After the Divorce, I Ended Up with My Ex-Husband’s "White Moonlight" [Transmigration] - Chapter 8

Seeing is believing. What could be more persuasive than seeing with one’s own eyes exactly what kind of person Lu Mingze was?

“See what?” Qin Shi asked.

“To see if what I said just now has come true!”

“Miss Ning…” Even Qin Shi, who had experienced many ups and downs, was momentarily at a loss for words.

When a person realizes their husband is cheating, shouldn’t the normal reaction be sadness? Some might calm down and handle the marriage after the initial grief, while others remain immersed in pain.

But looking at Ning Qi’s reaction, Qin Shi felt a sense of… excitement? Could it be that a husband’s infidelity was a joyous occasion worthy of celebration? Looking at Ning Qi, she felt the other woman was practically ready to set off firecrackers.

Ning Qi was indeed very happy. Lu Mingze was definitely comforting his “Junior” female lead right now. If Qin Shi saw this scene with her own eyes, it would be spectacular.

People are prone to first impressions. If Qin Shi knew right upon her return that the male lead was half-hearted, his “impression score” would drop to zero, wouldn’t it?

“Is Miss Qin going?” Ning Qi asked with a smile, her large eyes blinking.

“I’m not going,” Qin Shi replied without hesitation.

“Miss Ning,” Qin Shi took a deep breath. “If there is anything else you need help with, I can do my best to assist. As for President Lu, although he is my former classmate, I have no interest in his family affairs.”

So at this point, Qin Shi not only has no feelings for Lu Mingze, she isn’t even interested in news about him!

“Alright then.” Since Qin Shi was unwilling, Ning Qi let it go. Such things would happen often in the future anyway; missing this one time didn’t matter.

On the other side, Lu Mingze was at the hotel staircase comforting the girl who wouldn’t stop crying.

“Junior Yun,” Lu Mingze said, looking at Yun Shu’s red, swollen eyes. “This job isn’t worth keeping. If you’re willing, you can come to my company, I—”

Before he could finish, Yun Shu rejected him with an air of righteous indignation. “Senior Lu, I already owe you so much money. How can I trouble you further?”

Seeing her firm refusal, Lu Mingze promised, “Rest assured, I won’t let you suffer this grievance for nothing. This restaurant, and that man from just now—I won’t let any of them off!”

Hearing this, Yun Shu felt a surge of happiness knowing Senior Lu had her in his heart. But who was that woman from earlier? Yun Shu only regretted not seeing her clearly; otherwise, she could have asked around to see which family’s young lady she was. But what if she found out? Yun Shu grew sadder at the thought. If that woman really was Senior Lu’s fiancée or girlfriend, what should she do? She liked him too, but did she even have a chance to say it?

“Senior Lu,” Yun Shu began to cry again, her words halting. “I… I know you are good to me, but… you’re here comforting me, and your girlfriend must be waiting anxiously. Senior, I… I’m fine, it’s just a job. You should go accompany your girlfriend.”

“Girlfriend?” Lu Mingze was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized she was referring to Qin Shi. Right! Lu Mingze stared at the tearful Yun Shu and froze again. He clearly liked Qin Shi, so why was he here comforting Yun Shu?

Has Qin Shi left? Did she notice him leaving? Did she see Yun Shu’s face clearly? What was her reaction?

A series of questions flooded his mind. Lu Mingze panicked, but he still managed to explain to Yun Shu: “She isn’t my girlfriend.”

Before Yun Shu could even process the joy of that statement, Senior Lu hurriedly added, “Junior Yun, I just remembered there’s something at the office. Next time, I’ll go with you to visit your mother.”

Without waiting for her reply, Lu Mingze hurried out of the stairwell. His mind was in a mess. Yun Shu, despite the tear stains on her face, began to smile.

“Yun Shu,” Ling Yan, the female lead’s best friend, found her at that moment. Seeing her smiling instead of crying, Ling Yan grew worried. “Yun Shu, let’s think of another way. This Manager Chen… we’re not working here anymore…”

She talked for a long time before suddenly noticing, “Yun Shu, what are you laughing at?”

“Xiao Yan, that was the ‘Senior Lu’ I told you about.”

“That was him?” Ling Yan thought of the man she ran into at the stairs. So that was him!

Ling Yan was happy for her friend. “Though he looks a bit cold, I didn’t expect him to be so warm-hearted! He’s way better than those scumbags He Shu and Zhou Mei.”

“Xiao Yan, don’t mention them.”

“Right, right, my bad.” Ling Yan apologized quickly. She knew better, so why did she bring up that pair of cheaters?

“I have nothing to do with them anymore.”

“I know,” Ling Yan said, but in her heart, she thought: If I ever catch that dog of a man who got together with Yun Shu’s ‘best friend’ the moment her mother was hospitalized, I’ll definitely take revenge for her!

“Miss Qin, can I have your contact information?” Ning Qi asked directly.

Without much hesitation, Qin Shi recited a string of numbers. Ning Qi quickly typed them into her phone.

A moment later, Qin Shi’s phone rang. Seeing an unknown number, she looked across the table.

Ning Qi waved her phone triumphantly and smiled. “I had to check what kind of number Miss Qin gave me! If it was a public one, I wouldn’t know when I’d be able to reach you next time!”

Having just returned to the country, Qin Shi wasn’t actually that busy, but she wouldn’t tell Ning Qi that. “Miss Ning, feel free to contact me directly if you need anything in the future.”

Ning Qi understood the unspoken part: You don’t need to hang around here all day following me anymore. Ning Qi didn’t want to either, but weren’t these special circumstances?

“Thank you so much, Miss Qin. However,” Ning Qi thought for a moment, finding the formal “Miss” a bit tedious. “Look, we’re fairly acquainted now, aren’t we? How about we just call each other by our names? ‘Miss Qin’ and ‘Miss Ning’ are a bit too formal, don’t you think?”

“Alright,” Qin Shi changed her address immediately. “Ning Qi.”

“Qin… Shi.” Ning Qi had written this name and repeated it in her mind many times, but this was the first time she had said it to the person’s face. It felt a bit strange. The two of them stepped out of the restaurant, and before Ning Qi could say goodbye, her phone rang.

“Ning Qi, I’ll be going now.”

Having successfully obtained the number, Ning Qi wasn’t worried about losing touch. She waved goodbye before putting on her earphones to answer the call. The number wasn’t saved, so she didn’t know who it was.

The person’s first sentence was: “Employer, the photos you wanted have been sent to your email. There is a balance of 20,000 yuan; please transfer it as soon as possible.”

“Alright.” Ning Qi hung up. She didn’t suspect a scam because she suddenly remembered all those photos the original owner had taken—so this was how they were produced.

Opening her email, Ning Qi saw the images. Although she hadn’t managed to drag Qin Shi to see the scene in person, she could see it now through the photos. The angles were excellent.

Dim lighting, a narrow staircase, a handsome man and a beautiful woman standing face to face… what else would anyone think?

Impressive! Ning Qi had to praise the skill. She looked through the records and found the original owner had indeed wired money to this photographer several times, at least 20,000 yuan each time.

This body had no independent income, and she was unwilling to use the card Lu Mingze gave her—where did this money come from? Ning Qi put a large question mark over that mystery.

Then, with a heavy heart, she transferred the balance. Fortunately, the original owner wasn’t in a long-term contract with this person, or she really would have run out of money.

“Yun Shu?” Ling Yan noticed her friend staring toward the right and called out to her. At the sound, Ning Qi looked back, and the female lead and her friend were standing there looking at her.

The female lead had just cried; the tear stains around her eyes made her look even more fragile, like a delicate rose that had been battered by a heartless wind, trembling on its branch.

“Miss, is there something you need from me?” Ning Qi’s heart skipped a beat. When a female cannon fodder meets the female lead, surely nothing good happens?

“I’ve seen you before.” Yun Shu recognized Ning Qi instantly. “At the university gate.”

What on earth? The original book never mentioned that the cannon fodder Ning Qi and the female lead had met before the divorce!

Yes, the original owner took the photos, but their actual interaction was supposed to happen after the divorce. The original owner, convinced the female lead had stolen everything from her, naturally wanted to do something to harm the female lead’s life—though she never actually got the chance to succeed.

“I’m sorry,” Ning Qi said intentionally. “I’m not sure which university you are from? I enjoy taking walks and have been to many campuses.”

Ning Qi certainly remembered which university the female lead attended! Even if she forgot that, it was the same school Lu Mingze and Qin Shi had graduated from.

“I…” Yun Shu bit her lip and went silent for a moment. “I’m sorry, I must have mistaken you for someone else.”

Ning Qi nodded with satisfaction and walked away.

“Yun Shu,” Ling Yan asked with concern, “is something wrong?”

Yun Shu shook her head. She remembered seeing this woman the day before rumors started that she was being “kept” by Senior Lu. The reason the impression was so deep was because the woman had looked at her with such hateful eyes.

She could swear she hadn’t seen wrong; that gaze had terrified her, making her feel as if she had stolen the woman’s husband or done something terrible to her.

But it was all just her own suspicion. Looking at the woman’s calm gaze just now, Yun Shu comforted herself. She thought secretly, Maybe I really did mistake her. Otherwise, how could her attitude toward me have changed so quickly?

“It’s nothing, Xiao Yan,” Yun Shu said softly, not wanting to worry her friend. “I just thought she looked familiar. I must have been mistaken; it’s not the same person.”

“Oh!” Ling Yan was fairly thick-skinned and didn’t notice much. “Nowadays, don’t people like to get plastic surgery? Maybe that’s why you think she looks similar. Of course, there aren’t many girls with natural beauty like our Yun Shu!”

Yun Shu smiled but didn’t speak. She was a bit envious of that woman. One look told her the woman came from a good family. Even if Senior Lu didn’t choose the woman in the restaurant as his wife, he would surely choose someone like this.

The woman’s temperament made her feel ashamed of herself. This was also why Yun Shu had changed her mind so quickly; this lady was composed and elegant, always with a confident smile, whereas the woman from before had eyes full of hate.

But it doesn’t matter, Yun Shu cheered herself up internally. One day, I will become a person like that too!

Now, she needed to consider how to change herself, how to pay the money back to the Senior, and then their status would be equal—then she could confess to him.