Every moment a feel bad for him, i remember he could avoid all this shit if he just divorced.
He could be the sucessful in a high position if he just divorced sumire and he could mantain his job if he divorced Karin, but he prefered the "easy" having affair instead of the divorce. Now Karin is in mainland using his money, his new "lover" left him to rot in this forgotten place and his career is "tained" by this realocation.
I mean even if it's the truth them believing the board so easily should normally be concerning but whatever not like any scammers would show up as a side story
To people who love gossiping about other person life, don't matter if is true, just matter how scandalous is the gossip. The story will grown every time someone talk about it, every gossiper putting another "detail" in the story