Five years without pregnancy means you're too weak; I remarried a powerful man and had triplets

"You still won't admit it!"

Seeing her unyielding and cold demeanor, Su Manman was so angry she felt like her lungs were about to explode. Her voice suddenly rose eight octaves, becoming so sharp it almost pierced eardrums.

"After Ah Zhe visited you last time, he's been completely out of his mind ever since! Shen Zhiyi, what kind of spell did you cast on him? He's so infatuated with you that he's even abandoned his family?!"

She had a "nobody's going to get away with this until we get this straight" attitude, arms crossed, chin held high, delivering her words with deadly force:

"If you don't hand him over today, I'm not leaving! Even if you call security to drag me out, I'll still camp out in front of your company every day! My reputation is already ruined, I'm not afraid of losing face, let's just wait and see who outlasts whom!"

As she spoke, she made up her mind and didn't care about her image anymore. Her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground, her back against the cold wall, adopting a posture of "a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water".

She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Ever since Hsu Che-sheng left with his suitcase last time, he has completely vanished from the face of the earth.

At first, she thought he had gone back to his mother-in-law Zhang Feng's place, but when she rushed over two days later, he wasn't there at all.

In a fit of rage, she called every single one of his friends and drinking buddies in her contacts, but no one knew where he was.

Now she was truly panicked.

Although no major news has broken yet, which of those gossipy women in the circle doesn't know that Su Manman is pregnant with Xu Zhesheng's child?

When she was showing signs of pregnancy, Xu Zhesheng specially arranged a dinner for her and her friends who usually only dated nouveau riche. In front of that group of people, she was incredibly glamorous, looking every bit the part of Mrs. Xu.

Her friends are all better than her in terms of looks and experience, but they just can't become famous. They can only envy her luck.

She had finally managed to climb onto Xu Zhesheng's coattails, and was about to use his film project to enter the big screen. She was the center of attention among her friends and even confidently declared that Xu Zhesheng would marry no one but her.

If this man just disappears without a trace, wouldn't her investment be wasted? How could she ever hold her head high in the industry again?

Thinking of this, a ruthless glint flashed in Su Manman's eyes.

She steeled herself, lay on the ground, hugged her knees, and adopted a shameless stance, determined not to leave unless the security guards carried her out like a sack of potatoes.

Today, she must see Xu Zhesheng! Even if it means turning this company's rising star upside down, she's willing to do it!

Seeing her shameless act, Shen Zhi frowned deeply, her face turning as cold as ice.

She wasn't ashamed; she was just worried about bad luck.

I don't know what was wrong with Xu Zhesheng back then, to fall for someone who has neither looks nor brains. Now that this person is clinging to her leg and crying his heart out, it makes Shen Zhiyi look like some kind of villain who broke up someone's marriage—and she herself feels disgusted, as if she's been splattered with dirt by this scumbag.

Without the slightest hesitation, she deftly dialed the security office's short number, her voice cold and devoid of warmth, as if reading a report in a businesslike manner: "There are outsiders causing trouble and damaging public property in the meeting room of the editing area on the 23rd floor. Please send someone up to clear the area as soon as possible."

Seeing that she had really hit her, Su Manman panicked instantly. She scrambled over, her ten-centimeter heels twisting to one side, her stockings tearing a hole in the tiles. Ignoring the pain, she clung tightly to Shen Zhiyi's leg, her sobs shrill and piercing:

"Shen Zhiyi, are you really going to kill me off? Where did you hide A-Zhe?! I've already given birth to his child, he can't abandon us!"

She tilted her head back, her makeup smeared black by tears, eyeliner mixed with tears running down her cheeks. There was no trace of her tearful beauty; she looked like a madwoman who had just crawled out of a coal pile, still putting on a melodramatic act.

"Please, have some mercy and don't break us up! Don't you already have President Lu? He's handsome, comes from a good family, and owns such a big company. In every way, he's better than Xu Zhesheng. Do you really need to steal my man?"

Seeing that Shen Zhiyi didn't even lift her eyelids, she simply reached out and tugged at her sleeve, her voice suddenly softening as if she had suffered a great injustice: "I know... you just can't stand me, right? You want to take everything that's mine, don't you? Fine, I'll give it to you! I quit acting, I'll avoid you from now on, I'll give you everything, just give me back A-Zhe, okay?"

Her wailing actually fooled several unsuspecting colleagues who were watching.

Several people who already resented Shen Zhiyi's sudden appointment as chief executive officer and her usual aloofness, saw her standing straight with a cold face while Su Manman collapsed on the ground crying uncontrollably. They genuinely felt that Shen Zhiyi was abusing her power and couldn't help but speak up to persuade her: "Sister Zhi, they say it's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage. We're all in this business, there's no need to go to such extremes."

"Exactly. Even if we really knew where Director Xu was, what difference would it make if we asked him to come out and say a few words to Miss Su? Look how pitifully she's crying."

"Chief Shen usually seems quite aloof, so why is she meddling in other people's relationships? President Lu is such a good person, why did you have to steal a married man from someone else?"

Several editors who had previously had their films cut by Shen Zhiyi and sent back for revisions three or four times also took the opportunity to chime in with sarcastic remarks, their voices neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for Shen Zhiyi to hear: "Exactly, being good-looking gives you the right to be fearless. She's being coaxed by President Lu and kept on tenterhooks by Director Xu. Her methods are beyond what most people can match."

The corridor was filled with accusations, making Su Manman, who had actually smashed things and caused a scene, appear as the victim.

Yang Chun'er, who had been holding back for a while, finally exploded. Her high heels clattered as she rushed over, pointing at the group of people who had spoken and yelling, "Are your brains filled with mush? Didn't you see this crazy woman barged in first, smashing things and causing a scene? Shen Zhiyi is the lead actress that President Lu poached for twice the market price. Why would he need to snatch her away from a lousy director who can't even get a new project? Xu Zhesheng is nothing! Does he even deserve to be snatched by her?"

After she finished her tirade, she turned and glared at the few who had echoed her, her face flushed with anger: "You guys are never this eager to slack off at get off work, but you're always the first to leave after work. Now you're all here to gossip! The HR department at Jiangxing must have been blind to hire a bunch of brainless people like you!"

"Yang Chun'er, stop spouting nonsense!"

Immediately, someone retorted defiantly. It was the editor whose film Shen Zhiyi had previously rejected and revised three times. He rolled his eyes sarcastically, "You're just an editing assistant, what right do you have to boss us around? You don't know where Xu Zhesheng is, do you? The way you're trying to cover it up, what else could it be but something fishy?"

Immediately, someone nearby chimed in, their tone dripping with sarcasm: "Oh, Assistant Yang is so protective of Chief Shen, could it be... that you two are having an affair? Could it be that Miss Yang has also taken a liking to Xu Zhesheng and is going to share a man with her best friend?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Zhiyi, who had been keeping a cold face and hadn't said a word, suddenly raised her eyes.