Lin Wan thought of it seriously for a while and felt that her ex-husband was not lying. Almost every move he made was under her nose and it was true that she did not see him contacting this woman at all.

“What was her previous occupation? What brings her here today?”

“She worked at Weihua Group after graduating and was promoted as the Commercial Director of Central Shina Region. We have never crossed paths ever since we both graduated. Meeting her today was purely coincidental. There was an internal change of post in Weihua Group. Hence she was transferred to work as the General Manager of the North Region. This was why we happened to run into each other at today’s meeting.”

That made sense. Lin Wan heaved a huge sigh of relief but upon recalling something, she asked in annoyance, “Is she your first girlfriend?”

Li Mu didn’t dare to look at her yet didn’t dare to not answer her. He whispered, “I guess so!”

“What do you mean you guess so? Yes or no?”

“Yes!”

After saying this, Li Mu glanced at Lin Wan out of the corner of his eye. Suddenly, he saw her stand up in anger and grab something to throw at him. Terrified, Li Mu dodged and almost fell to the ground.

With a muffled thud, a large bouquet of roses smashed against the white wall behind him. The flowers scattered all over the place as Li Mu hurriedly explained, “Can you calm down? We didn't know each other back then. You’re being jealous for no reason!”

“Did I say I’m jealous?” Lin Wan yelled angrily.

“Oh really? Then why did you throw flowers at me? What a pity! These are such beautiful roses!”

A sudden moment of realization hit him while he pointed to the scattered flowers and asked loudly, “What do you mean? Where are these roses from? Who gave them to you?”

Lin Wan hurried over to hold his arm and pouted, “I don't know who gave it to me. I never lock my office door. Anyone can enter as they like. It was already on the table when I came in. Don't be angry. Didn’t I just threw it away！”

“Do you get flowers often?”

“I threw it all in the trash. Look. The flowers are in the bin!”

Right after saying that, she widened her eyes and shouted, “What's wrong with other people giving me flowers? Who are you to tell me what to do?”

“I'm not trying to tell you what to do. You’d better tell me the truth. What the hell are you up to? What are your motives in joining this company? Can you stop with your nonsense?”

“Is whatever I do all considered as nonsense by you? Me being a teacher is nonsense. My choir team is nonsense. And now my position at Shanyang Group is also considered nonsense! Don't even try to deny it. I know you've always wanted me to be a full-time housewife. But have you thought about it? I am the eldest daughter, and the head of the Lin Family! I’ve been in charge and had so much power for over twenty years now. Do you think I’d really succumb to being nothing more than a housewife?”

Li Mu was at a loss for words. True enough, she was the head of the Lin Family. How would she be willing to be a housewife? This was the real nonsense!

With a sweet smile, Lin Wan said gently, “I am willing to be a housewife just for you. So I agreed to your request. But you didn't appreciate nor cherish me at all. So here I am now, trying to prove myself!”

“And your way to prove yourself is to join hands with my rival to go against me?” Li Mu questioned.

Lin Wan widened her eyes and looked at him in surprise, which made him felt uneasy.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong?”

“Gosh!” Lin Wan exclaimed exaggeratedly, “So in your heart, this is how you see your business partners? You see us as rivals. Yet you still have the nerve to earn our money?”

Li Mu's face turned red with shame upon realizing that he had said the wrong thing. He hurriedly explained, “No. No. You’re my business partner. It was a slip of the tongue!”

“I don’t think so. Usually, unintentional words are the most genuine ones. So that's how you see us. Sigh. I've not been here for long. But I feel so sorry for Shanyang Group!”

“Don't give me all that f**king nonsense, okay? My gosh. What the hell are you really up to?”

“Ha-ha!” Lin Wan giggled repeatedly.

She then said seriously, “I’m not trying to do any evil. All I want is to just prove myself. I know very well why you’re insisting me to go home. And I want to change your mindset, not by words, but by actions!”

“Bullshit. You don’t know anything! Don't go over the top. The real reason is that I feel bad for you!”

Lin Wan smiled and nodded gently, “I admit that you do think that way. And that's the main reason why I refuse to let you go. But feeling sorry is only one of the many reasons.”

“Then tell me. What other reasons are there?” Li Mu asked her back.

“Do you still need me to tell you? It’s obviously your machismo acting up! You look down on my capability and always think I'm good for nothing. You also think I should just stay at home and be a housewife by taking care of our kids and be the perfect wife. Tell me. Am I wrong?”

Li Mu was at a loss of words. In fact, what she said was spot on. Before he knew Lin Wan's real identity, he always thought of her as a silly and innocent girl.

Ever since he knew Lin Wan's real identity, he thought of her differently. He now thought of her as a rich beauty. Hence, to him, Lin Wan was now a silly and innocent girl as well as a rich beauty.

Seeing that he stayed silent, Lin Wan smiled and said, “I’m not wrong, am I? That is precisely why I must prove myself. I've been thinking about something for a long time now. Why do you always think I'm doing it wrong when I think I'm doing the right thing?”

Lin Wan hurriedly explained upon seeing Li Mu glare at her. “Don't misunderstand me. I'm not talking about Lu Fangliang’s incident. I was obviously at fault in that matter. Even if we live to be a hundred years old, as long as you mention it, I will still apologize to you.”

“Don't worry. I'm not that petty. How small-minded am I to still hold on to that grudge at a hundred years old?” Li Mu said with disdain.

“I know you aren’t that petty. I'm talking about what happened last time. I was so sure that I’m capable of handling things that went wrong. But why did it provoke such a huge reaction from you?”

“Why? Because you love to lie to me, to the point where I don’t know whether you’re telling me the truth or not. Now you tell me why?”

Lin Wan giggled gently. She couldn't help but punched her ex-husband lightly.

“I lied to you because I didn't want to reveal my real identity. I’m worried that you won’t be able to accept my family. But I didn't expect you to not mind at all. If I had known that earlier, I wouldn't have bothered to lie to you.”

“Sorry to disappoint you, but I do mind. I’m telling you the truth. I simply cannot understand the things your family does.” Li Mu said frankly.

Lin Wan sighed, “Alright. Let's forget about that for now. Apart from me lying being the reason, I think you reacted that way because you look down on me too much. You think I'm incapable of dealing with my troubles. No matter what I do, you'll think I'm wrong.”

“So, you want to prove yourself?”

“Exactly. I want to do so by challenging what you’re at best against what I’m weakest at. And if I succeed, it will completely change your mind about me!”

“Is there any point for you to do so?”

“Of course. We will face a lot of problems in the future. There will be times when, for some special reasons, we have no choice but to keep things to ourselves and deal with some matters alone without letting each other know about it. A lot of questioning and dispute will happen if we don't trust each other. And that's not the life I want!”

“Understood. So, what do you want to do? Take Dongyang Group down?”

“Business is business. As the head of the Lin Family, the most important quality I should have is to avoid favoritism. So instead of begging me to give you another chance, why don't you improve the quality of your company’s service? You should be clear about one thing, even if I let you off this time, the flaw in your company’s service will be the death of you sooner or later!”

“I get it now. Can you give us a rectification period? It doesn't have to be too long. Six months is sufficient. If our service quality still hasn't improved after six months, Dongyang Group will take the initiative to remove our products and service, and cover your company’s losses.”

Lin Wan did not answer his statement and asked with a smirk, “Well, it depends on my mood. Let me ask you a question first. Why did you lie to me?”

Li Mu was confused. Since when did he lie to her? What did he lie about, and what did she meant by that? Was she trying to scam him?

Lin Wan said in a serious manner, “Seems like you have already forgotten what you lied to me about. Well then, I can remind you. Didn't you say that I was your first love? Why did you lie to me?”

“You're my first love? What a joke! It's not like I can't find myself a girlfriend. How could you be…Hey! Hey!”

It wasn’t surprising that he had to pay the price for talking like this to Lin Wan. Li Mu had no choice but to suffer Lin Wan’s abuse since she was mad.

“Can you not get physical next time?”

“It depends on my mood!”

“When are you teaching me Kung Fu?”

“Are you trying to beat a pregnant woman up?”

Li Mu didn't say anything. And Lin Wan asked again, “You haven't answered my question. Why did you lie to me?”

“Since when did I lie to you? I remember clearly what I said. I said that I was your first love in terms of sexual affairs. I was very pure and innocent.”

“You've been in a relationship with her for four years yet you didn’t…”

“No. I have my own principles when it comes to relationships. And I can't accept premarital sex. Though I do think that premarital sex is perfectly fine and would never discriminate against it, I still stand by my principles.”

“Alright. I trust you!”

Li Mu cheered up and said proudly, “Remember how we were the purest couple back then? I have never lied to you about this. If you don't trust me, you can always hypnotize me to double confirm. Aren’t you really good in hypnotism? Well, feel free to do it on me for verification purposes.”

“I don’t mind doing it since you asked!”

“Huh, you…”

With a snap of her fingers, Li Mu lost consciousness. And when he opened his eyes again, he saw his ex-wife smiling at him cheerfully.

“I've decided to give you six months to rectify the situation. Don't let me down!”

“What did you do to me?” Li Mu asked unhappily.

“Hypnosis. So you can get some rest and I could get answers for what I was concerned about.” Lin Wan responded casually.

“Are you happy now?”

“Yeah, I’m happy now!” Lin Wan leaned and kissed him on the cheek, “Take that as an apology!”

Li Mu said discontentedly, “Is it that hard to trust me?”

“Of course I trust you. But you must know that although you can suppress that kind of doubt with trust, it is like a little hand in my body that scratches my heart from time to time, making me itch uncomfortably!”

“So the best thing to do is to stop the itch completely by getting that little hand out!”

“Yeah. You won't blame me for that right? How about I teach you hypnosis first? So you won't doubt me in the future. Feel free to just hypnotize me if you have any doubts against me.”