You cheated, I divorced, why are you kneeling and begging me? - Chapter 9

Watching Qin Xiaozhe half-carry Nan Xi out, Lin Rufei gritted her teeth in frustration.

She had finally forced him to sign the divorce papers, yet he still had feelings for Nan Xi.

How dare she!

Qin Xiaozhe was clearly hers; he had always loved her.

Nan Xi, leaving and then returning, deliberately making sure Xiaozhe saw her, if she couldn’t bear to be apart from him, then she shouldn’t blame her for what was coming.

She called home, “Dad, help me look into Nan Xi’s situation.”

Only after pulling her outside did Qin Xiaozhe release his grip. He roughly tugged at Nan Xi’s slightly revealing collar, “Who are you dressing like this for? You’re my woman. Without my permission, you’re not allowed to dress like this. Do you hear me?”

“Your woman is Lin Rufei,” Nan Xi reminded him.

“So you are jealous after all.”

“Qin Xiaozhe, you think too highly of yourself. There are plenty of good men out there. I’m not foolish enough to waste my time on scum like you.”

“Stubborn!”

With that, Qin Xiaozhe, as if possessed, grabbed the back of Nan Xi’s head and kissed her.

His kiss was urgent and domineering, filled with heat and anger, plunging straight in.

Nan Xi had always been weak to this one deep kiss from him, and all her grievances and defiance would dissolve, leaving her to love him as she always had.

He had mastered the code to control her. Just a kiss since she needed him so badly, going to such lengths to appear at the banquet, flaunting herself in front of him, he would give it to her.

Nan Xi felt utterly disgusted. The moment he leaned in, she bit down hard.

“Ah!” Qin Xiaozhe cried out in pain and released her.

Chest heaving, Nan Xi pushed him away, putting distance between them. Her eyes were filled with daggers, as if she wished she could stab him to death.

“Isn’t this what you wanted? What, not enough? Do I have to take you right here?” Qin Xiaozhe said, lunging forward to tear at Nan Xi’s collar.

Slap!

Nan Xi raised her hand and struck him across the face.

The air fell silent for five seconds.

After a suffocating stare-down, Nan Xi spoke, “We’re divorced, Qin Xiaozhe. Please respect me!”

“Respect?” Qin Xiaozhe’s gaze swept disdainfully over Nan Xi’s torn clothes, the barely concealed areas fueling his anger. “You talk about leaving me, then deliberately show up dressed like this in front of me isn’t it just to get me to look at you more?”

“You really know how to flatter yourself,” Nan Xi sneered. “This dress was a gift from my fiance. I came here with him.”

“Hah, fiance? You have no other man besides me. You’ll make up any lie to separate me and Rufei.”

“Believe what you want.”

Seeing Nan Xi’s cold expression, Qin Xiaozhe felt a flicker of unease. Could she really have come with another man? The thought made his anger boil over. “Are you that desperate? You’re with some old man? Tell me, who is it? Who the hell would want you besides me?”

“You have no right to know.”

Nan Xi turned and walked away.

Lin Rufei, who had followed them out, saw Nan Xi leaving. She stepped forward and supported Qin Xiaozhe, “Xiaozhe, let it go. Don’t force it. She was only with you for money in the first place. Now that she’s jobless and used to a life of luxury, she can’t survive without finding another man.”

Qin Xiaozhe pushed Lin Rufei aside, his expression extremely grim, and called for Luo Rongfei. “Investigate! I want to know exactly how Nanxi got that outfit!”

Upstairs in the private room.

Old Master Mu leaned back in his chair, glancing at his grandson seated below him with a scrutinizing look. “I heard you brought a female companion today.”

“Yes, she is the daughter of the Nan family a suitable match for our status.”

Bang!

The table shook violently from the force of his slap.

“What a fine ‘suitable match’!” The old man’s eyes glinted coldly. “The eldest daughter of the Nan family disappeared for five years and has now returned as a twice-married woman. With her status, she isn’t even fit to touch the doorstep of the Mu family.”

“Grandfather,” Mu Yichen stood up, his face stern and his voice resolute. “I want only her.”

“How audacious!” Old Master Mu slammed his cane down. “We will not accept such a woman into the Mu family!”

“Grandfather, I have never asked you for anything. I’m begging you for this.” Mu Yichen’s tone was sincere as he bowed his head in plea.

But the old man’s expression remained icy. “Marry a twice-married woman and make the Mu family the laughingstock of the entire Southern City?”

“I don’t care what others say, and I won’t let her be harmed.”

“You can marry her only over my dead body!”

“What? She’s now a project manager at the Mu Corporation?” Lin Rufei, upon hearing the information from her family’s investigation, immediately understood.

No wonder.

Despite being blacklisted in the industry, she could still enter such an exclusive banquet.

It was all because of the Mu family.

But why would the Mu family take her in?

Apart from some assistant experience, she had no skills. Why would the Mu Corporation want such a useless person?

Perhaps Nanxi had pulled some tricks.

No, she had to make sure Nanxi couldn’t stay at the Mu Corporation.

“Xiaozhe, Nanxi is now a project manager at the Mu Corporation. No wonder she refused to come back she’s already joined the Mu family.” Lin Rufei relayed the news to Qin Xiaozhe just as Luo Rongfei had finished his investigation and was reporting the same.

“She certainly has nerve.”

“I heard the Mu Corporation had been trying to poach her for a long time, but she always refused. Now, she’s clearly trying to humiliate you. She knows we need to cooperate with the Mu Corporation and deliberately took a high position, waiting for you to beg her to return.”

“How dare she!”

“At the banquet, she even claimed she had a fiancé and that her DC haute couture dress was a gift from him. She’s obviously using Young Master Mu’s name to boost her own image. If you ask me, the Mu Corporation probably doesn’t know about her being fired or her slandering Young Master Mu.”

“To the Mu Corporation!” Qin Xiaozhe stormed off in a rage.

Watching his retreating figure, Lin Rufei smirked triumphantly and slowly followed. Nanxi, oh Nanxi, trying to steal my man? Just wait until you have nothing left.

After taking a taxi and leaving, Nanxi suddenly realized she hadn’t said goodbye to Mu Yichen.

She immediately opened her phone to call him but realized she hadn’t even added his contact information.

After returning home to change, she hurried to the company.

In the CEO’s office, Mu Yichen was already there.

“I’m sorry, I had to leave the banquet early.”

“Did you run into Qin Xiaozhe?” Mu Yichen asked.

Nanxi looked up at him, surprised that he already knew.

But then she thought, as the CEO of the Mu Corporation, countless people were eager to curry favor with him. She had entered the banquet as his fiancee, so any minor disturbance would naturally reach his ears.

After all, the two families were to be united through marriage, so she didn’t hide it and nodded, saying, “Yes.”