Chapter 816 - 281: Qin Mei, Let’s Talk

Gao Yang remained silent, caught in a dilemma.

"Can I change my real-name report to an anonymous one?" Qin Mei asked.

Gao Yang’s mouth twitched, and he rolled his eyes at her. "What do you think?"

"It’s getting late, so I won’t keep you company on your little sweep..." Qin Mei swallowed the word ’vice’, turning around to leave. Watching her shake with laughter, Gao Yang felt countless inexplicable emotions surging in his heart.

Qin Mei rode her bicycle home, humming a little tune.

An uninvited guest stood at the courtyard gate. Qin Mei stopped her bicycle and ignored the woman’s presence. She pulled out a key from her satchel to unlock the door, pushed it open, and struggled to lift her bicycle over the threshold.

"Qin Mei, let’s talk," Lin Yaru said anxiously.

Qin Mei glanced at Lin Yaru. The current Lin Yaru gave her the feeling of someone who had survived a disaster and been completely reborn. Being tricked by Xu Chunyan into aborting her baby had unexpectedly allowed her to rise from the ashes like a phoenix.

Qin Mei asked lightly, "Talk about what?"

Seeing that Qin Mei didn’t refuse to talk, Lin Yaru stepped into the courtyard and closed the gate behind her. Qin Mei let her be and walked toward the wicker chair under the tree. Although a visitor was technically a guest, it was absolutely impossible for her to offer a warm welcome or serve tea. When rivals in love met, they were bound to be exceptionally jealous; Qin Mei was not about to be polite to Lin Yaru.

Lin Yaru didn’t sit in the wicker chair next to Qin Mei. Instead, she sat on a nearby stone stool, keeping a distance between them. "I’m going to divorce Jie Jingwei," Lin Yaru said, getting straight to the point.

Qin Mei stared at Lin Yaru for a moment before saying indifferently, "Teacher Lin, if you’re divorcing Jie Jingwei, you should inform his father, not me, Jing Si’s wife."

"Mr. Qin, you know what I mean." Lin Yaru clenched her hands into tight fists. The gaze she directed at Qin Mei was full of hostility. If it hadn’t been for Qin Mei’s appearance, she would have been the one to marry Jing Si. She would never have had to suffer through all those unbearable things.

"I’m not a mind reader. I don’t know what you mean," Qin Mei said with a face full of sarcasm and a lazy tone.

Lin Yaru took a deep breath, suppressing a chest full of anger. "I can’t have children anymore."

Lin Yaru’s behavior puzzled Qin Mei. She wondered if the woman was trying to win her sympathy. Obviously not. Looking at Lin Yaru’s expression, it was as if being left infertile was a joyous occasion worth celebrating. Qin Mei didn’t kick her while she was down. She said without much emotion, "That’s very unfortunate."

"Unfortunate?" Lin Yaru smiled and shook her head, speaking earnestly. "I don’t find it unfortunate. It’s quite nice that I can’t have children anymore."

Qin Mei was completely thrown off by her words. She opened her mouth but failed to utter a single syllable. She wondered if she should gloat. However, the other party didn’t even care. If she offered a few words of comfort, they wouldn’t be appreciated anyway.

Lin Yaru touched her braided pigtails. It sounded like she was muttering to herself, yet also like she was implying something else. "Jing Si can’t have children, and neither can I."

Qin Mei’s heart trembled, and her pale, slender fingers unconsciously curled inward. She realized this was the trap the woman had laid. Qin Mei remained calm and collected, wanting to see what kind of jaw-dropping, outrageous claims Lin Yaru would come up with next.

"Mr. Qin, Jing Si can’t have children, but you can. He... isn’t good enough for you." Lin Yaru said the last sentence very reluctantly.

Qin Mei sneered in her heart. She thought it must have been truly difficult for the woman to force herself to say something so contrary to her true feelings. Verbally, Lin Yaru claimed Jie Jingchen wasn’t good enough for her, but deep down, she firmly believed that Qin Mei wasn’t good enough for Jie Jingchen.

Qin Mei stretched, smiling in an incredibly punchable manner. "HAHA, great minds really do think alike! You truly understand me! I also feel that Jie Jingchen isn’t good enough for me. It doesn’t matter that he can’t have children; I don’t mind. As long as he has money and doesn’t make me suffer alongside him, I will devotedly stay by his side and enjoy a life of luxury."

Lin Yaru ground her teeth, producing an audible CREAK, and forced the words out through clenched jaws. "Did you marry Jing Si just for his money?"

Qin Mei smiled, looking directly into Lin Yaru’s anger-filled eyes. "Being after his money is secondary. I’m also after his good looks and his body. Although he can’t have children, in that particular aspect... HAHA, he performs very well. I’m highly satisfied."

"Shameless," Lin Yaru cursed, but her heart was going crazy with jealousy. This was flaunting, absolute flaunting.

Qin Mei asked smugly, "Aren’t you also after his money, after his..."

"I’m not as superficial as you are," Lin Yaru interrupted.

"Right, you’re noble, and I’m superficial. Oh noble one, please continue to maintain your lofty moral sentiments, and don’t do any despicable things that make you lose face just to disgust others." Qin Mei picked at her nails playfully. Gao Yang might compromise his conscience out of consideration for his brotherhood with Jing Si, turning a blind eye when it came to the affairs of Xu Chunyan and Jing Er. However, he absolutely wouldn’t go easy on Xu Chunyan now that Qin Mei had reported her. Qin Mei was certain that Gao Yang would strictly follow official procedures.