On New Year's Eve afternoon, my best friend's floral shop received an order from my husband. I stared at the customer's WeChat on the shop's phone, checking it over and over. There was no mistake. It was my husband, who was supposedly on a business trip out of town. But the recipient wasn't me. I dialed a video call, and it took a long time to connect. Just as I was about to question him, my best friend squeezed into the frame, smiling and speaking before I could. "Not coming back for New Year's? What gift are you getting our Nanny to make up for it?" The room on the other side was pitch black. My husband had the quilt over his head, squinting, the corner of his mouth twitching unnaturally. "Honey, I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you when I get back." "I pulled an all-nighter yesterday, I'm exhausted. Let me sleep a bit more." This interruption calmed me down significantly. I perfunctorily said a few words and hung up. Picking up the wrapped bouquet, I walked out the door. "I'll deliver this order." 1 The delivery address wasn't far from the flower shop, a new luxury complex opened last year. The security guard stopped me. "No deliveries allowed inside." I took out the shop phone, dialed the number, and pinched my voice to explain the situation. My husband's voice came through. "I'm the owner of Unit 1603 in Building 5, Victor. Let her in." The guard complied, letting me pass after registering my information. The elevator door dinged open, and I took a deep breath. "I'll go in alone." My best friend nodded, walking to the stairwell nearby. "Call me if anything happens." I turned on my phone's video recording and pressed the doorbell. Victor's shout came from inside, "Honey, get the door." After a flurry of footsteps, the door opened, and she froze. "Yoyo's mom?" I froze too. She was my daughter's art teacher from her after-school class. She quit six months ago due to pregnancy. Was it my husband's child? Seeing the flowers in my hand, she looked me up and down, then lowered her head with a smile that was shy yet provocative. "Yoyo's mom, are you delivering flowers now?" She was wearing a loose nightgown, her belly visibly protruding. The paper wrapping the flowers crinkled under my tightening grip. She reached out to take the flowers, looking considerate. "Thank you. It's so cold out, you must be working hard. Want to come in and rest for a bit?" "Sure, thank you." She was stunned, not expecting me to agree so easily. Her eyes darted towards the kitchen, then she smiled and opened the shoe cabinet, taking out a pair of slippers. There were many men's shoes in the cabinet. One pair was the new ones I bought for Victor last month; he wore them the day he left for his "business trip." A cartoon photo of the two of them sat on the entryway table. Lily sniffed the flowers. "My husband is always so romantic, never forgetting to arrange surprises for holidays." I sneered. "Does he send them for Tomb Sweeping Day too?" Her mouth hung open slightly. She paused, then said, "Life after divorce must be hard, a rich wife delivering takeout." I looked around the apartment. The floor-to-ceiling windows offered a panoramic view of Jade Lake, the sunset casting a breathtakingly beautiful light. But my heart could only feel its desolation. A dense, prickling pain spread through my body. "Yeah, unlike Teacher Lily. Following President Victor, your quality of life has skyrocketed." With the relationship exposed, she became smug. "If it weren't for Yoyo, President Victor would have divorced you long ago. But my child is more important. As soon as he heard I was pregnant, he divorced you immediately." "Divorced?" "Stop pretending. Victor told me everything. Going back once a month is just an act for Yoyo. Since you've seen it, be sensible. Don't use this to pester my husband." "We're both women; I know your little tricks clearly." She spoke with her head held high, confident. Just then, Victor came out of the kitchen with a freshly stewed pot of chicken soup, carefully placing it on the dining table and ladling a bowl. He didn't see me. Lily linked her arm through his, her voice sticky sweet. "Hubby, we have a guest." Victor turned around. Seeing me, his hand shook, and the bowl smashed onto the floor, shattering into pieces. "Why are you here!" Lily sighed with pity. "Yoyo's mom is having a hard time, she's delivering flowers now." Victor glanced at the flowers on the table, recalling the delivery person's voice sounded somewhat like mine, but he never expected it would actually be me. He pulled me nervously. "Listen to me, this..." Before he could finish, Lily pulled him back, declaring sovereignty. "You're already divorced, what's there to explain?" "Yoyo's mom, President Victor will pay child support. Don't be shameless and pester him." I stared into Victor's eyes. "It is time for a divorce." 2 Victor shook off Lily and dragged me towards the door. "Let's talk outside. Lily is in her third trimester, don't scare her." Lily slipped on a porcelain shard, falling to the ground unsteadily, grabbing Victor's pant leg. "Hubby, my stomach." Victor turned pale with fright, hurriedly picking her up. "Lily, don't be scared, I'll take you to the hospital." I was knocked aside by his elbow, a sharp pain shooting through my lower back. "Ah!" Victor instinctively looked back. "Nancy..." Lily moaned, interrupting him. Looking at the pained expression of the woman in his arms, he sped up, distressed. I walked out the door, and my best friend ran over to support me. "Are you okay?" "I'm fine." My best friend held up her phone screen. "I suspected he was secretly transferring assets, so I asked my brother to investigate." Her brother is a lawyer. I nodded in thanks and sent over the video I just recorded. "That woman is Lily, Yoyo's former art teacher. Ask your brother to draft a divorce agreement too." "Okay, I'll drive you back." My best friend insisted I wasn't fit to drive, took me home, and picked up Yoyo to stay with her for a couple of days. Her brother was fast. As soon as I got home, he sent over the information he found. The house and car under Lily's name were bought by Victor, plus transfers totaling nearly ten million dollars. A year ago, Victor told me there were issues at the branch office requiring his frequent presence. Turns out it was a golden cage for his mistress. Every time he said he was on a business trip, he was actually with Lily. I immediately called the company's financial director. "Director Wang, send me the accounts of the main company and branch office for the last few years." "Madam, company secrets are not for you to view." "I am a shareholder!" There was a two-second pause on the other end. "I'll apply with President Victor. Once he signs approval, I'll send them to you." Good, very good. Since getting pregnant, I never asked about the company, spending my days shopping, getting spa treatments, and taking care of the child. Everyone thought I married well. Probably even Victor forgot that I am the company's largest shareholder, with the right to dismiss him at any time. I started cleaning out the trash at home. Opening the closet, I threw Victor's clothes on the floor one by one, tearing and stomping on them, venting my dissatisfaction like a madwoman. Finally, a storage box was revealed in the corner of the closet. Inside were all the things Victor gave me during our four years of college. Tulip LED night lights, hand-sewn backpacks, personally designed hair clips, star jars with sweet moments written inside, and so on. His family wasn't well off, couldn't afford expensive gifts, so most presents were handmade by him. I held them and cried loudly until dawn. The next morning, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law barged in early, cursing loudly at the messy room. "Nancy Shen, are you crazy? Smashing such expensive things? Do you think my son earns money easily? Why did he marry such a wasteful wife like you? Can't even bear a son, and can't manage a household." Seeing me, she came up and slapped me. "Bitch, you almost harmed my grandson." "Giving birth to a useless girl and you dare to show off in front of Lily. Be sensible and divorce my son quickly, get out of our family." My sister-in-law packed all the bird's nest, sea cucumber, aged ginseng, and other supplements from the kitchen into bags. "Wasting good stuff on her. Mom, let's take these to nourish our little sister-in-law." Hearing this, my mother-in-law rushed to the kitchen, packing things with both hands and feet. "Right, Lily is the great contributor to our family, she needs to be nourished well." The day I gave birth to Yoyo, she took one look, saw it was a girl, and never appeared again. I didn't care about her attitude, but that Lily actually gave birth? "Where is Victor?" My mother-in-law spat. "Of course accompanying my grandson. I'm warning you, if anything happens to him, I'm not done with you!" 3 Lily gave birth to a boy. The whole family knew about them long ago, keeping it from me. Victor didn't come home until the afternoon, eyes tired, face full of impatience. "My mom just took some things from home, and you called the police? I bought all these with my money, what's wrong with my mom taking them?" "Pack up and go to the police station to explain." As soon as my mother-in-law and sister-in-law left, I called the police reporting theft. The home surveillance captured it clearly; the value of items taken exceeded a thousand dollars, enough to file a case. The police found them at the hospital. Left alone to care for everyone at the hospital, Victor was overwhelmed. Only after finally securing a confinement nanny did he have time to come back and settle scores with me. I looked at him and sneered. "Your money?" He seemed to hear a joke, his tone mocking. "If not mine, is it yours? For so many years, if I hadn't propped up the company, it would have gone bankrupt long ago. I've been supporting you, letting you enjoy life for over a decade." "Such a big company needs an heir. Just be your Mrs. Victor obediently, no one threatens your position." I pointed at the family photo on the wall and questioned. "Is Yoyo not your child?" "What use is a girl? She'll just end up in someone else's hands eventually." My heart trembled. What did he mean by ending up in someone else's hands? Could it be... "Victor, was this the reason you approached me in college?" Victor lowered his head and grabbed my hand, softening his tone. "Nancy, I love you." I threw the printed divorce agreement at him. "Sign it." He glanced at the agreement twice, threw it on the ground, and sneered. "Nancy, look at others. Which one isn't drinking and partying, keeping several mistresses? After so many years, I just made one small mistake, and you want a divorce?" "Stop making a fuss, okay? My mom wanted a son, and you couldn't have a second child. I had no choice. At worst, when the boy grows up a bit, we'll bring him back for you to raise." His tone was as casual as commenting on the weather. I looked at him in disbelief and backhanded him two slaps. "Scum!" He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Wifey, I know you're angry, but how will you live without me? Really going to deliver takeout?" "Don't forget, the company belongs to my family." Victor chuckled. "Don't be silly. It's been over ten years; those people in the company stopped listening to you long ago." "Let's live well. I promise you, no one will ever affect your position as Mrs. Victor, and I won't shortchange Yoyo." "As long as I don't agree, you won't get custody of the child. Can you bear to leave her? Bear to let her have a broken home? For Yoyo's sake, think it over carefully." Ridiculous. He didn't think of the child when cheating, but now he uses morals to kidnap me. When my father passed away, he gifted Victor 10% of the shares, hoping he would treat me well. Now it became a weapon against me. Before marriage, I hid my identity. After graduation, we joined the company together. While competing for an executive position, I found out I was pregnant. My father learned of this and hastily organized our wedding, ordering me to focus on the pregnancy at home. Soon after, my father fell suddenly ill and passed away. My depression led to a miscarriage, and after leaving the hospital, I suffered from severe depression. He took care of me while propping up the company. He said he would guard my father's empire for me. I believed him and united other shareholders to support him as chairman. Under the circumstances, I indeed didn't have the energy to manage the company. From then on, I became the envied Mrs. Victor and gave birth to a beautiful daughter. Because I lost a child once, I valued Yoyo immensely. Victor knew this, which is why he thought of using the child to persuade me. "Victor, the naive one is you, not me." 4 A few days later, acting as a shareholder, I dismissed Victor from all duties and announced I would take over all company affairs. The email was sent to every employee's inbox. I put on a business suit I hadn't worn in a long time and walked into the company. The receptionist stopped me. "Miss, who are you looking for?" I hadn't been in the company for at least five years; many employees didn't recognize me. "I am Nancy Shen, here to work." "Nancy Shen?" The receptionist muttered softly, then remembered the email she saw in the morning. "You're the newly appointed Chairman!" She respectfully opened the door for me. The elevator rose to the 26th floor. As the doors opened, Victor stood there with other shareholders, as if waiting for me. His eyes smiled, seemingly mocking my overestimation of myself. The first to speak was Uncle Wang. He started the business with my father and watched me grow up. Now he put on an elder's posture to lecture. "Nancy, Victor told us everything. You're being too reckless! A lovers' quarrel shouldn't be brought to the company. Being Chairman is a serious matter, not something for you to use in a tantrum!" Employees watching the drama nearby chuckled. "The boss's wife probably can't even read a financial report, right?" "Should stay home and take care of kids, what's she doing joining the fun at the company." "I know this type of housewife, just afraid her husband runs off with someone else, coming out to mark territory." Other shareholders also smiled and persuaded me. "Mrs. Victor, the Chairman position is no joke. You should go home and accompany your child." "Nancy, Rongcheng has grown bigger and bigger under Victor's leadership. Why are you causing trouble?" "The company isn't yours alone. What right do you have to make such a decision?" Victor smiled confidently, smoothing things over for me. "It's my fault, made Nancy angry, causing this trouble. I apologize to everyone on her behalf." "President Victor is joking. Since it's a family matter, we won't get involved." "Nancy, no more jokes like this!" A group of people laughed and started walking down the steps, preparing to leave in twos and threes. Victor bent down and whispered in my ear. "See? No one will stand on your side." Many were confidants who followed my father for years, now siding with Victor. I looked around, the chill in my heart growing bit by bit, and spoke coldly. "Joke? I am the company's largest shareholder. I demand the immediate removal of Victor from all positions." The shareholders froze, looking at Victor in unison. Victor wasn't angry. "Since everyone is here, let's hold a shareholders' meeting and elect a new Chairman together." "Assistant Sun, take everyone to the conference room, and notify Director Li to come for the shareholders' meeting." We walked into the conference room. Victor naturally sat at the head of the table, taking out his equity agreement. He actually had 20% of the shares! "I've already acquired the scattered shares. I hold 20%, Nancy holds 35%. Who do you support?" Uncle Wang, Uncle Zhao, and others successively expressed support for Victor. Victor crossed his legs, looking down at me arrogantly. "Now 40% stand with me, you only have 35%. Admit defeat." I looked at the door, waiting for another shareholder. Victor looked away, the corners of his mouth curling into a sarcastic smile. Half an hour later, Director Li arrived late, glancing at me. "Nancy, you shouldn't be like this." My eyes reddened instantly. "Uncle, Victor betrayed me." Uncle pulled me aside to scold. "Even if Victor is wrong, you shouldn't bring it out in the open. Men need face. Enough, you two solve this at home." "I support Victor." Others I could understand, but I didn't expect my own uncle to help Victor. With that, Victor stood up to thank everyone. "Nancy, a total of 46% support me. What else do you have to say?" "President Victor, don't forget, there's a holder of 19% shares who hasn't expressed their stance yet."
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