52: Chapter 52: Ex-Girlfriend’s Family in Panic!

52: Chapter 52: Ex-Girlfriend’s Family in Panic!

Xu Qianli couldn’t be bothered with that bitch Xu Shuman and outright rejected her calls.

But that only made Xu Shuman call several more times.

Unable to take it any longer, Xu Qianli finally answered, “Hello, what do you want?”

“Dear, why are you so angry?”

“My mom said you haven’t been home for days and insists you come home for dinner tonight, no matter what.

She’s gone to the trouble of preparing a whole table of delicious food.”

“We’ve been together for three years, and my parents have long regarded you as a son-in-law.

Please, for goodness’ sake, come home for dinner tonight.”

“Dear, I miss you too.

Let me take good care of you tonight, I promise to make you happy, to satisfy you.”

“Even the things I used to shy away from, I might agree to tonight.”

Xu Shuman’s pleasing voice came through, cooing gently, her voice couldn’t have been more sickeningly sweet, as if little hands were scratching at Xu Qianli’s heart.

But Xu Qianli was completely immune to it, finding it nothing but disgusting.

“Xu Shuman, stop acting spoiled, it makes me sick!”

“We’ve already broken up, calling me ‘dear’ is even more inappropriate!”

“Didn’t you say someone was introducing you to the County Party Secretary’s nephew?

You’re about to become a politician’s wife, so call him ‘dear’ instead.”

Xu Qianli said sarcastically.

That bitch, changing her face 180 degrees at such a critical moment, must have already found out about what happened at the County Government’s executive meeting.

Compared to someone like Huang Ling who’s a social climber, Xu Shuman is the real bitch, the one who truly disgusts Xu Qianli!

“Dear, I know I was wrong, I’ve repented, I truly regret it.”

“Regardless, we’ve had three years of emotions between us, can you really be so heartless as to let go?”

“You know, in my entire life, I’ve only been with you.

Three years ago, I gave you my purity, and have been with you for three years since.

It was only these past few days that I was confused, please just forgive me this once.”

“As long as you’re willing to forgive me, tonight and in the future, you can do whatever you want to me.”

“Even, from now on, if you have someone else on the side, I’ll turn a blind eye.”

On the phone, Xu Shuman spoke in soft, pitiful pleas, determined to get Xu Qianli’s forgiveness by any means.

“Xu Shuman, listen to me clearly, even if you were the last woman on earth, I wouldn’t want you as a girlfriend again, get that through your head!”

“I have work to do, and I can’t be bothered to waste time on you!”

Xu Qianli hung up the phone and proceeded to block Xu Shuman.

On the other end of the phone, Xu Shuman was at home, with her mother Li Qiuyue looking on eagerly.

Seeing the call ended, Li Qiuyue quickly asked, “How did it go, daughter, did that kid Xu Qianli agree to get back with you?”

Xu Shuman frowned and shook her head.

“He said he can’t be bothered to waste time on me.”

“Mom, Xu Qianli is genuinely angry, what should we do?”

“It’s all your fault, we were fine until the old County Magistrate died and he lost his backing.

You insisted on me breaking up with him.”

“So it turns out, just a few days after we broke up, he’s about to become the new County Magistrate’s secretary, and even made County Magistrate Zhang eat humble pie today.

His power and influence are even greater than before.

It’s clear he’s on the fast track to rising up.”

“What should I do at this critical moment?”

Xu Shuman complained, filled with regret.

If she had known earlier, she wouldn’t have caused a fuss and broken up with Xu Qianli, and she wouldn’t have ended up in this predicament.

Li Qiuyue felt a touch of guilt, forcing a smile.

“How would I know that kid was so capable?

After the old County Magistrate died, he quickly got on the good side of the new one and became the darling of the County Government.”

“Complaining to me now is useless, my girl.

We need to think of a solution to settle this matter, no matter what we have to win back Xu Qianli’s heart.”

“I see it now; no wonder that kid got to be the Government Office Director at such a young age, becoming Jiang City’s youngest Department-level cadre.

He must be someone with great luck, who knows, he might even become the County Magistrate or City Mayor someday.”

“Such a person, he’s far better than the County Party Secretary’s nephew.

We must make him change his mind.”

Li Qiuyue spoke more and more admirably of Xu Qianli, cursing herself for being so blind in the past, wondering why she hadn’t looked at the situation more closely and why she had let Xu Shuman break up with Xu Qianli so quickly.

While they were talking, the door opened, and Xu Shuman’s father, Xu Wangshan, and her brother, Xu Qiangqiang, returned home with their heads hanging low.

Seeing the two, Li Qiuyue asked, “Husband, Qiangqiang, what’s wrong with you guys?

Also, isn’t it work hours right now?

Why aren’t you at the office and back home instead?”

Xu Wangshan sighed, slipped onto the couch in disarray, and began to spill his troubles.

“Still going to work?

Screw that, I’ve just been dismissed, and the leadership told me to go home and reflect on my actions.”

“Yes, I made a mistake, I crashed the company car, and the repairs cost tens of thousands.”

“But that was three months ago, we had Xu Qianli speak to the leaders to downplay it, and it was settled.

Who would have thought they’d come after me three months later?”

“There’s definitely something wrong with this situation, probably because our office leaders saw that Xu Qianli became the County Government’s golden boy, so they are deliberately pressuring me.”

Xu Qiangqiang said, “At least you made a mistake, Dad.

As for me, just because I touched a female colleague’s butt at work today, I was ordered to resign!

It definitely has something to do with Xu Qianli, maybe it’s even his way of getting back at us!”

Xu Wangshan and Xu Qiangqiang were both very indignant, unanimously pointing their fingers at Xu Qianli.

What happened to them today was surely not unrelated to Xu Qianli!

At that moment, Xu Lele walked out from another room.

“All you do is badmouth my brother-in-law, but have you thought that the reason you could get a government job in the first place was all thanks to him?”

“When my brother-in-law fell on hard times last month, you immediately made my sister break up with him and kicked him to the curb.”

“Now look, my brother-in-law has made a comeback and is even more powerful than before.

His leaders are probably scrambling to deal with you two, just to curry favor with him.”

“At this critical moment, instead of reflecting on your own behavior, you blame my brother-in-law.

You really have some nerve.”

Slap…

Li Qiuyue slapped Xu Lele across the face.

“You ungrateful wretch, your father and brother are being bullied by others, and you still take their side?

You really deserve a beating!”

“No matter how great Xu Qianli is, he’s still an outsider, and besides, he’s already broken up with your sister.”

“Even though I’ve urged your sister to reconcile with him, if they can fix things, that would be best.

If not, having your sister marry the County Party Secretary’s nephew, she’ll still be a high-ranking official’s wife in the future, something you, a hopeless girl, could never compare to!”

Li Qiuyue was seething with anger as she scolded Lele when her phone suddenly rang.

Pulling it out to see who was calling, her mood brightened instantly as she pressed the answer button.

“Sister Zhang, is it the County Party Secretary’s nephew hurrying to meet my daughter…

What, what did you say?

The County Party Secretary’s nephew told you that he has called off the blind date with my daughter?”