Chapter 496: Extra: Future Timeline Part 2

Extra: Future Timeline Part 2

Extra: Future Timeline Part 2

Now that they were all getting on in years and had achieved success in their careers, Shen Lan truly did not wish to divorce Si Rong and become a laughingstock for everyone.

Yes, he had fathered two children with Li Xuan when he was young, but what man with money and ability didn't have a wife and concubines?

Other women could endure it, so why was it that she, Si Rong, could not?

Splash—

Si Rong picked up the hot tea on the table in front of her and splashed it onto Shen Lan's face.

"Who cares about being your Mrs. Shen?"

The eighty-degree-plus hot water made Shen Lan jump up in pain; he covered half his face and exclaimed, "Si Rong, have you gone mad?"

He was a County Magistrate, after all, and had a meeting tomorrow; what would he do if his face was disfigured?

The Si Rong before him made him feel somewhat like a stranger. "Where has the elegance of your youth gone? How have you become a shrew now?"

Li Xuan had already picked up a tissue and was dabbing Shen Lan's face with a look of distress. "That's right, if you have any anger, take it out on me. Men and women are different; he needs to save face."

"Oh, face? Even a mistress like you, whom everyone wants to beat, knows about saving face? Do the leaders at your school know you are this shameless?"

Li Xuan's expression turned ugly; she was a Vice Principal, yet this woman dared to speak to her in such a tone. "The one who isn't loved is the mistress; please mind your phrasing."

"Still playing dumb?" Jiang Zhi smiled slightly. "I hope you can keep being this righteous."

Li Xuan could, of course, keep being this righteous.

Regardless of what was said in name, she was the true wife of the County Magistrate and had raised two very outstanding children.

"Jiang Zhi! Don't you dare talk about my mother like that!" Shen Yuan immediately stood up to defend Li Xuan.

In her heart, her mother was an independent woman, unlike Si Rong, who had relied on her maiden family and Shen Lan all these years like a parasite.

"That's right, no one here is a mistress," Shen Chi stared warningly at Jiang Zhi. With the Si Family company as his springboard, he was about to become a multi-millionaire boss, and he could not allow others to frame his mother so casually. "I ask this Ms. Jiang to conduct yourself with dignity."

Jiang Zhi watched as Li Xuan hooked her arm through Shen Lan's in a show of defiance, feeling deeply aggrieved on behalf of her godmother.

However, fortunately, she had come prepared.

The private room door was pushed open, and a crowd of reporters swarmed in, raising their cameras to snap photos of Shen Lan, Li Xuan, and the others.

"It's this woman! She has been the mistress of our great County Magistrate Shen for decades. I don't know what's wrong with Huaiyi; how can they let someone with such character be their Vice Principal?"

Jiang Zhi pulled Si Rong to the side, giving up the space to the reporters.

The family of four, the Shen family, was instantly besieged.

"May I ask County Magistrate Shen, how many years has this relationship between you and Vice Principal Li been going on? Have you considered how this relationship hurts your original wife?"

"May I ask County Magistrate Shen, is it true that you and your secret mistress gave birth to twins and had your original wife, Ms. Si, raise them for you?"

"I am Xiao Fang, a reporter from the Southern Daily. May I ask if Shen Yuan is the child you had with Ms. Li Xuan? Her encyclopedia entry shows her mother is Ms. Si Rong; is this a publicity stunt?"

Shen Yuan hurriedly picked up the menu on the table to cover her face. Heavens! Si Rong was truly excessive; as a housewife who understood nothing, she was a big star!

But she had covered it too late; over a dozen high-definition cameras were aimed at her, and she quickly surged onto the trending list.

In the end, it took security guards to escort Shen Lan and Li Xuan as they fled the teahouse in a sorry state.

They were extremely angry.

"Is Si Rong trying to destroy me?" Shen Yuan was furious, not even willing to call her 'Mom' anymore. "Does she know that if my fans see these revelations, they will all become scandals for me in the future!"

She did not want such a stain to exist on her record.

"Is Mom crazy?" Shen Chi also found it completely incomprehensible. Although Si Rong had been a housewife all these years, it could not be denied that their whole family's current happiness was inseparable from the support of the Si Family.

That was why they opposed Shen Lan and Si Rong's divorce.

They were over sixty years old; to put it bluntly, they were already half in the grave, so what would they do in their later years if they divorced?

Just say, where she would be buried after she died was a problem. Even if the Si Family valued her, they had brothers and nephews after all; could they really let her be buried in the Si Family's ancestral grave?

Yes, the Si Family had money and could buy a cemetery, but wouldn't that make her a lonely ghost?

She just knew how to make a scene about divorce. If she just turned a blind eye and served Father together with Mom, how wonderful it would be for everyone to live in harmony; why couldn't Si Rong understand this simple logic?

What good would a divorce do her?

But soon, they realized that Si Rong was playing for real.

The video recorded by the reporters that day had not been released; it was all held in Si Rong's hands.

She was very composed. "Divorce, and we go our separate ways; otherwise, I will leak these materials. Then, Shen Lan, your position as County Magistrate, Li Xuan, your position as Vice Principal, and Shen Yuan, your future, will all be finished. I only give you three minutes to consider. The countdown begins."

Shen Lan panicked; his position as County Magistrate was as important to him as his life. He sighed, "Rongrong, must we reach this point between us?"

"Don't be disgusting; this is the path you chose yourself. Ten, nine, eight,"

"I agree!" Shen Lan promised. Behind him, the mother and daughter, Li Xuan and Shen Yuan, clearly let out a sigh of relief at the same time.

Si Rong was still too willful; she would definitely regret it after the divorce.

"Rongrong, after all, we have so many years of affection between us. If you have any problems you can't solve in the future, come find me anytime."

Si Rong watched him sign the divorce agreement and only felt at ease after having the lawyer behind her confirm it. "You probably won't be of any use in the future."

"Rongrong," Shen Lan was somewhat reluctant. "I've already signed the agreement; can you give me the video materials now?"

"Of course."

Watching Si Rong hand over the video materials, Shen Lan and the others let out a sigh of relief simultaneously.