Chapter 16: Scandal Exposed

At that moment, the residential compound’s manager arrived.

He had heard the story from the women earlier, and now, seeing the tightly shut door of the Zheng family, he looked ready to break it down.

Authorities were cracking down hard on indecency cases. If what the women said was true, that boy Ye’s future would be ruined right here.

Ye was the only hope of the Ye family how could he have done something like this…

The old man felt an overwhelming sense of disappointment.

“Knock on the door keep knocking until they wake up.”

At his command, the crowd began banging on the door with force.

The door pounded loudly, but there was no response from inside.

No, there was one response.

That came from Ye Yunzhou, who was pinned beneath Zheng Jiaojiao.

“Jiaojiao, calm down. Don’t do something you’ll regret.”

No matter how he called out or pushed, Zheng Jiaojiao clung to him like a suction cup.

“Brother Ye, Jiaojiao wants you”

Hearing the knocking outside, Ye Yunzhou grew anxious. He knew this was wrong, that he needed to stop, but his body’s reaction… made it impossible to push her away.

It wasn’t until someone finally broke through the door and voices started discussing them in the hallway that Ye Yunzhou realized he was done for.

There was no escaping the charge of indecency.

His engagement with Zheng Qingning was over.

His family’s plan ended here.

He looked down at the girl on top of him, his eyes filled with resentment and a twisted kind of satisfaction.

He didn’t blame her. He blamed the one who had set this up.

And that person was Zheng Qingning who had brought the old man and the others in.

The crowd gathered in the living room, hearing sounds from both bedrooms. Some of the more modest people blushed deeply, while others more bold went straight for the doors.

The old man shouted to stop them.

“Damn it, what are you doing?! Don’t you see there are unmarried young men and women here?!”

“The Zheng family’s a disgrace. How could they…”

He wanted to curse but couldn’t find the words. Furious, he just wanted to drag all four of them out for judgment.

“Brother Ye, am I beautiful?”

“Brother Ye, you said you’d marry me, you can’t go back on your word.”

“Ahh! Be gentle, ow ow ow…”

Hearing this, the old man’s face flushed with fury, his vision turning black.

“Someone help! The old man’s about to pass out!”

Zheng Qingning quickly poured him a glass of water. She bowed to the people in the living room, her voice choked with emotion. “I’m sorry.”

One of the kind-hearted women cursed Zheng’s parents for their cruelty and comforted Zheng Qingning gently.

“A family like Ye’s isn’t worth marrying into anyway.”

“Zheng girl, you’ve got a good life ahead of you. Don’t let this ruin your health it’s not worth it.”

Once the old man recovered, he began dispersing the crowd. “Go on, go to bed! We’ll figure this out tomorrow.”

“There’s nothing decent about watching people in the middle of something.”

“Old man, don’t go easy on Ye tomorrow. It’s Zheng girl who’s been wronged.”

The old man waved tiredly. “I know, I know. Go, go.”

“What’s going on here?”

Just then, a man’s voice came from outside the door.

Zheng Qingning, still pretending to be sad, heard it and smiled.

He was here.

The real show was about to begin.

Tonight, she was going to tear down the illusion of a good family the Zheng couple had built.

“Who are you?” a woman asked as she saw a limping old man approach, unkempt and reeking of body odor. She instinctively stepped back.

The lame old man, unfazed by their reactions, grinned with his yellow teeth. “I’m here to get my wife.”

“Your wife? Who?”

“The eldest daughter of the Zheng family. I paid 100 yuan for her today. We agreed I’d come pick her up tonight.”

He looked around and frowned when he didn’t see the Zheng couple. “What? They’re not home?”

“Wait, what’s that sound?”

“Damn, this family’s more depraved than I am, heh…”

Realizing what the sounds were, the old man laughed pervertedly and rubbed his hands together, walking toward Zheng Jiaojiao’s room.

“That slut can’t wait for me to spoil her, huh? Heh heh.”

“Alright, you lot get lost. Don’t get in the way of my business.”

Everyone looked at each other, puzzled. But once they understood what the old man meant, a few men rushed to block his path, while the women quickly shielded Zheng Qingning.

A kind woman pulled Zheng Qingning who was trembling and curled up into her arms and gently comforted her.

Another woman, furious, cursed Zheng’s parents for treating their daughter this way.

The old man in charge was livid too. In all his years managing the compound, he had never encountered something so severe. If the factory found out tomorrow…

He felt his head spinning, his body swaying then everything went black.

“Oh no, the old man fainted!”

“Hurry, get him back to his place!”

“You guys break down the doors and drag them all out. If we don’t settle this tonight and the Red Armbands come tomorrow, none of us will escape blame.”

One level-headed woman took charge. A few unmarried men quickly carried the old man out, and families pulled their daughters back home.

The crippled old man, still fixated, shouted, “What are you doing?! Let me go! I want my wife!”

“Illegal trade like this will get you shot. Shut up!”

One of the men holding him kicked him hard.

Comments flew across the screen.

“She’s done for, it’s over for the girl!”

“That wicked supporting character! How could she do this to our girl?!”

“As soon as that old man showed up, I knew this scene wouldn’t end cleanly.”

“She’s so cunning! Her plan was airtight!”

“Weren’t reborn villains supposed to be brainless? How did she get this smart?”

Zheng Qingning looked at the comments in front of her and let out a cold laugh.

Anyone who knew how their story ended wouldn’t just sit and wait to die.

If she had a chance to change her fate, why wouldn’t she seize it?

Who would willingly spend their whole life laying bricks for someone else?

The door was broken open.

The women pulled the pair apart inside, while the men set out water at the door. One woman directly grabbed the water and drenched the three of them to cool them off.

Ye Yunzhou, who had been rational the whole time, now came out of the room fully dressed, his face lifeless.

He never imagined something like this would happen tonight.

Or that so many people would be watching.

He could already picture how, come morning, his name would be all over the town no, all over the countryside.

And maybe even…

Reach the army.

No. He couldn’t let tonight’s incident get back to the military.

He couldn’t afford the consequences.

His face pale, Ye Yunzhou desperately searched for a solution but before he could think of one, a heavy punch landed square on his face.

“You bastard! You dared sleep with my woman? I’ll kill you!”