107: Bro, you're still trying to hide it? You've been cheated on!

In the hallway, the sound-activated lights were dim and yellow, like fireflies on the verge of death.

Lin Chuan stood before that green-painted security door, his gaze frighteningly cold.

The security door was sturdy.

But don't forget, Lin Chuan had taken the Great Strength Pill and possessed a physique on par with Captain America.

With his current physical capabilities, a single kick could send even the door frame flying.

"Dammit!"

Lin Chuan took a deep breath, his thigh muscles tensing as he prepared to exert force.

"Don't!! Chuan Zi!!"

Li Daqiang, who had been squatting on the ground, jumped up like a startled rabbit and tightly hugged Lin Chuan's waist.

"You can't kick it! You absolutely mustn't!"

Li Daqiang's dark face was filled with panic, and his voice was kept extremely low, for fear of waking the neighbors.

"Chuan Zi, brother is begging you, don't be impulsive!"

"Let's just leave it at that, okay?"

"It really is my fault for coming back late; it's only right that Xiao Li is angry."

"I can just make do in the hallway for the night. It's midsummer, so it's not cold."

Looking at this man who had taken a bullet for him in his past life, now reduced to such humility in the dirt.

The anger in Lin Chuan's heart flared up instantly.

That pair of adulterers actually dared to treat his brother like this.

They were having an affair inside while locking Da Qiang outside—were they using him as a lookout?

At the same time, Lin Chuan was also somewhat annoyed by Li Daqiang's lack of backbone.

It's already come to this, so why are you still swallowing your pride and enduring it?

Are you trying to master the art of being a doormat?

"Da Qiang!!"

Lin Chuan turned around, grabbed Li Daqiang by the collar, and pinned him against the wall.

"What do you take yourself for? A guard dog?"

"This is your home! A house you bought with your hard-earned blood and sweat! And you can't even enter the door?"

"Why do you always wrong yourself like this?!"

"You said you worked in the south, reluctant to eat or drink well, bringing back all the money you earned in a year to your wife, and this is how she treats you? Are you a masochist?"

Li Daqiang didn't dare look Lin Chuan in the eye. He lowered his head, his calloused hands nervously rubbing the hem of his shirt.

"Sigh! Chuan Zi, you don't understand."

"A peaceful home brings prosperity to all things."

"I'm indeed away from home all year round. It's not easy for Xiao Li to raise the child alone, and he's a son too—the root of our Li family!"

"If I make a scene over this and break up the family, what will happen to the child?"

In this era, the continuation of the family line was highly valued.

Since Zhang Xiaoli had given Li Daqiang a boy, he practically worshipped her like an ancestor.

"Furthermore..."

Li Daqiang pointed at the door opposite them, then pointed upstairs.

"Many of the residents in this building are Xiao Li's colleagues from the factory, and her second aunt lives upstairs."

"It's the middle of the night. If I really make a scene and kick the door down, the whole factory will know tomorrow."

"Then everyone will point fingers, saying I, Li Daqiang, am a bastard who hits his wife, and that my home is in chaos."

"It wouldn't be good for either of our reputations."

"Reputation?" Lin Chuan sneered and released Li Daqiang's collar.

"Da Qiang, you treat her like a treasure, the mother of your child."

"But what if..."

Lin Chuan stared into Li Daqiang's eyes and asked word by word:

"What if this 'good wife' of yours has given you a green hat?"

"What if she won't open the door because she's hiding a lover inside?"

"Can you still take that?"

Boom—!

These words were like a bolt of lightning striking directly at the crown of Li Daqiang's head.

Li Daqiang froze completely.

His eyes widened, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

As a traditional man from the Northeast.

Poverty, he could endure.

Exhaustion, he could endure.

Being scolded by his wife, he could also endure.

But a green hat—that was a humiliation etched into his very bones!

It was the absolute bottom line!

It was intolerable!

"Chuan... Chuan Zi..."

Li Daqiang's voice was shaking, carrying a hint of disbelief and deep-seated fear.

"Are you saying?"

"Xiao Li isn't opening the door because... there's someone inside?"

Lin Chuan nodded heavily.

"Just now when I was downstairs, I saw it clearly."

"Two silhouettes on the window, a man and a woman."

"That man crawled right out of your bed and was flirting with your wife, even pinching her backside."

"And you?"

"Squatting at the door like a fool smoking, acting as their lookout!"

"Li Daqiang! Are you even a man?!"

"And don't talk to me about the child. That kid doesn't look like you at all; don't you have any clue? For all we know, he's that slut's bastard!"

"What?!!"

Li Daqiang suddenly snapped his head up, his eyes instantly bloodshot, turning a deep crimson.

The previous weakness, hesitation, and concern...

In this moment, they were all incinerated by a towering rage.

"You! Are you really sure?"

Lin Chuan had X-ray vision and could clearly see Xiao Li standing there naked, cursing at Li Daqiang.

That bastard was still pinching her from behind.

If he had been deceiving himself before...

Then Lin Chuan's words now had stripped away his final shred of dignity.

No wonder, after coming back from two years of work, she wouldn't let him touch her!

No wonder the child wasn't close to him!

No wonder she wouldn't open the door in the middle of the night!

It turns out she was treating me like a cuckold all along!!

"Fuck!!"

Li Daqiang let out a low growl from deep in his throat.

He grabbed Lin Chuan's arm.

"Chuan Zi! Are you serious?!"

"She really has a goddamn man in there?!"

"Absolutely certain," Lin Chuan said calmly. "If I'm lying, I'm your grandson."

"Good!! Very good!!"

Li Daqiang laughed out of sheer rage, a smile that looked worse than crying.

He wiped his face hard, turning his honest and simple expression into one of utter ferocity.

"Zhang Xiaoli! You bitch!!"

"I worked myself to death outside, enduring everyone's bullying, not even daring to eat a hot meal, having nothing but steamed buns and pickles for every meal, and sending every cent to you!"

"And in the end, you're actually cheating on me at home?!"

Li Daqiang turned to look at the security door, murderous intent practically overflowing from his eyes.

"Since she has no heart, then don't blame me for being ruthless!!"

"I must let her relatives and everyone in this building know!"

"Exactly what kind of trash she is!!"

Lin Chuan looked at the now completely explosive Li Daqiang and nodded inwardly.

This was the man he knew, the one who would take a bullet for his brother!

"Da Qiang, have you made up your mind?"

"If this blows up, it'll be the talk of the town, and it won't look good for you either."

"And this marriage will definitely be over."

"Who gives a damn!!"

Li Daqiang spat fiercely on the ground.

"I wouldn't want a slut like her even if she were given to me for free!!"

"As for losing face? The ones losing face are her and that pair of dogs!!"

"I've realized it now. Chuan Zi, you're right."

"From now on, I'm following you!"

"As long as I make something of myself and have money in my pocket, who would dare mock me?"

"At that time, what kind of woman wouldn't I be able to find? Why should I stay tied to this trash?!"

Li Daqiang straightened his back, his former air of submissiveness completely swept away.