The Secret of Second Marriage

I didn't say anything, afraid of angering him.

Remembering Lu Xiao's identity as a police officer, I called him: "Assistant Lu, is that right? I'm filming at a hotel and I want to invest in a movie. I need 500 million yuan in cash. Can you send it over to me right away?"

My ex-husband, Xue Fan, was afraid I was playing a trick on him, so he took my phone and checked it. He found that the contact name was indeed Lu Xiao, Lu's assistant.

He then handed my phone back, and after a while, he grabbed my hand and said, "Jiang Man, let's start over."

I pulled my hand back; just looking at him made me feel nauseous.

I turned my head away, refusing to look at him.

My ex-husband, Xue Fan, knelt in front of me with red eyes, hugged my slender, straight legs, and said, "We used to have such a good relationship."

In my freshman year, the moment I saw you, my heart started pounding, and I knew I had fallen in love with you.

It was Sunday, the sun was shining brightly... I wore a white shirt and asked you to go to the library to do your homework... Watching you write your report so diligently, my heart raced... I wrote "I like you" on a piece of paper, "Do you like me?" and quietly placed it in front of you.

At that moment, you smiled, and the note came back, saying, "I like you too." I saw the stars in your eyes... I swear I will never let you down.

Jiang Man, we've been together since college, through the working world, and married for 10 years. You've long been the woman I love most in this life.

I truly never expected you to ask me for a divorce. I was shocked at that moment. I made many mistakes afterward, but now I've realized my mistakes and I still love you. Please forgive me just this once! Please!

He called my name loudly, but I felt panicked and my fingers trembled with anger.

I lowered my head and sneered: "That's not what you said when you forced me to leave with nothing! What about Shen Xing? Do you dare say that this boy wasn't invited by you?"

You wanted to get evidence of my affair with Shen Xing so you could use it to smear me in the divorce proceedings and blackmail me!

"Heh, so this is what you call love for me? Your love is filthy, despicable, and shameless!"

"I did hire Shen Xing, but I never expected things to spiral out of control..."

Xue Fan's eyes flashed with anger as he said fiercely, "Shen Xing, I've been tricked by that kid."

I met him at a dinner party. He happened to be working as a waiter at a nightclub to earn his college tuition.

To be honest, the first time I saw this boy, I thought he was so sunny and handsome that any woman would fall in love with such a stunningly good-looking boy.

I also looked at his various certificates. He was a top student at the Central Academy of Drama and had exceptional talents in playing the piano, singing, and dancing.

My task for him was to find some fun in his life so that he wouldn't be suspicious and watch me so closely all day.

I gave him tens of thousands of yuan to tutor my daughter and also to chat with you. I thought I was too busy with my own business to spend time with you, so I found a substitute to keep you company.

Because you all like music, prose, poetry, flowers and plants, and other romantic things.

At the time, my career was booming, and I had absolutely no interest in these things.

I never imagined that anything would happen between you two.

But I never thought that one day he would actually fall in love with you and urge you to divorce me!

Later, after the mistress I was keeping in the office got pregnant, the prenatal checkup revealed it was a son, and I slowly started thinking about divorce... What's even more infuriating is that I had someone threaten him, making him get photos of us sleeping together as a task to complete, otherwise I would have two of his fingers cut off so he could never play the piano again.

But he actually refused. He refused my request because he was afraid of hurting you. I had my men beat him half to death, beat him until he was thrown home, and he developed a high fever, pneumonia, and stomach problems... He almost died, but he still wouldn't compromise. I am his employer. From that day on, I knew that the kid had fallen in love.

Jiang Man, tell me, did you sleep with that guy or not?

"Jiang Man, did you sleep with him? Did you cheat on me?!"

"Does it matter? We're divorced, none of this matters anymore."

After hearing my ex-husband's words, I was deeply shocked for a moment.

Shen Xing suddenly developed a high fever and his stomach problems relapsed. He was lying in his rented room, almost fainting. His cousin called me and asked me to go see him and take him to the hospital for surgery.

At the time, I was thinking to myself, how come this boy's health is so poor? He gets sick so easily, doesn't eat properly, doesn't take good care of his body, and has such a serious stomach disease at such a young age.

It only suddenly dawned on me now that he was beaten up like that by people hired by my ex-husband.

Xue Fan laughed, a laugh filled with endless coldness and jealousy: "Jiang Man, do you believe me when I say I loved you? I'm your husband of ten years, and I've been keeping a mistress on the side, but I've also been very considerate of you. I was afraid you'd be lonely at home alone."

"I paid someone to keep you company, shouldn't you thank me?"

"Xue Fan, I stopped loving you a long time ago. How could you seduce your wife with another man? Your morals disgust me."

I spoke through gritted teeth, each word dripping with hatred, then took a deep breath and said in the calmest, coldest tone, "I'm telling you, there's no way I'll ever remarry you!"

At that moment, I suddenly felt a deep sense of indebtedness to Shen Xing. I owed that boy a debt for dragging him into the mess between my husband and me, and for causing him to be beaten because of me.

Xue Fan sneered, his gaze turning fierce, and said, "But I didn't expect that after the divorce, you would have another President Jiang by your side."

I underestimated you... Mr. Jiang is the boss of your former company. He is young and promising, a graduate of a prestigious university, of noble birth, talented and worth over 100 million.

He is the elite of the elite, the most outstanding among the elite. You have worked together for so many years and have always been polite to each other, without any scandals ever arising.

I never expected that after the divorce, he would take the initiative to pursue you. Actually, I know that you slept with President Jiang. I was furious, you know?

So today I'm determined to have you! I'll show you just how much stronger I am than President Jiang!

After he finished speaking, he grabbed my hand and pressed me down on the bed, moving me up and down. A sinister smile appeared on his lips, and his breathing became heavy, as if he had never touched a woman in eight lifetimes.

Oh, and that's also true for him. After being laid off, he fell from grace, his mistress ran away, he had no money, and naturally no woman wanted to be with him anymore.

"Get out of here!"

I slapped his hand away and bit his lip hard, almost biting off his tongue, making him scream in pain...

He failed because I resisted too fiercely.

He said angrily, "Jiang Man, I used to work overtime every day while you stayed home alone every night. Occasionally when I came back from a business trip, you would use every means to seduce me, you were practically stripping naked in front of me and asking me to take advantage of you."

But now I'm giving you this chance, why aren't you taking it?

"Because you're dirty!"

I felt nauseous, so I spat out a mouthful of blood and kicked him in the groin. Caught off guard, he immediately bent over and squatted on the ground, gasping for breath.

Because we were making a commotion in the room, hotel staff came up and knocked on the door to ask, "Ms. Jiang, are you alright? Are you in danger and need help?"

"I'm fine."

Suddenly I felt a knife pressed against my back. At that moment, I felt so close to death. For a minute, the string in my brain snapped, and then I remembered many horrific cases of wife-killing that I had seen in the news.

I never imagined reality would be this terrible.

The waiter then said, "Ms. Jiang, we just heard men's voices inside the hotel. Were you threatened? Do you need us to call the police for you?"

I was so nervous I could hardly breathe before I finally managed to say, "No need, he's my ex-husband. This is a family matter, no need to call the police."

I know the most important thing to do right now is not to provoke Xue Fan, that madman.

He drank a lot of alcohol before coming to see me, and now his eyes are bulging and he's very emotionally out of control.

As the saying goes, those who have nothing to lose are not afraid of those who wear shoes.

He has lost everything now—his career, his mistress, and even the son she bore him isn't his. Moreover, he was too greedy, wanting to quickly return to the top of the business world and become a big boss, so he took out a lot of loans to expand his restaurant business, but due to the poor economic climate, they all went bankrupt.

He's now heavily in debt.

When the hotel staff heard me say that, they assumed we were really having a marital dispute and were arguing in the hotel, so they left.

Xue Fan locked the hotel room door from the inside and used a table to block the doorway. A hint of guilt flashed in his eyes. He coughed and said to me, "Since things have come to this point, we have to see it through. Give me 500 million, Jiang Man. I promise you, this money will be a loan from me."

"Once I make a comeback, I will definitely remarry you, make you a rich wife, and make you the happiest woman in the world!"

"What you said disgusts me."

I don't know why I suddenly became calm. It seems that this despicable man in front of me has cornered me, giving me the courage to burn my bridges: "Xue Fan, I'm not a wooden person. I also have emotions and desires!"

You neglected me throughout that marriage, did you think I didn't know?

I will never look back!

I am no longer the woman who felt inferior in her marriage...

I have my own career and my own confidence. It's time to turn the page on that past marriage.

I had secretly shared my location with Lu Xiao via WeChat a long time ago. The place where I was filming was a film studio not far from Beijing. I had a cameo role in a movie.

I think Lu Xiao should be here soon.

He's a policeman, he'll definitely have a way.

I silently resolved to completely sever ties with my ex-husband.

After waiting for nearly an hour and a half, just when I was falling into despair, the hotel window was suddenly smashed open, a bloody hand climbed in, and then I saw a clean, neat, and handsome figure.

He was wearing a black police uniform, with a gun at his waist. In no time, he knocked my ex-husband to the ground, took the knife from his hand, pinned him to the hotel bed, and handcuffed him.

He glanced at me and asked, "Jiang Man, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, just a minor injury."

I said, "He is my ex-husband. He threatened me to give him 500 million. I just recorded it. I have recorded it. My business with him ends here. It's time to turn the page."

"Jiang Man, I was wrong. For the sake of our past relationship, I just drank too much today and lost my mind. I came to ask you for 500 million yuan. Please don't call the police, okay?"

When Xue Fan saw the police arrive, he broke out in a cold sweat.

It seems he is still afraid.