After receiving two IV drips at the hospital, Sheng Xia couldn’t wait to be discharged and return home. She and Gu Cheng’an had a marital home, but Gu Cheng’an didn’t want to touch her and chose to live in the old mansion to prevent her from causing trouble.
To lure Gu Cheng’an, Sheng Xia also chose to live in the old mansion. In the Gu family’s old mansion, apart from Old Madam Gu and the old master, no one else liked her.
Even the servants wouldn’t give her a friendly look.
Sheng Xia got out of the car and walked through the courtyard, her head still wrapped in gauze. The Gu family servants saw her but didn’t greet her, choosing instead to ignore her.
Several even showed expressions of disdain. Sheng Xia had never bothered with the servants before, and she certainly wouldn’t now. After all, she would soon be moving out of here.
Why pretend to be a white lotus and seek favor? Isn’t it suffocating for a whole family to cram into one villa?
Wouldn’t it be better to live alone in a five-hundred-square-meter apartment?
Ignoring the servants’ attitudes, Sheng Xia climbed the steps. From the living room came Gu Tingting’s laughter:
“I’m dying of laughter! Is she out of her mind? To get my brother to visit her, she pretended to fall down the stairs. Those steps are so wide—how could anyone possibly fall? Her performance is just too fake!”
Madam Gu’s voice was icy: “She’s always been despicable, shameless, and without any sense of decency. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have schemed to force your grandparents to make her marry your brother.”
“So what if she married him? My brother still looks down on her. Every time I see her fawning over those above and stepping on those below, I feel disgusted. Acting all virtuous and proper in our house, trying to win our favor—tsk, tsk, tsk. She should take a look at herself. Who would even want her?”
Hearing the insults and belittlement from her mother-in-law, Madam Gu, and Gu Tingting, Sheng Xia felt a rush of blood to her head.
Let’s not bring up the past—the things she had done back then were truly cringe-worthy!
No wonder the Gu family looked down on her. Even she now felt like her brain had been kicked by a donkey.
Sheng Xia pushed the door open. Hearing the noise, Madam Gu and Gu Tingting turned to look. When they saw Sheng Xia, their eyes filled with disgust.
Sheng Xia acted as if she hadn’t seen them, walking past them and quickly heading up the stairs. Madam Gu and Gu Tingting were taken aback by her attitude.
Every time Sheng Xia returned, she would wear a smile and call them “Mom” and “Sister-in-law.” Had she taken the wrong medicine today?
The two of them didn’t take Sheng Xia seriously at all. Watching her go upstairs, Gu Tingting sneered:
“My brother didn’t visit her, so she couldn’t stay in the hospital any longer. That’s why she came back, right? Mom, she might really be sick in the head. If she’s going to put on an act, she should at least keep it up longer. She couldn’t even last two or three hours. With her little tricks, how could my brother not see through her?”
Madam Gu also thought Sheng Xia was out of her mind. The mother and daughter continued to belittle Sheng Xia in the living room when they saw her coming back downstairs.
She wasn’t empty-handed—she was actually carrying two large suitcases.
Without a word, Sheng Xia struggled to drag the two suitcases and left silently.
Seeing Sheng Xia like this, Gu Tingting and Madam Gu were truly baffled. “Mom, what kind of act is she putting on now?”
“I don’t know,” Madam Gu shook her head.
“What’s in those suitcases? Could it be that she’s sending things back to her family again? Last time, your bracelet went missing. Could she have secretly taken it to her family? Her family has already fallen from grace, yet she still comes to our house to freeload. How shameless!”
Madam Gu replied indifferently, “Maybe.””How shameless, I should go see what she’s taking. Could she be stealing our things again?” Gu Tingting said, preparing to get up, but Madam Gu stopped her.
“Let it be, just let her go!”
Sheng Xia didn’t know Gu Tingting and Madam Gu were gossiping about her behind her back. She packed her clothes and documents and headed to the marital home she shared with Gu Cheng’an.
Sheng Xia and Gu Cheng’an’s marital home was located in the prestigious Mingdi No. 1 in Jingnan, a prime location where land is worth its weight in gold. It was a 500-square-meter spacious flat, exquisitely and meticulously decorated.
Although she and Gu Cheng’an had never lived there, hourly cleaners had always maintained the place, keeping it clean, tidy, and well-organized.
Sheng Xia dragged her suitcase into the living room and sat down on the sofa, letting out a sigh.
Finally, she had moved out!
To celebrate her new beginning, shouldn’t she do something special?
Just as Sheng Xia was thinking this, her phone rang. It was her best friend, Su Qiao.
“Xia Xia, I’m back to celebrate your birthday! By the way, I heard you were hospitalized? What happened? Wait for me, I’m coming to see you right now.”
Su Qiao spoke quickly, and Sheng Xia could even hear the roar of a car engine in the background. She immediately stopped her: “Qiaoqiao, don’t come. I’ve already been discharged.”
Su Qiao knew Sheng Xia’s tricks all too well: “Discharged? Why would you leave the hospital? Did you do this just to get Gu Cheng’an to visit you?”
“No, it was an accident. Let’s meet at our usual spot tonight and talk in detail.”
At seven in the evening, luxury cars came and went at the entrance of the Paper Drunk Gold Lost nightclub, creating a lively scene.
Sheng Xia parked her car and opened the door, immediately spotting a Maybach with a consecutive license plate.
Assistant Jing Ci respectfully opened the car door, and the distinguished man stepped out with his long legs.
His suit jacket was casually draped over his arm, and even this simple gesture made him appear tall, elegant, and dashing, sparking endless imagination.
Every time Sheng Xia saw Gu Cheng’an, she would rush over without hesitation, as if she had taken a stimulant. But today, after just a glance at Gu Cheng’an, she silently slipped back into her car.
Accompanied by Jing Ci, Gu Cheng’an stepped onto the stairs. Just as he was about to enter the revolving door, Jing Ci interjected, “I saw the young madam!”
“Hmm.” Gu Cheng’an had naturally seen Sheng Xia too, his tone indifferent.
“The young madam seems different today. She’s dressed plainly and isn’t wearing any makeup.”
Whenever Sheng Xia appeared, she was always dressed to the nines—in haute couture gowns or limited-edition dresses, carrying limited-edition bags, wearing limited-edition jewelry, and strutting in eight-inch high heels. She shone brightly wherever she went, attracting countless admiring glances.
But today, Sheng Xia was wearing a very ordinary hoodie and jeans, with a cap on her head. She looked like a college student who had just stepped out, a stark contrast to the peacock-like figure she used to be.
Unusual behavior always meant trouble. Gu Cheng’an instinctively felt that Sheng Xia was up to something again tonight and said coldly, “She’s irrelevant. Don’t bother with her!”
Jing Ci knew Gu Cheng’an disliked Sheng Xia and didn’t bring it up again.
Only after watching Gu Cheng’an’s figure disappear did Sheng Xia get out of her car and enter Paper Drunk Gold Lost.
Su Qiao had already arrived, having opened a bottle of wine and was looking at her phone.
Hearing the door open, she turned around and jumped up in shock.
“You… what happened to you? Were you robbed, or are you up to something again?”
“I wasn’t robbed, and I’m not up to anything. Qiaoqiao, I don’t want to stay with Gu Cheng’an anymore.””Surely not! Are you really upset because of what those flashy bitches said in the group chat?” Su Qiao pulled Sheng Xia to sit down:
“He Jiajia and Zeng Beibei are just jealous of you. You know those two bitches have their eyes on Gu Cheng’an.”
“It’s not about being upset. I’m serious, Qiaoqiao. This is pointless. I want to divorce Gu Cheng’an.”
“Are you serious?”
“Absolutely!”
Su Qiao didn’t believe Sheng Xia’s words at all. Sheng Xia’s affection for Gu Cheng’an was as endless as a flowing river.
Maybe she was just heartbroken and saying this out of pain. Su Qiao glanced sideways at Sheng Xia: “Really getting a divorce? I don’t believe it. Unless you can find a couple of young studs to show me your determination.”
Half an hour later, a row of dazzling young studs stood in the private room. Su Qiao looked teasingly at Sheng Xia, who swept her gaze over the lineup of top-tier looks and physiques before quickly looking away.
“Those who can sing ‘Red Dust Love Song’ stay!”
All dozen or so young studs remained. Soon, the prelude to ‘Red Dust Love Song’ began playing in the private room.
In the supreme VIP room, Gu Cheng’an was speaking with a faint smile to a few executives when Jing Ci pushed the door open and whispered in his ear:
“Young Madam called for eighteen male escorts, all top-tier. They’re over there singing love songs in a duet now.”
Gu Cheng’an’s expression instantly turned cold.