Chapter 223 - When hubby comes to rescue

"How dare to slander my wife!" A threatening voice attracted the attention of the crowd.

When they looked for the source of the voice and found Kong Xianwang standing behind them.

His cold attitude made everyone feel chills. Everybody slided away to give him space when he approached his wife.

He walked past the crowd and stood beside his wife.

His eyes were fixed at Mai Yuerui. He patted her one shoulder and said gently, "Sweetie, how many times have I told you, but you always forget your ring in the bathroom."

Saying so he took out a diamond ring from his pocket and put that on to her ring finger.

Everyone were shocked to see what was happening.

He rubbed her shoulder to calm her down. He knows that she is panicking inside.

After he was finished talking with his wife he turned his gaze towards the reporters. His facial expression took a 180° turn.

"What were you saying?" He said coldly.

The crowd became silent for a while. His threatening gaze was so terrifying that noboday dared to say anything.

Then one brave reporter raised his voice.

"What is you relationship with Ms. Mai? And what is she doing here with CEO Han?"

Kong Xianwang calmly looked at the reporter and said, "Aren't you the reporter who always says shitty and false rumors about me? I see that you are doing fine after you were fired from your previous company."

Cold sweat fell from that reporter's head.

"Oh! My bad. I got swayed after seeing his face. So where were I? Yes.... I wanted to formally introduce her to you people, but you never miss to be a pain in the a**."

When Mai Yuerui heard him saying rudely towards the reporters she immediately held his arms to control himself.

Kong Xianwang was very angry at this moment that he couldn't help himself from saying slang words.

He gave a smile back at his wife then continued,

"So, people... This is Ms. Mai Yuerui, second daughter of Mai Minghui, owner of Jiankang pharmaceuticals. And also my wife."

An uproar got started among the crowd.

"She is the mysterious second daughter of Mai Minghui?"

"She was working with CEO Kong Xianwang?"

Seeing their excitement Kong Xianwang added, "We recently registered our marriage. But a weeding is also necessary, right? So we were planning to arrange our engagement first and then the wedding. We both came to invite CEO Han personally for this occasion. My wife just got here before me, cause I had a phone call to attend. And you people...." Kong Xianwang's gaze again turned into a cold glare that could slice them into pieces.

"You decided to make up romors just like always."

The reporters were like slapped in the face.

Kong Xianwang again comforted his wife and looked at Han Yefang who was also shocked to hear the news about their marriage.

He cleaned his hand into a fist the moment he saw him.

But he controlled his anger and said calmly, "I am sorry for this inconvenience, Mr. Han." He nodded to him and then he looked back at the crowd and said proudly,

"Next weekend is my and Mai Yuerui's engagement ceremony. You are all invited." Then he drew his wife away from the scene.

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Yesterday at dinner, when Han Yefang poured drink on his shirt, Kong Xianwang had to go wash his clothes.

Unknown to Han Yefang, when he was using Kong Xianwang's phone, Xianwang had already returned and he saw him fiddling with his phone.

But Kong Xianwang kept silent.

He didn't say anything to him.

He knew that Han Yefang's actions had something to do with Mai Yuerui.

And he wanted to know what was his intensions.

When he took his phone, he didn't find anything suspicious meaning that Han Yefang discarded the evidence of him using his phone.

After that Kong Xianwang placed Si ying in the hotel to have his eyes on him.

....

Till the morning it was still okay until Si ying saw Mai Yuerui in the hotel.

As soon as Kong Xianwang was informed that Mai Yuerui came to the hotel, he understood what his plan was.

He didn't waste a second and rushed to the hotel.

But by the time he reached the reporters were already bombarding them with trashy questions.

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After they left the scene they immediately rushed to their cars.

After he made her sit properly, he rushed into the driver's seat.

He didn't say anything and started the car.

There was an awkward silence in the car.

Kong Xianwang was expecting to hear from Mai Yuerui but when he saw her sitting like a mute he felt worried about her.

He knows it's not about the reporters. It's something else.

'What did happen between them?' he couldn't help wonder.

After he dropped her home Mai Yuerui just thanked him and got off from the car.

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"Huh!!!"

After Mai Yuerui returned to her home she locked her door and gave out a long sigh.

She started to feel weakness on her feet.

She sat on the floor and kept looking in front of her with a blank expression.

She doesn't know how much time has been spent.

When she came back to her senses she searched for her bag to get her phone and called her friend Ning Tan's number.

....

After an hour Ning Tan came to see her friend. She didn't sound good on the phone.

As soon as Mai Yuerui saw the face of Ning Tan, she immediately hugged her and started to cry.

Ning Tan didn't know what was wrong with her but she didn't stop her. She will only open her mouth after she is finished crying.

Ning Tan helplessly patted her shoulder.

...

Mai Yuerui didn't cry for so long.

She just needed to let her anguish off from herself.

After she finished crying she looked at her friend with red eyes and sniffed her nose.

"Now, will you tell me, what happened?" Ning Tan asked.

"I am feeling relieved now." Mai Yuerui said with a smile.

"Today I met with Han Yefang." She added.

"What? You met with that jerk? Why?"

"He tricked me with through Kong Xianwang's phone."

"Heh! What was he doing with your husband's phone?"

"I don't know. I thought I was meeting with Kong Xianwang. But it turned out I was tricked."

"That piece of sh"*t...." Ning Tan started to run her mouth with curse word.

Mai Yuerui didn't stop her. He let her say whatever curse words she was saying.

"What did he told you?" Ning Tan asked as she was confused.

After that Mai Yuerui told her everything that happened.

An awkward silence emerged in the room.

"So.... What are you thinking?"

"Are... You considering to go back...." Ning Tan asked cautiously.

Even though she is absolutely against her relationship with Han Yefang but she was also aware of how badly she was in love with him. In the end she has to respect her friend's decision.

"Are you crazy? How can you say something like that?"

"Then why were you crying?"

"I... I don't know. May be I had to let my anger let out somehow. He had made me feel terrible before. Today he again did the same. I had been carrying this burdern in my heart for all these years and now he says that it was all a lie? He never hated me? It was all an act? I know he had a definite reason. But do I have no worth? Didn't I deserve at least an explanation? He could've have told me everything later. May be I would forgive him. But what did he do? He packed his bag and flew all the way to Germany? Now he expects me to return to him?"

Ning Tan was face blanked. She didn't expect this type of answer from her.

Mai Yuerui added, "I am have always wondered what our relationship lacked that I couldn't make him like me back? I thought I was the one who lacked. And it make me torment like hell. I thought I don't deserve to be loved."

"But today he proved my worries to be wrong. What our relationship lacked was not me, but it was his lack of trust in me."

"You know what? I should actually thank him. Why? Because, today because of him I got to take out that piece of burden that was stuck in my heart."

"Are you feeling okay now, Yuerui?" Ning Tan asked.

She has seen her friends suffer in silence for these years. She used to cry whenever she remembers that day. She is the type of person bwho would hide her scars with a smile on her face. She is now smile in front of her. But Ning Tan still is not sure if she is actually smiling or not.

Mai Yuerui sniffed her nose again and smiled beamingly at her, " I am feeling very light now, Ning Tan. After so many years I am feeling free."

Seeing her friend smile, Ning Tan also smiled back at her.

Then she cautiously asked her, "Can you forgive him?"

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