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Chapter 1037: Things that harm others and benefit oneself are done occasionally

Faced with Lu Jie's naked pursuit, Xie Meilan did not agree directly, but expressed an ambiguous attitude: as long as her current status did not change, she would not do anything out of line.

It’s not that Xie Meilan is so noble and sticks to her bottom line, but she doesn’t want to give Lu Jie the impression that she is “cheating or having an affair.”

Why do many women who cheat on their husbands and divorce them find that their husbands are unwilling to marry them at all? The fundamental reason is that the women have left the husbands with an inherent impression of low moral standards. The husbands will also consider whether they will cheat on them after they marry them.

Then I thought, although the "yellow-faced woman" at home is old and ugly, at least she won't cheat on me, right?

Men's impulses often only last for a moment, and they will quickly regain their rationality. In this comparison, the original wife is of course safer, and naturally they are unwilling to divorce.

Xie Meilan established such a bottom-line-sticking personality in front of Lu Jie, all for her own future advancement. After so many years in the financial circle, she is no longer the simple female college student who got married to Shen Lei right after graduation.

As expected, Lu Jie did not force him upon hearing this. Instead, a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes.

"Well, I totally respect whatever decision you make."

After eating and drinking, Lu Jie wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, "By the way, if you need a lawyer, I know a very good divorce lawyer."

"Thank you. I'll trouble you if I need it." Xie Meilan gave a subtle smile.

Lu Jie said with a straight face: "I've told you many times, there's no need to be so polite between you and me."

Xie Meilan didn't say anything, but the expression on her face was enough to explain the problem. An ambiguous atmosphere permeated around the two of them.

However, just as the two were looking at each other with affection, an angry voice rudely broke the atmosphere.

"Xie Meilan, is this what you call working overtime?" Shen Lei's eyes were blazing with fire, and he wished he could burn Lu Jie to ashes.

Xie Meilan never expected that Shen Lei would find this place, and she looked a little flustered.

Lu Jie said calmly: "You must be Shen Lei, since you are here, sit down and have a chat."

Shen Lei pulled Xie Meilan over.

Xie Meilan struggled: "Shen Lei, you are crazy, can you save some dignity for yourself?"

"Decent? You lied to me and said you were working overtime, but you ended up having a candlelight dinner with an old middle-aged man. And you tell me that's decent?" Shen Lei shouted angrily.

"Shen Lei, it's not what you think. This is my boss and we are talking about work." Xie Meilan still insisted.

Shen Lei sneered: "Talk about work? What kind of work needs to be discussed in such an environment, eating Western food and drinking red wine, and it's just the two of you. I saw you two were so affectionate just now. If I had come a step later, I would have seen you holding hands and looking at each other with tears in your eyes, right?"

"Who is holding hands and looking at each other with tears in their eyes? Shen Lei, if you are sick, go back and get it. Don't embarrass yourself here." Seeing that they were being watched, Xie Meilan wanted to pull Shen Lei away.

Shen Lei did not move at all. Instead, he said to the customers in the restaurant, "I'm already wearing a green hat, am I still afraid of being embarrassed? Come and look, everyone, this is my wife, and this is her boss. The two of them are sitting face to face in such a high-end western restaurant, eating. Do you believe that they are just a simple superior-subordinate relationship?"

A second-generation rich man at the next table started to make a scene: "I won't believe it even if you kill me. This is my usual way of picking up girls. A meal costs several thousand yuan. Who would invite his subordinates to such an expensive place for a work meal when they have nothing to do after eating?"

There were a few other customers who also wanted to watch the fun and cheered for Shen Lei to teach Lu Jie a lesson.

The more Shen Lei listened, the more angry he became. Lu Jie still looked like he deserved a beating: "Divorcing you is the most definite decision Xiao Xie has ever made in her life."

In an instant, Shen Lei rushed towards Lu Jie and punched Lu Jie in the face with two fists. Soon the two of them started fighting.

Xie Meilan was extremely anxious but was powerless to pull the two apart. Fortunately, the restaurant manager brought people to pull the two apart and also called the police.

Soon, Shen Lei and the other two were taken to the police station.

By the time Na Wei and Shen Lin arrived, the police had already arranged for mediation between the two parties.

Shen Lei felt so aggrieved. His wife was about to be abducted, and now he had to apologize to the adulterer. He refused to apologize at first.

Shen Lin was worried about her brother's status as a civil servant. If he was punished for public security, it might affect his work. She could only persuade Shen Lei to apologize and reconcile.

When leaving the police station, Shen Lin gritted her teeth and said to Xie Meilan: "God is watching what you do. It's not that I don't want to be punished, it's just that the time has not come yet."

After saying that, Shen Lin was about to take Shen Lei into the car.

Xie Meilan chased after him and said, "Shen Lei, since things have come to this, you should just sign the divorce agreement. Just consider it as a token of my having endured hardships and poverty with you for ten years, and let me go."

Shen Lei looked at Xie Meilan in disbelief. He couldn't believe that these were the words of his wife, who had been with him day and night since they graduated from college.

"No, I won't divorce you. I will never let you two dogs be together so easily!"

Watching the car's taillights gradually disappear, Xie Meilan's face was filled with frustration. She didn't expect things to turn out like this.

Seeing this, Lu Jie patted Xie Meilan on the shoulder and comforted her, "It's okay. I'll arrange for a lawyer to fight the lawsuit for you tomorrow."

"By the way, since you moved out of your home, where have you been living these days?"

"I was in the hospital a few days ago and lived in a hotel after being discharged." Xie Meilan said with a sad face.

Seeing this, Lu Jie immediately said in a domineering tone: "It's not safe for you to live in a hotel alone. I happen to have an idle house. You can stay there for the time being."

Without giving Xie Meilan a chance to refuse, he pulled her wrist and got into the car.

Lu Jie drove the Land Rover all the way to an upscale residential area.

When Xie Meilan walked into this luxury house, she actually had an urge to cry. Isn't this the house she had always dreamed of?

In an instant, Xie Meilan felt that she had suffered a great loss. She had been living in that old and run-down house with Shen Lei for ten years.

"Don't worry, I live somewhere else. I will delete my fingerprints from the fingerprint lock later, and you can change the password. I will never force you to do anything."

After Lu Jie finished speaking, he deleted his fingerprint in front of Xie Meilan and sent the password to her via WeChat.

After seeing Lu Jie off, Xie Meilan picked up her phone and changed the password of her Apple account. The reason why Shen Lei was able to find the restaurant where she was just now was because of Apple's positioning function. She didn't want Shen Lei to find this place again.

On the other hand, after Shen Lin brought Shen Lei back home, Shen Lei looked like he had lost his soul.

"Shen Lei, it has already happened. Don't be too sad. Think about how to deal with it."

Shen Lei took off his glasses and burst into tears: "Sister, I don't want a divorce. Why does she do this to me?"

Na Wei was afraid that he would wake the child, so he quickly went over and closed the door of the second bedroom.

Shen Lin rubbed her brother's head with some distress: "Shen Lei, people always change. Xie Meilan has changed. Her heart is no longer with you. Divorce is a relief for both you and her. Forget it."

Shen Lei broke down again and cried even louder, which finally woke up the two children.

Yueyue rubbed her eyes and complained: "What are you doing so late at night? Can't you let me sleep? I have to go to school tomorrow."

Zixuan was also crying loudly, so his mother could only hold him and comfort him.

"Yueyue, Zixuan, be good. Uncle is in a bad mood today. You should go to bed first." Shen Lin could only comfort the two little ones first.

Seeing this, Shen Lei wanted to go home. Although Shen Lin was worried, there were old and young people at home, and she had to go to work tomorrow, so she could only let Na Wei take him back.

The next day, Shen Lei dragged his tired body back to work. Not long after he sat down, he heard a colleague next to him suddenly exclaimed "Huh".

"Shen Lei, why do I think this person looks a bit like you?"

Shen Lei was originally not interested in things in the outside world, but his colleague put the mobile phone screen in front of him.

Only then did Shen Lei see clearly that the person in the short video was indeed him.

"Tsk tsk, this guy is so miserable. His wife had an affair with his boss, and he ended up in jail. He will probably have to apologize and pay for the medical expenses. What's wrong with the law now? The more progressive the society is, the more it benefits those bastards. In the end, it's the honest man who has to bear the brunt of it all."

A colleague nearby also came over after hearing what was said.

"You are watching this too. This guy is really miserable."

Shen Lei opened his short video software and saw this video. This made Shen Lei panic for a moment. How could this video become so popular overnight?

At the same time, Li Xiaoyue was also watching short videos in Qin Hao's office, and said with some heartache.

"You really have a lot of money to spare. You spent almost a million just to promote this short video, right?"

Qin Hao spread his hands: "To be precise, it's more than two million."

"Money is meant to be spent once you earn it. It's actually quite interesting to occasionally do something that hurts others and does not benefit yourself. What do you think?"

Li Xiaoyue shook her head and said, "Don't ask me. I really can't understand the quirks of you rich people."

Qin Hao smiled and said, "Let me put it this way. If you were asked to spend one dollar to have someone dance in front of you, would you be willing to spend that dollar?"

Li Xiaoyue tilted her head and thought about it, then finally nodded.

"To me, there's actually not much difference between one million and one dollar. I really don't like Lu Jie and Xie Meilan. I can spend some money to cause them some trouble and watch a big show. Why not do it?"

Li Xiaoyue looked at Qin Hao suspiciously: "Big show? You don't have any backup plan, do you?"

"My parents gave me life, but Li Xiaoyue is the one who knows me. You are really the worm in my stomach."

"Eh, disgusting."

On the other side, Xie Meilan returned to her office with a very unhappy look on her face. She just heard her colleagues' discussions in the bathroom and realized what had happened. No wonder her colleagues looked at her with an inexplicable look as soon as she got to work today. At first, she thought that she was being envied because of her promotion to director.

Xie Meilan looked at the shooting angle of the short video and vaguely remembered that the person sitting in that position should be a rich second-generation. She couldn't help but secretly curse this guy for meddling in other people's business.

As lunch break approached, Xie Meilan's office was pushed open and several employees from the administrative department rushed in, led by a senior executive.

"Director Xie, I'm Li Zaiming from the Audit Department. We've received a large number of reports that your promotion to director is suspected of abusing your power for personal gain. Please come with us."

Xie Meilan was struck by lightning. She had just become the department director and hadn't even started working yet.

"You can't just believe one side of the story. Mr. Lu and I are innocent..."

Li Zaiming sneered and said, "Director Xie, whether he is innocent or not, we will have a conclusion after our investigation. Now please cooperate with us."

"Can I make a phone call?" Xie Meilan was panicked for a moment.

Li Zaiming reminded: "If you want to call Mr. Lu, don't waste your energy. Mr. Lu is also a guest in our inspection department, but in order to prevent collusion, you can't meet for the time being."

Xie Meilan was completely confused. In her eyes, Lu Jie was an all-powerful figure in the company, but now even he was being investigated...

The more Xie Meilan thought about it, the more uneasy she became.

After arriving at the Audit Department, all the details of the projects that Xie Meilan had participated in were dug out. Everyone makes mistakes and no one can be perfect. As long as one is determined to check, it is easy to find the problems.

"Director Xie, as far as I know, there are four people competing with you for the position of department director. In terms of qualifications and performance, you are not the best one. Why did President Lu promote you to be the director?"

Xie Meilan is certainly not stupid: "You should go to Mr. Lu for this. I only know to do whatever the leader tells me to do."

"Oh? What about things other than work?"

"What do you mean? You are slandering me. I am going to file a complaint against you!"

After two days of fierce battle, Xie Meilan insisted that she did not use any backdoor to be promoted to director, and the Audit Department had no choice but to suspend her from her position as department director.

Just when Xie Meilan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, a middle-aged woman rushed into the office area aggressively and walked straight towards her.

Before Xie Meilan could react, a huge slap hit her in the face.

"You bitch, you seduced my husband, I'll beat you to death."

Seeing this, a colleague nearby was about to come over to pull the two apart, but the middle-aged woman glared at him.

"Let's see who dares to move. I'm Lu Jie's wife!"

The middle-aged woman had a fierce look on her face. Besides, she was Lu Jie's wife. Not to mention her colleagues, even if the security guards came, they could only stand by and dared not take any action.

Xie Meilan was unlucky. She was slapped several times. Her pretty face was swollen like a steamed bun, her hair was disheveled, and there was blood at the corners of her mouth.

Lu Jie had just been released from the Inspection Department when he saw this scene. However, what Xie Meilan did not expect was that the overbearing president, whom she had always believed to be capable and responsible, did not say a word and just watched her being beaten.

"Lu Jie, you've come at the right time. Come here and tell me what's going on." The middle-aged woman was furious and looked like she wanted to eat someone.

Lu Jie was embarrassed, but he had to carefully put on a smile: "Honey, why didn't you say hello to me in advance when you came back from Singapore?"

"Don't change the subject. Tell me what's going on between you and this little bitch! And is the house you gave her in West City living in it?"

Under Xie Meilan's almost desperate gaze, Lu Jie spoke seriously.

"My dear, believe me. Nothing happened between her and me. She was getting a divorce from her husband, and I just felt sorry for her, so I let her stay temporarily. You can check the property surveillance. I haven't been there since she moved in."

"Oh, so you have nothing to do with her, just a simple superior and subordinate?"

"I swear to God, honey, think about it, even if I want to have an affair, I won't find a 35-year-old divorced woman with a miscarriage. At least I have to find a girl in her twenties, right?"

Xie Meilan was struck by lightning. It turned out that this was the image of her in Lu Jie's mind. (End of this chapter)