Capítulo 24: Uma estupidez sem tamanho

A video call was established. It was supposed to be a video conference. However, the connection for Manager Wang showed as offline. Instead, the video feed that connected was Song Wanyin’s!

On the screen, Song Wanyin was in the villa, wearing silk pajamas that revealed a generous expanse of pale skin, lying lazily in Xu Xuan’s arms. Xu Xuan, one arm wrapped around Song Wanyin, held a piece of fruit and was feeding it to her.

"Oh, it connected." Song Wanyin immediately smiled at the camera. Xu Xuan also looked at me with a smug expression. My face darkened. Instinctively, I reached to hang up.

"Hey, Gu Yan, what’s wrong with you? I’m the investor here."

"As the designer, you’re actually going to hang up on a video conference? Do you have no professional ethics at all?"

I glanced at them, catching the look of triumph in her eyes, and felt nothing but disdain. Did she think this would upset me? Ridiculous! I simply felt that there was nothing worth discussing with her. She studied finance; she knew nothing about design.

"Fine, Director Song, regarding the nursing home project, what would you like to say?" I regained my composure, though the fact that I had just tried to hang up made her believe I was merely putting on a brave face. Consequently, a smug smile remained plastered on her lips.

"Nothing much. I just think you’re doing a pretty good job."

"But you don’t need to be in such a rush with this project; we aren’t in any hurry."

As soon as Song Wanyin finished speaking, Xu Xuan said with a pathetic, aggrieved tone, "But sister, I’m in a hurry."

"I really want to break into the entertainment industry now. Don’t you want to see me shining in the spotlight?"

Song Wanyin stroked his face dotingly. "You little rascal, of course I do."

"However, we still have to wait a little. After all, I need to handle my mother first."

Hearing this... a strange thought suddenly occurred to me! Combining the call I received from my mother-in-law with Xu Xuan’s behavior this morning, I vaguely guessed what was happening!

Sure enough, Song Wanyin grinned. "Gu Yan, I really didn’t see it coming. You’re quite the schemer, aren’t you?"

"You’re even willing to resort to underhanded tactics behind people’s backs."

"I thought your only talent was your skill in bed with other women, but I didn't expect you to be so devious in other areas as well."

These words only confirmed my suspicions.

"Director Song, I have no idea what you’re talking about."

Song Wanyin smiled triumphantly. "Keep pretending, just keep pretending."

"You were the one who called my mother, right? She told me everything—how you went begging to her."

"Full of resentment, acting like a bitter little housewife, badmouthing Xu Xuan."

"Come on, Gu Yan, tell me again what you said to my mother. I’d love to hear it a second time."

My chest ached with anger! My mother-in-law was truly something else! She had taken everything she wanted to say and pinned it all on me.

Even Sun Tzu’s thirty-six stratagems couldn't compare to her craftiness!

"Brother Yan, you really are something. If you don’t like me, you could just beat me or curse at me."

"Why go running to an elder to complain?"

"It’s so unpleasant to upset Madam Song like that..." Xu Xuan seized the opportunity to play the part of a manipulative sycophant.

I felt like I had jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash the mud off!

"Gu Yan, you used to be so patient. What happened? Why can’t you hold it in anymore?"

"You keep talking about wanting a divorce, but then you turn around and report me to my mother."

"Impressive, isn't it?"

"If you had done this sooner, we wouldn't have ended up like this, would we?" Song Wanyin spoke with unbridled excitement, her face beaming with joy.

I let out a cold laugh. "Song Wanyin, are you an idiot?"

"Use your brain for a second—do you really think I would say things like that?"

"It seems to me that you’ve been so muddled by these gigolos that you’ve lost both your heart and your mind!"

"You don't even have the most basic ability to judge a situation anymore!"

"You are the absolute definition of stupidity!"

With that, I slammed my laptop shut.