Shen Zhengfeng shot Li Xiaomei a look. Then, he turned to Du Liya and said reproachfully, "Xiao Mei and I are both married now. We’re just regular friends. When a friend is in trouble, how can I just stand by and do nothing? By the way, Liya, why did you suddenly show up here? Could it be that someone wanted to set me up, so they sent you over?"

Du Liya froze, a little dazed and unsure of what to believe.

She then recalled that the woman’s voice on the phone had been strange. That person had deliberately lured her here. ’Could it be they just wanted to see me fight with Shen Zhengfeng, maybe even push us to divorce?’

’How vicious!’

Seeing that Du Liya was buying it, Shen Zhengfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

He actually believed it himself—that someone was out to get him and had sent Du Liya.

’Good thing Du Liya is an idiot,’ he thought. ’So easy to fool.’

Li Xiaomei, however, frowned slightly. ’What a moron,’ she cursed internally. ’Her husband is at another woman’s house in the middle of the night, and she doesn’t even care?’

’Was she really convinced that easily?’

Li Xiaomei was burning with anxiety, but she didn’t dare do anything right now. If Shen Zhengfeng came to resent her, all her efforts would be for nothing.

It also sent a chill through her heart that even in a situation like this, Shen Zhengfeng’s first instinct was still to avoid a divorce.

Shen Zhengfeng was about to say goodbye to Li Xiaomei and leave with Du Liya when Chen Feng and Lin Nian returned. The two of them stared at the three people in the room, stunned.

Chen Feng’s eyes instantly reddened.

He looked at his mother and said furiously, "Mom, so you really are with him, aren’t you?"

Hearing this, Li Xiaomei’s mouth opened, but in the end, she said nothing.

’Because with my son saying that, the fire I just put out in Du Liya is sure to reignite. And in this situation, it will be even harder for Shen Zhengfeng to explain himself.’

’Shen Zhengfeng can’t blame me for this later. At worst, I’ll just say our son is young and doesn’t know any better.’

Li Xiaomei felt a pang of heartache seeing her son’s shocked expression. ’But you can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing the bait. If I miss this chance, who knows how long it will be before I can marry Shen Zhengfeng!’

Just a few minutes ago, Shen Zhengfeng had placated her, saying they would get married in five years, right after Xiao Feng graduated from college. He even promised to get Xiao Feng a job at the Shen Family’s company factory.

But how many five-year periods does a woman have?

How many five-year periods had she, Li Xiaomei, already wasted? Another five years, and she would be old and faded. They were the same age, but she already looked five or six years older than the pampered Du Liya. What would she have left to turn the tables then?

Sure enough, Du Liya erupted. She glanced at Chen Feng, who was about the same age as her own son, then turned to her husband, dumbfounded. "Zhengfeng, what in the world is going on?"

Shen Zhengfeng was furious but found himself at a loss for words. He glared at Chen Feng, then looked helplessly at Li Xiaomei, who was silently wiping away tears. Because he remained silent, Du Liya suddenly rushed forward and slapped him across the face.

"Shen Zhengfeng, how could you betray me! You actually cheated on me!" Du Liya sobbed as she tried to hit Shen Zhengfeng, who could only raise his hands to block her.

The scene was utter chaos.

Lin Nian pressed her lips together and slowly took two steps back, planning to leave.

’After this whole fiasco, Shen Zhengfeng and Du Liya might actually get a divorce. That would be the perfect opportunity for Li Xiaomei to make her move.’

’But this is way too awkward. I’d better not watch, or Li Xiaomei might hold it against me later.’

But just as she retreated to the doorway, she suddenly heard a voice from behind her. "Lin Nian, where are you off to? What, not staying to watch how your future mother-in-law, the other woman, takes over?"

Lin Nian recognized the familiar voice and turned her head in astonishment. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

It was Qin Jiao!