After three years of misplaced affection, Mrs. Yu is no longer willing to pretend to be obedient.

It was an ordinary night, with a torrential downpour outside.

After returning home and taking a shower, Jane sat listlessly in the media room watching a movie.

The movie she chose this time wasn't very good, but if she stopped watching halfway through, she felt like she'd wasted the entire first hour. Jane was somewhat distracted, scrolling through her phone as she watched, until she received a message.

Could it be Yu Yunting?

Just 10 minutes ago, she asked him when he would be back. Why is he back so quickly this time?

Jane Eileen happily picked up her phone, only to find that the message was from an unknown number.

Inside was a photograph of Yu Yunting and another woman he didn't know. The two were having a meal together.

That number also sent her a text message—"You should wake up."

"But... with just one photo, you can't prove your cousin cheated, can you?" Zhu Yan took the phone and looked at the photo carefully.

The photo shows a man and a woman dining at a high-end restaurant. Although they are talking, there is no particularly intimate physical contact between them.

"Even if you take these photos to court, they can't be used as evidence of his infidelity."

"Of course I know that, so I'll have someone investigate and see if we can find more solid evidence." Jane Ailing put her phone away again. "But that sentence seemed to suddenly wake me up. It made me realize that I really should wake up."

She's so young, she has such a long life ahead of her. Does she really want to be tied to a man who only hates her for the rest of her life because of family interests?

Wasn't her life just too pitiful and tragic?

"But this woman looks vaguely familiar." Zhu Yan picked up her phone again, examining the meticulously made-up woman in the photo. "We seem to have met somewhere at work. I think her surname is Fang..."

"It doesn't matter who it is." Jane Ailing turned her gaze to the window.

She investigated the matter not to confront the woman or force her to stop harassing her husband.

Anyway, given that their marriage is bound together by interests and calculations, it's only a matter of time before this kind of drama unfolds.

Even if there isn't a Miss Fang today, there will be a Miss Zhang or a Miss Li tomorrow.

Instead of dealing with these inexplicable provocations, we should address the root cause of the problem directly.

If this matter can become a bargaining chip in her hands, giving her a chance to negotiate with Yu Yunting, it would actually be a good thing.

"No matter who she is, I should thank her for giving me the courage to make a change," Jian Ailing said with some emotion, her eyes sparkling.

Everyone's time is precious, why should she waste it trying to please a man who will never love her?

After parting ways with Zhu Yan, Jian Ailing went to a private investigator and a law firm to schedule a consultation on divorce-related matters. She had a meal out before returning home.

As Jian Ailing walked from the entrance, she saw Aunt Lü come out of the dining room. She subconsciously looked over and was surprised to find Yu Yunting eating in the dining room.

"Madam, you're finally back!" Aunt Lü greeted her warmly. "I thought you two would be able to have a meal together today since the master is back."

She usually eats dinner at home, while he comes home much later.

Today it's the other way around.

Jane looked at the long table again, feeling a little embarrassed, and met Yu Yunting's gaze.

As always, it was subtle and elusive.

If it were the old her, she would have tried her best to guess what he was thinking, whether he was happy or unhappy, and what she should say to him.

Perhaps she would go over to him and explain where she had been that day.

But now, Jian Ailing no longer wants to waste her emotions like this.

She curled the corners of her mouth and smiled at the man not far away, as if to say hello.

She had a long talk with that private investigator today—though he was called an investigator, Jane felt his job was nothing more than following, stalking, and taking photos. He advised her not to act rashly, lest she alert him.

That suggestion was correct. She didn't want Yu Yunting to find out that she was collecting evidence, so Jian Ailing planned to put the matter aside for now and wait until she had the evidence before bringing up divorce with him.

"It's alright, I've already eaten." She smiled at Aunt Lü.

"Should I cut you some fruit? Why don't you go to the dining room and have a seat?" Aunt Lü didn't notice anything unusual about her and still eagerly wanted her to go to the dining room.

"No need, I'm full."

"Oh... alright then." Aunt Lü watched with some regret as Jian Ailing went upstairs.

Jane returned to her room and took a relaxing bath.

Although her body has recovered a lot, she can still feel her sore limbs relaxing when she takes a bath.

After taking a shower, Jane lay on the sofa and put on a face mask.

She felt she had accomplished a lot that day, and her mood inexplicably improved.

If her phone hadn't vibrated, she would have comfortably fallen asleep right away.

In a daze, Jian Ailing fumbled for her phone and was surprised to see a message from Yu Yunting.

"Come here"—two words, concise and to the point.

These two words were actually a kind of code between the two of them.

After all, Yu Yunting only thinks of her in those kinds of situations.

Upon seeing those two words, Jane Ailing's first thought was which nightgown she should wear.

In the past, when she saw this message, she would take a shower, spray some perfume, and then go to the next room.

But that won't work now; she can no longer be that man's concubine!

Jane shook her head, trying to forget those subconscious thoughts she had had before.

She lay back down on the sofa, picked up her phone, and slowly replied to the messages.

[Jian Ailing]: My stomach isn't feeling well today, so I'm not coming.

[Yu Yunting]: Your period is next week.

I'm impressed... How did he remember that?

Jane Ailing herself hadn't even realized what was happening, so she just made up a flimsy excuse.

[Jane Ailing]: Oh... I didn't feel well when I woke up today, probably because I haven't recovered yet.

She's already said all that, so Yu Yunting shouldn't be asking her to go over there anymore, right?

Jane pulled off her face mask and sat up from the sofa.

Forget it, she's determined not to go anyway, I might as well just go to sleep.

Jane washed up, stretched, and turned off the main light.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

She was taken aback.

Seeing that she didn't respond, the person outside knocked on the door again.

Jane sighed and reluctantly opened the door.