"I..."

Liu Zhizhong almost let slip a curse, but quickly changed course, "Good lord, what do you mean by that? I'm utterly loyal to my daughter, and you say this about me? I just parked over there, picking something up from an aunt's subordinate's house, and I'm about to deliver it to the Provincial City!"

"Cut the crap, as if I don't know how men in officialdom are! Your aunt in the Provincial City, who are you kidding?"

"Believe it or not, I don't care. Here, let's turn on location sharing on the phone, and you can see if I'm on the highway, can't you? You think being an underling to an aunt is fun? She's there with her husband in the Provincial City, and I need to be there if there's anything urgent, get it?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yumei felt somewhat placated, "Heh, you're just a lackey at the beck and call of your leaders, serves you right!"

Then, she hung up.

Liu Zhizhong thought to himself that this widow was truly annoying, without a man and seemingly nothing better to do all day, but at least she wasn't nagging anymore.

Immediately, Lu Yumei activated the phone's location sharing.

Liu Zhizhong cursed under his breath and accepted it.

As he drove, he checked the location; this woman must've just finished her night run and was walking slowly not far from her house.

Luckily, his car was parked right by Luo Yanling's house, roughly between the two families!

Lu Yumei also checked and saw that her son-in-law was indeed on the highway to the Provincial City, so she decided not to pursue the matter further.

However, she soon turned off the location sharing and sent a voice message to Liu Zhizhong.

"That's more like it! But remember this, if I ever find out that you're keeping a mistress in our community, I'll make sure Yan'er kicks you out on the spot, shaming you to the point where you can't survive in officialdom!"

Liu Zhizhong cursed inside, thinking this damn widow really had it in for him, how spiteful!

Yet, he replied, "Come on, stop imagining things when you have nothing better to do. I haven't even had a son with Zhao Yan yet, how could I leave? As for you, you're still young and beautiful, why aren't you resting at home at night instead of going out running? The world is a chaotic place with too many resentful people. Is it safe for you? Don't take your personal safety lightly; this is your son-in-law advising you. I'm not against you exercising, but wait for me to be home to go night running with you as a bodyguard! If I'm not home, even swimming would be safer!"

"Get lost, I don't need you to worry about my safety. Don't think just because you pretend to care that I won't let Yan'er divorce you! I'm home now and can't be bothered to argue, wishing you a car crash on your way!"

Damn, what a deadly mother-in-law, typical of her! Liu Zhizhong was infuriated but quickly replied, "A car crash won't do, making my wife a widow like her mother? I'd feel terrible! What would people say then? Look, the women of the Zhao family, jinxing their husbands! Gosh, the second daughter jinxes, who knows when it will be the eldest daughter's turn?"

"Ah! Liu Zhizhong you jerk, is that something you should say? Get lost! I'm so pissed off!"

Liu Zhizhong burst out laughing, too lazy to reply further, enjoying the silence.

Meanwhile, Lu Yumei, having returned home and taken a bath, still couldn't calm down.

She even called Zhao Han, telling her to handle that bastard Liu Zhizhong, as he could infuriate her to death any day!

Zhao Han felt overwhelmed just hearing this, thinking, God, what more can we do? Last time, Zhang Hongyang's pathetic plan even got me involved!

But all she could do was ask about the situation and try to soothe her mother.

Zhao Han added that the bastard was planning to have children with her sister and now held a position as Secretary of the Municipal Committee, which mattered for his reputation, so he surely wouldn't mess around in their own villa area, right?

Once the call ended, Zhao Han thought, if he's messing around even at home, what about the villa area? No way, she really had to interrogate him later!

As for Lu Yumei, her elder daughter had calmed her down a bit.

But soon after, her loyal admirer Zhang Zhenglong called, stirring her emotions again.

"Zhang Zhenglong, you keep saying how much you love and admire me, and how your Zhang family commands respect in Yangzhou, can you deal with that scoundrel Liu Zhizhong?"

"Deal with Liu Zhizhong? Heh, what has that little jerk done to you now?"

After briefly explaining the situation, she immediately made a demand, "If you can get Liu Zhizhong fired and disgrace him, I might actually consider marrying you."

Zhang Zhenglong got excited, "Yu Mei, are you serious?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

"Mhm, got it. But here's the thing, in the Zhang Family, I'm an elder and handling Liu Zhizhong is a task for Hongyang, a trial and a test for the junior. How about this, I'll push Hongyang to take another shot at it. If he can't handle it, I'll make sure it's taken care of for you, okay?"