94 Useless

Su Linyu entered the hospital room and she was welcomed by dead silence.

Staring back at her were the hazel eyes of Victor Zhou.

"Hello, Victor." She had a smile on her face.

Victor Zhou blinked once as acknowledgement. Though his expression is flat, his eyes were like bottomless pits. One might try but will never get to know what is beyond them.

She suddenly chuckled. "You know, even though we both know that we never loved each other, I was happy for awhile. At least I married into a stable family. At least, I married a rich and capable man." She moved towards him, then leaned in to face him. "It was good enough, until you became useless."

She paused, straightened her back, then looked down on him. "Would you blame me for chasing my one true love?" She chuckled. "If it weren't for that foreign sl**, I would have married him. I have to commend you, though. You actually agreed to marry someone who had been humiliated in her engagement party." Tears started to well up in her eyes.

She sat on a chair on his bedside. "I have to thank you. At least I had a capable son. You know what? I'll have him marry for the company." She laughed. "Even if he doesn't want to, he can't object. Since you're already useless, he can't be incompetent too."

Her monologue stopped as a nurse knocked on the door.

"Excuse me, Sir, Madam. I am here to take the patient's vital signs."

Su Linyu smirked and stood up. She glanced back at her husband briefly before striding away.

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Masaichi Xiu looked up from his desk. Riley just handed him some documents.

"Still no lead huh..?" Masaichi's face was cool, but his voice had impatience in it.

"Unfortunately, our mole was not qualified for a higher position so his knowledge on the actual transactions were lacking."

"Useless." His voice was monotonous, but still intimidating. "Make him quit. I don't need someone who can be traced back to us. Send him overseas."

"Yes, CEO." Riley bowed and took his leave.

There was a knock on the door after Riley had left.

Secretary Ta walked in after being given permission. She carried a folder with her.

Masaichi browsed through the employee file and had a hint of smile. 'Such daring move. Madam Ming surely wanted too much, even throwing in her own daughter as collateral.'

He stared back at the photo in the resumé. Ming Rushi's bright face was staring back at him.

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Xiu Jin was finally allowed on the bed. He was planning on sleeping in with his wife on this weekend.

However, as he hugged tighter, he noticed something wrong. He lazily opened his eyes. It was a pillow!

"Sweetheart?" He called out as he got up from bed. He walked for a while until he heard the shower. In his shamelessness, he tried to open the door.

At the other side, Aoi Xiu snickered as she heard the door was being opened in vain. She was putting her clothes on.

"What are you doing?" She glared at her husband who was trying to sneak a peek from the frosted glass door.

"Oh...good morning, Sweetheart! Why did you not wake me up when you took a shower?" His shamelessness was over-the-top.

Aoi Xiu became a cold yuki-onna* on hearing his words. "You perverted old man! Why are you even still here?! Haven't you had enough entertainment already?!" She pushed him back, out and back into the bedroom.

"But Sweetheart, I..." He was not able to finish his words as he was shoved towards the closet.

"Pack your bags." she ordered.

Before words could come out of his mouth, she interrupted him.

"Quit being useless here and help our son run the company! Due to your shamelessness, the daughter whom I miss so much had an excuse to live in her condo unit!"

"But you said you forgive me..." he was pouting like a kid.

"It does not excuse you for slacking off! Pack your bags!"

She ordered him, but she actually took his suitcase and started packing his things.