Beware the Appearing Cute Wife!-Chapter 4 - . The taste of betrayal

The next morning, Shen Yufeng lay on the hospital bed, flipping through a stack of documents brought by his subordinate, a faint, playful, and lazy smile appearing on his cold, proud face.

So... that woman's name is An Xiaoyu!

*

An Xiaoyu had never imagined that she would encounter betrayal in her life, and such a thorough one at that.

When she first arrived in the US, she didn't have a single friend by her side, but Linda, who also came from China, gradually became her best friend. They shared everything with each other without the slightest guard.

Yet, unexpectedly, the design she had worked so hard on for a competition before graduation was swapped out by Linda, who even ended up winning the award with it.

Looking at Linda on the awards stage and her own design being displayed on the big screen, An Xiaoyu was completely stunned. At that moment, she felt the world spinning around her, and everything seemed to shatter.

A month ago, she had narrowly escaped death amidst gunfire and was feeling unwell the next morning. It was Linda who volunteered to submit her competition design. Xiaoyu didn't suspect a thing and was immensely grateful to Linda, but little did she know... Linda had replaced her name with her own on Xiaoyu's design!

To be deceived by the person she trusted most was truly... an indescribable agony.

Facing her silent questioning, Linda, with tears in her eyes, held her hand: "Xiaoyu, I'm sorry, but I really need this honor. You're a rich girl; you have everything and don't lack opportunities for success... You'll never understand how much harder people like me, without a background or power, have to work to succeed... I really had no choice..."

"Enough!"

An Xiaoyu turned away coldly.

"Linda, you better live with it. From now on, you are no longer my friend."

But no one knew that when she turned around, her eyes were already brimming with tears.

Who knew how much hardship and effort she had put into that design, even skipping meals and losing sleep, causing sores in her mouth? What's more ridiculous was that her hard work seemed meaningless to others...

Was it because An Xiaoyu was a rich girl from a wealthy family that Linda had the audacity to take Xiaoyu's design as her own?

Heh...

At that moment, she really missed home, missed her brother Zixiao. So, she dialed Qin Zixiao's number.

It must be evening back home at this time. Now, all she wanted was to talk to brother Zixiao, to seek some comfort.

The moment the call connected, she called out expectantly, "Brother Zixiao..."

"Zixiao is taking a shower. Is there anything I can help with? I can let him know."

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A bucket of cold water was poured over her head, and An Xiaoyu felt completely petrified.

The tender and mellow voice on the phone belonged to a young girl. At such a late hour, she was together with brother Zixiao... and Zixiao was taking a shower...

All sorts of ambiguous images flashed through her mind in an instant, and her heart tightened abruptly, gasping in pain.

"May I ask... who are you?"

An Xiaoyu's voice trembled slightly, as if desperately suppressing something.

The woman on the other end seemed to sense the crisis and began to claim her territory in a high tone.

"Me? I'm Zixiao's girlfriend! And who are you?"

An Xiaoyu did not respond; she simply hung up the phone.

Her body stiffened as the words "girlfriend" echoed in her mind... lingering for a long time.

She remembered, before she left for the US, she had said to Qin Zixiao, "Brother Zixiao, you must wait for me to come back!"

At that time, Qin Zixiao had teased her nose with his hand, smiling, "Sure, sure, I'll wait for you!"

But he broke his promise!

*

When An Xiaoyu stumbled out of the bar, the sky had darkened.

She staggered away, even forgetting the dangers as she began to cross the street, and accidentally fell to the ground. Suddenly, the sharp sound of brakes rang out, and a white BMW stopped in front of her.

An Xiaoyu looked up and saw a man getting out of the car.