The Whole World Is Waiting for Them to Divorce [Transmigration Into a Book] - Chapter 15

Morning light spread across the courtyard. Amid the birds’ calls, one after another, Si Yu slowly woke up.

A faint sound of water came from the bathroom. She lifted her eyelids and looked toward the big bed, only to find no one there. Dazed, she thought: Why does Lu Xi always wake up earlier than her?

She took out her phone to check the time. Seven thirty. Neither early nor late.

There were unread WeChat messages. She tapped them open.

Liu Meimei: “I’m celebrating my birthday tomorrow night. Want to come hang out?”

The message had been sent at eleven last night. By then, Si Yu had already fallen asleep.

As for this Liu Meimei, Si Yu was not very sure what kind of relationship she had with the female supporting character. It seemed they were not simply spy and buyer. They often chatted about skincare and makeup-related things.

Judging from the number of WeChat friends and chat frequency, the female supporting character’s popularity was horrifically bad. In the past month, Liu Meimei was the only person who had contacted her.

So Liu Meimei was very likely the female supporting character’s only friend.

For a wealthy young lady to end up like this, Si Yu did not even know what to say.

The frosted glass door was pushed open, and Lu Xi, already neatly dressed, walked out.

Si Yu put away her phone and greeted her with a beaming smile. “Morning.”

Lu Xi glanced at her and said faintly, her tone unreadable, “Morning.”

Seeing that Lu Xi had already washed up, Si Yu lifted the thin blanket and went into the bathroom.

After changing clothes and going downstairs, Si Yu discovered that aside from Lu Zhennan, who had already gone out, everyone else was sitting at the dining table waiting for breakfast to begin.

Lu Wei had been woken before getting enough sleep and only wanted to hurry through breakfast so she could go back and make up for it. Listlessly, she said, “Can we eat yet?”

Old Madam Lu scolded her with a smile. “You can’t even wait two minutes?”

Lu Wei grumbled as she ate her bun.

Si Yu pulled out the chair beside Lu Xi. Just as her butt touched the seat, she heard Tang Jie say, “Si Yu, you’ve been looking for work for so long. Haven’t you found anything yet?”

Si Yu’s expression paused.

Regarding her job search, Si Yu had only mentioned it to Grandma, Lu Xi, and Auntie Zhao. Perhaps that day when she told Grandma she had already submitted resumes, Tang Jie had overheard it.

Tang Jie was not the kind of evil “mother-in-law,” and because she was wary of Grandma, she was still fairly polite to Si Yu. Si Yu’s impression of her was neither good nor bad, only a little annoyed—Tang Jie had a big mouth.

Without showing anything, Si Yu picked up the millet porridge in front of her and stirred it. “I have an interview on Monday.”

When Tang Jie heard that Si Yu was looking for work, she had not believed it. She had used her connections to investigate whether anyone named Si Yu had recently submitted resumes to various companies under Lu Group, but the answer she got back was no. She had indirectly asked Lu Zhennan whether he had secretly arranged for Si Yu to enter the company, and Lu Zhennan said he knew nothing at all about Si Yu looking for work.

“You’re actually serious about looking?” Tang Jie said in shock. “You graduated from university two years ago and haven’t done anything. Nowadays, companies all look at work experience when hiring. With no work experience, who would want you?”

Old Madam Lu patted the table and said with authority, “What’s wrong with having no work experience? Our Qiao Qiao is clever with her hands and mind. Where wouldn’t she be able to find work? If Qiao Qiao hadn’t wanted to rely on herself and refused help from the family, I would have arranged for her to enter the company long ago.”

“Rely on herself, huh.” Lu Wei rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, “With someone like her, who doesn’t know how to do anything, even if she finds something, she won’t last more than a few days.”

Old Madam Lu was furious and barked, “Sister Zhao, bring me a rolling pin!”

Lu Wei stuck out her neck and spoke quickly, “That’s just how it is. Ask her. If she doesn’t rely on the family, what kind of job can she find?”

Si Yu rolled her eyes at Lu Wei, too lazy to explain.

She could already imagine that if she said she wanted to be an actress in the future, Lu Wei would definitely say, “You? Acting as a vase?”

Si Yu held down the emotionally agitated Old Madam Lu and said, “Grandma, I don’t care what other people say. As long as you believe in me, that’s enough.”

Old Madam Lu held her hand. “Grandma believes in you.”

Lu Wei gave a disdainful “tch” and still wanted to say a few more cutting words.

Lu Xi, who had been silently eating all this time, sent a knife-like glance flying over and said, “Why do you have so much to say?”

The sarcastic words Lu Wei had been brewing were forcibly stuck in her throat just like that. Drooping her head, she muttered aggrievedly, “Sis, why are even you helping her?”

Si Yu was very surprised that Lu Xi would speak up. She looked over suspiciously.

Lu Xi’s long lashes, like feathers, blocked the emotions in her eyes, making her impossible to read.

Liu Meimei sent her another WeChat message about the birthday.

Seeing that she was so enthusiastic, Si Yu agreed to go.

No matter what, she was the female supporting character’s only friend. She should at least meet her and cultivate some feelings.

Around seven in the evening, Si Yu drove to a street lined with bars. Dazzled, she could not find the place, so she sent Liu Meimei a message.

Liu Meimei: “We just arrived too. Stay where you are first. I’ll come find you.”

Liu Meimei: “Oh right, I still don’t know what you look like. What car are you driving?”

She did not know what Si Yu looked like???

Seeing this message, Si Yu felt extremely gloomy. She had thought Liu Meimei was the female supporting character’s only friend, but she had not expected these two people to have never even met!

So this counted as online friends meeting in real life for the first time?

Interesting.

Si Yu opened the car window to get some air and lowered her head to type.

She had just typed, “I’m driving a white Maserati, and the license plate number is…” when she heard a woman outside the car say, “I really didn’t expect her to come.”

Another woman said, “Because I told her Zhang Manni was coming too. She definitely hates Zhang Manni to death.”

“But Zhang Manni didn’t come. Aren’t you angry she stood you up?”

“Of course I’m angry! Last time, that woman Zhang complained to Special Assistant Chen that I was playing on my phone at work and got half my performance bonus deducted. I wanted to wait until Si Yu came and tear her up myself, but I didn’t expect her to stand me up!”

“Hah, I heard President Lu has a video meeting with Y Country tonight, and Special Assistant Chen is away on a business trip, so she called Zhang Manni to the company to work overtime.”

“I don’t think she went to work overtime. She probably wants to seduce President Lu again.”

“She’s so slutty it’s unbearable.”

“Do you think President Lu has a girlfriend?”

“Probably not. Has the rich woman replied to you?”

“Not yet.”

Si Yu moved her gaze from the phone screen to the two women talking outside. One of them looked familiar. Her selfies often flooded Si Yu’s Moments, so she should be Liu Meimei. Si Yu did not know who the other was.

She had originally thought Liu Meimei was the female supporting character’s friend and had invited her to celebrate her birthday together. It turned out the other party only wanted to use her to tear into that Zhang Manni person???

The name Zhang Manni sounded like something she had heard before. Si Yu thought for a long time before remembering that she was the female secretary from before who had tried to seduce Lu Xi.

While she was distracted, she heard Liu Meimei say again, “We’ve known each other for two years and never met. I didn’t expect she’d be willing to come today. She probably isn’t some old and ugly rich woman like you said.”

“We’ll know in a bit.”

“She really is rich. Last time, she sent me another one-thousand-yuan red packet. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Why are rich people nowadays so easy to fool?”

“Stupid and loaded.”

Si Yu felt that her brain must have been broken. Wouldn’t lying at home enjoying the air conditioning have been better?

How could someone as vicious as the female supporting character possibly have friends? Birds of a feather flock together. Even if she had any, they would be bad company. How had Si Yu not thought of that?

Si Yu rolled up the car window, deleted the words she had just typed, and edited a new message: “Something came up on my side. You go in first. Order whatever drinks you want. I’ll pay.”

Liu Meimei, who had been chatting enthusiastically with her colleague, received the message, and her face bloomed with joy. She immediately replied: “Okay, then hurry over!”

Ten minutes later, Liu Meimei told her that they had booked a luxury private room, the kind that cost thirty-eight thousand a night, and had also ordered several bottles of foreign liquor, adding up to around fifty or sixty thousand. Finally, she asked why Si Yu still had not arrived.

Si Yu roughly calculated it. This amount was just about enough to offset the red packet money Liu Meimei had “cheated” out of the female supporting character over the past two years. She tossed the phone into the slot of the center armrest, started the car, turned around, and left.

When Liu Meimei sent another message urging her to hurry over, she discovered she had already been blocked.

Si Yu drove the three-million-yuan sports car aimlessly through the neon-lit streets. Looking at the bustling metropolis, she felt lonely for the first time.

No family. No friends. What was the meaning of her coming to this world?

When she passed Guangying Media’s building, she suddenly thought of some of the conversation between Liu Meimei and that woman, and slowed the car.

Had Lu Xi finished working?

Working overtime so late at night must be exhausting. As her wife, shouldn’t she bring some late-night snacks up?

Lu Xi seemed not to like late-night snacks.

The security guard at the entrance saw that her car had been parked for a long time without leaving. He came over and knocked on the window. “Miss, you can’t park here.”

Si Yu lowered the window halfway, blinked at him, and said, “Look carefully first and see who I am.”

The female supporting character at least held fifteen percent of Guangying Entertainment’s shares. She was one of the company’s three major shareholders. Did he dare not let her park here???

The security guard readily leaned closer and looked carefully. Seeing that she was so beautiful she resembled a celebrity, his face reddened slightly. He puffed out his chest and said righteously, “Even if you’re Guangying’s top actress, you can’t park here. Those are the rules.”

Who was Guangying’s top actress?

Si Yu blinked again. “You don’t know me?”

The security guard said, “Should I?”

Si Yu: “…”

Goodbye!

After failing at showing off for the first time, Si Yu drove off in her sports car like a wisp of smoke.

Top floor of the Guangying building, CEO’s office.

Lu Xi had scheduled a video meeting with the people from Y Country at eight in the evening. Since Special Assistant Chen was not there, she had sent a secretary over to help Lu Xi prepare the materials.

This secretary was efficient enough, but the perfume on her body was far too strong, making Lu Xi dizzy.

“President Lu, this is the contract sample. You… Aiya!”

Zhang Manni “accidentally” tripped over the wool carpet on the floor and “accidentally” threw herself into Lu Xi’s arms.

The heavy perfume scent assaulted Lu Xi’s nose. Looking at the woman who had suddenly become clumsy and fallen onto her, Lu Xi’s eyes slowly chilled.

“I’m sorry, President Lu, I…”

Meeting Lu Xi’s eyes, Zhang Manni shuddered violently as if frozen. Her mouth parted slightly, and she could no longer speak.

Expressionlessly, Lu Xi pushed her away. Her gaze swept over the revealing clothes at Zhang Manni’s chest, and she said, “Are you here to work, or are you here to serve drinks?”

“I…”

“Get out.”

Zhang Manni gathered the clothes over her chest, lowered her head, and left in shame and anger.

There was still half an hour before the scheduled meeting time. Lu Xi called Chen Yan and said directly, “Arrange someone else to come over.”

Chen Yan, who was away on a business trip, heard that something was wrong with her voice and cautiously said, “Did Zhang Manni do something wrong?”

Lu Xi’s face darkened slightly. “She has improper intentions. Have her write a resignation letter. She doesn’t need to come in next week.”

Just from the words “improper intentions,” Chen Yan could roughly guess the reason and did not dare ask more. “Understood, President Lu. I’ll immediately arrange for someone honest to go over.”

After putting down her phone, Lu Xi pressed her brow. Smelling the perfume still lingering on her body, irritation rose in her heart.

For no reason, she thought of someone deliberately seducing her last night while wrapped in a bath towel.

Both were posturing flirtatiously, so why did Zhang Manni make her feel so disgusted?