Mistakenly Seen as a Scumbag by My Wife with Seven Personalities - Chapter 6

Discord, Divorce? She Doesn’t Know She’s Being…

Gu Fei, still unaware that she was currently being indicted by her wife, hung up the phone. She stood up, preparing to lead Song Yanran back to the bedroom.

“Wife, let’s go apply the medicine first. By the way, what did you want me to do just now?”

“It’s nothing.”

Struggling to avert her gaze from the two boxes of ointment, Song Yanran instinctively glanced at Gu Fei’s long, fair fingers. As a wave of heat surged up her neck, she shook her head quickly.

“You go to the office and get busy first. I can apply it myself.”

No matter what, she wasn’t going to have any intimate contact with Gu Fei today, let alone let Gu Fei touch her there.

Seeing that Gu Fei still looked worried, Song Yanran sighed helplessly in her heart. Forcing herself to suppress her inner turmoil, she gave Gu Fei a faint smile.

“I can do it myself. Go handle your work; don’t let me delay your business.”

“Helping you apply medicine is important business.”

Blushing slightly, Gu Fei pursed her lips and spoke softly, her gaze instinctively dropping toward Song Yanran’s lower abdomen.

“I’m sorry, wife. Last night, I”

“Gu Fei.”

Song Yanran, who had absolutely no desire to hear about the wonderful night Gu Fei had supposedly spent with Qin Qingwei, interrupted her firmly. Under Gu Fei’s surprised gaze, Song Yanran’s lips twitched into a strained smile, and her fingertips felt cold.

“If you don’t leave for the office now, you’ll be late.”

“Alright then. Wife, remember to apply the medicine. The first door on the right of the second floor hallway is my old bedroom. Auntie Sun should have cleaned it regularly.”

Seeing her persistence, Gu Fei didn’t push further. She obediently explained the room’s location before turning to leave.

However, she thought of something else just before heading out.

“Wife, are you coming home today? Or are you staying here for a while?”

“I’ll stay here.”

Unwilling to return to the place where Gu Fei and Qin Qingwei lived together, Song Yanran responded with a polite smile.

“Okay, then I’ll come straight here after work tonight.”

Gu Fei smiled, peeked toward the kitchen, and then quickly wrapped an arm around Song Yanran’s waist to steal a kiss at the corner of her mouth.

“Goodbye, wife.”

“Goodbye.”

Watching Gu Fei’s light-footed departure, Song Yanran touched her lips, feeling the lingering warmth. As her thoughts returned to reality, her brow furrowed with a complex expression.

On the way to the office, images of last night and her recent interaction with Qin Qingwei flashed through Gu Fei’s mind.

She wasn’t sure if she was being too sensitive, but she felt that the woman who called herself Gu Yi and Song Yanran felt significantly different from her usual state.

Is it her professional skill as an actress?

Her acting was so good that even Gu Fei, her own family member, felt a bit out of place.

After parking in the underground garage and taking the elevator up, Gu Fei searched online for a recorded livestream of Qin Qingwei leaving the awards ceremony midway last night. In the footage, Qin Qingwei looked pale and unwell; just looking at her made Gu Fei’s heart ache.

She specifically compared the timestamps. When she received Qin Qingwei’s call last night, it was only two minutes after she had left the venue.

At that time, Qin Qingwei’s voice already sounded off. Yet, in less than half a minute, she had asked Gu Fei to meet her at a bar, and her demeanor there had been the complete opposite of her state moments before.

Before entering her office, Gu Fei initially wanted to have the secretary’s office schedule a meeting with Qin Qingwei’s manager to understand the situation. However, remembering that Qin Qingwei hadn’t mentioned it herself, Gu Fei temporarily dropped the idea.

Still, unable to let it go while working, she asked Secretary Chen to report on how the public relations situation had been handled.

“Because the timing of Ms. Qin’s departure last night was sensitive, just moments before the winner was announced, some negative rumors surfaced online. However, the PR department intervened in time and shifted the focus of the topic. Currently, it won’t have a negative impact on Ms. Qin’s reputation.”

At the desk, Secretary Chen reported dutifully while secretly speculating about the relationship between Gu Fei and Qin Qingwei. After all, Qin Qingwei was the first person who could make the usually serious Gu Fei multitask during work hours.

“Good. Everyone worked hard last night. Tell the finance department that the PR department’s bonuses for this month will be doubled.”

Without looking up, Gu Fei continued browsing the documents in her hand, adding in a gentle tone, “Charge it to my personal account.”

“Understood, Chairman Gu.”

Secretary Chen nodded, making a note in her ledger with a hint of envy. After stealing another glance at the hardworking Gu Fei, she hesitated, then decided to take the initiative for her own bonus.

“Chairman Gu, there is one more thing I think I should report to you.”

“Go ahead.”

“While the PR team was handling the situation last night, I followed up on it. I noticed that from the moment the incident occurred until now, Ms. Qin’s personal Weibo and her studio haven’t taken any action at all.”

Gu Fei’s pen paused. She thought of the blurred lights of the bar last night and Qin Qingwei’s warm lips; the tips of her ears turned red.

With a slight flick of her wrist, she lowered her eyes and feigned composure as she finished signing her name.

“Perhaps because we intervened in time, the studio didn’t want to complicate things. Letting the heat die down naturally is also a way of handling it.”

Gu Fei didn’t have a deep understanding of the entertainment industry, but she understood a bit about public opinion and marketing tactics.

She knew Qin Qingwei didn’t have time to deal with online matters because they were together all night, but an artist’s studio should monitor trends at all times. It was impossible for them to be completely unaware of what happened.

There were only two reasons for their inaction.

One was what she had just guessed. The other was a fallout between the studio and Qin Qingwei.

But as far as Gu Fei knew, the owner of Qin Qingwei’s studio was her manager. They had worked together since her debut, over ten years ago.

“Chairman Gu, there are some situations you might not be aware of.”

Secretary Chen shook her head slightly. Glancing at Gu Fei, who only had a surface level understanding of the industry, she pushed up her glasses and whispered the inside scoop.

“I scrolled through Ms. Qin’s fan comments last night. According to them, Ms. Qin’s contract with the studio is about to expire. Her boss likely wants to use this incident to suppress her and force her to renew the contract.”

Gu Fei, finally unable to focus on her files, looked up. Frowning, she took the tablet Secretary Chen handed her. As she scanned the details, the image of Qin Qingwei leaving the livestream early flashed through her mind again.

“This is quite common in the entertainment industry. When a studio doesn’t want to lose a cash cow, they might deliberately smear the artist online.”

As Gu Fei’s frown deepened, Secretary Chen’s curiosity about their relationship grew even stronger.

“But you don’t need to worry too much. After all, the actual winner last night was Ms. Qin herself. With a little guidance of public opinion, those negative rumors can be easily debunked.”

“Is that so?”

Gu Fei, who had already begun searching for the studio’s information online, looked slightly relieved. She decided that when she went back tonight, she would talk to Qin Qingwei about her work. If there were difficulties with the contract termination, she would, of course, step in to help her wife.

Looking up at Secretary Chen, who had been watching her expectantly, Gu Fei let out a small, amused smile.

“Secretary Chen, you’ve worked hard too. Triple bonus for you this month.”

“Thank you, Chairman Gu!”

With a reserved smile, Secretary Chen turned and left to continue building her wealth through her work.

During her lunch break, Gu Fei couldn’t suppress her worry and sent a message to Qin Qingwei, but there was no response. After a moment’s thought, she called Auntie Sun instead.

Auntie Sun answered the video call, walking upstairs with her phone while replying to Gu Fei’s inquiry.

“Teacher Song has been staying in your old music room.”

“The music room?”

Gu Fei was surprised. Watching the swaying, familiar images on the screen, she felt a strange sensation.

She had practiced the violin for a period of time in the past, but she had hardly touched it since starting university, let alone stepped into that long-neglected room.

Following the sound of Auntie Sun knocking on the door, Gu Fei saw Song Yanran standing against the light as the door opened.

“Is something the matter?”

“Teacher Song, it’s a call from Little Fei.”

During the brief exchange between Song Yanran and Auntie Sun, perhaps because of the distance provided by the screen, Gu Fei clearly saw the shift in Song Yanran’s gentle eyes upon hearing her name.

From the softness of a moment ago to a look that was now beyond words.

For a moment, Gu Fei couldn’t quite read her.

“I’ve already applied the medicine. You don’t need to worry.”

As Gu Fei remained silent, Song Yanran met her gaze through the screen and took the initiative to speak.

“In addition, I’d like to ask you for a favor.”

“Tell me.”

Gu Fei, who had lost the initiative in the conversation from the very beginning, blinked.

“I’d like to borrow the computer in your room, if that’s alright?”

“Of course. You can use anything in this house as you please.”

Gu Fei responded with a light smile, but from an angle Song Yanran couldn’t see, she instinctively pursed her lips and rubbed the bracelet on her wrist.

She didn’t know why, but she felt the atmosphere of their current conversation was a bit strange. It made Gu Fei feel nervous.

This nervousness wasn’t the shyness she usually felt during a sweet reunion after a short absence; rather, it was a sense of unknown loss of control and confusion.

Gu Fei simply couldn’t figure out where the problem lay.

“The computer password is my birthday,” Gu Fei added softly as Song Yanran nodded in thanks.

“Okay.”

This time, it was Song Yanran’s turn to feel tense and lost.

A growing silence rippled between them. Noticing the rose studs on Song Yanran’s earlobes, Gu Fei took the initiative to change the subject.

“Qingwei, is your phone out of battery or? I haven’t been able to reach you since this morning.”

“I might have accidentally lost it.”

With a slight flush on her face, Song Yanran lowered her eyes and told an unnatural lie.

“Was there a reason you were looking for me?”

She asked instinctively, but as soon as the words left her mouth, Song Yanran realized her mistake. Given the relationship between Gu Fei and Qin Qingwei, contacting each other at any time wasn’t strange at all.

Seeing the hesitant expression on Gu Fei’s face, Song Yanran sighed silently in her heart, feeling that the timing of her appearance was truly unfortunate.

She was not good at lying to Gu Fei, and she certainly didn’t have the heart to be the one to tell Gu Fei the truth.

When the call ended, Gu Fei sat at her desk and dazed out for a while. Then she went downstairs to a nearby mobile store to buy a new phone and a SIM card.

After sending both items via flash delivery to the Gu family’s old residence, she stayed in her office alone. With red-rimmed eyes, she began searching online for content related to signs of a breaking marriage.

Song Yanran’s distant attitude on the phone had already thrown her into a total panic.

While recalling the details of their interactions over the past two days, Gu Fei bit her lip in shame and added a prefix keyword to her computer search: “sexual disharmony.”

Current Gu Fei began to regret her persistence from last night a million times over, and she desperately wished she could travel back in time to remind herself to carry finger cots.

If Qin Qingwei was truly dissatisfied because of her refusal last night, Gu Fei felt she would probably regret it for the rest of her life.

Meanwhile, back at the Gu family estate, Song Yanran hesitated as she returned the phone to Auntie Sun. Eventually, she asked about Gu Fei’s birthday.

After getting the answer, she went upstairs and started using Gu Fei’s computer to write.

Because of Qin Qingwei’s career, Song Yanran couldn’t go out to look for a normal job. However, she didn’t want to spend Qin Qingwei’s money like Gu Yi did, nor did she want to rely on Gu Fei indefinitely. After thinking it over, she decided to use the professional knowledge she had accumulated during university to write articles and submit them to foreign magazines.

By the time Auntie Sun brought the new phone up to her, Song Yanran had finished her first article.

The SIM card for the new phone had been registered by Gu Fei using Gu Fei’s own identity information. This provided some convenience for Song Yanran, saving her the time it would have taken to go to Qin Qingwei’s house to find her own documents for registration.

After sending the article, Song Yanran looked at the new email address she had registered using Gu Fei’s phone number. Her lips curved into a slightly bitter smile.

For the first time, she felt a sense of regret regarding the timing of her arrival.

Near the end of the workday, Gu Fei received a proposal from the Brand Department manager. It contained several options for selecting a spokesperson for the sixth generation of Gu Group’s new sports car. The first candidate was Qin Qingwei.

Gu Fei’s gaze lingered for a moment on Qin Qingwei’s cool, elegant face in the photo. She felt a stir of interest, but she suppressed the urge to rush home to find her wife and continued flipping through the pages one by one.

The department manager, seeing no reaction from Gu Fei, nervously wiped the sweat from her forehead. According to the information she got from the PR department this morning, the newly appointed Chairman Gu clearly looked after Ms. Qin. There should be no reason to reject this proposal, right?

After the manager finished an eloquent list of dozens of reasons why the Brand Department chose Qin Qingwei as the top choice, Gu Fei nodded with reserve and signed the document. Then, she stood up to leave exactly at the five o’clock bell.

Only after she left did the brand manager let out a long sigh of relief.

It was only because three years ago, when Gu Group’s fourth-generation sports car was launched, she had submitted the same proposal to the then-Chairman Gu Lian, only to have it ruthlessly rejected.

The manager didn’t have any personal bias; based on market analysis at the time, Qin Qingwei, a popular artist, perfectly matched their brand tone. Choosing her was a decision made after careful analysis by the department, but they hadn’t expected it to be vetoed by the boss.

On the way home, Gu Fei parked in front of a pharmacy near the old residence. After a few moments of hesitation, she walked in with a blushing face.

What Gu Fei didn’t know was that as she approached the pharmacy, Gu Lian, who happened to be driving by on the same road, caught sight of her figure.

Glancing at the pharmacy’s location, Gu Lian withdrew her gaze expressionlessly and drove straight back to the old house.

When Auntie Sun came out to greet her, Gu Lian handed her a beautifully packaged massager from the trunk.

“I noticed your back seemed to be bothering you before. I bought this while I was abroad last time; please take it and use it.”

“Oh, you bought this abroad? It must have been very expensive!”

Auntie Sun was all smiles as she accepted the gift, though she still grumbled about Gu Lian wasting money.

Gu Lian gave a faint smile and didn’t say much, simply waving her hand as she walked toward the living room.

“I’m going upstairs to rest. No need to call me for dinner.”

“Wait, Xiao Lian!”

Auntie Sun hurried after her, remembering something.

“Xiao Fei is coming back tonight too, and she even brought a friend home. You sisters haven’t seen each other in so long; you should eat dinner together. It would be nice to sit and talk.”

“A friend? She’s bringing a girlfriend back?”

Gu Lian, who originally had no interest in dinner, raised an eyebrow slightly. She was curious—which girlfriend was Gu Fei bringing back? Or was she bringing both of them?

At that thought, Gu Lian couldn’t help but let out a playful, mocking smirk.

“No, no. It’s her tutor. She’s upstairs right now. But listening to you say that… has Xiao Fei actually started dating someone?”

Auntie Sun quickly explained the misunderstanding but couldn’t help asking excitedly out of curiosity.

“Well, let her introduce the person to you herself.”

Hearing it wasn’t a girlfriend, Gu Lian instantly lost interest. With a face full of boredom, she turned and went back to her room.

Not long after she went upstairs, Gu Fei, who had finished her shopping at the pharmacy, also returned.

Seeing the car parked in the yard, she froze for a second.

She looked up at the light already on in Gu Lian’s room on the third floor, then looked at the second floor. Her own bedroom was pitch black.

Her heart tightened. Fearing that Qin Qingwei had already left, Gu Fei walked quickly toward the living room.

“Auntie Sun, is Qin is Teacher Song still upstairs?”

“She is. she hasn’t come down once.”

Auntie Sun, still pondering the topic of Gu Fei’s girlfriend, responded instinctively. Seeing Gu Fei about to rush upstairs, she suddenly had a realization.

“Xiao Fei, don’t be in such a hurry. Tell Auntie Sun that Teacher Song is actually your girlfriend, isn’t she?”

Gu Fei’s face flushed. Her lips moved, but thinking of Qin Qingwei’s deliberate name change, she shook her head vaguely.

“She’s not?”

Auntie Sun looked a bit disappointed by the answer, but after thinking about it, she felt relieved.

“Is it just that you haven’t reached that stage yet? I think Teacher Song is quite a match for you. She probably has some feelings for you too; she even came to ask me for your birthday this afternoon.”

“What?”

The shy smile on Gu Fei’s face froze instantly.

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