She kept her marriage a secret for three years, then divorced and was forcefully pampered by a power

Pei Rongrong usually looks gentle and petite, but she can be incredibly fierce when she gets into a fight.

Shao Yan's face immediately swelled up on one side. Ye Xin heard the noise outside and deliberately came in under the pretense of delivering coffee to watch the commotion. She saw Shao Yan get slapped by Pei Rongrong and felt particularly relieved.

She was intimidated by Shao Yan in the elevator earlier.

After all, she had suffered a loss at Shao Yan's hands last time, and she dared not provoke Shao Yan again easily.

Ye Xin, always eager for a good show, peeked around, which Pei Rongrong noticed, and assumed Ye Xin was laughing at her.

Pei Rongrong grabbed the ashtray from Meng Yu's desk and smashed it against the door. Ye Xin was so frightened that she turned pale and dared not stand at the door any longer.

Although it was actually a complete misunderstanding between her and Meng Yu, seeing Pei Rongrong's frantic state, Shao Yan suddenly felt very relieved.

"If Miss Pei thinks I'm seducing President Meng, you can find someone else to be a surrogate. I don't care."

"no."

Meng Yu almost immediately refused, as the old man had already made it clear that he wanted to talk to him.

He can have affairs with as many women as he wants, but Shao Yan's position as Mrs. Meng is currently absolutely unshakeable.

"Why not? There are plenty of women out there, younger and healthier than her. If we're willing, we can find plenty. Why do we need this old woman?"

Because of Meng Yu's insistence, Pei Rongrong also began to have doubts.

Meng Yu couldn't explain the reason to Pei Rongrong, which made Pei Rongrong feel even more wronged and upset.

Thinking of how Shao Yan had just thrown herself at Meng Yu, and how Meng Yu hadn't dodged, Pei Rongrong pointed at Shao Yan.

"Meng Yu, you want this ugly thing? Your taste is too heavy! What is this? You want to give her something so expensive?"

Pei Rongrong looked at the jade Buddha statue that Meng Yu had placed on the table and concluded that it was a gift that Meng Yu had prepared for Shao Yan.

She lifted the jade Buddha statue high, about to smash it to the ground.

"No!!"

Shao Yan stared at the jade Buddha statue in Pei Rongrong's hand with a sorrowful and desperate look. It was her mother's favorite thing when she was alive.

"Miss Pei, please return the jade Buddha statue to me. It is my mother's keepsake."

Shao Yan's heart leaped into her throat. She was unfilial; she had sold all of her mother's belongings to Meng Yu. Only when she got back one of her mother's items did she feel at ease.

Seeing how much Shao Yan cared about that jade, Pei Rongrong's lips curled into a sinister and hateful smile.

"What I have is just a piece of jade, which can be bought with money. What, it doesn't feel good to have your beloved possession stolen from you."

Meng Yu, standing beside him, also turned pale.

"Rongrong, stop fooling around, give me the things right now."

Pei Rongrong's pretty and cute face became abnormally distorted and terrifying.

She stared at Meng Yu, her anger rising.

"I won't—"

Meng Yu realized for the first time that Pei Rongrong was willful and difficult to please; she was no longer cute at all.

"Listen to me, stop playing."

Pei Rongrong was furious.

"So, you're helping her, you want it, don't you?"

Pei Rongrong threw the jade directly to the ground, shattering it into pieces. Still not satisfied, she took her high heels and stomped on the jade, intending to crush it into powder.

The moment Shao Yan saw the jade shatter, blood rushed to her head.

Pei Rongrong smugly brought her face close to Shao Yan's, a mischievous smile on her face.

"How was the taste? Ugly people always cause trouble."

Shao Yan concentrated all her anger in her palm and slapped Pei Rongrong hard across the face.

Pei Rongrong never expected that Shao Yan, who seemed weak and harmless, would suddenly become ruthless.

She was stunned by the blow. Shao Yan's strength was too great, and Pei Rongrong was knocked back several steps, almost unable to stand.

"You, you dare hit me?"

Pei Rongrong has never been beaten since she was a child.

She was always protected, and no matter what mistakes she made, Pei Hong and Huo Qingyue would only offer a few symbolic criticisms.

Even if she caused a huge disaster, her husband and Huo Xiao would take responsibility for her.

This is why Pei Rongrong particularly hated the women around Huo Xiao when Huo Xiao's attention was stolen by the woman she thought was his aunt.

"Are you crazy?"

Meng Yu quickly stepped forward and tightly shielded Pei Rongrong behind him. He had seen Pei Rongrong rush in and slap her, but he hadn't stopped her. Instead, he watched as Pei Rongrong bullied him.

Pei Rongrong smashed her mother's jade, and that's why she hit Pei Rongrong. Meng Yu, however, stared at her angrily as if he were ready to avenge Pei Rongrong at any moment.

"Are you blind? She smashed my mother's belongings, didn't you see?"

Shao Yan swore that if Pei Rongrong dared to lay a finger on her again, she would stop pretending and beat Pei Rongrong up. Otherwise, she wouldn't be Shao Yan.

"Then you can't hit her, Assistant Shao, you're fired."

Meng Yu knew that if he didn't use some tricks this time, things would get really bad.

He wanted to teach Shao Yan a lesson.

If it weren't for the old man's insistence on protecting her status as Mrs. Meng, he would have told her long ago that they weren't married and told her to get lost.

Shao Yan sneered: "That's what you really think, President Meng. You don't need to fire me, I'll leave on my own."

There was nothing left for her to miss here.

Pei Rongrong covered her swollen face, but she had no intention of letting Shao Yan off the hook.

"She hit me, are you just going to let her go so easily?"

Pei Rongrong glared fiercely at Meng Yu: "I want you to slap her across the face and hit her back for me."

Meng Yu was stunned for a moment, not expecting Pei Rongrong to make such a request.

"What, you feel sorry for her?"

Once Pei Rongrong's temper flares up, she shows no sign of stopping.

"You're really something, daring to hit me. Meng Yu, if you don't help me get revenge, I'll cancel our engagement."

Shao Yan looked at Meng Yu with surprise in her eyes, then laughed.

It seems that it was Meng Yu's decision not to register their marriage.

He was clearly not her husband, yet he kept dragging things out without letting her know, forcing her to work for the Meng family.

That's really something!

As soon as Pei Rongrong spoke, Meng Yu was clearly flustered, but he wasn't flustered because Pei Rongrong wanted him to stand up for her; he was afraid that Shao Yan, out of anger, would blurt out their affair and let Pei Rongrong know.

"Assistant Shao, go to the company to collect your wages and get out of here immediately."

At this point, Meng Yu is someone no one can afford to offend.

"Fine, if you won't hit me, then I will."

Pei Rongrong was about to cause trouble when Vice President Wang came and knocked on the door. Hearing the tense atmosphere inside, he was terrified but had no choice but to speak up.

"Mr. Meng, Attorney Huo from Xuxiao Law Firm and the leaders from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission have arrived. Look—"

Meng Yu panicked instantly, and Pei Rongrong knew when she could make a scene and when she couldn't.

She hooked her arm around Meng Yu's, looking smug.

"I knew your uncle was good to you, he brought you business again."

Pei Rongrong glared at Shao Yan resentfully.

"Don't let me see you again."

She and Meng Yu left the office together. Shao Yan's left cheek was red and swollen, and her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at the broken jade.

She carefully picked up the broken jade pieces and pushed her wheelchair to the elevator.

With a ding, the elevator doors opened, and Shao Yan looked up to meet a pair of deep eyes that held a hint of mockery.

"Skipping work to get beaten up here. Mrs. Huo, you have quite the peculiar interest."