The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 584: Don’t Think I Don’t Know About Your Illegitimate Child!

Chapter 584: Chapter 584: Don’t Think I Don’t Know About Your Illegitimate Child!

Zhao Mei wasn’t scared one bit when Sun Mingyuan accused and questioned her; she started yelling loudly.

"Yeah, that’s right, I’m cheating, I have another man!"

"Not just any man, he’s a hundred times, a thousand times, even ten thousand times better than you!"

"And he’s upstairs, staying in my room, lying in my bed, are you satisfied now?"

Sun Mingyuan’s face turned ashen, he was furiously upset, and he rushed towards the stairs, ready to catch the adulterer.

He wanted to see who it was.

As he got to the stairway, Sun Mingyuan stopped again, turned back with a sheepish smile, and said, "Wife, I know you’re angry, mad that I’ve neglected you all these years. I was wrong, can’t I admit my mistake and you forgive me just this once? Please, I need your help no matter what."

After so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, the composure he’d cultivated finally played a role, allowing him to calm down.

No matter whether Zhao Mei really had someone else, if he went upstairs, he would completely fall out with her.

At this critical juncture, he faced serious trouble and still needed Zhao Mei’s help. If he angered her, it would be over.

No, it didn’t matter anymore, he had to endure it now; even if Zhao Mei really had a man hidden in the house, he had to endure it. He had to seek her forgiveness, no matter what, he needed her to help him out.

Zhao Mei sneered derisively as she appraised Sun Mingyuan, mocking him, "You really are a coward, knowing that there’s a man hidden in your wife’s bed and you don’t even dare to catch us in the act. How impressive of you."

Sun Mingyuan continued with his ingratiating smile, "What are you saying, wife? I trust your character; you wouldn’t do such a thing."

"Laugh, laugh your mother’s head off!"

Zhao Mei looked at Sun Mingyuan’s grinning face, couldn’t contain her anger, and slapped him across the face, with a sharp smack.

Sun Mingyuan was stunned, clutching his face in confusion as he looked at Zhao Mei, "Wife, why did you hit me?"

"I hit you because you’re a disgrace; you had it coming!"

"All these years you’ve treated me like air, leaving me alone in Zhongzhou City, disregarding me, did you ever care about me?"

"You come here once in a blue moon to ask me for a favor and then you accuse me of cheating, don’t you deserve it?"

"You accuse me of cheating, but tell me, are you clean yourself?"

"Don’t think I don’t know about the filthy things you’ve done in Quyang City; you’ve not only been with women, but you’ve also not spared men, mixing it up with countless people over the years."

"Also, isn’t your eldest son already in his teens? Plus, you have seven or eight illegitimate children from four different women!"

"With your kind of trash, how dare you have the face to accuse me of cheating? Do you even have the right?"

Zhao Mei barraged him with words, each statement stabbing straight into Sun Mingyuan’s heart.

Living in different places, their love had grown cold; she had already given up on Sun Mingyuan.

She was well aware of all that Sun Mingyuan had done—that was one of the reasons she had lost heart.

Without love, she couldn’t be bothered to deal with Sun Mingyuan’s mess.

Who would have thought that he, with all his scandals, would come over and accuse her when he had no right to do so?

Sun Mingyuan had been struck dumb.

He thought that with the distance between them, there was no way Zhao Mei could have known what he had been doing.

But not only did Zhao Mei know, she knew very clearly.

Under such circumstances, he had come to her asking for help to solve his trouble; he was really asking for misery.

"Wife, I was wrong, I’ll leave, I’ll leave right now."

Knowing it was impossible to ask for Zhao Mei’s help and not wanting to suffer here any longer, Sun Mingyuan dropped the discussion and started to leave.

"Stop right there!"

Zhao Mei called after Sun Mingyuan. "You want my help? It’s not out of the question. If you can’t make it in Quyang City, I can use my connections to arrange a transfer for you to avoid the City Secretary who’s giving you such a headache."

Sun Mingyuan’s eyes suddenly lit up, almost to the point of kneeling down to Zhao Mei.

"Wife, you really are the best to me."

"Don’t worry, I swear to heaven, I’ll break it off with those other women this instant. I’ll never—"

Smack...

A crisp sound interrupted Sun Mingyuan’s words as Zhao Mei slapped him hard across the face.

With a cold laugh after delivering the slap, Zhao Mei said, "Nobody would believe the words coming out of your mouth, not even a dog. Don’t disgust me with your lies! I’m willing to help you, but there are conditions you must agree to."

Sun Mingyuan said, "Whatever the conditions are, just say them."

"It’s simple, I want you to take care of someone."

"His name is Xu Qianli. He’s about to take up a post in Cailin County, Wangdong Province. I’ll arrange for you to be transferred to the city overseeing Cailin County. Do whatever you can to help him and make sure he gets on his feet in Cailin County."

Zhao Mei laid out her conditions.

In her eyes, Sun Mingyuan was worth less than trash, but if he could be of use to Xu Qianli, she was still willing to lend him a hand.

Xu Qianli?

Sun Mingyuan felt he had heard the name before but couldn’t recall it at the moment. "Who is he? What’s your relationship with him?"

"He’s my man," declared Zhao Mei directly.

Sun Mingyuan felt a surge of nameless anger rush to his head. Dammit, so Zhao Mei, that bitch, had really cuckolded him!

When you thought about it, it made sense. She was such a beautiful woman, alone in Zhongzhou City for so long—how could she not have a man? He should have realized it sooner.

But he never dreamed she would be so blatant about it. On what grounds?

Zhao Mei spoke coldly.

"What, you’re angry?"

"Do you, you piece of trash, have the right to be angry?"

"You’ve been screwing around with countless men and women behind my back all these years. You’ve probably lost count of them, and you even have a bunch of illegitimate children!"

"I, Zhao Mei, have only been with one man compared to you, the epitome of a womanizer!"

"Listen, either agree to my conditions or get lost and wait to be forced to resign and fade from your career path."

"If you agree to my conditions, make sure you actually support Xu Qianli. If you dare to pretend to help him while sabotaging him behind his back, I won’t hesitate to reveal all the dirt I have on you, and let’s see if you can handle the fallout!"

"Not to mention, when you were the County Party Secretary in Quyang City, you and your male secretary had quite the dalliance. If that gets out, forget struggling in the political arena, you probably won’t even be able to show your face in public!"

The more she spoke, the more disdainful she became. Just recalling the things she had found out made Zhao Mei sick.

Hmph, how could she ever have married such trash.

Sun Mingyuan paled, not daring to refuse. He knelt down to Zhao Mei with one hand raised.

"I, Sun Mingyuan, swear to heaven that once I am transferred, I will do my utmost to help Xu Qianli. If I fail or set him up for a fall, may lightning strike me down!"

Zhao Mei said, "Don’t bother swearing to heaven. Your oaths are worthless, and I won’t believe them. I only trust what I see with my own eyes. I’ll be watching every move you make, and gauge your performance myself. Now, you can scram!"