Chapter 37: Though a Beauty, She Is Past Her Prime

Having proposed divorce in public, Si Rong suddenly felt a sense of relief wash over her.

At the same time, the scene practically exploded into chaos.

As Shen Lan's superior, Ma County Magistrate had originally assumed that with his own upcoming promotion, the position of County Magistrate would most likely fall to Shen Lan.

After all, setting aside the strength of their individual capabilities, just the fact that Shen Lan was the son-in-law of the Si Family meant that others could only look up to him.

Yet, this was the first time he had seen such a fool as Shen Lan, personally snapping his own ladder to the clouds.

What kind of family was the Si Family? Since Si Rong dared to say it on such an occasion, it meant that she already had sufficient evidence in her hands, and there was no longer any possibility with Shen Lan!

Ma County Magistrate naturally had an impression of this woman; she spoke in a gentle, soft-spoken manner, possessing the delicate appearance of a Jiangnan beauty.

It was just unexpected that her temperament would be this ruthless.

Though a beauty, she was already past her prime.

He remembered she was about forty years old; a woman of this age, yet she dared to divorce?

To tell the truth, Ma County Magistrate could understand Shen Lan.

A woman's world could revolve around only one man, and for the sake of love, she could confine herself to a small circle and busy herself with domestic chores.

But men were different; a man's world was vast, and women came and went like flowers adorning the world.

Even if one had a beautiful one at home, upon going out and seeing other fresh ones, one would always want to take a sniff of what they smelled like.

This was very normal.

When he was younger years ago, he too had plucked flowers outside.

After his wife discovered it and made a scene, he had neatly and cleanly settled the flowers outside with money.

His wife had also forgiven him, and the two of them continued their little life in harmony and happiness.

Actually, someone like him could already be considered a good man.

Yet he could not understand Shen Lan; there were thousands upon thousands of flowers in the world, yet he had to go and touch the one thing his wife could least tolerate: her closest friend.

Which woman could tolerate that?

It was just a pity that from now on, this Shen Lan would likely have no future to speak of.

"Rongrong, don't be impulsive," Shen Lan soothed; he naturally knew that today's Dance Competition was being broadcast live.

As soon as he thought about how this farce today might affect his future and his reputation, he felt incomparably terrified inside.

"Let's discuss these private matters between us when we get home, and I will explain it to you slowly."

"It really is a misunderstanding; Li Xuan and I are innocent."

Upon hearing this excuse, Li Xuan immediately understood his intention.

In her heart, she was instantly very disappointed in this man.

After all, what she craved was for Shen Lan to publicly admit in such a setting that she was his true love, and to acknowledge her in front of everyone.

But she also knew very clearly in her heart that, as things stood, denial was the best solution.

Otherwise, the futures of both her and Shen Lan would be ruined.

"Right!" Li Xuan hurriedly chimed in, "There is nothing between us; Si Rong, you must not misunderstand!"

Her meetings with Shen Lan were always so covert, even like underground operatives meeting in the past; Si Rong must be imagining things, she couldn't possibly have any evidence!

Unexpectedly, in the next second, Si Rong took evidence out of her bag; it was exactly the specific details of the two of them meeting that she had asked Sun Qiang to help investigate.

"In January, before Shen Lan went on a business trip, he called you, and then you both went to the neighboring county. At the time, Shen Lan did not have the unit's car take him; the two of you took the train together..."

Listening to these detailed times and locations, the faces of Li Xuan and Shen Lan instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

How could this be?

What on earth was going on?

How could Si Rong know?

Below the stage, the crowd was whispering and discussing.

"What a slap in the face! If there wasn't evidence, these two would definitely deny it; so shameless!"

"They have completely disgraced our Huaiyi! After today, I reckon all of Huaiyang will know that our Huaiyi has a mistress teacher who shamelessly hooked up with her best friend's man and even had a child for him!"

"It's not like she was that shameless from the first day; you guys don't know, the previous part was even funnier. This sister lied to everyone at school, saying she was the goddaughter recognized by the Si Family, and as a result, she was exposed on the spot by the Si Family's own daughter!"

"If I were her, I wouldn't go on living; I'd just jump into the river and die!"

"Then you've got it wrong! The more someone is like this, the more shameless they are; they live long. Who knows, maybe she's happy in her heart right now that she can become the County Magistrate's wife!"

Listening to these discussions, although Li Xuan felt grief and indignation, she certainly would not go and die!

Shen Lan was hers to begin with; she had given birth to twins for Shen Lan, and they were the real family!

But Shen Lan's reaction left her somewhat bewildered.

Si Rong walked off the stage and took a divorce agreement out of her bag on the spot for Shen Lan to sign, but Shen Lan was unwilling to sign.

"Rongrong, I'm sorry, I apologize to you; we cannot divorce, I love you in my heart!"

"Rongrong, be good, don't force me. We are at such an age, we can't divorce. I promise I won't have any contact with Li Xuan again in the future; let's live our lives well as a family. Can you forgive me this once?"

In a daze, Li Xuan couldn't even tell if he was acting or speaking his true feelings.

Si Rong raised her red lips in a resolute arc, looking down from above, "I will not forgive you; sign it!"

She no longer loved this man, so naturally, she had no more patience to listen to his nonsense.

Shen Lan:...

Not forgive him? How could that be?

He had merely committed a mistake that every man would commit.

"Listen to me," at this moment, Shen Lan only thought about how to make Si Rong forgive him, and for a moment, he even forgot what kind of occasion this was, "It's not just me who is like this. Do you know Ma County Magistrate? He also had a woman outside a few years ago, and later his wife forgave him."

So, why couldn't Si Rong forgive him?

Even if she was a little fairy of the Si Family, marrying him was considered falling into the mortal world; why was it that things other women could tolerate, she, Si Rong, could not?

Did she think she was still that young girl in the bloom of her youth, just over ten years old?

In a few more years, when Shen Chi gets married and takes a wife, Si Rong will be old enough to be a Nainai!

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly went quiet.

By the time Shen Lan reacted, he noticed Ma County Magistrate's colorful expression; had he just spoken about a secret of Ma County Magistrate?

Jiang Yu was about to laugh out loud; watching this idiot Shen Lan perform was much more exciting than watching a dance competition.

There are many people who badmouth their superiors behind their backs, but only Shen Lan dared to do it to their face—and not just to their face, but in front of so many high-ranking leaders and entrepreneurs of Huaiyang today, as well as the Huaiyang County livestream cameras.

Not only was he ruining his own future, he even wanted to ruin his superior's!

Thrilling!