After the divorce, my ex-husband and son lined up to pursue me.

Chapter 26 Becoming a Mistress
"If you want a child, go have one yourself. It's not your place to educate my son."

Ruan Muhuai's cold words were quite cruel, "Take him to find Xin Rou in a couple of days, but—"

"I can't get a divorce, and I can't have anything happen between me and Xin Rou. I'll make her give up on that idea."

Ruan Muting was stunned for a moment, and only realized what was happening when she saw her brother turn to leave. "Why don't you go and say this to Xin Rou in person? Are you reluctant to let her go? After all, you two used to be so deeply in love."

Ruan Muhuai paused slightly, his deep, cold eyes narrowing as if he were lost in thought.

Ruan Muting thought she had spoken correctly and had even touched her brother's heart. She was smug and didn't forget to hug and coax Chaochao, but then she said, "No one asked you to get a divorce, and I don't care about your affairs, but you can't... bully Xiaobao like this! You can't bear to hurt your own flesh and blood?"

"What's there to be reluctant about a beast who doesn't even recognize his own mother?" Ruan Muhuai coldly remarked before striding away.

Ruan Muting was speechless for a moment, then looked down at Chaochao who was still wiping away tears, "Baby, you..."

"I want Aunt Xinrou... I want Aunt Xinrou to be my mom!" Ruan Yuanchao insisted and hurriedly expressed her wish, hugging Ruan Muting and pleading, "Auntie, please grant my wish, I want a new mom..."

Ruan Muting couldn't stand this, and immediately said, "Okay, okay, Auntie will agree to anything you want!" Her eyes darted around, and she seemed to be brewing something cunningly.

The night passed quickly, but Jiang Xia remained awake.

It's impossible for me to fall asleep.

She tried every possible way to leave from the middle of the night, but found that she couldn't even get out of the master bedroom, let alone the entire Qiushui Garden.

The door was locked from the outside.

Although you could jump out of the window, the bodyguards had laid out a bed of nails downstairs. I don't know how they made it; it looked like a torture device, and it stretched for dozens of meters.

If she dared to jump, she wouldn't die, but she would definitely get injured.

And the injury will definitely be severe!

Jiang Xia wasn't that crazy, nor did she want to torture herself, but this resulted in her being trapped in the room, unable to escape.

Finally, dawn broke. Jiang Xia didn't even have time to eat the breakfast brought by the bodyguard. She just waited for the time to pass. When it finally reached eight o'clock, she hurriedly dialed Yan Guozhong's number.

"Jiang Xia, I was just about to call you. Um, your partner... contacted me."

Hearing Yan Guozhong's voice, Jiang Xia's heart sank suddenly.

Before she could say anything, Yan Guozhong continued, "He said that something has happened in your family recently, and your son's health is not very good. He suggested that you focus on your family for the time being and not come to work for the time being."

"That's not how it is, Teacher Yan..."

“Jiang Xia, listen to me,” Yan Guozhong interrupted helplessly, then sighed, “The project really needs you, but your teacher respects your personal choice, so let’s leave it at that for now.”

The disappointment in his words was palpable.

But Yan Guozhong didn't really want to blame her; he just... believed the advice of those around him and understood the school's original intention in restricting the enrollment of female graduate students.

Women are too focused on emotions. Once they get married and have children, their hearts and minds are completely devoted to their husbands and children. No matter how good their job or how promising their future, they will forget about it.

Yan Guozhong originally thought Jiang Xia was an exception, but he didn't expect... it's still the same.

Jiang Xia instantly understood what her teacher meant. She didn't explain, but said in distress, "Teacher Yan, please give me ten more days. If I can't handle these things at home within ten days, please pretend you never taught me, and I won't contact you again."

"Ah, this..." Yan Guozhong was unaware of Jiang Xia's situation, but subconsciously he was still willing to give her another chance, so he said, "Okay! It's a deal, your teacher will wait for you."

"Okay, just watch what I do." Jiang Xia hung up the phone, then carefully organized all the calculation data she had collected yesterday, and sent it all to Lou Yushi.

I also transferred the rent to Lou Yushi, along with the utilities and an extra red envelope.

She sent a voice message: "I've organized the data and sent it to your email. You can use it first. I have some things to do these few days, so I won't be going to the research institute. But I'll get the data you need online and send it to you."

"I'm so sorry I couldn't get back last night. Did you have to help me carry my luggage? Thanks."

Lou Yushi replied to her after a long time: 【What's with the extra 1000? Did you miscalculate?】

Jiang Xia: [No, I'll treat you to milk tea. Thank you for your hard work these past few days. Could you please send me all the experiment results? It's a good deal for me.]

Lou Yushi: [If you know it's troublesome, then don't keep dragging me down!]

Lou Yushi: [Hurry up! What's with all this taking leave? It's like you have a family emergency, what kind of special treatment are you getting!]

It may be unpleasant to hear, but it's the truth.

Jiang Xia was filled with gloom and despair. Without replying, she found Ruan Muhuai's number in her blacklist, but when she dialed it, she found that she couldn't get through.

I tried several times, and it was the same every time.

She dialed Ruan Muhuai's work number again, but still couldn't get through.

It seems he's blocked her too.

This is difficult to handle.

Five days passed, and Jiang Xia didn't know if Ruan Muhuai had returned to Qiushui Garden. Anyway, she couldn't leave the master bedroom, and Ruan Muhuai didn't show up either.

Not only him, but even Ruan Muting and Ruan Yuanchao never came to see her.

Every day, bodyguards would bring me three meals a day on time, and that was it.

This doesn't prevent Jiangxia from calculating data online, but not being able to go to the lab and see the data and sample changes from each practical operation is certainly not a long-term solution.

She tried to contact Ruan Muhuai countless times every day, but obviously, she couldn't get through to him no matter what.

Ruan Muhuai seemed to be doing this on purpose, imprisoning her like this, eroding her beliefs and fighting spirit, making her like a trapped beast, unable to break free or even think of freedom.

In fact, Xin Rou couldn't contact Ruan Muhuai either.

I was blocked too.

However, Ruan Muting sent Chaochao to her, which made it impossible for Xin Rou to work. She hurriedly took leave and took Chaochao to play around.

"Tingting, why can't I get in touch with Mu Huai?"

After playing for several days in a row, Xin Rou finally couldn't hold back any longer. She dragged Ruan Muting and Chaochao to the vicinity of the Ruan Group building, intending to ambush them.

"Not answering the phone? Or not replying to WeChat messages?" Ruan Muting sipped her juice through a straw, complaining that the sun was too strong, and walked toward the coffee shop by the roadside.

Xin Rou followed closely, her head down, still pressing her phone: "I can't get through on the phone, and she's not replying to messages. She just left Chaochao to me like this... what's going on?"

Ruan Muhuai didn't get a divorce, nor did he define his relationship with her. Even if she were to be his mistress, he should at least make things clear. But none of that happened, and Xin Rou got Ruan Yuanchao. What kind of situation is this?

(End of this chapter)