The scoop on Zheng Father and Zheng Mother's divorce!

Ning Shile sneered.

[You tricked girls into dating you online, pretended to be devoted, and passed yourself off as single. You shamelessly pestered them for photos, then gave them the silent treatment when they refused.]

[Those girls genuinely cared about you. They were afraid of losing you, so they had no choice but to take photos to please you. And what did you do with them?]

"What did you do with those photos?" Gu Xiguang asked.

"Nothing much..." Ning Shiyan tried to choose his words carefully, making it sound as harmless as possible. "I just posted them in the group for my friends to look at. If anyone liked what they saw, we'd ask the girl out to meet up."

[You make it sound so innocent. Isn't that just an online harem selection, collecting conquests for your so-called hundred-girl challenge?!]

[You're all rotten to the core!!]

Even Ning Shile, who already knew the plot, felt his blood pressure soar at the sight.

These scumbags asked girls out through the game. If they looked reasonably close to their photos, the men drugged their drinks and took them to hotels for the group to use. If they looked too different, they circulated their private photos in the game, spreading sexual rumors and hurling abuse at the girls.

Zheng Father and Zheng Mother were furious too. It took them a long time to calm themselves down.

Once he finished asking his questions, Gu Xiguang's expression instantly changed, and he released Ning Shiyan's hand.

Ning Shiyan thought Gu Xiguang simply needed a moment to process it. He was about to explain when Gu Xiguang raised his head and said to someone ahead of him, "I'm done asking."

Done asking?

Done asking what?

Ning Shiyan was bewildered. He followed Gu Xiguang's gaze.

Park Mingni picked up her phone and said to the people on the other end, "You heard everything, right? That's how Ning Shiyan treated you. I wasn't lying, was I?"

The people on the other end said something he couldn't make out.

Then Park Mingni switched on the speakerphone and held it up toward Ning Shiyan.

The other end was filled with noise.

A closer look at the screen revealed a WeChat group chat.

All sorts of female voices came through. Some were tearful, some furious, some disappointed as they cursed him:

"Ning Shiyan, you're a fucking bastard!!"

"I liked you so much and trusted you so much, and this is how you treated me?!"

"When Mingni came to find me, I didn't believe her. I never thought... I never thought you really were this kind of scumbag!"

"You're an animal pretending to be a decent human being! I hate you!!!"

"I'm going to expose you! You cheating scumbag! You animal!"

The curses came like a tidal wave, and hearing them was immensely satisfying!

[Mingni, you're awesome! Gu Xiguang, you're awesome!! That one-two punch was absolutely perfect!!!]

[Now that's real girls help girls!!!]

Halfway through his internal cheering, Ning Shile suddenly stopped. As though something had occurred to him, he quietly shifted positions.

Zheng Ye noticed and followed, worried something might happen to him.

It took Ning Shiyan several minutes to process everything. Only when the cursing stopped did he react. Frowning slightly, he stared at Gu Xiguang in disbelief. "You two teamed up to set me up?"

Gu Xiguang sneered. "That was your surprise. How does it feel to be a pathetic simp?"

"Scumbag."

Ning Shiyan's expression changed dramatically at those words, and his chest began heaving.

He clenched his fists, his gaze turning vicious and venomous, more terrifying than a murderer's.

So this had all been a setup?

Gu Xiguang didn't love him at all. He'd been conspiring with Park Mingni to trap him from the very beginning?!

A simp? He was calling him a simp?

"Heh. Hehe." Ning Shiyan suddenly chuckled twice, his voice ghostly and sinister, his teeth grinding audibly.

"You're right. I'm a simp. I love you, Guang." Ning Shiyan looked up, his face twisting hideously. "If you don't love me, then die!" With that, he lunged at Gu Xiguang like a madman!

Gu Xiguang's expression tightened, and he stepped back half a pace. But when he met the unmistakable murderous intent in Ning Shiyan's eyes, his mind blanked, leaving him frozen in place.

In the blink of an eye, Ning Shile charged in with a sliding tackle!

Unable to dodge, Ning Shiyan was knocked off his feet and landed face-first on the ground. "Oof—!"

Ning Shile fell too, his knees hitting the floor as he slid a long way.

"Shiyan!" His mother and father rushed over to check his injuries. "Are you all right, son? Oh no, you're bleeding!"

Ning Shiyan still wanted to lunge at Gu Xiguang, but he was hurt all over and his parents were holding him up. He couldn't move at all.

For a moment, the scene descended into chaos.

"Ow—!" Ning Shile's knees were scraped too, and he sucked in sharp breaths from the pain.

Zheng Ye's breath caught. He reached out to help him up, frowning slightly. "Does it hurt?"

Ning Shile used Zheng Ye's support to stand, then looked up to find him wearing an expression of worry tinged with anger. Ning Shile immediately changed his expression, smiling and shaking his head. "Not at all."

Faced with those smiling eyes, Zheng Ye felt helpless. "You're bleeding, and it doesn't hurt?"

"Of course it doesn't hurt when I've done a good deed!" Ning Shile looked rather proud. His long lashes fluttered, like a little brush teasing Zheng Ye's heart.

[If it weren't for me, Ning Shiyan would've hurt big brother Gu Xiguang... uh, big sister? Hmm... big brother-sister Gu Xiguang!]

Hearing that, Zheng Ye felt both helpless and amused.

Never mind. Judging by his reaction, he probably wasn't badly hurt.

"Ning Shile, are you blind?!" His second uncle suddenly turned and berated him. "If Shiyan gets seriously hurt, can you afford to pay for it?!"

"Exactly! Ning Shile, what are you trying to do?" His second aunt was beside herself with distress. "Look how badly you made our Shiyan fall! If he's seriously injured, I won't let you get away with it!"

Zheng Ye narrowed his eyes at their words. His normally expressionless face finally darkened with restrained anger.

Before he could speak, sirens sounded outside, red and blue lights illuminating half the sky.

Then a group of uniformed police officers entered. "Which one of you is Ning Shile?"

Everyone was startled by their arrival.

Zheng Ye instinctively stepped forward half a pace to shield Ning Shile. Ning Shile peeked around him and obediently raised his hand. "That's me."

"Where's the person you reported?" an officer asked.

Ning Shile pointed at Ning Shiyan. "Over there!"

The officers followed the direction of his finger and stopped in front of Ning Shiyan. "We received a report that you're suspected of distributing obscene material and committing rape. Please come with us."

Ning Shiyan turned deathly pale, his lips trembling. "It's not that serious, is it?"

"We'll investigate to determine how serious it is. Come with us." The officers restrained Ning Shiyan and escorted him out the door.

His second uncle hurried to stop them, asking with a forced smile whether there had been a mistake.

His second aunt burst into tears and sank to the floor as though struck by a bolt from the blue. With reddened eyes, she pointed at Ning Shile. "You little bastard! Who told you to call the police?!"

"If you don't want people to find out, don't do it in the first place." Ning Shile felt as though the red Young Pioneer scarf on his chest had become even brighter. "Besides, your son got what he deserved!"

"What do you mean, what he deserved? He just took a few videos and photos! Did you really have to call the police?!" His second aunt's eyes were red. "I think you did this on purpose!"

Ning Shile was stunned by her words.

Even if Ning Shiyan, as a man, didn't understand, surely his second aunt, a woman herself, knew how serious it was to have sexual rumors spread about you?

Angered, Ning Shile frowned and demanded, "What do you mean, 'just took a few videos and photos'? Do you have any idea how much harm this does to those girls?"

"How much harm could it possibly do?" His second aunt argued shamelessly. "Can it compare to my son's career?!"

As she spoke, she even gritted her teeth, apparently angry at those girls. "And why were they photographed in the first place? Because they were shameless! Otherwise, why didn't he photograph someone else?"

Ning Shile was almost awestruck by what he heard.

[The sheer diversity of life!]

[Victim-blaming, huh?]

Ning Shile couldn't be bothered to argue with her anymore. He cast her a sidelong glance. "Oh, well, you're in some of the photos your son secretly took too."

His second aunt froze. "Wh-what?"

Ning Shile looked her up and down, giving her a taste of her own medicine. "How shameless."

Zheng Father and Zheng Mother couldn't hold back their laughter.

Once his second aunt came to her senses, she flew into a rage, stood up, and pointed at Ning Shile while spewing abuse.

Ning Shile didn't respond again. There was no point arguing with a dog. She couldn't understand human speech, and he'd only make himself sick with anger.

Boys needed to look after their breast health too~

The birthday banquet ended in utter chaos, with Ning Grandfather being taken to the hospital.

After everyone dispersed, Zheng Father and Zheng Mother still wanted Ning Shile to come to the Zheng Family home, but Ning Father and Ning Mother felt it wouldn't be appropriate and declined.

After an entire evening of juicy revelations, they were mentally and physically exhausted.

Zheng Father comforted Zheng Mother. "All right, Shile will come over sooner or later. Let's head home for now. We have things to do tomorrow, and you need to attend the company banquet with me."

Zheng Mother was about to speak when a voice sounded behind them.

[Wait, the company banquet?]

Ning Shile stopped walking.

[Isn't that the banquet that led to Zheng Father and Zheng Mother's divorce?]

[The one where Zheng Mother found out Zheng Father had cheated and had an illegitimate son!]

Zheng Father choked and started coughing. Frantically waving his hands, he shook his head at Zheng Mother.

No! He hadn't! He'd never cheated!!

There was no illegitimate son! Zheng Ye was his only son!!

Although Zheng Mother didn't think Zheng Father was likely to cheat, she still fixed him with a death glare.

You'd better not have!

After a moment's thought, Ning Shile said to Ning Father and Ning Mother, "I want to go to the Zheng Family home tonight."