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The next day, Sun Jie, one of Hu Manli's longtime clients, learned from a neighbor that her mother was dating a man named A Dong, who was twenty years younger than her.

Ah Dong was an old neighbor of theirs.

So she rushed home to ask her mother about it. Her mother readily admitted to it and even wanted to travel to Europe with A-Dong.

Sun Jie disagreed, worried that her mother would be deceived, and besides, her father's body was barely cold, and her mother's mind was already made up.

Unable to persuade her mother, Sun Jie had no choice but to call Hu Manli for help.

At this moment, Hu Manli was on her way to pick up Tyndall from school, having heard that the school was organizing a camping trip for the whole family.

Many students' parents are fans of Ding Zhiyuan, and they surrounded Hu Manli, asking her all sorts of questions.

Hu Manli concealed the fact that she and Ding Zhiyuan had broken up, and could only force a smile and make excuses.

Hu Manli lied, saying that Ding Zhiyuan was in seclusion to focus on his creative work, and wanted to take Ding Daer camping alone, but Ding Daer resolutely refused.

Hu Manli sent a message to her ex-husband Ding Zhiyuan overnight. Qiu Lisu advised Ding Zhiyuan not to pretend to be Hu Manli's husband anymore and said many bad things about Hu Manli.

Ding Zhiyuan's last shred of pity for Hu Manli was completely extinguished, and he lied, saying that he had a meeting the next day and couldn't go camping.

Hu Manli called him, barely containing her anger, but Ding Zhiyuan stubbornly refused to answer.

Hu Manli arrived at Sun Jie's place as promised, bringing Su Ning with her. Sun Jie complained bitterly in front of her.

Hu Manli heard that Sun Jie's mother had a million yuan in savings and was worried that A Dong would swindle the money.

Knowing the situation, Suning was naturally very patient and waited without showing any impatience or urging.

In fact, Hu Manli's approach is to treat customers like family and to handle their troubles as if they were her own.

However, this behavior also allows her to successfully enter the lives of her clients, making it easier for her to gain their trust.

Hu Manli and Sun Jie chatted for over an hour, but never got to the point. Instead of urging Sun Jie, Su Ning started chatting with his girlfriend Wang Xue on WeChat.

Suning immediately edited a rather sweet WeChat message and sent it over: "Honey, what are you doing?"

"Where's the school? Where are you?" Wang Xue replied instantly as well.

"I came out with Sister Manli to meet a client, and I suddenly missed you." Su Ning confessed to Wang Xue again on WeChat.

"Focus on your work! Don't get distracted."

"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll go buy the groceries beforehand."

"Anything is fine! Your cooking is so delicious."

"I'll pick you up from school after get off work! I'm going to hit a home run tonight."

"Pah! You scoundrel." At this moment, Wang Xue naturally understood what Su Ning meant by "home run".

After Sun Jie left, Hu Manli understood Sun Jie's unspoken message: Sun Jie wanted her to persuade her mother to use her savings to buy insurance for her daughter, Nannan.

Hu Manli naturally noticed that Su Ning was daydreaming, but she didn't really take it to heart.

At this moment, Hu Manli couldn't help but ask curiously, "What? Are you in a relationship? Is it Liu Na from Lanyang Insurance before?"

"No! It's Wang Xue," Su Ning explained, shaking her head.

"What? You're that fast? You're a master at picking up girls!" Hu Manli exclaimed, her eyes wide with shock.

"Haha, so-so! So-so! Third best in the world."

“Su Ning, but I feel that Wang Xue is quite ordinary-looking!” Hu Manli then voiced her doubts.

“Sister Manli, this is Shanghai, a city with a long history of foreign trade. There is no shortage of all kinds of beautiful women, but truly pure ones are extremely rare.”

"I didn't expect you to be so clear-headed."

“Sister Manli, all I want to do now is earn more money and then settle down in Shanghai with Wang Xue.”

"You're serious? I thought you were just playing around?"

Am I really as bad as you make me out to be?

"Could you please ask your Wang Xue for a favor?"

"You tell me first."

"Have Wang Xue keep an eye on Ding Zhiyuan and Qiu Lisu's every move."

Su Ning, however, looked at Hu Manli with a dismissive expression and said, "What? You still haven't given up on Ding Zhiyuan?"

“No matter what, he is still Tyndall’s father.” Hu Manli couldn’t help but sigh helplessly.

“Sister Manli, in my opinion, Ding Zhiyuan’s infidelity was inevitable.” However, Su Ning shook her head, not very optimistic.

"Why? Do you really think I'm that bad?"

"Of course not! Ding Zhiyuan is an extremely arrogant person. To put it nicely, he is bookish, but to put it bluntly, he is selfish. He only thinks about himself and has never thought about you and Ding Da'er. Even if Qiu Lisu didn't exist, there would be other women."

"This……"

“I even suspect that if Qiu Lisu hadn’t seduced Ding Zhiyuan beforehand, your Ding Zhiyuan might have seduced Wang Xue instead.”

"..."

“Sister Manli, first of all, you need to understand one thing: this world is not a matter of reaping what you sow. Just like us insurance sellers, we may work hard for five or six years, but in the end, a little accident can wipe us out.”

Hu Manli nodded in agreement, "Yes, Su Ning, you're right! Just like that President Wei Yuanxiang, hard work doesn't always guarantee a reward."

Then Su Ning took the opportunity to look at Hu Manli in front of him and reminded her, "Sister Manli, listen to my advice. Your entanglement with Ding Zhiyuan is not going to end so quickly, so you must build a barrier in advance to protect yourself and also protect Tyndall."

"This...isn't necessary? Ding Zhiyuan and I are already divorced." Hu Manli shook her head with a wry smile, somewhat dismissive.

"Sister Manli, trust my judgment! Gather as much evidence as possible of Ding Zhiyuan's infidelity. It might be your and Ding Da's trump card in the future. You've been an insurance salesperson for over ten years. What kind of bizarre things haven't you encountered?"

"..."

Hu Manli naturally understood the reminder and warning in Su Ning's words, which were nothing more than a concern that Ding Zhiyuan would turn the tables on her.

Although Hu Manli was unwilling to believe that Ding Zhiyuan would do such a thing, Ding Zhiyuan's infidelity was enough to say a lot.

……

Then Hu Manli took Su Ning to see Sun's mother. It was obvious that Hu Manli and Sun's mother had a very good relationship.

She doesn't approach customer relationships with the same short-sightedness as other salespeople, which is her unique secret to consistently closing large deals.

Then Hu Manli chatted with Sun's mother, who then tried to get rid of them by saying she had something to do. Su Ning, who was standing nearby, had no choice but to explain her purpose immediately.

Hu Manli admitted that Sun Jie wanted to buy an education annuity for her daughter, which would require a one-time payment of 100 million yuan.

Because Sun Jie doesn't have enough money on hand, she may need her mother's support.

Then, Suning explained the insurance terms in detail, making them crystal clear. Not only did Sun's mother understand perfectly, but Hu Manli, standing nearby, also beamed with joy, feeling that choosing Suning as a partner was a wise decision.

Unfortunately, Sun's mother still refused to provide financial assistance to Sun Jie and left first, leaving Hu Manli and Su Ning awkwardly standing aside.

At this moment, Hu Manli noticed that Sun's mother seemed like a completely different person, and couldn't help but marvel at A Dong's shrewd tactics.

Just then, Ah Dong arrived with flowers to pick up Sun's mother, and the two left together, chatting and laughing.

Seeing this, Hu Manli couldn't help but admire A Dong.

Hu Manli looked at A Dong thoughtfully and said, "Su Ning, did you see that? He's a master!"

"Not necessarily." Su Ning, who knew how the plot was unfolding, had a different opinion.

"What? You think this A-Dong is sincere towards Aunt Sun?" Hu Manli asked Su Ning, both amused and exasperated.

“A-Dong isn’t the key issue! What Sun Jie is worried about now is that her father has only been dead for a short time, so what if her mother has already been with this A-Dong all along?”

"Impossible! Aunt Sun isn't that kind of person."

"Hard to say! Don't forget that this Ah Dong used to be the Sun family's neighbor."

"This..." Hu Manli also felt a little guilty at this moment.

Then Su Ning brought up another possibility, "What if Sun's mother and her father had already divorced, and were keeping it from Ding Dalu like you and Ding Zhiyuan did?"

"Hmph! Su Ning, you've chosen the wrong profession. You should be a screenwriter." Hu Manli naturally thought these were all just Su Ning's personal guesses.
"Sister Manli, shall we make a bet?"

"How to bet?"

"If my general assessment is correct, you have to promise me one thing?"

"what's up?"

"Let's talk about it after I win."

"Then what if you lose?"

"Easy! I'll promise you one thing too."

"Okay! It's a deal."

Then Sun Jie took her mother to the hospital for a check-up, where it was discovered that her mother had early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

So Sun Jie called Hu Manli again for help. Hu Manli heard that A Dong was also seeing other women, so she wanted to follow A Dong to find solid evidence.

Hu Manli led Su Ning to wait outside A Dong's house. Su Ning didn't want to do such a boring thing, but she still obediently cooperated with Hu Manli.

Hu Manli may have sensed Suning's indifference, and claimed that securing the eight million yuan order was to catch the client cheating.

A Dong left home on his motorcycle, and Hu Manli and Su Ning chased after him on their bicycles, but they were exhausted.

A Dong rode his bicycle to find Sun's mother, and the two went on a date hand in hand, with Hu Manli and Su Ning following closely behind them;

A Dong took his mother to square dancing, and Hu Manli asked Su Ning to cover for her while she secretly filmed the scene.
A Dong invited Sun's mother to dinner, while Hu Manli and Su Ning waited outside hungry. After dinner, A Dong accompanied Sun's mother to the movies, and Hu Manli and Su Ning had no choice but to buy tickets to enter as well.

For the next week, Hu Manli asked Su Ning to follow A Dong every day.

Aside from dating Sun's mother, A Dong hadn't seen any other women. Su Ning found it boring and decided to stop following him.

Furthermore, she reiterated that the problem still lay with Sun Jie's mother, suspecting that Sun Jie's mother might have been with this A Dong for a long time. However, Hu Manli stubbornly refused to believe it.

Hu Manli suddenly saw a woman seeing A Dong off at the door and even blowing him a kiss.

Hu Manli, posing as a neighborhood committee worker, came to A Dong's house to conduct a census and confirmed that the woman was A Dong's wife.

Hu Manli went to a print shop to forge a diagnosis of depression for Ding Da'er, hoping that Ding Zhiyuan would accompany them on a camping trip. Su Ning knew that Hu Manli did all this for her son Ding Da'er, and couldn't help but look at her with new respect.

In order to persuade Ding Zhiyuan to participate in a family camping trip organized by the school, Hu Manli forged a diagnosis of depression for Tyndall.

Ding Zhiyuan was caught in a dilemma: he didn't want to hurt his son Dingdaer, but he also didn't want to face Hu Manli.

Qiu Lisu sent people to find out that Tyndall's diagnosis certificate was fake. She calmly advised Ding Zhiyuan to go and confirm Tyndall's condition again.

Qiu Lisu and Ding Zhiyuan took Tyndall to see a psychologist and found that Tyndall was indeed normal.

Ding Zhiyuan then realized that the diagnosis certificate issued by Hu Manli was forged, and he immediately called Hu Manli to confront her.

Hu Manli made up some random excuses to cover it up, and Ding Zhiyuan, in a fit of pique, refused to participate in the school camping trip and even threatened to tell Dingdal about their separation.

Hu Manli was worried that Tyndall's young mind would be hurt, and Su Ning, who was standing nearby, advised her to tell Tyndall the truth, but Hu Manli resolutely refused.

When Ding Daer saw Ding Zhiyuan and Qiu Lisu together, he naturally had a general idea in his mind. After all, children nowadays are not the silly little kids they used to be.

Then Ding Zhiyuan told Dingdal about his separation from Hu Manli, and Dingdal was stunned.

When Hu Manli rushed home, Ding Daer had already accepted her separation from Ding Zhiyuan. He even threw away the game console that Qiu Lisu had given him, and instead comforted Hu Manli, vowing to always stand by her side.

Hu Manli was moved to tears, yet her composure was her greatest charm as a woman.

Qiu Lisu, on the other hand, started to exploit Ding Zhiyuan. After all, she had her own purpose in supporting Ding Zhiyuan, wanting him to accompany her to meet some important clients.

Ding Zhiyuan didn't want to attend these boring social events, but he couldn't resist Qiu Lisu's persistent pleading.

……

After Su Ning got off work and returned to his love nest with Wang Xue, Wang Xue noticed that Su Ning's complexion hadn't been very good lately. "Su Ning, you look much darker lately?"

“Lately, I’ve been helping people catch cheaters with Hu Manli every day,” Su Ning explained, pulling Wang Xue into his arms.

"Huh? Why is selling insurance so complicated?" Wang Xue exclaimed in surprise, enjoying the warm embrace of Suning.

"There's no other way! Closing a deal isn't easy; first, you have to gain the customer's trust."

Then Wang Xue brought up the topic of finding a new house, "Suning, I found a one-bedroom apartment near the school, but the price is much higher than here."

"If you like it, that's fine! We'll finalize it tomorrow."

"Suning, you're so good to me."

"Then...you have to satisfy me today..."

"Ah...you're a scoundrel."

"Come on, baby! Let this rogue take good care of you."

"Ah...you bad guy!"

Despite Wang Xue's outward curses directed at Su Ning as a terrible villain, she secretly felt as sweet as if she had drunk honey.

Su Ning brought Wang Xue different pleasures every time, as if Su Ning could read her mind and clearly understand her inner needs.

(End of this chapter)