Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Si Zhengting sat behind his desk. His long, slender fingers tapped on the desk’s surface. On the other end of the phone line, Ji Chen had retrieved the results of his search. “… Sir, Madam has purchased a house on the North Third Ring district.”
She bought a house?
Si Zhengting furrowed his eyebrows. What did this woman buy a house for?
Was it an investment or…
As he thought about a certain possible reason for her purchase, he found himself clenching his fists tightly.
Was she really thinking of getting a divorce? Was this purchase a means of running away from him, a path of escape?
Just as he thought of this possibility, Ji Chen continued, “Sir, while I was at it, I checked the transactional records of the house as well. The house is registered under the name of Madam Zhuang Meiting, who is Madam’s adoptive mother.”
Si Zhengting was shocked.
Under Mother Zhuang’s name… she was giving Mother Zhuang an escape route!
After hanging up the phone, he spent a long time in a daze alone in his room.
He had long known that she could give up everything for Mother Zhuang.
Although she had few friends, she was someone who highly valued relationships and loyalty.
The person whom he was fond of and loved was a very good person.
He fought hard to ignore the pangs of jealousy that were blooming in his heart. Then, his gaze grew sharper.
Hadn’t she been afraid of telling him where the money had gone?
Then he wouldn’t let her know that he already knew what the money was used for. He would let her fret over the matter alone.
Perhaps… because of her guilt, she would try to make it up to him?
Thinking about this, the corners of Si Zhengting’s mouth curled up slightly.
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Upon returning to the bedroom, Zhuang Nainai had no idea about Si Zhengting’s thoughts on the matter.
She paced around the room anxiously, like a cat on a hot tin roof.
$10,000,000… how could she return $10,000,000!?
She wished that she could cut off her own hand as a self-inflicted punishment! Why would she buy a house for her mother!?
Zhuang Nainai sat on the sofa and scratched her head. If she went ahead and told Si Zhengting that she had spent his money, would he get angry again?
It had taken so much effort to defuse all the tension in their relationship. What was she to do now?
But!
Si Zhengting was really petty for asking her to return a gift that was meant for her!
Zhuang Nainai inwardly muttered a few hundred curses directed at Si Zhengting, then lowered her head in defeat.
After a while, she jerked her head up again. She couldn’t let things progress like this – she had to find a way to return the money to him. To him, $10,000,000 was a drop in the ocean; whereas to her, it was a staggering amount.
He had already let her spend the money – why did he now want her to cough it up?
No way!
As she pondered, Zhuang Nainai’s eyes darted around. She picked up her cell phone and logged into Weibo, looking for a post that she had browsed through before.
The post had narrated the story of a couple who had broken up. The woman had explained that her ex-boyfriend had asked her to return the gifts that he had given her. He had even asked her to repay him for the food that he had bought her while they were together. The woman was fuming mad, and thus, she had written such a post.
The comments that other netizens had left on the post were full of criticism.
If she let Si Zhengting see the post, he would probably realize that his request was inappropriate, right?
That was what she would do!
Zhuang Nainai felt that she was a genius for coming up with such an idea and excitedly rushed to the doorway. But then, she stopped.
If she looked for him so hurriedly, won’t it seem really obvious that she had an agenda for doing so?
After thinking about it, Zhuang Nainai simply turned around and transferred her design onto the USB drive. Then, she hurriedly ran to Si Zhengting’s study room.
In the study room…
Si Zhengting was proofreading some documents when he heard someone knocking on the door.
There was only one person in the house who dared to disturb him while he was working.
Si Zhengting furrowed his brows and glanced up. He heard the door creak as it opened. Then, Zhuang Nainai’s head peeked into the room.
