Ex-Husband Comes Crawling Back After Divorce

"Just finished a collaboration, and you've come here to discuss work?" Wen Shimo pretended not to see Qiao Ran as well, his gaze resting warmly on Xu Kexin as he asked.

Xu Kexin glanced back at Qiao Ran, her voice cordial and pleasing, "Qiao Ran has started working at the company, the chairman asked me to personally show her the ropes."

The woman who never mentioned working during three years of marriage, why did she suddenly want to work after getting divorced?

And why return to Song Group of all places? What games was she playing now?

"Do you need help with any project you're discussing?" Wen Shimo glanced meaningfully at Qiao Ran and spoke, lowering his head slightly.

"We're discussing the costume contract for 'Yuhua's Story' with Director Wu Qingqiang. It's not a big project, so there's no need to trouble you, brother-in-law. You're busy with work, so we won't disturb you," Xu Kexin said gently and considerately.

"Okay, then I'll head back to the company. Call me if you need anything."

"Sure, brother-in-law, take care."

As Wen Shimo quickly passed by Qiao Ran, even though the hallway was wide, Qiao Ran swiftly stepped aside to stand by the wall, letting Wen Shimo walk by. Then the gentle and pleasant sound of Qiao Ran's voice made him stop in his tracks.

"Special Assistant Zhou, you've gotten even more handsome in just a few days."

"Miss... Miss Qiao, you've gotten prettier too," Zhou Yu sincerely admired.

Qiao Ran, after her divorce from his boss, never failed to dazzle him with every encounter.

He had seen many professional women: some overly glamorous, others as forbidding as an ascetic nun, with only their dominance remaining.

But a woman who so perfectly blended soft beauty with a strong presence – Zhou Yu was seeing such a person for the first time.

"Your tie is loose; let me retie it for you. You men are always so careless, even with your ties!" Qiao Ran said as she took hold of Zhou Yu's tie, skillfully loosening it.

Zhou Yu's heartbeat ramped up at Qiao Ran's sudden move and immediately looked towards Wen Shimo. After seeing Wen Shimo's frosty expression, he pushed Qiao Ran's hand away and stepped back.

"Thank you, Miss Qiao, but I can do it myself." After saying that, Zhou Yu ran off, following Wen Shimo into the elevator.

Standing in the elevator, Zhou Yu felt as if he were an ant on a hot pan, uneasy in every way.

"President... President, I really don't know why Miss Qiao was so enthusiastic about tying my tie all of a sudden. I have absolutely no private contact with her, please don't misunderstand."

Zhou Yu's explanation carried a plaintive tone, his inner voice wailing, Miss Qiao, we have no feud from afar and no quarrel up close, why did you set me up like this?

Doesn't he know how terrifying his boss can be when jealous, like a tsunami?

Jealous?

His boss had been visiting Song Wanqing at the hospital every day, like clockwork, only returning home in the dead of night.

Would he be jealous of his ex-wife?

"What does it matter to me whether you contact her? Your taste is so poor, it bothers me," Wen Shimo said with an icy chuckle.

He had been wearing that tie for months, and his boss had never mentioned his poor taste. After Qiao Ran touched it, all of a sudden, he had poor taste.

Zhou Yu was now convinced by the tone and look in his boss's eyes that he was jealous over his ex-wife. He quickly removed his tie, crumpled it up, and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Xu Miss just said she's going to talk business with Wu Qingqiang. Wu Qingqiang, relying on directing two hit dramas, often flagrantly manipulates people. Could Xu Miss be in danger?" Zhou Yu hurriedly changed the subject to distract Wen Shimo.

The image of Qiao Ran with a man over sixty suddenly appeared in Wen Shimo's mind...

"Wanqing's awakening owes a lot to Kexin; she's Wanqing's most important sister and can't be put in danger. Keep an eye on it."

"Yes, President!"

"I didn't eat enough earlier; let's go back for more."

Zhou Yu: "..."

Over the years, his boss had indeed shown undeserved favor, treating Xu Kexin with courtesy and warmth, but since when had he cared this much?

So he wasn't really full, or was he worried his ex-wife would get bullied?

"You really have some nerve, fixing your ex-husband's tie in front of him, and his assistant's at that. Only you would do something like this!" Tao Tao said with admiration in her eyes.

Having seen Wen Shimo on the news before, Tao Tao thought he looked elegantly handsome, almost ethereal. But in person, her first impression was how cold he was.

Even though he was even more handsome in person than on the news, his gaze was just too cold, like a rapid-chill refrigerator, sending shivers down one's spine.

Qiao Ran responded to Tao Tao's words with a faint smile.

The reason she had done so was to show Wen Shimo her frivolous side in front of him.

To tell him that she didn't care about their night of passion that day at all.

She wanted Wen Shimo not to worry about her revealing any secrets and to stop being so guarded and wary around her.

"Qiao Ran, by flirting with his assistant in front of Shimo, trying to get his attention, are you still not giving up on him? Now that my cousin is awake, you can't even compare to her pinky, so don't delude yourself into thinking you can catch Shimo's attention." Xu Kexin looked angrily at Qiao Ran.

"You used to call him brother-in-law all the time, and now you've switched to calling him Shimo. Are you telling me you like Wen Shimo and want to compete with your cousin for a man?" Qiao Ran asked mockingly in a cold tone.

"I'm not, and you shouldn't accuse others of being shameless just because you're trying to steal your sister's man. If it wasn't for you, my cousin wouldn't have been in a vegetative state for three years," Xu Kexin said defiantly with a sneer.

"If you don't like Wen Shimo, then why is his name engraved on this Black Stone Heart-shaped Jade you carry? Rumor has it that this kind of stone harbors a sinister force."

"It's said that if both persons' names are carved on it, and it's worn close to the body for ten years, it will fulfill the owner's wish. Your name and Wen Shimo's name are each carved on half. Do you still dare say you don't like Wen Shimo?"

Qiao Ran had seen this unity jade on Xu Kexin soon after marrying Wen Shimo.

She had taken advantage of Xu Kexin's inattentiveness to open and see it, knowing about her secret love for Wen Shimo.

Xu Kexin panicked when she saw Qiao Ran holding the opened Unity Jade, "When did you steal my things? The name on it belongs to someone from my hometown who just happens to have the same name as my brother-in-law; it doesn't refer to the same Wen Shimo that my cousin likes. Give it back to me!" Xu Kexin said as she reached out to snatch the Unity Jade back.

Just as her hand was about to grab the Unity Jade, Qiao Ran flicked her fingers and the jade arced through the air, smashing onto the floor and shattering into pieces.

"Oops, sorry, my hand slipped, and the Heart-shaped Jade flew out. What a pity, with three more years it would have been ten, and you could have seen your dream come true," Qiao Ran said with feigned contrition.

Looking at the shattered Unity Jade on the ground, Xu Kexin's eyes instantly reddened, and she forced down the urge to stab Qiao Ran, instead managing a cold sneer.

"So, do you believe me now that I don't have any intention of competing with my sister for men? The real person vying for her man is you."

"You're right, I am competing with my sister for a man. I'm not just after her man but also everything that belongs to her. You might as well go ahead and tell her now, and see what she can do to me," Qiao Ran said with a challenging look.

"Enough, I'm not going to discuss personal matters with you. We're here to talk company business. If you want to keep your job, then please show some professionalism, otherwise, even if you're the president's daughter, I can still propose your dismissal to the board, putting pressure on the president to have you fired."

Xu Kexin was shocked at Qiao Ran boldly saying these things, and worried that such an overbearingly candid nature would leave, not stick around for the meal, so she quickly changed the subject.

"Don't worry, I won't give you the chance. Taking down a small-time director is a piece of cake for me," Qiao Ran said with a confident smile, then turned and walked into the private room.

After the three entered Room 606, Wen Shimo and Zhou Yu emerged from around the corner.

"She really joined Song Group to get back at Wanqing; this woman with a heart like a scorpion never changes."

She was always a cunning, arrogant woman, skilled at deception, and yet he had actually worried about her being bullied, which was utterly laughable.

In Zhou Yu's opinion, Qiao Ran had always been gentle and virtuous, not competitive, and inconspicuous.

But the words Qiao Ran had just spoken all sounded like the arrogant sort that would only come from a vicious female antagonist.

Can divorce really change a person's nature so much?

Zhou Yu still didn't think of Qiao Ran as a woman with a scorpion-like heart, but rather Xu Kexin.

Carrying around heart-shaped jade inscribed with the name of the president of his family, was it really just a coincidence of identical names, or was it indeed the same person?