Chapter 1697 - 1307:
Chapter 1697: Chapter 1307:
If it weren’t for some trouble in his business, that day he was in a bad mood, drank a little at the club, got a bit tipsy, and then this woman came up to hit on him. Somehow, the two of them ended up at a hotel, and then the affair started.
To him, it was nothing but a minor episode in his life—just fooling around, throw her some cash, and that’s that. Who would have thought this woman in front of him, so fake and pretentious, would actually fantasize about having feelings for him, always bringing up his wife, hinting that the one at home was just an old hag.
Ha! Who does she think she is? Where does she get the nerve to compare herself to his wife?
Xu Wei sneered to himself.
The last year, he barely had any feelings left for his wife, and she probably felt the same about him. But they’re married; until they divorce, they’re a family.
Who the hell does this whore think she is to judge?
"What did you say? So I’m just a fling to you?" Chunxia acted as if she’d suffered a huge blow, staring at the man in disbelief. "But you said I was great, said I was the most gentle, caring, and genuine woman you’d ever met."
Stupid bastard! If she wasn’t so broke, she wouldn’t even look at a wannabe big shot like him, who actually didn’t have much money.
If he wanted to sleep with her, he wouldn’t even pay for a hotel, insisting on coming to her crappy rental, saying it felt cozier, more like home.
Cozy?
Home?
Looking for coziness and a home here—was he really not just treating her like an idiot? Cracking jokes right in her face.
Chunxia wasn’t exactly lacking self-awareness. She knew what she was doing, knew that a man’s sincerity was pure bullshit. All she wanted was money, a life where she didn’t have to work her ass off, someone to just take care of her.
Considering she wasn’t young anymore, and in a few years it would get tough to keep hustling, she lowered her standards, played a few tricks, tried to push this guy, dissatisfied with his old hag at home, toward divorce—so he’d marry her.
But looking at how things are, he’s pure trash and doesn’t want to give her that chance.
A flash of thought, and Chunxia’s tears flooded out.
Xu Wei frowned. "Is this supposed to mean something? Those words were just something I said offhand. You really think you don’t know your own worth?"
"But my feelings for you are real!"
Chunxia sobbed. "I never thought you’d just treat me as some fling."
Xu Wei: "Real feelings? You think women like you have real feelings?"
"Women like me? Say it clearly—what kind of woman am I?" Chunxia’s tearful eyes were full of misery and pain. "Is it so wrong to like you? Besides, you’re the one who took me out that day..."
"If you hadn’t thrown yourself at me, would I have taken you anywhere?" Xu Wei said, waving his hand. "Enough, let’s not dwell on the past. I came here today to shut things down between us. Take this One Thousand Yuan—don’t show up in front of me again. If we bump into each other by accident, just act like you don’t know me. Otherwise, I’m not afraid to show you what I’m capable of."
He stood up, walked to the door, leaving one last line: "A woman ought to have some self-respect, some dignity. You’re not young anymore, so find yourself an honest man and settle down." Consider that his last bit of kindness.
Whatever you say, the past days with this woman helped him relax, and the business trouble was pretty much sorted out.
"My business is none of Mr. Xu’s concern!"
Staring at Xu Wei’s disappearing silhouette, Chunxia spat out her words, laced with resentment.
Not that it made any difference to Xu Wei.
In a blink, he’d walked out the door.
"Stupid man! If he looks down on me, that’s his own blindness!" At that moment, Chunxia’s eyes weren’t wet at all. She picked up the One Thousand Yuan Xu Wei left on the table, counted it, a hint of a smile in her eyes, but she grumbled, "Cheap bastard!"
A thousand in just a few days—not too bad for her.
That was more than an ordinary worker earned in a year or two fresh out of school.
Humming a tuneless pop song, Chunxia freshened up and decided to deposit the money, thinking she’d better land a real big shot someday—then she could go back to the good life.
As for Xu Wei’s parting words, Chunxia scoffed.
Find an honest man and settle down?
If he’s got money, sure, but besides being honest, those guys have nothing else. Is she really supposed to starve in the Northwest?
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