Chapter 183: He Was Wrong

Ke Zhongyu put his arm around Jiang Lai's waist, gently pulling her into his embrace, his eyes provocative: "Jiang Lai is now my girlfriend."

The Fu siblings stared wide-eyed, how did this suddenly happen?

Chi Ce never expected this either—when did it happen? He was kept completely in the dark.

Besides, it fits Ke Zhongyu's sinister character—having been by his side for years, he knows this person prefers to work in secret.

When Ke Zhongyu brings up something, he's not telling you he plans to do it; he's informing you it's already done.

His acceptance is good.

On the contrary, Shen Xun couldn't accept it—his face was dark, his eye sockets red, his words a denial.

"Impossible." How could Jiang Lai be Ke Zhongyu's girlfriend?

The person involved, Jiang Lai, still lowered her gaze to look at that hand on her waist—last time at Nanshan Shu Jiuhao, Ke Zhongyu had already put his arm around her waist.

He did it again.

Just like a warm pack, the heat could be felt even through thick clothing.

Suddenly, the fingers on her waist lightly tapped her side.

She lifted her eyes; Ke Zhongyu gestured for her to look at Shen Xun.

Others are on the verge of breaking down, yet you're off in your own world.

Jiang Lai has a miraculous ability—without raising her voice or lifting a hand, she can make someone furious to the point of exhaustion.

Shen Xun looked at Jiang Lai pleadingly, hoping she'd say it was false.

Jiang Lai, however, nodded: "Yeah, that's right."

The day wasn't over yet, and she was indeed still Ke Zhongyu's nominal girlfriend.

In an instant, Shen Xun's heart split in two; his hanging hand clenched into a fist—if there weren't so many people around, he would have attacked Ke Zhongyu regardless of consequences.

Jiang Lai ignored his pained gaze and continued: "You're looking for me because of Shen Lao's patent—he's already given it to another company, so give up."

Those words hit like a boulder—not only on Shen Xun, but also ringing in the Fu siblings' ears.

Fu Youlin looked stunned: "Shen Lao's patent has already been given to another company?"

Shen Xun had thought there was still room to maneuver, but it was already gone.

The Fu siblings are here too—Director Fu will soon find out about this.

Since it's come to this, let them know.

He couldn't blame Jiang Lai for doing this—because compared to that, he now wants to know whether his divorce from Jiang Lai is real or not.

Shen Xun: "Jiang Lai, about the divorce—"

Jiang Lai: "If you have time to argue here about whether we're divorced, you might as well go back to the Shen family and ask your parents—the divorce certificate is in their hands."

Ke Zhongyu gave Chi Ce a sidelong glance.

Chi Ce understood and stepped forward, issuing the eviction order: "President Shen, this place isn't welcoming you—do you want to leave on your own, or should the two of us escort you out? President Shen, things have gotten quite undignified by now; do yourself a favor and save some face."

Shen Xun indeed needed to go back to ask about the divorce certificate; he reluctantly glanced at Jiang Lai, then turned and left.

Seeing this, the Fu siblings realized they couldn't continue eating the hot pot, and soon left as well.

The matter of Shen Lao's patent and Shen Xun's divorce both need to be told to his father as soon as possible.

Jiang Lai's appetite was ruined by Shen Xun.

Just then, Chi Ce received a call from the delivery rider, brought in the chili peppers, and asked: "President Ke had me buy these—do you still want to eat them?"

Jiang Lai was fine again.

"Eat."

The three of them sat down to continue.

……

In the Shen family's study, Shen Xi was rummaging through things.

Last time Jiang Lai had asked her to look for Lin Shutong's prenatal checkup report; her first reaction was to go to Lin Shutong's place.

But she had hit Lin Shutong, already breaking relations—Lin Shutong pulled back like a turtle, hiding and avoiding people, and didn't reply to messages.

She went to her older brother's place, saying the password had been changed; she tried a second time and got it right—wasn't that the day her brother and Jiang Lai got married?

She was also quite smart.

However, the place had already been emptied out.

After returning, she told her parents about it; they weren't surprised at all, even guessing they'd bought a better place so they could bring Jiang Lai back to live there.

Fine.

Jiang Lai as a sister-in-law is far better than Lin Shutong.

She has accepted Jiang Lai.

Since she couldn't find it there, she could only go home and search—maybe her brother had given a copy to their parents for them to look at, and they had put it away?

In the end, she didn't find Lin Shutong's pregnancy report, but instead turned up two red booklets in a drawer's interlayer.

One was a marriage certificate, the other a divorce certificate.

Shen Xi was shocked—had her parents divorced?

She hurriedly opened it, and the names on it were unmistakably Shen Xun and Jiang Lai.

"My brother and Jiang Lai are divorced?!" Shen Xi exclaimed in surprise.

Mother Shen pushed open the study door, saw what she had pulled out in her hand, and immediately stepped forward, snatching it away.

"What are you rummaging through?"

Shen Xi watched her mother about to put the red booklet back, and pressed: "When did they divorce? How come I didn't know?"

"What does a little kid know?" Mother Shen shoved her daughter's back, saying, "Go on, get out—you're not allowed to tell your brother about this, keep it secret, got it?"

The two went out, and Father Shen just happened to be returning from outside.

Mother Shen said: "Little Xi just found the divorce certificate."

Father Shen glanced at his daughter, his face worried, and said: "If only we had gotten a fake divorce certificate back then."

"Who would have thought Jiang Lai could have this status?" Mother Shen poured him a cup of water, feeling both regret and anger: "You say Jiang Lai, neither early nor late, just at that time secretly got our son to sign the divorce agreement, and then provoked us to go get her a divorce certificate—are you just afraid we'd find out who she really is?"

"You say this person, she's capable of hiding something on herself, but if she had even hinted a little to us, we wouldn't have treated her like this..."

Before the words had finished, someone was pressing the password lock.

Besides them, only the son knew the password, so it must be the son returning.

Mother Shen quickly shut her mouth.

Father Shen warned his daughter not to speak recklessly.

The front door opened, and Shen Xun looked toward his smiling parents and sister calling his name, then walked up expressionlessly.

"Was it you who arranged my divorce from Jiang Lai?"

A sudden glance made Mother Shen's heart skip; she hadn't expected the son to still know about this, she felt a bit panicked but managed a smile: "Who's spreading rumors?"

Shen Xun's dark, heavy gaze fixed on them: "Jiang Lai."

Father Shen frowned: "Didn't she promise not to publicize this?"

"Indeed." Shen Xun's smile was bitter as he angrily questioned his father: "Why did you do this? Why do you always interfere in my affairs with Jiang Lai?"

Father Shen's face darkened.

Shen Xi saw the situation was wrong and silently stepped back.

Seeing that father and son were about to argue, Mother Shen quickly rose and grabbed her son: "This isn't your father's fault; Jiang Lai brought the divorce agreement, and she herself wanted the divorce."

Shen Xun knew, but he didn't accept it.

"Just signing the divorce agreement isn't enough; now there's a cooling-off period for divorce, and if either party disagrees, it can't be easily dissolved! When you found out Jiang Lai had the divorce agreement, why didn't you tell me?"

Shen Xun refused to let up, shouting: "What about Jiang Lai makes you so displeased? Behind my back you're trying to get the divorce certificate!"

"Shen Xun." Father Shen stood up, not allowing his son to challenge his authority: "I'm telling you, if it weren't for you looking down on Jiang Lai yourself, we wouldn't have looked down on her either!"

Shen Xi nodded slightly and said softly: "Brother, you're always ordering Jiang Lai around; we see you doing that and follow suit."

Lin Shutong's words—"The one who harmed Jiang Lai isn't me; the real culprit is you"—echoed once again in Shen Xun's ears.

Shen Xun's body swayed, all ten fingers trembling.

It was his fault.

From beginning to end, it was his fault.

He was wrong…