When Chi Yingyu first noticed her brother-in-law acting strangely, she made a feint move, as if she were about to sit up from her seat, but in reality, she just shifted direction.
But Jiang Leyi’s reaction was extremely intense. She looked as if she’d been startled, hurriedly adjusting her posture so her phone stayed turned away from Chi Yingyu, as if she didn’t want her to see any of her messages.
There was definitely something fishy going on.
This only made Chi Yingyu’s suspicions grow even stronger.
Right now, he really wanted to throw caution to the wind and just grab his brother-in-law’s phone to see who she was chatting with.
Who could she be talking to that she wouldn’t let him see their chat history?
It had never been like this before.
In the past, whenever Jiang Leyi received a message on her phone and didn’t have time to reply, she would hand it over to Chi Yingyu to respond on her behalf.
There were practically no secrets between the two of them.
They’d even reached the point where, even if they accidentally took the wrong phone, they could get through the day just fine.
But now, his brother-in-law was keeping secrets from him.
Chi Yingyu couldn’t accept this sudden change.
As his mood grew heavy and he started spiraling inward, Jiang Leyi put her phone away.
Jiang Leyi also knew that if her chat logs with Xu Ruobing were discovered by her sister-in-law, her shame would be enough to make her want to run away and hide.
She’d been so furtive in the office just now, and she knew this kind of behavior was suspicious.
So she stood up a little and used an excuse straight out of her college days, “Yingyu, I’m going to the bathroom outside.
Wait for me, okay?”
Hearing her brother-in-law’s voice, Chi Yingyu slowly looked up, but her gaze wasn’t on Jiang Leyi’s face.
Instead, she was watching the phone being slipped into her pocket.
Anyway, the two of them still had to return to their home later.
For now, she’d just keep enduring.
Tonight, she’d be able to unlock her brother-in-law’s phone and the truth would come out.
Even though Chi Yingyu’s thoughts were in chaos, all she could do now was act as if nothing was wrong, smiling as she reminded Jiang Leyi, “Do you need me to go with you?”
“No need, I’m not a kid anymore. Some things, you just get used to. Besides, isn’t this a private restroom?”
Jiang Leyi had checked out this place before when she used to bring meals here, and she’d used the restroom here before too, so she was quite familiar with it.
More importantly, this time, her excuse for going to the restroom was just so she could hurry outside and finish her chat with Xu Ruobing.
The longer they chatted, the higher the risk of being exposed.
The moment Jiang Leyi stepped out of the office and closed the door, she picked up her phone, glanced at the missed call, and opened her chat app with Xu Ruobing again.
[Why are you calling? You really scared me just now. Next time you want to call, let me know in advance.]
Jiang Leyi knew this message sounded a bit harsh, so after sending it, she quickly followed up with another one: [Okay?]
When there’s a question at the end, the whole tone softens and doesn’t come across as so forceful.
But even without that “okay” at the end, Xu Ruobing on the other end wouldn’t have minded.
She completely understood why Jiang Leyi’s reaction was so intense—her partner must have been right beside her, and she was afraid their ambiguous conversation would be discovered.
Jiang Leyi’s actions now could probably be called sneaking around with her.
For some reason, just thinking about this made Xu Ruobing feel a little excited.
But Jiang Leyi had no idea that, after she left the office, the two most important women in her life both turned their attention to her at the same time.
One was Shen Ruxue, who had just been eavesdropping in the conference room.
The other was Chi Yingyu, who had quickly turned on the camera in the office.
Each had their own agenda, but both pairs of eyes were fixed on Jiang Leyi until she disappeared into the restroom.
Shen Ruxue had swept her gaze over Jiang Leyi as she walked out of the office, and she immediately noticed the red mark on the woman’s neck.
Clearly, something unspeakable had happened in the office.
Shen Ruxue was getting to be young again, so she understood a lot more about current trends. If her own sister liked women, she could accept it.
After all, she hadn’t spent much time with her sister in recent years, and had no idea what was on her mind anymore.
What Shen Ruxue cared about now was that if the two wanted to be intimate, they could easily wait until after work or until they got home.
To start fooling around in the office was really quite improper.
Even though they hadn’t seen each other in a long time, once they reconnected, Shen Ruxue immediately put herself in the position of an elder.
That’s how it had always been—just as they say, “the eldest sister is like a mother.” Even though her sister was grown up now, she still needed to help her think things through.
Shen Ruxue had a rather strong personality.
Even though she might act gentle and docile in front of Jiang Leyi, when it came to important matters, her attitude would become extremely resolute—let alone when it came to her little sister, whom she’d managed since childhood.
This was just how Shen Ruxue’s mind worked.
It was almost impossible for her to change overnight.
After seeing her sister alone in the office, Shen Ruxue thought for a moment, then left the conference room and gently knocked on the office door.
Now that she understood the general relationship between the two, she didn’t need to eavesdrop anymore. The most important thing was to reconnect with her sister.
Only with her sister’s support would she be confident in dealing with the homewrecker.
Ideally, it would be 360 degrees and have a zoom function. That way, she could see exactly what her brother-in-law was typing and why she was sending so many messages.
Even though the image was a bit blurry, she could still see that there were a lot of green messages on her brother-in-law’s phone.
Sending that many messages—could it be that her brother-in-law was someone else’s simp?
While Chi Yingyu was lost in a tangle of frustration and anxiety, someone knocked on the office door, snapping her out of her funk.
She could only pull herself together and let the person outside come in.
“Come in.”
When Chi Yingyu saw the girl who walked into the office, she felt she looked familiar.
They’d brushed past each other earlier today, but she’d also seen the girl’s photo before.
It seemed that Jiang Leyi had shown her a photo of this girl before.
At the time, her niece had been very excited, telling her she’d made the most important and best friend of her life…