Chapter 446: Reckless – Daily Melon Eating at the Sickly Aunt’s Compound

Chapter 446: Bold Yet Frail—The Daily Gossip Life of the Delicate Sister-in-Law in the Compound

Since learning from Fu Huihui the reason behind those men's weak legs, Lin Qing had felt a mischievous urge stirring in her heart.

However, as soon as she raised her hand and caught sight of her slender arms, that urge instantly vanished!

Forget it, forget it—this was not her thing!

What if she failed and ended up worse off...

Cen Xi, who had been diligently working, also heard the explanation for Lin Qing’s morning question during his lunch break. It was their Research Department’s gossip hub—Comrade Xiao Yifan—who had enlightened him.

At that moment, his wife was scheming to give him a taste of it. Unfortunately, the idea remained just that—an idea—and never came to fruition, causing him to miss out on a little treat.

The men with weak legs became the butt of many jokes that day.

"What lightweights!"

"Tsk tsk, just one night, and they're already like this!"

"If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t be like this! I could last three days straight!"

"Pfft—keep bragging! Yeah right! You’d need a wife first! No wife, yet dreaming of three days and nights? Keep dreaming!"

"Exactly!"

"Hahaha!"

... Those men with weak legs felt that last night had been both thrilling and draining, both pleasurable and torturous...

The real action wasn't at the factory—people there mostly watched the spectacle, while those in the alley were at the heart of the drama.

After last night's events, several families with strained mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships blew up into full-on fights.

"Was it you, you little slut sneaking out for an affair last night?"

The woman, busy with her chores, never expected her mother-in-law to barge in after her husband left for work, dropping this bomb without warning!

"You old hag, what nonsense are you spouting? Are you so desperate to pin a cuckold's hat on your own son?"

Neighbors watching the scene burst into laughter.

Exactly! What kind of mother volunteers her son for cuckold duty?

The mother-in-law, who'd never liked this daughter-in-law anyway, her face twisted even more at the comeback. But she stubbornly clung to her belief. "You deny going out last night? I didn't see you leave—who else could it be?"

"Old lady Gong, you don't even live around here! How could you have seen anything? Hahaha!" A neighbor scoffed, unable to hold back.

"Damn right! Exactly! You don't live here, didn't see me leave, yet you accuse me? That's some nerve! Ask Sister Guizhen next door—ask her if she saw me go out!"

The onlookers, initially swayed by the mother-in-law's words, now found the daughter-in-law's rebuttal far more convincing. Now that she'd named a witness, all eyes turned to Guizhen.

"Guizhen, speak up! Don't let old lady Gong slander Dahong!"

Guizhen, honest and straightforward, didn't mince words. "Auntie Gong, you've got Dahong all wrong. I clearly saw her leave last night!"

Old lady Gong set her jaw stubbornly, refusing to believe it. "Hmph! How do I know you two aren't in on it together?"

"You lying old hag, always full of shit! You go ask your son if you dare!"

"Ha ha ha! Old lady Gong! Stop slandering Big Red! Who didn't see how wobbly your eldest son's legs were this morning? Ha ha ha!"

If they could still do that last night without any guilt, then it definitely wasn't some dirty cheating scandal!

"Exactly! Exactly!"

"Who knows what old lady Gong is thinking? She just has to pin the cheating accusation on her own son's head!"

"Pfft—as if anyone doesn’t know what she’s thinking. It’s just because Big Red hasn’t popped out a grandson for her! All she does is torment her daughter-in-law every day. Thank goodness Big Red stands her ground, or she’d be bullied to death!"

Old lady Gong’s face turned red with anger. "How dare you talk about me? It’s her own fault for not producing an heir! If you still can’t give me a grandson, you’d better have some sense and leave my son sooner rather than later!"

"Get out!" The woman named Big Red directly kicked old lady Gong out the door.

"Ha ha ha! That's what she gets!" Many onlooking neighbors pointed and laughed at old lady Gong.

"Lordy! Thank heavens Second Gong moved out early. If he’d stayed in that house, the whole family would’ve been bullied to death!"

Everyone sighed over old lady Gong’s cruelty, Second Gong’s good judgment, and Big Red’s awful position.

This wasn’t the only household where such things happened. Many families were dealing with the same nonsense, but the accused wives and daughters-in-law confidently refuted them!

It must be said that the women in this alley are bold when questioned—tough as nails, they proved their innocence outright, with those men who could barely walk as the best evidence!

——

Afternoon, after work.

Cen Xi hadn’t been busy lately, so he always picked Lin Qing up from work on time.

"Let’s go!" Cen Xi rode his bicycle with Lin Qing on the back, weaving through a crowd of men walking slowly.

Suddenly remembering the morning’s incident, Cen Xi ribbed, "Qing Qing, do you still want to know the answer to the question you asked this morning?"

Lin Qing, sitting behind him, turned beet red. Her hands, gripping the hem of her clothes, reached up to his waist and gave him a good twist.

"Ow—ow ow ow!" At that, Cen Xi understood perfectly—she clearly already knew the answer!

For the less-than-ten-minute ride, Cen Xi didn’t dare say anything else out of line.

Once home, Lin Qing immediately went to her mother’s side. She knew there must’ve been tons of gossip today, and her mother, a longtime gossip hound, would surely know all the details!

"Mom! Wasn’t the alley all noisy today?"

"Of course! So many families were arguing!" Mother Lin nodded while washing vegetables.

Honestly, she found it quite amusing. The alley had been hopping all day today—one family’s drama would end, and another’s would begin. Those watching the spectacle were running around like chickens with their heads cut off, without a break!

"Ha ha ha ha!" Lin Qing couldn’t stop laughing at her mother’s description.

"Mom, tell us all about it!" As soon as Lin Qing finished speaking, Cen Xi came over. "Mom, you talk. I’ll wash the vegetables."

"Sure!" Mother Lin straightened up after handing the task to Cen Xi. "Get this, the craziest story today was the Gong family in the courtyard at the far end of the alley. Old lady Gong doesn’t live with Second Gong and his wife, but she came over bright and early this morning and, without so much as a question, slapped her daughter-in-law with this cheating accusation, dead set on sticking that green hat firmly on her son’s head!"

"Huh? What kind of person does that?"

Even if she disliked her daughter-in-law, did she have to go that far?

After hearing the rest of Mother Lin’s story, Lin Qing realized she’d underestimated—old lady Gong had an angle to everything!

"But isn’t she afraid her son will be ridiculed?"

"Pfft—do you think a woman like her gives a damn?"

"..."

Lin Qing had no rebuttal. If old lady Gong had already done it, what else was there to explain?