novelraw Chapter 57 – Why did you give me to Yin Xuemo?
Chapter 57 – Why did you give me to Yin Xuemo?
"Come in," a voice devoid of any emotion summoned Jiang Ci into Lu Yudong's office.
She lowered her gaze and stood in the center of the room.
Leaning back in his chair, Lu Yudong scrutinized Jiang Ci.
"Am I useless, but money is useful, right?" Lu Yudong's tone was thick with sarcasm.
"If you have something to say, Mr. Lu, just say it. I'm busy doing the accounts," Jiang Ci replied coldly.
"Something's missing from my house. Did you see it?"
Jiang Ci frowned slightly and looked up at Lu Yudong. What did he mean? Something was missing from his house, and he was asking her?
Did he think she was a thief?
"What did you lose?" Jiang Ci's tone was already tinged with anger.
"The marriage certificate. Did you take it? If you didn't, then someone else broke in, and I'll have to call the police," Lu Yudong said seriously.
Jiang Ci's heart finally settled; it turned out he wasn't accusing her unjustly.
But she was afraid Lu Yudong would call the police, so she said, "I took it."
"Oh? What do you plan to do with the marriage certificate? Trying to take control of the divorce?"
"Yes," Jiang Ci replied.
Lu Yudong started to laugh, as if mocking Jiang Ci's naivety. "Do you know that a divorce requires both parties to be present?"
"I know!"
"Then how do you plan to hand me over to Yin Xuemo? Just because you have the marriage certificate?" Lu Yudong's gaze fixed on Jiang Ci.
His eyes seemed to pierce through her heart.
Jiang Ci's emotions surged, her mind a chaotic mess, and she felt a chill as if she had been betrayed.
How did Yin Xuemo tell Lu Yudong everything? And why did Lu Yudong believe it all?
Seeing Jiang Ci's helpless and angry expression, Lu Yudong seemed to understand her thoughts. He said, "It seems you really said those words."
Jiang Ci couldn't lie. What she had said couldn't be unsaid, so she remained silent.
"If you keep talking like this outside and someone catches you, be careful how I deal with you!"
Jiang Ci thought to herself: Isn't it just dealing with me in bed? What else could he do?
"If there's nothing else, Mr. Lu, I'll be going." Jiang Ci's defiance had already diminished by half.
Lu Yudong was well-versed in negotiation tactics; he knew how to talk Jiang Ci into submission.
Jiang Ci felt uncomfortable under his control.
That evening, she returned to her dorm room, carefully opened the suitcase she had there, and checked Shao Zheng's diary. It was intact.
She placed the marriage certificate on top of Shao Zheng's diary.
Just then, Han Lan breezed into Jiang Ci's room, saying, "Jiang Ci, you're back? I just opened the door and found it unlocked. I knew it was you."
Jiang Ci wanted to hide it, but it was too late. Han Lan's eyes were fixed on the two small booklets.
"You... you got married?" Han Lan's eyes widened as she picked up the two booklets from the diary.
Lu Yudong and Jiang Ci.
Han Lan was incredulous.
She knew Jiang Ci was living with Lu Yudong, but she never expected they were married.
With Lu Yudong's status, wasn't he supposed to marry someone of equal standing?
Even Han Lan thought Mr. Lu would eventually marry Yin Xuemo and was only temporarily infatuated with Jiang Ci's youth and beauty.
Seeing she couldn't hide it, Jiang Ci had no choice but to come clean. "Don't tell anyone, it's a secret."
As for the marriage agreement, Jiang Ci didn't say a word. If she did, it would violate the agreement, and she'd have to pay a penalty.
"Don't you trust me?" Han Lan patted her chest. "Why are you back in the dorm? Did you have a fight again?"
"Don't mention it," Jiang Ci said, locking her suitcase and putting it in the cabinet. "He suspects me with Chu Shuo and set us up."
"Caught in the act?" Han Lan asked with a mischievous glint in her eye.
"How could it be? There's nothing between me and Chu Shuo. He's just guessing," Jiang Ci said anxiously.
"Then he must really love you!" Han Lan said dreamily. "I can't even imagine what our usually aloof, sharp-minded President Lu is like when he's jealous."
"Ha," Jiang Ci said dismissively. "That's just his possessiveness. It's not jealousy. He just won't allow anything marked by him to be tainted by another man's scent."
"He marked you? Where? Where?" Han Lan pretended to sniff around Jiang Ci's body. "Oh, I get it. He marked you inside, didn't he, Jiang Ci?"
Jiang Ci's face turned bright red. "Get lost!"