She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Tian Chengping was stunned. He was always the best at cursing in their compound, and even the foul-mouthed old ladies in the compound couldn't out-curse him. They would avoid him whenever they saw him, let alone in the factory. He met Qiao Yi because he helped her curse someone who was bullying her. But today, he was actually cursed back by an old lady. "You old hag, whose brain is full of shit?"

Old Mrs. Xia scoffed: "Anyone who answers me has a brain made of dung."

In the past few days, Tian Chengping learned about Xia Laotai's situation from Qiao Yi, and he looked down on Xia Laotai even more. He was shocked to hear that this old hag was not behaving herself after being divorced and even dared to talk back to him.

"You old hag, your mouth is so foul, and your character is so despicable. No wonder you've been abandoned by men at your age. With your personality, if you don't get divorced, who will? You're unwanted, yet you still dare to come out and embarrass yourself. If you were kicked out of your home, your husband and son would probably be clapping and cheering at home, right? If you ask me, an old thing like you, if you had any sense of shame, you should just die. The fact that you're still alive shows how thick-skinned you are."

Chen Xiangbei genuinely felt this man was unreasonable. At least his mother would present some facts when she cursed, but he didn't care about being reasonable at all; he was just being unreasonable. His mother's divorce wasn't as simple as she claimed—she wasn't kicked out of the house. As her son, didn't he know the truth better than her?

Chen Xiangbei just missed his mother today. As the saying goes, distance makes things better and proximity makes things worse. Before, his mother would scold them every day at home, which annoyed and scared him. But now that his mother has been away for so many days and seems to have abandoned them, he often thinks about how good she is. So Chen Xiangbei really couldn't hold back anymore. Others might not know who Tian Chengping is, but how could he not know? If he didn't know, all those years of wandering around the streets would have been for nothing.

"Tian Chengping, your reputation in your compound is worse than a public toilet. You've been a petty thief since you were a child, and when you're caught, you turn around and blame others. A few years ago, your mother was pelted with rotten vegetable leaves when she went out, and your father was so angry with you that he died. I want to ask you how someone like you can still have the face to live in this world. You are the rat dropping that is dragging down the progress of our society!"

Grandma Xia turned around abruptly. How did this brat even know this? He could just grab anyone and know what happened to them? How did he know this person? What was his name again? How come he's everywhere?

Tian Chengping was also dumbfounded. His family was clearly on the other side of the city. It was only because of his bad reputation that he had to beg people everywhere and even used Director Yu's connections to get him a job here. But no one here should know about his family. Where did this brat come from? How come he doesn't recognize him?

Yes, he did know Director Yu, but he wasn't close to him. He had used a favor from his father's family; his father, whom he had angered to death, knew Director Yu. He had played the victim to get Director Yu to reluctantly give him a job, and he had even specifically chosen this location. But later, after Director Yu found out his background, he stopped paying attention to him.

But he absolutely couldn't admit to this. "Who do you think you are, spreading rumors without any basis? Believe me or not, I'll report you to the police."

Chen Xiangbei wasn't afraid. What was there to be afraid of? It was all bullshit. If it was someone else making things up, then it was a rumor. He was telling the truth. So he stuck his head out and shouted, "It's good to report to the police. Let everyone know what kind of person you are. Anyway, I'm not afraid. Even if I go to your house with you to prove it, I'm not afraid. You're just a piece of trash. What I said is true."

Everyone got excited. Today was a day off, and the factory was full of young people who had just joined the company and those on duty. Some of them had been working at the factory for many years but had never seen anything like it before. Today was quite an eye-opener for them.

This man not only deceived the young girl and was full of lies, but he also angered his own father to death. He had a foul mouth and would make a scene even when he was being unreasonable. He was a super rotten person who had all the worst flaws. Their eyes turned to Qiao Yi, wanting to see which girl was so unlucky that he had clung to her.

Qiao Yi looked terrible and hid behind someone else, refusing to come out. She had just secretly cried; it was so embarrassing. The two of them had been cursing each other to die, but she really wanted to die.

Seeing how helpful Chen Xiangbei was, Old Lady Xia couldn't just sit idly by, so she immediately added insult to injury: "Oh my, you've angered your own father to death and caused your own mother to be pelted with rotten vegetable leaves! Even an animal wouldn't do such a thing! Today, I, this old lady, have truly seen something worse than an animal. Calling you a dog is an understatement, isn't it?"

Tian Chengping's face darkened. For the first time, he was so annoyed by being scolded that he started talking nonsense, "You two are working together, do you have some kind of shady relationship? One is old and the other is young. I don't believe there isn't some particularly disgusting relationship between you."

Grandma Xia immediately shouted at the deputy captain of the security team, "Deputy Captain Wang, did you hear that? He's spreading rumors! Quickly tie him up and send him to the police station so he can rot in jail!"

Tian Chengping sneered, "What evidence do you have to prove you have no relationship with him? What makes you think I'm spreading rumors?"

Chen Xiangbei was stunned. "I do have a relationship with her."

The crowd was in an uproar.

Tian Chengping's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected that such an explosive thing could be said so casually. He immediately became proud. "Disgusting. You two are the real scoundrels."

Chen Xiangbei scratched his head. "She's my mom. She's the son of that guy you were clapping and cheering about earlier, the one you were just talking about with such foul language."

Tian Chengping: ......

Everyone:......

“Impossible.” Tian Chengping made a last-ditch effort.

Deputy Captain Wang finally spoke up. It was all because he had been so engrossed in watching the rant that he had neglected his duty. "I know them. They are indeed mother and son."

Grandma Xia and Chen Xiangbei immediately said, "He's spreading rumors, arrest him!"

Deputy Captain Wang didn't really want to make a big deal out of it; he was just saying something ridiculous. They had been hurling such vulgarities at him, and he hadn't said a word. So this casual remark shouldn't be a big deal. Just as he was about to smooth things over, Old Lady Xia squinted at him. Deputy Captain Wang suddenly remembered some legends he had heard about their compound, one of which involved the old lady in front of him.

He felt a pang of guilt, coughed once, and said, “Comrade Tian Chengping, you did indeed spread rumors and caused so much trouble today. Logically, I should have taken you to the police station, but you and Comrade Xia are both workers in our factory. If you can apologize to her and get her to forgive you, I can let you off the hook.”

Tian Chengping had no intention of apologizing, especially not to this old hag. Why should he apologize? If it weren't for this old hag ruining his plans, he might have succeeded that night, and none of this would have happened.

At that time, Qiao Yi would not only not argue with him, but would also help him cover up many things, after all, she was his person.

But now that he's been wronged so badly, he actually has to apologize? No way.

Before he could refuse, Old Lady Xia said, "Wouldn't keeping such a scoundrel in the factory only harm our young women? What if he causes trouble and damages our factory's reputation? I won't accept his apology. It's better to send him to jail."

Deputy Captain Wang: ...That makes some sense.

Qiao Yi stopped crying and looked at Grandma Xia and Chen Xiangbei with shining eyes.