The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 695 - 694 Ulterior Motives_2

Chapter 695: Chapter 694 Ulterior Motives_2

Although Situ Xin didn’t stop her family members from having a friendly contest with Xiao Muli, after the sparring session was over, she secretly slipped him some ointment for external injuries every day. Situ Xin daren’t be too overt about it. If her grandfather and the others found out that she was sneaking medicine to Xiao Muli, the injuries on his body would at least double.

Xiao Muli also knew that at this time, if he dared to show any intimacy with Situ Xin, all his previous efforts might come to nothing. So, no matter how much he missed Situ Xin and wanted to hold her tightly in his arms for a tender moment, he forcibly restrained those desires.

For the sake of their future together, he just had to endure.

In the Situ family residence, all the men from both families had gone to the training field to practice with Xiao Muli. Meanwhile, the women gathered in the living room of the Situ family house, drinking the tea personally brewed by Situ Xin and enjoying the snacks she had made, engaging in casual conversation.

But as they chatted, the topic of conversation began to change. "Hey, have you guys heard?" Old Madam Situ couldn’t keep things to herself, and having held back since the start of their idle chit-chat, she couldn’t restrain herself any longer.

Old Madam Situ’s words successfully captured everyone’s attention and piqued their curiosity. Even Situ Xin looked up at her grandmother, waiting for her to continue.

"Mom, heard what?" Loo Yaxin, ever the impatient one, couldn’t resist asking out of curiosity.

Seeing her words had aroused everybody’s curiosity, Old Madam Situ was quite pleased with herself, but she didn’t forget to satisfy their curiosity. "It’s about the Ruan family in the big compound," she said.

"What happened to the Ruan family?" Lu Juan, always so busy, was doing well just to recognize everyone in the big compound. She had absolutely no idea about the recent events there.

Old Madam Loo and the others were different from Lu Juan. Though they might not have known about everything in the compound in detail, they had heard some whispers about the recent happenings.

"Are you talking about that Ruan Yanbing from the Ruan family and his wife’s divorce issue?" asked Old Madam Loo.

"Yes, that’s the one," Old Madam Situ nodded and continued, "We were just talking to Ah Che and Ah Jie about that Ruan Family kid who recently got married, and it hasn’t been long before he’s already causing a divorce scandal."

Situ Xin was quite surprised to hear what her grandmother and great-grandmother said. Although she had met Ruan Yanbing’s wife, Qiu Qin, and felt after witnessing her drama at Broadway that Ruan Yanbing and Qiu Qin were completely mismatched, and that a split was inevitable, Situ Xin did not expect it to happen so quickly.

Internally, Situ Xin remarked, "Who would’ve thought, Ruan Yanbing is quite the man of action."

"Mom, do you know why? Wasn’t the wife handpicked by the Ruan kid himself? I remember that he even had a big fallout with his family over her. After all the trouble of getting married, why are they divorcing now?" Liu Qian asked, not quite understanding.

"I heard some bits from the Old Madam of the Ruan family. She said the Ruan lad’s wife was somewhat unsuitable for public appearances, couldn’t get along with the people they usually associate with, and didn’t participate in important events. Apparently, a key issue is that for some reason, she’s become increasingly suspicious, convinced that her husband is cheating on her. She often checked his phone and even followed him. This latest blowup happened after she trailed him once more and caused quite a scene. This all happened just a few days ago," Old Madam Situ shared everything she knew.

"No way, is that what Ruan’s wife is like? But when I met her before, she didn’t seem like that kind of person," Loo Yaxin recalled her impression of Qiu Qin when she had seen Ruan Yanbing’s wife before.

"That’s why they say appearances can be deceiving," Lu Juan gave her assessment.

"So, did they get divorced?" Loo Yaxin continued to inquire. Regardless of age or status, when it came to gossip, women could be quite alike. Sure enough, all the women present, except for the atypical Situ Xin, focused their attention on Ruan Yanbing’s divorce. But our atypical Situ Xin was also pondering over the divorce between Ruan Yanbing and Qiu Qin, just from a different angle. She thought back to how Ruan Yanbing’s words had turned out to be true. However, according to what Lan Junxi had implied, Ruan Yanbing wasn’t likely to choose divorce, and once he calmed down, things would settle.

Unbeknownst to Situ Xin, her family was not detached from Ruan Yanbing and Qiu Qin’s divorce. However, they hadn’t intervened personally but had done so from the shadows, influencing Ruan Yanbing to make the firm decision to divorce Qiu Qin.

"Apparently, at first, the woman was unwilling to divorce, crying and making a fuss for a long time. But ultimately, no one knows what Ruan’s kid pulled out, but after she saw it, she agreed to the divorce," Old Madam Situ obviously had more information than everyone else present.

And the evidence that Ruan Yanbing revealed to make Qiu Qin agree to the divorce was obtained by the men of the Situ and Loo Families after they’d had her thoroughly investigated upon learning how she had slandered their precious ones. It turned out her acquaintance with Ruan Yanbing wasn’t accidental but deliberately orchestrated by Qiu Qin with the motive of getting close to him. Initially, she wasn’t truly fond of Ruan Yanbing; it was his family background that she was after.