She examined them carefully.
At first, she wondered if it might be a surprise gift from her boyfriend.
But when she noticed the dust on the heels and the anti-friction pads stuck to the backs, her heart sank.
These were clearly not new shoes!
Which meant they couldn’t possibly be from her boyfriend!
So… whose shoes were they?
Her brows furrowed tightly.
Just then, playful laughter drifted down from upstairs.
A man and a woman.
The man’s voice was unmistakably her boyfriend’s!
And the woman’s voice was all too familiar!
Jiang Wei’s shoulders trembled as she suddenly recalled Yun Mojiu’s words.
In disbelief, she looked up toward the second floor, her body stiff as she took slow, heavy steps toward the staircase.
“Mmm~ You’re so bad~”
“Isn’t that what you like about me?”
“Do you do this with Jiang Wei too?”
“Of course not. She’s like a block of wood, so uptight. All she lets me do is hold hands and kiss. She won’t even let me touch her. She’s nothing like you, you’re so much more fun.”
The voices from the bedroom sent Jiang Wei’s heart plunging into an icy abyss.
Her world shattered in an instant.
BANG!
She flung the door open.
The room was a mess.
On the pristine white bed, a man and woman were tangled together in an intimate embrace…
Jiang Wei’s eyes trembled at the sight.
Her boyfriend… was sleeping with her best friend!
She clenched her fists, stubbornly refusing to let the tears fall.
But they disobeyed, streaming down her cheeks.
The sudden noise startled the couple, and they turned toward the door.
When the man saw Jiang Wei standing there, panic flashed in his eyes.
“Weiwei, why are you back? You said you wouldn’t be home for another week!”
Jiang Wei stared at him with icy detachment. “So, you thought that meant you could screw around without consequences?!”
“Wait! it’s not what it looks like. Let me explain!”
The man scrambled to get up, but realizing he was naked, he hastily yanked the blanket over himself.
Jiang Wei let out a cold laugh and turned to leave.
Explain?
Explain what?
What was there left to explain?
She had trusted him completely and this was how he repaid her?
The man tried to chase after her, but with no clothes on, he fumbled to grab whatever was nearby, hastily pulling them on.
“Just let her go. Jiang Wei doesn’t tolerate this kind of thing. Do you really think an apology will make her forgive you? Don’t be naive.”
The woman wrapped her arms around him, and slowly, his movements stilled…
After leaving the room, Jiang Wei wandered like a ghost.
As she passed Yun Mojiu’s house, she stopped.
She looked inside, remembering how she had treated Yun Mojiu earlier and the harsh words she had spoken. Regret washed over her.
She stepped forward, about to knock.
“Who are you?”
Just then, Du Qing and Yun Changhong returned home.
Seeing a stranger at their door, they exchanged puzzled glances.
Jiang Wei froze, then quickly turned around.
“I, uh-”
“Mom, Dad, you’re back?”
Yun Mojiu, who had been reading in the yard, came to the door at the sound of Du Qing’s voice.
Spotting Jiang Wei, she blinked in surprise. “Is there something else you need?”
“I’m sorry… Everything you said was true. My boyfriend really was cheating. I didn’t believe you before, and I said such awful things to you… I’m really… so sorry.”
Jiang Wei’s face was filled with remorse, her eyes red with unshed tears.
The emotions she had been suppressing suddenly surged uncontrollably for some reason.
After apologizing, she left in a daze, quickly disappearing from sight.
Seeing this, Du Qing and Yun Changhong exchanged glances.
Du Qing: “Why have so many people been coming to apologize to our daughter lately?”
Yun Changhong: “No idea…”
Du Qing: “How did Xiao Jiu know that woman’s boyfriend was cheating?”
Yun Changhong: “Maybe she saw it herself…”
The couple silently communicated through their eyes, filling in the gaps with their own assumptions.
Yun Ruoxia had successfully auditioned and left for the film set yesterday, saying she needed to prepare and study the script in advance.
Now, only Yun Mojiu and her parents, Du Qing and Yun Changhong, remained at home.
Today, Yun Changhong was once again in charge of cooking.
Meanwhile, Yun Mojiu and Du Qing tended to the flower beds in the garden.
“Strangely enough, I used to feel exhausted every day after coming back from school, but these past few days, I’ve been full of energy like I could go on forever,” Du Qing remarked with a smile as she fertilized the flowers.
Yun Mojiu pressed her lips together lightly.
That was because she had adjusted the feng shui of the house and set up a formation to gather spiritual energy. With the improved feng shui, the family naturally felt refreshed and clear-headed, and the concentrated spiritual energy further invigorated them.
Even the plants in the garden had grown more vibrant.
Yun Mojiu had no intention of hiding her abilities from her parents, but she knew this wasn’t something to rush, she didn’t want to scare them.
So, she had been waiting for the right moment.
Coincidentally, during dinner, she noticed something unusual in Yun Changhong’s facial features and casually asked, “Dad, has the company been facing any trouble lately?”
At this, Yun Changhong sighed softly.
“Yes, but don’t worry. It’s not too serious, and I’ve already been in talks with a new potential partner. If all goes well, we should hear back in a day or two.”
“Do you have a photo of the person in charge of that company?”
“Actually, I do.”
Yun Changhong quickly pulled out his phone and scrolled through his social media before pointing at a man in a photo.
“That’s him, the one in the middle.”
The photo was taken at a banquet, featuring three people in the center.
The man in the middle appeared to be around forty, dressed in a black suit and wearing glasses, looking modest and polite.
At the sight of him, Yun Mojiu’s brows lifted slightly.
Noticing her expression, Yun Changhong asked, “What’s wrong, Xiao Jiu? Is there something off about him?”
Yun Mojiu nodded. “Dad, this man has triangular eyes and a hooked nose. He may seem upright, but in reality, he’s deeply scheming, skilled in manipulation, and ruthless in his methods… not a good partner. Moreover, his luck has run out. It won’t be long before he falls from grace and ends up in prison. If you collaborate with him, not only will it fail to solve the company’s crisis, but it’ll drag you into even greater danger.”
Silence fell over the room after she finished speaking.
Yun Changhong and Du Qing exchanged another glance.
Yun Changhong: What’s going on with our daughter? Why is she talking like this?
Du Qing shot him a glare: What do you mean ‘talking like this’? Just listen to what she says!
Yun Changhong: Got it!
Their daughter must have been deeply hurt by her divorce from Xie Jingling, which was why she was speaking so strangely.
Now, at her most vulnerable, he couldn’t bear to upset her.
If she said so, he’d listen.
It was just a business partner, after all.
If this one didn’t work out, he could always look for another.
“Alright, Xiao Jiu, I absolutely won’t collaborate with him. You can rest assured!”
Yun Changhong thumped his chest emphatically, his expression earnest.
Yun Mojiu chuckled softly.
In truth, she had noticed the subtle exchange between her parents.
She could also tell they didn’t truly believe what she had said.
Even so, they were willing to follow her advice, proof of how deeply they cherished her.
She didn’t know if biological parents could love a child this much, but she was certain her current parents did.
To have met such wonderful parents in this lifetime, she had no regrets.
Pointing to a man sitting in the corner of the photo, she said,
“Dad, you should try talking to him. He’s an upright man, currently riding a wave of good fortune. If the two of you work together, you’ll surely set sail and take the company to new heights.”