So, Zhang Hongyang was excited again, gloating.
What a wonderful state of mind!
His sister had just been slept with, sending him into a rage so fierce he felt like spitting blood, but now he had adjusted his mood already.
Just then, out of the blue, his sister-in-law Zhao Yan personally gave him a call.
Zhang Hongyang saw the caller ID and was excited, huh?
What's going on with my sister-in-law?
Normally, she hardly ever calls him directly.
At most, she might contact him through WeChat, just to send some text, and she'd always be brief, no nonsense.
Should I even pick up the phone when she's taking the initiative to call me?
Right then, Zhang Hongyang was inwardly satisfied, basking in comfort, and he answered the call.
He had barely started when Zhao Yan's icy voice came through, cutting him off.
"Zhang Hongyang, are you fucking sick in the head?"
Zhang Hongyang instantly felt like he had been drenched in cold blood, "What's this, Yan sister, how can you..."
"You're asking why I am cussing you out? You think it's funny to spy on people? You think that's manly? I despise your shameful behavior!"
Zhang Hongyang's face went green. She's cursing me out now?
He promptly said, "Hey, Yan sister, what do you mean I was spying? It was someone else's doing, they forwarded it to me, okay? And you're angry with me? Isn't it clear that your husband is the scumbag here?"
"If Liu Zhizhong is a scumbag, does that make you one? Does that make your sister one?"
"Hey!" Zhang Hongyang was feeling uncomfortable inside and cried out, "Zhao Yan, this isn't right, is it? Your husband is out there cheating on you, and instead of confronting him, you're taking it out on me? Got your target mixed up, have you?"
"I haven't got it mixed up! I'm warning you, stop bothering me with Liu Zhizhong's crap in the future! Your sister got laid by another man, and instead of dealing with that, you bother me. Do you think that's polite? If Liu Zhizhong hooked up with your sister, then that's his problem, get it?"
"Hey, that's not... this is... hey, I can't make you understand!" Zhang Hongyang was getting agitated, completely helpless and resigned to his fate, his patience wearing thin, "Are you still making excuses for your husband?"
"That's my husband, should I defend you instead? Or that shameless vixen, your sister?"
"But he's betrayed his family, his wife, his love, don't you feel anything? Instead, you find fault with me, is that it?"
"That's between him and me, none of your business. I'm just advising you to mind your own business! If you really have to meddle, go keep your sister in check. Don't let her go around flaunting herself and luring married men. And that video, you'd better delete it. Don't go spreading it around. You think only the Zhao family will lose face if it gets out? No, it'll be your Zhang family! People will say the women of Yangzhou's number one family are tramps!"
Then, Zhao Yan hung up.
Zhang Hongyang felt like he'd just eaten a faceful of dirt, totally demolished by Zhao Yan. What the hell was that all about?
Was Zhao Yan out of her freaking mind?
Zhang Hongyang was stewing in his anger, wishing he could just make her pay!
That little bitch, she's seriously insane!
At this point, could Zhang Hongyang even approach his sister? He had no face for it, and it would be too embarrassing.
That dressing-down by Zhao Yan had really gotten under his skin.
Damn it, does Liu Zhizhong have some kind of magic spell over Zhao Yan? They're supposed to be getting a divorce, right?
He had hoped to stir some trouble for Liu Zhizhong with his wife, embarrass him a bit, but who knew his wife would end up backing him? And now Zhang Hongyang was the one left humiliated?
Looking back, he thought, sister, what are you playing at? Why would you get together with Liu Zhizhong?
Thinking about it made him feel an unbearable agony inside, almost too much to bear.
Zhao Yan wouldn't appreciate his concerns, but her mother surely would, right?
With Lu Yumei's fiery temper, could she stand such a video?
Probably, she would make a huge fuss and confront Liu Zhizhong, wouldn't she?
Without further ado, Zhang Hongyang, acting sly, sent the video to his mother-in-law, Lu Yumei.
Then, with a sly grin on his face, he made himself a cup of tea and sat down, waiting for his mother-in-law's response.
After all, he knew she had a soft spot for him, she had always favored him, her son-in-law.
His mother-in-law Lu Yumei would surely be grateful, would surely assure him she wouldn't let Liu Zhizhong, the bastard, off the hook, would force him to divorce Zhao Yan immediately.
Soon enough, mother-in-law Lu Yumei did send a message back, in text. Official source ıs 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝓷𝓮𝓽
"Zhang Hongyang, are you out of your fucking mind? Why on earth did you film that bastard Liu Zhizhong? Weren't you supposed to be reporting to the Provincial Party School? What's happened, haven't you gone yet?"
Reading this, Zhang Hongyang was completely flabbergasted and enraged.
Oh my god, what the hell did I do to deserve this today?
Why is Zhao Yan defending Liu Zhizhong, and now even mother-in-law is defending him too?
Is Zhao Yan nuts, and has mother-in-law completely lost her mind too?
Zhang Hongyang refused to accept this, and quickly replied with a voice message: "Mom, what's going on? Liu Zhizhong has screwed up so badly, and you're not blaming him, you're not dealing with him. How come you're blaming me, mom? I feel so aggrieved..."
That message was truly the epitome of pitiful.