18 – Get Out and Get to Work
Gu Wushuang was about to say something when she suddenly caught sight of Wen Ning getting into the passenger seat of a black Bentley.
She immediately dug her phone out of her bag and snapped several photos in quick succession.
Just as she was about to follow, her phone rang.
It was her brother, Gu Sixu.
After a brief mental struggle, Gu Wushuang finally pressed answer and said, “Brother.”
Gu Sixu’s voice came through, utterly devoid of warmth. “Where are you?”
Gu Wushuang answered honestly, “I came to the mall to pick up clothes for Sister Song Yuan…”
Damn it!
She hadn’t done what she was actually supposed to do!
She was screwed… O_O
Gu Sixu only said, “Have the car back within half an hour.”
Gu Wushuang thought to herself, half an hour? That’s nowhere near enough time!
“Brother, if you’re in a hurry to use a car, there are plenty in our garage—take whichever one you want. Besides, this new car of yours has a break-in period. I’m helping you get through it.”
Gu Sixu had no patience for her glibness. “Gu Wushuang, don’t make me come get you myself.”
Gu Wushuang’s eyes darted around. “Hello? Brother, what did you say… Hello? I can’t hear you…”
As she spoke, she pulled the phone away from her ear, pretending she had a bad signal.
He Chuan looked down at the phone practically pressed against his face. “Are you trying to get me to talk to your brother?”
At that moment, if looks could kill, Gu Wushuang would have sliced him into a thousand pieces.
On the other end, Gu Sixu heard a man’s voice. He couldn’t immediately place who it was, but his temper flared. “Gu Wushuang!”
The moment she heard his tone, Gu Wushuang knew she was truly done for. There was no way she was answering that call.
Seeing this, He Chuan reached over, took the phone from her hand, and pressed it to his ear, his right elbow resting against the car window. “It’s me, He Chuan.”
“Yeah, ran into her on the way.”
“I’ll drive her back in a bit.”
The moment the call ended, Gu Wushuang hurled her bag at him. “Get out of the car. Time to work.”
She still had her actual errand to run.
And now she had free labor—why not use it?
He Chuan smiled.
He found himself oddly energized at the thought of being useful to her.
After the rain stopped.
Song Yuan, who had moved back to the dormitory to recover from her foot injury, was scrolling through her phone. Every page she browsed was about divorce.
She felt this couldn’t be put off any longer.
She needed to cut through this mess quickly!
As for assets, she remembered she hadn’t signed any prenuptial agreement when she married Huo Yuzhou. But looking at all those tedious details, it would be more efficient to just contact a professional lawyer directly.
Song Yuan was about to reach out to the company’s legal team, but then she thought better of it—no, that would be too easy for Huo Yuzhou to find out.
After thinking it over, she decided to contact Su Hua first.
“Sister Su, you have connections everywhere. Could you help me find a lawyer who specializes in divorce?”
“Just to draft a divorce agreement. I don’t need them for anything else.”
When Su Hua heard she was actually serious, she said, “Wait, hold on. Your husband is Huo Yuzhou—the heir of the Huo family, the famous Third Master Huo, the top dog in the capital circle. Divorcing him? Are you messing with me?”
“Besides, even if that head instructor is handsome and well-endowed, is he worth more than cold hard cash?”
Song Yuan said, “I have cash.”
“The main issue is that in three years of marriage, I’ve seen him fewer than five times. What’s the difference between that and being a widow?”
“Also, that private base belongs to this head instructor. He’s not short on money either—not far off from Huo Yuzhou.”
Su Hua found herself without a comeback. “Fine, I’ll ask around for you?”
“But one thing—if President Huo finds out about this, you have to guarantee my safety!”
Song Yuan reassured her, “Don’t worry. He’s not as terrifying as the rumors make him out to be.”
But Su Hua still felt something was off, even if she couldn’t put her finger on it. Especially about the private base—she’d heard bits and pieces through the grapevine, but they were all scattered fragments, passed around by word of mouth. Hard to tell what was true and what wasn’t.
“I think you need to look into that private base more carefully. What if—and I’m just saying what if—there’s a Huo Yuzhou standing above him? Wouldn’t you be screwed?”
“Besides, even someone as close to him as you can’t figure out President Huo. That man is no simple character.”
After they hung up.
Song Yuan did think about what Su Hua had said.
Someone like Huo Yuzhou had nothing to do with the word “simple”!
She wasn’t completely ignorant of the Huo family’s affairs. Since she was young, the Huo family had been regarded as forbidden ground among the four great families—like a bottomless abyss, where dragons and tigers clashed, steeped in bloodshed.
And that marriage contract—Song Yuan had never resisted it.
Because she was full of curiosity about the Huo family.
But three years into the marriage, she couldn’t even see Huo Yuzhou, let alone the Huo family.
She thought, might as well divorce now.
Besides, there was no love between them anyway. Better to part on good terms.