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

Cheng Xi continued to berate Bai Xinyao even after getting into the car.

"She's truly the most shameless person I've ever met!"

Ruan Ning comforted her, "Let's not be angry anymore. It's not worth ruining your good mood over her. We've already avenged you."

"But how do you have their headquarters' phone number?" Cheng Xi asked curiously. "I remember that ordinary people don't have permission to call the headquarters in China."

Ruan Ning lowered her eyes. "My mother used to be a shareholder in the headquarters of a domestic group. Before she passed away, she transferred her shares to me."

She hadn't told anyone about this, not even Xu Jianye and Fu Tingchen knew.

When her mother was mentioned, Ruan Ning looked somewhat sad.

Cheng Xi leaned over and hugged her, offering silent comfort without saying anything.

Just as Ruan Ning was about to drive, Jin Manrong called.

"Feed".

Jin Manrong's voice remained as cold as ever: "The divorce certificate has been issued. When are we going back to the old house to pick it up?"

Ruan Ning's low spirits finally lifted after hearing those words.

"I'm going back now."

After hanging up the phone, Ruan Ning turned to Cheng Xi excitedly and said, "Xi Xi, the divorce certificate is here! I'm finally free!"

Cheng Xi noticed that Ruan Ning's eyes were misty with tears.

It was tears of joy.

She was genuinely happy for her friend.

"Great! You can finally escape this quagmire. From now on, let those two scoundrels do whatever they want. Our Ningning will focus on her career and shine on her own!"

Ruan Ning dropped Cheng Xi off at home and then drove to the Fu family's old residence.

living room.

Jin Manrong handed the divorce certificate to Ruan Ning.

"Thank you." Ruan Ning took the divorce certificate, flipped through it, and glanced at it. "Does Fu Tingchen know?"

"He doesn't know yet," Jin Manrong said.

Ruan Ning was a little worried and asked, "Will the validity of the divorce certificate be affected if he wasn't present when the paperwork was processed? Will there be any problems later?"

Jin Manrong picked up her teacup, took a sip, and then slowly said, "Don't worry about that. I can handle this little thing. There's no problem with the validity of the divorce certificate."

"That's good."

"However..." Jin Manrong changed the subject.

"What?"

"You still need to keep this a secret."

Ruan Ning frowned. "You still haven't found a satisfactory daughter-in-law?"

"That's not all. The old lady hasn't been feeling well lately; her old ailment has flared up, and the doctor said she can't be exposed to any stress."

"Her kindness towards me was only out of guilt; she didn't really like me as her granddaughter-in-law. How could my divorce from Fu Tingchen possibly upset her?"

Jin Manrong raised her eyes and glanced at Ruan Ning indifferently, "You're quite self-aware."

Ruan Ning sneered, "Your entire Fu family conspired to deceive me. I knew my place the moment I learned the truth."

"Although the old lady felt guilty for being kind to you, her kindness wasn't entirely insincere; it was still mixed with genuine feelings."

Ruan Ning remained noncommittal.

Jin Manrong continued, "In any case, don't announce the divorce yet. I will make a statement when the time is right."

"I can agree to that, but I can't wait much longer," Ruan Ning said coldly. "I don't want to be disgusted by Fu Tingchen and Bai Xinyao again while I'm still known as Mrs. Fu."

"One month," Ruan Ning stated the time limit. "I can only keep it a secret for you for another month at most."

"A month from now, whether you find a satisfactory daughter-in-law or not, and whether the old lady's condition improves or not, I will no longer help you keep it a secret."

Jin Manrong let out a cold snort.

"Ha, you're actually trying to negotiate with me now."

For the past three years, Ruan Ning had always swallowed his anger and obeyed her every word.

I never dared to speak to her in that manner.

Ruan Ning slowly took a sip of tea, smiled at Jin Manrong, and said, "Now that you're asking me for a favor, why can't I negotiate? If you don't accept, I can tell Fu Tingchen right now that we're divorced."

Jin Manrong was so angry that her face turned green.

"Ruan Ning, I underestimated you before."

Remembering how Ruan Ning secretly conducted a paternity test on Fu Tingchen and Fu Zishuo, and then used it to blackmail her into giving her ten million yuan as hush money, Jin Manrong was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

"I thought you were some kind of well-behaved girl, but I didn't expect you to be such a troublemaker." Jin Manrong said with disdain.

Ruan Ning smiled good-naturedly, "Just because I've learned to resist and no longer let you manipulate me doesn't mean I'm not someone to be trifled with, does it?"

"Then I wish you find a daughter-in-law that you can control at will."

Ruan Ning was equally blunt when criticizing Jin Manrong.

"I think Bai Xinyao is pretty good. She has no background, so you can manipulate her as you please. Back then, even though she was pregnant, she still couldn't get into the Fu family."

Ruan Ning smiled brightly, "It's just a pity that you don't like the ones your son likes."

"Splash—"

Jin Manrong was so angry that she smashed the teacup.

"Ruan Ning!" Jin Manrong shouted her name through gritted teeth.

Ruan Ning put the divorce certificate into her bag and stood up gracefully, her eyes crinkling with a smile. "I have something to do, so I won't stay for dinner. I'm leaving."

After saying that, she walked away in her high heels without looking back.

Even their backs exuded joy.

Jin Manrong was so angry that she even wanted to issue a statement right now to announce to the outside world that Ruan Ning and Fu Tingchen had divorced and that Ruan Ning was no longer the young mistress of the Fu family.

But......

Thinking of Bai Xinyao, Jin Manrong held back.

No, we absolutely cannot give that vixen a chance to take advantage of us!

-

Ruan Ning was in high spirits after receiving her divorce certificate.

To celebrate their official divorce, Ruan Ning treated everyone to dinner that evening.

She booked a private room at Xiangmanlou, a famous high-end Chinese restaurant in Haicheng, to treat Cheng Xi and Gu Mingzhou to dinner.

Unexpectedly, they ran into Fu Tingchen and Bai Xinyao here.

Accompanying them were Fu Tingchen's friend Lu Yao, and a middle-aged man whom Ruan Ning did not recognize.

A group of people had just come out of the private room.

"Don't worry, Tingchen, I will definitely take care of this for you."

"Then I'll have to trouble Senior Murong." That was Fu Tingchen's voice.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Fu Tingchen and his group came face to face with Ruan Ning and her group.

When Fu Tingchen saw Ruan Ning, a look of surprise flashed across his face, and he stopped in his tracks. "Ruan Ning, what are you doing here?"

Ruan Ning remained calm. "I came to have dinner with friends."

"What a coincidence," Bai Xinyao said with a smile. "Tingchen and I also happened to be having dinner here today."

Murong Yuan, standing to the side, smiled and asked, "Tingchen, is this your friend?"

"Hmm." Fu Tingchen did not mention his relationship with Ruan Ning.

Murong Yuan did not know Ruan Ning, but he knew Gu Mingzhou.

"Mingzhou?" Murong Yuan greeted Gu Mingzhou when he saw him.

"Senior Murong." Gu Mingzhou nodded slightly.

"You two know each other?" Fu Tingchen asked in surprise.

"Of course," Murong Yuan said with a smile. "Mingzhou is Professor Zhou's student, and Mingzhou's research team will also participate in this brain-computer interface project."