Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All Chapter 1399 - 1233: I’ll Give You a Chance to Take That Back

"Wife, it's not that I'm not ambitious. With the nature of our work, it's impossible for one person to accomplish it alone. It requires the synchronous efforts of every researcher in the team. Alright, if you don't understand, then don't say much. I need to rest now. I'll have to return to the institute and get busy again any day now, so let me have a proper break."

As his words faded, He Wei shut his eyes, feigning sleep to prevent his wife from pulling him up and launching into another lecture.

"I really can't fathom Teacher Wen either. What was he thinking back then? He just had to divorce a good woman like Song Ning and bring a home-wrecking troublemaker like Xiao Su into the family."

Although He Wei's eyes were closed and he was pretending to sleep, Qin Fang's every word reached him. Inwardly, he thought: What else could he be thinking, if not that he desired a son!

That, naturally, was something He Wei couldn't voice. Otherwise, Qin Fang would undoubtedly leap up and commence another lengthy tirade.

For instance, a whole sequence of opinions concerning the concept of "prioritizing sons over daughters."

The Wen Family.

"Let go." Wen Siyuan attempted to retrieve his bedding roll from the cabinet, but Su Man stood directly in front of it, unmoving. Her eyes were swollen and red, her expression obstinate. "You'll be returning to work soon. You must sleep in the master bedroom tonight."

To be precise, the root cause of their quarrel that night, which led to Su Man breaking down in tears, was her inability to endure Wen Siyuan's lack of marital intimacy for the past two to three years.

Yet, beyond this, another factor contributed: at the close of the previous year, Xu Wei had completely severed ties with Su Man and wedded a woman in her early twenties, a college student.

Initially, Su Man should have felt relieved. After all, when she accidentally became pregnant with Xu Wei's child and was forced to undergo an abortion, she had already resolved to end their association.

However, at that juncture, Xu Wei leveraged their past entanglement to coerce her, compelling her against her will to sustain their illicit and concealed relationship.

Technically, she had been under duress. But through prolonged association, and recognizing Xu Wei's genuine acumen in business, she had absorbed certain strategies by observing him. Over the last two or three years, she had also accumulated substantial wealth. Consequently, she couldn't help but perceive echoes of him within herself.

Furthermore, her husband—her legal husband—had abstained from sharing a bed with her for three years. Apart from those rare occasions when he was genuinely occupied with work and unable to take leave, whenever Wen Siyuan, her husband, was on leave and at home, he couldn't even spare a word for her, let alone share a bed and pillow. He was even parsimonious with his glances.

He treated her as if she were invisible, like a mere stranger cohabiting under the same roof.

And as a woman, she was composed of flesh and blood, not an inanimate object. She craved tenderness. Thus, even with the full knowledge that Xu Wei's affections were not genuine, she found herself developing a degree of reliance on him.

She reasoned that as long as she retained the status of Wen Siyuan's wife, and had Xu Wei as a source of emotional solace in the shadows, this kind of existence was not entirely untenable.

As long as she remained discreet and vigilant, ensuring no one detected her situation, she need not harbor anxieties.

Who could have foreseen that just as she believed her situation would continue thus, Xu Wei, in his pursuit of marrying a college girl, would disregard their shared history and insist on terminating their entire connection.

Recalling this, Su Man's heart felt an unbearable pang. She lowered her gaze to conceal any unusual emotion from Wen Siyuan, yet her heart continued to ache repeatedly.

This was especially true when she remembered Xu Wei's parting words to her: "Here's five thousand yuan. You'd better listen to me. From now on, even if we encounter each other, pretend we don't know one another. Otherwise, don't blame me for sending those photos of you to your husband."

The photographs had been captured by Xu Wei while she was asleep. Should even a single one be exposed, she would lose all face and the will to live. Even if she were to take her own life, the indelible scar left upon her son, Pengpeng, would remain.

"Just the sight of you makes me nauseous. Do you truly believe I would share a bed with you?" His demeanor icy, Wen Siyuan gazed impassively at Su Man for a prolonged moment before stating, "You should be thankful that Wen Peng is still so young. Otherwise, our marriage would not have endured this protracted state without dissolution until this point."