Chapter 16

Additionally, Duan Qinghong’s app showed records of hotel bookings for outings.

There was even a business trip where he took Zhang Zhaodi along.

The shopping app contained more large luxury item orders, including bags, jewelry, and watches.

Laughably, when I checked the addresses, half were mine, and the other half were Zhang Zhaodi’s.

Truly, he was spreading the wealth evenly.

In the banking app, I saw records of foreign exchange transactions.

Most striking were his several credit cards, maxed out for consecutive months.

One payment at the maternity center was close to 400,000 RMB.

I was almost trembling as I took pictures of each one, one by one.

If these temporarily lost funds hadn’t yet made me hate Zhang Zhaodi,

Then this matter was enough to make me start hating her.

In the chat box, she bragged to Duan Qinghong about borrowing the receptionist’s perfume, deliberately making me misidentify Duan Qinghong’s affair partner.

At that time, I was indeed furious, so much so that I forgot the receptionist couldn’t possibly arrive at Duan Qinghong’s office before us in such a short time.

Therefore, when Secretary Shen reported to me that the receptionist had been dismissed, I did not object.

Because caring about or retaliating against a receptionist’s disdain or negligence is not my standard of conduct.

Her maneuver made my decision appear jealous and laughable.

I couldn’t reconcile with my own unseemly behavior.

A feeling of being toyed with by her arose spontaneously.

Perhaps for longer, perhaps for more.

Compared to my contributions, every choice she made to stab me in the back was a trampling of my upbringing, kindness, and even dignity.

Burning with anger, I looked at Ms. Panda’s last nearly desperate message:

“If you don’t come to the U.S to see me soon, I won’t make it, I swear. T-T”

I curled my lips into a smile, and my mind slowly began to form more plans.