After hanging up the call, Li Mu continued driving. And Lin Wan asked him with some displeasure, "It's Fang Qiang, right?"
"Yes."
"Did you tell him about it as well?"
Li Mu glanced at the rearview mirror and replied with an expressionless face, "Yes!"
"You!" Lin Wan sat up straight, "Why are you telling them everything? Is it necessary to let them know about the misunderstanding between the two of us?"
"They're my best friends, ok? When I don't know what to do, who else can I count on except for them?"
"Why don't you come to me and ask me for clarification?"
"Come to you? Are you at home then? Will you tell me the truth?"
Lin Wan got silent for a moment, and spoke in an injured voice, "I did lie to you. It's my fault. Honey, I'm sorry. But I did that for a reason."
"Okay. Tell me the reason when we arrive home instead of continuing to deceive me. Xiaoyu is right. You can't lie to me and you have to tell me the truth."
"I will definitely tell you the truth, honey. So, don't be angry with me, okay?"
Li Mu did not respond. And the car sank into silence again.
After a while, Lin Wan whispered, "Honey, I think, you should have fewer contacts with He Xiaoyu in the future. She has an ulterior motive!"
Li Mu suddenly gave birth to a sense of annoyance and wished to tell Lin Wan loudly, "If He Xiaoyu had an ulterior motive, it was you who offered her the opportunity. Why hasn't she gone too far before?"
But once these words were said out, they were too hurtful for her. So, he chose to keep silent.
Lin Wan did not get a reply from her husband and began to get a little anxious. Today, He Xiaoyu made her feel a strong threat.
Following her intuition, she knew that He Xiaoyu would never give up her husband. Since He Xiaoyu chose not to hide her feelings for Li Mu, then she would make every effort to win him. Now there was no possibility of being friends anymore between them.
He Xiaoyu was Li Mu's friend of the opposite sex. Before this, Lin Wan and she were getting quite well because she always minded the boundaries and never crossed the line.
And today, she completely crossed the line and even started to be aggressive.
Lin Wan was chagrined and blamed herself for being unthoughtful, bringing their marital relationship into a dangerous situation.
She could tell from her husband's expression that he didn't trust her. Once he couldn't be offered a good reason to let this whole thing go, their marriage was destined to sink into a desperate situation.
She felt fear and pressure, and of course, the biggest threat she was currently facing was from He Xiaoyu.
Now she was sure of He Xiaoyu's feelings for Li Mu. They were far from ordinary friendship.
Lin Wan had thought about He Xiaoyu's threat before. But she trusted Li Mu and his character. And she knew that her husband loved her single-mindedly, and had always harbored a strong faith in their love.
She believed that no matter how beautiful He Xiaoyu looked, her husband wouldn't cross the line.
For Li Mu, he couldn't tolerate marriage betrayal. It was precisely for this reason that he could not do anything wrong to her.
But for now, the situation was quite different.
Due to her own negligence, now her husband doubted seriously her loyalty which gave He Xiaoyu the opportunity to win her husband's love.
Such an outcome forced her to re-examine the relationship between her husband and He Xiaoyu.
Simply put, she could turn a blind eye ago. But now she absolutely couldn't. She had to eliminate her husband's doubts and get rid of He Xiaoyu's threat.
While she was thinking about how to eliminate this hidden problem, He Xiaoyu was back home thinking seriously about how to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Lin Wan’s analysis was right. Before this happened, Xiaoyu almost let go of Li Mu. After all, there were tons of other nice men out there. She did not want to become the other woman.Although she felt reluctant, he was a married man. She could become friends with him, but she should not develop any affectionate feelings for him.However, Lin Wan’s behavior made Xiaoyu have second thoughts. Since Lin Wan did not appreciate Li Mu, why couldn’t she take him away from Lin Wan?In the past, she thought this way of thinking was immoral, but now, it seemed pretty reasonable!How could Lin Wan cheat on Li Mu yet at the same time expect him to be loyal to her? Who did she think she was?Since Lin Wan could not stay faithful, Xiaoyu thought she should let go of Li Mu as soon as possible.Hence, she decided to not give up on this opportunity. Not only did she want to help Li Mu escape from a bad marriage, but
“Oh, come on! He’s my cousin. How can you... Fine, I’ll cut ties with him, but you have to cut ties with He Xiaoyu too!”“Don’t carry it too far. Tell me why you bailed your marriage.”“No way! You have to promise me that you’ll cut ties with He Xiaoyu! I don’t like her either!”“Alright, I know what the boundaries are. Now get into the story!”Lin Wan stared at Li Mu for a moment before continuing, “My parents worked in the construction industry, and they wanted me to marry their business partner’s son. I didn’t want to, so I ran away from home, came to Shanyang, and eventually met you.”“But you told me that your parents passed away, and you’re all alone. You’re really something. Not only did you lie, but you even curse your family to death! How cruel!”“I never lied. I told you that my family is not around, but I never said that they were dead.”“Why didn’t you tell me the whole stor
Li Mu was completely baffled. He thought he was on the right side, and everything he did reflected how clear his conscience was. Who would’ve thought that it would make him look like a reckless man instead?However, the current situation showed how wrong he was. Very Wrong!He wronged his wife, tarnished his lover's innocence, and also beat up his innocent brother-in-law deliberately without proper justification.The wronged Lin Wan burst into tears and sobbed profusely. Li Mu immediately apologized to her by bowing, within an ace of kneeling to kowtow to her to prove his sincerity.Lin Wan took this opportunity to ask him to break off all relationships with He Xiaoyu once and for all. Patting his chest, Li Mu promised that he would stay away from He Xiaoyu, and never gave his wife any trouble again.After what felt like ages of coaxing and persuasion, Lin Wan finally smiled through her tears. Li Mu snatched thi
The call between the two women was short since it wasn’t anything complicated. After a few words, Lin Wan placed her phone casually on the cupboard."I'll go to wash my hair first. You’d better get ready too, we're leaving in a few minutes."Li Mu responded with a yes. Right after Lin Wan left, he immediately picked up her phone again and unlocked her phone’s graphic lock to look through his wife's phone call history.Apart from him, the majority of those who had contact with his wife were her colleagues, while the rest were express packages and takeaways. There was also nothing out of place in terms of her call frequency.He then checked her VChat history. All he could see were various groupchats with her colleagues and groups about makeup, fresh food, cakes and so on. These were all normal social groups and there were no strangers found in her list of friends.The only noticeable change was that Lin Wan follow
“Give me your phone!” Lin Wan, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, suddenly ordered her husband. “It’s in my bag. Get it yourself. What do you want to do with my phone?”"I want to check what you and He Xiaoyu usually talk about.""Tsk, feel free to look through my phone as much as you like!" Li Mu said disdainfully. "There is nothing between us, so I have nothing to fear."Lin Wan started to look through her husband’s phone. After a while, she suddenly snapped at him, “Pull over now!”“What’s the matter?”“I asked you to pull over!” Lin Wan shouted angrily.Li Mu quickly stopped the car at the side of the road. Before the car came to a complete stop, Lin Wan hurriedly got out of the car and walked back while crying."What the f**k!" Li Mu cursed. He immediately stalled the car and got out to chase after Lin Wan. Grabbing hold of her hand, he asked, "What's wrong?
Despite Lin Kun’s provocation, Li Mu didn’t even bother to cast a glance at him.Instead, he said to Lin Wan’s parents calmly, “I think I’d better call you two uncle and aunt. Let’s do it this way. I’ll give you two a million dollars. You can treat this as the payment for selling your daughter to me!”“How insolent of you!” the fifth aunt yelled from the side. “How am I being insolent? Your husband quoted the price. The price he quoted for Lin Wan was one million. Since you guys quoted the price, why can’t I buy her?”“In your dreams! Our baby Lin Wan is worth far more than a million dollars.” The fifth aunt replied furiously.“Oh, then why don't you tell me how much Lin Wan is worth to you guys?”Li Mu had completely sidetracked the whole conversation. He was really a senior consultant of a reputable company. He was really good at grasping the opportunity and leading the conversation.
Li Mu walked into the office with apprehension when he went to work on Monday.From afar, he had already seen He Xiaoyu sitting at his work station, staring fixedly at the entrance.When she saw Li Mu, He Xiaoyu immediately sprang up from her seat and called out loudly, “Li Mu!”A few of the colleagues who had already reached the office immediately turned their heads to their side one after another and looked at them curiously.Li Mu quickly trotted over and said in a low pleading voice, “Ms. Yu, please spare me. If there is anything, let’s go outside and talk about it.”He Xiaoyu snorted and strutted out of the office.Li Mu hurriedly threw his bag on the desk and followed her out obediently. The two of them went to the garden downstairs, and found a place with not many people. Before Li Mu could sit down, He Xiaoyu had already begun to question him, “Lin Wan blocked me, right?”
Upon hearing Li Mu’s words of concern for him, Mr. Li chuckled and patted him on his shoulder.“Li Mu, thanks for thinking of me after you got promoted. Don’t worry. Thanks to you, I also got promoted to the general manager of the business department. I am only changing to another office. We will still be working together!”Li Mu immediately expressed his congratulations to Mr. Yan. Mr. Yan responded with a smile, “We will congratulate each other. Do you have time tonight? If you are free, let’s have a drink together?”"Okay, let's have a drink together!"Then, Li Mu stood up, preparing to leave the room. Just when he was about to walk out of the room, Mr. Yan suddenly reminded him, “Li Mu, Xiaoyu will be your subordinate in the future. You must take good care of her. Don’t tire her out!”There seemed to be a hidden meaning in these words, but Li Mu couldn’t figure it out in a moment. So, he just replied, “Alrig