<h4>Chapter 1342: Chapter 1355</h4>


    "Tang Ran, are you really willing to be the third party in someone else’s rtionship?"


    Xiao Manshu demanded loudly.


    "Third party? Xiao Manshu, you’ve got it wrong. You’re the third party. You shamelessly climbed into my brother’s bed, you persuaded Old Man Xiao tirelessly to agree to your marriage, and I’m the one who got hurt the most in your marriage!"


    Tang Ran curled her lips in disdain and gave a coldugh, "You must be wondering how that photo ended up on Xiao Jingchen’s phone, right?"


    "..."


    "It was me, I deliberately bribed the nanny by your side and stole it from your phone. Early this morning, I showed the photo to Xiao Jingchen and told him you were uneasy because of my return, hence Achen came back to angrily confront you without a doubt. Xiao Manshu, how long will you deceive yourself? The person Achen loves is me! Not you! Just give up already!"


    "No! You’re lying! Shut up! I won’t let you continue!" The pain and grievances buried deep within Xiao Manshu were ignited by anger. She stepped forward, grabbed Tang Ran’s arm, and dragged her outside. She didn’t want to hear anything more about Xiao Jingchen not loving her, nor did she want to see Tang Ran!


    "Get out! This is my home! I don’t wee you! Get out!"


    Tang Ran intended to fight back but inadvertently nced at the doorway to see a silhouette rushing towards them. Her heart skipped a beat.


    In the next instant, Tang Ran suddenly shoved Xiao Manshu aside and fell backward onto the ground. With a "crack," she overturned the nearby decor cab, and a vase shattered all over the floor, her handnding on the sharp pieces.


    Blood sttered, and Tang Ran gasped in pain.


    Xiao Manshu just realized what had happened, and a dark shadow quickly swept past her. Xiao Jingchen bypassed her and rushed to Tang Ran, helping her up from the floor.


    Looking at the man and woman in front of her, Xiao Manshu felt her eyes sting—such a ring sight.


    "Ranran, are you okay?" Xiao Jingchen saw blood streaming down Tang Ran’s hand and angrily raised his eyes to re at Xiao Manshu, almost gritting his teeth, "Xiao Manshu...!"


    Tang Ran shook her head, and her helpless gaze turned towards Xiao Jingchen, looking pitiful and aggrieved, "Achen, don’t me Manshu. She didn’t do it on purpose. I just worried that you might get divorced because of me, so I came to stop it. But I didn’t expect Manshu’s hostility towards me to be so deep."


    Stop them from getting divorced? Ha...


    "Manshu, I know you don’t like me, but I truly hope you and Achen can live well together. I know I shouldn’t havee back, I’m sorry. I’ll leave now!"


    As Tang Ran spoke, she became more aggrieved, ultimately crying as she pushed Xiao Jingchen away and stumbled out.


    Xiao Jingchen strode forward, pressure emanating from him, "I will have thewyer send over the divorce agreement. If you refuse to sign, I will take coercive measures."


    His gaze was full of disgust for her, like a sharp knife stabbing into her heart.


    Her heart bled, but Xiao Manshuughed, suddenly feeling like a jumping clown in a marriage that never truly belonged to her, humble enough to be trampled into the dirt.


    What’s the point of such a life?


    "Fine, I agree." After quite a while, she regained her voice, using all her strength to say, "I agree, we’ll get divorced."


    Xiao Jingchen’s dark eyes shed with surprise, seemingly not expecting Xiao Manshu to agree so readily. The irritation in his heart rose again. He red at Xiao Manshu and scoffed, "It better be so!"


    With that, he turned and left without looking back.


    Several days in a row, Xiao Manshu didn’t receive the divorce agreement from Xiao Jingchen.


    That day, Xiao Manshu went out as usual for yoga practice, a ss she enrolled in back then to match Xiao Jingchen. She had also enrolled in painting and culinary courses, both of which shepleted long ago, yet someone never appreciated or tasted her work.


    Arriving at the yoga ss, she didn’t wait for the teacher but instead saw Tang Ran.


    Tang Ran had changed into yoga attire, her graceful figure well disyed. Her gaze discreetly nced at Xiao Manshu, with a casual smile, saying, "Hello everyone, I am your new instructor. Starting today, I will be teaching you yoga."


    Xiao Manshu squinted slightly, focusing on Tang Ran’s hand, which was wrapped thickly in gauze, as if she had suffered a severe injury.


    Throughout the ss, Tang Ran acted as if she didn’t recognize her, until it ended.


    Xiao Manshu packed her things and walked out of the yoga room, bumping into Tang Ran at the door. It seemed like she was deliberately waiting for her, arms crossed arrogantly, "Xiao Manshu, do you think you can usepany shares to impose on Xiao Jingchen the thought of divorcing you? I’m telling you, it’s impossible!"


    Xiao Manshu, not understanding her words, nced at her casually and walked past, intending to leave.


    "Xiao Manshu!" Tang Ran caught her wrist sharply, curling her lips into a sneer, "I’m pregnant! It’s Jingchen’s child!"


    Her words hit Xiao Manshu like a blow, her eyes widened in shock, filled with disbelief.


    "You didn’t expect that, did you? Even while I was abroad, he frequently went abroad to be with me. The child was conceived during that time."


    Xiao Manshu recalled thest month or the month before when Xiao Jingchen went abroad for business. She never questioned his schedule, genuinely believing he was on a business trip.


    Turns out, it wasn’t.


    Xiao Manshu gave a self-mocking smile. She tilted her head, her gaze coolly watching Tang Ran, "If you want me to divorce, then let Xiao Jingchen bring the divorce papers. What good is it for you toe to me?"


    Tang Ran red at her angrily, "If Xiao Jingchen proposes divorce, thirty percent of thepany’s shares will end up in your hands! By then, Xiao Jingchen will have nothing! You’ve seized this point well, which is why you agreed to divorce, isn’t it?"


    Initially stunned, Xiao Manshu soon realized something, seemingly understanding why Xiao Jingchen was dying the divorce papers.


    Years ago, her grandfather used thirty percent of thepany shares as her dowry. If she initiated the divorce, she would have no connection with that thirty percent. If Xiao Jingchen proposed divorce, then he would leave with nothing.


    To Xiao Jingchen, the Xiao Family was the most important thing.


    "Do you think in this way, Xiao Jingchen won’t divorce you?"


    Tang Ran’s voice grew sharp.


    Xiao Manshuughed, "He’ll still divorce me, but you may not necessarily marry him."


    "What?" Tang Ran froze.


    "For so many years, you’ve been clinging to Xiao Jingchen because of his money, haven’t you? Once I divorce him, he’ll leave with nothing. With your vanity, you won’t allow yourself to marry a pauper!"


    Tang Ran’s hands clenched tightly at her side. Yes, she had endured all these years for the Xiao Family’s billions. If Xiao Jingchen ended up with nothing, she’d rather continue like this—at least she had more than enough money every month!


    Watching Tang Ran’s conflicted expression, Xiao Manshu’s heart stirred with a mix of ridicule and sorrow.


    See, Xiao Jingchen, this is the woman you’ve loved for so many years—a woman who approached you for money! Yet you just can’t see it clearly!


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