Chapter 84 The ex-husband and wife never thought alike.

Yu Yan looked at the bodyguards' expressions and encouraged them.

“If it concerns me, then there’s nothing I can’t say. It’s better for you to tell me than for me to find out from Xiang Jingheng. At least it will give me some mental preparation.”

this……

Seeing that the bodyguards' expressions had softened slightly, Yu Yan coaxed them gently: "Don't think of me as too fragile. I was married to Xiang Jingheng and we were together for three years. I know him best. I've heard all the most hurtful and inhuman things he's said. He can't hurt me. You can say whatever you want."

Since the bodyguards were Shao Muyan's men, they couldn't help but worry about Third Master inside, so they each recited Xiang Jingheng's bastard remarks from that day.

"He did it on purpose, to provoke Third Master into hitting him."

The bodyguard said indignantly, "Miss Yu, you didn't see the way he looked. He was so annoying that we all wanted to hit him! But Third Master didn't give us a chance."

Yu Yan remained silent for a while before saying, "It's right that you didn't lay a hand on them. The surveillance cameras captured it all. If it had been a group fight, the situation would have been even worse."

“Xiang Jingheng is indeed a bastard,” Yu Yan said in a deep voice. “He deserved the beating.”

If she were there, she'd give him a good slap too.

"Third Master told us not to tell you, afraid you'd get angry if you heard." The bodyguards were furious.

Yu Yan twitched the corner of her mouth. "I know Uncle Yan is protecting me."

It's not worth it just to have her locked up for a few days, which would also be recorded in her file.

After sitting on the sofa for a while, Yu Yan looked at the brown paper bag on the coffee table, sorted out her thoughts, took out her phone, and pulled Xiang Jingheng's contact information out of the blacklist.

With a flick of her finger, Yu Yan dialed Xiang Jingheng's number.

The call was answered quickly.

Neither of them spoke; a silent tension flowed between the two ends of the phone.

"Yu Yan?" Xiang Jingheng spoke first, his voice hoarse and weak.

Yu Yan hummed in agreement. "It's me."

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.

Xiang Jingheng's hoarse voice carried a chilling undertone: "Let me guess, you went to see Shao Muyan first after you came back, and then you called me, right?"

Yu Yan remained silent.

Xiang Jingheng gave a wry smile. "Fine, you've forgotten your old love now that you have a new one. If it weren't for the condition I proposed, I probably wouldn't even have received a call from you."

He was eccentric and unreasonable.

"Xiang Jingheng, let's talk." Yu Yan didn't want to talk about love or anything like that with him; it wasn't appropriate for them to discuss such things.

That's ridiculous.

Xiang Jingheng's voice turned cold. "My condition is that if you want to reconcile, you must come to see me in person."

Yu Yan's voice was even colder than his.

"How dare you make me come to see you in person?"

Xiang Jingheng gritted his teeth: "Yu, Yan!"

He couldn't stand Yu Yan's cold and sarcastic tone when she spoke to him.

It's all because of that bastard Shao Muyan.

"Xiang Jingheng, why did my Uncle Yan hit you?" Yu Yan asked him directly.

"..." Xiang Jingheng was speechless.

"Because you asked him if he had won me over, and said I was difficult to deal with and hard to get, right?"

Xiang Jingheng: "..."

"You even seemed to have given him some advice, using vulgar and shameless language. I saw your face on the surveillance footage."

Yu Yan spoke calmly, word by word, as if she were not talking about her own affairs.

"Cough cough cough." Xiang Jingheng coughed, somewhat flustered, "I... I didn't mean to... no, I did it on purpose..."

He was rambling incoherently.

"I never realized you liked making fun of other people's private lives."

Yu Yan said coldly, "For the sake of competition, you don't hesitate to attack other people's sexual orientation and expose their privacy. Now you're even going after your own ex-wife. But what good does it do you to slander and insult me? To feel better?"

"No, that's not how it is..."

Xiang Jingheng coughed incessantly. He had caused all this trouble, risking offending Shao Muyan and the Shao family, just to see Yu Yan!

He wanted to clear up all the misunderstandings and tell Yu Yan that he wasn't that kind of person!

But it seems the busier they are, the more chaotic things become.

Things are getting out of hand.

"You want to see me, but I don't want to see you."

Yu Yan's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Xiang Jingheng's head, chilling him to the bone.

"You did all this for the sake of the chip collaboration, but now the opportunity is gone. WD Research Labs has already signed a contract with Huaxiang Technology."

Yu Yan said in a businesslike tone: "At the moment, there is no need for us to meet, but I have some other things that you may be interested in."

Xiang Jingheng did not respond to her.

There was no sound on the other end of the phone, but Yu Yan knew Xiang Jingheng was listening, so she continued:

"Gan Xiaoxing has switched careers to become an internet celebrity, and she's quite popular. She's cultivated a persona of a beautiful scientist. I looked at her business card, which detailed how many high-profile papers she's published. But I have some evidence of her academic fraud. If it gets out, her persona will collapse, and you and Xiang Chu, as participants in the account, will also be affected."

Xiang Jingheng initially didn't react much, but after Yu Yan mentioned Xiang Chu, he couldn't help but say, "Don't misunderstand, Xiang Chu just helped her godmother take a few sets of photos; the child just thought it was fun."

“I didn’t misunderstand. There are many parent-child accounts like this on the internet now. Gan Xiaoxing will become your family sooner or later. I don’t care about your family’s affairs.”

Yu Yan said calmly, "As for Xiang Chu, as long as he's happy. Although he's my son, no one can dictate that a child must be closer to his biological mother. As he grows up, he can naturally choose who his mother is."

"Yu Yan..." Xiang Jingheng wanted to say something more.

Yu Yan interrupted, "Alright, there's no need to discuss this anymore. What I want to discuss with you now is Gan Xiaoxing. I can give you all this evidence and guarantee it won't be leaked. In exchange, you agree to a settlement."

"I won't agree."

Xiang Jingheng said without hesitation, "I don't care about Gan Xiaoxing's affairs. She can do whatever she wants. We're not related."

"You're not going to do anything?"

Yu Yan frowned. "Did I not make myself clear? Your name, Xiang Jingheng, is linked to her video account. Once she's exposed as a fraud, this account will be affected. You, Xiang Chu, and Gan Xiaoxing are all in cahoots."

"I'll trade you what you care about most, and you still won't?"

Yu Yan didn't quite understand. "Or do you think I'm just trying to scare you, that you're afraid to hand these things over?"

"The one I care about most..." Xiang Jingheng's brows furrowed tightly, "You think the one I care about most is Gan Xiaoxing?"

"Otherwise what?"

"..." Xiang Jingheng was so angry with Yu Yan that his stomach hurt. He didn't know if it was because he was missing a screw in his head or if Yu Yan was missing a screw in her head.

Their thought processes have never aligned!

I'll say it again.

Xiang Jingheng gritted his teeth, his ribs throbbing with pain. "Whether you report Gan Xiaoxing or not is none of my business, I can't control it. My conditions remain unchanged. If you want me to reconcile, fine."

"You, come to the hospital in person to see me."

"Today, immediately, right now!"