The Darkening of Zhao Jing
Broke and out of money, Shen Dongliang quietly returned to Songjiang, intending to ask Zhao Jing for some cash.
But after arriving in Songjiang, he learned that Zhao Jing and her husband, Chen Hua, had been transferred together to the neighboring city. They had gone to work at Hualin Steel Plant, where Chen Hua was also the union chairman.
Both men were union chairmen, but the benefits at Hualin Steel Plant were much better than those in Songjiang.
The reason Shen Dongliang had been able to get the information so quickly was actually Zhao Jing's fault.
After Shen Dongliang left, Zhao Jing had transferred to Hualin Steel Plant. Feeling that life was better now, she'd returned to Songjiang once and shown off in front of a few sisters from the Textile Factory. Some of the people she'd offended remembered it.
As it happened, when Shen Dongliang came back to ask around, he asked one of those people, who told him everything without holding back.
When Shen Dongliang got the news, he cursed the bitch in his heart. She'd left him, yet somehow her life had only gotten better. He immediately rushed to Hualin Steel Plant to find Zhao Jing.
Life hadn't been easy for Zhao Jing over the years. She'd left without hesitation after Shen Dongliang was stabbed because she wanted to get away from that perverted man.
What she hadn't expected was that she'd misjudged things again. Chen Hua was just as worthless as Shen Dongliang. He didn't take lewd photographs, but like Shen Dongliang, he was a wife-beater.
What was more, Chen Hua had already been widowed once before. According to what Zhao Jing later learned, both of his previous wives had been unable to bear his abuse. One had drunk pesticide; the