Chapter 342 - President Steps In (1)
The man"s condescending words reached the ears of everyone present. Zhao Youlin c.o.c.ked her eyebrows and looked back while still stepping on the woman. She saw a bald man, who simply looked like an enlarged version of the little fat boy, walking up to the frightened child. He held the child in his arms and coaxed him in a low voice.
The woman who was being stepped on by Zhao Youlin"s feet heard this voice, and her eyes lit up slightly. She took advantage of the gap when Zhao Youlin"s attention was drawn by the man, using both her hands and knees, she broke free from Zhao Youlin"s feet. Almost rolling and crawling, she rushed towards the middle-aged man.
"Honey, Honey, you have got to stand up for me!" The woman"s wailing was shrill and ear-piercing. Those who were present could not help but frown and look uncomfortable when they heard it.
The middle-aged man saw a woman lunging toward him out of the blue. Not only were her cheeks awfully swollen, but there was also a bluish-purple bruise on her forehead. Looking at her miserable look, he could not help but gasp.
It took a long time before he could see the characteristics of his wife in the outline of the face of this woman. He called in an uncertain manner, "Sweetie?"
"Yes, Honey. What took you so long to come back? If you had come back even later, Ming Ming and I would have been bullied to death." The woman threw herself into the middle-aged man"s arms with a handful of snot and tears, loudly declaring the grievances she had just suffered.
If this happened in usual times, a woman who threw herself sobbing into a man"s arms like a weeping beauty would have already completely softened a man"s heart.
Unfortunately, both of the women"s cheeks were now swollen like a pig"s head. There were also several bluish-purple bruises on her face from that fall just now, coupled with that a handful of snot, a handful of tears, not only could it let people feel pity for her, her face really looked frightening if one looked closely.
The middle-aged man drew a gasp. He would have already pushed the woman out of his arms if he had not had some inner strength.
When he recalled this matter afterward, the middle-aged man was consumed with immense regret. If he had known that this woman would bring himself such huge trouble, let alone pus.h.i.+ng her away, he would be very happy even if he had joined in and stepped on her a few times.
Unfortunately, not everyone in this world had the vision. At this moment, all he could think about was this woman"s background. He did not dare to show the slightest disrespect to her.
When he heard her say that someone had bullied her, he had to put on an expression like it really broke his heart, as he coaxed her. "Alright now, stop crying, Honey. It really breaks my heart to see you like this."
The situation had been better before he coaxed her. Now that he coaxed her, the woman wailed even harder.
She was a pampered and spoiled young lady, her parents doted on her at home. After she got married, her parents-in-law and husband doted on her because of her background. She always did whatever she wanted. No one had ever dared to disobey her. She had never been wronged like this before.
Seeing that someone had come to back her up, of course, she had to cry as much as she wanted to relieve her feeling of being wronged.
The two people, who were hypocritical and being mushy, had completely failed to notice that those who were watching them unanimously got gooseb.u.mps all over their bodies after hearing their conversation. All the gazes on them became more and more disdainful.
The middle-aged man was getting annoyed by the woman"s cries, yet he still had to ask her in a patient manner, "Bullied? You just said someone bullied you? Who was it? Who has got the nerves to bully you like this and beat you up like this?"
Hearing his question, she immediately perked up. She pointed at Zhao Youlin, who was standing not far away, and said with an indignant look on her face, "It was her. That nasty woman"s wretched boy b.u.mped into our Ming Ming. I only scolded her a little, and she beat me up like this!"
Hearing the woman call Zhao Youlin and Joy nasty woman and a wretched boy, Su Ruixin and the others" faces darkened.
Yet the man continued to add fuel to the fire. He turned around and shouted at Zhao Youlin, "You were the one who hit my wife? You"ve got a lot of nerves. Do you know who I am and who my wife is? My brother-in-law and I can kill you with just a snap of our fingers. If you know what"s good for you, you"d better apologize to my wife now, or else..."
"Or else, what would you do to my wife and son, Mr. Zhang?" The cold and magnetic voice carried some kind of inexplicable power, causing everyone present to s.h.i.+ver uncontrollably.
The crowd that originally gathered around the periphery of Zhao Youlin and the others almost subconsciously gave way to the man who was giving off a chilling aura.
Zhao Youlin was a little stunned as well when she heard that voice. Before she could react, a pair of hands had reached out from behind her. It grabbed her waist and pulled her back a little. Then, she crashed into a familiar embrace with Joy in her arms.
Zhao Youlin stiffened a little. She looked up at the man who suddenly appeared behind her and called out in a low voice, "Mu Tingfeng..."
Joy, who was in Zhao Youlin"s arms, raised his head with some curiosity. He studied the man who suddenly hugged him and his mother and had a serious look on his face.
He had seen this man bully his mother several times before, but this time he did not seem to be here to bully her, but he was here to protect him and his mother?
The naive Joy stared at the man who lent a helping hand for the first time when he and his mother were in trouble. His big eyes were full of surprise.
Little did Mu Tingfeng know that his timely appearance had made his precious son like him a little bit more. He gave Zhao Youlin an a.s.suring look, implying Zhao Youlin that she did not need to worry about this matter, he could handle it himself.
If it was said that Zhao Youlin had brought surprise to the crowd when she hit people just now, then what Mu Tingfeng"s sudden appearance at this moment had brought to the crowd could really be called a shock.
Mu Tingfeng was courting Zhao Youlin. This matter was only known by their own families and the onlooker Mighty Secretary Xia. The outside world"s impression of their relations.h.i.+p still superficially remained fixated on their divorce from back then.
As for the only two people who were fortunate enough to hear Mu Ting Feng"s own words about remarrying Zhao Youlin, one had already been sent abroad, and the other and Zhao Youlin could now be considered mortal enemies, so it was naturally impossible for her to publicize such things in the first place to help raise Zhao Youlin"s popularity outside.
Therefore, when everyone heard Mu Tingfeng"s words and saw Mu Tingfeng intimately hugging Zhao Youlin and their child while gazing icily at the couple in front of them, most of them thought they were hallucinating.
Mu Tingfeng actually hugged the ex-wife he loathed in front of everyone and bluntly declared to everyone that they were his wife and child. Were they the ones who had gone crazy? Or had the world gone crazy?
But it turned out that no one was crazy and everything was really happening!
The first to react was the miserable woman who was nestled in her husband"s arms crying miserably. Her pair of eyes widened to the limit. She looked at Zhao Youlin and Mu Tingfeng, who were hugging each other closely, it was like she had seen a monster.
Her trembling fingers pointed at the two. Then, on the edge of total collapse, she asked, "Wife.... wife and child, aren"t…aren"t you two divorced?"