The man raised an eyebrow, a faint smile gracing his handsome features. "You try me!"
His tone was menacing.
Then, he leaned in close to her ear. "Ah Wei is the head of the household. Won't you consider helping me handle this matter?"
Meng Jingwei was amused by him, feigning a difficult expression. "I suppose I'll have to."
She released Qing Muyue and sat on the sofa, looking at the disheveled woman before her. She pointed to the pregnancy test on the table. "Are you sure it was you and Ah... my husband who booked the room at the hotel that time?"
The woman wiped away her tears and nodded pitifully. "Yes, of course I'm sure."
"Where's the evidence?"
"Evid... evidence..." The woman was momentarily speechless. After a moment's thought, she stammered, "I... I..."
"No evidence?" Meng Jingwei shook her head in exasperation. "I was considering giving you a substantial compensation if you had evidence proving this child was my husband's. But without any proof, how am I supposed to believe you?"
Qing Muyue walked to a table nearby, leisurely grinding coffee, completely at ease.
The woman in the dress bit her lip, struggling for a long moment. "Yes! I have evidence! That day at the hotel, I drugged his tea! Then, then I helped him to the hotel, and we... we..."
Meng Jingwei didn't argue. "So, you do have evidence. However, young lady, next time you falsely accuse someone, could you at least have some basic common sense? Ah Ye and I haven't been back in the country for even half a month. Even if I were pregnant, it would take at least a month to show up on a test."
She waved her hand. "I'll give you one minute. If you don't leave, I'll call the police."
Suddenly, Meng Jingwei felt too lazy to waste any more time babbling with this woman; it was simply a waste of time.
Qing Muyue turned and walked to his desk, pressing the intercom. "Song Ci, come in."
A minute later, Song Ci entered and was taken aback to see the tearful woman sitting on the floor.
Qing Muyue commanded, "Take her and that thing on the table to the police station."
"No, don't!"
The woman cried out in anguish, "You slept with me at the hotel that day! This child... although the child is my boyfriend's, the fact remains that you slept with me... sob..."
Song Ci's temples throbbed as he listened to the woman's words. He grabbed her and dragged her out.
The resentful woman struggled and resisted incessantly. She had originally intended to use Qing Muyue's 'sleeping with her' as leverage, only to see the 'legal wife' appear.
Forced into a corner, she had then produced the pregnancy test, hoping to sow discord between them.
Who would have thought that the two of them would trust each other so much?
The woman was taken away, and silence returned to the office.
Meng Jingwei leaned back on the sofa, raised her hand to rub her temples, and sighed.
At some point, Qing Muyue had come up behind her. He placed his hands on her temples and gently massaged them. "That woman is a secretary at the company. She met with a client early on, so she was brought along when we dined at the hotel that time..."
Before Meng Jingwei could ask for details, Qing Muyue had already begun to explain.
Meng Jingwei closed her eyes, feeling the man's pampering. "No need to explain. I still have this much trust in you."
She interrupted him and added, "You were unmoved even when Shen Liannuo fawned over you. A woman of such plain appearance wouldn't catch your eye."
Her excessive trust surprised Qing Muyue. He walked around the sofa and sat beside her, pulling her into his embrace. "You trust me so much, aren't you afraid I'll do something bad behind your back one day?"