Although Ruan Xia was suffering from insomnia and tossed and turned in bed until 1AM before blearily falling asleep, she had gotten used to waking up at a certain time, so she still woke up at 7AM.

  Don’t plan on sleeping in once you have a kid. Ruan Xia went about getting out of bed, washing up, and going downstairs on autopilot. Song Tingshen and Little Wang were already sitting at the dining table and waiting to eat breakfast.

  Song Tingshen was surprised to see her getting up so early. “Didn’t you say you had trouble falling asleep last night?”


  Ruan Xia sat down across from him looking as if she was ready to die and with black circles under her eyes. “Still woke up at 7AM anyways. This won’t do. I have to go to the beauty salon to get a facial today.”


  In the past, her circumstance wouldn’t allow her this luxury. But now that she had transmigrated here, it would be a waste to not use the original owner’s numerous platinum credit cards and diamond credit cards at the beauty salon.

  She didn’t even need to look in the mirror to know that her beauty value had dropped by 00001%.

  Little Wang had followed Ruan Xia to the beauty salon once. He had a lasting impression of the orange juice and small cookies offered by the female employees at the beauty salon. His eyes immediately brightened, and he exclaimed, “Mom, I’ll go with you!”


  Ruan Xia hesitated. Several kids at Little Wang’s nursery school had gotten sick, and it was being tentatively assumed that they had gotten sick from a viral infection. Last night, a lot of parents had informed the teachers that they were keeping their kids home for the time being. For the sake of safety, Ruan Xia had done the same too.

  “Bring him along.” Song Tingshen glanced at Ruan Xia. “Once you guys are done with that, you can come to the office to look for me. We can eat out together in the afternoon.”


  Ruan Xia felt there was something strange about Song Tingshen today.

  It was strange that he was offering to eat out without Little Wang’s requesting it. However, once she thought of how they had agreed to act like a loving married couple in front of Little Wang, she understood why Song Tingshen had taken the initiative of suggesting this.

  “Okay.”


  After Song Tingshen left for work, Ruan Xia went back to her room to look through the original owner’s collection of membership cards to beauty salons. It would be great if there was one near Song Tingshen’s office. After all, she had a lesson with her foreigner teacher in the morning and a baking class after lunch. She had to wait until she was done with her lessons before she could go to the beauty salon.

  The original owner had a large pile of cards. It was a dazzling sight.

  When Ruan Xia was rummaging around to look for more cards, Little Wang suddenly came up to her with a red booklet and asked with a curious expression, “Mom, what is this?”


  She turned around and saw that Little Wang was holding the marriage certificate. Stunned, she put down her bag and took the marriage certificate from Little Wang. “Where did you find this?”


  Little Wang pointed at a cabinet in the corner. “There.”


  “This is a marriage certificate.” Ruan Xia opened up the marriage certificate booklet. Inside the booklet, there was a photo of the original owner and Song Tingshen. They were both wearing white with a red backdrop behind them. It clearly should have been a festive photo, but their smiles looked forced. It was a very awkward-looking photo.

  Just as Ruan Xia was about to close the booklet, she inadvertently saw Song Tingshen’s birthday.

  September 21st.

  Isn’t that today?

  Today is Song Tingshen’s birthday?

  That’s why for the very first time ever he had suggested eating out together this afternoon?

  Ruan Xia tried her best to search through the original owner’s memory, but the strange thing was that Song Tingshen had never asked the original owner to go out to eat with him in the past few years on his birthday.

  Little Wang tugged her hand and took the marriage certificate from her. As he looked at the photo in the booklet, his little face wrinkled up. He asked, “How come I’m not in the photo? Mom, did you and dad secretly take this photo?”


  “You weren’t here yet.”


  “Where was I?”


  Ruan Xia teased him, “Where do you think?”


  Little Wang pursed his lips. Holding Ruan Xia’s hand with his little chubby hand, he raised his head to look at her and smiled, revealing his little white teeth. “In mom’s heart.”


  Chapter 89 – If people paid attention to the content of Ruan Xia’s posts, they would discover that the style of Ruan Xia’s posts on her Friends’ Circle had drastically changed (1)

  Although Ruan Xia had found out that today was Song Tingshen’s birthday, since he hadn’t brought it up himself and she was in a rush of time, she decided to not get him a gift.

  After all, in the world of adults, birthdays weren’t a big deal anymore. Having a meal together was enough to celebrate a birthday.

  Despite this, Ruan Xia tried her best to dress up the chubby kid handsomely and cutely. Little Wang had become opinionated about his clothing style. He would pick out what clothes and shoes that he was going to wear and wouldn’t let anyone interfere, including Ruan Xia. At most, he would only listen to her opinions. Not only that, before going out, he insisted on putting on his little sunglasses to act cool and look handsome.

  Mother and son put on sunglasses and strode towards the garage with straightened backs. They looked as they were walking down the red carpet.

  —


  Ruan Xia’s foreigner teacher liked Little Wang a lot. Little Wang was worthy of being a CEO’s son. He didn’t make any mistakes out of ignorance. Although he had only attended nursery school for a year, he could communicate in plain English. Little Wang was gifted in language and showed rapid progress after spending only a morning with the foreigner teacher.

  “To praise you for showing your face in front of an international friend, I’ll reward you with an ice cream cone.” Ruan Xia brought two ice cream cones. Under Little Wang’s expectant gaze, she handed him one of them.

  Little Wang cheered. Holding the ice cream cone with his chubby little hands, he licked the ice cream. His expression was extremely satisfied.

  The mother and son pair loved to take photos. Ruan Xia snapped several photos of them wearing sunglasses and holding ice cream cones. Although she and Little Wang’s face values were high enough that she didn’t need to embellish it further, she still used filters on the photos.

  If people paid attention to the content of Ruan Xia’s posts, they would discover that the style of Ruan Xia’s posts on her Friends’ Circle had drastically changed.

  The original owner’s posts shared her traveling experiences and her wealthy lifestyle. Although the frequency of her posts weren’t high, it felt like her change from a luxurious lifestyle to a quiet and tranquil one had happened overnight……

  Now, she either shared photos of desserts that she had made or photos of Little Wang.

  In the recent past, the original owner’s plastic friends had replied to those posts more than once to ask questions like: “Is this someone else?”, “Did this number get stolen?”, “Are you under a curse?”


  Ruan Xia didn’t care about their comments. Wasn’t the Friends’ Circle a place to share your life?

  —


  During a short break after the conclusion of a meeting, Song Tingshen opened WeChat to look at his Friends’ Circle. He didn’t even realize that he had gotten into the habit of checking if Ruan Xia had posted anything new on her Friends’ Circle. When he saw the recently uploaded photos, he hesitated for a moment before clicking to save the photos.

  Of course, he also gave the photos a “like”.

  “CEO Song.” Assistant Chen knocked on the door. It was only when he heard Song Tingshen’s response that he pushed open the door. “There’s someone here to see you, a Mr. Duan. Here’s his business card.”


  “Mr. Duan?” Song Tingshen took the business card and looked at the company name on the card. He felt a bit doubtful. Duan Corporation was an old family-run company, but due to improper management and internal conflicts, it had been going downhill since ten years ago. Fortunately for Duan Corporation, it had several hotels supporting it. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to keep its superficial grandeur.

  Song Corporation and Duan Corporation weren’t in the same field, so they usually didn’t have business dealings. Why had this General Manager Duan come looking for him? To discuss business?

  Even a broken down ship had useful parts left. After all, Duan Corporation was an old company. And so, Song Tingshen had to give that company face. After muttering to himself irresolutely for a moment, he said, “I’ll go to the waiting room right away.”


  Chapter 90 – If people paid attention to the content of Ruan Xia’s posts, they would discover that the style of Ruan Xia’s posts on her Friends’ Circle had drastically changed (2)

  Duan Chi was sitting in the waiting room and looking around. It had taken him over a month to figure out the details of Ruan Xia’s situation. Although he had already known she had a husband and child from their first meeting, he hadn’t expected that her husband was Song Tingshen.

  Even though he didn’t care about the business world and didn’t know much about it, he knew about Song Tingshen. Song Tingshen could be considered a legend in the industry. Without any background supporters, he had achieved his current results from scratch. Even if one were to survey this entire circle of business people, one wouldn’t be able to find another person like Song Tingshen. Most importantly, he was still young. This meant that Song Corporation hadn’t reached its peak yet. Even though Song Tingshen was a very capable person that had a lot of finesse, Duan Chi was sure that he wouldn’t lose to him.

  He had originally wanted to look for Ruan Xia directly, but he thought that would be too ungentlemanly. A real man wouldn’t do that. A real man would directly pay Song Tingshen a visit.

  He couldn’t force Ruan Xia to face all sorts of problems on her own.

  As a man, he should protect the woman that he liked.

  Just as Duan Chi was inwardly encouraging himself, Song Tingshen entered the room and closed the door in the passing.

  Song Tingshen hadn’t expected this general manager to be so young. This general manager didn’t have a mature air and seemed more like a recent college graduate. Song Tingshen walked up Duan Chi and stretched his hand out for a handshake. “Hello General Manager Duan, I’m Song Tingshen.”


  No matter how young the person in front of him looked, Song Tingshen wouldn’t underestimate him. To become a general manager, this person must have an outstanding point such as a strong family background or high skill level. Regardless of which one it was, he shouldn’t underestimate him. Moreover, he had started his career at a similar age, so he naturally wouldn’t fail to respect young people.

  Duan Chi stretched his hand out. “CEO Song, hello, I’m Duan Chi.”


  The two of them didn’t have any connections with each other. There were no conflicts or personal grudges between them either. Duan Chi thought that interactions between men were different than ones between women; men would just frankly lay their cards on the table.

  Song Tingshen sat down across from Duan Chi and cautiously asked, “General Manager Duan, why did you come see me today?”


  He had tried to puzzle it out, but he really couldn’t think of any possible areas of collaboration between Song Corporation and Duan Corporation.

  Duan Chi wasn’t the type of person that liked to speak in a roundabout way or how businessmen talked to each other. Besides, he wasn’t here to talk to Song Tingshen about business. He was here to discuss personal matters with him, and it would be inappropriate to behave mincingly when having a man-to-man talk. Thinking of this, Duan Chi got straight to the point and said, “CEO Song, is Ruan Xia your wife? What would it take for you to divorce her?”


  For the first time in his 35 years, Song Tingshen felt as if his brain had crashed.

  For a while, he didn’t recover from this shock. He was stunned by this young man’s question.

  Seeing that Song Tingshen wasn’t speaking, Duan Chi grew confident. “I know you’ve been married for four years and have a son together too, but I also know there’s no feelings between the two of you. I don’t know if there was once something between the two of you, but I know there’s nothing now. CEO Song, since the two of you aren’t in love, why force yourselves to stay together? You don’t have to worry. I’m not one of those petty people. I wouldn’t stop my wife from interacting with her ex-husband. And, if you don’t want custody of your son, I’ll accept him. I’ll treat him like he’s my own son.”


  Chapter 91 – If people paid attention to the content of Ruan Xia’s posts, they would discover that the style of Ruan Xia’s posts on her Friends’ Circle had drastically changed (3)

  Song Tingshen looked at the young man sitting in front of him. After coming out of a short daze, he said in a deep voice, “.…… Ex-husband?”


  So, this young man had come to his company to boldly state that he wanted to convince him to divorce his wife?

  Moreover, they hadn’t even divorced yet, but he was already Ruan Xia’s ex-husband in this youngster’s heart?

  Duan Chi paused, then he added, “CEO Song, we’re both forthright people. Let’s have an honest conversation. I like Ruan Xia, and I’ll marry her too. Although I’m not as wealthy as you, there’s one thing you can’t beat me in. I can give her love. I like her more than you do. It would be a mistake to continue your marriage, and it would be painful to force yourself to be with someone you don’t love.”


  “Did Ruan Xia say that to you?” Song Tingshen asked, furrowing his brow.

  Although he asked that question, he knew that with Ruan Xia’s personality, she would never say something like that to an outsider.

  Ruan Xia had wanted a loveless marriage from the start. Moreover, Ruan Xia had clearly told him that she had nothing going on outside. Song Tingshen knew that she had no reason to lie to him, so then, where had this person come from?

  Duan Chi shook his head. “She didn’t say that to me, but I can see the pain and loneliness in her eyes.”


  He had fallen in love with Ruan Xia at first sight. She had been sitting alone in a corner and drinking wine. Even now, he remembered how she looked that day.

  Song Tingshen: “.……”


  He raised his hand to check the time on the watch. “Does Ruan Xia know that you came here to look for me today?”


  Duan Chi continued to shake his head. “She doesn’t know. CEO Song, this matter is between men. I don’t want to make things difficult for her. Nothing has happened between me and her. I came here today to ask what it would take for you to divorce her. Once the two of you divorce, I’ll officially start my pursuit of her.”


  This meant that he still had mortal integrity. Duan Chi had no interest in being the third person in a relationship. He wanted to start a romance with Ruan Xia, but that would have to wait until she escaped her marriage. Because of this reason, he didn’t approach Ruan Xia first and went looking for Song Tingshen instead. This was the honest and transparent approach.

  Song Tingshen found a piece of paper and pen on the coffee table and wrote down a phone number, then he handed the paper to Duan Chi.

  Duan Chi took the paper. Somewhat curiously, he asked, “What’s this for?”


  Could this be Ruan Xia’s phone number? Or, was it his own phone number?

  For the very first time in his life, Song Tingshen, who had always been good-tempered, mature, and earnest, said to someone, “This is the phone number of an authoritative expert that specializes in brain problems. Please go see him.”


  After saying these words, Song Tingshen stood up and walked towards the door.

  After returning to his office, Song Tingshen sat down in his office chair. Before he even had a few minutes to calm down, Assistant Chen entered the office. With a careful expression, he asked, “CEO Song, Mr. Duan still wants to speak to you.”


  Song Tingshen expressionlessly looked at Assistant Chen.

  A bit scared by this stare, Assistant Chen understood his boss’s meaning and hastily retreated.

  When the office was quiet again, Song Tingshen looked at the time on the bottom right of the monitor and felt a bit incredulous. He had actually wasted several precious minutes on that idiot.