Way back to Our Past

37. Why Did You Do This?

Translator: hanhan

Reading those malicious words saying that she would go to hell after she died and her son would have no child, Sun Lan was so infuriated that blood vessels on her forehead bulged incessantly. She immediately made a call to her son Ling Mubai.

“Mubai, take a good look at what Qu Wan has posted against us online? Hurry up and just shut her mouth!”

Ling Mubai was on a business trip these two days developing a new project. He just flew back today.

Hearing the serious tone of Sun Lan, he started his computer. When he saw those posts, the anger in his heart exploded instantly!

How could Qu Wan call black white and attack them in such an outrageous way? How could she do such a thing?

Being totally enraged, Ling Mubai grabbed his coat and stormed out of the house.

It was quite late, almost midnight.

Qu Wan would have fallen asleep at such a time, but Wang Zicheng insisted on her going with him to a business meeting with a client today.

It was late at night after dinner. Wang Zicheng was drunk and couldn’t walk steadily, but he still argued that he was not drunk and should drive Qu Wan home first.

The car stopped at the entrance to the alley. Qu Wan got out of the car and watched Wang Zicheng leave before she turned around and walked into the dark alley.

She also had some wine, not much though, so she could walk just fine.

All of a sudden, a hand reached out halfway and grabbed her arm in the darkness.

Qu Wan was frightened and was about to call for help subconsciously. Ling Mubai covered her mouth with his other hand and dragged her close to him.

Despite the fact that she was a little drunk, she recognized the familiar scent of Ling Mubai right away. Her heart dropped a beat and she shouted immediately, “Ling Mubai, let go of me!”

Ling Mubai had been standing here for hours until he saw Wang Zicheng send her back in person. His anger could not be suppressed one minute longer.

He had read all the related posts on the internet and learned everything from start to finish. All the troubles started from Qu Wan attending that damn matchmaking reality show.

If she didn’t go to that TV show, nothing would have happened.

What depressed Ling Mubai the most was that he became a bastard who betrayed his wife, kept a mistress, and treated his wife coldly and ruthlessly.

Ling Mubai knew that his mother was a little tart and mean and did not treat Qu Wan well enough, but he had tried his best to make up for her. He doted on her even more and tried to protect her against more grievances.

Her mother might be old-fashioned and straight-forward when speaking her mind, but she was definitely not that kind of woman without bottom lines as those people claimed online.

Ling Mubai didn’t have a father when he grew up. It was his mother who raised him alone. In those years, Sun Lan had to take care of the family and manage the company at the same time. She lived a very difficult life.

Her mother had been expecting a grandson, but Qu Wan still couldn’t get pregnant several years after they got married. Only then did her mother feel sad and disappointed, and she gradually disliked this daughter-in-law.

He felt sorry for Qu Wan, but as a son, he couldn’t ignore his mother either. It was very difficult for him to be caught in the middle, so he could only try to take care of them both as much as he could, but more often, there was nothing he could do.

He had always had a problem with her mother’s doings, but if he really fought with her and even gave up on her, would he still be a human?

It was fine for her to complain that her mother had treated her badly, but she shouldn’t have exaggerated it to such an extent.

What’s more, when did he keep a mistress? When did he betray her? Ling Mubai knew that he had never done anything that would make himself feel guilty!

Never!

How could she twist the truth?

Still covering her mouth, Ling Mubai dragged her out of the dark alley. He had visited this place many times before, so he was very familiar with the route.

Qu Wan kept struggling. Her brain remained in a state of chaos under the influence of alcohol, but she knew what was going on. She didn’t want to get near this man anymore.

She kicked him and beat him, trying to let him loosen the grip. There were several times that she almost succeeded, so Ling Mubai had to hold her up and strode out of the alley.

He pulled open the door of his car, stuffed her inside before squeezing in as well.

Qu Wan couldn’t break free and glared at him angrily. “Ling Mubai, what are you doing?”

Ling Mubai also looked sullen and questioned her, “Why did you frame me and smear me?”

Frame him?

Qu Wan was confused. “Are you out of your mind?” When did she frame him and smear him?

“You don’t have the guts to admit it?” Ling Mubai stared at her eyes. “Don’t tell me that those rumors on the internet have nothing to do with you!”

Qu Wan was so busy at work recently that she didn’t have time to read the news at all. So, she had no idea what had happened.

Lin Yiyi called her once during the day and told her that some people slandered her online but it had been taken care of.

During dinnertime, Wang Zicheng didn’t mention anything to her as well.

Could it be that Ling Mubai heard Lin Yiyi say in the TV show that Qu Wan had been abused by her mother-in-law and then thought that it was her who asked Lin Yiyi to say that on purpose?

If that’s the case, she would just own it. But Ling Mubai wouldn’t come here and find fault with her over such a small matter, right?

Qu Wan shook off his hand and sneered. “Mr. Ling, please make it clear. When did I frame you and smear you?”

Ling Mubai became even more irritated. He grabbed her shoulder with his hands and continued, “Qu Wan, you dared to do it but dared not to admit it? Do you still need me to remind you of what you have done?”

“Of course, you don’t need to remind me of what I’ve done, but don’t frame me for anything I haven’t done!” Qu Wan had never seen Ling Mubai lose his temper like this before. It seemed that something big had happened and it made him lose control.

She wondered if Lin Yiyi had said something bad about him in front of the press which then went online.

If so, she would rather admit it than let Yiyi get retaliated by Ling Mubai again.

Ling Mubai clenched his hands increasingly tighter and asked, “How could you still try to deny it?”

“Let go of me! You’re hurting me!” Qu Wan gasped in pain. “Ling Mubai, take your dirty hands off me!”

Noticing that he had hurt her, Ling Mubai loosened his hands, then he stared at her with a pair of cold eyes, “You attended that TV reality show. Were you trying to take the opportunity to smear me and make me look bad?”

“Smear you?” Qu Wan was amused. She reached out to stroke her aching shoulder. “Ling Mubai, you’re taking yourself too seriously! Who do you think you are?”

“Do you think I am that kind of person who can’t let it go? Let me tell you, I, Qu Wan, have a bottom line of what I do. Even if I had to die, I wouldn’t be interested in a cheating bastard who had hurt me before. So stop hallucinating! ”

After three years, this was the first time Qu Wan had accused Ling Mubai to his face that he had cheated on her.

She didn’t argue nor did she say anything when Jiang Xinyue came to her house with a bulged belly and fell in front of her and miscarried or when Ling Mubai came home at midnight with a lawyer and asked her to sign the divorce agreement without saying a word to her.

She signed the agreement right away and left the Ling family the next morning.

She left so resolutely that Ling Mubai had thought that she didn’t give a damn to their relationship at all.