After crossing over, there was a rule.
To maintain the character, Xinxin must not file for a divorce for no reason. If she wanted to break free from the role's constraints, she could only do so if Yi Yang initiated it himself. At that time, Xinxin believed that with her annoying behavior, Yi Yang would not tolerate her for long, who would have thought he could tolerate her for two years.
Now the opportunity has come.
The despicable man couldn't tolerate being lonely and finally had an affair!
Zuo Rong's acting was not very good, I didn't expect her to be so fond of doing good deeds.
"Xinxin, listen to me, we still don't know the authenticity of these photos. Just Zuo Rong wanting to use this matter for publicity should make you realize that this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface. When Yi Yang comes back, you must remain calm and not lose your temper, do you understand?"
"If this matter is true, don't be upset. There are countless good men in the world waiting for you. Believe me, don't hang yourself on this tree and give up an entire forest."
"I have already negotiated the role of the female lead in 'Phoenix Road' for you. This is a big female lead role, and the male lead is Han Xiao. A great future awaits you, so don't act impulsively, understand?"
Listening to Anya's words, Xinxin felt a sense of relief.
Anya truly understood her.
An hour later, the car slowly entered the Ju Shui Bay villa.
With a joyful mood, Xinxin entered the old house, under the worried gaze of Anya.
At half past ten in the evening, everyone in the old house was asleep, and the entire villa was devoid of the hustle and bustle of the daytime. The cool moonlight shrouded the grand four-story villa, and it was extremely quiet.
Yi Yang still hadn't come back.
Mr. Yi and Mrs. Yi were not disturbed. Xu Xinyi quietly waited upstairs.
What should be the first thing she says later?
Should she get straight to the point or employ a roundabout strategy? It's so late, the soundproofing in the room should be good. Should she have a fight with Yi Yang?
She can't start with a fight. Her character is deeply rooted in emotions. If she starts with a fight, won't the character be ruined?
She should ask first.
Yi Yang will definitely deny it.
Then present the evidence.
At this point, Yi Yang will definitely have nothing to say. After a brief silence, if Yi Yang admits that he really cheated, then make him break up with that woman. Yi Yang will definitely not want to do that at this point, and then they will start fighting. They will fight like crazy, and Yi Yang will storm out, leaving her feeling disheartened and saying, "Let's get a divorce."
If Yi Yang doesn't admit... that's even better.
If Yi Yang doesn't admit, she'll start suspecting and questioning him. Yi Yang definitely won't have the patience to answer her questions, and will leave angrily, leading her to believe that Yi Yang cheated, becoming disheartened and saying, "Let's get a divorce!"
Perfect, flawless, impeccable!
She just needs to wait for Yi Yang to come back, and her performance will begin!
Xu Xinyi's acting skills had been praised in public by several directors she had worked with, who said that she could get into character in a second and was a natural talent for acting.
But now, Xu Xinyi was having trouble getting into character, her heart pounding.
There's no helping it, she's too excited.
Just thinking about the upcoming process, thinking about the upcoming divorce, made her excited enough to want to get up and run a few laps.
Standing in front of the mirror, Xu Xinyi looked at her radiant self in the mirror. No matter how she looked at it, she did not look like a man who suspected her husband of cheating.
She tousled her hair, rubbed her eyes, dabbed on some foundation to make herself look paler, and, as a precaution, fetched some eye drops.
Everything was ready, just waiting for the right moment.
At midnight, Yi Yang pushed open the door.
The room was dark, with an open French window through which the wind rushed in, lifting the curtains high in the moonlight. Yiyang saw a woman curled up on the sofa, holding her knees, under the moonlight.
"Xu Xinyi?" he turned on the light.
Xu Xinyi, with her head buried between her arms while sitting on the couch, felt the light and looked up. "You're back?"
Yi Yang removed his coat and untied his tie, and sensing something different in Xu Xinyi's tone, he couldn't help but ask, "Is something wrong?"
"Why are you back so late?"
Her voice was choked with suppressed grievance.
Yi Yang stood still, taking a good look at her.
"It's a work matter. It's late. Is there something wrong? If not, go to sleep."
Yi Yang turned and went to the cloakroom, took his nightclothes, and prepared to go to the bathroom to take a shower, but Xu Xinyi was blocking the door to the cloakroom, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"You usually finish work at six, but now it's twelve when you're back. Where have you been? Who were you with? Can you tell me?"
Unreasonably so.
Yi Yang couldn't be bothered to deal with her and just went into the bathroom.
- "Aah... what eye drops are these, they hurt so much!"
Out of Yi Yang's sight, Xu Xinyi gritted her teeth, frantically blinking and fanning her eyes with her hand.
Yi Yang paused.
What is this woman doing?
"We are married. My husband comes back so late, with a smell of alcohol, and I can't ask?" he replied firmly. He was very impatient when others asked him about work matters.
"Work matters are none of your concern. Don't meddle."
"None of my concern?" Xu Xinyi put on a bitter smile. "Alright, I'll ask you, did you attend a banquet at the Yonghe Club tonight?"
Yi Yang turned around and looked at her intently. "Are you following me or investigating me?"
"Following? Investigating? I am your wife. Can't I know about your whereabouts?"
- "You unfaithful man! I knew it, there are no faithful men in this world. Scum!"
Yi Yang retorted with four words, "Making trouble for no reason."
"Making trouble for no reason?" Xu Xinyi intercepted him, biting her lip with a look of grievance. "You refuse to admit it, is it because you have a guilty conscience?"
"What do you want to say?"
"I want you to explain. Is the person in these photos you?" Xu Xinyi threw several pictures in front of Yi Yang, making them flutter down.
- "I should have thrown them directly in his face. This deceitful man is cheating and still acting so righteous. Giving him face?"
"These are photos of you with someone else. What's your relationship? Why were you embracing each other? Why was your jacket draped over her shoulders?" Xu Xinyi choked back her tears, staring at him with eyes wide open, not wanting to look too disheveled.
While Yi Yang was busy looking at the photos, Xinxinyi took the opportunity to rub her sore eyes.
- "Ah, I must have taken the wrong eye drops!"
- "Yi Yang, you son of a b****, you've caused this to me!"
Now, she didn't need eye drops, her tears kept flowing.
Yi Yang carefully examined the photo and indeed, it was him.
"How did you come here?"
Xinxinyi, with tears streaming down her face, grabbed Yi Yang and held him tightly, crying uncontrollably, "Yi Yang, tell me, is it true? Is the person in this photo really you?"
Xinxinyi wiped her tears on his shoulder, quietly smearing them all over his shirt.
- "Quick, quick, push me away and say 'Yes! I cheated! I couldn't resist loneliness! I love her! She's a thousand times better than you!'"
- "Then you walk away and find that woman, not returning all night!"
- "After that, you go against everyone's advice and divorce me!"
- "Then I leave the Yi family heartbroken with the property you allocated to me."
After listening to the whole story, Yi Yang fell silent for a moment. He really wanted to know what Xinxinyi was really imagining all the time.
In a low voice, he said, "Xinxinyi, stop making trouble out of nothing. The person in the photo is indeed me..."
"What!" Xinxinyi suddenly looked up and, inadvertently, collided with Yi Yang's chin.
Hiss...
Yi Yang staggered back, holding his throbbing jaw, unable to recover for a while.
"It's really you!" Xinxinyi, teary-eyed, shook her head in disbelief as she pointed at him and trembled, "Yi Yang, why? Why did you betray me? I love you so much! I've put so much effort into our relationship, why did you mess around with another woman?"
- "Let's argue and let the atmosphere escalate, come on, come on!"
Yi Yang sternly said, "Xinxinyi, would you kindly shut up!"
Xinxinyi persisted, "Yi Yang, tell me, is that woman really so good? Do you really like her so much? What's lacking in me compared to her! Tell me!"
"I just happened to be in a photo with her, there's nothing between us. It's late, don't be unreasonable!"
"Nothing? Is it nothing when she sits on your lap? Is it nothing when you give her your clothes to wear?"
"Sitting on my lap?" infuriated, Yi Yang stuck the photo of them together on her forehead, "Look carefully, when did she sit on my lap?"
Xinxinyi lifted the photo from her forehead, and her questioning stopped abruptly.
... Oh, she was too excited, she misunderstood.
-"Just fight."
-"You keep saying that you don't know that woman, that the clothes aren't yours. Do you think I will believe such a coincidence?"
-"..."
-"Well, how could you admit it? There isn't a man in the world who would admit to having an affair within the marriage."
-"..."
-"You still won't tell me the truth? Is it so hard to tell the truth?"
Yi Yang held his forehead and took numerous deep breaths to temporarily calm himself down.
-"You want a divorce, right? Fine, I promise you, I will prepare the divorce agreement tomorrow."
Happiness came too suddenly, and Xu Xinyi almost couldn't come back to her senses.
-"What?"
-"Divorce, Xu Xinyi. As you wished, we will divorce. Tomorrow night after work, at Mingchen Apartments, with the same divorce agreement and lawyer as before. This time, we will end the marriage."
After saying these words in a calm tone, Yi Yang used all of his restraint and went into the bathroom, leaving no room for hesitation.
This time, he definitely, definitely will not hesitate!
Divorce!
This marriage must end!
-"Ahhhhhhhhh, Divorce!!!!!"
Recently, Yi Yang's assistant was somewhat trembling.
The incident occurred that morning when he was waiting for President Yi outside the villa and unexpectedly faced Yi Yang's stern look.
Yi Yang's temper was well known throughout the whole company. Regardless of gender, any slight mistake in the workplace would be severely reprimanded, and displaying a such displeasing look early in the morning was likely to invite trouble.
"Schedule."
Sharp and to the point, the assistant quickly presented some documents. "You have a meeting at 9:30 am. The financial report for the first half of the year has been sent to your email. At 2 pm, you have an appointment with Mr. Bean, which was scheduled a week before your return to the country. At 3 pm, you have a ball. The selection of a dance partner..."
"The ball is postponed. I have something tonight."
"Very well, President Yi."
Yi Yang opened his email with a tablet in the car and took a quick glance at the financial report for the first half of the year.
There was a heavy, stagnating pressure in the car. He read the document quickly, absorbing all the information before the car arrived at the company's entrance.
His assistant opened the door and the bustling crowd of employees made way for him as he walked from the entrance to the elevator with a disheartened pace.
The morning meeting dragged on and everyone in the conference room had to muster their spirits to deal with Yi Yang's clearly upset and sharp questioning.
The meeting lasted until noon, and only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief after Yi Yang indifferently said 'adjourn the meeting'.
In his office, Yi Yang quickly signed a few documents. His assistant brought some financial magazines and was about to clear away the outdated ones when Yi Yang's gaze fell on a particular magazine.
"Wait."
He took the entertainment magazine from the assistant's hand.
"Why is there an entertainment magazine on my desk?"
The assistant was surprised, "I... I'm not sure. Maybe it was brought in by someone outside by mistake. I'm sorry, President Yi. I'll be more careful in the future."
Yi Yang didn't dwell on the matter and just said, "Go on."
The assistant left hesitantly.
The reason Yi Yang kept the entertainment magazine was not because of the issue itself, but because the huge headline on the cover read: 'Why did famous actress Xu Xinyi make things difficult for her colleagues on set? Recounting the love and hate between the two throughout the years!' These few words.
He flipped through the magazine.
He finally knew why the name Zuo Rong sounded familiar that night.
This entertainment magazine contained a report about Xu Xinyi, among which was the name Zuo Rong. He had flipped through it some time ago, so that name left an impression on him.
The same set, the female lead and the second female lead?
Were they acquainted?
Enforcing the law for personal gain?!