The Ninth Chapter: The Wife's Infidelity

  After a few cups of red wine, Yuan's pretty face became even more rosy, and her mood was also lifted by Xu Fan's humor. Her sparkling eyes were filled with laughter, and she looked stunningly beautiful! Xu Fan couldn't help but be enchanted by her.

  Yuan Garden saw this stinky little brat staring at her with a lecherous gaze, and she couldn't help but feel her face heat up. She spat out: "Don't look, or I'll dig out your eyeballs!" The scoundrel shrunk his neck and cried out unjustly: "You're so beautiful, yet you won't let me look? Forget about digging out my eyeballs, just kill me instead, heh heh." Yuan Garden gave him a fierce glare, but she really had no way to deal with him.

  "Xu Fan, you've been in the bureau for a long time, you should be very familiar with the interpersonal relationships within the bureau, tell me about it." Yuan Yuan said seriously.

  Xu Fan's face was stern: "The current leadership of the bureau includes Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Zhou Bo, Deputy Director Song Lingzhi, Liu Wanli, Chen Zhiguang, and Wang Lin. There is also Discipline Inspection Commissioner Zhao Gang. Zhou Bo and Chen Zhiguang are in one faction, while Liu Wanli and Wang Lin were originally in Lai Hong's faction, but now that Lai Hong has fallen, it's unclear if the two of them are still on the same page. Song Lingzhi and Zhao Gang are middle-of-the-road, leaning towards whichever side is more beneficial. As for Director Zhao of the office, he generally follows the bureau chief, so you can try to win him over."

  "Uh-huh, I see. Tomorrow I'll be holding a meeting of the Party Committee, you send out a notice tomorrow morning."

  "Good Director"

  "Then let's go"

  The meal was enjoyed, and the red wine was finished. After settling the bill, they walked downstairs, where Xu Fan hailed a taxi. Once in the car, he asked Yuan Yuan where she lived. Yuan Yuan thought for a moment before answering "Bishui Xuan".

  Xu Fan sent Yuan Garden home and immediately called his wife Li Li. After Li Li answered, he asked her: "Have you eaten? How's Niu Niu?" Li Li said coldly: "I'm eating outside, I won't be back until later, Niu Niu is at my mom's place, you go pick her up." She then hung up the phone. Xu Fan looked at the time and saw it was almost 10 o'clock, he didn't know if the child had slept or not, so he called his mother-in-law's house. After answering, his mother-in-law said the child had slept and didn't need to be picked up, otherwise she would have to send her back in the morning. When she found out that neither of them was going home, his mother-in-law scolded again.

  Xu Fan didn't want to go back so soon, anyway it's not far from home, after passing by the Rich Hotel in front, he was almost home, so he didn't take a taxi and walked back slowly instead. Along the way, he strolled leisurely, enjoying the gentle cool breeze.

  Suddenly, Xu Fan's expression was stunned, his face full of disbelieving expressions. His eyes were wide with shock, his body stiff! He saw the scene he least wanted to see. What he saw was a couple who had just walked out of the luxurious hotel entrance, the man about 45 years old, wearing a black suit and a pair of black-framed glasses, looking elegant. And the woman was holding onto his left arm with her head leaning on his shoulder, laughing happily.

  The man and woman were none other than Xu Fan's wife Li Li, and the man was Cui Haibo, the principal of the Seventh Middle School where Li Li worked!

  Cui Haibo and Xu Fan were no strangers to this, they had even invited him to dinner with the intention of giving Li Li a good impression in front of the principal, so that she could have an easier time at work.

  Just the other day, Li Li returned home and proudly told him that she had become the head teacher of the third year high school class, and would be even busier from now on. Many times, she also had to take charge of the evening self-study sessions in the class, and would come back late at night. She asked Xu Fan to pay more attention to taking care of their daughter. She also teased him, saying that as a man, he was not as capable as her, leaving him speechless.

  At this time, Xu Fan was stunned, his mind a complete blank, watching the intimate and laughing couple, as if they were the happy husband and wife, while he was an outsider.

  Xu Fan felt a sense of humiliation, anger slowly rising from the bottom of his heart, his body lightly trembling. At this moment, Xu Fan wanted to rush forward and kill this pair of shameless men!

  But he endured it, lifted his head towards the sky and took a deep breath to calm himself down, then watched as Cui Haibo and Li Li got on the bus and left.

  He trudged heavily to the small shop at the entrance of the residential area, bought a few cans of beer, and sat down in a secluded corner, lit a cigarette, and thought about his past with Li Li. Yes, Li Li was wronged by marrying him, he was powerless to create a warm, rich, and happy home for her, even the house was bought by her parents, what could Xu Fan give her? He couldn't give her anything, wouldn't this ruin her whole life?

  Xu Fan blamed himself and surprisingly didn't feel any resentment towards Li Li's infidelity.

  Drinking wine, smoking cigarettes, tears flowing. Due to drinking too much, suddenly violently coughing up, then tears, saliva, and snot all pouring down together, that low, suppressed sobbing is heart-wrenching...

  At some point, Xu Fan struggled to push open the door of his home and sat down on the sofa without turning on the light.

  Li Li was indeed tired, having just been messed with twice by the principal, and returned home feeling satisfied. She thought she would be nagged by Xu Fan as soon as she got home, so she had prepared some excuses in advance. But to her surprise, he hadn't even come back yet. Sighing, she didn't feel like bothering with him anymore, and decided to just wash up and go to sleep.

  In a daze, she heard the sound outside and knew that Xu Fan was back. But after a while, why was it still quiet? Li Li got up in doubt, turned on the light at the door, and saw Xu Fan's appearance, which gave her a fright. At this time, Xu Fan was sitting quietly on the sofa, staring blankly ahead with his eyes wide open. When Li Li came out to turn on the light, his eyes didn't even blink. His hair was disheveled, the top button of his shirt was unbuttoned, his tie was skewed to one side, and his suit was crumpled up and thrown on the floor, reeking of smoke and alcohol.

  "Xu Fan, what's wrong with you? Still drinking so much, look at the state you're in!" Li Li was anxious, she had never seen her husband come home like this before! Usually Xu Fan paid great attention to his appearance, although he didn't have much money, but he still bought a few sets of clothes that looked good. Before going out, he always dressed up neatly. Now even his favorite suit was crumpled and thrown on the ground, it must be something big that happened.

  "Speak up Xu Fan, what's wrong with you?" Seeing her husband ignoring him, Li Li walked over and shook him vigorously.