mrs. Zhou ignored him and continued putting the money into the bag. "If you become the Deputy Mayor, people will give you gifts! Look at how useless you are! "
Zhou Jiansheng remembered he met Lu Yiwei downstairs. "Don't go. I just met Lu Yiwei. He's not home."
"Why didn't you say so earlier!" Mrs. Zhou threw the bag on the floor and sat on the sofa angrily. She thought for a while and asked, "What did you want to say to me?"
Zhou Jiansheng threw a tantrum. "I wanted to say it, but I'm not interested anymore."
"You idiot!" Mrs. Zhou got up and went to the kitchen to cook.
The gossipy Zhou Jiansheng couldn't hold it in and ran to the kitchen. "I met Lu Yiwei downstairs. Guess what he's doing?"
"What?" Madam Zhou became anxious and said angrily, "I hate that tone of yours the most. No wonder you haven't been promoted. You're always so strange. If you want to talk, hurry up and say it. If you don't want to talk, get out!"
Zhou Jiansheng said. "I saw Lu Yiwei looking at the woman who rented Jiang Fang's apartment."
Madam Zhou glared at him and said, "What does it have to do with you? It's none of your business! Besides, how can you be sure that Lu Yiwei is looking at her? Let's eat! "
Zhou Jiansheng used his gossiping skills. "Guess who is renting Jiang Fang's apartment? It's Shi Xiaoman, the wife of Cao Xiaolei. Didn't they just get divorced? She moved out. "
"I know about this." Mrs. Zhou followed Zhou Jiansheng's train of thought.
Seeing that his wife was listening to him seriously, Zhou Jiansheng said proudly, "As far as I know, Shi Xiaoman used to be the Deputy Mayor of North River Town. It just so happens that Lu Yiwei is also in North River Town and is also the Deputy Mayor. I heard that the two of you were already in a mess, and Cao Xiaolei even blocked you on the bed. Later, as soon as Lu Yiwei returned to the county, Shi Xiaoman immediately drew the Chuangwei headquarters. This was strange. This time, Lu Yiwei had just gone to the County's Party Committee Office, and Shi Xiaoman had gone there too. What's even more amazing is that Shi Xiaoman moved in after Lu Yiwei's house had been empty for half a year. Don't you think it's a coincidence? "
Hearing what Zhou Jiansheng said, Mrs. Zhou was skeptical. "Really?"
"That's right!" Zhou Jiansheng vividly said, "Just now, when I was going upstairs, I saw Lu Yiwei standing at the bottom of Shi Xiaoman's window, looking at Shi Xiaoman eagerly. That look in his eyes was as if he wanted to see through the autumn waters, until the seas ran dry and the rocks crumbled."
"Can you see his eyes in the dark?" Mrs. Zhou teased.
"It's just a metaphor. There are even exaggerations in Chinese," Zhou Jiansheng explained weakly.
"Yes." Mrs. Zhou said, "What are you trying to say?"
"I've said so much for nothing. Don't you understand? They are having an affair! "Zhou Jiansheng said firmly.
Mrs. Zhou's eyelids drooped. "What does it have to do with you if they are having an affair? You really have nothing to do. Let's eat."
Zhou Jiansheng wasn't satisfied with his wife's response, so he continued, "It's nothing to ordinary people like us, but Lu Yiwei is a big shot now. If he's having an affair outside, it'll be big news. If it gets out, he'll be in big trouble. Maybe it will be the same as last time. He will be brought to the city for investigation by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. That will be interesting. I now suspect that Shi Xiaoman and Cao Xiaolei's divorce was because of Lu Yiwei's interference. "
Mrs. Zhou picked up her bowl and chopsticks. "Jiansheng, I will say it again. If you used your ability to pry into other people's private affairs on work, you would have been promoted long ago. Lu Yiwei is single. He can fool around with whoever he wants. It's none of your business! I'm warning you. Don't look for trouble. If you offend him, your good days will come to an end. Also, we are asking him to do something. Don't go around talking about it. "
"I'm not talking to you anymore!" Zhou Jiansheng saw that his wife did not respond, and he buried his head in his food in disappointment.
In the end, Lu Yiwei couldn't resist the fragrance. He walked to Shi Xiaoman's house and thought for a long time before he mustered the courage to press the doorbell.
"Who is it?" Shi Xiaoman's gentle voice came from the room. Lu Yiwei coughed and looked around with his hands in his pocket.
Shi Xiaoman saw that no one answered, so she tiptoed to the door and asked softly, "Who is it?"
Lu Yiwei used his toes to pick up the cigarette butt and said unnaturally, "Me."
"Lu Yiwei!" Shi Xiaoman muttered in her heart and suddenly panicked. She quickly looked up and down, tucked her scattered hair behind her ears, rubbed her hands on her apron, and opened the door with a nervous expression.
"It's Yiwei. Come in!" Shi Xiaoman said excitedly and moved aside to make way for Lu Yiwei.
Lu Yiwei went in nervously and looked around. "I just came back and saw your house's lights on. So, I came to see if you need anything."
Shi Xiaoman's heart was racing, and her face was blushing. She joked, "Thank you for your guidance. Please come in."
Lu Yiwei took a step forward and took a step back. He lowered his head and looked at his slippers. Shi Xiaoman immediately said, "Come in. There's no need to be so particular."
Lu Yiwei insisted on changing his shoes, but he didn't have the men's slippers. His big feet were in the women's thin shoes, and it looked very funny. Shi Xiaoman covered her mouth and giggled when she saw this scene.
Shi Xiaoman's rented house was the same as her house, and even the decoration was similar. Bright yellow with a European-style ceiling. Compared to her own house, Shi Xiaoman kept her house clean and tidy. Not even a speck of dust could be found. Lu Yiwei mocked himself, "Compared to your house, my house is nothing."
"Haha, how dirty is it?" Shi Xiaoman stood beside Lu Yiwei and looked at his handsome face. She used her keen sense of smell to sniff the faint smell of tobacco on him. Men are the heavens, and a house without a man isn't a home. Shi Xiaoman suddenly thought that Lu Yiwei was her man, her stalwart husband.
"What's that smell?" Lu Yiwei took a deep breath.
"Ah!" Shi Xiaoman dashed into the kitchen and picked up a pot of charred pork ribs.
Lu Yiwei walked to the kitchen and said apologetically, "It's all my fault for burning your vegetables."
"It's not your fault!" Shi Xiaoman pretended to be angry. "Do you know how much a catty of pork ribs costs? You have to pay for it! "
Lu Yiwei chuckled. "I'll pay for it. Name your price."
Shi Xiaoman pouted like a little girl. "Who wants your money? If you really want to pay for it, you can eat the entire pot."
Lu Yiwei rubbed his hungry belly and said, "It just so happens that I haven't had dinner yet. I'm in for a treat."
"You haven't eaten?" Shi Xiaoman asked with concern.
Lu Yiwei said, "That's right. I've been busy all day and forgot to have dinner. I only remembered it when I got home. But when I wanted to enter, I realized that I didn't bring the key. The office is probably locked. I can't enter the office, so I can only sleep on the streets tonight. Haha. "
"How about …" Shi Xiaoman wanted to say that she could stay here, but she swallowed the words. She turned her head to hide her panic and was about to pour the pot into the bin.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Lu Yiwei quickly stopped her.
Shi Xiaoman raised her head. "Didn't you say you haven't eaten? I'll make it for you now. It's burnt. Pour it away. "
"Don't!" Lu Yiwei said, "The top is still fine. It can be eaten!" After that, he used his fingers to pick up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it with relish.
Seeing Lu Yiwei's mischievous expression, Shi Xiaoman was filled with joy. She placed the pot on the stove. "Wait. I'll add some chopped green onions to get rid of the burnt smell."
Lu Yiwei did not object. He walked to the living room and looked around. He saw a picture frame on the TV cabinet. He looked at a little girl who was about the same age as his woman. She was snuggling in Shi Xiaoman's arms. It was a warm scene. He could not help but think of his daughter, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Shi Xiaoman turned sideways and saw Lu Yiwei's eyes full of fatherly love. She felt unusually sad. Two similar families with shockingly similar endings. The only difference was that she was kicked away by her man, while Lu Yiwei was forced to do so.
Shi Xiaoman placed the pork ribs on the table and scooped some rice. "Yiwei, if you're hungry, eat first. I'll cook two more dishes."
"Don't bother. One dish is enough." Although she said that, Shi Xiaoman still insisted on making a large table of sumptuous dishes, which made Lu Yiwei feel very apologetic. He said repeatedly, "I'm really sorry. You made so much. How can the two of us eat?"
"I'm happy to!" Shi Xiaoman said happily. "You're the first person to visit my house. Of course, I have to treat you with the highest standards. These are just some home-cooked dishes. Please forgive me. "
"What leader? If you say that again, I'll leave." Lu Yiwei said.
"Yiwei, that's enough!" Shi Xiaoman put a mouthful of meat in Lu Yiwei's bowl and happily dug into the rice.
"Oh!" Shi Xiaoman suddenly put down her bowl and chopsticks and went into the kitchen. After a while, she came out with a bottle of Xijiang Hong and said, "I don't drink, and I forgot to get it for you. Come, I'll drink with you."
"You can drink?" Lu Yiwei asked in a doubtful tone.
"What a joke!" Shi Xiaoman was unconvinced. "Which leader from a village doesn't know how to drink? Come, I'll drink with you in a big cup. "
"No, no, no. Just a small cup will do." Lu Yiwei saw that Shi Xiaoman seemed to be serious, so he quickly persuaded.
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