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In the previous phase, Yang Hao could be described as “having traversed a thousand mountains with ease,” and now, the phrase “sailing through the vast ocean with straightened sails” seems fitting for the current stage as well.
The housewarming party was very lively. At the beginning, everyone was seated around the dining table, but when the meal was mostly over, only Yang Hao, Liu Zifeng, and Wei Facai remained, drinking together.
A few women were taking photos, others were chatting idly.
Li Manni was in a good mood today as she was genuinely happy for her brother-in-law.
The hard times were over, from now on it’s all good days!!
Li Manni meticulously chose nine photos for her album and then, uncharacteristically, posted a 3×3 photo grid on her social network, accompanied by the caption, “May you achieve all you desire, encounter all you seek, obtain all you ask for, and hope for everything you anticipate.”
She even added a smiley face at the end of the text to express her current mood.
And this social network post was not hidden from her sister, Li Manshu.
happiness coffee.
Li Manshu was chatting with her close friend Tao Ying.
They had spent over three hours shopping at Starlight City upfront, and now they were taking a break to rest their feet before going out for dinner.
“Manshu, I really don’t think you should beg for a reconciliation. As the saying goes, ‘A good horse doesn’t return to the old pasture!'”
“Even if Yang Hao is rich now, so what! There are plenty of rich men in the world, and with your looks, you can definitely find someone better…”
Li Manshu had just shared her thoughts about wanting to reconcile with her close friend, and clearly, Tao Ying did not agree with her.
“He gave Manni a Porsche!”
“I checked, that car is almost a million! So, he must be very rich now!” said Li Manshu.
“It’s just a million!”
“These days, there are plenty of millionaires, and being a billionaire is a whole different level. There’s no need to grovel before him!”
Tao Ying said disdainfully, obviously another woman whose perception of money had been skewed by Kuaiyin.
A million is not considered money; millionaires are a dime a dozen!
With such delusions, ending up single for life is not far off.
Because they would also encounter a series of brainwashing scripts.
Such as “Domineering CEO Loves Me, the Older Woman” “Domineering CEO Loves Me, the Divorcee” “Domineering CEO Loves Me, the Middle-aged Woman” “Domineering CEO Loves Me, the Menopausal Woman”…
One can only say that toxic self-help advice is deadly!
But then again, those who are willing to believe in such nonsense probably deserve to be scammed!
Li Manshu is not the kind of person who is infatuated with such self-help advice; she is a very pragmatic gold digger!!
“Don’t you also know a mistress who lives at Star Cloud Bay?”
“I think you’re not any worse than her. If she can find such a foolishly generous wealthy man, you can too…”
Tao Ying continued to encourage her close friend.
In truth, many women’s unhappiness stems from listening to ‘toxic close friends.’
And Tao Ying was a typical toxic close friend.
She was 30 years old, and her criteria for choosing a spouse included having a fully paid matrimonial home of over 120 square meters in Jiangcheng, driving a BBA car, an annual salary of over 400,000, a height of at least 175 cm, above-average looks, and parents without any burdens.
At first glance, these criteria might not seem too preposterous, but the problem is that marriage is a mutual choice, while you pick someone, they are also choosing you!
Men who meet Tao Ying’s criteria for a spouse also meet the criteria of twenty-year-old girls.
So, from a man’s perspective, why not choose a young woman in her twenties?
Li Manshu sipped her coffee gently; with her thoughts jumbled by Tao Ying’s words, she casually looked around the café and then her gaze settled on the owner standing at the bar.
The owner appeared to be about her age and was quite attractive, but that was not the point.
The point was, when she had gone to the restroom earlier, she overheard an employee gossiping on the phone with a friend, mentioning that this coffee shop was a gift from a man to their boss!
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if a man gave me a coffee shop like this!
Li Manshu thought to herself, and just then she received a message on WeiXun. She picked up her phone to glance at the message and also took the opportunity to browse through her social network…
And then she saw Li Manni’s social network post from five minutes ago.
This…
Li Manshu felt that the background of the photos Li Manni posted seemed familiar.
She quickly opened the images to take a closer look, and the more she looked, the more shocked she became!!
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!!
How could Manni be in this house???
But…
Xixi is there too!
Xixi’s princess room!!
The sofa that Sister Yuyu picked out!!
And that curtain…
This…
This is the house that Sister Yuyu and I designed together!!
Li Manshu enlarged the central photo of the 3×3 grid, with her ex-husband Yang Hao holding their daughter Xixi and standing in the central position with her sister, flanked by Liu Zifeng and Wei Facai, whom she also knew.
From this photo, it was evident that everyone was attending her ex-husband Yang Hao’s housewarming party!
Which means, this house belongs to her ex-husband Yang Hao!!
The 688-square-meter mansion in Star Cloud Bay belongs to her ex-husband Yang Hao!!
Arriving at this conclusion, Li Manshu was struck as if by lightning, her complexion turning deathly pale…
Just now, even her close friend Tao Ying, who had indulged in too much chicken soup, said billionaires are hard to come by!
And someone who can afford a 688-square-meter mansion at Star Cloud Bay and has a furniture budget of twenty million is certainly worth hundreds of millions!!
Which means, her ex-husband now has assets of at least a hundred million!!
“Manshu, what’s wrong?”
“Why do you look so ill??”
Noticing her close friend’s abnormality, Tao Ying asked with a puzzled look.
“Yang Hao, he…..”
“He’s really made it big!!”
Li Manshu said through clenched teeth.
“So what?” said Tao Ying, somewhat exasperated, feeling that her close friend was acting crazy.
“This is Manni’s social network post she just shared, take a look for yourself…”
Li Manshu handed her phone to Tao Ying.
After taking the phone, Tao Ying curiously flipped through the photos Li Manni had posted and said, “This house indeed looks pretty nice.”
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“Is this where Yang Hao is living now??”
“Yeah!”
Li Manshu nodded and asked, “Do you know which community this house is in?”
“How would I know that!”
“There’s no location information either…” Tao Ying shook her head.
“It’s Star Cloud Bay!”
“And it’s a place I designed by hand!”
“That 688 square meter luxury mansion!!”
Li Manshu bit her teeth, her tone dripping with thick despair.
“Ah?”
“Star Cloud Bay!!”
Tao Ying, who sold high-end furniture, naturally knew Star Cloud Bay; in Jiangcheng, this community was a symbol of status and identity.
“Wasn’t that house you designed for that mistress?”
“How has it become Yang Hao’s now, could there be a mistake?” Tao Ying speculated while handing the phone back to Li Manshu.
Li Manshu shook her head: “There can be no mistake, with Li Manni’s character, she wouldn’t post such a moment if the house wasn’t Yang Hao’s.”
“So, the only explanation is that Meng Yuyu’s secret backer is actually Yang Hao!”
“Right, the nickname of that Kuaiyin account is [Mr. Yang Losing Weight], also surnamed Yang…”
Piecing together the information known, the fact that Yang Hao was the owner of the 688 square meter mansion in Star Cloud Bay was virtually confirmed.
Li Manshu slumped onto the booth sofa.
The only thought in her mind now was: My ex-husband is a multi-millionaire!!
My ex-husband is a multi-millionaire…
If I hadn’t divorced, I would be living even more luxuriously than Meng Yuyu.
Ultimately, she was just a woman raised by her ex-husband!
Otherwise, she wouldn’t be absent from such a housewarming party.
Yet, even this woman nourished by her ex-husband, Yang Hao, was now driving a Mercedes worth over half a million and had a commercial property worth 6.6 million bought for her by Yang Hao!!
Li Manshu felt her heart bleeding.
If I hadn’t divorced, what commercial property, Star Cloud Bay mansion!
They would all have been mine!
All of them would have been mine!!
“You are Li Manshu, right?”
As Li Manshu was desperately fantasizing in despair, the coffee shop’s owner approached with a tray in hand.
“You know me??”
Li Manshu was naturally surprised when this previously unacquainted owner called out her name.
“I would just say I know of you.”
Wang Xueru commented indifferently and then placed two of the three cups of coffee on the tray onto the table: “My treat.”
Having said that, she picked up the cup of cappuccino left for herself, pulled up a chair, and sat down beside them.
“Who are you?”
“How do you know me??”
Li Manshu felt something off about the woman’s gaze.
Because in that look, she saw mockery and contempt.
“Because you are Yang’s ex-wife.”
“So, I know you…”
Wang Xueru did not mention Shen Mingshan because her actual reason for approaching was to rile up this malicious ex-wife a bit, as a way to stand up for Yang.
“Yang?”
“Yang Hao??”
Li Manshu’s eyes suddenly widened, her face filled with disbelief as she looked at the female owner in front of her, unintentionally recalling what the female waitress had gossiped about earlier.
This coffee shop was a present from the owner’s boyfriend!
Could it be that the boyfriend mentioned by the waitress is also my ex-husband, Yang Hao??
This…
That can’t be possible!!
Li Manshu suddenly felt the world to be absurd, finding that the people and things she envied were all damn provided by her ex-husband.
“If it weren’t for your leaving, Yang might not have achieved what he has now!”
“Even, you wouldn’t have been able to sit here and drink coffee.”
“Because this coffee shop was given to me by Yang…”
Wang Xueru was straightforward with her approach, championing a “sincere” stance, speaking her mind without beating around the bush.
“You, when did you two get together??”
Li Manshu clenched her fists and questioned loudly.
“Of course, it was after you divorced.”
“I’m not like some people who can’t wait to find someone new even before the divorce is finalized…”
Wang Xueru shrugged her shoulders; the attractive young woman was clearly adept at insinuation.
“You…”
Li Manshu was almost enraged to the point of lashing back with insults, but she had no strength to refute, as the other woman was simply stating the truth.
“I’m not saying this for any other reason.”
“Just to advise you, don’t go disturbing Yang’s life!”
“A good ex should be like they’re dead, not disrupting each other’s lives!”
With that, Wang Xueru stood up from her seat and pointed to the coffee she placed on the table: “Any time you want coffee, come to the shop, it’s on the house!”
“After all, if it weren’t for you, this coffee shop wouldn’t exist…”
Having said that, Wang Xueru turned and walked away.
In fact, from Shen Mingshan’s perspective, it wouldn’t be too much for Wang Xueru to come up and slap Li Manshu.
However, Wang Xueru had already moved past that, simply wishing to stand up for Yang by provoking his cast-off ex-wife.
What Wang Xueru didn’t know was that Li Manshu had just experienced an earth-shattering blow.
The jab she dealt had nearly taken her life!