Mr.CEO, Please Sign the Divorce Agreement
Chapter 376: Calm and Stable, Moving Forward with Burden

Chapter 376: Chapter 376: Calm and Stable, Moving Forward with Burden

Su Mu listened to Qiao Yu’s words and didn’t speak for a long time because she was bowing her head, and Qiao Yu couldn’t discern her expression, nor could he be sure if she was asleep.

The prolonged silence spread between the two, lasting so long that Qiao Yu hesitated whether to continue speaking. In the end, to his surprise, it was Su Mu who broke the silence first. She said,

"What happened next?"

Qiao Yu felt a strange relief in his heart and continued,

"He had never felt so helpless in his life. He clearly cared about you and the child, but he had to do a series of things that hurt you. He even asked me to be the bad guy. The news that he wasn’t at the scene was delivered by me. I saw your helplessness and disappointment firsthand. I understand your feelings, and it’s hard for me to bear, but I cannot deny that Shinian’s choice back then was truly made from the perspective of you and the child."

"Shi Lihua’s motives are unclear. She used a virus to control the old lady. The first time this drug acted, it would make someone sleep deeply and then recover normally. But during the second onset, the organs started to fail. In such a situation, if it were you, would you keep Fu Shinian and the child by your side?"

Su Mu remained silent, not answering.

"For your and the child’s safety, and also to make you hate him and believe in all his cruelty, a few days after the surgery, knowing that you couldn’t resist coming upstairs to check on him, he mustered his strength to get dressed ordinarily, and then played out that melodramatic scene in front of you." Qiao Yu chuckled lightly, "I won’t hide it from you, at that moment, I even thought that even if Fu Corporation no longer existed, he could still be an actor, as his performance was so utterly convincing."

"To make you believe, he contacted the department of obstetrics and gynecology at your hospital, altered your medical report, and used all his connections to inform all the hospitals in Shen City. He knew you’d visited several hospitals and even guessed that you might impulsively go to Tokyo with Jiang Bei for a check-up. He even arranged for someone to accompany you there, to bribe the doctors there, but later you gave up and accepted the situation."

Su Mu’s gaze quietly fell on Qiqi’s face. She seemed to be sleeping more peacefully than before, and for quite some time, she hadn’t scratched at the red spots on her body. The medication was taking effect in her, just as Qiao Yu’s words were stirring slight ripples in Su Mu’s heart.

"Later, you got divorced. He wanted to give you everything so that you could live peacefully, but he dared not. He feared Shi Lihua would find out, and pull you into a whirlpool that even he couldn’t control, so he could only use Ji Nanfeng and me to secretly give you Gui Ning Residence, which not many outsiders know about. He also knew about your desire to open a studio and the storefront you were interested in, so he had Ji Nanfeng buy it and gift it to you. But we all guessed the outcome—that you would not accept it."

"During the waiting period for the signature, he wasn’t idle. He had Song Yi create a fake ’ex-wife,’ with all documentation complete, impossible for anyone to trace, because the person really existed."

Su Mu turned to Qiao Yu,

"You said before that the Fu family has Shi Lihua’s informers. Everyone in the Fu family knows me, has seen me. Would that so-called ex-wife be uncovered by just a question from Shi Lihua?"

"Yes, but do you know who Shi Lihua’s informer is?"

Su Mu remained silent, quietly waiting for the answer.

"Auntie Wang."

Su Mu looked at Qiao Yu in surprise, "Auntie Wang? Are you sure you’re not mistaken? She has worked for the Fu family for 40 years, how could Shi Lihua buy her?"

"At first, we couldn’t believe it was Auntie Wang either, but after Shinian spoke with her, she didn’t deny it. She felt guilty, but she had her reasons. Her forty years of service with the Fu family wasn’t false. Fu Shinian asked her not to mention you to Shi Lihua, and perhaps Auntie Wang also knew she had done something wrong and thus nodded her agreement. We were prepared for Auntie Wang to tell Shi Lihua the truth, but in the end, she chose not to disclose you."

"Shi Lihua personally checked up on that girl Meng Lan and found no flaws. Knowing that the so-called ex-wife had no emotional ties with Fu Shinian, she also thought there was no value in using her and gradually forgot about this person."

"So," Su Mu said faintly, "my life these past three years hasn’t actually been peaceful but rather someone has been shielding me?"

Qiao Yu looked at her,

"I know you might not want to believe it, but this is the truth, including your teacher Li Yue who was also arranged by Fu Shinian."

Su Mu looked at Qiao Yu in shock, speechless for a long while.

"Li Yue is one of the top figures in the photography world. Do you think that without any works, just some photos on Weibo, you could have convinced him to take you as a disciple? I’m not dismissing you, but there are many more talented than you, with more works, who have never left the photography circle, yet he chose you. Haven’t you ever wondered why?"

"I certainly knew it wasn’t a coincidence, but I thought..."

Qiao Yu gave a despondent smile,

"Yes, after all the cruel things Shinian had done to you, how could you believe that he would care about your future path? But the truth is, he cares more than anyone. Grandma’s life is held in Shi Lihua’s hands, no one knows when it might end, and Fu Shinian can’t even dare to send anyone to your side, let alone hear news about you, because he fears a slip-up could let Shi Lihua catch on, and then perhaps no one could protect you and your daughter."

"For three years, he suppressed his emotions to the utmost limit, refraining from looking and listening. Even before Jiang Bei got married, he didn’t even know his child’s gender. Do you know how cruel this was for him? Didn’t he truly not want to? To be with you, to be with your child, to watch Qiqi grow up and call him ’Dad’? Of course, he wanted to. However, with Shi Lihua in control of Fu Corporation and believing that she had also planted a virus in his body, anything he did was reported to Shi Lihua. Therefore, throughout these three years, during the few rare meetings, even if he got drunk, sat in a corner of a private room, and cried while holding his head, he still forcibly kept silent, fearing that those spying on him would hear and arouse Shi Lihua’s suspicions."

"Within these three years, I quietly gathered medical experts from inside and outside the country to study an antidote for the virus in the old lady’s body, but with little effect. He also strived to restore the old lady’s health at the earliest so she could return to you and the child."