Chapter 570: Chapter 316 Common Ground
Seeing his ex-wife and Tang Yue again, both Chen Feng and Jin Xinyan were at a loss for words.
Although they all lived in the same city, and not very far from each other, it was still a rare coincidence to run into each other like this. Yet this low-probability event happened anyway.
"You’re the dog, biting people for no reason."
Jin Xinyan immediately retorted in the Xiu Zhou dialect. The dialect here sounds quite soft, and especially when a beauty like Jin Xinyan speaks it, even when she’s cursing, it sounded oddly pleasant to Chen Feng and not fierce at all.
Tang Yue was also a local from Xiu Zhou and understood the dialect. Hearing Jin Xinyan curse her, she came over aggressively and shouted in the local dialect, "You’re the one with your skirt dragging on the ground, a troublemaker, a fool, a wood-type four."
Chen Feng and the people around who understood all frowned deeply. Chen Feng quickly stood in front of Jin Xinyan and said to Tang Yue discontentedly, "Tang Yue, that’s enough! You were the one who started by provoking us, now you’re still being so aggressive. Have some self-control, will you?"
"Who’s the troublemaker? You’re the troublemaker, you fool!"
Jin Xinyan, who was being shielded behind Chen Feng, was also infuriated and couldn’t help but raise her voice to curse back.
Hearing this, Tang Yue got even more furious and tried to bypass Chen Feng to hit Jin Xinyan. Of course, Chen Feng quickly stopped her.
Infuriated, Tang Yue directly swung her hand at Chen Feng, but he caught her arm and then unceremoniously pushed her away, making her stumble back a few steps.
"Tang Yue, are you freaking crazy?"
Faced with Tang Yue’s somewhat unhinged behavior, Chen Feng was very angry and shouted at her, then called out to Shen Lin, "Shen Lin, are you just standing there for fun? Aren’t you going to pull her back?"
Seeing Chen Feng this fierce, Shen Lin couldn’t help feeling a wave of grievance, and nearly cried. But inherently feeling some fear towards Chen Feng now, she instinctively went forward to hold back Tang Yue and persuaded, "Tang Yue, that’s enough. You’re making a scene, there are so many people watching."
Upon hearing this, Tang Yue glared at her and said angrily, "I’m standing up for you, don’t you know? And you’re speaking for this pair of cheating scum. You’re such a fool!"
"Alright, alright, don’t get agitated. Everyone’s watching, if this escalates, we’d have to go to the police station again."
"Let them take us, I don’t care. It wouldn’t be my first time."
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Chen Feng, seizing the opportunity while Shen Lin was persuading Tang Yue, quickly took Jin Xinyan and turned to leave.
Jin Xinyan didn’t put up any more bravado; she was also a bit scared of Tang Yue, she’d never encountered such a fierce woman before.
When Tang Yue turned back again, Chen Feng and Jin Xinyan were already far away, and with the evening crowd, she couldn’t spot them any longer.
"Damn it, they got away," Tang Yue said vexedly, "Shen Lin, you’re too soft-hearted. I told you before that Chen Feng cheated before you got married, yet you didn’t believe me. Now look at him, changing women one after another, don’t you think he’s a scumbag?"
Shen Lin bitterly smiled and said, "Chen Feng was quite honest before our divorce, he couldn’t possibly cheat. He was struggling at work at that time, earning only three to four thousand a month, which had to cover household expenses, utilities, food, etc. He barely had anything left for himself. You say he cheated, with what resources?"
Tang Yue insisted, "Who knows? Some women are just silly like Xia Xiaozhen. A few years ago, she fell for that bastard Kong Tianlu, not for his money, because he has none, but just liked someone as trashy as him. Besides, there are hotel records. How can they be fake?"
Shen Lin helplessly said, "I almost believed it at first too. But later, when I checked the dates, they didn’t match. The hotel record you showed me says he booked a room three days before our divorce, but I remember clearly that he was sick that day with a fever, headache, and nausea. He was resting at home the whole day, and I was on vacation, so I was home with him. How could he have been out with someone?"
"Maybe you remembered wrong." Tang Yue stubbornly believed Chen Feng was a jerk.
Shen Lin was exasperated by this, silently thinking she’s become a bit of a lunatic. People at work were already gossiping that Tang Yue might have suffered a mental breakdown from too much stress.
Previously, she had already caused several scenes at the company because she couldn’t contact Kong Tianlu and couldn’t find him anywhere. She went straight to his uncle, Kong Shuangxi, and made a fuss in the director’s office several times, giving Kong Shuangxi a headache.
If it weren’t for Tang Yue waiting right outside the office this afternoon, she wouldn’t have gone for a walk with her, nor would she have run into Chen Feng, her ex-husband, and his pretty new girlfriend again.
Watching her ex-husband, Chen Feng, and his new girlfriend being all lovey-dovey made her feel very low and upset.
"Sister Lin, we naive women are just too easy to deceive. That bastard Kong Tianlu is just like your ex-husband, appearing honest and decent on the surface, but actually one is worse than the other. We have to get back at them, show them they can’t just mess with us women."
Tang Yue was resolute, while Shen Lin could only sigh silently beside her.
It seemed Tang Yue was indeed deeply affected. She was already extreme in her ways, and now even more unwilling to change her mind. If it weren’t for maintaining appearances, she wouldn’t want to associate with her any longer.
"Tang Yue, sometimes letting go of others is letting go of yourself. It’s wrong for Tianlu to hide from you now, but considering how you initially shouted and threatened him, it’s understandable. I think it’s not suitable for you two to meet at the moment. You should calm down first, allow your feelings to become a bit more rational, and then both take a break to consider things carefully."
Since they were on reasonably good terms before, Shen Lin felt she should still try to advise her. Moreover, if she could successfully persuade Tang Yue to calm down and stop causing trouble at the company, it would count as a contribution to the workplace, and the director would surely be pleased.
Tang Yue listened to Shen Lin’s words, and to some extent, took them to heart, with tears welling up in her eyes. Seeing this, Shen Lin quickly led her to sit on a nearby bench and comforted her, "I understand how you feel right now because I’ve been through it myself. I won’t hide it from you, I’ve tried to get back together with Chen Feng before. But no matter what I did, it wasn’t successful.
Even though I’m very unwilling, I also know very well that he is no longer the same as before. If I persistently cling to him, it will only make him look down on me more and there’s no chance of rekindling our relationship."