Early the next morning, An Yubei accompanied Ji Dongsheng to get a divorce.
They arrived at Ji Dongsheng's large villa, where his young wife, with her pregnant belly, showed no intention of moving out.
Ji Dongsheng had actually already asked for a divorce, but his young wife, Wang Yang, refused. After crying her eyes out, she neither signed the divorce agreement nor communicated with Ji Dongsheng, making things rather difficult.
Ji Dongsheng came over again today, determined to get divorced. He did not want to keep getting tangled up with Wang Yang. Better to make it quick.
When Wang Yang saw Ji Dongsheng return, she set down her bird's nest soup and walked over with her pregnant belly, wanting to hug him.
"Honey, you're finally back. Please stop being angry with me, okay? Let's not get divorced."
Wang Yang thought Ji Dongsheng was just throwing a tantrum, so she figured all she needed to do was coax him.
Ji Dongsheng was especially susceptible to sweet, coquettish pleading. It worked every time.
Before she could get close, Ji Dongsheng dodged away.
He used to like Wang Yang, but now he could no longer bring himself to.
He did not like betrayal.
"Hurry up and sign the divorce agreement. Don't waste both our time."
Wang Yang's embrace met empty air, and she pleaded coyly, "I won't agree."
"Why are you so determined to divorce me? What will happen to me and the baby if we divorce?"
An Yubei pursed his lips and watched the show from the sidelines.
[His young wife really is beautiful, the sexy type. She's so practiced at acting cute, too. No wonder Dad lost his head. Any man would.]
[What a shame she doesn't really love Dad. Otherwise, they'd be pretty good together.]
[Forget it. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Why pine over just one? I'll find Dad someone even prettier in the future.]
Ji Dongsheng felt thoroughly comforted, thinking that Xiao Bei really knew how to care about him.
"I don't need to spell out what you've done, do I?"
"I'll give you some compensation for the sake of what we once shared. Sign it. Let's part on good terms."
No matter whose child Wang Yang was carrying, she was still a woman, and Ji Dongsheng did not want to go too far.
It was not for Wang Yang's sake. He simply felt sorry for the unborn child.
That was why he had left Wang Yang some money instead of making her leave with nothing.
But Wang Yang was not satisfied. She angrily tore up the divorce agreement and completely lost her temper.
"Ji Dongsheng, I've been with you for over a year, and you're only giving me five million? Why?"
"Under marriage law, I'm entitled to half the marital assets. Unless you give me half your assets, I'm not signing."
Wang Yang sat down on the sofa with her pregnant belly and resumed eating her bird's nest soup.
"Oh, and I want this villa, too. Don't even think about cheating me out of a single cent I'm owed."
Relying on the fact that Ji Dongsheng had not signed a prenuptial agreement, Wang Yang began making outrageous demands.
She knew Ji Dongsheng was determined to get divorced, and she had long since had enough of waiting on that old geezer herself.
She could not let him buy off over a year of her youth with five million. She wanted half of Ji Dongsheng's assets.
"Impossible. Five million is already my limit."
After looking after another man's wife and child, Ji Dongsheng had already been thoroughly cuckolded. Giving away half his assets on top of that would make him choke to death on his resentment.
Watching from the sidelines left An Yubei frustrated. He could not stand seeing his dad bullied.
[Hmph, don't bully my dad.]
[My dad is so nice. He even left you money to live on. Anyone else wouldn't give you a single cent.]
[You cheated on my dad, and you think you're in the right?]
[I'm going to get revenge for Dad!]
Ji Dongsheng had felt perfectly comfortable listening to the first part, but the rest left him deeply aggrieved.
Apparently, he would never live down being cheated on.
To think he had spent decades conquering the dating scene, only to crash and burn for the first time.
What a humiliation!
Seeing An Yubei about to step forward and argue, Ji Dongsheng stopped him. "Leave this sort of thing to Dad. You can just watch the show, Xiao Bei."
Though Ji Dongsheng was getting older, he was still strikingly handsome, with little trace of age on his face.
His good looks were different from Ji Shang's. Ji Shang was cold and aloof, with a sense of distance, while Ji Dongsheng had a roguish charm.
Especially when he spoke, that roguish air became even more unrestrained.
[Dad is so handsome!]
An Yubei's eyes were full of admiration.
This was undoubtedly encouragement for Ji Dongsheng.
He coolly swept a hand through his hair and said, "Wang Yang, since you're making such outrageous demands, let's settle our accounts."
"I'll ask you just one thing. Is the child in your belly mine?"
Wang Yang froze, staring at Ji Dongsheng in disbelief and wondering whether he had found something out.
An Yubei was incredibly excited on the sidelines. [Dad, there's no need to ask. It isn't your child. It's your assistant Xiao He's.]
[They've known each other for ages. They teamed up to swindle your money.]
His assistant Xiao He was standing right there. Feeling Ji Dongsheng's gaze on him, he lowered his head guiltily.
Ji Dongsheng was furious. He had trusted Xiao He so much, never imagining that he was the one cuckolding him.
Wang Yang sprang to her feet in agitation, her voice trembling. "How is it not your child? Are you trying to deny responsibility?"
"Ji Dongsheng, I never thought you were this kind of person. You want to divorce me, and you won't even acknowledge your own child. I'll find reporters to expose you in a minute and ruin your reputation."
Utterly disappointed, Ji Dongsheng tossed a document to Wang Yang. "This is a paternity test. Take a look yourself!"
The test results showed he was not the biological father.
Wang Yang guiltily threw the document aside. "Impossible. This document is fake. I don't believe it."
Wang Yang's certainty that the document was fake did not mean the child was Ji Dongsheng's. Rather, she believed there was no way to conduct a paternity test before the child was born.
"The amniocentesis I took you for yesterday showed that the child isn't mine. Are you still going to argue?"
"Wang Yang, for the sake of what we once shared, I kept giving you chances, but you didn't know how to appreciate them."
"Did you think I couldn't uncover your affair with Xiao He?"
Wang Yang's face turned deathly pale with fear, while Xiao He also trembled, at a loss for words.
The only happy person there was An Yubei.
[I really want to give Dad's IQ a thumbs-up. He guessed everything right. That's amazing.]
[Dad is mighty when he takes down the bad guys. Don't show them any mercy. They never showed you any when they hurt you.]
*[It was because Wang Yang and Xiao He framed him that Dad became the chief culprit in an illegal fundraising scheme and ended up in prison.
Back then, my brother was too busy dealing with the Ji family's bankruptcy to look after Dad, so he could only watch as Dad went to prison.]*
[My brother regretted it later. If only he had stopped Dad from getting together with his young wife in the first place.]
Ji Dongsheng burned with rage. He had shown his enemies consideration, yet they were intent on destroying him.
Forget it. Why show them any consideration? He had to make them pay.
Still, this had made him realize one thing: Ji Shang was not so annoying after all.
His son did care about him quite a bit.
"Don't think I don't know about those things you've been doing behind my back. I simply chose not to hold them against you."
"Since you insist on fighting over this, I won't indulge you anymore."
"You used my name to raise funds illegally, planning to pocket the money and leave me to take the blame. Do you really think I'm an idiot?"
An Yubei took a deep breath, his face full of admiration.
[Holy crap, Dad is incredible. He actually knows everything.]
[Hmph, these bad guys can forget about fooling my dad.]
[Dad is mighty.]
Ji Dongsheng was delighted inside. Oh, mighty? It's all thanks to having you as my golden finger.
Otherwise, he would still have been in the dark.