Lin Yiren’s figure shivered violently. She hadn’t expected her husband to ntion this, causing a surge of intense unease to rise within her.
However, she quickly adjusted her emotions, turned around, and with a faint smile on her face, said: "How did you know I went to the hot springs with Wendong?"
Xu Wenjian felt a heart-wrenching pain: "You’re admitting it?"
"Yes, there’s nothing shaful about it," Lin Yiren said matter-of-factly, then suddenly grew angry: "Xu Wenjian, what do you an? Do you suspect I’ve done sothing to betray you?"
"Are you kidding ? Do you think I’m that kind of wanton woman?"
"Wendong is your brother, would he put a green hat on you?"
"We just went to the hot springs, nothing more. Besides, Ruirui was there too. If you suspect that your brother and I have done sothing to betray you, you can ask Ruirui." With that, she turned around angrily and slamd the door.
Seeing his wife angry, Xu Wenjian wished he could slap himself twice, as he only now recalled one thing. The car in that photo was a Porsche Cayenne, the very car Huang Ruirui drove!
In other words, the hot spring trip involved three people, not a single man and woman as he’d imagined.
Yes, he had once gone to the hot springs with his wife and Huang Ruirui together. Who could say they did such things?
Xu Wenjian imdiately put on shorts and chased to the bathroom door: "Wife, I wasn’t doubting you. I just received a photo a few days ago—one of you holding Wendong’s arm in the Phoenix Mountain Villa parking lot. I was simply asking, no other intention."
Lin Yiren opened the door with red eyes: "Do you question just because I held Wendong’s arm? Xu Wenjian, be truthful when you speak. My sister once held your arm, did I ever doubt you?"
"I was wrong, I was really wrong," Xu Wenjian quickly apologized, feeling his wife made sense, then added: "Wendong will be back soon. Give so face in front of him, don’t be so cold, okay?"
"Get out of my way!"
Lin Yiren impatiently closed the bathroom door, feeling a mix of emotions because she indeed had done sothing against her husband’s trust...
Shortly after Lin Yiren finished her bath, Xu Wendong also returned ho with groceries. Seeing his cousin slicing fruit, he smiled and asked: "Bro, your work is too busy, isn’t it? How many days are you planning to stay at ho this ti?"
Xu Wenjian smiled wryly: "I’m just a hard-working man, might get a call to go on a business trip any second. I don’t want to travel, but that’s the misery of adulthood. No worries though, make more money while I’m young."
"Well, tomorrow I have a day off, let’s go for an outing?" He planned to make it up to his wife, as he barely spent ti with her.
Xu Wendong suggested: "Bro, I was thinking you guys could help look at houses tomorrow."
Xu Wenjian imdiately frowned: "Are you thinking of moving out again?"
Lin Yiren also felt a jolt within her, having beco accustod to living under the sa roof as Xu Wendong. Frankly, she could accept her husband’s frequent business trips but couldn’t bear Xu Wendong not being at ho.
Xu Wendong chuckled: "No, I’m considering buying a house."
Xu Wenjian showed a look of surprise: "Is the luxury cream you’re selling with Ruirui that profitable?"
Though often on business trips, he’d heard from his wife about his cousin’s successful luxury cream venture with Huang Ruirui.
"It’s alright!" Xu Wendong didn’t elaborate.
"Alright then, tomorrow your sister-in-law and I will join you to look at houses," Xu Wenjian said. "Co on, let’s eat. Wow, the groceries you brought are quite a feast! Shall we have a few drinks, just the two of us?"
"Sure!"
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As Xu Wendong, his cousin, and sister-in-law ate dinner, the Shengpeng Group’s excavators, bulldozers, and dump trucks roared into the South City Shanty Area, an area that was previously deserted now lit up brightly.
Uncle Fu sat in the right rear seat of a rcedes S-Class, with the window down, he spoke to Zhou Dapeng, the head of Shengpeng Group’s engineering departnt: "We have a tight schedule this ti. Fortunately, all the residents of the shantytown have evacuated, so there are no troubleso holdouts."
"My point is simple, finish the demolition within three days and remove all the debris."
Zhou Dapeng, wearing a white safety helt, quickly assured, "Rest assured, Uncle Fu, we’ll definitely complete the demolition task on ti."
Uncle Fu remained expressionless, "Alright, comnce work."
"Begin!" Zhou Dapeng shouted loudly. Dozens of excavators started simultaneously, issuing deafening roars. Then, one wall after another collapsed with a rumbling sound, causing even the ground to shake.
Uncle Fu: "You supervise here. Contact if anything cos up."
"Leave it to , no worries," Zhou Dapeng grinned.
Then, suddenly, a loud tallic crash echoed from a distance. Even amid the dust and collapsing walls, it exploded through the air.
"What happened?" Uncle Fu instinctively asked.
"Nothing, nothing, just two excavators bumped into each other," Zhou Dapeng said with a laugh, grabbing a gaphone to shout, "Hey! What are you guys doing? Dammit, these are excavators, not bumper cars! Can you drive an excavator, or should I enroll you in Lan Xiang to further your education?"
Just as he finished, an excavator shovel whooshed towards him, causing Zhou Dapeng to scream in horror. He scrambled away to dodge the deadly strike.
In the next mont, the excavator’s shovel slamd heavily into the rcedes, instantly deforming the car and producing an ear-piercing squeal. The driver died on the spot, a grueso scene.
Although Uncle Fu, seated in the back, remained unhard, he leaped out of the window in terror, glaring at Zhou Dapeng: "What the hell is going on, Zhou? Do you still want to keep your job?"
"Uncle Fu, I don’t know what this is about either!" Zhou Dapeng trembled: "I feel like these people are crazed..."
Before he could finish, an excavator’s shovel slamd down like swatting a fly, squashing Zhou Dapeng into a ss of flesh, blood splatting onto Uncle Fu’s face.
Although Uncle Fu was a core figure in Shengpeng Group and had seen many storms, he had never witnessed such a bizarre and ludicrous scene.
He had a premonition that the situation developing to this extent was likely related to South Lake!
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