In Wei Yunkai's memory, Huang Ying had always been gentle, kind, and considerate. He had never seen her so crazed and resentful.
Crazy?
If Huang Ying knew what Wei Yunkai was thinking, she would probably tell him that she had already gone mad, that she had gone mad the day she was raped by his older brother and humiliated by his mother.
Looking at the pained expression on Wei Yunkai's face, Huang Ying murmured, "I've actually been waiting for this day all along..."
waiting for the truth to be revealed, waiting to see how Wei Yunkai would suffer and be angry... She had fantasized about this scene countless times, and every time she thought about it, a sense of vengeful pleasure would rise in her heart.
But strangely, now that the day had finally arrived, Huang Ying suddenly felt that she wasn't as happy as she had imagined.
After the excitement and the joy of revenge dissipated, she felt empty inside, as if a huge hole had been dug out of her heart, letting in cold air, leaving her feeling lost and unsteady on her feet.
"You, you...you could have told me this!" Wei Yunkai said painfully.
"Tell you?" Huang Ying looked at him and smiled sneer. "What good would it do to tell you? Would you send your older brother and your mother to jail for me? I'm telling you, you wouldn't!"
At first, she didn't tell anyone because she was afraid. She was afraid that if she told others, she would be looked down upon and disliked. As for why she didn't tell anyone later, it was because she had seen through the true colors of the man beside her.
Huang Ying sneered, "If I really told you about this, you would only tell me to forgive them, to be magnanimous and not hold it against them. After all, they are your own mother and older brother. They are your only family in this world!"
"Haven't you been like this all these years..." she questioned him, then chuckled again, saying, "Maybe at first, you would feel pain, anger, and pity for me when you found out about this, but after a while, you might start to despise me, despise me for being slept with by your older brother!" Wei Yunkai
's eyes flickered, and he said weakly, "...Why would you think that about me? How could I possibly do such a thing?"
Huang Ying felt completely calm at his words, without the slightest ripple, because she knew very well how heartless the man in front of her was.
"Do you really think your 'good brother' thinks you're good?" She smiled at Wei Yunkai. "You don't know, do you? Whenever you're not home, he comes to me, wants me to... to bed, right there in our bedroom..."
"Enough!" Wei Yunkai interrupted her angrily. "Do you have to talk like that?"
Huang Ying ignored him and continued, "You don't know, do you? Your 'good brother' has always been jealous of you. Jealous that you started a company, made so much money, and married a beautiful and talented wife. He wants to take everything from you!"
"Shut up!" Wei Yunkai's cheeks twitched, his eyes filled with resentment as he looked at Huang Ying—this woman, if only he had known...
Huang Ying naturally wouldn't listen to anyone now. She wanted to tell everything, to tear away all the pretenses.
"All these years, have you always felt that your good older brother has been diligent and honest in managing the company, never coveting it at all? Even after you fell ill, he kept urging you to hand the company over to your children?"
Huang Ying found it amusing, laughing until tears streamed down her face. "Ha, you think he was worried about your health? No way! It's all because your children are his own flesh and blood. So, no matter which child you hand the company over to, it's the same as handing it over to him! He even asked me to help persuade you to prioritize your health."
"Oh, right, there's something else you don't know, your good older brother and your eldest son, father and son, have already recognized each other..."
"Mom..." Wei Laoda interrupted Huang Ying anxiously and angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Cold sweat dripped down Wei Yunqiang's forehead. He looked at Wei Yunkai and said, "Yunkai, don't listen to this bitch's nonsense. Don't you know what kind of person I am? Back then, it was Mom who made me do this. I was forced into it..."
Huang Ying looked at him coldly and said, "How am I talking nonsense? I saw you two recognize each other with my own eyes. That scene was so touching. I almost cried watching it..."
"Big brother?" Wei Lao Er looked at his eldest brother in shock and disappointment. "Is what Mom said true? You and this man really recognized each other a long time ago?"
Veins throbbed on Wei Lao's forehead as he gritted his teeth and said, "It's fake! How would I know about this! Mom is talking nonsense!"
While they denied each other, Wei Yun Kai was about to vomit blood. His vision blurred, and he clutched his pounding heart, glaring at Huang Ying and Wei Yun Qiang, pointing at them and cursing, "You two adulterers..."
"Adulterers?" Huang Ying read these words and suddenly burst into laughter. She looked at Wei Yun Kai with resentment and said, "I am an adulterer, then what are you Wei family members? It's clearly you who can't have children, you who are impotent, but your mother forced me to sleep with Wei Yun Qiang. When I refused, she locked me in the room and let Wei Yun Qiang rape me..."
"Do you know how I've survived all these years? I endured your brother's rape, endured your mother's disgust... I never understood what I did wrong. You're the one who can't have children, but in your mother's eyes, it seems like it's all my fault!"
Thinking of her deceased mother-in-law, Huang Ying's eyes flashed with intense resentment.
In her mother-in-law's eyes, she always felt she wasn't human, but a beast only fit to continue the Wei family line, a sow only capable of bearing children...
Huang Ying murmured, "I hate Wei Yunqiang, I hate your mother, I hate that they don't treat me like a human being, and I hate you too, I hate your indifference, I hate your inaction..."
Her gaze swept over the Wei family members, "Countless times, looking at these bastards, I wanted to strangle them; countless times, looking at you members of the Wei family, I had the urge to kill you all!"
At this point, Huang Ying suddenly gave a bitter smile.
The one she hated most was herself.
She hated her own weakness, her lack of courage to fight back, and her ability to be bullied at will. Even when the thought of mutual destruction occasionally arose, she never had the courage to act on it.
Huang Ying covered her face, her expression one
of pain and despair. The Wei family members, listening to her words, all felt a chill run down their spines—they had no idea that Huang Ying had tried to kill them all so many times? Wei Yunqiang, in particular, felt a cold sweat run down his neck, and his eyes filled with fear as he looked at Huang Ying, as if she were a vicious woman.
"It's fortunate that you didn't actually kill them, Ms. Huang!" Xu Gui suddenly spoke up. Amid Huang Ying's stunned gaze, she walked over, knelt down beside her, and took her hands in hers.
She looked up and said to Huang Ying earnestly and sincerely, "It's really not worth getting your hands dirty for this bunch of trash."
"That's right!" Fu Xia nodded in agreement, her tone equally sincere, "Aunt Huang, Xu Gui is right. If you do something wrong for this family, you'll get both your hands and your heart dirty... You're so pure, clean, and beautiful; there's no need for you to ruin your future for these people."
The Wei family members standing nearby were speechless. How did they become "trash"?
Huang Ying, flustered and confused, shrank back and said, "...Don't you...don't you think I'm dirty?"
—In the end, Huang Ying was still the same Huang Ying. Perhaps she herself hadn't realized that after marrying Wei Yunkai, and after being repeatedly insulted and suppressed by Wei's mother, she had become extremely insecure and self-conscious.
She was also afraid that others would know what had happened to her, partly due to her deceased mother-in-law.
Xu Gui's answer to her question was serious.
"No..." she said, very confidently, "In this house, the only person who feels clean is you."
Huang Ying shuddered.
Xu Gui looked at her and asked a question that sounded strange to Huang Ying.
"Ms. Huang, actually, I didn't have to say anything about this. That way, your family could continue to maintain a facade of peace. But in the end, I still said it. Do you know why?" she asked.
Xu Gui's words were guided by a gentle tone, and Huang Ying unconsciously followed her lead, asking, "Why?"
Xu Gui said, "Because for humans, if a cut is kept covered, it will only fester and become more and more serious, and then the pain will spread to other parts of your body!"
"If you want it to heal, you have to be ruthless and use a knife to open the wound and squeeze out the pus. Even if you feel pain during this process, you have to endure it. Only by doing this will your wound have a chance to heal again."
"Besides..."
she looked at Huang Ying and said, "You've endured this kind of life for so many years, and now, you can't take it anymore, can you? Don't you want to live a different life?"
Huang Ying was somewhat bewildered: "...A different life?"
Xu Gui: "Spend money lavishly, do whatever you want... Don't you like singing? You can sing whenever you want from now on, and no one will think you're disgracing their non-existent family name anymore. You can even find a young man you like, someone you think is good enough, to please yourself!"
Huang Ying blushed and said, "What young man..."
Wei Yun Kai was originally deeply enraged, but Xu Gui and Fu Xia's interruptions gradually calmed him down. When he heard what Xu Gui said next, the expression on his face gradually became strange.
"Master Xu, you probably don't know," Wei Yunqiang said dismissively, "My sister-in-law's family is only of average means; they simply don't have the money for her to squander."
Huang Ying's face paled instantly. At that moment, she heard Xu Gui say lightly, "Just because they don't have it now doesn't mean they won't have it in the future… As long as Ms. Huang and Mr. Wei divorce, according to the rules, she should be able to get fifty percent of Mr. Wei's assets."
The
Wei family members were all shocked, and even Huang Ying looked at Xu Gui in astonishment.
Wei Yunqiang blurted out, "I think you're dreaming! This company is our Wei family's company, and Huang Ying wants half of it?"
Xu Gui looked at him, a half-smile on his face, and said, "It seems Mr. Wei Yunqiang already considers the company to be yours, huh? After all, Mr. Wei Yunkai, the real owner of the company, hasn't even spoken yet, and you're already so impatient. Anyone who doesn't know better would think you're the boss."
Xu Gui's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Wei Yunqiang's feverish brain, instantly calming him down and making him realize that his reaction had been a bit excessive.
"No, no." He looked urgently at Wei Yunkai, whose expression was icy cold, and said, "I, I just feel that the company is your hard work, Yunkai, how can it be divided among others?"
Xu Gui then said coolly, "It's fine if it's not divided among others, it's just given to you, right?"
"But that's true," Xu Gui said with a tone of enjoying the show, "Wei Yunkai's four sons are all your children, so whichever son inherits the company is yours... Poor Mr. Wei Yunkai, he's worked hard for most of his life, only to have it all benefit his own elder brother."
"But Mr. Wei Yunkai probably doesn't mind, after all, you are his own elder brother!"
Xu Gui's words were full of sarcasm, and Wei Yunqiang's face turned red with anger, while Wei Yunkai's face turned pale with anger.
Wei Yunqiang shouted, "This is slander! This is sowing discord!"
"What slander? It's your words that are slandering me," Xu Gui sneered. "You and your eldest son reunited, wasn't it just to better seize control of the company? You had Ms. Huang try to persuade Mr. Wei Yunkai to take care of his health and temporarily hand over the company to his children, all for this purpose..."
Wei Yunqiang pointed at Xu Gui's hand, which trembled violently as if he had Parkinson's: "You...you...you..."
"Yunkai, don't listen to this woman's nonsense! She's talking rubbish!" He turned to try and persuade his brother.
Wei Yunkai's expression was neither happy nor angry, revealing no emotion. Wei Yunqiang's heart skipped a beat.
"Miss Xu, whether or not to get a divorce is a family matter, and it has little to do with you…" Wei Yunkai smiled politely. "I asked you to do the divination, and you've already given me the answer. We've settled the matter."
His tone was somewhat forceful: "Now, you can leave."
Xu Gui raised an eyebrow, a half-smile on her face: "Mr. Wei, is this a case of crossing the river and burning the bridge?"
Wei Yunkai denied this "crime": "I just think that it's best for outsiders to interfere in family matters."
Huang Ying's expression darkened.
Xu Gui sighed: "Well, it seems Mr. Wei doesn't mind if the news of his own brother cheating on him gets out, doesn't mind his brother going to jail for sexual assault, and doesn't mind if Ms. Huang smothers you with a pillow in a fit of anger…"
Her tone was light, but the things she said were increasingly terrifying. Wei Yunkai's face stiffened, and his lips twitched. He felt that Xu Gui's words were clearly a threat.
"My wife isn't that kind of person…" Wei Yunkai gritted his teeth, refusing to believe his wife would do what Xu Gui described. "Besides, this is a family matter. Master Xu, aren't you meddling a bit too much?"
"In short, I will not divorce Huang Ying!"
At their level, divorce involves more than just separation; it also includes the division of property. Asking Wei Yunkai to give Huang Ying half of his assets was something he couldn't do.
Hearing this, Huang Ying couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly—she already knew what kind of person Wei Yunkai was, so why would she still have any expectations of him?
Her expression fell silent, like a stagnant pool.
Xu Gui suddenly sighed softly, saying, "Humans are truly complex creatures…
There are those who are deeply affectionate and selfless, devoted to their loved ones, but there are also those who are cold and calculating, like Wei Yunkai."
"In that case," she looked at Huang Ying and sincerely offered her opinion, "Ms. Huang, you should call the police! I think the media will definitely be very interested in the news that a certain business owner can't have children and was cheated on by his own brother…"
Wei Yun Kai gritted his teeth: "Are you threatening me?"
"How can this be considered a threat? This is clearly the truth!" Xu Gui said calmly. Then, she turned to look at Huang Ying, her gaze intense as she asked, "Ms. Huang, don't you want a divorce, to escape this quagmire, and to start a new life?"
"Divorce?" Huang Ying's heart pounded, her mind in turmoil, unsure of what to do. "I, I..."
She was a weak person, not very brave, otherwise she wouldn't have been bullied for so many years, silently enduring it until she couldn't take it anymore and broke down. But now, listening to Xu Gui's words, she couldn't help but feel a little hopeful.
Xu Gui held her hand, looking at her encouragingly, and asked, "Don't you want a divorce?"
Under Xu Gui's gaze, Huang Ying suddenly felt a surge of courage, and the words slipped out uncontrollably: "I...I want...I want a divorce..."
She had always thought she couldn't say these words, but now that they were out, she realized they weren't as difficult as she had imagined. In fact, after saying them, she felt a sense of relief, as if a heavy stone had been lifted.
And once the words were spoken, saying them again was even easier.
"Yes, I want a divorce!" She looked at Wei Yunkai, and from who-knows-where, she shouted at him, "Wei Yunkai, I want a divorce!"
Wei Yunkai's eyes widened, seemingly surprised that Huang Ying would actually say such a thing.
"...Huang Ying! Are you crazy?" he said angrily.
Huang Ying's hands clenched tightly. She instinctively looked at Xu Gui, and looking at him, she seemed to regain the courage to continue speaking.
"I'm not crazy, I just want a divorce!" She bit her lip and said, "If you don't agree, I'll call the police and accuse Wei Yunqiang of rape... I believe the media will be very interested in the family affairs of a certain businessman!"
Wei Yunkai looked at Huang Ying with an angry and horrified gaze, a completely unfamiliar look—he had never imagined that Huang Ying would threaten him with such words. It
was as if he was seeing his wife for the first time.
Xu Gui looked at Huang Ying's posture and couldn't help but laugh.
In fact, Wei Yunkai was right. This matter was indeed their family affair, so Xu Gui and the others, as outsiders, could only offer advice. If Huang Ying couldn't make a decision herself, no matter how much advice Xu Gui and the others gave, it would be useless.
Fortunately, Huang Ying did not disappoint.
Xu Gui thought: It's not surprising, actually. Huang Ying even had the courage to kill someone after that. Is divorce any less courageous than killing someone?
The word "divorce" is difficult to think about, but once you say it, you'll find that it's not actually that hard to say. What Huang Ying lacked was just that little bit of courage to say it.
And Xu Gui simply gave Huang Ying that little bit of courage to say it.
…
Wei Yunkai was clearly furious when Huang Ying brought up divorce. Huang Ying, glared at by him, instinctively avoided his gaze.
Just then, Xu Gui said softly, "Compared to divorce, I thought Mr. Wei would care more about your only daughter?"
Hearing this, Wei Yunkai snapped out of his daze and noticed the other important information Xu Gui had gleaned from her words. His heart pounded, and he couldn't help but ask, "Daughter?"
Xu Gui nodded, "Yes, Mr. Wei, you're quite lucky. Although your first four children weren't yours, thankfully, your last daughter is! Tsk, it seems God has been kind to you."
Wei Yunkai's eyes lit up, while Wei Yunqiang's dimmed.
"I…I don't have azoospermia, I can't have children?" Wei Yunkai's mind was in turmoil.
Xu Gui glanced at him and said, "Azoospermia doesn't mean you can't have children. You're just lucky."
Wei Yunkai's eyes shone even brighter. His previously grief-stricken expression instantly brightened. He murmured, "I actually have a child? I actually have a biological child?!"
He was overjoyed—this was probably the only good news he'd heard all day.
However, while this news was incredibly good for Wei Yunkai, it was utterly terrible news for Wei Yunqiang and his children.
Visibly, their expressions changed completely, because they knew very well what this news meant.
"It seems not everyone is as happy as you, Mr. Wei..." Xu Gui said meaningfully, his gaze lightly falling on Wei Yunqiang and the others.
Wei Yunkai subconsciously followed Xu Gui's gaze and naturally saw the expressions on Wei Yunqiang and the others' faces, his eyes darkening slightly.
Wei Yunqiang and the others, their expressions still frozen in shock, stared at Xu Gui with eyes that seemed to be filled with venom.
Xu Gui, however, remained unmoved by their gazes.
"Mr. Wei, you should think carefully about whether you and Ms. Huang are going to fight to the death, or at least show some consideration. After all, you two have a child together; he's your daughter's biological mother!" Xu Gui said to Wei Yunqiang. "As for Ms. Huang, I think she probably doesn't want to stay here right now..."
She looked at Huang Ying questioningly, "Ms. Huang, do you want to leave with us?"
Huang Ying was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into tears.
"Yes, I do!" She nodded without hesitation, each nod heavy. "I want to leave with you!"
Xu Gui asked her, "Want to go upstairs and pack your things?"
Huang Ying shook her head. "No, I don't want to take anything from here!"
She even seemed eager to leave.
Seeing this, Xu Gui nodded naturally and said to Wei Yunkai and the others, "Then we'll leave first. We've disturbed you today..."
Since Xu Gui said they were leaving, Fu Xia and the others naturally wouldn't stay any longer. The group that had rushed in earlier also left in a flurry. However, at this moment, there was one more person in their group.
Just then, Wei Yunkai's somewhat complicated voice came from behind them: "Huang Ying..."
Huang Ying paused. She didn't turn around, but only slightly tilted her head back. She said, "Wei Yunkai, if you still have any feelings for me, let me go. Divorce me..."
She sighed, "I don't want to make things too ugly, to embarrass both of us."
Wei Yunkai: "..."
After saying this, Huang Ying didn't stop walking. Instead, she strode forward until she walked out of the Wei family's house, out of the gate. Only then did she suddenly stop, looking up at the sky above. Her expression was blank