You tricked me into raising your son? You'll divorce me and become my aunt.

Fu Tingchen looked up at him. "You're back. I was just about to look for you. You weren't in the meeting this morning. I've handed over the Hongtian project to Xinyao."

"Why should I?" Ruan Ning retorted.

Fu Tingchen paused, seemingly surprised that the usually docile and obedient Ruan Ning would question him.

"Xinyao's major abroad is related to this project, and she has also accumulated a lot of work experience over the years. She is capable of doing this project well, so you can rest assured that you have entrusted it to her."

Ruan Ning was seething with anger.

She was furious and quickly accused him, "This is a project I spent three months negotiating. My team and I revised the project proposal no less than ten times. Our entire team worked overtime for three weeks straight to get this result, and now you want me to just hand it over to someone else?"

Fu Tingchen rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache.

"Ruan Ning, why are you being so petty?"

Ruan Ning clenched her fists, wishing she could tear the two despicable people apart. "Me, being petty?"

Fu Tingchen waved impatiently at Ruan Ning to leave.

"Alright, the project is settled then. You must follow my instructions."

Ruan Ning wished she could throw the divorce papers right in Fu Tingchen's face right now!

But then I remembered Attorney Lin's advice.

She had to suppress her inner impulse.

I had no choice but to grit my teeth and bear it.

-

The next day was Saturday.

Ruan Ning slept in late.

I woke up at 11 a.m.

Ruan Ning went downstairs and found the house very quiet.

Fu Tingchen and Bai Xinyao have disappeared.

She probably took Fu Zishuo out to play.

"Aunt Zhang," Ruan Ning called out, but no one responded.

Just then, the sound of a car came from the yard.

Fu Tingchen and Bai Xinyao are back.

As soon as he entered, Fu Tingchen said, "Something happened at Zhang Ma's home, so she's taking two days off to go back to her hometown to deal with it."

Ruan Ning: "Oh."

Fu Tingchen handed the gift bag to Ruan Ning.

"This is a gift I bought for you while shopping at the mall. Consider it compensation for the Hongtian project."

Bai Xinyao interjected, "It's a bracelet. Xiao Ning, try it on and see if you like it. I picked it out for you. I didn't mean to steal your project. Tingchen said he wanted me to practice, so... Xiao Ning, don't blame Tingchen. Consider this gift as an apology."

Ruan Ning sneered inwardly.

Haha, she used the project she worked so hard to finalize to give Bai Xinyao practice?

Fu Tingchen really knows how to use someone else's talent to his advantage.

As Bai Xinyao said this, she deliberately lingered in front of Ruan Ning.

Ruan Ning immediately noticed the necklace Bai Xinyao was wearing around her neck.

For the past two days since Bai Xinyao arrived, her neck has been bare, without a necklace.

Now suddenly there's an extra necklace.

Then look at the gift that Fu Tingchen handed over; it's from the same brand.

Ruan Ning took it and opened the box.

I saw that basic bracelet inside, it cost over 30,000 yuan.

If she remembered correctly, the necklace around Bai Xinyao's neck cost over three million.

Ruan Ning understood.

Bai Xinyao said it was an apology.

In reality, she was showing off how generous Fu Tingchen was to her.

"Thank you."

Ruan Ning accepted the bracelet and said to Fu Tingchen, "I'll take the bracelet for now, but I really don't like it. I'll go shopping another day and pick out a different one myself."

What a joke! They stole her project, and they think they can just let it go so easily with a 30,000 yuan bracelet?

Fu Tingchen paused for a moment, then said, "Okay."

I don't know if it was just his imagination.

He felt that Ruan Ning seemed to have changed.

She's probably jealous of how good he is to Bai Xinyao and is throwing a tantrum at him.

Fu Tingchen didn't think much of it.

"Aunt Zhang took the day off to go back to her hometown today. Shall we go out for lunch?" Fu Tingchen said this to Ruan Ning.

Before Ruan Ning could answer, Bai Xinyao suddenly spoke up: "Tingchen, you always say that Xiao Ning is a good cook. I've always wanted to eat her cooking, and now we finally have the chance. Why don't we let her show off her skills today?"

These words sound like a compliment, but they actually conceal a ulterior motive.

She wanted to use the guise of praise to smoothly shift the cooking duties onto Ruan Ning.

Ruan Ning paused slightly, a faint hint of sarcasm flashing in her eyes.

She knew Bai Xinyao's little schemes all too well.

She appears gentle and kind on the surface, but is actually a scheming and manipulative woman.

Ruan Ning smiled but didn't say anything, looking at Fu Tingchen, wanting to see what he would say.

Seeing that Ruan Ning did not refuse, Bai Xinyao took the opportunity to act coquettishly towards Tingchen.

"Tingchen, please? Xiaoning's cooking is definitely much better than food from outside."

Fu Tingchen nodded and looked at Ruan Ning, "Go cook."

Five simple words, cold and self-righteous.

This was an answer that Ruan Ning had expected.

In their three-year marriage, no matter how gentle and considerate she was to Tingchen, or how well she took care of him, he never had a single genuine feeling for her.

In his heart, his wife was perhaps no different from the servants in the house.

Ruan Ning's cooking skills are indeed excellent.

Sometimes, when she feels like it, she will cook for Fu Tingchen.

In the past, if guests came to her home, she might have actually cooked for them herself.

But now...

She looked up at the two of them, a gentle and obedient smile spreading across her face.

It looks very docile.

"Sure, but there's not much food left in the fridge. I'm going to the supermarket to buy some groceries. You guys wait for me at home for a bit, I'll be right back."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xinyao smiled and said insincerely, "Then I'll trouble you, Xiao Ning."

Ruan Ning smiled, but the gentle smile on her face vanished the moment she turned around.

Want to eat my cooking?

Are you worthy?

Ruan Ning did not go to the nearby supermarket to buy groceries at all.

She drove straight to the most bustling commercial district in the city center.

I also called my best friend Cheng Xi and asked her to come over for hot pot.

She chose a Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot restaurant with delicious food.

The two best friends ordered their favorite dishes.

They ate hotpot while complaining about that cheating couple, thoroughly enjoying their meal.

Meanwhile, on the other side is Yunjinju.

Fu Tingchen, Bai Xinyao, and Fu Zishuo, a family of three, were already starving.

At first, Bai Xinyao was quite smug, thinking that Fu Tingchen was just treating Ruan Ning as a nanny.

She was mentally planning how she would make things difficult for Ruan Ning when she returned later.

An hour passed, but Ruan Ning still hadn't returned.

Two hours passed, and there was still no sign of a person.

Fu Zishuo's stomach was growling with hunger.

"Mom, I'm hungry. When are we going to eat?" When no one else is around, Fu Zishuo always calls Bai Xinyao "Mom".

He knew who his biological mother was.

"Sweetie, wait a little longer, until that bad woman comes back to cook."

At this moment, Fu Tingchen is working in his study.

Bai Xinyao stopped pretending and directly called Ruan Ning a bad woman.

Fu Zishuo pouted, "Mom, why do we have to wait for that bad woman to come back? I don't want to eat her cooking, let's order takeout."

Bai Xinyao immediately objected: "No! We can't order takeout!"

"Cooking is her job. She's just a free nanny. Now that the housekeeper is on leave, of course we have to order her around."

Bai Xinyao thought that she had finally gotten this chance to control Ruan Ning, so how could she give it up so easily?

She was waiting for Ruan Ning to come back and cook.

She wanted to make Ruan Ning understand that she was just a free nanny.

Not Mrs. Fu.

If we order takeout now, wouldn't that be letting Ruan Ning escape this predicament for nothing?

After Ruan Ning and Cheng Xi finished their meal, they received a call from Fu Tingchen.