Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 436 Bad Woman_1

Xiao Ming remembered the Santana he passed by before entering the garage, the woman driving it who felt so familiar, wasn’t that Ding Jianwei?

He went to the study, closed the door, and dialed Ding Jianwei’s phone, which rang several times before it was picked up.

"This call came much later than I expected," she said, "Did you have a big fight with your wife?"

Ding Jianwei’s words were carried along with the sound of her lighter flicking, her tone indifferent.

"Where are you at? Still driving?" Xiao Ming asked.

"The highway entrance, just stopped here waiting for your questions."

This woman, indeed, was unlike everyone else.

"What position do I have to question you?" Xiao Ming said with a bitter smile, "It’s just, why did you have to sneak this trip behind my back?"

"If I hadn’t, would you have let me come?"

"No. The mistake was mine, the responsibility is on me, I should bear all the consequences."

"Your sense of male chauvinism is quite strong."

Ding Jianwei let out a light laugh, "You are at fault, but not all the responsibility lies with you, at most a small part.

In the end, no matter what your intentions were, all of this started because I wanted to exploit your greed.

If it were just that, it wouldn’t have mattered. For someone like you, being exploited would not make me feel any guilt, unfortunately, I overestimated my attitude towards feelings and underestimated you.

Even though I, Ding Jianwei, am a woman, I know what responsibility means; I don’t have the habit of letting men take the blame for me.

Xiao Ming, to be honest, if I had always suppressed my feelings and silently liked you, without being so aggressive, how long would you have pretended to be ignorant?"

Xiao Ming was silent.

It wasn’t that he didn’t know the answer, but that there was no need to voice it.

If Ding Jianwei hadn’t shown sudden passion in the restroom stall, even if it had remained the same as it was in Lingnan, he would never have pierced that layer of paper windows.

That time limit was indefinite.

Self-deception is foolish, but that’s how real life is.

Then, Ding Jianwei’s laughter came again from the earpiece, "I thought you’d start by yelling at me.

Comrade Xiao Ming, not bad, at least you’re a real man."

Xiao Ming sighed, "Already hurt one, if I hurt another, it would all be in vain in the end, gaining nothing. Am I that stupid?"

Ding Jianwei laughed heartily, but suddenly her laughter choked, she took a deep breath and spoke softly, "Ming, thank you!

Thank you for still willing to cheer me up at this time."

"The way you put it, it sounds like my wife could directly come over with a knife and chop me up and throw me in the pot."

Ding Jianwei blew her nose, "Judging by your tone, the issue was resolved so fast?"

"How could it be so easy? I just entered the house, haven’t even found the chance to talk to Xue’er, only found out something was amiss, and asked Bing to know that you’ve been here."

"Don’t worry, I didn’t say anything provocative to Jiang Xue, just briefly recounted our past since we met, as well as the importance you hold for me.

She’s a good woman, didn’t get angry or mock throughout the whole thing, besides listening, she just asked about the nature of my job and my work environment.

Honestly, I was depressed, because after understanding the dangers I often have to face, her response was worry and pity, just like you.

Can you imagine a mistress showing up only to be pitied by the wife?

But then again, you two are well-matched, almost made me confess on the spot and swear to never interact with you again.

Unfortunately, in the end, my conscience did not overcome my selfishness.

From this perspective, I truly am an outright bad woman."

Xiao Ming furrowed his brows.

He believed that Ding Jianwei would not lie or sugarcoat anything about this matter. Since nothing happened between them, why then did Jiang Xue seem so scared?

It seems that this question can only be answered by his wife.

"Are you... heading back to Qingyang now?"

"What for? Do you want me to go to your house for a face-to-face self-analysis of all three of us? Or are you planning to sneak out in the middle of the night to meet me?"

The sound of the engine starting came through the phone, "Forget it! I have seen and understood your heart, nothing else matters anymore.

Let’s leave it at that.

See you in Dian Province next year."

The call ended, and Xiao Ming silently lit a cigarette, his mind feeling like a playful kitten playing with a ball of yarn, getting more tangled and tight as it rolled.

An hour later, Jiang Xue’s soup was ready, and Xiao Bing had prepared dinner.

At the dinner table, although both spouses tried hard to hide their emotions, everyone still felt that something was off, even Xiao Zhimeng and Xing, usually boisterous, were well-behaved and barely spoke.

After dinner, Sha Lang took Xing back to the old house; Gu Tinglan took Xiao Zhimeng into the house for reading and studying; Xiao Li and Xiao Bing took care of the kitten; Qingfeng had long disappeared.

Everyone implicitly left the space for Xiao Ming and Jiang Xue, making their confrontation unavoidable.

"Xue’er, I..."

"Since you came back from Lingnan, I’ve often wondered," Jiang Xue interrupted before he could continue, "what would I be like now, if you hadn’t come to your senses and were still the degenerate gambling husband?

"But every time, there’s only one answer: I could have been violated by Cao Bangxi, and most likely would have died.

So, I kept thinking, if I had been violated, would you still love me?

If I had died, what would your life have turned into?"