Chapter 183 The Truth Comes to Light

To think he actually had to ask his close friend to investigate whether his own wife used to be a courtesan in a brothel—how utterly tragic this was.

Guan Yanqing looked at his appearance and, for once, hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, whatever you wanted to find out, I have already investigated."

"What?" Yu Jingxiao was momentarily stunned.

As it turned out, upon learning that Yu Jingxiao had gotten married, Guan Yanqing had sent people to carefully look into Qi Erliu's background.

This was because he knew Yu Jingxiao far too well.

Yu Jingxiao was clever and understood the ways of the world well; when it came to business, he excelled, managing to single-handedly support such a massive family enterprise at a tender age.

However, in matters of romance between men and women, he was completely a novice.

He was far too easily deceived.

That was why Guan Yanqing could not set his mind at ease regarding him and had people investigate Qi Erliu.

In the end, it was just as he had anticipated: Qi Erliu was no good.

"What did you find out?" Yu Jingxiao's tone was extremely bitter.

"The exact same things Miss Wang said," Guan Yanqing replied. "I originally planned to find an opportunity to tell you today, but I didn't expect her to blurt it out first."

In an instant, Yu Jingxiao felt as though he had been struck by a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

He could have accepted that Qi Erliu was not as wonderful as he had imagined, but she was clearly treating him like an utter fool and making a mockery of him.

At that moment, Anyu's voice sounded from outside, "Young Master, the person has been brought here."

"Alright, let her in."

Anyu pushed the door open and led in a woman in her thirties. She was still dressed in a pink dress, wearing heavy makeup, and the scent of powder on her was intensely pungent. The moment she stepped through the door, the three of them could not help but frown.

The woman knelt down tremblingly, prostrating herself on the floor as she said, "Young Master, young ladies, what... what are your orders?"

Having been abruptly dragged over from Kuiyang City without knowing the identities of the other party, and having spent several days already in this town, she had long since been scared out of her wits.

"Don't be afraid," Anyu said. "Just answer the questions properly."

"Yes, yes."

Looking at her like this, Yu Jingxiao could more or less guess her identity; this woman was undoubtedly the madam of a brothel.

"Do you... recognize Qi Erliu?" When Yu Jingxiao asked this question, his voice was trembling.

"Qi Erliu? Let me think... Oh, oh, I remember now! She used to stay at our Chunxi Brothel for quite a long time!"

Yu Jingxiao had still harbored a shred of fantasy in his heart, but now, his last illusion was shattered.

With a blank expression, he listened as the madam continued.

"Back then, she came to our Chunxi Brothel on her own initiative, saying she didn't want to live a life without money. Even though her looks were very ordinary, she excelled at being worldly and was quite good at—"

Guan Yanqing: "?"

He immediately walked over to Lin Sangqian and raised his hand to cover her ears.

Lin Sangqian: "..."

Actually, there was really no need for that.

In the modern world, she had read countless spicy novels; was she really going to be scared of this?

Noticing his gesture, the madam also realized that she shouldn't have brought that up, and dropped the topic of her performance skills.

"There were quite a lot of men who liked her. Sometimes, she could entertain three or four guests in a single day! It was just that one day later on, she suddenly told me she had taken a fancy to a wealthy young master, whose name seemed to be... I forgot, but his surname should be Yu, right? She said she wouldn't be staying at the Chunxi Brothel anymore. I even mocked her at the time, asking if a wealthy young master could possibly fancy her. As it turned out, she really never came back to the Chunxi Brothel! It seems she truly married that young master. I wonder which poor soul ended up marrying her?"

"Ahem, ahem!" Anyu coughed heavily twice. "Stop talking. You can leave now; in a little while, I'll have someone send you back to Kuiyang City."

"Oh my, thank you so much, young brother!" The madam was overjoyed and skipped out happily.

Yu Jingxiao suddenly slumped into a chair, his eyes devoid of focus, his complexion deathly pale.

"Jingxiao!" Guan Yanqing immediately walked over. "Are you alright?"

"Let me check." Lin Sangqian also walked over. "He's fine... He's just been deeply provoked and suffered a rush of anger to the heart."

As she spoke, Lin Sangqian pretended to reach into her wide sleeve—while actually taking a heart-protecting pill from her system space—and made Yu Jingxiao swallow it.

After a little while, Yu Jingxiao finally felt somewhat better. He suddenly slapped himself across the face, then gave a mocking laugh and said, "I truly am a fool, to have actually married a brothel woman and been played around by her in the palm of her hand. If my ancestors of the Yu family had any awareness in the netherworld, I'm afraid they'd be angered back to life by me."

"You can't blame yourself for this," Lin Sangqian comforted him. "If you want to blame someone, blame Qi Erliu for being far too good at masquerading."

"Miss Lin, was there anything else that happened before that I didn't know about? Could you tell me all of it, please?"

Lin Sangqian hesitated and said, "Actually, compared to this, those previous things weren't really a big deal. It was nothing more than her acting one way to your face and completely another behind your back."

"Then—"

Yu Jingxiao originally wanted to ask, *Then why didn't you tell me?* But on second thought, if Lin Sangqian and the others had told him previously, he probably wouldn't have believed them at all.

Yu Jingxiao, oh Yu Jingxiao, you really are the biggest idiot in this entire world!

"She told me her family had fallen on hard times and her older brother was unreliable, and that in order to survive, she had done a lot of grueling labor, which made my heart ache for her," Yu Jingxiao laughed self-derisively. "So the so-called grueling labor was actually working in a brothel."

The very thought that he had shared a pillow and bed with such a woman for so long filled him with utter disgust!

"Things have come to this, what do you plan to do?" Guan Yanqing asked. "If you want to deal with her, you can do it at any time."

"Forget it! I once genuinely liked her, and I don't want to waste any more time on her either. Therefore, I will write her a letter of divorce and let her return to wherever she came from."

Guan Yanqing nodded. "Then we shall do as you wish."

Actually, Lin Sangqian felt that this let Qi Erliu off far too easily.

However, since this was Yu Jingxiao's own decision, it wasn't her place to say much.

After a short while, the three of them walked out of the room together, and as it happened, Qi Erliu was eagerly coming over to look for Yu Jingxiao.

Seeing Lin Sangqian walking out alongside Yu Jingxiao and Guan Yanqing, a flash of jealousy crossed the depths of her eyes.

Right now, she was racking her brains and exerting all her mental energy trying to secure her position with Yu Jingxiao. She had originally intended to seduce Guan Yanqing, but it had failed before it even began, and she had even been subjected to a round of humiliation by Anyu.

Yet, why on earth could Lin Sangqian interact so naturally with both of them?

Wasn't that bitch Lin Sangqian satisfied with trying to seduce her husband, that she had to try and seduce Guan Yanqing as well?

Even so, Qi Erliu managed to force a smile onto her face and called out, "Jingxiao..."

"Don't come over here," Yu Jingxiao said coldly.

Qi Erliu froze instantly.

She suddenly discovered that the look Yu Jingxiao was giving her was colder than she had ever seen before, and mixed within it was an intense loathing.