The male supporting character was actually myself.

Let me tell you, there's software now that can automatically generate dialogues from anything you want to write, without even needing two phones—you can just make it up however you want. Didn't you say a few days ago, after reading the sniper plan report, that you'd never believe those messy rumors again? How come you're gossiping again so soon?

The older woman was stunned by what she was said. After flipping through her phone for a few seconds and finding no solid evidence besides the chat history, she said awkwardly, "You're right. Wei Jiangchen has money and looks, he could have any kind of girl he wanted. It's a bit hard to believe he would go and cheat on someone..."

"Rumor-mongers love idiots like you who believe everything based on just one picture." The man looked smug, as if he knew everything. "They took a picture of the two of them coming out of Jianyun Manor together and said they slept together. There are so many pretty women in the lobby, what? Did they all sleep with Wei Jiangchen?"

If this is plausible, then if I were to find a female celebrity, get a photo with her, and claim I slept with her, would anyone believe me?

These days, people just spout off stories without thinking. You bandwagoners are even more brainless, letting people make fools of you! Take this conversation for example, aside from work-related reasons, have you ever seen anyone use their own photo as their profile picture, or even their own name as their nickname?

"You old woman, you spent so much time thinking of a name like 'The highest virtue is like water,' and you dare to display it in public if you two are having an affair? It's obviously made up."

"Who can really say for sure what's going on online?"

"Exactly, I saw those messages too. If they were really fabricated, that would be really wicked!"

"They're just riding the wave of popularity. A lot of people are desperate to become famous these days."

"If someone becomes famous and earns millions in one night selling products, you'd go crazy too!"

…………

The two's unreserved conversation sparked a discussion among many people in the carriage, most of whom were just there to watch the spectacle and offered their opinions without hesitation.

"Maybe it's that woman named Hua Zaihong trying to ride the wave of popularity and promote herself."

"It's possible. She's so pretty, and with the added title of 'young married woman,' she'll attract attention and ride on Wei Jiangchen's popularity. Wouldn't that make her a viral sensation online?"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense! What woman would want to be pointed at and talked about like that? She's probably been scammed."

"I heard Hua Zaihong is a top salesperson with amazing sales performance. Could it be that he offended someone?"

"That's really hard to say. People these days... tsk tsk tsk, wasn't there a news story a while ago about a college student who was jealous of his classmate's better grades and tried to poison him! Luckily, he was saved. You know, the other person's good grades are due to their own hard work, what did they do to deserve this?"

"There are even more dirty tricks in the workplace, like backstabbing and treachery. Who knows if the person you're working with is a good person or a bad one? You can't see into someone's heart."

"Let's wait and see. I won't make any comments now. Aren't there plenty of reversals online? Who knows what will happen next?"

"Speaking of which, Hua Zaihong is married. What do you think her husband will think if he finds out about this?"

"Any normal person would question the person who was cheated on with, right?"

"If she really was framed and falsely accused, and even her husband didn't believe it, how miserable would that woman be?"

"Hehehe... How could a man not know if his wife is cheating on him? How little confidence does that man have in himself? They're married, and he doesn't even have this much trust?"

"The main problem is that women nowadays don't respect themselves; there are too many women cheating and having affairs!"

"Pah! The woman doesn't respect herself? She cheated on her husband with another woman? In this kind of situation, regardless of gender, except for the innocent ones who were unknowingly deceived, anyone who cheats is definitely a pair of scoundrels. Stop bringing up gender antagonism and regional discrimination. There are good and bad people everywhere, regardless of gender or age!"

"If all men could unite and not cheat on other men if they didn't want to be cheated on, women wouldn't have a place to cheat. Similarly, if women didn't want to catch their husbands cheating, they wouldn't become mistresses, and men wouldn't have anyone to cheat on them with. In the end, it's all about a lack of unity..."

The crowd buzzed with discussion, and Zhang Chengbo's face turned pale and he trembled all over.

All he heard people say was things like "cuckolding," "cheating," and "lack of self-respect"...

A surge of heat rushed to my head.

With nowhere to vent his frustrations, and worried about being discovered as the cuckolded cuckold, Zhang Chengbo slammed his fist on the chair, regretting how he could have been so blind to marry such a slut!

The previously quiet carriage quickly became as lively as a bustling market, starting with Zhang Chengbo being verbally abused by the ticket seller and then the unrestrained remarks of the older woman who first started the conversation.

The topic has long since strayed from its initial focus on the news to who-knows-where.

Amidst the commotion, having overheard something, the burly man who had been engrossed in watching TV raised his voice and laughed, "What's with all this talk about cheating? To put it bluntly, it's still no good. Try making her stay in bed four out of seven days and see if she still has the energy to cheat!"

The slightly suggestive remark echoed throughout the carriage, immediately eliciting laughter from the gossipy crowd, filling the entire carriage with a cheerful atmosphere.

Young women and married women blushed and turned their heads away; older women covered their mouths and laughed heartily; many men were taken aback by the words, their faces turning red as they smiled in acquiescence without saying a word.

Zhang Chengbo rested his head on the front seat and remained silent.

Damn it, if it weren't for earning money to support my family, I wouldn't have accepted a job abroad and put up with that jerk every day for just a few thousand dollars. And all I get in return for all my hard work is that she's having an affair with that pretty boy!

He stared at the hands of his watch, slowly moving forward, having already devised a plan in his mind.

Today is not the day to go home. That slut has no idea that I will suddenly run back to Fuyu and catch them in the act of adultery!

Haha, Hua Zaihong, you're really something.

Before marriage, she claimed she wasn't a materialistic woman, that she didn't want a car or a house, and that she'd even go through the motions of a dowry and rent an apartment before getting married. Only two years later, before we even had a child, her true colors have been revealed—she's hooked up with a rich gigolo and cheated on me!

Damn it, we can't let either of those two scoundrels get away, but there has to be a specific order.

Hua Zaihong, that bitch, may be able to run away, but she can't hide forever. We'll have plenty of time to deal with her slowly.

The most urgent task is to find out the adulterer's whereabouts, lest he escape and we can't find him.

Zhang Chengbo touched the folding knife at his waist, secretly ruthless. "Trying to bully honest people, huh?"

I'll show you that honest people aren't easy to bully! I'll go in with a white knife and come out with a red one. Even if I go to jail, I'll still be a hero who won't be humiliated!

"Achoo!" Jiang Chen suddenly sneezed, stopping his work of organizing the prosecution documents. He frowned slightly, picked up his phone, and dialed a number. "Xiao Bai, how are things on your end?"

The little dumpling was bobbing its tail and dancing to the music when it answered the phone, jumping around as it replied, "Nothing's wrong, everything's fine! Now I know how Hua Zaihong became the sales champion and top salesperson, she really works hard!"

While others are at work, she is at work; while others are resting, she is working overtime.

Aside from eating and sleeping, I spend my days either researching company products or studying sales pitches.

Oh, by the way, she's probably working so hard because she wants to buy a house. I saw her asking about the prices of school district properties; she probably wants to settle down somewhere…

Listening to the little white cat ramble on about the other's daily routine for a long time, Jiang Chen's ominous premonition grew more and more agitated. "Okay, then keep an eye on Hua Zaihong's situation and be flexible."

"Okay, meow~ Host, eat well and sleep well, okay? Take good care of yourself while I'm not around!" The fluffy ball hung up the phone and continued to bounce on the sofa.

Hua Zaihong listened to music, her fingers clattering on the keyboard. At the same time, she was planning in her mind that as long as she secured this order, she would receive a commission of 60,000 yuan next month, and she would finally have enough for the down payment!

Chapter Fifteen: Calamity

"Huacheng Tianfu, this development should be a great choice." Hua Zaihong was in a good mood at the thought of soon having her own little home and couldn't help but open the door to examine the development carefully.

She could even picture herself happily playing with her child in the neighborhood park in the future.

She knew her husband's family was poor when they were discussing marriage. She wasn't an unrealistic, vain, or materialistic woman who wanted to marry a rich man based on her good looks. She cherished her dreams of love and only wanted to marry the person she loved and work together to achieve the happiness she desired.

So, the newlyweds had no house or car, only a dowry of 30,000 yuan, and went through the motions.

She felt that if two young people worked hard, dared to take risks, and were united in purpose, how could they not make money?

However, her ideals were beautiful, but reality was cruel, especially since her husband was an honest man who didn't know how to scheme and could only go to work and earn a fixed salary.

In the city, my husband earns only 6,000 yuan a month, which is only average for an average person. If we had a car and a house, we wouldn't have to worry about that, but in our current situation, after deducting rent, utilities, property management fees, and other miscellaneous expenses, our basic monthly expenses are already over 4,000 yuan.

Moreover, he always said that his parents had worked hard to support his education, and now that he was married and had a family, it was time for his parents to rest and enjoy life. So, she had to give two thousand of her meager salary to her in-laws for daily expenses every month; and since her husband was working abroad, a man can't be without pocket money when he occasionally had to entertain guests.

So after getting married, he only handed over his salary for two months to keep at home, and after that, he kept it all for himself.

Hua Zaihong roughly calculated that her husband had to pay 2,000 yuan to his parents out of the 6,000 yuan he earned each month, 2,000 yuan to pay the rent, and the remaining 2,000 yuan was just enough for his own daily expenses.

Occasionally, when social obligations require giving gifts, she has to subsidize the cost separately.

In this way, let alone saving money to buy a house, it might not even be enough to cover the costs of pregnancy and childbirth, let alone the expenses of raising a child.

But whenever she tries to discuss finances with her husband, he gets impatient and accuses her of being greedy and asking why she doesn't go looking for a rich man if she wants a life of luxury.

Hua Zaihong also experienced hardship from a young age. She could afford to rent a house, but she was unwilling to let her child be born in a rented room.

Either don't have children; or if you do, first create a good living environment for them.

The husband is unreliable. He doesn't want to change jobs, even if he's kicked out of the team and sent to another place, he'll stick to his original job and refuse to move. Several attempts to persuade him have ended in arguments. Hua Zaihong doesn't want to damage their relationship any further because of this.

In modern society, men and women are equal and women can hold up half the sky. Since she couldn't rely on her husband's salary, she tried her best to apply for a transfer from the stable logistics department to the business department.

She's happy to work harder herself to give her child a good start.

Sure enough, as long as you work hard and improve your sales performance, your salary will increase accordingly.

Since being transferred to the sales department, apart from the first two months when I was not familiar with the situation and was unable to close any deals, only receiving my base salary, my work has become increasingly smooth, and now I am finally almost able to save enough for a down payment!

But these things can't be told to my husband. If he finds out I have money, he'll definitely find all sorts of excuses to use it to rebuild his parents' house back in our hometown.

Hua Zaihong didn't want to have any more conflicts with her husband.

He is a loyal and filial man, a down-to-earth and hardworking person. It's just that the two of them don't have their own home or children yet, so he hasn't been able to change his mindset.

She and her in-laws had already had a lot of disagreements over having a child.

After securing a large order and saving enough money for a down payment, the young couple moved into their new home and are now working hard to build it up. They plan to have a baby in a year or two once things have stabilized, and the husband will gradually be able to focus on their own little family of three.

Others are not bad; it just requires your patience to guide them and ample time and opportunity to change their mindset.

Hua Zaihong thinks there aren't that many gold diggers. There are so few people like that, that's why it only makes the news when one of them comes along. If they were all like that, it would be commonplace and wouldn't be something the whole internet would be watching.

Anyway, everyone around me is a couple supporting each other through life. If their parents have money, they lend a hand; if not, they earn it themselves. I haven't met many girls who are vain and lack self-respect. Maybe it's because we belong to different social circles.

There are too many men like my husband who can't distinguish between what's important and what's not after getting married.

We can't just get a divorce over something like this. Marriage takes time to build. I'm capable of earning money now, so I'm doing this first and asking for my husband's permission later. He'll definitely understand in the future!

“The problem is this order…” she said, tucking her hair back in her hands, looking very distressed.

In today's highly competitive market, it takes a lot of effort to make your business thrive.

Having no connections, I had to rack my brains to find a way. A while ago, I went to great lengths to say a lot of nice things before I finally got a ride and entered Jianyun Mountain Villa with a friend of a former colleague.

After successfully meeting the client, it turned out they weren't very interested in cooperating and were still observing. It will take a lot of hard work to crack this tough nut...

She hurriedly ate a bite of food, printed out the organized documents, took a shower, put on makeup, changed into a suitable outfit, and rushed out in her high heels.

The fluffy little thing nestled on her shoulder and whimpered, "Finally, I've seen a normal person in this mission world. God is so unfair, hmph... Look at Hua Zaihong, so hardworking and capable, isn't she better than those women who wear heavy makeup, use filters and beauty effects, and wiggle their hips to sell themselves? It's a pity, an honest person might not even earn more in a month than they do in one night of selling themselves..."

While Hua Zaihong was busy visiting clients, the bus slowly drove into the passenger station.

The passengers breathed a sigh of relief and got off the bus to get their luggage, occasionally glancing at Zhang Chengbo with strange looks.

"Damn it, a bunch of lunatics!" Zhang Chengbo cursed under his breath, grabbed his backpack, strode out of the bus station, hailed a taxi, and headed home.

He had already planned it all out: he would take pictures of any clues he could find and send them to his brother to preserve evidence.

Even if someone dies in the end, it's understandable that they can hire a lawyer to defend them.

Zhang Chengbo clearly remembers the news from two months ago: a man discovered his wife's infidelity, broke into the house in a panic, stabbed the adulterous couple to death, and then turned himself in. He was ultimately only sentenced to three years.

The entire internet praised him as a hero, and even thought that a three-year sentence was too much. They argued that he should be acquitted and rewarded with tens of thousands of yuan for killing a pair of philandering scumbags, so as to deter those shameless cheaters.

A real man can endure anything except being cuckolded!