Chapter 31 I owe Shi Huai a favor
Looking into Zhou Xu's sincere eyes, Ruoyu's heart was held tightly by him, and she uttered "hmm" from the bottom of her heart.
The joy of receiving Ruoyu's forgiveness was no less than the joy he felt five years ago when he held Ruoyu's hand and walked into the Civil Affairs Bureau together to get a marriage certificate.
Zhou Xu held Ruoyu's hand and gave her a light kiss on the forehead.
I secretly made up my mind to make some changes.
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The next day, Ruoyu woke up and found that the man next to her had already gotten up.
Ruoyu thought Zhou Xu had gone to work, and she couldn't help feeling a little empty. She slowly sat up and got out of bed, and saw a note on the table.
The characters above are elegant and graceful, and such beautiful characters can be seen at first glance as having been written by Zhou Xu.
She picked it up and read it carefully.
[I'm going to take care of something and will be back soon. Please wait for me at the hotel.]
——Zhou Xu
Ruoyu folded the note and put it in her pocket, then saw her cell phone on the table.
Waiting for Zhou Xu in the hotel, she had nothing to do, so she sat on the sofa and browsed her phone.
As soon as I turned on my phone, I saw the page I had not logged out of.
The content inside made Ruoyu's nose suddenly feel sore.
Ten years ago, rumors circulated in college about Zhou Xu and Qin Bilan's relationship. Zhou Xu didn't ignore it, but immediately blocked the post. The forum owner's apology screenshots and the date and time were both very clear.
Qin Bilan sent her a photo of them together in college to prove that this was true.
Zhou Xu made a file collection, classifying all his college photos from freshman to senior year. Only then did she realize that she had misunderstood Zhou Xu.
Most of the group photos Qin Bilan posted were taken secretly during team-building activities at the university. She lied to Ruoyu that they were on a sweet trip.
Zhou Xu rarely takes selfies, and many of the photos he sorted out are group photos taken during team-building activities, which completely match the time Qin Bilan said the photos were taken.
On a business trip, Qin Bilan secretly took a photo of him sleeping, and Zhou Xu also found the surveillance video. He was lying on the sofa, dozing off, with not only Qin Bilan but also a few staff members waiting nearby.
Every piece of evidence Zhou Xu produced was very powerful.
Ruoyu couldn't help but tear up again. Zhou Xu didn't sleep all night just to collect these evidences for him.
I was touched but also a little embarrassed... I believed what others said and misunderstood Zhou Xu, and even had the idea of divorce.
If Shi Huai hadn't brought him to Jiang'an this time, given his weak personality, he would have suffered in silence. He wouldn't have bothered to ask Zhou Xu about it, and would have been left alone in despair, allowing Qin Bilan to provoke him.
If she hadn't had that incident with Zhou Xu yesterday, even if she mustered up the courage to ask Zhou Xu what was going on, Zhou Xu would probably just look at the photo coldly and say that the innocent are innocent, asking her to relax and not care about these rumors.
It was only a matter of time before Zhou Xu and I got divorced.
Ruoyu took out a tissue and gently wiped the tears from her face. Then a message popped up on WeChat.
It was written by Shi Huaifa.
Ruoyu clicked on the video with a confused look on her face.
In the video, Zhou Xu and Qin Bilan are sitting together in a cafe downstairs in the hotel.
Zhou Xu didn't seem to have any intention of inviting Qin Bilan to drink coffee. He was just holding a cup of dark brown coffee in his hand.
Qin Bilan's eyes were evasive and she was fidgeting, not daring to look at Zhou Xu in front of her.
Zhou Xu always wore dark suits, well-cut and with straight shoulders, which gave him a stern and solemn demeanor. He paired the somber hue with a vibrant burgundy tie. As the autumn winds had recently arrived in Jiang'an, he wore a light gold tie clip. It was a gift from Ruoyu on his 26th birthday.
The bony hand put down the vintage ceramic coffee cup, and the cup made a crisp sound when it landed on the coaster. The low-key diamond on the wedding ring on the ring finger was extremely dazzling.
Seeing Qin Bilan was silent, Zhou Xu said in a cold tone, "You know why I called you out."
Qin Bilan tightly grasped the hem of her skirt, took a deep breath, and looked up at the gentle and heartless man in front of her: "Zhou Xu, you are such an outstanding person, you should not marry Ruoyu."
"Whether they are worthy or not is not for you, an outsider, to decide." Zhou Xu's eyes were as cold and calm as a lake with no wind, without a single ripple.
Qin Bilan's eyes flushed red as she gritted her teeth and said angrily, "Do you really have to be so cruel! Send me to Africa?!"
"You can terminate the contract with Haoting." Zhou Xu said calmly.
Qin Bilan suddenly didn't dare to speak, and her throat was choked with sobs.
At the time, she signed a ten-year contract with Haoting in order to get closer to Zhou Xu. She had only been employed for two months, and if she terminated the contract, she would face a penalty of tens of millions, which she could not afford.
Qin Bilan clenched her fists and closed her eyes.
When I woke up this morning, the company group was buzzing with discussions about rumors about her.
The doctoral degree he received from overseas was falsified, and his thesis was reportedly paid for by a poor student. During his years abroad, he was constantly flirting with wealthy Europeans. It was said that he was able to work at Haoting through a backdoor, not through his own ability.
The image she had created of an independent, outstanding, and elite figure suddenly became a laughing stock for everyone. She had been a popular secretary at the company, but now she was the object of ridicule.
Some people had already noticed that she wanted to hook up with Zhou Xu, and a series of messages came to her phone, all scolding her for being a toad who interfered with other people's marriages.
"Now the whole company is spreading rumors that I forged my academic qualifications and what happened in Europe. Was it you who spread the rumors?"
Zhou Xu raised his left eyebrow, facing Qin Bilan's angry questioning without even looking at her.
He just said coldly: "The innocent will be innocent."
"Zhou Xu, you are spreading rumors! You want to destroy me!?" Qin Bilan didn't expect the man in front of her to be so cruel. As long as the news of her fake academic qualifications gets out, no matter whether it is true or not, she will never be able to work in these business groups in the future!
Zhou Xu's eyes suddenly showed a sinister look. "Those messages you sent to Ruoyu, did you think that spreading these out-of-context photos would ruin my marriage to Ruoyu?"
Qin Bilan trembled all over. She had completely underestimated Zhou Xu's feelings for Ruoyu. She had originally thought that Zhou Xu's marriage to Ruoyu was just a facade. How could a man as noble as Zhou Xu fall in love with an ordinary woman without any merits?
Zhou Xu would not let Qin Bilan apologize to Ruoyu.
How could her sins be offset by a simple "I'm sorry"?
Qin Bilan knew very well what she was doing from the beginning. Even if she apologized, it was not sincere. Appearing in front of the people she had hurt again would only make people feel sick and uncomfortable as if they had swallowed a dead fly.
Zhou Xu glanced at Qin Bilan coldly, then chuckled softly, "I suddenly feel that sending you directly to Africa would be too easy for you."
Qin Bilan was slightly stunned, "What do you want to do?!"
Zhou Xu: "Miss Qin, please be careful when you go out recently. Be careful of the consequences."
Zhou Xu's words were so profound that Qin Bilan froze in her seat, her body shivering.
Without waiting for Qin Bilan to speak again, Zhou Xu picked up the gift he had given to Ruoyu and stood up to leave.
After returning from Jiang'an two days later, Qin Bilan needed to go back to the group to prepare for the next overseas assignment agreement. Otherwise, she would face paying a huge penalty for breach of contract.
As a result, as soon as she arrived downstairs of the group, a group of women in gorgeous and luxurious clothes rushed towards her, grabbed her hair, and slapped her twice without giving Qin Bilan a chance to react!
Qin Bilan was like a live fish on the chopping board. After struggling for a few times, she was pinned down by more people and beaten even harder with fists and slaps!
"Come and catch her! This is the slutty mistress of the Haoting Group's top executive!"
"Damn it, bitch, if you're horny just go lie down in the duck coop! Hooking up with someone else's husband? Bah!" As she said that, the woman raised her foot and kicked her hard in the stomach.
Qin Bilan gnashed her teeth in hatred when she heard the name of the senior manager. Ever since she joined Haoting, this senior manager has been harassing her and trying to please her.
"It was obviously your husband who seduced me!"
"Haha, my husband hooked up with you? The invoices for the designer bags and jewelry necklaces he bought for you are all here! And you're still playing innocent!?"
"What's the point of talking to this bitch who destroyed other people's families? Beat her up!"
"Ah——!" Qin Bilan screamed miserably.
It is rush hour now, and everyone is entering the group's gate at this time.
As a result, when they saw such a lively scene at the door, everyone would rather stop and take out their mobile phones to take pictures of this scene even at the risk of being late.
It was a well-established fact that Qin Bilan flirted with her supervisor, accepted the married man's advances, and received numerous transfers and designer gifts from him. It even made the entertainment news, with photos and videos of her being sold for pennies and coin.
Before being assigned abroad, she was treated strangely by others whenever she went to the group and her reputation was in a bad state.
But that’s all in the past.
After taking the video and sending it to Ruoyu, Shi Huai put away his phone with satisfaction and breathed a sigh of relief.
This should prevent my sister-in-law and brother from getting divorced, right?
But being able to see this scene today was thanks to Zhou Jibai. Shi Huai guessed last night that Zhou Xu was not the kind of vindictive person like Zhou Jibai who said, "If you offend me, I will kill your entire family."
If this matter is just brushed aside lightly, it would be totally unworthy for my sister-in-law to suffer all these grievances!
She couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so she woke Zhou Jibai up and told him to talk to his eldest brother in the morning. This matter must not be let go so easily! She must support her eldest sister-in-law and vent her anger!
When Zhou Jibai went downstairs to the hotel to have breakfast in the morning, he happened to see Zhou Xu.
He sat down face to face with Zhou Xu and asked him where he was going.
Zhou Xu didn't sleep all night yesterday. He pinched his eyes tiredly and said, "Let's go to the mall."
"Shi Huai told me about you and my sister-in-law."
Zhou Xu took a sip of milk: "Hmm."
"What are you going to do?" Zhou Jibai looked at his introverted elder brother's cold expression and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"An assignment to Africa."
"That's it?" Zhou Jibai sneered, "Then the sister-in-law is really wronged by you."
Zhou Xu didn't say anything.
"Your secretary is almost shitting on your necks."
Listening to Zhou Jibai's rough words, Zhou Xu frowned slightly, "Eating."
Zhou Jibai didn't take it seriously: "Tsk, I think you two should just stop being husband and wife and just be sworn brothers. Are you both bastards? You two are so stubborn."
"Ruoyu and I won't care so much."
Zhou Jibai: "If Shi Huai hadn't brought his sister-in-law to Jiang'an to resolve this matter, your wife might have been secretly wiping her tears somewhere."
"You and Qin Bilan really had an affair in college, didn't you?"
Zhou Xu raised his eyes and glared at Zhou Jibai, "What do you think?"
"If that's not the case, why are you so polite to her?" Zhou Jibai said unhappily.
Zhou Xu lowered his eyes and sighed softly: "I understand."
"So reluctant?" Zhou Jibai sneered, "If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. It seems like I'm forcing you."
Zhou Xu: "Why do you gossip so much?"
Zhou Jibai shrugged: "I'm really quite free. Shi Huai kicked me out early in the morning to support my sister-in-law."
When Zhou Xu heard this, his brows relaxed slightly. He thought for a moment, "Well, I owe Shi Huai a favor."
"She wants to drive the latest model of Lamborghini recently." Zhou Jibai patted Zhou Xu's shoulder and gestured.
Zhou Xu: ...
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