Chapter 557

"You're back?" Qiao Muting spoke first.

Shu Xia gave a very indifferent "mm."

Seeing Shu Xia's cold attitude, Qiao Muting only shot her a cold glance before withdrawing his gaze, immediately raising a stern brow, "In a bad mood?"

"You knew about Huo Jingyan cheating, didn't you?" Shu Xia didn't want to be sarcastic; she asked directly.

While Qiao Muting was surprised, he roughly understood, "Jiang Nannan found out?"

He had only warned Huo Jingyan yesterday not to play with fire, and yet he had already burned himself today?

As soon as Shu Xia heard this, she understood, "You knew all along, didn't you? Do you all enjoy hanging out and partying with mistresses?"

Near vermilion, one gets stained red; near ink, one gets stained black. She didn't believe Qiao Muting could keep himself clean.

It was fortunate that she only had a good impression of Qiao Muting during this time and hadn't escalated it to liking or love; otherwise, she would definitely be feeling the same way as Nannan right now.

But she still felt physically and mentally uncomfortable.

Qiao Muting's eyes darkened, "I did know, but are you overthinking it?"

What kind of look was that she just gave him?

Disgust?

It was as if she were just short of saying the words "get lost" out loud.

"I'm not overthinking it." Shu Xia's tone remained indifferent, "I'm tired. I'm going to the guest room to rest today."

As she spoke, Shu Xia went straight upstairs without even sparing Qiao Muting a glance.

She had a faint headache now. If a mistress ever came to her door one day and asked her to give up her position, how should she handle it then?

Perhaps she should think of a contingency plan now.

Qiao Muting frowned, his long legs following her upstairs, "Huo Jingyan is Huo Jingyan, and I am I; they cannot be lumped together. He and that Ye Yaoguang only got together recently. If Jiang Nannan hadn't discovered it, he probably would have already broken it off."

Shu Xia stopped, "Broken off is broken off, that doesn't mean it didn't happen. Since the matter has reached Jiang Nannan, it means it hasn't been broken off. I know your relationship with Huo Jingyan, and you are not wrong to defend him from your perspective, but I don't believe that things that have happened can be erased just by saying they're broken off. Perhaps... our values are just incompatible; it's normal for some ideas to be inconsistent."

"By the way, I don't want a mistress running to me to cause a scene one day. If you really have a girl you like, just tell me directly then; our divorce won't be that troublesome."

Qiao Muting understood; she thought he and Huo Jingyan were the same kind of person. He had indeed thought similarly to Huo Jingyan in the past.

He was more interested in his career than in women.

But Huo Jingyan had suddenly had his soul snatched away by a secretary, a matter he still hadn't figured out to this day.

"There won't be any mistresses, and I won't like other women. Put your heart at ease," Qiao Muting promised in a deep voice.

Shu Xia was slightly stunned, and she looked at Qiao Muting thoughtfully, "Okay."

Qiao Muting hadn't expected Shu Xia to suddenly become reasonable again, "You believe me?"

"I believe you. I'm really tired, I'm going to rest first." Shu Xia nodded, went upstairs, and headed straight for the guest room.

Qiao Muting's face darkened.

She said she believed him, but her actions said otherwise.

"Back to the master bedroom." Qiao Muting stepped forward and scooped Shu Xia up by the waist.

It was one thing for her not to be home, but she wanted to sleep in separate beds while at home?

Shu Xia was suddenly airborne and was given a huge fright, "Put me down!"

"Aren't you tired? I'll help you bathe." Qiao Muting felt it was necessary to let her understand what the consequences of not believing him would be.

Shu Xia was terrified; he was going to bathe her?

"No... no need, I'll do it myself."

"Lest someone misunderstand that I have other women, I think it's very necessary to prove tonight whether or not I have other women." Qiao Muting said every word through gritted teeth.

Shu Xia didn't even have a chance to say no before her clothes were skillfully stripped off by him.