"Instruct the gym to be cleared out and closed... Yes, now."
The man, looking solemn, spoke in a deep voice while on the phone.
He was trying to protect her reputation so that other people in the gym would find out about Shi Xia's affair.
The two people in the corner had already stood up. Shi Xia was disheveled and crying, while Lu Ming was tidying up his clothes, frantically stuffing the hem of his shirt into his clothes, but he couldn't manage to get it in several times.
Thinking of my pregnant cousin-in-law and his handsome son, I glared at him fiercely.
Scumbag!
"Brother Fu..." Shi Xia was already in tears, looking at Fu Yanshen's back, she called out in a hoarse voice.
She also secretly gave me a sharp look.
Behind Fu Yanshen's back, she's now completely unrestrained towards me.
I gave her a look of disdain and disgust.
"Straighten your clothes!" Fu Yanshen said, his back to her, his tone low and serious, clearly revealing his anger.
He was furious that his childhood sweetheart, whom he had always devoted to protecting, was having an affair with another man.
Serves them right.
May he have cheated on his wife in his past life, become blind in heart and eyes, and misjudged people.
I felt smug and very pleased.
Shi Xia seemed to sense Fu Yanshen's anger, and was visibly startled. She then lowered her head to straighten her clothes, her shoulders trembling.
Still playing the victim.
She buttoned her clothes and slowly walked up to Fu Yanshen.
Why is that?
Fu Yanshen rubbed the bulging veins on his temples with his fingertips, glanced at Shi Xia, and asked in a deep voice.
Shi Xia looked up, her eyes brimming with tears, her dark pupils staring straight at him. She pouted, looking very aggrieved.
"Brother Fu, I just like you!"
She made a surprising statement.
Fu Yanshen, Lu Ming, and I were all shocked.
Shi Xia looked up, her cheeks flushed, tears streaming down her face.
"I just like you... Seeing you and Miss... seeing you two so loving makes my heart ache..." she said, choking back tears.
These cheesy words gave me goosebumps all over.
She actually confessed her feelings to Fu Yanshen at this time.
What kind of bizarre thought process is this?
Fu Yanshen's brows were furrowed, his expression complex, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"I'm inseparable from you every day, and I'm constantly suppressing my feelings of love and bitterness for you. It's so painful, but I can't ruin your marriage with the young lady. So, I had to vent to him. I felt that only by destroying myself would I be ineligible to love you!"
Shi Xia said loudly.
Listening to her speech, my worldview was shattered. What kind of twisted logic is this?
She can actually describe adultery in such a refreshing and tragic way!
"Shi Xia, stop pretending! You don't want to ruin things between me and Fu Yanshen, but what about Lu Ming? He's a married man!" I shouted at her mockingly.
Shi Xia looked at me, and her tears flowed even more fiercely.
"Because he's a scumbag! Only by being with a scumbag do I feel even less worthy of liking Brother Fu!" She said emotionally, clutching her chest, looking utterly heartbroken.
"That's just sophistry! You even conspired with Lu Ming—"
"I, I'm not—"
I argued with her, but Shi Xia interrupted me excitedly. Before she could finish speaking, she clutched her chest and was about to collapse when Fu Yanshen strode forward.
Shi Xia fell into his arms.
"Shi Xia!" Fu Yan called out in a deep voice.
He then scooped her up in his arms and strode toward the door.
Is this summer just an act?
Although Fu Yanshen said that she had undergone major heart surgery and could not be stimulated.
"Joe, Joe—"
As soon as Fu Yanshen disappeared, Lu Ming, who had been silent all along, finally spoke.
I turned around and stared at him intently.
"Lu Ming, I know everything about your shady dealings with Shi Xia! Just wait until Fu Yanshen investigates and deals with you!"
He was clearly taken aback by what I said.
I turned to leave, but he rushed up to me and knelt down with a thud.
"Qiaoqiao, I was so stupid. Several companies I invested in went bankrupt one after another, and I couldn't keep my money flowing. So I embezzled some public funds. Shi Xia, who was transferred to my department, found out about it. She used this as leverage to blackmail me and make me plot against you with her! My dear sister, you have to protect me! I promise I'll never do anything so stupid again!"
Lu Ming looked up at me, his face full of regret, and pleaded with me.
I shook off his hand. "Do you think I'll still believe you? Still have a soft heart? I heard everything you and Shi Xia said. You two are in cahoots, you're all in the same boat!"
"I only did this because of my pregnant sister-in-law; otherwise, I would have sent you to the police station long ago! Lu Ming, you're thirty years old; you have to take responsibility for your mistakes!"
I said it coldly and then left.
"Qiaoqiao, I really know I was wrong. What I did was an economic crime, and I'll go to jail. Please help me plead with President Fu for me. I don't want to go to jail. Your sister-in-law has gestational hypertension, which is already dangerous. If she finds out, she won't be able to handle it."
Lu Ming knelt down and walked around to me. After he finished speaking, he kept slapping his own face.
"Now you're thinking about your sister-in-law and the child, but what about when you were making mistakes? What about when you were having affairs with that disgusting woman?"
He was rendered speechless by my retort, and could only keep slapping his own face while repeatedly apologizing.
"I treated you like family, I thought about you, I took the blame for you, but did you ever treat me like family? You conspired with outsiders to frame me, and now you're begging me... Do you really think I'm a saint?"
Thinking about it still hurts me.
"Qiaoqiao, I really know I was wrong... I don't want to go to jail. I want to sell some properties, pay back the money, and stop causing trouble. I want to go to work and live a peaceful life with your sister-in-law and the two kids... She was my first love... Qiaoqiao, please help your brother. If you say something, President Fu will listen!"
Will he listen to me when I speak?
I scoffed inwardly, looking at the longing in my cousin's eyes, and recalling the happy scenes of his family in my past life. I was also afraid that the butterfly effect of my rebirth might have dragged him down with me.
“Tell Fu Yanshen everything about how Shi Xia helped you cover up your embezzlement of public funds. I haven’t told him yet. Don’t wait for him to find out about you himself. If he does, he will be even less likely to let you off the hook.”
"Also, tell him about how you and Shi Xia plotted against me. Let him know what kind of person Shi Xia really is. That way, his anger towards you might be lessened."
After calming down, I said to him.
Lu Ming nodded earnestly and agreed repeatedly.
Now that her cousin, the person directly involved, has revealed the truth, let's see how Shi Xia can keep up the act.
...
I woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night to the sound of my phone ringing.
I was panicked and scared. Holding my breath, I reached for my phone. It was my mom calling, and I answered it quickly.
My heart leaped into my throat, a subconscious worry that something might have happened to my father.
"Qiaoqiao, your aunt just called and said that your cousin..."
"Mom, what happened to my cousin?"
I was truly relieved to learn that Dad wasn't sick.
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