The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 721 - 624 The True Identity

Ye Rui drove aimlessly around the bustling areas of Aus City, she didn’t know where to go, completely without purpose.

A woman’s sixth sense kept telling her over and over again that something was off about Leng Shaoqing, and various incidents were incessantly ringing alarm bells in her ears.

She even started to believe what Qin Youyou said, what if she wasn’t trying to sow discord, and everything she said was true?

Perhaps, something really did happen between them in Lisbon.

And who else would make Leng Shaoqing abandon his family, give up a birthday party and suddenly disappear?

In the vast Aus City, Ye Rui, with no direction in mind, would stop at every red light to space out, often causing a chorus of horns from the cars behind.

After circling around aimlessly, her car finally stopped in front of the Xiangshan Club.

Since wandering around like a headless fly won’t yield any results, she decided to go check his company for any clues.

At this time, the Xiangshan Club was bustling with activity, frequented by high-ranking officials and prominent figures.

Ye Rui took the elevator to Leng Shaoqing’s office on the seventh floor. The club closed late, and two assistants and a secretary were still on duty.

"Miss Ye." One of the assistants recognized her and quickly got up, "Are you looking for Mr. Leng?"

Ye Rui smiled at her: "Mr. Leng left something in the office and asked me to pick it up for him."

Knowing Ye Rui’s relation to Leng Shaoqing, the assistant naturally didn’t dare to stop her, and even went ahead to open the door for her: "Miss Ye, please come in. If you need anything, just call me."

"Thank you." Ye Rui closed the door and, to be safe, locked it from the inside.

Turning on the bright overhead lights, the intense brightness caused Ye Rui a moment of discomfort. She rubbed her eyes and walked straight to Leng Shaoqing’s desk.

The desk was tidily arranged, featuring only the most basic settings: a computer, a pen holder, files...

Ye Rui moved to his chair, reaching out to open the three drawers there, but tugging them revealed that they were locked.

She wasn’t disheartened; instead, she began to search around his desk. Leng Shaoqing couldn’t possibly have taken the drawer keys with him.

Indeed, in a small compartment under the keyboard, she found the keys.

Ye Rui, holding the small key, felt her heartbeat quicken. She didn’t immediately open the drawer, instead staring blankly at her palm.

Even now, she wasn’t certain whether what she was doing was right or wrong. Maybe she would find nothing, just his ordinary items in the drawer.

Perhaps, her world might drastically change with the opening of this drawer, turning upside down, and her life would start to fluctuate never to be calm again.

Ding!

The sharp ring of the phone suddenly sounded, the desk phone seemingly urging her on.

Ye Rui’s hand shook in fright, the key dropping to the floor as cold sweat broke out on her back.

The phone kept ringing. Who would call his landline so late?

Ye Rui hesitated whether to answer it or not. The ringing continued for a while then stopped, and the office was quiet once more.

Feeling guilty like a thief, Ye Rui picked up the key, gasping for air, realizing she really wasn’t cut out for this kind of thing. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Without further hesitation, she hurriedly opened the drawers.

As she expected, the first two drawers contained some files and such. She continued to the third drawer - more files...

As she flipped through all the files, unexpectedly revealing a photo frame at the bottom, which was facedown.

Ye Rui’s heart beat faster and, clenching her fists tight, she gathered enough courage to pick up the frame and flipped it over, a light purple coming into view.

In the photo, a girl stood amidst a field of purple flowers, wearing a purple long dress, even the hair tie binding her long hair was purple.

Sweet smiles adorned her cheeks, the fresh and pure aura seemed to carry the fragrance of flowers right at her.

At the bottom of the photo, two English letters were written on the glass with a black marker: MY LOVE.

Ye Rui quickly turned the photo face down again, feeling a fierce wave of heat surging within her, instantly drenching her forehead and temples with cold sweat.

Her hands trembled uncontrollably, the photo nearly slipping through, and her legs went weak, collapsing to the floor.

No married man would keep a photo of a young girl in his drawer, especially one labeled: MY LOVE, my love.

This could only mean that the girl meant a lot to him, maybe even the love of his life.

What Qin Youyou said was indeed correct. Leng Shaoqing’s love was never her, never from the beginning.

So it was that girl who liked purple. She actually thought he had a special preference for purple, so she had used purple flowers as dye to make a shirt for him.

Purple... Purple...

Ye Rui suddenly remembered something and rapidly flipped the photo again; just now her mind had been void, her vision blurry. Now, gradually regaining a sense of reason, she realized with a start that the girl in the photo was so familiar.

Seen before, she must have seen her somewhere...

But where had she seen her?

Ye Rui’s head was splitting with pain.

Thump thump!

Kocking sounds from outside came together with the assistant’s voice: "Miss Ye, do you need help?"

Ye Rui quickly scrambled up from the floor, hurriedly returned the photo frame to its place, organized the files in the drawer, locked it, and placed the key back under the keyboard.

She walked out calmly, the assistant looking at her with a puzzled gaze: "Miss Ye..."

"I’ve taken what I needed, thank you."

"You’re welcome."

"Shaoqing is still waiting for me downstairs, I’ll go ahead."

Ye Rui got back into her car, the cramped space and thin air making her lean on the steering wheel, feeling as if all her energy had been drained.

She could not understand, if Leng Shaoqing truly liked the girl in the photo, why was he pursuing her? If it was just for fun, why did he marry her? The Leng Family did not force the marriage, what exactly was the reason he married her?

Ye Rui’s mind was in turmoil, her temples throbbing painfully.

Just then, the phone suddenly rang. Ye Rui, with red eyes, picked up the mobile. It was MIK who had called, her surgery was a success and she was now discharged.

"YY, thank you, thank you all for the blood transfusion, I’m currently recuperating at home, once I’m better I’ll treat everyone to a meal first thing."

Ye Rui managed a faint smile: "Take good care of yourself, and don’t be careless while driving in the future."

MIK chuckled: "Alright, I won’t talk much now, I still need to call cry, I have to thank each one of you from the beginning, although cry was abroad at the time and didn’t come, she has been concerned about my situation the whole time, do you think if I invite her for a meal she will grace us with her presence?"

After hanging up, a light bulb went off in Ye Rui’s mind--cry?

She hurriedly logged into QQ, then found cry’s avatar among her friends, clicking on it, she suddenly felt a cold chill throughout her body as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over her, making her shiver.

The woman in the photo was the same person using the cry avatar, could that woman be cry?

cry was a mysterious woman, even Old K had not met her. Although she and cry were friendly in the group chat, it ended with chatting.

cry never attended the gatherings of the group, when needed for a blood transfusion, she would have her family doctor personally deliver it, everyone guessed she was a wealthy young lady or was frail and ill, usually living in a protected environment, hardly engaging in any social activities.

Ye Rui hadn’t paid much attention to cry’s avatar before, she had thought it was just a random picture from the internet. Now carefully comparing it, it was exactly the same as the photo she had seen, and moreover, cry’s background pattern was a vast field of purple lavender, her font color was also purple, entering her space, although there were only a few words, everything around was mysteriously and elegantly purple.

Could cry be the "MY LOVE" of Leng Shaoqing?

Ye Rui quickly phoned Old K, the group leader and the bridge for everyone’s contact, only he might know cry’s real identity.

"cry?" Old K pondered: "YY, aren’t you close with cry?"

"But I have never asked her real name or address, our talks have only been online, without involving reality." Ye Rui lowered her voice: "Old K, please help me, I really have something very important to find her for."

"Although I don’t want to reveal her privacy, since you’re quite close to her, I’ll make an exception. cry’s real name is Ji Yan, she is Mayor Ji’s cherished daughter."

"Mayor Ji? Do you know where she lives?"

"Xinxin Purple County."

After hanging up, many questions had been explained, no wonder cry had always been so secretive, it turns out she is the mayor’s daughter.

Ye Rui checked the address of Xinxin Purple County on her navigation, and rushed there at full speed.

Old K only knew that Ji Yan lived in Xinxin Purple County, but did not know which specific villa it was.

The security guard at the entrance was diligent and responsible, but seeing the red sports car driven by Ye Rui, he only did a simple registration before letting her in.

Xinxin Purple County wasn’t very large, but also not small, Ye Rui could only slow down and search aimlessly.

Just as Ye Rui’s car drove into Area B, a courtyard filled with purple wisteria trees suddenly caught her eye, and also a familiar black sports car, without needing to check the license plate, Ye Rui knew it belonged to Leng Shaoqing.

Leng Shaoqing was indeed here at Ji Yan’s, the girl in the photo was really Ji Yan.

Ye Rui parked her car far away, then walked over on foot, hiding behind the trees across the street for fear of being seen.

At this moment, Ye Rui’s emotions were incredibly complex and sorrowful, she had never thought her seemingly perfect and happy marriage would come to this point of stalking and catching a cheater.

All along the way, her heart felt as if it had been fried under the sun, though despair was overwhelming, there still lingered a slight hope, hoping all this was just a misunderstanding, hoping she was amidst a wildly ridiculous nightmare, yet every fact laid before her eyes, even the words for argument appeared feeble and powerless.**