Wei Shaoqin believed he had not offended Su Mu, he didn’t even have the chance to curry favor, but now the way Su Mu looked at him shattered this confidence. He couldn’t help but doubt and scrutinize himself, wondering if he had, at so point that he wasn’t even aware of, offended this young lady.
Su Mu slightly raised her eyebrows, looking at Wei Shaoqin:
"You don’t know what you did?"
"What did I do?" Wei Shaoqin blinked innocently, "Even if I did do sothing, it must’ve been for your own good. All my intentions have to be based on what’s advantageous for you, otherwise, even if you kill , I wouldn’t do it."
Su Mu let out a light chuckle:
"What about the matter with Qin Nianwan?"
"What does Qin Nianwan’s matter have to do with ..." Wei Shaoqin’s words trailed off as he looked incredulously at Su Mu, "How do you know about it? Did Qin Nianwan tell you?"
Jiang Bei listened with half a clue, now looking disdainfully at Wei Shaoqin as he spoke up:
"What the hell is going on here? Don’t tell you slept with that bitch Qin Nianwan?"
Wei Shaoqin leaped out of his chair:
"Ancestor, please don’t disgust , alright? Even if Qin Nianwan stripped naked and stood before , I’d still find it an eyesore."
"So what exactly is going on?"
Wei Shaoqin, like a child who had done sothing wrong, sneakily glanced at Su Mu. Su Mu, however, didn’t seem angry at all, maintaining an indifferent expression the whole ti as she clarified to Jiang Bei:
"I went to see Qin Nianwan today, and sothing made want to co back and ask Wei Shao about what he did to her, so I still don’t know what happened. I want Wei Shao to tell what he did to Qin Nianwan that made her hate to this extent?"
Jiang Bei seed to understand sothing and was just about to lash out at Wei Shaoqin when Wei Shaoqin had already moved towards Su Mu:
"What do you an by this? Qin Nianwan attacked you? What did she do to you?"
Su Mu smiled lightly:
"What about you? What did you do to her?"
"I just..." Wei Shaoqin, his gaze on Su Mu, suddenly lost energy: "just had soone take a video of her."
"When did this happen?"
Wei Shaoqin pursed his lips:
"The day you went back to the old house to celebrate the old lady’s birthday. Qin Nianwan was at a hotel drinking with a few clients, drunk as a skunk, vomiting in the bathroom. I saw her, said a few words, and she even showed interest in cooperating with —to split you up from Fu Shinian so she could resu her old relationship with him while I could have you. I didn’t agree, thinking that since she harbored such thoughts, she would surely act against you in the future, so I took the opportunity when those clients were getting handsy with her to turn the tables."
"I never really ant to do anything; I just wanted to have sothing on her to keep her in line in case she tried to harm Su Mu."
Jiang Bei also rembered:
"Was it the ti when the two of us had dinner alone?"
"Yes."
Jiang Bei originally thought she knew everything about the situation, but the more she learned, the more she realized that what she knew was just the tip of the iceberg. Initially, she thought it was Chen Huifang who wanted money, then Su Mu told her it was a trap set by Qin Nianwan targeting her, but now she discovered that Qin Nianwan’s actions were not solely because of the video Wei Shaoqin had taken.
She wanted to bla Wei Shaoqin, but she also felt that what Wei Shaoqin did was not wrong; Qin Nianwan truly deserved to be dealt with. It was Su Mu, however, who ended up being affected. She looked at Su Mu, who, sensing her gaze, smiled back:
"I know what you want to say, but it’s not Wei Shaoqin’s fault. Didn’t you hear what he said? Before Wei Shaoqin laid a finger on her, she already had the idea of coming at . What she said today was just an excuse, even if Wei Shaoqin hadn’t made that video, she would have treated this way sooner or later."
Wei Shaoqin found an opportunity to ask:
"No, can you guys tell , what exactly did Qin Nianwan do to Su Mu?"
Jiang Bei glanced at Wei Shaoqin and began recounting the situation between Su Mu and Wen Han. Wei Shaoqin was stunned; he had never imagined things would go this far. Whenever he faced sothing unacceptable in the past, he would flare up imdiately, but this ti, he just stared at Su Mu, his eyes a maelstrom of complexity that was nearly impossible for anyone to understand.
Su Mu had an idea of what was on his mind. Just as she opened her mouth to say a few words of persuasion, Wei Shaoqin suddenly stopped himself. In the ti it took Jiang Bei and Su Mu to react, he slapped himself hard across the face, shocking both of them to their feet imdiately.
"Wei Shaoqin, what are you doing?"
"It’s my fault," Wei Shaoqin was full of self-reproach. "If it weren’t for what I did to Qin Nianwan back then, she wouldn’t have taken it out on Su Mu, and Su Mu wouldn’t have ended up in this situation."
Jiang Bei: "Didn’t you hear what Su Mu just said? Whether you did it or not, Qin Nianwan would have done the sa."
Su Mu said softly:
"Wei Shaoqin, I didn’t tell you all this so you would bla yourself. I just wanted so clarity."
Although she said this, it did not comfort Wei Shaoqin, but he didn’t lose control again. He sat there dazed, hesitating for a long ti before attempting to ask Su Mu:
"Then you... you and Fu Shinian..."
Given the circumstances, Su Mu had nothing to hide from Wei Shaoqin anymore and smiled faintly:
"We’ll probably get a divorce."
Wei Shaoqin narrowed his eyes slightly:
"But didn’t you say that nothing substantial happened between you and Wen Han?"
"That’s not the point."
Su Mu believed that after things cald down, Fu Shinian would also trust that nothing had happened between her and Wen Han. Still, the rift was there, and no amount of nding could restore it to its original state. Instead of making do and waiting for everything to explode soday in the future, it was better to part on good terms now.
She no longer insisted, she was ultimately tired after more than two years.
They had agreed to drink together, but in the end, with everyone’s mood low, they simply had dinner and went ho. Su Mu was to stay at Jiang Bei’s place. Wei Shaoqin drove the two of them there, and as they reached the apartnt building, he called out to stop Su Mu. Seeing this, Jiang Bei patted Su Mu’s shoulder:
"I’ll go up first."
Su Mu nodded, settled back in her seat, and waited until Jiang Bei’s figure disappeared into the apartnt. Only then did her voice fill the car:
"Wei Shaoqin, I’m quite unaccustod to seeing you like this."
Wei Shaoqin had been gripping the steering wheel the entire ti, his knuckles turning white from the force. It seed he was holding back sothing fiercely, staying silent for a long while. Su Mu waited quietly without any hint of impatience, until he finally spoke:
"I’m sorry."
Su Mu looked out at the snow and smiled faintly:
"I forgive you."
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