In the screenshot was a divorce agreement signed by Si Yanli.
Every single word on the agreement had been typed by Tang Wu herself before she sent it to Si Yanli's email.
Yesterday on the high-speed train, he said he would sign it.
She hadn't expected him to leak it.
This was the second time he had ruthlessly trampled on her dignity!
The first time was on their wedding night, when he left without a word after sleeping with her.
This time, again after sleeping with her, he made the divorce agreement known to everyone in town.
Making her a universal laughingstock!
Tang Wu's nose stung, and a thin mist of tears welled up in her eyes.
She tilted her head up slightly, proudly forcing the tears back.
Xia Zhiwan: "Wuwu, I just saw Jiang Wei post a divorce agreement in the socialite group. Did your scumbag of a husband really sign it?"
Xia Zhiwan: "Is he seeing someone on the outside? Why did he ask for a divorce as soon as he came back?"
Xia Zhiwan: "The socialite group Jiang Wei created is as lively as a party right now. You can fight with Si Yanli all you want, but he's ultimately the best candidate for a marriage alliance. If you divorce him, won't your dad skin you alive?"
Before Tang Wu could reply to Xia Zhiwan, Father Tang called.
After answering the call, Tang Wu tossed her phone to the side.
Unsurprisingly, Father Tang's roar came from the other end of the line. "Tang Wu, how can you be so useless? The Si family is now the richest in the country. You finally managed to marry into it, so how could you let Yanli divorce you? Let me tell you, if you can't save your marriage, don't even think about seeing your grandmother again in this lifetime!"
Tang Wu gritted her back teeth, her beautiful eyes turning cold. "If anything happens to my grandmother, Tang Baitao, I will definitely make you lose everything!"
Father Tang was furious on the other end. "As long as you hold on for another year and keep this marriage intact so our Tang family can regain a firm foothold in Ye City, I will let you see your grandmother."
Two years ago, when Tang Baitao asked Tang Wu to enter a marriage alliance with Si Yanli, she initially disagreed.
A secret crush was one thing, but she knew very well that Si Yanli didn't like her.
Marrying him meant she would not only fail to gain his love but also suffer for the rest of her life.
Back then, her mother had been blindly in love and married Tang Baitao regardless of the consequences.
But when her mother was pregnant with her, Tang Baitao cheated and even got his mistress pregnant.
Just a few years after giving birth to her, her mother became depressed and threw herself into the sea.
When she was five, Tang Baitao brought his mistress and his younger daughter back to the Tang family.
In Tang Baitao's eyes, she was nothing more than a tool for profit.
She grew up with her grandmother. If her grandmother hadn't fallen ill and needed a kidney transplant, and if Tang Baitao hadn't been able to find a suitable kidney donor, she would never have agreed to the marriage alliance.
After her grandmother's kidney transplant, Tang Baitao never let her see her grandmother again.
If it weren't for these things weighing her down, given her personality, why would she have compromised and lived like a widow for two years?
Now that Si Yanli had exposed the signed divorce agreement, she was the one being humiliated and mocked!
Why did she become the one being blamed instead?
Tang Wu hung up the phone directly, not wanting to hear Tang Baitao's roaring on the other end anymore.
Over the past two years, Tang Wu had worked at the TV station and gained some fame. She had taken on commercials and variety shows, accumulating some savings.
She spent money to hire a private investigator.
She didn't believe that a private investigator couldn't find her grandmother's whereabouts.
As long as she found her grandmother, she would no longer cling to this cold commercial marriage.
She wanted to throw that heartless man far away!
...
When Tang Wu came downstairs, she happened to hear Old Master Si on the phone.
Ever since Old Master Si became addicted to gossiping with Wen Yan, he could now get wind of all kinds of news in high society circles right away.
He didn't expect that this time, the gossip would be about his own third grandson.
That bastard actually dared to divorce his third granddaughter-in-law!
She had slept in an empty bed for two years, and last night he even tossed her around all night. Was his conscience eaten by a dog?
Old Master Si held his phone in one hand and put the other on his hip, his white beard twitching with anger. "Did everything Grandpa told you last night go into a dog's stomach? Let me tell you, Eunuch Yan, starting from your generation, the men of the Si family do not get divorced; they only become widowers!"
"Unless you kick the bucket, don't even think about divorcing Wuwu! Wuwu is such a good girl. If you lose her for this old man, I'll kick you out of the Si family. You stupid boy, you're really something else!"
Si Yanli, who was being scolded terribly, "..."
He had just finished talking with Mr. Michel, and receiving Old Master Si's call truly left him baffled.
After ending the call with Old Master Si, he saw the screenshot the old man had sent over.
Only then did he realize that someone had taken a photo of the divorce agreement he left on his desk and spread it around.
Si Yanli stretched his long legs and walked from the reception room into his office.
The assistants and other staff working in the outer room clearly felt the temperature in the air drop a few degrees as Si Yanli walked past them.
"What's wrong with the Vice President? Did the talk with Mr. Michel not go well?"
At work, Si Yanli was usually gentle, refined, and polite. Unless a major mistake had been made, it was rare to see him radiating such coldness.
Thinking of that divorce agreement, Lin Su's fingers, which were typing on the keyboard, curled slightly.
She had worked by the Vice President's side for several years. She knew he only had work in his eyes. Even though he was married, he didn't care about the hidden wife at home.
Even if the Vice President knew she was the one who sent the divorce agreement to Jiang Wei, he probably wouldn't blame her.
After comforting herself naturally, a confident smile appeared on Lin Su's lips.
But before that smile could fully bloom, she received an intercom call from Si Yanli.
"Assistant Lin, come to my office."
After returning to his office, Si Yanli checked the surveillance footage.
The divorce agreement had been secretly photographed and sent out by Lin Su.
Hearing Si Yanli's cold and heartless voice on the phone, Lin Su's heart started pounding again.
Walking to the door of his office, she took several deep breaths before she dared to knock.
"Come in."
Lin Su pushed the door open and went in.
Si Yanli was looking down, signing documents. Without even lifting his eyelids, he ordered coldly, "Go to the HR department and process your resignation."
This concise sentence shocked Lin Su greatly.
"Vice President..."
Si Yanli looked up at Lin Su. His phoenix eyes behind his glasses were cold and sharp, and his noble, handsome face was imposing. "I'm asking you to resign voluntarily for the sake of the years you've worked by my side. If I fire you, you will never be able to find a foothold in this industry again!"
Lin Su was so frightened that her face turned pale and her legs went weak.
She knew Si Yanli's temperament. He looked gentle and refined on the outside, but in his bones, he was extremely strict and cold-blooded.
"Vice President, you don't even like her at all, and she was the one who brought up the divorce. Why are you..."
Si Yanli's phoenix eyes narrowed dangerously. "Since when is it an outsider's place to gossip about my private affairs?"
With one sentence, he classified Lin Su as an outsider.
Lin Su instantly understood. No matter how outstanding she was at work, as long as she crossed his bottom line, he would turn ruthless and tell her to get lost.
As for Tang Wu, even if he had no romantic feelings for her, she was still his wife in name. He might not like her, but he would never tolerate outsiders gossiping about her.
...
Tang Wu worked in the news department of Ye City Television.
As soon as she arrived at the office, her director called her over. "Xiao Wu, the Translation Institute just called. They specifically requested you to do an exclusive interview with Vice Director Si."
Si Yanli was a prominent figure in the translation world. Having just returned from abroad, countless media outlets were clamoring for an exclusive interview with him.
The director had previously pulled some strings to contact Si Yanli's team, but they had initially refused.
He never expected them to reach out on their own today, specifically requesting Tang Wu for the interview.
Tang Wu was a bit surprised. "Specifically requested me?"
The director nodded excitedly. "The Si family is a prestigious aristocratic family in Ye City, and Si Yanli is a top-notch translator. You must seize this opportunity and leave a good impression. Who knows, we might even secure some investment from them next time."
Tang Wu was speechless.
Following the schedule set by Si Yanli's team, Tang Wu took a cameraman to the Translation Institute the next day.
This was Tang Wu's first time visiting Si Yanli's workplace.
Today, Tang Wu wore a white blouse and a black A-line skirt. Her long hair was tied back in a low ponytail, making her look neat, sharp, and professional.
Si Yanli's male assistant, Xu Zhou, led her and the cameraman to the vice director's office.
Si Yanli was looking down at his desk, immersed in his work. Hearing the footsteps, he looked up toward the door.
Tang Wu's beautiful peach-blossom eyes met his slender, phoenix-like eyes behind his glasses for a brief few seconds.
Tang Wu maintained an elegant and highly appropriate smile. "Vice Director Si, I am Tang Wu from the news department of Ye City Television."
Si Yanli stood up, his long, fair fingers gracefully buttoning his suit jacket. He made a polite gesture inviting Tang Wu to take a seat.
Both of them acted as if they were barely acquaintances, keeping things strictly professional.
No one would have ever guessed that just the night before last, the two of them had engaged in the most intimate of acts in bed.
The interview went very smoothly. Si Yanli cooperatively answered every question Tang Wu asked.
He sat on a single sofa, his long legs elegantly crossed. Dressed in a custom-made gray suit, he looked noble and composed, low-key yet profoundly sophisticated.
Two hours later, the interview concluded. Tang Wu didn't spare Si Yanli another glance as she prepared to leave with her cameraman.
"Miss Tang, please wait a moment. I'd like to have a private word with you," Si Yanli's gentle and refined voice rang out.
The cameraman froze for a second and glanced over at Tang Wu.
Tang Wu paid no heed to the request. A practiced, polite smile appeared on her face. "I'm sorry, Vice Director Si, but I have other matters to attend to."
With that said, she walked right out of the office.
While waiting for the elevator, she ran into Pei Yi, an upperclassman from her university days.
"Tang Wu, it really is you! I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me!"
Pei Yi was two years older than Tang Wu and had a bright, handsome appearance.
"Senior Pei, do you work here?"
Pei Yi nodded. "Yes, it's been over two years since we last saw each other, hasn't it? Are you here to interview our vice director?"
Si Yanli usually kept a very low profile and rarely accepted interviews from the media.
It was a mystery why he had suddenly agreed to an interview with Ye City Television this time.
Tang Wu nodded.
The two exchanged a few pleasantries before Pei Yi glanced at his watch. "It's almost noon. The food in our institute's staff cafeteria is actually quite good. How about I treat you and your cameraman to a working lunch?"
Before Tang Wu could even reply, the cameraman nodded eagerly. "I've heard for a long time that your institute's cafeteria hired a star-rated chef. We're in for a treat today."
When Si Yanli stepped out of his office, he happened to overhear Tang Wu accepting Pei Yi's invitation to dine at the staff cafeteria.
"Vice Director, should I pack your lunch and bring it to the office, or will you be eating out?" his assistant asked.
Si Yanli's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly behind his glasses, and his voice was cool and crisp. "I'll eat at the staff cafeteria."
