The Secret of Second Marriage

Mr. Jiang and I quickly went to sleep.

Late at night, I heard him quietly get out of bed, walk to the balcony, and make a phone call in a low voice, his tone filled with heart-wrenching pain.

He said angrily, "Mom, I really didn't expect that you would be the one to betray me in the end!"

You sold all the company shares that your father left behind to your uncle.

Today at the board meeting, my uncle suddenly pressured me, giving me three days to consider whether to relinquish my chairmanship.

I never imagined that the person who would ultimately stab their own son in the back would be their own mother!

"You broke my heart first, showing no regard for our mother-son relationship! You disregarded my life and death for that woman. I warned you long ago that once you married that woman, you would have nothing left!"

"It's your own fault for not listening to advice, you can't blame Mom! I hung up the phone because it wasn't anything serious. You're an adult, think it through."

Jiang's mother said from the other end.

Even the usually refined and calm President Jiang was now so angry that he clenched his fists and slammed them against the wall, blood seeping out from his skin.

He was really angry.

His mother was a selfish woman from a young age. Before he was weaned, she left him with his grandparents and went off to have an affair with another man. He cried loudly from hunger at home, and was eventually discovered by his father.

His parents divorced when he was a little over one year old.

That woman has a very successful career. She lives abroad most of the year and only occasionally comes back to China to visit her grandmother.

He had always longed for his mother's love.

After his father died unexpectedly from a brain hemorrhage, he received his father's will and inherited the vast corporation.

He was meticulous and methodical, gradually taking over the mess left by his father.

But to his surprise, the people he was trying to guard against were his stepmother and younger brother. He went to great lengths to kick them out and demote them to a remote branch office in another city, where they would receive a fixed salary.

But to his utter surprise, it was his own mother who betrayed him at the last moment.

His mother secretly stamped the company seal and transferred several sums of money from the company in his name. She also sold her shares to her uncle, the second-in-command of the group.

President Jiang really underestimated his uncle.

Jiang Yu'an, my uncle, is the illegitimate son of my grandfather's mistress. He is over 50 years old and works as a sales manager in a company.

When his father was alive, his uncle would follow him around bowing and scraping, full of respect, and he would also treat him with great affection, calling him "Ah Hui" all the time.

But unexpectedly, less than half a year after his father died, his uncle secretly colluded with the company's veteran employees to try to remove him from his position as chairman.

Mr. Jiang is a man who never smokes, but this time on the balcony, he smoked more than a dozen cigarettes, and the ash with a minty scent fell all over the ground.

His figure looked so lonely.

I tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep all night.

But I know I still like this man. At 3 a.m., I was wide awake. It was still pitch black outside the window. There is always a desolate feeling in the deep winter night.

So I put on my coat, slowly walked to the balcony, draped it over Mr. Jiang's shoulders, hugged him from behind, and said, "Mr. Jiang, it's too chilly at night, let's go inside."

"Man, thankfully I still have you by my side. Having you is enough."

President Jiang looked at me with red eyes, his eyes filled with a complex mix of emotions.

He held me tightly in his arms and kissed my lips passionately.

"Mr. Jiang, we're getting married soon. Can you tell me what happened?"

I asked him.

I believe that what makes a couple last is trust and respect.

I hope he will tell me his true thoughts.

But President Jiang still avoided my eyes, then forcefully picked me up and carried me in a princess carry, striding his long legs into the bedroom.

"Man, it's not that I don't want to tell you the truth, but you don't understand how terrifying the infighting is within the group right now."

I used to think I only had one or two enemies around me, but now I realize that even the person I trusted most has betrayed me.

But these things have nothing to do with you, Man. I miss you so much, I love you so much. If one day I'm no longer by your side, you must be happy.

He said.

I could sense that President Jiang was acting very differently than usual.

What is he hiding from me?

Mr. Jiang quickly carried me to the big bed in the bedroom, and swiftly took off my clothes. My body also had a physiological reaction to him.

His voice was full of confidence, stirring every cell in my body.

He leaned down and kissed my cheek, and my body naturally embraced him.

It is said that women are like wolves at 30 and tigers at 40. After a day of rational, cold, and tiring urban life, my body turns on the switch of desire at night, and I crave to be loved, cherished, and physically satisfied.

Mr. Jiang and I were like fish in water, making love in bed.

I could sense that President Jiang had an extreme fascination with my body.

We hugged and kissed. Watching his strong chest rise and fall with his heavy breathing, I could feel President Jiang's domineering nature and tenderness.

He kept kissing me, and he was incredibly patient and gentle with me, building up plenty of foreplay before launching into a passionate, whirlwind of passion.

Afterwards, my physical needs were met.

Mr. Jiang carried me to the bathroom for a shower. We looked at each other in our most honest state, and he suddenly couldn't help but hug me. A grown man actually shed a few tears.

He put me on the bathroom counter, and then we hugged and did it a few more times.

When you reach middle age, encountering love is like an old house catching fire. That night, it seemed to make up for all the emotional abuse I suffered from my ex-husband over the years.

I haven't had marital relations for six or seven years.

I am no longer living a cold and depressed life, but a woman nourished by men and love.

Deep down, I still long for love.

Mr. Jiang and I took a shower together. This time, he patiently helped me apply the shower gel and rinsed my skin with warm water. He was very patient and gentle in washing me.

After he finished bathing me, he hugged me in the bath water, carried me straight back to bed, covered me with the blanket, and kissed my hair, from my hair to my forehead, to my nose to the corner of my mouth, and then to my collarbone... His tender kisses fell all over my body; he had never been so gentle before.

"What's wrong? You seem a little different than usual today!"

I say.

The Mr. Jiang I know is a calm, refined, and restrained man.

But today he was unusually crazy, and he loved me to the core.

"Man, you are the only woman I have ever truly loved in this world!"

After kissing me, President Jiang held me in his arms, gently stroked my hair, and coaxed me, saying, "My dear wife, it's time to sleep."

Perhaps it was because President Jiang's voice was too gentle and magnetic, or perhaps it was the weariness after exhaustion, but he still fell asleep just before dawn.

But when I woke up, President Jiang had already gone to the company.

I woke up in the room and found a bankbook left by President Jiang on the bedside table.

The bankbook shows the 1.6 million yuan he saved for me.

This sum represents all the available funds he currently has on the company's books.

He withdrew all the money and put it into my card; the passbook account is in my name.

There was a note on the bedside table that read: "Man, keep this safe. Don't touch this money no matter who gives it to you. Take good care of yourself after I'm gone. Also... Shen Xing is a good person. Let him take care of you. Then I can rest easy."

The few words on the paper, as if making final arrangements, were filled with farewells and goodbyes.

"President Jiang, we haven't even broken up yet, what gives you the right to make this decision unilaterally?"

I was so angry that tears streamed down my face.

But soon when I turned on the TV, I saw today's trending news. The main page of the news showed that at 9 a.m. this morning, President Jiang was taken away by the police from the entrance of the group's building.

The chairman of a prestigious corporation was actually taken away by the police.

This incident shocked the news.

Things are moving too fast, I don't even know what happened. The most urgent thing now is to find Mr. Jiang's mother. I overheard a few words of his phone call late last night, and it seemed to be related to his mother.

I didn't have time to think about anything else. I quickly got dressed, took a taxi, and went to Grandma Jiang's house. As soon as we met, I explained what had happened that morning.

When Grandma Jiang saw the note from Mr. Jiang and the bankbook he left for me, she immediately called his former daughter-in-law, who was Mr. Jiang's mother.

President Jiang's mother eventually answered her mother-in-law's call.

Grandma Jiang has experienced many ups and downs in her life.

Her biggest regret was letting her son go into business, making the business so big, and breaking up the family.

She said, "Mingzhu, did you know that Hui was arrested, as his mother, according to the news this morning?"

"I just found out too."

Jiang's mother's voice also revealed a hint of complaint and heartache: "He is, after all, my own flesh and blood. How could I possibly harm him? I just want him to stay away from that woman."

I don't want to accept a divorced woman into our Jiang family and become a laughing stock in the elite circles.

Mother-in-law, I really didn't know anything about this. I admit I was greedy and sold my 5% stake to Hui's brother-in-law, but please understand...

I'm almost 60 years old, and I finally found a relationship that led to marriage. My uncle and I are truly in love. He said he wouldn't lie to me and that he would marry me after I gave him the shares.

After I marry him, the family's assets will not belong to Hui.

I'm absolutely furious with this stupid woman.

Distrusting her own son, she actually gave her property to her lover, betraying her son deeply.

No wonder President Jiang was so angry last night.

"You're so foolish!"

Grandma Jiang seemed to have returned to her former high-ranking self. Unlike her usual calm and composed demeanor, she unusually lost her temper and said, "Wang Mingzhu, you are, after all, the eldest daughter of the Wang family."

You were so willful back then. Even after you got married, you cheated on your husband with your ex-boyfriend and got caught.

The Jiang family, out of consideration for their reputation, did not disclose this matter to the public, which is already giving you enough face.

Over the years, his father has been busy with business, and it has been his grandfather and I who have been taking care of him. We have raised this child with great difficulty, watched him get into a 985 university, start his own business after graduation, and gradually make a stable life for him.

You've never done anything for this child, and now look what's happened—you've sent him to jail. How can there be such a heartless mother in this world?

"No, I never thought of him going to jail. I'm going to talk to Jiang Yu'an. He keeps saying that he's liked me for so many years, and that he'll marry me if I give him the shares, and that he'll take care of Jiang Hui as his own son. I'm going to talk to him! I don't believe he's lying to me."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang's mother arranged for Si to drive herself from the hotel to meet the new chairman of the group—Jiang Yu'an.