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Chapter 11 Chapter One

This is simply the desolation of the world, the coldness of people's hearts, and the paleness of morality! We mentioned last time that Lin Chong was drinking with Lu Qian in the fan building, and was about to go up to continue drinking after he got down for a urinate, but he ran into the family maid Jiner who was in a hurry to find him.Jin'er told him that the lady was tricked into Lu Qian's house by someone, and Gao Yanei waited there and locked the lady in the room.After Lin Chong heard this, he rushed to Lu Qian's house in three steps at a time. Sure enough, he heard his wife arguing with Gao Yanei inside the closed door.

Lin Chong stood on the stairs and shouted: "Sister-in-law, open the door!" The woman heard her husband's voice, so she came to open the door.Gao Yanei was taken aback, pushed open the window, jumped over the wall and ran away. Lin Chong went upstairs and couldn't find Gao Yanei, so he asked his wife, "Have you ever been stained by this fellow?" The lady said: "No." Lin Chong smashed Lu Yuhou's house to pieces, and took the lady downstairs; when he went out to look, the neighbors closed the doors on both sides.The female envoy Jin'er followed, and the three of them went home together.

In this narrative, some details are worthy of our scrutiny.First of all, of course, it was Lin Chong's behavior. Hearing his wife was locked in a room and molested, a man would be furious and beat him up desperately. On the stairs, asking your wife to open the door instead of breaking the door and breaking in by yourself seems too civilized.If you look at his civilized behavior at this time and his next behavior of smashing Lu Yuhou's house together, it will be even more suspicious: Why did he smash everything in the room to vent his anger, but why did he smash everything in the room to vent his anger? When he was still alive, didn't he kick open the door and rush in to beat him up?

On the other hand, since he heard his wife being molested in the room, he can still be so restrained, so civilized, he has to open the door before entering, but then slams the door after entering, such contradictory behavior, what is the psychology behind it? In fact, the author's description is very in line with the character logic of the characters.Since Lin Chong was about to hit Gao Yanei the first time he saw Gao Yanei blocking the way to molest his wife, but when he saw it was the Yameni, the adopted son of his immediate superior, he immediately softened his hand, so this time he knew it was Gao Yanei The upstairs molested his wife, can he kick open the upstairs door and go up and beat him up?

Since he couldn't beat him up, what would he do if he broke open the door, rushed in, and faced Gao Yanei?We remember the first time Gao Yanei molested his wife in front of the Yue Temple. He raised his fist high, but he didn't dare to hit him, so he had to look at Gao Yanei.He can't break down the door this time and then go in and get his eyes and then look at the other party, right? Therefore, if you can't beat them hard, you can't rush in.Since he couldn't rush in, he had to "stand" on the stairs and yelled at his wife to open the door. Lin Chong yelled at his wife to open the door, obviously to give Gao Yanei time to escape, lest the two collide, and it's not right to fight, or not to fight.Obviously, Lin Chong was afraid of Gao Qiu's power, and under such a specific situation, the Yamen was also afraid of Lin Chong's fists.Therefore, the two performed this play together, and they cooperated very well, blindfolding many readers.

But the drama is not over yet.In order to make Lin Chong look more like a husband, the author arranged for him to smash Lu Yuhou's family to pieces when he learned that his wife had never been defiled. If he didn't hit the yamen, he was afraid of Gao Qiu; in front of this pervert, Lin Chong's fists were like hemp straws with no shape. Then why did he destroy Lu Yuhou's house? The reasons for breaking Lu Yuhou's family were: first, he was not afraid of Lu Yuhou; second, he hated this scum who lied to his friends; third, it was for his own face.This third point is the most important reason.

You think, you have been cheated, your wife was lured by the yamen to go to Lu Yuhou's house to commit adultery, but she didn't dare to beat the yamen, if you don't smash Lu Yuhou's house, will you still look like a man?How will others see me?Still like a husband?I'm afraid my wife won't be able to understand it. Lin Chong could bear the anger of the yamen, but he couldn't bear the eyes of everyone. If he was not willing to be a coward, and was not willing to be seen as a coward, he would smash Lu Yuhou's family after he let the yamen go. This is to show others that he is a bloody man.

In the eyes of many people, face is the most important thing, and face is second.The same is true of Lin Chong.
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