Chapter 90

Chapter 90

"Yun Lan doesn't know about your past?" Wen Mochuan asked with a frown.

Xie Mingfeng: "She knows! How could I not be honest? I wanted to live a good life with her, so from the beginning, I told her everything about my past and promised that after meeting her, she would be my forever."

Wen Mochuan, curious: "Yun Lan didn't mind?"

"How could she not mind?" Xie Mingfeng had plenty to say on this topic, "When we first started dating, I was honest with her. She said that it's normal for someone in their twenties to have dated a few people. As long as it wasn't prostitution or casual hookups, and there were no moral issues, she wouldn't mind."

"At the time, I thought, what a wonderful girl—beautiful, kind-hearted, understanding, and considerate. I felt like I had found a treasure. But later, as our relationship deepened, she began to mind. Occasionally, she would mention my exes."

"But regarding this point, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. As long as she's not being unreasonable or making trouble, her mentioning it and feeling jealous shows that she cares. If she truly didn't care, she wouldn't bring it up."

"So," Xie Mingfeng summarized his point, giving Wen Mochuan a direct feedback, "Your wife is angry because you helped Shu Yao, which also means she cares about you. If she didn't care, even if you slept with Shu Yao, she wouldn't mind."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Wen Mochuan was serious, clearly disliking Xie Mingfeng's statement, "There's nothing between Shu Yao and me. We've never crossed that line before, and we won't now or in the future!"

Back when they were young, their feelings were pure. Although they had mutual affection, they never overstepped the boundary and never even held hands.

If he had, he wouldn't mind Xie Mingfeng saying so. But since he hadn't, he didn't want Xie Mingfeng to speak falsely.

Xie Mingfeng realized he had spoken out of turn and slapped his own mouth, apologizing, "Sorry, sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

Seeing that he couldn't get any more advice from Xie Mingfeng, Wen Mochuan decided to end the call, "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."

"Wait!" Xie Mingfeng called out, "I have one last thing to say, but I'm not sure if it's right."

"Go ahead."

Xie Mingfeng: "I'm just offering a suggestion, which might not be right. If your wife is determined to divorce and can't live without doing so, perhaps you should go along with her wishes. Divorce doesn't mean you can't remarry. As long as you genuinely care for her and are committed to her, and she's the only one for you! As long as she's happy, anything is fine."

"Of course, this is just my suggestion, and it may not work. Ultimately, the decision is yours."

What if he persuaded them to divorce, and then they couldn't reconcile and truly parted ways?

It's better to encourage reconciliation than separation, as it's a virtuous act.

He didn't want to do something unethical.

Wen Mochuan was silent for a moment, clearly considering Xie Mingfeng's suggestion.

After saying "I understand," he hung up the phone.

After hanging up, Wen Mochuan stood outside for a while before heading inside.

As he approached the door and heard his daughter's voice, he suddenly remembered something.

His face was bruised, and entering like this might scare his daughter.

Just as he was worrying about this, he heard his wife's voice from inside, "Meimei, Dad had a tough day today and got some injuries on his face. When you see him, comfort him well."

"Huh?" Meimei was confused, staring at her mother with wide eyes.

After a moment, she asked, "Why did Dad get hurt?"

"You can ask him yourself later," Jiang Yiyan didn't bother with such trivial matters.

Let him figure out how to explain it to their daughter.

Meimei became anxious and started looking for her father, "Mom has come back, where's Dad? Didn't Mom go to pick him up?"

While saying this, Meimei ran towards the door.

Seeing this, Wen Mochuan quickly entered.

"Dad!" Meimei was worried and sad after hearing her mother say Dad was injured. Seeing him enter with a bruised face, she froze, then burst into tears.

First sniffing a few times, she suddenly cried loudly.

"Dad!" Meimei rushed over and clung tightly to her father's leg.

Wen Mochuan felt heartbroken and immediately squatted down to hug his little girl, wiping her tears and soothing her softly, "Meimei, don't cry. Dad is fine. Dad has been to the hospital; the injury isn't serious. It looks scary, but it's actually nothing."

"Dad promises you, in a few days, Dad will be back to normal."

"Really?" She feared Dad would always look like this.

Children are innocent and believe whatever adults tell them.

So when Wen Mochuan said, "Of course, why would Dad lie to you," Meimei immediately stopped crying.

But her face was still covered in tears and snot, looking like a little cat.

She couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for her father, slowly raising her small hand to gently touch his injured area.

"Does it hurt, Dad?"

Wen Mochuan shook his head, "No, it doesn't hurt at all!"

Meimei: "Really doesn't hurt?"

"Really doesn't hurt!" Of course, it hurt, but with the best painkiller in the world, he had to be fine.

"Meimei, stay with Dad. Mom is tired today and will go upstairs to wash and sleep."

It was already late, past nine o'clock. If not for Meimei insisting on waiting, Feng Ma would have taken her to bed earlier.

Meimei didn't understand the complexities between adults. She truly believed her mother was just tired and wanted to take a bath and sleep. So, she nodded at her mother, "Okay, Mom."

She also said, "Leave Dad to me; I'll cheer him up."

In front of her daughter, Jiang Yiyan's smile remained unchanged.

"Alright, then it's up to Meimei. Come on!" Jiang Yiyan clenched her fist and raised it, "Ole!"

Meimei mimicked her gesture: "Ole!" with a serious expression on her face.

As her gaze left her daughter's face and swept over Wen Mochuan, Jiang Yiyan's smile faded considerably.

Without greeting Wen Mochuan, she turned and went upstairs.

Wen Mochuan knew that today was not the right time to discuss that matter again. Therefore, even though his wife was clearly avoiding him, he did not rush after her.

Downstairs, Wen Mochuan spent some time with their daughter until he saw her getting sleepy and rubbing her eyes. Then, he had Feng Ma take her to bed.

He then went upstairs.

When he reached the second floor and Jiang Yiyan's room, Wen Mochuan paused for a moment. He lingered outside her room for quite some time before finally turning away.

Compared to Wen Mochuan's concern, hesitation, and caution, Jiang Yiyan was much more carefree.

This matter felt like a heavy stone lifted from her chest, and now that it was gone, she could breathe more easily.

Happily, she filled the bathtub with water, brought in a phone holder and her phone, and poured herself a glass of red wine. She enjoyed a bath while watching a drama series and sipping her wine.

Half an hour later, she got out of the tub and gave herself a good facial mask treatment.

Lying comfortably in bed, Jiang Yiyan thought about posting something on social media to express her feelings at that moment. But after opening WeChat and looking through her contacts, she decided against it.

Jiang Yiyan ended up not posting anything and instead started browsing her feed.

Scrolling down one post after another, she looked for any updates from slightly familiar people.

Not long into her scrolling, she saw a post by Shu Yao: "Today's mood is very..." followed by a rainy day emoji.

Sure enough, she's such a damsel in distress, Jiang Yiyan's lips curled slightly, not giving it much thought. Just as she was about to scroll down further, she noticed a familiar nickname commenting on Shu Yao's post.

Zhou Sijia: "What happened? Did something new happen with Jiang Xu?" showing clear curiosity.

Xu Yan: "Forget the past, let yourself go." followed by an encouragement emoji.

There were also comments from a few of Shu Yao's former college classmates, but Jiang Yiyan didn't pay them much attention since she wasn't close to them.

After a while, when Jiang Yiyan scrolled back, she suddenly noticed that Shu Yao's post was gone.

Thinking she might have missed it, she checked Shu Yao's feed again but couldn't find it.

She then realized that Shu Yao must have deleted it.

Jiang Yiyan guessed that Shu Yao must have been quite affected today.

But it was no longer her concern. Just as she was about to exit WeChat, she received a message from Zhou Sijia.

"What's wrong with Shu Yao?"

"She seems pretty emo, but why did she delete her post?"

Jiang Yiyan found Zhou Sijia rather boring, always nosing around for gossip.

Though she liked gossip too, she wouldn't let it become her main focus.

Since she was in a good mood today and was grateful for the photo Zhou Sijia took, which helped convince her father about Jiang Xu and Shu Yao, she decided to engage with Zhou Sijia a bit.

"Her thing with Jiang Xu was discovered by my dad."

Zhou Sijia immediately started bombarding her with messages.

"What?"

"Is this true?"

"What was your dad's reaction? Hahaha"

"Your house must be quite lively now, right?"

"Where are you? I want a live update!"

After Zhou Sijia finally calmed down, Jiang Yiyan casually typed back: "Not at home. Not convenient. No live updates."

But Zhou Sijia didn't give up and immediately called her via video chat.

Jiang Yiyan hung up and then powered off her phone, going to sleep peacefully.

On the other side, Zhou Sijia tried calling Jiang Yiyan again but gave up when there was no response. She then called Shu Yao.

At that moment, Cai Wencqing was in her daughter's room. Already angry about today's events, after discussing with her daughter and concluding that Zhou Sijia must have taken and sent the photo to Jiang Yiyan, Cai Wencqing was cursing Zhou Sijia.