The Heartless, Cheating Scumbag Woman in a Matriarchal World (4)

Ever since Jiang Xuefu had scolded him that day, Meng Yun had behaved himself much better and never mentioned Rong Chao in front of her again.

He behaved himself during work hours, but after work, he grew even clingier.

Although Jiang Xuefu didn't like him all that much, the novelty had yet to wear off, so she let him have his way.

On a Saturday night, Meng Yun got out of Jiang Xuefu's car and headed home, wrapped in his coat and beaming with delight. Before he got out, the two had shared a cloyingly intimate deep kiss in the car.

Today, he and Jiang Xuefu had gotten a hotel room, and there he had given himself to the woman he loved so deeply, just as he had wished.

Remembering how boldly he had taken the initiative to undo his clothes, Meng Yun felt his face grow hot. Still beaming, he patted his cheeks and, after making sure he was presentable, went home.

But the moment he opened the door, Meng Yun was startled.

Their once-tidy home was now in a mess, with tables and chairs overturned and things scattered all over the floor. His mother and father were both huddled in a corner, seemingly badly frightened.

"Mom, Dad, what happened? Who did this? Did you call the police?"

Meng Yun hurried over to help his parents up, only for his mother, who had always doted on him, to suddenly reach out and slap him.

The blow was so hard that Meng Yun's head snapped to one side, his ears rang, and a trace of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

"Mom! What gives you the right to hit me?"

Mrs. Meng said, "How dare you ask! Have you been seducing your boss at work? Her husband came all the way to our home! How did we raise you? You're a young man-how can you have so little self-respect, so little shame?!"

Meng Yun's face went pale, and a surge of panic rose in his heart, followed by a chestful of fury.

"How dare that old man Rong Chao! I'm going to find him right now!"

With that, Meng Yun started to run outside, but his father gripped his hand tightly and pleaded through tears, "Xiao Yun, you can't go to him. Your mother and I have both lost our jobs already, and calling the police is no use. Your mother and I called them, and that's why we were retaliated against!"

"This is outrageous bullying! How can he be so vicious? I'll go to President Jiang and ask her to get justice for us!" Meng Yun was so angry he nearly ground his teeth to pieces. A flower on a lofty peak? Pah! Behind closed doors, he's a shrew! No wonder he can't keep his wife's heart!

Hearing his words, Meng Yun's parents exchanged a glance. A trace of reluctance flashed across his mother's face, but she still got up and helped his father restrain Meng Yun, keeping him from running outside.

"Xiao Yun, we've already bought tickets to leave City A tonight, and we've sold the house too. Don't even think about going to that woman. Come with us tonight and leave this place."

"Why?" Meng Yun's face was full of disbelief. Even the slap his father had just given him hadn't hurt as much as this.

Mrs. Meng said, "We're just ordinary people. We can't afford to offend those big shots. Be good, Xiao Yun. What kind of good woman would cheat on her husband? Once we've left here, I'll introduce you to someone better."

Meng Yun struggled desperately and shook his head. "I don't want anyone else! I want to marry her! Let me go!"

But his struggles were futile. Mrs. Meng found a rope and tied him up, and they boarded a high-speed train to their hometown that very night.

When he received the message from Mrs. Meng, a smile finally appeared on Rong Chao's icy face. With the matter settled, he deleted her number and had someone transfer the remaining payment.

Sure enough, the whole family's eyes lit up at the sight of money. Now that the little slut was no longer in his way, even the scenery looked a little more beautiful.

Rong Feng smiled as well. The woman's cool, breathtakingly beautiful face flashed through his mind, and his hand involuntarily tightened around the spoon stirring his coffee.

"Congratulations. You've taken care of another headache."

A look of pleasure appeared on Rong Chao's face too, but then he suddenly remembered something and grew serious again. "Brother, Dad called me again yesterday and asked me to talk to you."

"He said Miss Li is very nice and that you could try getting to know her."

Rong Feng was thirty this year, but he had never even dated, let alone married. His parents had worried a great deal about it.

"Brother, I think Dad's right. A blind date isn't the same as settling on someone. You'd only be meeting her."

"Why work so hard as a man? Wouldn't it be nice to date and marry and have someone take care of you?"

Rong Chao seemed cool and aloof on the surface, but deep down, his views were very traditional.

In a marriage, the woman earned money outside, and the man only needed to take good care of their home. Why did he have to struggle so hard out in the world?

Rong Feng naturally knew what his brother was thinking, but he didn't argue. He merely said, "I don't go on blind dates because my heart has long belonged to someone."

Shock flashed in Rong Chao's eyes. "Since there's someone you like, why don't you pursue her?"

"Because she's already married. If it were you, what would you do?" Rong Feng stared intently at Rong Chao's face, as though he truly wanted to know his answer.

"Snatch her away," Rong Chao said without hesitation. "So what if she's married? Which matters more, happiness or face?"

"Snatch her away?" Rong Feng seemed a little lost in thought as he murmured Rong Chao's words again.

On countless nights, Jiang Xuefu had appeared in his dreams.

She would affectionately call him A Feng, tend to him with concern when he was tired, and give him gifts and little surprises on every holiday...

But all of it happened in dreams.

Back in real life, the most Rong Feng could do was use a visit to Rong Chao as an excuse to cook her a meal of her favorite dishes.

"All right, I'll give it careful thought." The corners of Rong Feng's lips curved slightly, and his gaze was complicated, revealing nothing of what he truly thought.

When Jiang Xuefu arrived at the office on Monday, she didn't see Meng Yun. The man who had once clung so closely to her hadn't even sent her a message all weekend.

She had someone ask the HR department and learned that Meng Yun had submitted his resignation on Saturday. Since he was an intern and had little to hand over or take away, the formalities had been completed quickly.

Jiang Xuefu was briefly taken aback by the news, but only for a moment. She had no intention of looking into it.

This sort of thing was consensual to begin with, and Meng Yun's decision to leave saved her trouble later.

Jiang Xuefu was distracted by the matter for only a short while before turning her attention elsewhere.

"President Jiang, President Xie wants to see you about something."

Xie Jinhua's assistant, Xiao Peng, had come to find her.

Jiang Xuefu frowned slightly. Xie Jinhua had only just returned from a business trip abroad last weekend, so why was he looking for her as soon as he got back to the office?

Although she was displeased, Jiang Xuefu went over anyway, on the principle that the boss came first.

In the spacious office, a man sat at the desk in a fitted white suit. His short, ink-black hair was neatly styled, revealing his gentle, handsome features.

From his appearance alone, it was hard to imagine that the man before her was the famously decisive and efficient president of Zhixing.