The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 378 Must Break Up 1_1

After crying, she felt hungry. Even cheap fast food seemed delicious then.

Xu Xiaoya was in particularly high spirits and had a good appetite. She single-handedly finished a boxed meal and two large bowls of soup. While eating, she said enthusiastically, "Initially, I begged Wan Donglin to do me a favor, just to make Zhong Minghui suffer. When Zhong Minghui lost his job, I thought that was his misfortune. I never imagined Wan Donglin could help me get the money back..."

Yan Xixi just listened. She had previously helped Xu Xiaoya consult a lawyer. The lawyer had said that without concrete evidence for the house payment, a lawsuit would be very troublesome and not guaranteed to succeed. So, the two of them eventually gave up on it.

"I also called Zhong Minghui to demand the money back," Xu Xiaoya continued. "Initially, he would just brush me off. Later, it was always that old witch who answered the phone. Every time, she’d curse me for being shameless, claim she’d never seen my money, and accuse me of just trying to cling to her son. It wasn’t until I’d been working at the boutique for two months that I mostly stopped asking. I was in despair. Every time I thought about it, I’d beat my chest and stomp my feet, full of regret for how things turned out. I truly never expected Wan Donglin to get it back for me! I’m so grateful to him..."

Yan Xixi mused to herself. Given Wan Donglin’s personality, if Zhong Minghui didn’t return this money, he probably wouldn’t be able to find a good job ever again.

In fact, Wan Donglin hadn’t done anything directly, much less threaten him. It was just that wherever Zhong Minghui started a new job, within a month, his employer would receive a letter providing a detailed account of his "character." Consequently, he was always let go before his probation period ended. After this happened a few times, he understood: if he didn’t return the money, he’d never have a stable job for the rest of his life. People like him, self-styled "intellectuals," were prone to bullying the weak and fearing the strong. He had initially figured Xu Xiaoya was helpless and alone, so he’d swindled her without a second thought. But Wan Donglin?

Wan Donglin hadn’t made any personal threats, nor had he spread malicious rumors. He merely stated facts—and it wasn’t even him presenting them; he had plenty of people to do it for him. The information they gathered was far more detailed and colorful than what Xu Xiaoya had provided. It included Zhong Minghui’s affairs with married women, his bribery of supervisors, and how he embezzled small sums of money using his position. These things were far more damaging than romantic indiscretions. Even though he held a doctorate, without a job, he was just a commoner. How could he possibly stand up to Wan Donglin?

So, he had no choice but to grit his teeth, sell his house, and return the 300,000 yuan.

"Xixi, I heard Wan Donglin didn’t marry Zhou Ting," Xu Xiaoya said. "It must be because he likes you... Is there really no chance of you two getting back together?"

"His not marrying Zhou Ting has nothing to do with me at all," Yan Xixi replied.

"Xixi, although I don’t know Wan Donglin well, after meeting him a few times, I genuinely feel he’s not a bad person. He might even be much better than many other men..." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"That’s because you haven’t seen him when he’s truly perverse."

Xu Xiaoya asked curiously, "How perverse can he be?"

"Sigh, it’s better not to talk about it," Yan Xixi said. "He once dragged me to the Exchange Despair Club. If I hadn’t escaped quickly, I might have fallen into that demonic trap."

Xiaoya exclaimed, "Really?"

"Ordinary people can’t understand their kind of circle; it’s utterly chaotic."

Seeing Yan Xixi looking listless, and knowing she was still waiting for Huang Xiaojue’s call that hadn’t come, Xu Xiaoya sighed inwardly. She handed the card to her and said, "Xixi, this money is truly yours now."