Investigating His Own Infidelity

Su Xiajing stared, dumbfounded.

Just seconds ago, she had been urging her to give Tang Beichen a chance. Why had she suddenly started urging her to get a divorce?

She could hardly believe it.

She took another look.

Tang Tang was surprised by the change in her attitude too, but wholeheartedly approved of the outcome.

"Grandma's right! Pretty Mommy, hurry up and take me with you when you get divorced!"

"I don't want Scumbag Daddy anymore."

"I want to find new happiness with you!"

Hearing Tang Tang call her "Grandma" filled Xie Yazhi with both excitement and shame.

How could that old man bring himself to hurt such a wonderful child?

And Tang Beichen was no better. How could he bear to hurt his wife and daughter?

Those two, father and son, were each more outrageous than the other!

"Mom!"

Tang Beichen couldn't take it anymore. "Could you please stop making trouble?"

"I'm not divorcing Xiajing!"

He was already used to his daughter calling him Scumbag Daddy. He would prove through his actions that he wasn't a scumbag, so he didn't care what she called him.

But divorce was another matter.

He had never considered breaking up with Su Xiajing, would never give up his daughter, and didn't want to suffer the consequences of things he hadn't done.

"This is between Xiajing and me. Mom, please stop making things harder for me."

"I'm making things harder?"

Xie Yazhi looked at him as though he were being utterly unreasonable. "If you hadn't..."

No, I can't say it.

They couldn't hear what Tang Tang said, and she didn't know how much Xiajing knew either. If she rashly told them what Tang Tang had said, she might only make things worse.

"All right, all right. I'll stay out of it."

Xie Yazhi waved a hand, her head aching. "Sort it out yourselves. But if you hurt Tang Tang, you'll answer to me."

Tang Beichen: "..."

Thanks to what the old man had done, Su Xiajing was now wary of everyone in the Tang family. Afraid of putting pressure on her, Xie Yazhi left after seeing her granddaughter.

Now that the couple had openly brought up divorce, Zhang Zhang didn't want to get dragged into their conflict again. She found an excuse to slip away too.

"Huh? Why did everyone leave?"

"Grandma, since you're already supporting my pretty mommy, why not see it through and stay until they've signed the papers?"

Tang Tang was deeply disappointed.

Su Xiajing thought, My daughter's suggestion is a good one.

Tang Beichen: "..."

I'm not a scumbag!

I'm not getting divorced!

After drinking her fill of milk, Tang Tang burped and watched Pretty Mommy and Scumbag Daddy intently.

"Since you've already brought up divorce, why not take the opportunity to discuss the terms too?"

"I've never seen how rich families get divorced. I want to watch."

Tang Beichen: "..."

You just want to watch me make a fool of myself, don't you?

Su Xiajing: "..."

"Sister Wang."

Su Xiajing called Mrs. Wang over. "Take Tang Tang to her room for a nap."

They certainly wouldn't settle the divorce in a single conversation.

Tang Beichen was acting crazy again, and a big scene wouldn't be good for the child.

Tang Tang: ???

"Why are you sending me away?"

"What are you going to say that a little baby like me can't hear?"

"I want to hear! Let me watch too!"

To express her protest, Tang Tang let out a few fake wails.

Su Xiajing: "..."

If I couldn't hear what you were saying, I'd really believe you were crying.

Sister Wang hurried to soothe her as she carried her back to her room.

The moment they entered, Tang Tang stopped crying.

Mrs. Wang stared in astonishment. "Oh, so Tang Tang just didn't want to leave Mommy?"

Tang Tang: "..."

No, I just didn't want to miss the gossip.

A real-life divorce in a wealthy family was so much more authentic than anything in novels or TV dramas, and they wouldn't even let her watch!

She was so angry.

So angry she couldn't even sleep.

But her little baby body wasn't hers to command. After squirming around in her crib for a bit, she soon fell asleep.

When she woke that evening, Su Xiajing and Tang Beichen had finished their discussion.

Tang Tang didn't know the outcome, only that Pretty Mommy's attitude had grown even colder.

Yet Scumbag Daddy was still doing everything he could to please Pretty Mommy.

Judging by that reaction, they probably hadn't reached an agreement.

Still, Pretty Mommy had decided to divorce him and had taken action. That was a good thing worth encouraging. As long as she held firm, she would manage to get divorced someday.

After feeding her, Su Xiajing went to take a shower.

"Mrs. Wang, go take a shower and get some rest too. I'll look after Tang Tang."

Tang Beichen took Tang Tang from Mrs. Wang and carried her to his guest room.

"Tang Tang, sweetheart, Daddy needs to make a call first. Wait a moment."

He laid Tang Tang on the bed and called his secretary.

Tang Tang said, "If you have work to do, just put me in my crib. I'm not interested in your work."

Tang Beichen: "..."

That won't do.

This call is specifically for you to hear.

The secretary soon answered, and Tang Beichen asked eagerly, "Well? Have you found any evidence of me cheating?"

Tang Tang: "..."

"He's investigating his own infidelity?"

"I've never seen that move before. How novel."

"..."

Tang Beichen simply put the call on speaker, pretending he was worried his daughter would get bored as he played with her and talked on the phone.

"Nothing, right?"

"Have you tried looking into other angles?"

"You're with me almost every day. Do you remember me ever having close contact with any women?"

"Any setting, any kind of contact. Female colleagues at the company count too."

"Have I ever done anything with another woman that could have given you the wrong impression?"

The secretary was completely baffled. He had no idea why his boss had suddenly lost his mind and ordered an investigation into his own infidelity, or why he was asking these questions. He was speechless.

But for the sake of his job, he could only follow his boss's lead and answer truthfully. "No."

"Ever since you started dating your wife, you've deliberately kept your distance from other women. Nothing of the sort you've described has happened."

"Exactly."

Tang Beichen deliberately confirmed it with his secretary once more. "All right, get back to work."

After hanging up, he looked at Tang Tang. "See? I told you your mommy must have misunderstood me."

Tang Tang: "..."

"But you didn't cheat in the past, and you're not cheating now."

Tang Beichen: "..."

Tang Beichen put away his phone and pretended to pour out his troubles to Tang Tang. "Our Tang Tang believes Daddy too, doesn't she?"

Tang Tang said, "No way."

"Even if you haven't done anything wrong yet, it doesn't change the fact that you've already cheated on and betrayed my pretty mommy."

"You've hurt my pretty mommy like this for ten lifetimes already. So no matter what you say or do now, I'll never believe you again."

"..."

Tang Beichen's heart sank.

Ten lifetimes?

I'd betrayed and hurt Xiajing like this for ten lifetimes?

That really is pretty scummy...

"And with that aunt of mine who's so good at pretending, too."

Tang Beichen: "..."

Her aunt?

Which aunt?

Sweetheart, leaving people hanging like this will take years off your life!