Xie Wantang: “Give me your phone. I’ll find the evidence for you.”
Lu Yanshen frowned slightly, unlocked his phone, and handed it to her.
Xie Wantang took the phone, opened WeChat, and first found Xia Meng in the contacts. Then, with proper restraint, she didn’t look at their chat history but directly opened Xia Meng’s Moments.
The result was that Xia Meng’s Moments, as seen through Lu Yanshen’s WeChat, were exactly the same as what she had seen.
Nothing but posts about her child, and more posts about her child.
The post from a few nights ago—the one with the three of them huddled together watching fireworks on the mountaintop—was gone.
Xia Meng must have deleted it.
Xie Wantang regretted it. Why hadn’t she taken a screenshot at the time?
She never expected Lu Yanshen to be so shameless, denying what he had done outright and even boldly asking her for evidence when she confronted him?
To be so bold, either he hadn’t done it, or if he had, he was truly terrifying.
“Found it? Mrs. Lu—” Lu Yanshen asked calmly.
“…”
With the evidence gone just like that, Xie Wantang knew there was no point in saying anything.
She remained silent.
Seeing her silence, everyone understood that Xie Wantang was likely in the wrong.
Mother Xie immediately began to scold her, “Tangtang, look at you, always jumping to conclusions. How could someone as outstanding as Yanshen do such a thing? From now on, you’re not allowed to falsely accuse him like this.”
“That’s right, no more of this nonsense, Tangtang,” Father Xie chimed in.
They kept calling her “Tangtang,” making Xie Wantang’s skin crawl.
Xie Wantang turned to Xie Bailu. “Sister, do you still want this marriage?”
Back when Lu Yanshen stood up from his wheelchair, Xie Bailu had brought their parents to her, asking her to give up the marriage and hand it over to her, claiming that the engagement to Lu Yanshen had originally been Xie Bailu’s.
At the time, she was still deeply in love with Lu Yanshen, and he hadn’t disappointed her so much yet, so she naturally refused to give it up and wouldn’t yield.
Now, she no longer wanted it. If Xie Bailu still did, having someone take over would save her a lot of trouble.
But she never expected these words to embarrass Xie Bailu and enrage Lu Yanshen.
“Xie Wantang—” Lu Yanshen warned coldly.
“Why are you shouting so loudly? I’m not deaf, I can hear you,” Xie Wantang scratched her ear and turned to provoke Lu Yanshen.
Did he think he was something special just because he raised his voice?
“Xie Wantang, what do you think marriage is?” Mrs. Lu spoke up on her son’s behalf, dissatisfied. “Is our Yanshen only an option for you two sisters?”
“Of course not, my dear mother-in-law. Your younger son is so outstanding, so you should hurry up and find him a perfect match. I, as the unwanted wife, am ready to step aside anytime,” Xie Wantang said with a forced smile, facing Mrs. Lu.
“Xie Wantang, I think you’ve eaten too much and don’t need dinner anymore.”
Lu Yanshen truly regretted forcing Xie Wantang to come back to the old house with him.
With that, Lu Yanshen stood up, walked over, and grabbed Xie Wantang’s wrist. “Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, I’m sorry. We have a small misunderstanding between us as a couple. I’ll clear it up as soon as possible. Also, we won’t be getting a divorce.”
“We’ll head back first, then. Please enjoy your meal.”
“Alright, alright, you two go back. Tangtang doesn’t look well, take her home and let her rest properly.” Old Madam agreed. As long as they didn’t divorce, anything was fine.
“Thank you, Grandma,” Lu Yanshen said.
Immediately after, Xie Wantang also thanked Old Madam before being pulled away by Lu Yanshen.
His grip was strong, pulling her with great force. Along the way, Xie Wantang tried several times to break free from his hold but failed.
Pei Xiao had already returned after sending Xia Meng and her child home, and the car was parked right at the entrance of the old mansion.
Lu Yanshen pushed Xie Wantang into the back seat. Just as he was about to get in, Lu Yanze, the eldest son of the Lu family, chased after them. “Yanshen, I’ve spoken to Dad. You have two days off. Spend these two days at home with your wife and resolve the misunderstandings between you as soon as possible.”
“Alright, thank you, Brother,” Lu Yanshen replied, turning back before getting into the car.
Pei Xiao drove the car away like a rocket.
The speed was so fast that Xie Wantang couldn’t help but ask Pei Xiao to slow down a bit.
Was he driving so fast because he was in a hurry to be reborn?
After Pei Xiao slowed down, he immediately raised the partition.
Lu Yanshen quickly adjusted his emotions, knowing that Xie Wantang, no matter how impulsive, wouldn’t do something reckless like jumping out of the car. Of course, he wouldn’t give her the chance either.
He leaned back in his seat. “Explain yourself. What did you mean by emotional infidelity earlier? Tell me what you saw, or if someone came to you and said something?”
“Tsk—”
Xie Wantang scoffed. This bastard was putting on quite an act.
He spoke as if he really hadn’t done anything to betray her.
“Don’t ‘tsk’ at me. Speak properly. If you don’t explain clearly, I’ll take it as you spreading rumors.”
“Hah…”
Xie Wantang laughed in anger. He actually accused her of spreading rumors?
“Fine, Lu Yanshen, let me ask you this. On the night of X month X day at ten o’clock, were you setting off fireworks with Xia Meng on the mountaintop?” Xie Wantang asked directly.
“No,” Lu Yanshen denied without changing his expression or showing any sign of guilt.
“…”
No?
Xie Wantang couldn’t help but admire Lu Yanshen’s composure.
She had personally seen the photo Xia Meng posted on her social media. She hadn’t taken a screenshot, but she wasn’t blind. Her eyesight was 5.1. Could it be that she was hallucinating that night?
“No? Lu Yanshen, you can’t possibly expect me to invite Miss Xia over to confront you, can you?” Xie Wantang thought to herself that Lu Yanshen definitely wouldn’t dare let her bring Xia Meng over.
But who knew, the very next second, Lu Yanshen responded straightforwardly:
“Sure.”
Xie Wantang: …
Was Lu Yanshen really that composed?
How did he do it?
The photo showed Lu Yanshen’s profile, but she would recognize his face even if only one eyebrow was visible.
“Shall we go to the Xia family now? I’ll have Pei Xiao drive us there,” Lu Yanshen suggested calmly and composedly.
Looking at him, Xie Wantang thought he really seemed to have a clear conscience.
“Lu Yanshen, I bow to you,” Xie Wantang gave him a thumbs-up.
She would consider this round a loss.
Next time, she would definitely remember to take a screenshot. When she accused him of infidelity again and threw the evidence in his face, let’s see how he would deny it then.
“Not going?” Lu Yanshen raised an eyebrow.
“Not going.”
“Going home?” Lu Yanshen asked again, with great patience.
“If not home, what do you want to do?”
“Let’s find a place to eat first. You may be made of iron, but I’m not,” Lu Yanshen said.
“…”
Xie Wantang remained silent.
Following Lu Yanshen’s request, Pei Xiao parked the car at Old Cat’s Private Kitchen.
A newly opened private restaurant.
“Xie Wantang, regarding that time you mentioned earlier that night, I was here at Old Cat’s trying out dishes. That evening, everyone even took a group photo. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Old Cat later.”
Before getting out of the car, Lu Yanshen suddenly leaned close to Xie Wantang’s ear, whispering closely to explain where he had actually been that night.
Xie Wantang: “…”