"Jingcheng, Xinyue is gone. Is she angry again?"
Shen Siyao looked aggrieved and couldn't help but look at Bo Jingcheng in front of her.
"Siyao, don't worry about her. I think it's because I've been too good to her lately that she doesn't realize her place in this family."
Bo Jingcheng didn't care; his handsome face was filled with anger.
Shen Siyao was secretly pleased with herself, but on the surface she looked pitiful: "I thought I had done something to upset her again."
Bo Xuan held Shen Siyao's hand and said, "Aunt Siyao, don't be nervous. Mommy is so mean. She's just jealous of you. Let's ignore her."
Bo Jingcheng patted Bo Xuan's head and said, "Xuanxuan, be good. With Daddy here, I won't let anyone bully you."
Chen Siyao said softly, "Jingcheng, you're still the best to us. But I always feel bad about Xinyue being like this."
Bo Jingcheng snorted coldly: "She doesn't know what's good for her, so she can't blame anyone else."
Hearing Bo Jingcheng's words, Shen Siyao's smugness intensified.
As night falls, the city's neon lights begin to twinkle.
Jiang Xinyue wandered aimlessly through the streets. The cold wind blew by, but it couldn't dispel the resentment and sorrow in her heart.
She didn't know how long she had walked until her legs ached, at which point she sat down on a park bench.
Looking at the pitch-black night sky before her, Jiang Xinyue couldn't help but tear up.
She never expected that Bo Jingcheng would go so far as to openly bring his mistress in front of his son and even have her take care of his son's life.
Even her own son sided with the mistress.
She felt that all her forbearance and perseverance for her son had become so ridiculous at this moment.
[System, if I fail to complete the mission, will I really disappear from this world?]
The system's long-lost voice reached my ears.
Yes, host.
[System, please check Bo Jingcheng's favorability rating.]
[Reporting to host: The male lead's current affection level towards you is 40%. His affection level towards Shen Siyao is 60%.]
Jiang Xinyue looked at the favorability rating displayed on the screen and smiled bitterly.
She doesn't have much time left in this world.
Originally, the person she was most reluctant to part with was her son, Bo Xuan.
But Bo Xuan's attitude towards her was exactly the same as Bo Jingcheng's.
Sometimes, she wondered whether Bo Xuan resembled her more or Bo Jingcheng more.
At that moment, she began to think that she didn't want custody of her son.
[System, if I give up fighting for custody, will it affect the progress of the strategy?] Jiang Xinyue asked in a low voice with a complicated expression.
[Host, relinquishing custody may significantly increase the difficulty of your strategy, reducing your success rate to less than 10%, and the male lead's affection level may also drop drastically.]
The system's voice was devoid of any emotion, yet it struck Jiang Xinyue's heart like a heavy hammer.
Jiang Xinyue bit her lip, struggling internally.
On one hand, there is her son's estrangement from her and the numerous obstacles she encounters in the process of fighting for custody; on the other hand, there is the cruel reality that if she fails to win him over, she will disappear from this world.
After a long while, Jiang Xinyue took a deep breath and slowly said, "Either way, we're going to die. Rather than dying a pathetic death like this, we might as well make these two scoundrels pay the price."
[Host, friendly reminder: Your points have now reached 10,000. You can actually use these points to redeem a resurrection card. This way, you can safely return to the real world.]
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xinyue wiped away her tears and couldn't help but roll her eyes. "System, why didn't you say so earlier?"
[The host has not inquired about points redemption beforehand, and the system, following the rules, has not brought it up proactively.] The system's voice remained mechanical.
Jiang Xinyue gritted her teeth, feeling a pang of annoyance, but then calmed down and thought things through.
The resurrection card could bring her back to the real world, but she was unwilling to give up so easily, watching Bo Jingcheng and Shen Siyao living carefree lives while her son remained completely unaware of the truth.
"When can I return to the real world?"
[As long as the host abandons the pursuit, the male lead's affection for you will drop to 10%, and you can return to the real world once your body dies.]
"Okay, I understand." Jiang Xinyue nodded.
Should she continue trying to seduce a scumbag like Bo Jingcheng? She couldn't do it.
Now, all she wants is for the scumbag and his mistress to die quickly.
A ruthless glint flashed in Jiang Xinyue's eyes. She decided to no longer follow the rules of the so-called strategy, but to make Bo Jingcheng and Shen Siyao pay a heavy price for their actions in her own way.
When they returned to the Bo family home, neither Bo Jingcheng nor Bo Xuan were there; they had not come back.
Jiang Xinyue opened an app that she could use to check the location of Bo Xuan's smartwatch on his wrist, in order to prevent him from getting lost.
Jiang Xinyue looked at the location of Bo Xuan displayed on her phone screen and found that he was in a high-end restaurant with Bo Jingcheng.
Presumably, the father and son are having dinner with that woman.
Jiang Xinyue picked up her phone and sent the restaurant's location to the private investigator she had hired before, asking him to film her husband's infidelity.
Soon, the other party sent a "received" emoji.
All she had to do was stay at home and wait patiently.
Immediately afterwards, she made another call to her close friend Qin Ruolin, who works at the law firm.
"Hey, Ruolin."
"Xinyue, it's so late, why are you looking for me?" Qin Ruolin on the phone must have just gotten off work, as she sounded a little tired.
"Ruolin, I'm sorry! I disturbed your rest. I just wanted to ask you for a favor."
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