Song Mengshi is as busy as a bee, dealing with various permits, printing flyers, and distributing them at schools, communities, and alleyways. She also needs to recruit some students from the Art Academy to work as part-time teachers. Fortunately, she saved some trouble with the location, as Sisi offered one of her properties as a rental for the school, considering she owns plenty of properties, and having people living there would bring more popularity.
Sisi knows what Song Mengshi is working so hard for. It’s already April, and in two months, it will be summer vacation, which is the peak season for tutoring classes. If they don’t make money now, then when?
According to Granny Zhao, the roles in Tang Qiubai’s household have reversed now. The woman is the breadwinner while the man stays home. Tang Qiubai takes care of the kids and does household chores, repairing home appliances to earn some living expenses. Meanwhile, Song Mengshi is busy with work outside. Interestingly, their relationship has improved, and they now consult each other in everything, unlike before when they barely acknowledged each other, pretending to be together while being miles apart emotionally.
"This is what they call ’a blessing in disguise.’ Qiubai is a fortunate child," Granny Zhao sighed.
Sisi didn’t get involved in the tutoring business at all, but Zhang Jie was quite interested. After all, it’s their own business. She would visit whenever she had time and help out, always in high spirits.
Sisi isn’t interested in these things. Her investment in the tutoring class isn’t to embarrass Song Mengshi; after all, they are old classmates. More importantly, she wants to find Zhang Jie some extra money since their income isn’t enough!
After sending the kids to school, Sisi went to her studio to paint. Having not picked up a brush for years, she was rusty and needed practice!
She was painting the wisteria sea she saw on the mountain last week and was almost done. Today, with slight retouching, it would be complete.
Immersed in the beautiful feeling of painting, her phone rang suddenly, interrupting Sisi’s smooth thought process. She picked it up—it was Tian Xinhua calling.
Suspicious, Sisi wondered why Tian Xinhua was calling now since they just spoke on the phone before bed last night.
Before Sisi could speak, ambiguous sounds arose from the phone—a soft, lingering moan mixed with heavy breathing, a clear indication of people engaging in something.
Furrowing her brows, Sisi’s first reaction was that Tian Xinhua’s phone had been picked up by someone else—and that someone happened to be a woman in a certain profession, who, during work, accidentally pressed the call button, with her number at the top in Tian Xinhua’s list, and naturally, it dialed her.
This Tian Xinhua, how careless!
Sisi had no interest in listening to such scenes and was about to hang up when the moaning stopped, replaced by a charming voice, "Mrs. Tian, Secretary Tian is really formidable in bed, leaving me unable to get out!"
Raising an eyebrow, Sisi had no mood for painting. Trying to use beauty to drive a wedge between a husband and wife? How cunning!
Sisi smirked silently, curious about what the other person might say next.
The woman on the other end laughed triumphantly, "Mrs. Tian, you are really cruel to leave such a magnificent man at a loss. No wonder he wanted me several times last night! He forgot his phone in the morning; aren’t all men careless?"
"Mrs. Tian, Secretary Tian says I’m more attractive and seductive than you. He even says you’re like a log in bed, not interesting at all!"
Though Sisi knew this woman was talking nonsense, she had to admit it affected her, instantly making her feel uncomfortable as if she had swallowed a piece of fatty meat.
"Tell your boss, don’t bother. With your kind, who knows how many have used you, even offered for free to my husband, he would find you filthy!" Sisi coldly finished and hung up.
How disgusting! Who’s the bastard behind this?
Sisi didn’t believe for a second that Tian Xinhua would have an affair. To put it bluntly, with his high IQ, even if he did keep a woman, he’d never be stupid enough to leave a phone at the lover’s place, nor would he let his lover call her to brag!
If Tian Xinhua couldn’t manage such a trifling matter, he might as well disregard all of Mr. Yun’s years of teachings!
However, losing the phone she gifted him is something she won’t forgive easily!
As Sisi pondered how to punish Tian Xinhua, the phone rang again, this time from an unknown number.
Being that this wasn’t the 21st century with all those rampant phone scams, Sisi pressed the call button without hesitation.
On the other end was Tian Xinhua, who appeared to be outside, as car horns blared in intervals.
"Ah Nan, I accidentally lost my phone. This is my colleague’s phone. I just wanted to let you know."
"Hmph!"
Sisi said irritably, "I already knew. A woman just called me to boast about how you and she spent the entire night wrapped up together. She even said you find me disinteresting!"
Sisi’s words carried a hint of jealousy. Sometimes women are sentimental like that—knowing full well others are lying, yet taking it to heart.
Tian Xinhua immediately sensed trouble and didn’t have time to think further, quickly comforting his beloved wife sweetly.
Finally, after calming his wife, Tian Xinhua breathed a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat off his forehead, inwardly fuming at the mysterious woman. He would find out who she was, for devising such a nasty trick.
"I’ll come see you tomorrow and bring a new phone for you!"
Sisi, after a bit of reprimanding, also gave Tian Xinhua some sweet words, which delighted him, turning him radiant and earning admiring remarks from the surrounding city government officials. One moment he had the face of a stern Judge Bao, the next he was smiling like a merciful Bodhisattva!
The speed of this change, amazing!
Sisi had intended to spend the weekend with her husband anyway. However, that earlier call served as a reminder—can’t have a man be neglected for too long, especially someone like Tian Xinhua, who is in his prime years. Even if he doesn’t stray, those eager fluttering butterflies outside won’t stop trying, to everyone’s disgust!
Returning the phone to his colleague, Tian Xinhua’s smile vanished instantly, his face becoming stern and cold once more.
"Xiao Zheng, investigate who took my phone, and find out the instigators behind this. They dared to use my phone to sow discord by calling my wife," Tian Xinhua instructed his assistant.
Xiao Zheng took the command, fuming internally. He initially thought he lost Secretary Tian’s phone by accident but now realized that someone deliberately schemed it!
Damn it, they dared to use him as a pawn?
Once I find out who’s behind this, I’ll make them pay!