Wanyu's kidnapping of Su Yu'er and her attempt to ruin Su Yu'er's appearance completely disappointed and chilled He Xiuyuan's heart towards Wanyu.
He didn't want to spend another moment with her. After entering the civil affairs bureau, he immediately filled out the forms to apply for divorce.
According to the current marriage law, there is still a mandatory one-month cooling-off period for divorce.
However, the civil affairs bureau staff had also seen the live broadcast content.
Anyone with a proper sense of right and wrong couldn't stand having a husband who was so blind and foolish, so they bypassed the cooling-off period entirely and directly issued the divorce certificates to the two.
Seeing the divorce certificate, a thin mist of tears welled up in Wanyu's eyes.
It wasn't out of sadness, but rather a sense of liberation!
He Xiuyuan watched as Wanyu took the divorce certificate, left without even glancing at him, and felt a slight daze come over him.
When he proposed the divorce, he had been resolute and couldn't wait.
But now that it was really over, his heart felt somewhat empty.
He had a nagging feeling that he had lost something important.
He didn't have no feelings for Wanyu at all.
After all, they had grown up together since childhood; she was gentle, beautiful, and came from a good family.
But Su Yu'er was his lifesaver, who had left a vivid and unforgettable mark on his youthful years.
He had grown up following the rules, living life step by step as planned.
He had to obey the life arranged by his parents—no going out to internet cafes, no smoking, no drinking, and absolutely no skipping classes—
But everyone has a rebellious phase.
It was Su Yu'er who let him experience a different, exciting life.
She was like a cool breeze in a scorching summer, something he yearned for and pursued intensely.
Now he had finally broken free from the marriage arranged by his parents; he was free again.
He shouldn't feel sad or lost; he should be relieved.
No one would call Yu'er a homewrecker anymore.
Even if his mother tried to force him to break up with Yu'er, he wouldn't listen to her again!
Thinking this, a smile appeared on He Xiuyuan's face.
He strode with his long legs, walking out of the civil affairs bureau.
However, the moment he stepped outside, a swarm of reporters surged towards him.
He Xiuyuan was utterly bewildered.
Although he was the CEO of He's Media Group, he rarely gave interviews. What did all these reporters rushing over want?
—CEO He, what does it feel like to have eyes on your backside and be played like a fool by a green tea bitch?
—CEO He, the homewrecking Sister Su whom you single-handedly made famous has had her reputation ruined, and you even divorced your wife for her. How do you manage a company with a brain that seems to hold nothing but waste water?
—CEO He, the stock of He's Group continues to plummet. How do you plan to explain this to the shareholders? Will you offer your head for them to use as a stool?
The reporters' questions grew sharper and sharper.
He Xiuyuan was completely dumbfounded, having no idea what they were talking about.
Until Reporter Wang kindly handed him a phone and played a recorded video.
After watching the video, He Xiuyuan's pupils shook with shock. His whole body trembled violently as if struck by a massive blow.
"H-how... how is this possible?" He Xiuyuan couldn't believe that the recent kidnapping was actually orchestrated by Su Yu'er herself.
"No! She wouldn't do that!" He Xiuyuan felt as if struck by lightning, his vision darkening.
Finally, overwhelmed by the shock, he fainted on the spot.
Sitting in the business car, Wen Yan saw He Xiuyuan faint and began humming a tune in her heart.
[It's easy to make mistakes when it's dark, the roof might catch fire, der~der~der~]
As the catchy earworm of a song played out, the Si family members in the car couldn't help but be amused.
Wanyu called Wen Yan to say she wanted to treat Wen Yan and the Si family to dinner that evening.
...
Su Yu'er was applying medicine in her apartment. Looking at her swollen, bruised face in the mirror, a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.
What did a little injury matter, as long as the ultimate goal was achieved.
He Xiuyuan had already gone with Wanyu to the civil affairs bureau for the divorce. From now on, he would belong only to her.
The He family had caused her father's death all those years ago. She would use He Xiuyuan to pay them back one by one!
Mrs. He had forced He Xiuyuan to break up with her and sent her abroad. Once she became Mrs. He Xiuyuan, she would make that old woman, Mrs. He, wish she were dead!
Just as Su Yu'er was lost in her beautiful yet vicious plans, her phone suddenly rang.
It was actually that bodyguard calling.
Hadn't she asked He Xiuyuan to release him and even given him a sum of money? How dare he still contact her?
Su Yu'er answered impatiently, "Didn't I tell you to leave the capital?"
"Yu'er, I just got home to pack my bags, and several police officers showed up outside my door! They're ringing my doorbell!"
The police had gone to the bodyguard's home?
Could it be that He Xiuyuan had changed his mind and reported it after all?
"I'll contact He Xiuyuan right away!"
Su Yu'er tried calling He Xiuyuan, but couldn't get through.
A faint sense of unease began to stir within her.
Ding-dong, ding-dong—
Her own doorbell rang.
Su Yu'er opened the door to see her agent, Sister Hong, looking furious and stern. She frowned, "Sister Hong, what have I done to offend you? Why the nasty look?"
Sister Hong was trembling with anger. She never expected she had nurtured such a viper-hearted artist.
Sister Hong threw the iPad in her hand at Su Yu'er. "You're being trashed and mocked by the entire internet now. Two-thirds of your fans have turned against you, with only a small fraction of brain-dead fans still defending you. Su Yu'er, I really can't understand. You had such a bright future ahead of you. Why did you have to knowingly be the other woman and then stage your own kidnapping? Are you insane?"
Seeing the video clip where she told the bodyguard to slap her several times, Su Yu'er's mind went blank with a buzzing sound.
How could this be?
Why had her plan been exposed again?
This time, it was even more severe than the charity gala incident!
A live broadcast to the entire internet!
Her image and persona were completely ruined; her singing career was basically over!
Su Yu'er opened her Weibo. Out of thirty million followers, only about five or six hundred thousand remained, a large portion of which were likely fake followers.
Tens of thousands of comments were all calling her vicious.
Someone had even photoshopped a funeral portrait of her and sent it via private message.
Su Yu'er's body trembled violently. She slammed the iPad in her hand onto the floor.
Covering her ears with her hands, she squatted down and screamed incessantly.
"This is just a nightmare! Everything will go back to normal when I wake up!"
But no matter how much time passed, she remained caught in this massive storm.
"Su Yu'er, I despise people who knowingly become the other woman more than anything in this world. I will submit my resignation. I won't be managing you anymore." Sister Hong didn't spare Su Yu'er another glance and quickly turned to leave.
Su Yu'er collapsed weakly onto the floor. Clutching her head, she tore violently at her own hair.
She couldn't understand, she really couldn't, why her plan had been discovered?
All her efforts had been destroyed in an instant!
Su Yu'er learned firsthand what it meant to lift a rock only to drop it on her own foot.
But she refused to give up. As long as He Xiuyuan still stood by her side, she would still be the winner against Wanyu!
Su Yu'er found her phone and was about to call He Xiuyuan when he arrived.
After regaining consciousness from his fainting spell, He Xiuyuan had come directly to Su Yu'er's apartment.
Seeing Su Yu'er's swollen, bruised face, he found it utterly ironic.
"Why did you lie to me?" He Xiuyuan suddenly stretched out his hands, his face twisted as he grabbed Su Yu'er by the neck.
All because of her reckless actions, he had divorced Wanyu in a daze, the company's stock price had plummeted, his reputation was in ruins, his parents were utterly disappointed in him, and shareholders were forcing him to step down—
Su Yu'er did not resist.
Plop, plop. Two scalding teardrops fell onto the back of He Xiuyuan's hand.
He Xiuyuan looked at the woman whose face was turning purple, nearly choked unconscious by him. Furious, he withdrew his hand. "You'd better give me a reasonable explanation!"
Su Yu'er slumped to the floor, her face ashen, weeping bitterly. "Because I love you, I wanted to be with you openly and honestly. I knew you had many reservations. If I hadn't acted like that, you wouldn't have divorced Wanyu."
"That year when you were drowning, I risked my life to save you. The moment I saw you, I fell hopelessly in love. Brother Xiuyuan, I admit I was vicious and scheming, but all of that was built on my love for you!"
He Xiuyuan quickly recalled that year he was drowning, on the brink of death, nearly drowned, when a slender figure swam desperately towards him without regard for her own safety.
Although his consciousness was hazy at the time, he could feel how difficult it was for her to save him; he had even almost dragged her under too.
It was she who kept encouraging him not to give up, it was she who dragged him to the shore with utter disregard for herself.
Seeing the gradually softening look in He Xiuyuan's eyes, Su Yu'er threw herself into his arms. "Brother, I'll never make that mistake again. Please, for the sake of me saving your life back then, don't blame me anymore, okay? I'm already being torn apart online!"
He Xiuyuan thought about the current online public opinion. He frowned deeply. "Now both you and I have become pariahs, just one step away from being universally condemned."
Su Yu'er raised her tear-filled eyes. "But when I was with you, you and Wanyu weren't married yet. If it weren't for your mother's pressure, we were originally the legitimate couple. Wanyu is the other woman."
"I still have photos from when we were dating. We can make a public statement—"
He Xiuyuan rubbed his throbbing temples. "Enough, Yu'er. We've already wronged Wanyu enough. Don't rub salt in her wounds."
Su Yu'er bit her lip hard with her pearly white teeth.
She was filled with anger and frustration inside.
Their reputations were already in tatters, yet he was still thinking about Wanyu?
Did she have a place in his heart?
No, absolutely not!
"Then what do you want me to do? The internet is now full of abuse and attacks against me. My entertainment career is over. How am I supposed to survive from now on? Brother Xiuyuan, if I can't marry you, I might as well be dead!"
Thinking that Su Yu'er did all this because she loved him too much, and that his own life was also saved by Su Yu'er, He Xiuyuan pondered for a moment, then made a bold decision.
"My parents are having dinner at East City Lake. I'll take you there now to beg for their blessing."
Su Yu'er's eyes lit up with surprise and delight. "You're going to marry me?"
He Xiuyuan nodded. "Go get ready. I'll wait for you downstairs."
...
The place where Wanyu invited Wen Yan and the Si family for dinner was also on a large boat at East City Lake.
The boat had an open-air restaurant where you could enjoy the lake view while dining.
Not long after Wen Yan and the others were seated, they saw He Xiuyuan and Su Yu'er, who was wearing sunglasses and a mask.
He Xiuyuan was holding Su Yu'er's hand, seemingly looking for someone.
Wen Yan raised an eyebrow, a faint, elusive smile curling her red lips.
Seeing her expression, the Si family knew another good show was about to unfold.
[Oh my, oh my. I was just worried about not having a chance to expose the truth about Su, the other woman, impersonating Sister Wanyu to save He, the scumbag. And here they come, the despicable pair delivering themselves right to our doorstep!]
When Reporter Wang came to the capital, Wen Yan had him bring her family's Tibetan Mastiff along.
At that moment, the big black dog was lying obediently at Wen Yan's feet.
Old Master Si saw the cunning glint in Wen Yan's eyes, and his own eyes couldn't help but light up.
He instantly understood what mischievous plan his eldest grandson's wife was hatching.
Hahaha!
She was so wicked!
But he loved it!
...
He Xiuyuan saw Wanyu but automatically ignored her. Holding Su Yu'er's hand, he was about to enter the cabin to look for someone when suddenly, a fierce Tibetan Mastiff, baring its sharp teeth, charged towards him and Su Yu'er.
Both He Xiuyuan and Su Yu'er were terrified. They let go of each other's hands and ran forward separately.
But the more they ran, the more fiercely the mastiff chased.
Splash, splash—
He Xiuyuan and Su Yu'er were chased by the mastiff and fell into the lake one after the other.
He Xiuyuan had nearly drowned back then and had a deep-seated fear of water.
After falling into the lake, he flailed like a duck out of water, swallowing a lot of water through his mouth and nose. Panic-stricken, he caught a glimpse of Su Yu'er also falling into the water out of the corner of his eye. He instinctively cried for help, "Yu'er, you're a good swimmer, save me quickly..."
However, Su Yu'er was just like him, thrashing her hands wildly in the water.
Seeing this scene, He Xiuyuan's mind went blank with a buzzing sound, as if about to short-circuit.
She... she couldn't swim?
Just as He Xiuyuan was about to choke on more water, Wen Yan on the boat threw a lifebuoy tied with a rope over to them.
"There's only one lifebuoy. Whoever grabs it first gets to live."
He Xiuyuan was just about to reach for the lifebuoy when, the next second, Su Yu'er pushed him away.
To get to the lifebuoy first, Su Yu'er even—
