Chapter 25: Going Out to Make Extra Money

Huo Dongming and Yi Xiaxue stood under the snow and among the fireworks, like a perfect couple.

On Valentine's Day, February 14, she witnessed the man she loved most, her legal husband, celebrating his lover's birthday in the street.

In the crowd, Huo Dongming glanced at her face which was frozen purple, and personally put a fox fur coat on Yi Xiaxue.

"Hey, that seems to be Lu Zhe's girlfriend, Miss Shang."

Yi Xiaxue saw Shang Wanwan.

"Why is she here alone so late? How about we give her a ride?"

Huo Dongming looked at Shang Wanwan as if he was unfamiliar with her.

"Ms. Shang is still out so late, she must have a boyfriend. Someone will take her home, so we don't have to worry about her."

Huo Dongming once left with Shang Wanwan at the same time under Yi Xiaxue's nose. Yi Xiaxue once suspected that Huo Dongming had fallen in love with her.

Now Yi Xiaxue is very satisfied with Huo Dongming's performance. It is not enough for a woman to have only a beautiful face.

Yi Xiaxue felt a little sorry for her. She heard that Lu Zhe had left and was assigned abroad for five years.

Huo Dongming ignored Shang Wanwan. He had asked the servant to tell her not to leave the house at night. Now it was almost dawn but she appeared near the hotel.

Lu Zhe's plane to Canada is still in the sky, who is Shang Wanwan looking for now?

Shang Wanwan walked past them and went straight to the bus stop. She clearly saw Huo Dongming and Yi Xiaxue getting on the same bus affectionately and leaving in silence.

She trembled slightly and opened her mouth, a wisp of smoke blurred her eyes.

There seemed to be something warm on her face. The street lights cast a long and slanted shadow on her as she stood alone in the cold wind and snow.

She clasped her arms tightly, and her heart grew colder as she thought of the sympathy in Yi Xiaxue's eyes.

The marriage that made her so happy finally came to an end within three years.

Twenty minutes later, Shang Wanwan was still standing there, covered in snow, almost frozen into an ice man.

The black Spyker stopped steadily in front of her, with the window half-lowered, and Huo Dongming's face was not clear under the street light.

"Get in the car. I don't want you to become Mrs. Huo on the headlines as a dead body."

Shang Wanwan went in without hesitation.

The heater in the car was turned on very high, and she was numb from the cold, and it took her a long time to catch her breath.

"What is Mrs. Huo up to? On one hand, she says she wants to leave me, but on the other hand, she's stalking me?"

Huo Dongming raised the corners of his lips slightly, and it was unclear whether it was contempt or ridicule, or both.

"Mr. Huo, you misunderstood. I came out to make some extra money."

Follow him? She didn't have time for that.

In the rearview mirror, Shang Wanwan's nose was red from the cold, and her arms were stiff. Her lips were slightly purple and she trembled when she spoke.

The atmosphere fell into silence for a while.

"Extra money? Are you saying that my monthly allowance of NT$100,000 is less?"

Huo Dongming steered the car steadily. The wife of the president of the Huo Group had fallen to the point of coming out to earn extra money in the heavy snow.

He saw that she had dressed herself up with care.

So what kind of extra income is she talking about?

"Mr. Huo has suspended all my bank cards. I wonder if you still remember."

“So you’re selling it?”

What Huo Dongming said was unbearable to hear, and Shang Wanwan's face turned red with anger this time.

"Mr. Huo just celebrated his birthday with his girlfriend, and now he has time to meddle in my affairs. Aren't you afraid that your girlfriend will be angry?"

She mocked and simply changed the subject, saying something he didn't want to hear.

Huo Dongming sneered.

"It's none of your business."

Those five words chilled her heart from head to toe.

Shang Wanwan turned her head away. The night view of East City attracted countless tourists, but she had no interest in the scenery.

After sitting in the car for a long time, my body gradually warmed up, but my heart was still buried in the ice and snow.

When they returned to the Huo family, the servant was surprised to see that Mr. Huo and Mrs. Huo had returned at the same time.

Huo Dongming was wearing a black suit and walked from the garage to the hall. His body was covered with a few flakes of snow. He had a handsome figure and looked like a noble gentleman.

Shang Wanwan was in a bad situation. She had been waiting for a long time for the bus in the cold wind. The snowflakes that fell on her head had already turned into mist, wetting her hair and sticking it to her face, making her look messy.

"Sir, Madam, you are back."

Mother Zhang was at a loss, especially when Mr. Huo looked a little angry.

"Did you tell your wife what I asked you to tell her?"

Huo Dongming didn't look at Shang Wanwan, he only looked at Zhang Ma.

Mother Zhang glanced at Shang Wanwan and stood aside, not daring to say anything.

"Humph, deduct half a month's salary."

Mother Zhang's face was ashen, and Shang Wanwan gritted her teeth.

"Huo Dongming, Zhang's mother told me that I wanted to go on my own. Why are you taking it out on her?"

She couldn't bear it any longer. He did it on purpose, to anger Zhang's mother and punish her.

"You knew that, but you still ran out?"

Huo Dongming suddenly grabbed her wrist and dragged her upstairs. The servants in the hall heard Shang Wanwan calling him "sir" with his full name.

"Huo Dongming, let me go——"

They looked at each other, not daring to say a word.

My husband rarely loses his temper at home. What’s wrong with him recently? He has been particularly rude to his wife.

Shang Wanwan was thrown into the big bed. Huo Dongming was so strong that he almost knocked her unconscious.

She was terrified and looked at Huo Dongming in horror as his cold and dark eyes seemed to swallow her up like the night.

"No, please—"

After being married for three years, she knew what he wanted to do. She couldn't stop him and could only beg for mercy with a hoarse voice.

"What are you asking for? Huh? If not Lu Zhe, who else could it be, huh?"

Tears welled up in Shang Wanwan's eyes and fell onto the bed sheets along her cheeks.

"Huo Dongming, please, let me go."

He pressed his hand against her flushed cheek and clasped her fingers.

Three thousand black hairs rested on his arm, making her skin look even whiter and more rosy.

"Let you go? Give me a reason. You're going to tell me nothing happened to you, huh?"

He spoke dangerously and reached out to grab her neck.

"No, he and I are just ordinary friends."

Her eyes were full of tears. At this moment, she hated him so much.

"Ordinary friends? Do you think I would believe that?"