Mu Tiantian burst out laughing. “Mu Zhenrong, is your brain stuffed with clowns? You’re saying such ridiculous things.”
After all as she knew. Qin Heye had secretly loved Shi Ning for ten years!
She was his true love, the kind of love he would carry to death. Divorce? Impossible.
It was almost satisfying to watch a clown like Mu Zhenrong prance around so shamelessly.
Shi Ning’s gaze turned cold as she looked at her. “I advise you to stop talking nonsense. Qin Heye and I will not divorce.”
Just hearing the word divorce from Qin Heye’s lips earlier had already cut her deeply.
Anyone who wanted her to divorce… wasn’t wishing her well. They wanted her to be locked away in an attic, stripped of her freedom, left with nothing.
Mu Zhenrong, catching the crack in Shi Ning’s defenses, sneered, “Stop pretending. You and Mr. Qin agreed to marry, and now the divorce date has arrived. You even made an appointment for it. Everyone online knows.”
Shi Ning frowned. “The whole internet knows? Who said that?”
It had already been almost a month since that incident, and she had made it very clear she would not divorce. How had it suddenly become public knowledge online?
At the mention of the news trending online, Mu Tiantian immediately pulled out her phone, opened the app, and yanked Shi Ning over.
“Ningning, sweetheart, your marriage agreement with Qin the Great Demon King, plus the screenshots of your divorce appointment, are trending.”
“It was just posted ten minutes ago, and it’s already topping the hot search list—completely overshadowing even the gossip about that cheating brother and mistress.”
Shi Ning quickly took out her own phone. The moment she opened the trending list, she froze.
Qin’s CEO Divorce
Qin’s CEO Marriage Fraud
Mrs. Qin’s Divorce Appointment
Qin’s CEO Gets Dumped
The screen was covered in nothing but those hashtags. Everywhere she looked—it was Qin, Qin, Qin, and divorce.
Clicking into any trending post showed the marriage agreement—her and Qin Heye’s names blurred out, but still obvious.
And right there—the divorce appointment too.
Back then, in her eagerness to end things, Shi Ning had registered online for the divorce a full thirty days in advance, so she could avoid the “cooling-off” period and make it final as quickly as possible.
But today—of all days—it had been leaked.
Mu Tiantian raised her head, shocked. “Ningning, you didn’t cancel the divorce appointment?”
Shi Ning’s temples throbbed. “I forgot…”
Mu Tiantian glanced back down at her phone and nearly screamed. “Ningning! Why did you post a status celebrating your divorce?!”
“I didn’t post anything…”
Shi Ning hurriedly lowered her head. On her screen—her most recent post read:
【Ning: I can finally divorce the most disgusting man and be with the man I love the most. I’m so happy O(∩_∩)O~~】
Even worse—it was attached to a photo of Shen Xizhou!
The posting time was only one minute ago.
“What the hell—this wasn’t me!”
Shi Ning hadn’t expected such chaos now of all times. She quickly deleted the status.
But—
The next second, her account was forcibly logged out.
When she tried to log in again, it showed: Incorrect password.
She attempted to retrieve her password, but the linked phone number had already been changed.
Mu Tiantian looked at her anxiously. “Ningning, what’s happening?”
Shi Ning, busy trying to hack her way back in, didn’t even look up. “My account’s been hacked. I need to get it back and delete that post.”
Mu Zhenrong scoffed from the side. “Oh, stop acting. Your so-called marriage with Master Qin is fake. Your title as Young Madam Qin is just empty! You’re nothing but a fake couple, a fake Young Madam Qin!”
The Shi and Mu families had always been on equal footing—so she wasn’t afraid.
Shi Ning finally raised her eyes, her smile sharp. “Qin Heye and I’s marriage certificate is real. That makes us a real couple.”
Her tone turned cutting. “Just like you think being the ‘Second Miss of the Mu family’ makes you noble. It can’t change the fact that you’re a mistress’s daughter, an illegitimate child—a bastard.”
“You—!”
Mu Zhenrong’s face turned red. She wanted to retort, but the words died in her throat. Her mother being a mistress—and her being an illegitimate daughter—was an irrefutable fact.
She sulked angrily. “Either way, you want a divorce. That’s the truth.”
Shi Ning didn’t waste time arguing. “Tiantian, handle her.”
Mu Tiantian had always held back out of respect for Shi Ning. But now, with Shi Ning giving her the nod, she wasn’t about to show mercy.
She grabbed Mu Zhenrong by the arm, dragged her aside, and—
Smack!
Her palm landed squarely on Mu Zhenrong’s face.
“You dare hit me?!” Mu Zhenrong screeched in fury.
Mu Tiantian curled her lip. “I already hit you, and you’re still asking? What, your mother must’ve spread her legs in the desert to birth you—that’s why you’re so cheap.”
Shi Ning ignored their squabble, her entire focus on retrieving her account.
Meanwhile, her phone buzzed with messages. A few friends had reached out—Yu Yuexi, Lin Jingyao—asking what on earth was happening.
But from the Qin family? Silence.
Shi Guoqiang didn’t send a word.
Even Qin Heye… terrifyingly quiet.
The silence was too strange. Too wrong.
Shi Ning frowned, a pang of unease in her chest. “They don’t care… Does Qin Heye not care either? Now that he has me, he doesn’t cherish me anymore? Have I been too good to him lately? Is his true nature showing—that he doesn’t care at all?”
Her eyes darkened. “Then maybe I shouldn’t be so nice. Maybe I should reel him in—like a fish on the line.”
[Bullet screen: What unexpected plot twist is this?! This wasn’t in the original novel! What changed?]
[Shi’s father is frantic, spinning his phone like a top. He wants to ask the supporting actress (Shi Ning) about the divorce, but he’s too scared she’ll reject him. Poor Butler Zhao’s presbyopia (age-related farsightedness) is getting worse just watching him spin—he’s getting dizzy.]
[Old Man Qin doesn’t dare ask either. Father Qin is too busy, Mother Qin is thrilled about the divorce, so she keeps her mouth shut.]
[And the villain? Did he see the supporting actress’s posts in the middle of his meeting and burst into tears like a boiling kettle?]
[Nope. His eyes just turned red. Then he ended the meeting with murderous intent and went to personally drag Shi Ning back. The attic can finally see the light of day again!]
[The villain even had a custom gold chain made yesterday. Now he can finally use it. I’m so excited! My attic play! Imprisonment play!]
Shi Ning: “…!!!”
Still coming!
Hasn’t she disciplined Qin Heye enough these past days?
The next second—Shi Ning’s phone lit up with a new message.