You're already divorced, why are you so anxious about him becoming a succubus?

Upon hearing the word "cheating," Shen Man's pretty face stiffened abruptly, and the smile on her lips vanished instantly, replaced by an awkward coldness.

"Gu Xiaowei, watch your mouth! Nothing happened between Gu Mingxuan and me!"

I admit that I was negligent during that time and didn't take Lu Ci's feelings into account, but I absolutely did not cheat on him. I clearly rejected Gu Mingxuan's several confessions of love!

Tian Weiwei and Qiu Yuancai, who were sitting in the back row, huddled in the corner like two frightened quails.

Tian Weiwei held Akimoto Ayane's hand, and when she heard the two people in front of her tearing at each other, her hand unconsciously clenched tightly.

Seeing the tense standoff between Shen Man and Gu Xiaowei, as if they were about to tear each other apart, Akimoto Ayane was so frightened that she slowed down her breathing.

Gu Xiaowei sneered, her usually adorable baby face now unusually serious.

"Does emotional infidelity not count as infidelity? Does it have to involve physically lying naked in the same bed for it to be considered infidelity?!"

Gu Xiaowei's words were sharp and incisive, each sentence hitting Shen Man's sore spot: "You yourself admitted that you didn't take my boss's feelings into account back then. Then I'd like to ask you... why didn't you take them into account?"

You were husband and wife, destined to spend your lives together. And yet, for some man who appeared out of nowhere, you abandoned your husband… Mr. Shen, can you honestly say why?!

Shen Man sat there expressionless, but her slightly trembling body was enough to show that her inner defenses were collapsing.

For the past six months, she has been avoiding the question of why she and Lu Ci divorced, and she has not even dared to think about it deeply.

But at this moment, that fig leaf was ruthlessly torn away by Gu Xiaowei. She opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal.

"You're too scared to say it, aren't you? Fine, then I'll tell you."

Gu Xiaowei looked at her, her eyes filled with undisguised contempt: "Your thinking back then was actually very simple. Your white moonlight went back to China, and you felt you had a choice. You thought my boss was inferior to him, right?!"

These words struck Shen Man's heart like a heavy hammer.

Shen Man panicked. She dared not admit that she had actually made such a ridiculous calculation at the time, but the facts were right in front of her, and she was powerless to refute them.

Her eyes were red and swollen. Her gaze went past Gu Xiaowei and fixed on the broad back of the man sitting silently in the passenger seat. Her voice trembled with tears.

"That's not true... I've always loved Lu Ci... The divorce I agreed to back then was just a moment of spite..."

"Sulking out of spite?" Gu Xiaowei found it utterly ridiculous and coldly interrupted her: "What are you angry about? Are you angry that he, as your husband, dared to stop you from frequently seeing other men? That's outrageous."

This sentence became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Those terrible memories that she had always tried to cover up and beautify flooded into Shen Man's mind like a burst dam.

Unable to hold back her tears any longer, Shen Man's eyes reddened, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears. Finally, she covered her mouth, and tears slid down her cheeks.

Inside the carriage, a deathly silence instantly fell.

Only Shen Man's suppressed sobs echoed in the air.

Seeing Shen Man covering her mouth and crying miserably, Gu Xiaowei took a deep breath and stopped pressing her.

She felt a pang of regret, wondering if she had spoken too harshly today.

Like a child who had done something wrong, she cautiously raised her head and looked at Lu Ci in the front seat through the rearview mirror.

In the rearview mirror, Lu Ci also looked up.

Their eyes met, and Lu Ci showed no sign of blame. Instead, he met Gu Xiaowei's anxious gaze with a gentle smile.

Seeing that reassuring smile, Gu Xiaowei was stunned, and the last bit of guilt in her heart instantly vanished.

At this moment, the one under the greatest psychological pressure in this luxury car is neither Shen Man, who is crying, nor Tian Weiwei, who is hiding in the back seat.

It was the driver who was driving.

The driver felt extremely uncomfortable throughout the journey, and he even had the urge to jump out of the car.

Holy crap! The secret marriage of a top male star and a beautiful investor, emotional infidelity, dramatic saga… Is this the kind of gossip a driver earning a few thousand a month should be listening to?!

Will I be silenced?

The agonizing journey is finally over.

The van was parked in front of the hotel where the film crew was staying.

Everyone filed off the bus, but Shen Man remained in the same position, sitting in her seat with her head down, motionless.

Lu Ci stood outside the car, glanced at her coldly, and showed no intention of comforting her. He turned around and dragged his suitcase toward the hotel lobby.

After returning to his room, Lu Ci took a hot shower.

He was wearing a bathrobe and sitting on the sofa scrolling through short videos.

After half a day of fermentation, the video of him fighting with thugs in the street last night has completely exploded online.

The internet's ability to create memes is terrifying:

Some combat sports bloggers started live streaming, slowly replaying the video frame by frame, carefully analyzing and dissecting Lu Ci's smooth and fluid combat moves.

Some AI experts even added cool special effects to Lu Ci in the picture.

The most outrageous were the humorous voice-over bloggers. Speaking in their catchy provincial dialects, they added mournful howls and funny lines to the eight thugs being brutally beaten by Lu Ci in the video, turning a vicious attack into a comedy.

Looking at the endless stream of creative fan-made works, Lu Ci shook his head helplessly.

He suddenly realized that since he became famous, he seemed to have single-handedly supported half of the internet's self-media creators.

On average, they trend on social media twice a month, and each time they bring a huge amount of traffic to many bloggers.

It has become a human-shaped traffic code for the Internet.

"Never mind, let them be."

Lu Ci locked his phone screen and tossed it aside.

He took out an English mock exam paper and sat down at his desk.

During his university years, he had already passed the CET-6 (College English Test Band 6) smoothly, so his foundation was actually very solid.

Although he has forgotten many obscure words over the years since graduation, this subject is relatively easy for him compared to math, which can be a real headache.

"We still need to get on with the system tasks."

Lu Ci twirled the pen in his hand, his gaze becoming focused.