Chapter 610
“You stupid woman, tell me what good thing you did today. I am out there trying to please people, hoping to stay in Shangjing and find my footing. And what did you do? You just sent us back to before liberation. No, I’m even worse off now than when I first arrived. At least when I arrived, I still had some chance of success. And now? Now, I have no chance at all. None. Why did I marry a woman like you in the first place?”
The man first unleashed his hysteria, then collapsed onto the couch, exhausted as if all his strength had been drained, his complexion dark and defeated.
“What exactly happened? I knew nothing until I received news that someone from above wants to deal with me because of you. All the new deals have fallen through, and someone even said that working with me is equivalent to opposing him. Now, basically no one in Shangjing wants to do business with me.” The man sighed and said.
The woman, upon hearing her husband’s words and seeing his ashen face, also turned pale. “Is it really that serious?” She knew exactly what their family had sacrificed to come to Shangjing and continue clinging to the big tree that is Feng Aimin. It was precisely this knowledge that made it even harder to accept her failure, because this time their family might not have the chance to rise again.
The man heard his wife’s faint glimmer of hope and couldn’t help but bitterly smile to himself, questioning his judgment for the first time. He couldn’t understand why he insisted on marrying her in his youth.
The woman didn’t know what her husband was thinking at the moment.
“Do you think I’m trying to scare you? Tell me what happened. I’ve thought it over. I am always cautious and careful, so there’s no chance that I’ve offended anyone. The problem must come from you or our daughter. Tell me, was it you two who caused the trouble? Let me see if there’s any chance of saving this.” The man pinched his brow to alleviate his headache.
“It wasn’t me who caused the trouble; it was our daughter.” The woman instinctively spoke, shifting all the blame onto their daughter. She swallowed and roughly explained the events to the man, but deliberately concealed her own mistakes.
“Is that all?” The man looked at his wife and asked with an indecipherable expression.
The woman felt nervous, her eyes instinctively avoiding her husband’s gaze, her hands clutching her skirt tightly.
“Yes.” Her voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.
“I’ll ask you again, don’t disappoint me and don’t lie to me. Is that really all that happened?” The man asked again.
“I… I yelled at a few people at the police station today.” The woman hesitantly said.
“Who were they?” The man straightened his slouched back and looked at his wife seriously.
“Just a young man and three women. I didn’t know their identities at the time, so I insulted them. If I had known, I would never have said what I did. Please believe me.” The woman, seeing her husband’s increasingly deep gaze, reached out in panic to grab his hand.
“Really, believe me.” The woman repeated, her expression full of hope that her husband would believe and forgive her.
The man removed the woman’s hand from his arm.
“What did I do in a past life to deserve marrying such an ignorant and stupid woman like you? Not only are you no help to my career, you can’t even take care of the family. Is raising a daughter so difficult? I entrusted our daughter to you, and look what you’ve turned her into. What use are you?” The man said, exhausted.
Tears hung on the woman’s face. Her expression was vacant, as if she couldn’t believe what she had heard.
“How could you say something like that? Do you have no heart at all? If you thought so little of me, why did you marry me in the first place? Don’t forget, you pursued me first; you begged me to marry you. And now you say this? Isn’t it a bit late? You say I can’t take care of our daughter? Are you such a great father yourself? Is our daughter solely my responsibility? You really are shameless for saying that!”
The woman wiped away her sad expression, looking at the man with resentment.
“You call me stupid and ignorant, but why don’t you mention your own promiscuity and infidelity? You think I don’t know how many mistresses and lovers you’ve had over the years? Just because I don’t say anything doesn’t mean I’m unaware or that I’m a fool. You’re the one who couldn’t secure business, and yet you blame me, a mere housewife? If everything depended on me, why did I marry you?” The woman sneered, retorting sharply.
“Ha, your true colors are finally showing. I used to think you were good, but you’re no different from those other women out there. No, you’re even worse than them; at least they’re smarter, gentler, more sensible, prettier, and younger than you! And you? You’re just an unwanted old hag. You claim my business relies on you? Where do you get the face to say such a thing? Don’t you feel ashamed?” The man mirrored the woman’s expression.
“I sacrificed so much for you and the child in your belly, and not only are you ungrateful, but you dare to complain? Have I made your life too easy all these years? Have you forgotten how you climbed up from nothing, forgotten your own wretched origins?” The man spoke while removing his tie and tossing it aside, unbuttoning his shirt.
“What are you doing?” The woman asked, noticing his actions.
“What am I doing? What do you think I’m doing? What do you think I’m going to do?” The man retorted with a cold smile, undoing his belt.
At this moment, the man’s intentions were painfully clear.
“You’re going to hit me? No, you can’t do that. If people find out about your domestic violence, your company’s reputation will plummet. The stock market will be unstable, and the company veterans wouldn’t allow you to keep your position,” the woman said, retreating with hands and feet.