Huang Wanxiu’s expression grew even uglier. Pointing at Bai Shujun, she cursed, “You shameless woman! You haven’t even divorced yet, and you’re already looking for someone else. No wonder you’ve stopped groveling. You’ve found a man to back you up. Just you wait.”
Huang Wanxiu stormed off in a rage.
Cen Yunxiao’s gaze was deep as he asked, “What exactly is going on with your marriage?”
Bai Shujun replied, “We signed a contract and have to keep it confidential. Otherwise, we’d have to pay a huge sum. We’re already going through the divorce process.”
Cen Yunxiao was exceptionally quick-witted. Remembering Jing Muhan’s strange reaction that morning, he asked quietly, “Your husband wouldn’t happen to be Jing Muhan, would he?”
Bai Shujun neither confirmed nor denied it, but all Cen Yunxiao had to do was look into Jing Muhan’s family relationships to find out.
Cen Yunxiao soon figured it out. Shocked, he went into Bai Shujun’s office and asked, “Isn’t Jing Muhan the president of a publicly listed company? He has to disclose his marital status!”
Bai Shujun said, “We have a prenuptial agreement governing our assets. I have no claim to his company, so there’s no need to disclose it. Please keep this confidential for me.”
Cen Yunxiao nodded in agreement, then asked, “Then was it true when you said back then that your husband wouldn’t let you work?”
He was afraid his Junior Sister was love-brained and had given up her career of her own accord.
Bai Shujun nodded. “It was true. He liked having me act as his nanny.”
Cen Yunxiao was a little dazed. “Was that Qin Yuexin from earlier his mistress?”
Bai Shujun replied calmly, “She was his first love. I’m going to make way for them.”
Cen Yunxiao found all this difficult to process.
Seeing his troubled expression, Bai Shujun asked, “Now that you know about my relationship with Jing Muhan, if my working here causes problems for you, I can resign.”
Cen Yunxiao said calmly, “I can still protect you for now. Don’t be afraid of them.”
Bai Shujun said gratefully, “Thank you, Senior Brother!”
…
After being slapped, Huang Wanxiu immediately went to Dingshang Capital to find Jing Muhan. He was bent over his work.
Jing Lan was playing with building blocks in Jing Muhan’s office, while Qin Yuexin sat nearby reading.
A family of three, enjoying a peaceful moment!
When Huang Wanxiu saw a child who looked almost exactly like her son, she was overjoyed. Hugging Jing Lan, she asked, “Whose child are you?”
Qin Yuexin stood up and said, “Auntie Xiu, Jing Lan is my child with Muhan.”
Though Qin Yuexin’s family was fairly well-off, her mother had become a mistress and broken up another woman’s family to marry into one. Huang Wanxiu had always looked down on Qin Yuexin. In her eyes, she wasn’t even as good as Bai Shujun.
At least Bai Shujun came from a respectable family, was highly educated, and was beautiful.
Huang Wanxiu had never imagined that Jing Muhan, who had always refused to have a child with Bai Shujun, would have such a grown son with Qin Yuexin.
So he really didn’t love Bai Shujun. Now she could finally vent her anger.
Huang Wanxiu told Qin Yuexin to take Jing Lan outside first. “I have something to discuss with Muhan.”
Jing Muhan said, “Yuexin doesn’t need to leave. She can hear anything that concerns me.”
Huang Wanxiu rolled her eyes and said, “Look at my face. That wild man Bai Shujun was fooling around with hit me, and she even cursed you, saying you were dead.”
Jing Muhan’s expression changed slightly. “Tell me where you ran into them. I’ll have someone check the surveillance footage.”
Huang Wanxiu sent the location to Jing Muhan’s phone. He glanced at it, his brows drawing together slightly. It was nearly impossible for an ordinary person to get a reservation at that private dining restaurant.
He called his Executive Assistant, Qi Ming. “Get me the surveillance footage from the restaurant I just sent you. Find out what Bai Shujun did there at noon.”
Qi Ming acknowledged the order and went to take care of it.
Huang Wanxiu was delighted, knowing that Bai Shujun and that man were about to get into trouble.
She bent down and hugged Jing Lan, looking him over from every angle. The child really did look like her son as a little boy.
She asked Jing Lan all sorts of questions. He was only a little over two, yet already very quick-witted, which surprised Huang Wanxiu.
She had chosen Bai Shujun as her daughter-in-law for her looks and intelligence. It was a pity that after three years, their marriage had fallen apart.
Huang Wanxiu asked outright, “Muhan, why haven’t you made the child public and brought him into the family?”
Qin Yuexin’s heart was pounding in her throat.
Jing Muhan said blandly, “I have my own arrangements.”
Huang Wanxiu couldn’t understand. “I wanted you to have a child with Bai Shujun, and you refused. Now you have a son, but you still won’t divorce her. What exactly are you trying to do?”
Jing Muhan said coldly, “Don’t interfere in my affairs.”
Qin Yuexin’s tears streamed down her face, but Huang Wanxiu didn’t comfort her. Her son’s taste in women wasn’t very good—not as good as hers.
The restaurant’s surveillance footage soon arrived on Jing Muhan’s computer. He watched what had happened, his expression unchanged, then turned to Huang Wanxiu and said, “Don’t lay a hand on her again.”
Huang Wanxiu stared at him in shock and fury. “Your own mother gets bullied, and instead of going after the person who did it, you’re here telling me what to do? Jing Muhan, you…”
She wanted to curse him out and say he had lost his mind, but her son had only just recovered from brain cancer. She couldn’t say something like that.
A chill settled over Jing Muhan’s face. “You were the one who struck first.”
Huang Wanxiu was about to say more, but Jing Muhan’s cold gaze drove her away.
…
The first thing Bai Shujun did when she returned to the company was check the surveillance footage. As it happened, the part from that morning where Qin Yuexin claimed to be Jing Muhan’s girlfriend had been deleted.
Bai Shujun asked her colleague in the surveillance room, “Did anyone come by?”
Her colleague shook their head. “No one.”
She felt discouraged. It was proving pretty difficult to gather evidence of Jing Muhan’s cheating.
It took three hours for the swelling in her face to go down. Wen Xi felt bad for her for ages, cursing Huang Wanxiu as a monster.
“Forget it. I won’t have to see them again. I’ve blocked the whole Jing family.”
That evening, Cen Yunxiao took her to a private salon gathering.
Bai Shujun rarely socialized and felt a little uneasy. “I don’t even have an evening gown. Isn’t it inappropriate for me to attend?”
Cen Yunxiao said, “It’s a bunch of tech geeks getting together to talk shop. It’ll suit you perfectly. You don’t need to change into an evening gown. What you’re wearing is fine.”
Bai Shujun was dressed simply in a white T-shirt and jeans, her hair tied in a high ponytail, with no makeup. She looked fresh and beautiful.
Hearing Cen Yunxiao say that, she immediately put her computer in her bag and went with him.
To her annoyance, Jing Muhan had come with Qin Yuexin. He wore a custom-made shirt, and the diamond cuff links on his wrists sparkled under the lights.
That bastard had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, with his rounded backside wrapped in black suit pants.
Qin Yuexin was dressed as if she were walking the red carpet, wearing a designer gown and looking polished down to the tips of her hair.
At first glance, the two of them looked like a couple.
Qin Yuexin smugly showed off. “Muhan bought this gown for me. He even picked a tie to match it. He puts so much thought into everything he does for me.”
He really had put thought into it. In three years, Jing Muhan had never accompanied Bai Shujun to buy clothes. That woman had once again driven a knife right into Bai Shujun’s heart.
After saying that, Qin Yuexin looked at Bai Shujun provocatively.
Bai Shujun didn’t even look at the two of them. Forcing herself to remain composed, she said, “Then why don’t you have him hurry up and marry you? Does he not want to, or is he unable to? If he can’t, is it because he already has a wife?”