During the period after the production wrapped, He Yanzhou told Wen Yusui to go home and get some proper rest.
Wen Yusui had been living in the company’s dormitory ever since the training camp. It was time for her to go back and clean up and take some time to settle down.
He Yanzhou drove her downstairs. Seeing that it was already quite late, he reminded her of a few things before leaving.
The hallway lights were dim. Just as Wen Yusui took out her key, Gu Huaichuan suddenly stepped out from the shadows.
Wen Yusui was startled. The key slipped from her hand and fell to the ground, and she immediately kicked Gu Huaichuan in the stomach.
Gu Huaichuan hadn’t expected such a violent reaction. He clutched his stomach and groaned, “Wen Yusui, are you trying to murder your own husband?”
Wen Yusui’s face was cold. “First, watch your wording. Second, have you stopped being a human and started being a ghost?”
“Where the hell have you been all these days?” Gu Huaichuan clutched his stomach, his voice full of accusation.
Wen Yusui picked up her key and continued unlocking the door, showing no intention of acknowledging him.
Gu Huaichuan, however, grabbed the half-open door and forcefully shut it.
His face was furious as he demanded, “Can’t you hear me talking to you? Wen Yusui! How did you become like this? At that class reunion, you deliberately released those photos to humiliate me, didn’t you? You let all our old classmates laugh at me. Did that make you feel good?”
He had been holding these words inside for months. They were the questions he had desperately wanted to ask, but Wen Yusui had disappeared without a trace as if she’d vanished from the face of the earth.
She had deleted the location tracking from his phone long ago. After that reunion, he constantly remembered the looks on his old classmates’ faces—filled with ridicule and contempt.
The incident had remained lodged in his heart, impossible to swallow or let go.
Wen Yusui knew that Gu Huaichuan cared deeply about his reputation. That was precisely why she’d taken advantage of the class reunion to make him lose face completely.
Before Wen Yusui could say anything, Gu Huaichuan continued complaining bitterly.
“It was just that I took a little more care of Yao Yao. Did you really have to be so petty? Did you have to take things all the way to divorce? Your personality is so extreme. You have to make everyone know about every little thing. Don’t I have any dignity? Don’t you have any either?”
Hearing this, Wen Yusui stared coldly into Gu Huaichuan’s face.
“Your skin really is thicker than I imagined. I caught you cheating in bed with my own eyes, yet you still refuse to admit it. Do you want me to take out the photos and let you enjoy looking at them again?”
Wen Yusui’s expression remained icy as she continued, “A little thing? You consider cheating a little thing? Gu Huaichuan, originally, I thought we could have a clean break and part on good terms. But you’ve repeatedly refused to leave me alone, and now you’re standing here shamelessly accusing me as if you’re the one in the right.”
Wen Yusui reached out and impatiently patted his cheek.
“Who gave you that courage? Liang Jingru?”
She sneered. “Here’s a friendly reminder: hurry up and sign the divorce agreement and give it back to me. We’ll split the property equally. That’s me giving you the last bit of dignity you’ll ever get. Otherwise, those photos on my phone won’t just be seen by our old classmates.”
At the mention of the divorce agreement, the anger in Gu Huaichuan’s eyes gradually subsided, replaced by a calculating look.
He walked up to Wen Yusui and softened his tone. His voice sounded affectionate, but there was an unmistakable hint of probing beneath it.
“We went from college straight into marriage. How many people have envied what we had? And now you’re determined to take things all the way to divorce. I really don’t want that.”
He put on an aggrieved expression.
“But I love you, so naturally I’m willing to respect your wishes. But shouldn’t you delete those photos?”
The existence of those photos had always been a major threat to his reputation. They were also the strongest evidence proving that he’d cheated.
If they were ever fully exposed, it could even affect his position within the Qiao Group.
Although he’d won Qiao Yao’s affection by now, he still hadn’t truly secured control over the Qiao Group, its connections, or the support of its shareholders.
Once evidence of his infidelity during the marriage became public, the Qiao Group’s shareholders would certainly seize the opportunity to block him and push one of their own candidates into power. Everything he had worked for would then become meaningless.
That was why Gu Huaichuan had been waiting around here for Wen Yusui during this period.
Partly, it was to vent the resentment he had been harboring.
More importantly, he wanted her to completely destroy this crucial evidence.
Wen Yusui had already seen through his intentions from his words. The corners of her lips curled into a cold smile.
“If you want me to delete the photos, just say so. Don’t bother laying down all those disgusting excuses first. As long as you sign the divorce agreement and we split the property equally, I’ll sign it immediately.”
“Fine!”
Gu Huaichuan agreed without hesitation. But the next moment, his expression turned troubled.
“I’m at a critical stage of taking over the Qiao Group right now, and the shareholders are all watching me closely. The assets aren’t easy to divide. If they notice what’s happening, they’ll inevitably use this as an excuse to block me. Then all the hard work and leverage I’ve built up over all these years will go to waste.”
“Besides, once I take control of the Qiao Group, my net worth and assets will inevitably double. If we divorce then, you’ll receive much more. So just give me half a month. I’ll definitely bring you the divorce agreement.”
His tone was sincere, even pleading.
“Or let me come inside. Give me some paper and a pen, and I’ll write you a guarantee. I’ll definitely sign within half a month! So can you delete the photos first? Otherwise, I really can’t feel at ease. I’m afraid you’ll accidentally leak them again.”
Seeing that Wen Yusui remained unmoved, Gu Huaichuan simply dropped to his knees with a loud thud.
“What are you doing?!”
Wen Yusui was genuinely stunned.
Gu Huaichuan had only ever knelt on one knee when proposing to her. He had never knelt on both knees before.
“Yusui, if you really insist on refusing to delete them, then I’ll stay kneeling here until you’re willing to forgive me. At worst, I’ll use my future and career to make it up to you.”
Wen Yusui frowned in disgust.
“That’s not you trying to make it up to me. That’s you threatening me.”
Wen Yusui had indeed considered making them pay a price before.
But after everything she’d experienced during this period, she’d realized that compared with wasting her time entangled in these meaningless matters with them, the life outside was far more interesting.
So now, all she wanted was to take back what belonged to her and then part ways peacefully.
More importantly, Wen Yusui was certain that Gu Huaichuan would sign eventually.
No matter how much Qiao Yao loved him, she couldn’t possibly stay with him without a proper status.
And even if Qiao Yao genuinely didn’t care about that, Gu Huaichuan still had to marry Qiao Yao openly and legitimately if he wanted to obtain control of the Qiao Group.
So he would have to divorce her.
“Enough. Get up! Stop pretending to be deeply in love and putting on some devoted-husband act. You don’t need to write me any guarantee either. You know perfectly well what you’re going to do!”
There was no way she would let him inside and dirty her home.
Wen Yusui opened her photo album and, right in front of Gu Huaichuan, deleted the photos of his affair one by one.
Gu Huaichuan pointed toward the trash folder, and Wen Yusui opened that for him as well.
Still uneasy, Gu Huaichuan carefully checked everything himself. After confirming that not a single photo had been left behind, the weight on his heart finally lifted.
He suddenly pulled Wen Yusui tightly into his arms.
Wen Yusui shuddered all over and immediately shoved him away.
“What kind of crazy are you pulling?!”