Chapter 23: Accusation
Kong Airou’s eyes flickered with disbelief. Was this still the same irritable and unstable Ni Mengxue?
Upon coming to her senses, Gu Lin quickly opened her mouth to argue, but Ni Mengxue turned toward her with a cold gaze. "You little leach, you will keep your mouth shut; otherwise, I will have to file a complaint against you too."
In the original novel, Gu Lin was smart enough to even trick Su Yao, the female lead. But now... she was acting like a fool.
’How did she trick Su Yao... sigh... the truth was never revealed because the damn author had gone on hiatus! But it was related to the heart of one of the husbands of Su Yao...’
Gu Lin trembled with anger, her heart beating with anxiety.
"Alright now, sort this out." Ni Mengxue clapped her hands with a cheerful gaze, took out a few documents from the drawer, and passed them to Kong Airou, Cai Shu, Gu Lin, and trembling Feng Lian.
"28 times. My husband has been dragged by Feng Lian 28 times to be beaten publicly for no absolute reason."
"You are lying! You had filed a complaint, and I was acting according to the rules!" Feng Lian shouted; her high-pitched voice tried to mask her fear.
"3 times. I had complained only three times. Once when I was forcefully matched with my second husband, and according to the law, I should have been granted a divorce." Ni Mengxue interrupted her.
Kong Airou examined the papers as Ni Mengxue’s voice continued to drift in her ears.
"But I wasn’t granted a divorce. Instead, I was asked to adjust. The second time I complained was when my third husband didn’t consummate with me."
Taking a brief pause, she grinned. "You all ignored the appeal due to his backing. The third time, I complained because I was married to my fourth husband without my permission. Again... rather than granting me a divorce, you beat him up."
Kong Airou’s eyelids twitched; her instincts were telling her... Ni Mengxue was planning to sue them to the end. She genuinely wondered who was handling these matters.
If the headquaters received this news...
"Anyways. Other than these 3 times, I never complained, and yet you took away my husband 28 times without my permission and publicly humiliated him!"
Feng Lian’s fingers turned cold, and she blinked at Gu Lin for help; however, she was taken aback when she saw Gu Lin staring at Ni Mengxue with envy.
What was there to be envious about? But then again... why was Ni Mengxue looking so fair and clean? She could even smell the woody fragrance!
Was she always this beautiful?
"Feng Lian, do you have anything that you want to say?" Kong Airou’s emotionless voice broke her daze, and she quickly lowered her gaze.
"I... I am sorry... I think there is some kind of misunderstanding." She quickly replied.
"Yes! I thought Mengxue was in discomfort, and I had ordered Lian’er to teach that Yucai a lesson," Gu Lin quickly added.
"Oh? Miss Gu, I thought you didn’t know the reason for my anger. Otherwise you wouldn’t have spouted such nonsense before, or maybe... you knew all along and just wanted to hide your black deeds?" Ni Mengxue had no intentions of letting any of them off.
Gu Lin’s face turned green when she sensed the scrutinising gaze of Kong Airou. "Hahaha... Mengxue, you truly know how to joke."
"Miss Kong, I would like to add something." Cai Shu suddenly interrupted, "Miss Gu might not say it because she wants to protect her friendship, but I would do it! I can’t bear to see her suffer in silence!"
Ni Mengxue sighed. ’This never-ending drama...’
"Mister Yucai had tried to seduce Miss Gu many times in private. So when she felt disgusted... she punished him to discipline him." Cai Shu continued.
Ni Mengxue blinked, her eyes narrowing a bit as she scanned Gu Lin.
Lu Yucai clenched the armrest of the wheelchair and shouted, "You are lying!"
Wheeling his way out of the kitchen, he pointed at Cai Shu and shouted, "That’s a lie! Mengxue, I have never looked at anyone other than you!"
For some reason, Lu Yucai was genuinely anxious. He didn’t want Mengxue to misunderstand.
She doesn’t belong to this world, so she doesn’t know his personality... What if she thinks that he had pushed her away because of Gu Lin?
Gu Lin’s eyes flickered, and suddenly she held Ni Mengxue’s hand. "Xue’er looks like I couldn’t hide it anymore... Aunt Cai is telling the truth... I didn’t want to hurt you... He even stripped..."