After divorcing the mute girl, President Gu knelt down and begged for reconciliation.

Chapter 162 Quite Clever
Xiao Yi went abroad with Su Ruoya, so how did he end up here again?
Duan Nanhe spoke lazily, lightly kicking Gu Xijue with his foot: "What kind of question is that?"

"Can't he go back to China for some fresh air?"

That was a rather harsh remark.

It seems to be saying that he often felt suffocated while he was abroad with Su Ruoya.

Xiao Yi glanced at Duan Nanhe, but spoke to Gu Xijue: "My elders at home want me to go back to China for a while."

That's a very clever way of putting it; everyone understands what's going on. She was forcibly brought back to China by her parents.

"Where is she?" Gu Xijue asked slowly.

The "she" in this context naturally refers to Su Ruoya.

Xiao Yi sipped his wine and glanced at Gu Xijue with a smile: "You still care about her?"

They immediately started arguing the moment they met.

Duan Nan's alarm went off instantly. Was another fight about to break out?

Gu Xijue remained nonchalant: "It's just asking an old friend."

"She's fine."

Xiao Yi said just those three words: "She's fine."

Now, Duan Nanhe noticed something amiss. He tapped his fingers on the rim of his glass and said softly, "You haven't managed to win her over after a year abroad, have you?"

Logically speaking, a woman who has just suffered heartbreak, with a knight-errant silently watching over her, will eventually win the heart of her beloved.

It seems like he hasn't managed to hug this beauty yet?
Xiao Yi's expression was indifferent, seemingly carrying a sense of calm death, yet he made no attempt to hide it: "We didn't catch up."

He did spend a long time abroad with her and there were some ambiguous moments, but whenever he confessed his feelings, Su Ruoya would always refuse with red eyes, telling him to wait, to wait a little longer.

She needs to truly heal from her heartbreak before she can be wholeheartedly with him.

"No way, you've been chasing her for half a year and still haven't caught up. Is Su Ruoya still waiting for..." Duan Nanhe didn't finish his sentence. He just looked at Gu Xijue with a leisurely expression and then kicked Gu Xijue's toe.

“But he hasn’t divorced the little mute yet, so Su Ruoya has no place.”

Gu Xijue ignored him and leaned back against the soft cushion, feeling a little more comfortable.

"Last week, she accepted another man's confession."

Duan Nanhe: "???"

"What?" He seemed to have heard something extraordinary.

Su Ruoya actually accepted the confessions of other men, but not Xiao Yi's?

"What's wrong with you? How could another man beat you to it?" Duan Nanhe was genuinely surprised by this.

Gu Xijue, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up: "She has always been a person with clear goals. Xiao Yi, forget about her."

This was his advice to Xiao Yi.

Su Ruoya has always been a smart woman; otherwise, she wouldn't have resolutely chosen her career when he proposed.

She felt she was charming enough to make a man wait for her for years back home, but sometimes things don't go as planned, and fate loves to play tricks on people.

If it weren't for Song Jin'an's interference, he might have actually waited for Su Ruoya to return to the country in glory, and for the two to reconcile in a high-profile manner.

But sometimes, things aren't planned out perfectly.

Just like men, smart women always weigh the pros and cons and choose the option that is most beneficial to them.

There's nothing inherently wrong with this idea.

"Do you think forgetting someone is so easy?" Xiao Yi's attitude was much calmer this time, and he was even able to speak amicably with Gu Xijue. There was no confrontation.

"I've liked her for so many years, I never imagined it would end like this. It's truly heartbreaking..."

He felt things shouldn't be going this way; he felt that staying by her side all these years had warmed her heart.

Unfortunately, it was all in vain in the end.

"So what are you planning to do now? Try to win him over again and become his mistress?" Duan Nanhe asked casually.

Xiao Yi glanced at him: "My mother is already helping me choose a blind date."

"So, you're going to give up on Su Ruoya?"

Duan Nanhe never expected that he would have to give up one day.

This love, which lasted for ten years, has ultimately vanished.

“Well, it’s not so bad.” Xiao Yi glanced at Gu Xijue: “Anyway, people like us enjoy money and power that ordinary people can’t enjoy, so we should exchange marriage for freedom.”

He felt that Gu Xijue was the same.

Because Xiao Yi never believed that Gu Xijue would like a mute, illiterate person who had never even read a book.

His previous protection of Song Jin'an was merely to save face for the Gu family.

Gu Xijue knew what Xiao Yi meant by looking at him, and the image of Song Jin'an's swollen eyes still tightly biting his lip flashed through his mind.

This woman really doesn't understand anything good.

He swirled his wine glass without speaking, but Duan Nanhe spoke up, bringing up Song Jin'an.

"You suppressed the trending topics quickly last night; they disappeared from the entire internet in just a few hours."

Gu Xijue hummed in response but didn't reply. Duan Nanhe, however, continued, "I really didn't expect that the little mute girl could get a driver's license. I think she's quite smart, not as stupid as you usually say."

"But I heard from my mom that your parents found out about what happened last night, and the little mute must have gotten a scolding, right?"

Duan Nanhe genuinely categorized Song Jin'an as one of his friend's wives. Initially, he looked down on Song Jin'an, but since their first meeting, his impression of her has improved more and more.

"You seem quite concerned about her," Xiao Yi added fuel to the fire. "What, are you trying to steal his wife?"

Duan Nan was momentarily stunned, but when he came to his senses, he said, "Hey, what nonsense are you talking about? I know the principle of not coveting a friend's wife."

"Even if we take a step back, the little mute girl isn't my type."

Gu Xijue originally came to the banquet to relax, but these two were too noisy, so he stood up, picked up his coat, and walked out without saying a word.

"Oh, you're going back already?"

Duan Nanhe watched his retreating figure, a lump forming in his throat: "You didn't actually believe Xiao Yi's nonsense, did you?"

Gu Xijue didn't answer. After leaving the banquet hall, he drank some wine and found a designated driver on the app. When the car entered the garage, he immediately spotted an unfamiliar white car.

His brow was furrowed, and his complexion was very bad.

When he returned to the villa, he found Song Jin'an.

A chilling, emotionless voice: "Do you take me for a dead person, Song Jin'an?"

Song Jin'an didn't understand what he was saying yet. She frowned as she watched him rush into the bathroom, because she was giving her daughter a bath.

—You go out first. We can talk about it after I finish bathing my daughter.

Gu Xijue stood there, without closing the bathroom door, and suddenly stood up.

—Okay, then you wash our daughter. I'll wait for you outside. We can talk about anything else after you're done washing.