Chapter 20
Faced with her father's angry rebuke, Xu Yanwen felt deeply guilty.
After so many years, her father finally cursed out what he wanted to say to her most.
What she wanted was this kind of emotional catharsis, to express all her disappointment, dissatisfaction and resentment towards her, and then to let go of the past and start over with her.
Xu Yanwen raised her eyes to look at her furious father and continued in a calm tone, "I love Guo Cheng very much. I love him so much that I can break up with my family. He is the partner I gave up all my pride and self-esteem and had great courage to get. I can't bear to let him go. I didn't before and I still can't now."
Xu Hongtian's eyes were filled with pain. Although he was already shaking with anger, he still asked stubbornly, "What about the future? Can you guarantee that this love will sustain you and him until the end of your lives, even if you know he's a jerk and knows he's unrepentant and is just a playboy?"
Xu Yanwen remained silent, and the old man continued to add to the pressure: "Today he can let you adopt an illegitimate child, and tomorrow he can bring one woman after another into your house, eat and live with you, and mold you into a fool with a big heart of love, allowing him to twist and turn you as he pleases. These--"
The old man paused, feeling sorry for himself. As a father, he shouldn't be so vicious, but if he didn't, his daughter would never wake up!
He took a deep breath and continued, "Can you tolerate these?"
Xu Yanwen continued: "Love will disappear, but family affection will not, so I need a child to consolidate this love. With a child, everything will be fine."
After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Guo Cheng and said with a smile: "Acheng promised me, I believe him."
Guo Cheng was more moved than shocked at this moment. He never thought that Xu Yanwen could actually go this far for him, with the determination to make the world her enemy.
"You! You are confused!" The old man sighed sadly, leaning back in his seat in frustration, his eyes dim.
It's over, all over.
How could my aunt do this? Can't she see how sad Grandpa is? How could she be so cruel?
[Love-brained people deserve to die!] The system said angrily.
"Little sister, you can't do this to your family. Guo Cheng is a bastard. He's not worth you betraying your family for him. We are your closest relatives!"
Even the heartless Xu Yanrui couldn't stand Xu Yanwen's behavior.
"Mind your own business. You are the only one in this family who has no right to scold me!" Xu Yanwen retorted to him righteously.
Thinking of his restless wife, who was also one of the perpetrators of his sister's tragedy, he suddenly became depressed.
"Then Big Brother should at least give you a word, Awen. Even at this point, haven't you seen his true colors? He's clearly using your kindness and love to achieve his own goals. Is it really worth it to pay for such a heartless person?"
Xu Yanwen was so angry that his eyes turned red, and he wished he could slap her twice to wake her up.
Xu Yanwen continued calmly, "Brother, I have made up my mind. No one can say anything."
After she finished speaking, she called Shen Ling, who soon came down under the guidance of a servant.
The moment he saw Shen Ling, Guo Cheng was stunned. "Awen, what are you doing--"
Xu Yanwen smiled soothingly and said, "Don't worry, you'll know in a moment."
[Is this the woman in a high position who deliberately left marks on the scumbag's sleeve? ]
[Yes, yes, that's her. She's so evil and weird, you can tell she's not a good person. How could your aunt be so stupid?! I'm so pissed off!]
The system was so angry at the aunt that it wanted to grow out its hands and slap her.
[People like this who have no moral bottom line and behave indecently must have something to do with melons. Xiaoqi, check it out!]
Xu Yinyin's instructions immediately made everyone present nervous.
Shen Ling's hair stood on end. Everyone present had their mouths shut, but she could hear two different voices talking. This, this was too weird.
Oh my, this woman's experience is so outrageous. She was having an affair with a scumbag while keeping a gigolo. After having sex in the car with the scumbag that day, she went back and played with the gigolo all night long. And she was already pregnant at that time. She's so bold! Isn't she afraid of losing the child?
[Oh my god, I was right. This kind of person has absolutely no moral bottom line. Wait, since he's keeping a gigolo, then whose child is this?]
Guo Cheng suddenly looked at Shen Ling, who was trembling with fear.
Xu Yanwen was afraid that Shen Ling would let slip that everyone could hear Yin Yin's inner thoughts, so she pulled her over and introduced her, "She is pregnant with Guo Cheng's child and is already three months old."
"How can you be sure it's Guo Cheng's? Have you checked it before you say that?" Xu Yanwen hurriedly stopped him.
"It doesn't matter. We're going to adopt anyway, so it doesn't matter whether it's true or not."
"ha?!"
When Xu Yanwen said this, everyone was shocked. Isn't this crazy?
Even the shameless Guo Cheng felt that Xu Yanwen loved him a little crazy. She had clearly doubted him before because of Xu Yinyin's feelings, so why is she becoming more open-minded now?
[Ahhh, my aunt is probably crazy. How can she be so shameless? Just because she can't have children and feels she owes Guo Cheng, she is putting herself in such a state of injustice without any principles. Why? It's not her fault!]
[Ah! ! ! !] The system suddenly screamed, [It's not that your aunt can't have children, it's that the scumbag diagnosed her with congenital azoospermia, and the report was obtained by your aunt herself.]
【Huh? !!!】Xu Yinyin suddenly didn’t understand.
Everyone present was shocked once again, their heart rate was like a roller coaster, up and down, shaking!
Guo Cheng's back stiffened, and he looked at Xu Yanwen in shock and astonishment. When he caught sight of Shen Ling, who was shaking like a sieve, he felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
[When did my aunt meet Shen Ling? ]
Xu Yinyin had a rough idea.
[The two met at the hospital on the day they received the report. The woman had originally gone there to have an abortion, but she ran away at the last minute, intending to force the emperor to abdicate with her child. It was a strange coincidence that they ran into each other.]
[So, even though the aunt knew the child wasn't from the scumbag, she still acknowledged the child and brought him to the grandfather to force him to acknowledge her? What on earth is the aunt trying to do?!]
Just when everyone was full of questions, Xu Yanwen took out the real report from her handbag and placed it in front of Guo Cheng.
"Open it and take a look."
Guo Cheng looked at Xu Yanwen in disbelief, then at the report on the table. The veins on his forehead were throbbing, and he was both angry and shocked.
Is this a report?
[Yes, the infertility report I showed him before was a forgery. This is the real one. It shows congenital azoospermia. The chance of conception is zero.]
Guo Cheng took out the report with trembling hands, and looked at the doctor's signature and the report results on it, feeling as if struck by lightning.
After reading it, Shen Ling slumped down in her chair, stunned. "How could this be? Guo Cheng doesn't have sperm."
She looked at Xu Yanwen suddenly: "You knew the child was not his, why did you make a deal with me?"
"Deal? What deal?!"
Guo Cheng suddenly grabbed Shen Ling's arm, squeezing it tightly, his eyes bloodshot. "Besides cheating on me, you also made a deal with her? Who gave you the guts, huh?!"
The reversals one after another left the Xu family stunned.
After the old man was stunned, he was the first to react. His heart, which was about to explode because of his daughter's anger, immediately calmed down.
The old man said gently: "Yanwen, you have been hiding this from everyone for so long, it's time to reveal the answer."
[Uh--so my aunt has been acting all along?]
[My aunt's IQ seems to have reached a new high?] The system was dumbfounded.
As soon as the old man said this, everyone looked at Xu Yanwen.
Guo Cheng asked first: "Wife, what do you want to do?"
Xu Yanwen lowered her eyes and took out a document, gently placing it in front of him. "I signed the divorce agreement. We are no longer husband and wife."
Guo Cheng looked at her crisp signature on the document and said, "No, no, you can't divorce me just because I can't have children. Let's not have children, okay?"
Xu Yanwen looked at him and said, "Whether we have children or not, we should get a divorce. To be exact, we should have gotten a divorce a long time ago, when I first discovered you cheating on me."
"No, no, you can't do this to me. I love you Yanwen, I can't live without you." Guo Cheng began to kneel down and beg for mercy.
Xu Yanwen looked down at him, no emotion in her eyes.
"If you loved me enough, you should have done what I did just now. For you and our marriage, you would have made the whole world your enemy, even at the cost of hurting my family who loved me the most. But you never did that. All along, you have been enjoying my humble sacrifice, relying on my love for you to constantly trample on my sincerity, step on my bottom line, and drag me into the abyss step by step."
"No, no, I didn't."
"Tonight, did you have a moment where you thought, 'Xu Yanwen would go to such lengths just to love me?' When I nearly pissed off my father to death, was despised by my brother, and felt both distressed and disappointed by my niece, did you have that same feeling?"
"Yes, I have it." Guo Cheng responded without hesitation.
"That's good, that's right, because that was my last time for you. I've done everything I could for you. From now on, I'll only live for myself. Sign it, and we'll part ways amicably!"
Xu Yanwen pushed the document towards him, and Guo Cheng resisted as if avoiding a snake or scorpion: "No, no, I won't sign it."
"You don't have to sign it. Anyway, I have a lot of photos of you cheating on me. It's enough to kick you out of the house."
"Wenwen, I love you. Don't treat me like this. I will change. I will definitely change. I swear!" Guo Cheng knelt at her feet and begged humbly.
"No need to change. I no longer need you. My love for you was completely worn out when you repeatedly betrayed our marriage and the most basic loyalty in love. I couldn't make up my mind all these years, not because I still loved you, but because I couldn't admit that the person I chased with all my might was just a piece of trash."
Xu Yanwen looked down at Guo Cheng. "For this piece of trash, I disappointed my father. He tolerated your misdeeds at the company for my sake. For this piece of trash, my brothers and I became enemies, forcing them to play blind and endure disgust to maintain a superficial harmony."
"Xu Yanwen did too many wrong things for the sake of garbage, but she doesn't regret it because it was her choice. All the suffering she endured was paying for this mistake, and she deserved the bitter consequences of these years."
She bent down, pushed Guo Cheng away, and said coldly, "From today on, she will never act foolishly again. Pride, self-respect, decency, and grace, all the things that can beautify one's character are worthless in front of someone who truly loves you, cares about you, and pays attention to you."
"Because true love doesn't come with any demands, just like when I fell in love with you, Guo Cheng, you will never understand the feeling of loving someone, and you will never meet a fool like me again. In this relationship, I have gains and losses, but you have nothing and deserve nothing!"
After she finished speaking, she raised the phone and dialed: "You can come in, thank you."
"What are you going to do, Awen?" Guo Cheng met Xu Yanwen's resolute gaze, and the fear in his heart reached its peak.
Xu Yanwen ignored him and looked at Shen Ling: "Now let me answer your question. Why did I make a deal with you when I knew you weren't pregnant with Guo Cheng's child?"
Shen Ling looked at her eyes as cold as an ancient well, and a chill rose from the soles of her feet.
"In order to prove that you blackmailed me, and to use your evidence, I want Guo Cheng to spend the rest of his life in jail."
Shen Ling staggered and fell to the ground, her eyes completely dull.
Guo Cheng crawled on his knees and hugged Xu Yanwen's legs again, wagging his tail and begging for mercy, "Awen, I was wrong, I was really wrong. No matter how you punish me, I won't divorce you, absolutely not. It was those women who seduced me. You saw it too, I am also a victim. She didn't cheat on me--"
"Pah--"
Xu Yanwen used all her strength to give him a big punch.
She showed disgust on her face: "Guo Cheng, thank you for letting me see the dirty soul beneath your skin. I will no longer be soft-hearted towards you."
Uniformed public security personnel came to the restaurant under the guidance of the servants.
"We are from the Chengbei Public Security Bureau's Economic Investigation Brigade. Guo Cheng and Shen Ling are suspected of stealing Fengyi Group's internal secrets. Their actions constitute the crime of infringing on trade secrets. This is an arrest warrant."
Guo Cheng slumped to the ground in despair, allowing the police officers to take him away.
Xu Hongshan instructed Lin Yu: "Bring the evidence we have and assist the police in their investigation."
Lin Yu smiled brightly, "I will follow up the entire process and ensure everything goes smoothly."
[YES!!! My aunt is awesome, cheering for her, woo~]
Xu Yinyin was both excited and upset, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Seeing this, Jiang Xin hurriedly hugged her and said, "Mom is happy for my aunt, Yinyin, thank you. Your arrival has brought this family closer together. Thank you."
Jiang Xin was sincerely glad for her daughter's arrival. Without her daughter's voice, Yanwen would not have awakened today.
Her daughter is like a little sun, warm and bright, giving people unlimited courage and strength.
Xu Hongshan couldn't help but have tears in his eyes when he saw the mother and daughter hugging each other tightly.
He looked at Xu Yanwen again, and all the emotions and sighs in his heart turned into a deep sigh. His daughter woke up in time, and that was enough.
After Xu Yanwen handed over the matter to the police, she returned to Xu Hongshan.
"Dad, I'm sorry. I'm an unfilial daughter and have caused you so much worry over the years."
Xu Yanwen knelt at her father's feet, tilted her head back, and looked at her father with gray hair in her eyes with guilt, just like when she was a child and asked her father to tell her stories.
Xu Hongshan raised his big hand, gently touched the top of her head, and comforted her: "It's all in the past. Daddy doesn't blame you. If there's anyone to blame, it's only me who didn't force myself a little harder. If--"
"Dad, as I just said, all of this is the hardship I should endure. If I do something wrong, I should accept the punishment. Even if I had to do it all over again, I would make the same choice. I don't regret loving Guo Cheng. I just regret that I hurt you and my family because I loved someone who was not worthy. I'm sorry, Dad. Please forgive me, okay?"
"Silly girl, how could Daddy bear to blame you? The way you handled things today is enough to show how much you've changed. You did very well, even exceeding Daddy's expectations. If you love someone, you should be unwavering in your love. If you no longer love them, you should withdraw in time. Don't let your dignity or other insignificant things keep you stuck in the same place. Daddy is willing to pay for you to learn a lesson, even if it means losing everything."
"I won't lose everything because I won't be stupid again." Xu Yanwen promised with a firm look in her eyes.
"Of course I know you won't act stupid again, because you have learned to love yourself. Daddy is very pleased and proud of you. My Awen is finally back."
"Dad, I love you." Xu Yanwen hugged her father's waist tightly, tears of happiness sliding from the corners of her eyes.
Xu Yanwen sobbed silently, and Xu Yanrui's eyes were red. Jiang Xin held each daughter's hand, and the three of them leaned on each other, quietly enjoying the warmth and happiness of the moment.
*
That night, the news that Guo Cheng was detained for stealing secrets was reported, shocking the entire wealthy family.
As early as when the old man was sent to the ICU, Feng Yi became a hot topic of discussion.
Faced with the current situation where the children of the Xu family are fighting openly and secretly, and the crisis that the head of the family may be killed at any time, Fengyi's competitors and rivals never forget to take advantage of the situation.
In their view, family infighting is a complicated relationship that is difficult to cut off and sort out. If they want to completely eliminate it, unless the old man can use ruthless measures, either expel the second wife's family from the house or sever the marriage between the son-in-law and the daughter, otherwise it will only become an endless tug-of-war, with one side gaining and the other losing.
Coupled with the obstruction of veterans, all parties were eager to try. Some shareholders even secretly sold their shares when the fight at home was the most fierce, hoping to cash out and run away before the big ship was sunk by their own people.
However, as soon as the news of Guo Cheng's imprisonment came out, Fengyi's stock price suddenly soared, attracting countless shareholders to buy frantically. Those who had sold their shares at a low price before regretted it and bought them back at a high price, spending three times the money to buy back the shares they sold. Although it was a bit unfair, Fengyi's revival prospects were good.
Since the old man is determined to cut off his own arm, it means that the Fengyi ship will never sink!
"Bang--"
Qian Chuan angrily threw the mutton-fat jade teacup in his hand to the ground.
"Guo Cheng is such a loser, so unworthy of being reused! I warned him a long time ago, but he still ended up dying at the hands of a woman. Idiot! Idiot!"
Zhou Xinyi paced back and forth anxiously.
"Guo Cheng had been doing pretty well before, hadn't he coaxed Xu Yanwen into submission? He thought everything would be stable as long as they had a child. How could he make a mistake at this critical juncture? Didn't he say he was already trying to get pregnant? What went wrong?"
Qian Chuan was also puzzled. "In the beginning, I spent a lot of manpower and resources to make Xu Yanwen fall in love with Guo Cheng. Now he has played himself into jail. The old man has been wanting to get rid of him for a long time. Now this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will never be missed. Guo Cheng can't stay."
"You wouldn't--" Zhou Xingyi looked at him with a gloomy look on her face in panic.
"He was just a pawn, his death is not a pity. Besides, I already have an idea of who will do the job. No man can tolerate his woman cheating on him and getting pregnant. It's understandable that he stabbed the couple in anger. He definitely wouldn't suspect us. As for the whereabouts of those confidential documents, there's no trace of them."
"But without Guo Cheng, we don't have anyone to start with. There's been no progress on Yaoyao's side, and I'm afraid there will be more variables."
"Don't we still have Xu Yanrui? That arrogant idiot is easier to deal with. I've already figured out a way."
Qian Chuan held Zhou Xinyi's shoulders and said, "Keep working on Yaoyao. The plan won't work without her. Now that Guo Cheng is gone, it's like the old man has lost an arm. It won't be easy to find someone easy to control in such a short time. If Yaoyao can take over, we can save a lot of trouble. So, you have to meet with her as soon as possible, find out how she gets along with the real daughter, and create some conflicts between them if necessary."
"Yeah, I will. I'll go to the company and wait there tomorrow."
"good."
Xu Yanwen directly replaced Guo Cheng as deputy general manager and officially competed with Tang Wan.
Tang Wan never imagined that the situation would change when she came to the company the next day just because she missed a family dinner.
What shocked her even more was that Xu Yanwen actually sent Guo Cheng to prison, confirming his criminal act of stealing commercial secrets.
This forced her to re-examine Xu Yanwen. Although he looked harmless, he was just as ruthless as the old man.
Tang Wan called Sun Min on the inside line, "Vice President Xu just arrived. Please assign her a capable assistant to help her familiarize herself with the business."
What this means is, find someone smart enough to monitor it and report any signs of trouble in a timely manner.
Ever since Sun Min saw through her vicious intentions, he vowed never to be an accomplice again.
She said with embarrassment, "Boss Tang, Zheng Yuan, and Zhao Gang have resigned one after another. The people appointed by the acting chairman were promoted from lower-level departments and are unfamiliar with the business. As a result, our assistants are overwhelmed and there are no extra people at the moment."
Tang Wan frowned. She got furious when this was mentioned. She wished she could kill Xu Yinyin, who was only interested in watching the show and didn't care about the lives of others.
If it weren't for her, how could she have lost so many tools in succession? Damn it!
"Then let Xu Yinyin go. She's good at doing odd jobs."
Instead of worrying about her right under my nose, it’s better to transfer her to Xu Yanwen, out of sight, out of mind.
"Okay." Sun Min agreed without hesitation. "By the way, the school called and said Xu Yao got into a fight and they want you to go over."
"Fighting, with whom?"
Tang Wan was surprised. She had the impression that her son was very well behaved. The reason why he got into such a fight was probably because...
"Shen Sheng."
Tang Wan was disgusted. She thought that Xu Yanrui must have been discovered sleeping with her stepmother, and the brat was probably using this to humiliate him. She would not go to such a shameful and unlucky place.
"Let Yinyin go on my behalf. She is Ayao's cousin and also his parent."
Sun Min was very surprised.
"What are you standing there for? Go quickly."
"Oh, I'll be there right away."
When Xu Yinyin learned that she was going to meet her cousin who was "born in Rome but was rebellious and wanted to rely on himself", she immediately became interested.
She had long wanted to see with her own eyes this unruly son of a wealthy family who didn't know how to appreciate his blessings!
What's next in the next chapter? (Touches chin in thought)
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