Feng Rou had been waiting in the flower room all along.
It wasn't until nightfall that Jin Dan brought Huangfu Sishu over.
Huangfu Sishu looked displeased and offered only perfunctory answers to Feng Rou's questions.
"Cousin, don't worry. Even if the Xie Corporation goes bankrupt, the physical enterprises and factories will continue to operate. You can be a factory director in any factory you wish then."
"Factory director?" Feng Rou said with a laugh, "Who wants to be a factory director? I want the entire Xie Corporation!"
"The Xie Corporation is already riddled with holes. You won't be able to manage it even if it falls into your hands. It's better to be an honorary factory director and receive some dividends each year, which is more practical." Huangfu Sishu didn't take Feng Rou seriously.
Feng Rou saw through him and said, "You've been deceiving and using me all along! If I hadn't obtained proof that Xie Zhendong had become a vegetable, could you have so smoothly become the largest shareholder of the Xie Corporation?"
"Deceiving, using? Your words are quite inexplicable!" Huangfu Sishu argued, "Our Huangfu family helped you vent your anger. The Xie family collapsed, Xie Zhendong's wife was arrested, and the Xie family matriarch also passed away... Haven't you already avenged yourself?"
"This isn't the revenge I want! I want to retaliate against them with my own hands!" Feng Rou roared.
Jin Dan, standing beside them, saw them arguing and tried to mediate. She said to Huangfu Sishu, "Sishu, you didn't promise me this back then. What exactly is going on? Why is the Huangfu Group trying to annex the Xie Corporation..."
"What do you know!" Huangfu Sishu said angrily to Jin Dan, "You women have long hair and short knowledge. My elder brother is planning for the long-term benefit of the Huangfu Group. You should stay home and mind your own business. Why did you bring your cousin to our house? Causing trouble! And you even made me see her, as if I wasn't tired enough after a day's work!"
With that, he flicked his sleeves and left the flower room, leaving Jin Dan utterly humiliated. She wanted to chase after him, but seeing Feng Rou's extremely unstable emotions, she could only try to appease Feng Rou first.
Feng Rou clenched her fists, gritting her teeth. She hadn't expected to be just a pawn used by the Huangfu family. She also stormed out of the flower room in anger.
Jin Dan quickly caught up with her and called out, "Rou'er, the main gate is not in that direction!"
Feng Rou felt extremely distressed and couldn't even discern the direction, walking blindly.
Jin Dan pulled her to a stop and said, "Calm down, don't be like this. This is my fault for not handling it properly. If you want to blame someone, blame me."
Feng Rou stopped and burst into tears, saying, "Cousin, I know you did your best. I've caused you trouble. I'm too useless, and I foolishly thought the Huangfu family would genuinely help me. But it was all for their own benefit."
Jin Dan comforted her, "You need to be more optimistic. Although you can't be the chairman of the Xie Corporation, you've certainly had your revenge. The Xie family deserves their current predicament. That woman who stole your husband won't have a good ending either. Isn't that enough?"
Feng Rou couldn't answer her and hugged her, crying uncontrollably.
In her heart, she hated Xie Zhendong even more than Zhan Jiayi. After so many years of marriage, he had been so cruel and vicious when he decided to abandon her.
The thought of her experiences in the mental institution still haunted her.
After Feng Rou finished crying and her emotions had somewhat calmed down, Jin Dan called the butler to escort them to the main entrance.
She personally saw Feng Rou back to Feng Yan's home and, with a sigh of relief, returned herself.
Upon returning to their own room in the mansion, she saw Huangfu Sishu acting as if nothing had happened, having showered and lying on the bed.
Jin Dan impatiently pulled the blanket off him and said, "You promised so well back then, why did you change your mind midway and didn't explain clearly to me and your cousin? And you even got angry at me in front of my cousin!"
Huangfu Sishu felt a chill and snatched the blanket back, sitting up. He said helplessly, "I didn't want this either, but my elder brother has his own ideas and didn't let me tell you or your cousin in advance."
"Elder brother, elder brother! You only know how to follow his lead all day long, without considering whether his actions are right or wrong, or whether I can explain myself to my cousin! If that's the case, then don't stay with me, go with your elder brother!"
Huangfu Sishu also said irritably, "Aren't you constantly defending your cousin! Can't you see what she was like just now? She was no different from a lunatic! With her capabilities, she can't manage a group at all. The Xie Corporation would still go bankrupt in her hands!"
Jin Dan was momentarily speechless by his words.
Feng Rou indeed lacked the ability to manage a large corporation. Since divorcing Xie Zhendong and losing Qi Ning, she had completely changed. The occasional resentment that flashed in her eyes was chilling.
However, Jin Dan believed this was a normal reaction after experiencing significant setbacks in life.
Huangfu Sishu slowly moved closer to her and gently embraced her, saying, "I got angry at you in the flower room because I was provoked by Feng Rou's aggressiveness. Can you not be angry anymore?"
"In your eyes, I am also very incompetent, only fit to be the third wife serving everyone in the Huangfu family at home." Jin Dan pushed him away, preparing to go to the bathroom.
Even if his words were spoken in anger, they were still his true thoughts.
"There are so many servants in this house, who said you have to serve?" Huangfu Sishu saw that she was still angry and listlessly lay down again.
Jin Dan just smiled and ignored him, then went to take a bath.
She had been with him for decades, but she had lived without any sense of self.
Being able to marry into such a wealthy family was something many women envied. But after marrying in, she realized what it meant to enter a wealthy family, which was as deep as the sea. Her background was not from a wealthy family, and she could clearly feel the discriminatory glances from other members of the Huangfu family.
Therefore, she tried to do things herself whenever possible and tried to prove herself.
Fortunately, she and Huangfu Sishu were both relatively indifferent to fame and fortune.
After marriage, she gave birth to two sons consecutively, which was considered a blessing for her womb, and her in-laws' attitudes towards her softened somewhat.
Both children were now grown up and studying abroad.
Thinking about it, her generation in the Huangfu family was merely about supporting her husband and raising her children, living a life of emptiness without desires.
However, before marrying Huangfu Sishu, she originally had her own ambitions and ideals.
She was an excellent student in school and had pursued her studies to obtain a master's degree in chemistry, intending to continue her studies abroad and become a scientist like Marie Curie.
But after meeting Huangfu Sishu and falling deeply in love and getting married, when she mentioned her dream again and wanted to fulfill it, her husband looked at her as if she were joking.
To the other members of the Huangfu family, it was even more of a fantasy. She had been defiant and wanted to resume her studies.
But even her parents did not approve of her going abroad to study again and causing trouble. Her mother always said that a girl who marries well has everything, so why bother with further education.
She finally gave up her dream, succumbed to reality, and lived a life that everyone envied, a life of luxury, comfort, and quiet simplicity, having long forgotten what she truly wanted in her life.