Chapter 73: Xie Yunshu, How Could You Be So Blind

Lu Xueting hadn’t spoken yet, but Lin Cuiping, who was busy scavenging through the “leftover stuff,” offered a suggestion:
“Go report it to the police station! Accuse Lu Zhixing of being a pervert and get him arrested and shot!”

Hahaha, if that really happened, Xie Yunshu would be even more humiliated! Just imagine—her ex-husband is a criminal and a pervert. What terrible taste she had! Let’s see who would still say Xie Yunshu married well or had good luck. At that point, even if I married someone at random, I’d do better than her…

Lu Xueting’s eyes widened. She angrily pointed at Lin Cuiping’s nose.
“You’re talking nonsense! My brother is not, not…”
She couldn’t even say the word “pervert,” and stomped her foot in frustration, wishing she could sew Lin Cuiping’s mouth shut right then and there.

“Not what? Unless he’s not a man, he was obviously being a pervert just now!” Lin Cuiping wasn’t the least bit scared of her. A woman who got beaten up and screamed like a pig by Xie Yunshu? What’s there to fear? Clearly not her match!

Zhou Wan’yue tried to look pitiful while stopping Lu Xueting. She had just gone through all that, her entire body aching—she felt utterly miserable and wronged. But she’d already lost face, her reputation was ruined. If she couldn’t marry Lu Zhixing, all her plans would go up in smoke!

“Xueting, I won’t blame Brother Zhixing,” she said weakly, holding onto Lu Xueting and shooting a meaningful glance at Chen Xue.

Chen Xue quickly chimed in:
“Oh, you and Dr. Lu should’ve been together from the start. Now that Xie Yunshu is divorced and gone, wouldn’t it be perfect for you two to get married? Just correct the mistake from the beginning. What happened last night was just an accident. I believe neither of you are that kind of person. As long as you get married, who would dare gossip?”

Lu Xueting’s eyes lit up immediately.
“Yes! Wan’yue-jie, marry my brother! Don’t worry, my mom will definitely agree! If she doesn’t, I’ll beg her!”

While they were talking, Lin Cuiping had already nearly cleared out the house. She was far more ruthless than Xie Yunshu. Aside from the bed and Lu Zhixing’s clothes, she took everything else!

By the time Zhou Wan’yue and Lu Xueting came back to their senses, the house was already empty…

Lin Cuiping clapped her hands with satisfaction, then walked over and shoved Zhou Wan’yue, who was sitting on the couch:
“Move it, move it! Lift your butt—I’m taking this sofa too!”

Other than the bed, this was the only piece of furniture left! Was this woman a robber?

Even though Lu Xueting didn’t care much for the stuff, she was furious.
“Who told you to take all this stuff? Where’s Xie Yunshu? Tell her to get over here right now! Everything in here except the wardrobe was bought by my brother. What right does she have to take it?”

“Your brother went out chasing women, and we’re just moving out a few things—what’s the big deal?” Lin Cuiping barked, hands on her hips and fiercer than ever. She even spat as she shouted in Lu Xueting’s face:
“If you don’t let us take it, I’ll post big-character posters outside and let the whole neighborhood know your brother’s a pervert! Move it—take everything!”

Lin Cuiping was like a storm. After the embarrassment she’d just suffered, if they started a scene again, it would truly be beyond humiliating.

Chen Xue pressed her lips together, unsure what to say. Something felt off to her. Though they had been surrounded and humiliated, technically nothing was really out of line. At least the goal was achieved—Zhou Wan’yue and Lu Zhixing had gotten together. Wasn’t that what they had wanted?

…

Xie Yunshu’s rented courtyard was very spacious. The three rooms inside were bare, clearly long unoccupied.

Xie Mingcheng had bought tarps and bamboo poles to set up a canopy. Once the new year was over, they could move in right away. The two stoves from the shared hallway in the apartment had already been moved over by Aunt Zhao. She clapped her hands in satisfaction.
“This’ll be my new workplace from now on.”

Aunt Zhao’s three daughters were on break, too. All of them came to help clean up. The eldest, Zhao Xiaoyun, worked the hardest. Her family relied solely on their father for income. Her mother took on odd jobs, which were tiring and paid little. With five mouths to feed and all three daughters in school, life was really hard.

For a teenage girl like her, how many from poor families could still afford school? Especially when there were three girls in the family. People laughed at them, saying the Zhao family would be left with no descendants, still wasting money sending three girls to school—what a joke!

She knew she was on the verge of dropping out herself. She had even thought of quitting school voluntarily. Even if she scored well and got into college, so what? College costs money—tuition, housing, food… As a girl from a rural village, not earning money and still costing her family—how could she face them?

And her two younger sisters also did well in school. Should she let them drop out just so she could continue? She couldn’t do it. Getting into college wouldn’t be a joy—it would be a burden. That’s why she had brought up quitting more than once. But her parents refused, gritting their teeth and saying they’d support them as far as they could. Only when they truly couldn’t afford food would they reconsider.

Then Yunshu-jie helped them—whether intentionally or not. Zhao Xiaoyun felt people should be like the ones in books: know gratitude and repay kindness. That’s why she worked so hard. Not just weeding the yard—she even cleaned the dust out of every wall crack in the house.

By the time Xie Yunshu walked in, most of it was already cleaned up. She widened her eyes:
“Wait, I didn’t even lift a finger?”

Li Fenlan smiled at her.
“Neighbors came to help. With more people, it goes faster. We just need to bring in the shelves and stuff to store things.”

They’d need a big chopping board for cooking, large bowls for washing vegetables, and preferably a cabinet for dry goods—no way they could go to the market every day.

Xie Yunshu frowned.
“So just having the yard isn’t enough, we need to buy things to fill it…”

She had just finished saying this when Lin Cuiping’s loud voice came from outside:
“Xie Yunshu! Get out here and move these things! Seriously, no sense at all! I get five bucks and you treat me like a donkey! Do you know how hard it was for me to haul all this stuff over?”

Xie Yunshu rolled her eyes.
Five yuan wasn’t enough? A factory worker only earned 40 yuan a month—that was more than a week’s wage! This girl really didn’t know how good she had it…

But when she stepped outside, she was shocked.

“Lin Cuiping… you… you emptied out Lu Zhixing’s house?!” Xie Yunshu’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Was this girl helping her move stuff or committing robbery? How did she bring so much—pots, pans, and everything? And Lu Zhixing just let her?

Lin Cuiping narrowed her eyes and, seeing how many people were in the yard, suddenly smiled wickedly:
“Hahaha! Xie Yunshu, you wanna know why I brought so much? Hahaha! Your ex-husband slept with another woman! Hahaha! Naked! In bed!”

“Oh my God, what a disgrace! The entire compound saw it! Hahahaha! Xie Yunshu, how could you be so blind!?”