I Became a Vicious Supporting Role in the '70s
Chapter 178: Why Are You, a Good-For-Nothing, Afraid of Her?

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Why Are You, a Good-For-Nothing, Afraid of Her?

Shen Meng walked home as snowflakes began to fall. She wore a thick scarf over her head that wrapped snugly around her neck. She was wearing officer boots and caught a snowflake in her hand, watching it melt in her palm. She sighed deeply, not realizing so many days had passed.

In the drifting snow, she just stood there, carrying a unique charm.

Lu Zhenping had been waiting at home for Shen Meng for a while without seeing her. He was about to go out to look for her when he saw her at that moment. The day had been messy, and he felt extremely irritated. But now, seeing Shen Meng, his tumultuous heart suddenly calmed down. As Shen Meng looked back, the two gazed at each other from a distance, their eyes filled with love flickering for a moment.

Lu Zhenping slightly opened his arms, and Shen Meng smiled knowingly, quickly walking to his side. Just as she was about to jump into his embrace, she heard a cry from behind her.

"Elder brother, you must stand up for me. Elder sister-in-law has deceived me out of over seven hundred dollars—over seven hundred! That amount of money took Miaomiao and I, our two families, two to three years to save without eating or drinking. And just like that, she tricked it away. Brother, Miaomiao and I are your own sisters; you can’t just ignore us!"

"Yes, elder brother, elder sister-in-law has really lost her conscience, how could she swindle so much money from elder sister? Staging such a thing during the New Year, it’s like she wants our families to suffer. You have to save us, brother!"

Lu Zhenping: "...."

Shen Meng: "..."

It sounded so annoying, don’t they know we were having a moment? Such a mood killer. Why now of all times, it’s so irritating!!!

Shen Meng, unable to embrace him, felt extremely frustrated. Seeing Lu Miaomiao and Lu Lanhua only added to her annoyance.

"Get lost! Shen Meng deceiving money? What conscience? If Lord Heaven were watching, he should strike with lightning those who pretend and cry ’stop thief’ when they are the thieves themselves. When have I ever deceived you, Lu Lanhua? Tell me honestly, was it you who deceived me, or me who deceived you? I haven’t even settled the account with you yet, but here you are, just right, let’s clarify this clearly."

Lu Lanhua’s face stiffened. She and Lu Miaomiao had spent so much money and ended up with nothing in the end, feeling very dissatisfied. So they came knocking, thinking of getting the money back, since Shen Meng would definitely return the money if she didn’t want their elder brother to know about her selling jobs.

"What account settling? Elder sister-in-law, what are you talking about? I don’t understand. Have you forgotten about our arrangement today? If you don’t want elder brother to know, then hurry up and give me back the money, otherwise, if this gets out, it won’t look good for either of us."

Lu Miaomiao dared not speak. She had always been afraid of Lu Zhenping. Plus, for buying the job, her family had taken half, and she had taken the rest from Liu Sanjin. She had already decided, since she hadn’t been involved in this from the beginning and only wanted to partner with her elder sister to buy the job, if her sister ended up not getting the job, then letting her pay back the money would be fine. After all, she wouldn’t lose anything.

"It doesn’t matter if it looks bad, Lu Lanhua, go ask around everywhere, who can sell a secure job for just a few hundred dollars? Elder brother has already told me, jobs in the city, any permanent positions can’t be bought for less than two or three thousand. You think you can buy my job with just a few hundred, smartly tricking me telling me that a ticket seller’s job is tough, thinking I’m a fool? Zhenping, hurry, take our bicycle and go report this to the police. We can’t let this Lu Lanhua, who has moral issues, get away. She deceived a military family out of a job. Let her get detained, go now."

"Alright!"

Lu Zhenping agreed very quickly, although he didn’t know what Shen Meng was up to, he was very obedient.

"Elder brother, what’s so good about you? Don’t be afraid of her. Lanhua, the Lu Family, and I will support you. How can you, as a big man, be so afraid of your wife? Where is your dignity from childhood, the dominance you had as an officer? You miserable pushover, why are you afraid of her? If she dares to divorce, can’t you just leave her? I can introduce you to a nice unmarried girl from the city, how about that, elder brother?"

"I only want Xiao Meng, and Lanhua, you’ve been a liar since you were little, always sneaking around, and even after getting married, you haven’t changed. Since you’re not being good, then I will find a good place for you to learn properly, and about what you just said, this is the first time, if I hear it again, I will beat you."

Lu Miaomiao watched, terrified, knowing full well that elder brother was afraid of his wife, but elder sister still poked right at his sore spot. Wasn’t she courting death?

"Elder brother, elder sister-in-law, I don’t know anything, I was just dragged here by elder sister, with elder brother on one side and elder sister on the other, I must favor someone, right? It’s hard for me! This has nothing to do with me, I’ll leave first. I’m going now."

Lu Miaomiao, who can talk her way into some advantages, but when it comes to suffering, she runs faster than a dog.

Shen Meng lifted her chin up high, sneering at Lu Lanhua, and glanced at Lu Zhenping, who quickly entered the yard, while outside, both could hear the sound of a bicycle being unlocked.

She moved a bit closer to Lu Lanhua.

"I gave you the delivery note fair and square, we settled with cash and goods. Now that you’ve got your stuff you still want to swindle my money? Hmm, let me tell you, money is my life, you’re essentially trying to take my life, no way, Lu Lanhua, you dare pull a fast one on me, just wait, the Police Station chief is your elder brother’s comrade-in-arms, I’ll make sure to send some fine gifts, asking him to take good care of you."

Her gaze was immensely intimidating, and her presence was powerful, which left Lu Lanhua feeling terrified, unconsciously staggering back a few steps. Hearing Lu Zhenping ringing his bicycle bell at the gate, she was so frightened that she immediately turned and ran towards the Lu Family, disappearing in a flash.

"Tsk tsk tsk, really too weak, no challenge at all."

Lu Zhenping poked his head out to look, and seeing only Shen Meng, he tapped her on the shoulder.

"Hurry up and come home, didn’t get to hold you just now, we’ll continue in the room."

Being an old couple, Shen Meng wasn’t shy; after all, she was also in the mood, just that Lu Zhenping happened to speak up first.

On this first day of the New Year, Shen Meng got up early, really wanting to celebrate the new year well, so after preparing dumplings, she took a bunch of new clothes to the children’s room and placed New Year’s gift money under the clothes.

Looking at the clean yard and the spring couplets on the house door, she stretched lazily in the yard.

"New year, new look, Shen Meng, you did well this year, keep it up next year!"