Chapter 1 Catching an Adulterer

The rainy March can chill one to the bones!

Standing in black in front of her mother's grave, Xiang Lianyi carefully wiped away the rainwater from her mother's tombstone.

"Mom, Dad's eyes are much better. You don't have to worry about him so much down there."

A rare moment of tenderness appeared on her cool face as she continued, "Mom, I miss your braised meatballs. Dad made it once for me, but it's hard to explain the taste. I can't bear to say it was bad, though."

Suddenly she laughed softly, like a flower blooming in the darkness, and continued, "Heh, I know that if you were there, you would have said again that I've gone soft. Don't worry, though. There aren't many people who can make me go soft anymore, not really."

Mom, you can stop worrying about me!

Xiang Lianyi said in her heart. She looked deeply at her mother's picture and turned away from the cemetery, her lonely and graceful figure drifting away.

Xiang Lianyi took a taxi in the rain and went directly to a luxury hotel, which was closer to the cemetery. It was her and Zhao Zifeng's secret love nest, where they would frequent for their dates.

She didn't turn on the lights and sat down in the living room, exhausted. She only felt a little safer when her body hit the soft couch.

She was unsure when it happened, but only when she was completely surrounded like this did she feel a little safe!

She dialed Zhao Zifeng's phone in the darkness.

"Hello, Lianyi, how are you?" Zhao Zifeng's panting voice came over the phone.

"You seem to be busy." Xiang Lianyi's voice was weary.

"I'm going to be late for a meeting."

"I'm fine, I've already finished visiting mom's grave, so you can go ahead and get busy."

Zhao Zifeng couldn't accompany her to visit her mother's grave because he was on a business trip abroad, and it sounded like he was still busy, so Xiang Lianyi didn't want to bother him anymore.

She heard Zhao Zifeng say slightly anxiously, "Eh, I'm sorry, Lianyi, I'll accompany you to see auntie when I come back from the trip. I have to go to the meeting now! Bye, love you!"

Xiang Lianyi felt that she might have been sick from the cold wind. Her head was a little dizzy, and she just wanted to take a nap on the sofa.

She was just about to take a nap when she heard the sound of the door being opened. The sound of a click caused Xiang Lianyi to raise her head.

The two entangled figures in the doorway were hidden in the shadows. Xiang Lianyi's pupils shrank, then lowered her head and laughed sarcastically.

Wasn't this the same Zhao Zifeng, the boyfriend she was talking to two minutes ago who was abroad, and her good cousin Wu Wenli!

Yes, she's the fool!

She already know about Zhao Zifeng's philandering, but she didn't think he would go low enough to sleep with her cousin!

And on the anniversary of her mother's passing!

Xiang Lianyi's heart gradually turned as sharp as frosty icicles, falling onto the ground and shattering into ice and dust!

The man eagerly pressed the woman against the wall and they unintentionally touched the switch.

The living room lit up like it was daytime!

Wu Wenli's glazed-over, half-opened eyes suddenly saw Xiang Lianyi sitting on the sofa, and was suddenly as frightened as if she had seen a ghost.

She pointed at Xiang Lianyi and exclaimed, "You, Xiang Lianyi, why are you here?"

The man panicked and turned back, "Li-Lianyi!"

Xiang Lianyi gave him a cold glance and walked straight to Wu Wenli.

"Is this man so good to you that you can betray your family for him? Heh, I really underestimated you!"

She calmly took the key of their new home from her bag and shoved into Wu Wenli's hand.

Zhao Zifeng eagerly snatched the key from Wu Wenli's hand.

"Lianyi, listen to me, she and I were just having an affair, trust me, I won't do it again. Alright?"

He tightly grabbed onto Xiang Lianyi's arm and looked at her pleadingly.

Xiang Lianyi looked at him deeply.

"There are many things that you've done. You can't pretend they didn't happen. Now, please let go of me. I'd rather not touch something dirty!" She forcefully shook off Zhao Zifeng's hand and turned around to leave.

Zhao Zifeng's face was suddenly gloomy as he chased after Xiang Lianyi and shouted, "Who are you being so pretentious for? Dating you is like dating a block of wood! If it wasn't for the fact that I felt bad for you, I wouldn't be dating you at all! You are being unreasonable..."

Xiang Lianyi turned back abruptly and looked at him coldly, "I don't know what you mean by me being pretentious, but my attitude towards you depends entirely on how you treat me. Now, I urge you to talk to me properly, including how you look at me."

Zhao Zifeng was shocked by her cold temperament and stiffened for a second before continuing to chase after Xiang Lianyi.

"Xiang Lianyi, if I hadn't used my money to save your father back then, you'd be a fatherless orphan now. How dare you do this to me!"

That was such an ancient and irrelevant matter, and Zhao Zifeng had the nerve to bring it up?

"All this time we've been dating and you never let me touch you. I have to wait for your approval process before I can even kiss you, do you think I am Liu Xiahui or..."

Xiang Lianyi interrupted Zhao Zifeng's chatter.

"You've reminded me, I've already paid off the initial medical expenses. I also paid for half of our new home. You know my card number, you better send me that money soon," Xiang Lianyi said calmly.

The elevator doors slowly closed, cutting off Zhao Zifeng's footsteps and his croaking voice as he came after her.

Xiang Lianyi slowly squatted down with her back against the elevator, her body cold as a block of ice.

It turns out, there was nothing easy about the adult world.

She thought that she could live her life in peace and quiet.

It turned out that even this tiny wish was a luxury!

Her head seemed to get heavier.

Wobbling to her feet, she felt the landscape begin to blur and walked out the door.

The rain had stopped.

But she still couldn't feel a trace of warmth. She slowly lifted her head to see a news story playing on the huge screen over the square.

"According to reliable sources, singer Xi Mufeng was unfortunately injured in a car accident, and after five hours in the ER, he has passed away. On his last breath, he left a belated gift to a mysterious girl..."