A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

Shang was even more upset after being scolded by Zhuang Qingxiang.

Zhuang Qingxiang is Lu Congyue's wife, so she's on their side. Why is she speaking up for someone else?

"Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. Where's Lu Congyue? When is he coming back?" Shang Jiang said irritably.

Zhuang Qingxiang smiled.

It turns out that he didn't listen to a single word I said.

It seems that all those blind dates he went on before were lying when they said he was honest and kind. They probably just wanted to say he was a blockhead.

Otherwise, it's just a stinking rock in a latrine.

Zhuang Qingxiang rolled her eyes inwardly: "Cong Yue is taking his colleagues on a research and exchange trip today, and he won't be back for a whole day."

Shang Jiang immediately wilted.

He wanted to talk to someone, and after thinking it over, he realized that Lu Congyue was the only person he could have a proper conversation with, but they still couldn't get along.

"General Shang, if you have any questions, why don't you ask me? Ask Cong Yue... he doesn't understand women's feelings either," Zhuang Qingxiang added.

With Lu Congyue gone and nothing else to do, and since I'm just idling around anyway, I might as well watch Shang Jiang's antics.

Shang hesitated for a long time between speaking and not speaking.

He thought that if he told his parents, they probably wouldn't understand and would scold him, or even tell him to just go home.

If I told my sister... she can't even handle her own affairs, she might just kick him and make him deal with it himself.

With a long sigh, Shang Jiang then said, "It's a female comrade I know, her name is Tan Ruixue. The one you met last time... Comrade Wang Yunyun, is her cousin."

"Get to the point," Zhuang Qingxiang interrupted him.

She had already heard about these relationships from Lu Congyue, and didn't have time to hear him repeat them.

Shang Jiang: "When I met her, I thought she was a very kind and generous lesbian, and also very courageous..."

Shang recalled that he first met Tan Ruixue at the bus station. She bravely rushed up to catch a thief when she spotted him, and was even punched twice by the thief. At the time, he thought this girl was really brave, daring to rush up alone.

Later, he subdued the thief and, together with Tan Ruixue, took him to the police station.

After leaving the police station, she thanked him. Seeing that she was injured, he took her to the hospital again.

After that, the two got to know each other and gradually became familiar with each other.

He knew she loved reading, but fearing being reported, she would hide and read secretly.

He didn't like reading; he preferred martial arts. But when he was with her, she would tell him stories from books, which he listened to with great interest.

He said his family arranged blind dates for him, but he didn't like them at all. He only wanted to go to the battlefield and didn't want to be a burden to others.

She said her family had arranged blind dates for her, but she didn't like them. She loves reading and hopes that universities will resume enrollment one day so she can go to university.

She knew he had no intention of getting married, and he knew she liked refined, intellectual types.

But this did not prevent them from having a pleasant conversation and appreciating each other.

"Back then, I thought we were soulmates," Shang sighed. "But later I realized that the better she acted in front of me, the uglier her heart was."

Zhuang Qingxiang interrupted her directly: "Because Wang Yunyun said she bullied her?"

Shang looked at her in surprise: "How did you know? Oh, Yue told you, right? Yes, that's right. More than a year ago, Wang Yunyun came. Her mother died of illness, and her father couldn't wait to find her a stepmother. Her stepmother didn't treat her well, so she came to live with her aunt, who is Tan Ruixue's mother."

"Tan Ruixue probably resented that Wang Yunyun had taken away her mother's favor after she arrived, so she kept targeting her. Sometimes she would throw a tantrum over the smallest things and not let Wang Yunyun eat dinner."

"At first I didn't know, but then one time Wang Yunyun fainted and the doctor said she was malnourished and had low blood sugar. That's when I realized that she was living a miserable life in the Tan family. Actually, her aunt felt sorry for her, but her mother couldn't do anything when Tan Ruixue lost her temper..."

Shang sighed deeply, "I've stood up for Wang Yunyun a few times, and Tan Ruixue has become estranged from me because of it. Every time, Wang Yunyun racks her brains to coax her back, but then Tan Ruixue turns around and scolds Wang Yunyun again... I can't stand it, so I make her apologize to Wang Yunyun, but she always does it again after apologizing. I'm so angry with her that I can only be nicer to Wang Yunyun and try to make up for it."

"This time, she bullied Wang Yunyun in front of me again, and even slapped her. I immediately threatened to break off all ties with her if she didn't apologize to Wang Yunyun. Usually, she would make up with me, but this time she didn't come... I went to her house to look for her, only to find out that she had gone to the countryside without saying a word. Don't you think there's something wrong with her? After so many years of friendship, why couldn't she just say goodbye? What's the point of her leaving like this?"

Shang Jiang grew angrier and angrier as he spoke, thinking about how he had foolishly waited for Tan Ruixue to apologize, only to have her leave without even a word...

Just as Shang Jiang was about to continue complaining, filled with resentment, he looked up and saw Zhuang Qingxiang looking at him with a strange expression.

It's like watching a fool...

Shang Jiang: "Why are you staring at me like that? What do you mean?"

Zhuang Qingxiang's lips twitched: "You've known Wang Yunyun for over a year, when did she start complaining to you about her?"

Shang Jiang thought carefully for a long time, then shook his head: "I don't remember. She's not the type to tattle. I saw it all with my own eyes. She even spoke well of Tan Ruixue."

"Hehe... Sister-in-law Ge Jiangtao also spoke well of Sister Shang, is it the kind of speaking well of her that you're talking about?"

Shang Jiang's face immediately darkened: "How can you compare Yunyun to Ge Jiangtao's family? That family is insidious and disgusting. Yunyun is not that kind of person."

"Oh, Yunyun isn't that kind of person, but Tan Ruixue is the kind of person who bullies others?" Zhuang Qingxiang retorted, "How many years have you known Tan Ruixue?"

"It's been two or three years, hasn't it?" Shang replied.

Zhuang Qingxiang sneered: "You've known Tan Ruixue for two or three years. Before Wang Yunyun came, she was a brave, kind, and well-mannered girl. But after Wang Yunyun arrived, she turned into a hypocrite and a vicious person? Were you blind during the time you spent with her before? Didn't you see anything at all? Did she hide it so well, only letting you see her good side?"

Shang was stunned by her question, and after a while, he said, "Didn't I say that because her mother dotes on Yunyun, she got jealous and became a different person?"

"I don't believe it." Zhuang Qingxiang said firmly, "I don't believe that a girl who loves reading, has ambitions for the future, and dares to stand up for a thief would change like this because of such a small thing! There's an old saying that it's easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature. It would be strange if she changed so easily."

Shang was speechless once again.

It seems like Zhuang Qingxiang's words make a lot of sense.

No, that's not right.

If what she said is true, then he misunderstood Tan Ruixue? Does that mean Wang Yunyun is lying?