Chapter 297: I Am the Clown

Yesterday, after she received Chen Feng’s hotel records from Yuan Dawei, she struggled for a while and finally couldn’t resist. After her husband Kong Tianlu fell asleep, she went to the bathroom alone and learned from Yuan Dawei to find a service provider online that could check hotel records. She reported Kong Tianlu’s name and ID number to the other party.

Because it was almost midnight at that time, Tang Yue was not in a hurry. She said that she could check again tomorrow and send it to her.

The next night, she had almost forgotten about this matter, but now the other party had sent her the information directly.

Last night, she had only checked her husband on an impulse. It could only be said that it was a coincidence. Yuan Dawei had just found out about Chen Feng’s cheating record before his divorce.

Before Shen Lin and Chen Feng divorced, those who knew them would never have thought that Chen Feng would cheat. After all, in everyone’s impression, Chen Feng was still very upright, a steady man who followed the rules.

Besides, at that time, Chen Feng’s work was not going well, and he had no money at all. It was hard to believe that he could still hook up with a woman and open a room with her.

But that was the fact. The hotel records that Yuan Dawei had someone check would not be fake.

At that time, Kong Tianlu and Chen Feng’s relationship was not bad. They were both the kind of people who followed the rules, and the two couples seemed to be very loving.

As a result, Chen Feng cheated. So would Kong Tianlu also betray her?

With the living example of Chen Feng, a scumbag, Tang Yue naturally extended it to her own husband.

Once a person had doubts about someone in their heart, it was difficult to let go before getting the final answer.

Therefore, after a psychological struggle last night, she finally couldn’t help but check her husband.

She opened the document on her phone. It had the hotel records for the past five years. She really wanted to not look at it. She was even a little scared in her heart. What if her husband was really unfaithful to her?

But curiosity and suspicion made her unable to resist in the end. She looked at them one by one.

Five years ago, they had just entered college. In their freshman and sophomore years, they both lived in the school. The school did not allow students to live outside. It was not until their junior year that they began to rent a house outside the school and live together.

Pulling down, it was obvious that these were all Kong Tianlu’s and her hotel records. Tang Yue’s tense mood finally relaxed slowly. She had always been willing to believe her husband.

As for why she still checked, it was purely a coincidence. She happened to encounter it, and her curiosity swelled.

At least, Tang Yue thought so. She didn’t think she was suspicious of her husband.

Five years ago, there were dozens of hotel records of him and her. It was the same four years ago. Three years ago, because the two of them began to rent a house and live together, the records were obviously much less, only a dozen, which were when they were traveling in other places.

Two years ago, there were also more than a dozen, but she soon found something abnormal. Because two of the records only showed Kong Tianlu’s information.

And the record showed that Kong Tianlu had opened a room by the hour at that time, both in a hotel called Manbinpeng Hotel, which was in the North District, more than ten kilometers away from where they lived at that time.

In her impression, Tang Yue had never been to this hotel with him. She would generally not agree to stay in a hotel with such a tacky name. Besides, the record only had his information.

Why did he go to such a hotel twice alone to open a room, and it was still a room by the hour, for two hours?

The more Tang Yue thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. The more she thought about it, the flame of suspicion in her heart began to rise slowly, with a tendency to become a big fire.

At that time, they were about to graduate from their senior year and had not yet officially worked. He ran to a place more than ten kilometers away from the rental house to open a room, and it was still a room by the hour. No matter how you looked at it, there was a problem.

Although there was no information about anyone else with him, in a low-end hotel like that, the management was not very strict, and people could come and go as they pleased. It was also a common practice for two people to check in with only one person’s information.

Tang Yue immediately wanted to run over and question Kong Tianlu, but after all, she was in the unit. This kind of thing certainly couldn’t be brought up in the unit.

Tang Yue could only endure it, but the anger in her heart had already begun to burn.

Then she looked down. A year ago, there were more than thirty. At that time, the two of them had officially decided to get married, but the wedding house had not yet been decorated, and the rental house had also been returned. They each went home to live. So it was normal to occasionally come out to open a room.

Her eyes went down line by line, and the eye-catching record and hotel name appeared again. It was still that Manbinpeng Hotel.

And what made her eyes crack was that she saw a record that she was most unwilling to see. That record was on May 5 last year. She clearly remembered that she and a few high school female classmates had an appointment to go out to play that day, and there were no boys.

So, Kong Tianlu was not with her that day. And she didn’t get home until after nine o’clock that night. At that time, he was already at home. For her who came back a little late, he was not angry at all. He even cooked her a few of her favorite dishes, put them in the pot to keep warm, and waited for her to come back to eat. He also gave her a shoulder massage.

That day, he was very gentle to her, which made her feel very happy every time she thought about it.

But seeing this hotel record, she completely understood. The reason why he was so good and gentle to her that day was entirely out of guilt and compensation.

In addition to Kong Tianlu’s name, there was also a woman’s name, Xia Xiaozhen, which was particularly dazzling to her.

She thought hard, but she had no impression of this woman’s name. It should be someone she didn’t know.

This alone made her feel very strange, and at the same time, it confirmed the inference she didn’t want.

The two of them had been classmates for three years in high school and four years in college. They basically knew each other’s relatives and friends.

But she didn’t know this Xia Xiaozhen.

What good could Kong Tianlu do by opening a room with this woman, who was not a colleague or a relative?

At this time, her face was flushed, and she was as angry as a bull with smoke coming out of its nose.

She quickly looked down again. Last year, Kong Tianlu had a total of six records of opening a room alone in Manbinpeng. Compared with the year before, the number had obviously increased.

And this year, it was still a few days before May Day, and Kong Tianlu had been to Manbinpeng Hotel five times.

Although these records only registered him alone, with the previous record with Xia Xiaozhen, anyone with a brain would know that he was not alone.

Otherwise, do you think Kong Tianlu ran all the way there to open a room to watch TV or sleep alone?

“You’re a good one, Kong Tianlu!”

The more Tang Yue thought about it, the angrier she became. The anger rose, and she couldn’t help but slam the desk and stand up abruptly.

Ignoring the surprised gazes of the others in the office, she strode out of the office.

Kong Tianlu was in the personnel department, and his work was also quite easy. He mainly did personnel files, sent and received documents, and so on. He worked on the computer, didn’t have to work 996, wasn’t exposed to the sun and rain, and had a two-day weekend every week.

Most of the time, he used that office computer to slack off, occasionally looking at the stock market, trading stocks, and so on. He also surfed the Internet, posted on forums, and occasionally replied to a few hot posts.

The number of people in the personnel department office was less than half of that in the office department. Today, the entire office was just him and another colleague. They were both staring at the computer on the desk, looking very serious.

In fact, his colleague should be playing cards online, while he was surfing the forums, posting and flooding, and occasionally replying to a few hot posts.

At this moment, Tang Yue rushed in angrily.

“Kong Tianlu!”

Tang Yue shouted at Kong Tianlu, and then, before he could react, she slapped him hard.

Kong Tianlu was completely stunned by the slap. He even forgot to cry out in pain, but just stared at her with a dumbfounded expression.

“Say! Who is that Xia Xiaozhen?”

Tang Yue pointed at Kong Tianlu and shouted angrily, while tears streamed down her face.

Her voice was loud enough that everyone on the entire floor heard it. Many people recognized Tang Yue’s voice and followed the sound to find her.

Hearing Tang Yue’s words, Kong Tianlu was struck by lightning, and his mind went blank.

He thought his secret was well kept, and it was impossible for Tang Yue to know his secret, let alone Xia Xiaozhen.

Seeing Kong Tianlu’s reaction, how could Tang Yue not understand?

The two of them had known each other since they were sixteen or seventeen. They had been classmates for six years, and now they were husband and wife. They really knew each other too well.

“Kong Tianlu! I’ll fight you! Are you worthy of me? Huh! You ungrateful wolf! You Chen Shimei!”

Tang Yue cried and wailed as she went up and gave Kong Tianlu a violent output. It was a cat’s claw attack and a pot sticker attack. Finally, she used the hair-pulling attack, pulling Kong Tianlu’s hair and dragging him to the ground. She kicked him with her small leather shoes.

Kong Tianlu played dead the whole time, letting her beat and scold him. He didn’t say a word and didn’t cry out in pain.

At first, the onlookers were just watching the fun, but later, seeing Tang Yue pick up a stool and was about to smash it on Kong Tianlu on the ground, this was really going to be a fatal blow!

The colleagues finally couldn’t remain indifferent. They all went up to pull the completely berserk Tang Yue. At first, a few women were violently thrown away by her. Later, there was no other way. Two male colleagues went up and barely held her two arms.

“Tang Yue, you’re going too far. Can’t you talk things out?” A woman said without feeling the pain of standing.

“Go to hell! All of you, go to hell! I’m going to beat this bastard Kong Tianlu to death today. I had an abortion for him when I was seventeen, which made it difficult for me to get pregnant now. I also gave him a house as a dowry. Where did I wrong him?

“Kong Tianlu, touch your conscience. Was it eaten by a dog?! I’m so devoted to you, but you cheated on me behind my back. You bastard! You son of a bitch!”

At this time, Tang Yue’s hair was disheveled, and her face was covered with snot and tears. Her voice was a little hoarse.

At first, the people who came later didn’t know what was going on. Now, hearing Tang Yue shout so loudly, of course they all understood.

The female colleagues around all looked at Tang Yue with sympathetic eyes, and then all looked at Kong Tianlu, who was still lying on the ground and pretending to be a dead dog, with contemptuous eyes.

They didn’t expect that Kong Tianlu, who looked like a rule-abiding, honest, and reliable family man, would cheat.

Sure enough, there was no good man in the world!

“What are you doing? What are you doing? It’s working time now. All of you, go back to your posts.”

The director upstairs in the office, who was also Kong Tianlu’s uncle, Kong Shuangxi, finally came over. As the head of the unit, of course everyone had to give him face. So, they all dispersed.

“Kong Tianlu, Tang Yue, you two, come with me.”

Kong Shuangxi frowned and glanced at his nephew, who was bruised and had many bloodstains on his face. He glanced at Tang Yue, who was also in a sorry state, with some dissatisfaction.

At this time, he was even more dissatisfied with Tang Yue. As the saying goes, don’t wash your dirty linen in public. She actually shouted it out in the unit, and everyone in the unit knew about it. This not only made the couple lose face, but also made him, the director, and their old Kong family lose face.

“Didn’t you hear me? Come with me!”

Seeing that neither of them responded, Kong Shuangxi couldn’t help but shout angrily.

“I heard you.”

Kong Tianlu had been in awe of his uncle since he was a child. He quickly agreed and got up from the ground with some difficulty.

Tang Yue, on the other hand, looked as if her heart was dead. She still ignored the director’s words.

At this time, her mind was also in a mess. She didn’t know what to do next.

She really wanted to have the courage to say divorce, but with so many years of feelings and so many years of her dedication, if she divorced, wouldn’t it all be in vain? Besides, if she divorced, wouldn’t it be a bargain for that Xia Xiaozhen?

“Let’s go!”

Kong Shuangxi urged again and took the lead to go out. Kong Tianlu lowered his head and tried to pull Tang Yue’s hand, but she threw it away.

He didn’t insist anymore and continued to lower his head and quickly followed his uncle’s footsteps.

“Tell me, what’s going on? Did you really cheat on Xiao Yue behind her back?”

When they arrived at the director’s office, Kong Shuangxi asked sternly.

Kong Tianlu lowered his head hard and admitted honestly, “I… I did… it.”

“You little bastard! How could you do such a thing? Xiao Yue has been with you for so many years and has given so much for you. How could you bear to betray her? You’re really ungrateful.” Kong Shuangxi was so angry.

…

After three or four minutes, Tang Yue came over late.

“Xiao Yue, Tianlu is wrong in this matter. He said he’ll let you beat him and scold him. How about you give him a chance to change?”

After all, Kong Shuangxi still felt sorry for his nephew and personally pleaded for him.

“I don’t know. My mind is in a mess right now. I want to go home first, go back to my parents’ house for a while. I don’t care about anything else. I want to ask for a month’s leave from the unit.”

At this time, Tang Yue’s expression was still calm, but the more so, the more it showed that this matter was not over.

“Alright. Then you can rest for a month first. Tianlu, you too. I’ll give you a month’s leave. We’ll talk about it after the impact of this matter has subsided.”

Kong Tianlu lowered his head and said “um”.

Tang Yue didn’t look at him from beginning to end and turned to leave.

Kong Tianlu didn’t chase after her. Seeing this, Kong Shuangxi could only sigh secretly. He could see that his nephew had no feelings for Tang Yue anymore.

After Tang Yue came out of the director’s office, she deliberately slowed down her pace, but at this time, she did not wait for Kong Tianlu to chase after her. Tears began to roll down her face uncontrollably.

Originally, she had come to work early this morning with a happy mood, just waiting to see Shen Lin’s joke and laugh at her choice of husband.

As a result, she, who was originally a melon-eater and a spectator, had become a person who was watched and eaten by others.

I am the clown!

She suddenly thought that Yuan Dawei had an accident this morning, and then she had an accident.

The common feature of the two of them was that they were very disdainful of Chen Feng, and then they happened to get Chen Feng’s black material together.

Harming others and harming oneself, retribution is not pleasant? Is there really such a cause and effect in this world?

Tang Yue’s heart was very painful and chaotic, but she vaguely felt that her and Yuan Dawei’s misfortune together had a certain relationship with that Chen Feng.

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