Chapter 124 Su Qiao'er seeks out Zhou Ya to cancel the arranged marriage; is Zheng Jie a beast?

Whether he is a beast or a hypocrite, Zheng Jie would never take such words to heart. He only knew that he was the victor now. When she was kicked out of that floor, Su Qiaoer collapsed onto the floor of the elevator.

Everything that happened here today caught her completely off guard. She never expected to witness the one scene in her life she least wanted to see: Zheng Jie actually having a child with another woman, and that woman was not Zhou Ya.

What was important was that at this moment, Su Qiaoer suddenly realized that perhaps Zheng Jie had already been with this woman before they were divorced. In other words, he had cheated during their marriage. Upon realizing this, Su Qiaoer's mind completely collapsed; she could not accept such a situation.

Zheng Jie had once evaluated Su Qiaoer, thinking she was the ultimate hypocrite. There were many things she could do, but you couldn't. Because if you did the things she had done, she would curse you as scum, as a beast—and looking at it now, it was exactly as he said.

Unknowingly, the elevator reached the first floor. When the elevator doors opened, the patients outside were astonished to see Su Qiaoer sitting on the floor inside.

Everyone instinctively backed away from the elevator, fearing that she might have some mental illness. If she suddenly snapped and hurt them, that would be bad.

Seeing so many people outside, Su Qiaoer scrambled to stand up from the floor. Indeed, the eldest daughter of the Su Family still had to maintain some dignity.

She didn't even know how she had left the elevator or how she had reached the outside of the Hospital. When she regained her senses, she was already sitting on a bench outside the Hospital.

She recalled everything she had just seen—that woman, the child in that woman's womb. All of this felt like sharp blades piercing her heart.

At this moment, Su Qiaoer really wanted to ask Zheng Jie: back when their marriage still existed, what had she actually meant to him? Or rather, had he ever loved her?

If he had loved her, then why did this mistress appear, and what was the deal with the child in her womb? At this moment, she took out her phone and dialed a friend's number.

"Can you help me look into someone?"

"Who?"

"I'll send you her photo."

Just now, Su Qiaoer had taken a photo of Xia Wanqing in the chaos. Although it was a bit blurry, she could barely make out who it was.

"Who is this person? Why do you suddenly want me to look into her?"

The tone on the other end was full of curiosity. She had absolutely no impression of such a person and assumed she wasn't from their circle, so she couldn't understand why Su Qiaoer would randomly ask her to investigate her.

"There's a reason. Please, just look into it for me."

"Alright, let me see if I can find anything."

"Mm."

After hanging up, Su Qiaoer continued to sit on the bench. She looked up at the sky; the sun today was exceptionally blinding, making her feel an indescribable sense of irritation.

...

About two hours later, Su Qiaoer received news from her friend.

"Qiaoer, I've looked into the matter you asked about. This woman is named Xia Wanqing, a fashion designer. She has a clothing brand shop on an online shopping platform. At first, it was lukewarm, but three years ago, her shop suddenly became a massive hit. Currently, it has the highest following in the entire clothing category. Some time ago, it seems she spent a huge amount of capital to acquire several clothing companies. There must be someone behind her."

"You asked me to look into her—could it be because she has some connection to Zheng Jie?"

Her friend wasn't stupid. Seeing that the other party was a fashion designer and had spent so much money acquiring clothing companies a while ago, it was obvious that this wasn't something she could afford on her own. It was easy to infer that she must have a benefactor, and as for who that benefactor was, it wasn't hard to guess.

Given how volatile Su Qiaoer's emotions were, and the fact that her clothing brand shop was located right above Zheng Jie's company, it was very likely to be Zheng Jie.

"Just now..."

After hearing Su Qiaoer recount what had happened, the person on the other end of the phone fell silent. After all, her guess had been correct.

To have reached this point proved that this woman was definitely a mistress kept by Zheng Jie.

Furthermore, looking at her rise to success, it seemed that the two had already been together in the third year after Zheng Jie and Su Qiaoer married. Otherwise, why would her career have suddenly taken off that year?

As for the company acquisitions a while ago, that was also likely Zheng Jie's doing, because that timeline almost perfectly matched the timeline of her pregnancy. This meant that the clothing company established was a reward from Zheng Jie to this woman.

If that were the case, then everything lined up. In the third year of his marriage, Zheng Jie cheated with Xia Wanqing and continuously used his company to recommend resources to her, making her products and her online shop a hit. Shortly after the divorce, this woman became pregnant.

After she became pregnant, Zheng Jie acquired some clothing companies as a reward for her. Everything was so logical and reasonable; there were no issues at all.

In truth, such things were not uncommon in their circle, but the person on the other end hadn't expected Zheng Jie to be such a person.

Over the past period, the evaluation of Zheng Jie in the circle had actually been quite high. On one hand, his abilities were outstanding, and on the other hand, he was thought to have decent character. But looking at it now, that character seemed to warrant a big question mark.

"Although her career is going well, he is still scum. Qiaoer, now that you've seen his true colors, I don't think there's any need to keep dwelling on the past. Now that things between you and Zheng Tian are over, I think you can consider starting a new life."

At this moment, her friend advised her. In truth, everyone felt that what Zheng Jie had done was actually reasonable. The reason was simple: although Zheng Jie wasn't a good person, Su Qiaoer was even worse, as she had also chosen to cheat during their marriage.

Moreover, Zheng Jie now possessed a vast amount of capital, and his personal influence spanned from top to bottom. Such a person was far superior to the current Su Qiaoer, who had nothing.

Su Qiaoer understood that what her friend said was true, but she was just angry and unwilling to accept it. She didn't understand how someone could disguise themselves to such an extent. When they divorced, she had felt some guilt, thinking she had let Zheng Jie down, but thinking about it carefully now, that guilt was simply laughable.

"I know. Alright, I'll hang up now. I'll contact you if anything comes up."

At this point, Su Qiaoer didn't want to say anything more to her. After all, talking more was useless; no one could change the current situation, could they?

She struggled to sit up from the bench and walked toward her car. Now, she just wanted to hurry home. Meanwhile, inside the Hospital room, Xia Wanqing watched Zheng Jie and reached out to rub his forehead.

"Did I cause you some trouble today?"

Xia Wanqing asked with a hint of guilt in her tone. Upon hearing this, Zheng Jie smiled.

"What trouble?"

"Will Su Qiaoer knowing about us cause you some trouble?"

"Rest assured, it won't. Everything is still under my control. I will continue to increase security here during this period."

"It's my fault too. I heard someone talking outside and walked out; otherwise, these things wouldn't have happened."

"That's right, don't be so curious in the future. Honestly."

As he spoke, Zheng Jie reached out and rubbed her nose. Her high, straight nose was instantly pressed into something resembling Zhu Bajie's, which looked exceptionally cute.

Seeing this, Zheng Jie couldn't help but chuckle. In reality, Zheng Jie wasn't angry, because when he was angry, he didn't look like this.

...

Su Qiaoer sat in her bedroom at home, her expression dark and uncertain. She hadn't yet recovered from what had just happened. That woman—that woman with the big belly—she really wanted to push her out of the window in one go.

Especially when seeing that big belly, she remembered that in the past, Su Qiaoer and Zheng Jie had actually had the chance to have a child.

At that time, Su Qiaoer had been pregnant, but unfortunately, she had chosen not to keep it because, in her heart, she still liked Zheng Tian.

The reason she had been with Zheng Jie was due to the situation; she had no choice. Even the fact that they had done that was only because they had both been drunk.

As for the many times that followed, it was entirely because Su Qiaoer had given up on herself. But who could have guessed she would get pregnant? To wait for her white moonlight, she had chosen to abort the child. Therefore, when she saw that big belly, she thought of the child she had once aborted. If she hadn't aborted that child, would Zheng Jie have spared the Su Family, out of consideration for the child, instead of relentlessly attacking them?

At this moment, there was a knock at the bedroom door. A second later, Mother Su walked in. Seeing her daughter's state, Mother Su felt particularly complicated; they already knew some of the situation.

"Qiaoer, is that woman..."

"Zheng Jie's mistress, and they must have been together since the third year of our marriage. Most importantly, that woman is pregnant now. I don't know if the Zhou Family knows about this. If they did, would Zhou Ya still be with him? I think I need to go talk to Zhou Ya about this. I want to ruin his reputation throughout the entire circle."

Su Qiaoer couldn't do anything else now; this was the only thing she could do. Upon hearing this, Mother Su frowned. She felt it would be better for her daughter not to do this, but seeing her daughter's attitude so firm, Mother Su couldn't say much more.

It was easy to get Zhou Ya's contact information. Soon, Su Qiaoer had obtained it, and after hesitating for a moment, she dialed Zhou Ya's number.

At this time, Zhou Ya was at home watching a variety show. Seeing an unfamiliar number on her phone, she answered.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Zhou Ya? It's Su Qiaoer."

Zhou Ya was certainly quite familiar with this name, as this woman was Zheng Jie's ex-wife—a woman in the circle who was mocked to the extreme. Everyone said she was very stupid for choosing to divorce Zheng Jie for someone like Zheng Tian.

But while others could mock her, Zhou Ya could not, because if the other party hadn't chosen to divorce Zheng Jie, she would have had no chance to take her place.

That woman could be a mistress, but she, as the eldest daughter of the Zhou Family, absolutely could not be a mistress, as that would affect the reputation of their entire family.

"Oh, so it's President Su. Is there something you need, calling me so late?"

They had no friendship to speak of. After all, the businesses of the Su Group and the Zhou Family were quite different. With the bankruptcy and restructuring of the Su Group, the gap between the two sides had become huge, making contact even less likely.

Upon hearing this, Su Qiaoer frowned. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "If you are available, I would like to talk to you about something tonight."

Hearing this, Zhou Ya checked the time.

"Do we have anything to talk about? Does it need to be in person? I think we should talk over the phone; after all, we have other things to do tonight."

"This matter concerns Zheng Jie. Are you sure you don't want to hear it? In your heart, do you really think he is that perfect?"

At this moment, Zhou Ya vaguely realized something. In her view, barring any accidents, the other party must have found out about Xia Wanqing. But why would she make this call? Did she want to use such a thing to prove that Zheng Jie was a beast, a piece of scum?

But if so, Zhou Ya would only think she was stupid—a woman with a love-sick brain. After all, theirs was a business marriage. How Zheng Jie behaved outside? It didn't really matter. The important thing was that the position of Mrs. Zheng was in her hands.

From here on, she only needed to follow the plan and have two or three children in succession. This way, the majority of the future family fortune would remain in her children's hands. As for any illegitimate children outside, just giving them some scraps of assets would suffice. In Zhou Ya's view, having only one illegitimate child could actually be considered decent character.