Roses in Flames

—I have no objection to your divorce from Ye Yuntang. She's a forensic doctor and she's not good enough for you. But you got another woman pregnant. If your grandfather finds out, he'll definitely have objections.

"Mom, Ye Yuntang refuses to have children. I don't want Fu Jingzhou, that illegitimate son, to give birth to the eldest grandson of the Fu family, so I have no choice but to find a woman outside the family."

—To protect your reputation and the child in Bai Chuwei's belly, we have no choice but to sacrifice Ye Yuntang. Anyway, she took 100 million from you in the divorce, so she didn't lose out.

—Mom, what are you trying to do?

—Boss Wang of Hengsheng Building Materials lost his wife in middle age. He likes the type of Ye Yuntang. I will find a way to send Ye Yuntang to Boss Wang's bed later. When everyone catches them cheating, you take the opportunity to announce your divorce from her. That way, everyone will think that she was the one who cheated on you and betrayed your marriage.

After the recording finished playing, the guests' expressions all changed drastically, and they looked at Madam Fu and Fu Shili with disdain and contempt.

Unexpectedly, Fu Shili and Ye Yuntang had already divorced, and Fu Shili had cheated on Ye Yuntang before the divorce, even getting his mistress pregnant.

Even more shockingly, in order to protect her son's reputation, Madam Fu actually wanted to send her former daughter-in-law to Boss Wang's bed.

Old Master Fu's face turned ashen, and he slapped Fu Shili across the face in a fit of rage.

"How dare you and your mother treat Tangtang like this? If it weren't for the Ye family's support back then, would our Fu family be where we are today?"

Fu Shili said with a wronged expression, "Grandpa, Ye Yuntang and I have been married for two years, but she absolutely refuses to have a child with me. I'm at my wit's end!"

Ye Yuntang's red lips curled into a mocking smile. "Fu Shili, do you dare to tell the truth with your hand on your heart? When we first got married, you were impotent, and we never even had sex. How was I supposed to have a child? Yes, you mentioned artificial insemination, but I refused. Later, after you recovered, you complained that I was a forensic doctor, dealing with corpses all day, and that I had bad luck. You forced me to quit my job, threatening to cheat on you with another woman and have your child if I didn't. Ha, you really are hypocritical."

Fu Shili's face turned extremely ugly. "You're talking nonsense!"

"Am I talking nonsense?" Ye Yuntang was thankful that she had kept evidence of his infidelity.

Ye Yuntang entered the room, turned on the TV, and projected the evidence from her phone onto the screen.

Now that things have turned ugly, she doesn't need to care about anything anymore.

On the television screen, a video was played in which Fu Shili and Bai Chuwei were having an affair in a car, even though it was blurred out.

"Baby, have a child for me, and I'll make you Mrs. Fu."

"What about your wife?"

"She refuses to quit her job as a forensic pathologist. I'll dump her once you get pregnant."

The scene shifts to a high-end Western restaurant, where Fu Shili places a pink diamond necklace around Bai Chuwei's neck.

"Baby, your belly is so fertile, you got pregnant with my child so quickly."

"Brother Shili, you're amazing."

Not only that, there are also photos of the two of them entering and leaving the hotel together, embracing each other.

A fairly complete chain of evidence of infidelity.

After realizing what was happening, Fu Shili stepped forward with a livid face and turned off the video.

The guests noticed that Bai Chuwei was standing in the middle of them, and they all cast disdainful and contemptuous glances at her.

This mistress actually showed up openly at Old Master Fu's birthday banquet.

Bai Chuwei's face turned a purplish-blue color. She lowered her head, feeling ashamed and embarrassed, wishing she could disappear into the ground.

Liu Qianqian comforted her, "Chuwei, you can only blame Ye Yuntang for not being charming enough. There's no need for you to feel embarrassed."

When Old Master Fu saw the evidence of Fu Shili's infidelity, he swayed, nearly spitting out a mouthful of blood. "You're a truly wretched child!"

"Dad, Shi Li gave Ye Yuntang a chance, but she refused to quit her job as a forensic pathologist—"

Before Madam Fu could finish speaking, Ye Yuntang interrupted her coldly.

She had doubted herself before when Fu Shili and his wife disliked her forensic work, saying that she had touched corpses and that her hands were covered in bad luck.

But ever since Xiao Lin told her that her work was sacred and great, she has never doubted herself again.

The hands that touched the corpse were not dirty, for they were the hands that guided people to the afterlife and cleared the names of the innocent.

After glancing at Madam Fu, Ye Yuntang's beautiful eyes swept coldly over the guests. Her voice, clear and resolute, spoke each word forcefully, "I dissect corpses, seeking the truth of death. I have touched decaying flesh, but I have not been tainted by a speck of dirt. I have witnessed countless deaths and separations, but I have a deep reverence for life. My work allows the deceased to rest in peace and brings the perpetrators to justice; it is sacred and inviolable. How can it be considered unlucky?"

Having said that, she glared at Madam Fu, "You are noble and innocent, yet you condone your son's infidelity and try to ruin my reputation! You say my mother didn't raise me well, and that my sister died young, but everyone who knows my sister thinks she was great. The peace and tranquility we enjoy today are thanks to people like my sister who bravely faced danger, shouldered burdens, and risked their lives to protect our country and its people. She is a true hero. What right do you have to slander her? And my mother, didn't she grieve losing her daughter? But she had strong moral principles; she knew her daughter sacrificed herself for the country and its people. She hid her grief deep inside and used her kindness to teach us to keep going. You, with your short-sightedness, narrow-mindedness, and greed, aren't even worthy of carrying my mother's shoes!"

As soon as Ye Yuntang finished speaking, the surrounding air fell completely silent.

Some of the guests who had previously mocked Ye Yuntang even lowered their heads in shame.

Some guests were moved to tears by Ye Yuntang's words.

Someone started clapping, and soon applause followed one after another.

Yes, without heroes like Sister Ye Yuntang who rush to the front lines, how could we live in peace and tranquility?

Grandpa Fu walked up to Ye Yuntang and held her hand tightly. "Tangtang, our Fu family has wronged you. I apologize to you, your mother, and your sister. Don't worry, Grandpa will make it up to you. And—"

Grandpa Fu glanced at Bai Chuwei, "Grandpa will never let a shameless mistress enter the Fu family."

Bai Chuwei's face instantly turned deathly pale.

Her slender body swayed unsteadily.

Her eyes welled up with tears, she covered her mouth, and ran outside.

Fu Shili was worried about Bai Chuwei's unborn child, so he chased after her.

Bai Chuwei wanted to leave, but Fu Shili pulled her to the backyard. "Chuwei, my grandfather is angry. I'll persuade him once he calms down."

Fu Shili pulled Bai Chuwei to sit down in a chair. "I'll have the maid bring you a bowl of bird's nest soup. You stay here quietly, and I'll take you to eat something delicious after we've seen the guests off."

Bai Chuwei nodded with red eyes.

……

To compensate Ye Yuntang, Old Master Fu gave her 5% of the shares in the Fu Group.

Ye Yuntang did not refuse.

The Fu family did indeed develop with the support of her father.

She took 5% of the shares, which would allow her mother and brother to live better lives in the future, so she figured she might as well take it.

The divorce was due to Fu Shili's infidelity and betrayal of her; she had never done anything to harm him during their marriage.

"Grandpa, how could you give her 5% of the shares? Do you know that right after the divorce, she went out and started keeping a young lover? If she takes the shares, she'll definitely give them to some other man..."

Before Fu Shili could finish speaking, a servant's scream suddenly came from the back garden downstairs, "Ahhh! Someone's dead—"