The Secret of Second Marriage

But considering that I was at President Jiang's house, I still got up and went to the bathroom to answer the phone.

I said, "Are you crazy? Calling me so late at night."

"Jiang Man, I saw you go home with that man with my own eyes. Did you cheat on me?"

My husband said angrily over there.

If I had heard such a question before, I might have felt flustered and breathless, feeling like a bad woman who had betrayed her marriage and her husband.

But now I just gave him a cold laugh and said, "What else? To spend every day in tears, torturing myself into a haggard, utterly radiant abandoned woman—is that what you want me to see?"

Xue Fan, I don't love you anymore. Our marriage is over... all that's left is litigation.

"Jiang Man, you vain woman, a good woman should not serve two husbands. You were born a member of the Xue family, and you will die a ghost of the Xue family."

How could you disregard your family, your husband, and your children for the sake of money?

I'm telling you, you'll get your comeuppance sooner or later. I order you to leave that Jiang guy immediately and come back to live with me, do you hear me?

Otherwise, one day, when you're old and faded, and President Jiang gets tired of you and throws you aside, let me tell you, even if you beg and cry, I won't bring you into the Xue family again."

Xue Fan said through gritted teeth, furious.

"What good woman? What about a woman not marrying two husbands? Xue Fan, are you still living in the Qing Dynasty? I'm only now realizing the difference between President Jiang and you."

All you do is play with women. You keep them locked up at home, clip their wings, and turn them into caged birds. When you're happy, you give them some money and come back to play with them for a while; when you're not, you go out and find other pets.

And President Jiang, he is my benefactor. No matter what happens between President Jiang and me in the future, at least he is willing to mentor me and help me grow. So, he will help me turn my life around.

Compared to him, you're nothing but trash!

My casual remark deeply wounded my ex-husband's pride.

Enraged, he kicked and smashed things, screaming in despair, "How dare you say I'm inferior to him? How dare you call me trash? Jiang Man, you've changed... You weren't like this before... How could you become like this? You've become so unfamiliar, I don't even recognize you anymore... Waaaaah!"

He was so angry that he cried.

I just found it funny.

Next, I heard the voice of Yang Yufei, the mistress.

She comforted my husband: "Don't listen to that bitch, she's just trying to provoke you. You don't want her anymore, why would President Jiang still want her? He's just playing with her. He's getting something for free and doesn't spend any money on her."

Mr. Xue, I am your true confidante. I will always be by your side, unlike that fickle woman. Only I truly care for you.

Yang Yufei delivered a performance on the other end of the phone that was worthy of a "green tea" actress.

I am truly impressed.

Nowadays, young girls wouldn't become someone's mistress if they didn't have some skills.

I said, "Stop acting, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else."

Yang Yufei immediately took the phone from my husband and adopted a harsh and arrogant attitude towards me.

She said, "Jiang Man, I'm warning you, don't seduce President Xue again. He's my man, the father of the child in my belly. Stay away from him from now on."

And what? Didn't you say you'd publicly apologize on Douyin? What? I haven't seen your apology video at all. Do you expect me to go to the film set tomorrow and confront you again?! You unreliable woman!

"Fine, you want to apologize, right? I'll go apologize to you right now, just you wait!"

I really didn't expect some women to be so eager to act shamelessly.

I hung up the phone.

A deep voice echoed in the darkness.

"Man, who are you talking to?"

"President Jiang... Hui, you should rest first. I have something to take care of."

I originally planned to record an apology video in Mr. Jiang's study so as not to disturb his rest, since he should have to go to work and attend meetings tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, President Jiang came over wearing a black pajama set, long pants, and slippers. He turned on the study light for me and then took out his phone to record an apology video for me.

The house is warm with the heating on.

I took a red dress from my makeup bag and put it on. I put on light makeup, wore pearl earrings, and carefully styled my long hair, letting it fall loose. I looked elegant and had a great presence.

I faced the camera, holding up my ID card, and officially began my first public apology on the "Sister Man's Rebirth" account.

I said, "My name is Jiang Man. As required by the judgment, today is the first day that I publicly apologize to Mr. Xue."

You and Ms. Yang are truly in love, so you shouldn't have exposed the fact that you had an extramarital affair for three years and transferred nearly 700 million yuan of your joint marital assets to a public platform.

I sincerely apologize for the inappropriate remarks I made.

At the request of your lawyer, even if you have issues with your private life, I cannot disclose them to the public.

I have deleted the inappropriate content as requested, and I will apologize to you on Douyin for the next 15 days! I'm sorry, I was wrong!

After I finished recording the video and checked that everything was okay, I posted it on Douyin and also shared the judgment document that the mistress and the scumbag sued me for.

After glancing at my wording, President Jiang couldn't help but ask me to praise him on the forehead, saying, "Man, well done!"

I laughed.

Actually, I didn't want things to come to this. As a woman, who would want to expose their private life to the public and be judged and criticized by others?

But my husband and his mistress are going too far. Since they're forcing me to apologize, I'll give them the apology they want.

I, Jiang Man, will never be a woman who can be manipulated and exploited by others.

Whoever drives me to despair, I will launch a counterattack and turn the tide.

Although my future is uncertain, at least I'm no longer heartbroken and upset about my disgusting, scumbag husband.

I've come to terms with it.

At least this marriage, filled with deception, lies, betrayal, and indifference, has come to an end, and there is no going back.

What I need to do is to use all my strength to develop my career, keep my enemies in the sky, and slowly climb up, getting closer and closer, until one day I can crush my scumbag husband and his mistress under my feet.

I will not spend my whole life wallowing in self-pity and becoming a pitiful woman who goes around telling everyone about her husband's infidelity. My life would be shrouded in darkness, and no one would care about me.

I had to break through the gloom and face the injustice, humiliation, and betrayal. I had to rise to the challenge without hesitation, finish filming this movie first, and then settle the score with my husband slowly.

Mr. Jiang pulled me back into bed, told me to turn off my phone and rest for a while. I lay in his arms and dozed off. When I woke up, it was already past 7 o'clock.

I made breakfast for President Jiang.

He took eggs, sandwich bread, and milk from the refrigerator, toasted them in the bread machine, then heated up some milk for me, and fried shrimp, eggs, and vegetables, placing them on the plate in front of me.

He said, "I'll have a taste, fill my stomach, and then go to the film set."

"President Jiang, you've helped me a lot. I was supposed to be making breakfast."

I say.

I felt quite embarrassed, as I was supposed to get up and make breakfast.

Because at my husband's house, the men there never did any housework.

I've gotten used to it. Every morning at 5 a.m., I get up to go to the market to buy fresh fish, shrimp and vegetables to make soup for breakfast.

My husband's favorite dishes are millet and pumpkin porridge and steamed seafood.

But to my surprise, Mr. Jiang said to me, "There's no law that says women have to make breakfast. Man, as long as you don't mind, I'll make something very simple, and I'll be happy."

He is a true gentleman, gentle and charming, with the allure of a mature man.

I suddenly asked, "Mr. Jiang, a man like you must have many naive young girls who would like you, right? Why have you never considered dating before?"

"Because I've been waiting for you."

President Jiang said.

"Have you ever had a girlfriend before?"

I asked a question casually.

Mr. Jiang's expression froze for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and then he said to me, "No."

But his eyes told me he was lying.

I'm starting to have a headache.

After I finished breakfast, I went to the bathroom to wash up and brush my teeth, changed my clothes, and left Mr. Jiang's residential area. I hurriedly took a taxi to the film set.

The morning sun was shining brightly outside.

Sparrows were chirping and chattering on the bare tree branches.

The whole city gained a touch of warmth.

As I sat in the car, I wondered why President Jiang lied to me, who that mysterious ex-girlfriend was, why he had disappeared all her photos, and why he hadn't dated anyone for so many years, and why that person was me.

Why?

I still can't find the answer. I always feel that President Jiang's love for me has an unreal and fake quality, or rather, he is always using me as a means to love another woman.

Forget it, stop thinking about it.

I'd better focus on my career.

I had just arrived at the film set and finished filming the morning's scenes. I went back to rest for a while, and then I received a call from Sister Juan.

Sister Juan said, "Wow, Man, your apology video from yesterday went viral. It's all over our circle of rich wives, everyone's sharing it on their WeChat Moments. The higher-ups at your husband's company will know about it right away, haha. I'm sure it'll be all over the city in a few days. That scumbag is going to get his comeuppance this time."