Chapter 162 Wen Ruan, I'm Sorry
Wen Ruan, I'm sorry.
After Zhou Zhou’s full moon banquet, Wen Ruan moved back to Qingyue Mansion.
Their mother had many surgeries at the end of the year and had no time to take care of them and their child. He Zheng asked Shen Yifan to find a nanny for them. Shen Yifan found two, one to take care of the child and the other to take care of Wen Ruan. The house in Hua'an Yayuan was too small to accommodate them.
After returning to Qingyue Mansion, he became a neighbor of Cheng Shuang again.
The divorce date agreed upon by Cheng Shuang and Shen Yifan arrived early, but they did not divorce because every time Cheng Shuang mentioned divorce, Shen Yifan would go on a business trip. He was so cowardly that he would not say that he did not want a divorce and would just avoid it.
Cheng Shuang went from being speechless to letting go.
She felt that her marriage was not as difficult as before. If Shen Yifan wanted a divorce, then so be it. If he didn't mention it, then just make do with it.
This attitude ends at Christmas.
Shen Yifan asked her to go out for dinner and a movie, but Xu Xiaotian called her away halfway. She went home alone and chatted with Wen Ruan.
Wen Ruan did not go out that night. She was at home video chatting with He Zheng. Seeing that Cheng Shuang's face was not right, she hung up the video and asked the nanny to carry the sleeping Zhou Zhou into the bedroom.
"Why are you back so early?"
Cheng Shuang smiled bitterly, “Just as I arrived at the cinema, Shen Yifan received a call from Xu Xiaotian.”
Wen Ruan frowned, "What happened to Xu Xiaotian?"
Cheng Shuang shook her head, “Chen Yifan was too anxious and didn’t have time to explain clearly.”
Wen Ruan was silent for a moment, then patted Cheng Shuang's shoulder and said, "You can sleep at my place tonight. Go back and pack up."
After Cheng Shuang left, Wen Ruan called Shen Yifan, but the phone rang for a long time before he answered.
"Wen Ruan? What's wrong?"
The noise was very noisy, like in a bar, and Wen Ruan was speechless.
"Chen Yifan, are you okay? You're still thinking about Xu Xiaotian."
Shen Yifan walked to a quieter place.
"I wasn't thinking about Xu Xiaotian. Xu Xiaotian came to Haicheng and ran into Li Yan at the bar. She said Li Yan dragged her into a private room and locked the door. I couldn't just ignore it."
Wen Ruan asked him what was going on.
Shen Yifan: "When I arrived, Li Yan had already left. It was said that Li Yan's friends came to stop him. Nothing happened. It was just that Xu Xiaotian was scared and kept crying."
Wen Ruan asked him to come back quickly, "Cheng Shuang is crying, her heart is broken, I can't comfort her."
After hanging up the phone, Wen Ruan thought for a moment and opened Wei Cheng’s WeChat.
Wei Cheng had sent them news about Xu Xiaotian, and they exchanged WeChat accounts.
Wen Ruan: [Handsome, I need to talk to Li Yan. He happens to be in Haicheng. Can you help me make an appointment?]
Last time, Wei Cheng said that Li Yan meant that he and Xu Xiaotian had sex consensually, but Xu Xiaotian said that Li Yan forced her, so someone must be lying.
What if the two of them were locked up together and talked face to face?
Wei Cheng: [Ah, Li Yan isn't in Haicheng. Ruan Hao and I were having dinner outside and just ran into Li Yan.]
Wen Ruan had just finished reading the message when Ruan Hao called directly, "What do you want to see Li Yan for?"
Wen Ruan didn't answer but asked, "So you really ran into Li Yan? Are you sure?"
"Sure, he was abused by his wife and got scratched on the face twice. Wei Cheng just laughed at him, so why are you looking for him?"
Wen Ruan thought for a moment and said, "Tell him for me that someone has sued him for rape and sexual harassment. Ask him to come to Haicheng when he's free."
…
Shen Yifan hung up the phone and returned to the box. Xu Xiaotian was still crying.
It's quite cold today, but she is only wearing a thin pink dress and looks pitiful.
Shen Yifan looked at her, but Cheng Shuang was in his mind. Wen Ruan said that Cheng Shuang was crying. She had a cold personality and rarely cried.
"I have something else to do, so I have to leave first. You should go back early too, and don't stay too long."
After he finished speaking, he turned to leave. Xu Xiaotian suddenly stood up from the sofa, ran over and hugged him.
"You can't leave. Li Yan just now... I feel so sick. Shen Yifan, take me. You owe me this. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be bullied by Li Yan. It's like a nightmare."
Shen Yifan used a little strength to pry her hands apart, took two steps back, and looked serious.
"I owe you. You can ask for anything, but not me. I have a wife. Don't even mention that I don't like you anymore. Even if I still like you, I can't have anything with you while we're married. You're humiliating yourself and me."
…
When Li Yan heard that someone was going to sue him, he came to Haicheng the next day.
Wen Ruan received a call from Ruan Hao, asking him to meet Li Yan at 7 o'clock in the evening. After hanging up, she called Shen Yifan again.
"Please help me make an appointment with Xu Xiaotian at 7:30 pm at the bar where you met yesterday. If you want to know what happened with that glass of wine that year, just listen to me."
At 7:30 in the evening, Wen Ruan arrived at the bar with his lawyer on time. Xu Xiaotian looked unhappy. "Why are you here? Where's Shen Yifan?"
Wen Ruan smiled faintly and said, "It was Shen Yifan who asked me to come. Shen Yifan said that you were bullied by Li Yan back then, and you were almost bullied by Li Yan again last night. This matter can't be let go like this."
She pointed to the lawyer standing nearby.
"I've brought my lawyer here today. Tell him what happened and we'll help you sue Li Yan."
Sue Li Yan? Xu Xiaotian was startled and quickly shook her head, "No, no."
Wen Ruan took her hand and said gently, "Why not? When a girl encounters something like this, she must use legal weapons to protect herself. Are you afraid?"
She clapped her hands.
"Don't be afraid. My father is Ruan Chengdong. Li Yan's father has to respectfully call my father "Dr. Ruan" when he sees him. I will help you. So, did Li Yan force himself on you back then?"
"Yes," Xu Xiaotian looked at the lawyer in a sharp, well-dressed suit, and said in a panic, "But I don't plan to sue—"
"What about last night?" Wen Ruan interrupted her. "Chen Yifan said that Li Yan bullied you in this bar. Is that true?"
Xu Xiaotian looked guilty, "Yes, but I really don't intend to sue—"
Bang!
The door of the box was kicked open, and a man with two wounds on his face came in, pointing at Xu Xiaotian and cursing.
"Bullshit! I was in North City last night and just arrived in Hai City two hours ago! You haven't changed in all these years, and you keep throwing all the dirty water on me!"
Li Yan rushed forward and slapped Xu Xiaotian.
"You're the one who wants to sue me? Xu Xiaotian, are you looking for death?"
He married a strong wife. He was beaten by his wife yesterday and was holding back his anger. Now he took it out on Xu Xiaotian, beating and kicking her.
"Did I use force on you back then? Come on, try talking nonsense again! Back then, you thought Shen Yifan was a poor entrepreneur, and when I chased you, you wanted to kick him out."
"How did Chen Yifan end up sleeping with his childhood sweetheart? Did you forget the medicine you asked me to get? You said Chen Yifan didn't want to break up with you and was pestering you, so you had no choice but to send him to Cheng's bed so you could escape from Chen Yifan."
"I didn't tell anyone all these years because I was the one who gave you the medicine, and I was saving your face. But what about you? I heard you're telling everyone that I forced you to do it."
"Are you out of your mind? You've forgotten who you are, and you're suing me? Go ahead and sue me! Sue me! Whoever doesn't sue me is a bastard!"
Shen Yifan didn't know how long he stood at the door. He didn't go over when Li Yan hit Xu Xiaotian. He stood quietly when Xu Xiaotian hugged Li Yan's legs and begged for mercy.
My mind is in a mess.
The only thing that was clear was Cheng Shuang. He felt sorry for Cheng Shuang.
…
After the issue between Shen Yifan and Cheng Shuang was resolved, there was new progress in the divorce lawsuit between Zhang Tongtong and Pan Rui.
Originally, Zhang Tongtong had the advantage.
Because when Zhang Tongtong started to sue, Wen Ruan arranged for her to work at Minghe as the deputy director of human resources. She had a job and a stable income, and her youngest son Yangyang was less than one year old. Zhang Tongtong was sure to win.
When it comes to the custody of Guoguo, Zhang Tongtong insisted on having it, but Pan Rui refused to let her go. Pan Rui's attitude from the beginning to the end was not to divorce, so the situation was deadlocked for a while.
However, Zhang Tongtong's lawyer is very capable and has a tendency to win.
However, when victory was in the bag, Pan Rui suddenly produced new evidence.
Proof of Zhang Tongtong's depression, and surveillance footage from home from June to October this year.
In the surveillance video, Zhang Tongtong's emotions were very unstable. He would get angry at the slightest provocation, beat and scold Pan Rui, smash the TV, throw plates, and sometimes even yell at Guoguo and Zhang's mother.
The most serious time was when she suddenly became emotional and wanted to jump off the balcony while holding her youngest son. Fortunately, Pan Rui caught her in time.
Compared with Zhang Tongtong's unstable emotions, Pan Rui has been acting out of character recently. He has been stable in his career and has been a complete good man. He puts down his work, does housework, cooks, and takes care of the children. He endures his wife's beatings and listens to her insults.
As soon as the surveillance video was released, Zhang Tongtong was immediately at a disadvantage, catching everyone off guard.
I lost the first trial and the divorce was not successful.
It snowed heavily in Haicheng that day. When Zhang Tongtong came out of the court, her legs were so weak that she could hardly stand.
Everything in the surveillance video really happened. She was already suffering from postpartum depression, and when she knew that Pan Rui had cheated on her, her depression worsened. Pan Rui was hanging around in front of her every day, and her depression became worse and worse.
It was so serious that she needed to take a lot of medicine to sleep, so serious that she didn't dare to breastfeed Yangyang, so serious that she couldn't control her emotions. Sometimes when she woke up, the thought of "what's the point of living" even flashed through her mind.
She did yell at Guoguo, but she didn't mean to do it. She just couldn't control herself. Even when the surveillance video showed her about to jump down with her son in her arms, she had no recollection of it. She herself didn't remember it.
She didn't expect that Pan Rui would take this out at the last moment.
He forced her, saying that if she insisted on getting a divorce, the children would belong to him, and she could never give up Guoguo and Yangyang.
Zhang Tongtong decided to sue again.
Wen Ruan thought Pan Rui was strange.
When the divorce lawsuit just started, she talked to Pan Rui and said that as long as Pan Rui was willing to divorce and give the children to Zhang Tongtong, Minghe would not withdraw its investment and would guarantee not to suppress Tongguo Network.
But Pan Rui still insisted on not getting a divorce.
She admired his backbone, so when they were going through their divorce lawsuit, Minghe had already withdrawn from Tongguo Network, and she asked Ni Fei to contact Tongguo Network's competitors.
She did not hide these actions from Pan Rui, but Pan Rui remained indifferent.
He Zheng asked her to pay attention to Jiang Qingyan. She asked Lin Yue and found out that Rongli had no plans to invest in Tongguo Network.
Having lost the first trial, they had to wait six months before they could file another lawsuit, with the second trial scheduled for mid-July of the following year.
At the end of June, Tongguo Network released a new game, and Minghe supported its competitors to occupy the market. Everyone in the circle could see that Minghe was targeting Tongguo Network, and no one dared to extend an olive branch. Tongguo Network was on the verge of bankruptcy.
At the beginning of July, Pan Rui seemed to have finally lost his patience and made an appointment to meet Wen Ruan.
On July 7, the day of Lesser Heat, Pan Rui asked Wen Ruan to meet him in a cafe in the city center and booked a private room.
Pan Rui complained, "Can't you just give me a way out? Do you have to kill me all? Tongguo is bankrupt, how can I support Tongtong and the others?"
Wen Ruan took a sip of orange juice and said, "Let's get a divorce. The child will go to Tongtong and I'll raise him. Tongguo Network can survive. You're successful in your career and still young. You can remarry and have children. It's the best of both worlds. Why are you hesitating?"
Pan Rui smiled bitterly, "I love Tongtong."
He looked at her deeply, his expression filled with guilt, "So Wen Ruan, I'm sorry."
Wen Ruan was wondering what he meant when his consciousness suddenly became blurry. Jiang Qingyan came in and caught Wen Ruan who was falling backwards.
At the same time, at Haicheng Airport, Shen Yifan waved frantically at a handsome man in a black shirt and black trousers.
"Hey! He Zheng!"
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