Hearing Mu Linjing say that the video was recorded, she immediately felt a little flustered. Considering that Wen Yulan had instructed her to do this, she felt a bit more confident.
"Mu Linjing, you don't even know who you've offended, and you come to ask me? Your promotion was not honorable in the first place, everyone knows it. If I were you, I would have stopped coming to work long ago. I'm not as thick-skinned as you are."
Mu Linjing didn't want to argue with her. She just wanted to know if her guess was correct. Seeing that she refused to say anything, she directly snatched her phone and opened the call history.
"Mrs. Zhan" was at the top of the list, indicating that the call had just been made to Wen Yulan.
She turned the phone to face Amy and said, "She told you to do this. To get my position, you would blacken me like this?"
Amy snatched her phone back nonchalantly. "So what? Look at yourself. Why should you be with Young Master Zhan? Mrs. Zhan told me that Young Master Zhan has been busy accompanying the Zhan family's future daughter-in-law. You should just find a place to cry in secret."
After speaking, she turned and left, leaving Mu Linjing, who had come to seek an explanation, stunned in place.
The daughter-in-law that Wen Yulan had decided on was Qiao Ningzhi. However, Mu Linjing had met her many times. It was obvious that Qiao Ningzhi was not interested in Zhan Yichen, and Qiao Ningzhi appeared to have an aloof personality. She would not pester him after knowing about her and Zhan Yichen's relationship.
Although she thought this way, she couldn't help but have a sliver of doubt in her heart.
Once such doubt took root in her heart, if not uprooted, it would only grow deeper.
On one hand, she was asked to believe in Zhan Yichen, and on the other hand, there was her own lack of confidence stemming from the bottom of her heart. The two emotions warred within her, with neither gaining the upper hand, making her already low mood, due to gossip, even more uncomfortable.
Finally, when work was over, she came out of the company and found Wei Yumeng waiting for her at the company entrance.
After getting into the car, she tried hard to look happier, but her smile was more unsightly than crying.
Wei Yumeng pursed her lips. "Alright, stop pretending. I know about what happened at the company. Someone will always be jealous of your promotion. Moreover, office romance is not allowed, and it's usually the woman who suffers when it's discovered. Take it with a normal attitude."
Originally, Wei Yumeng should have advised her to be careful with Zhan Yichen at the company. However, seeing how depressed she was now, she couldn't bring herself to say the words of caution.
When she was alone, Mu Linjing felt wronged but didn't break down emotionally. However, when someone openly cared about her, her negative emotions surged like a flood.
She told Wei Yumeng about her conversation with Amy in the afternoon. "I don't believe he's been with Qiao Ningzhi all these days."
Wei Yumeng quickly comforted her. "I don't believe it either. We've all seen Yi Chen's feelings for you. You should believe him. If you're still worried, I can take you to his house right now."
Since Zhan Yichen moved out of the Zhan family, he had been living in his own apartment. Mu Linjing knew the address and the password to the door.
She couldn't resist the doubt and inferiority in her heart and let Wei Yumeng take her there.
Standing at the entrance of the apartment, Mu Linjing hesitated. Coming to him so suddenly might make Zhan Yichen feel that their trust was too weak.
Seeing her hesitate to go in, Wei Yumeng squeezed her shoulder. "Don't be afraid. Just think of it as visiting him. It's nothing."
In Wei Yumeng's opinion, their trip today was simply to put Mu Linjing's mind at ease.
After much hesitation, Mu Linjing finally entered the password and opened the door. There was no sign of Zhan Yichen in the living room, and there was no movement in the house. She tentatively called out Zhan Yichen's name.
There was no response, so she guessed that Zhan Yichen might not be back from his business engagement and decided to sit down and wait.
As she lowered her head to change her shoes, she realized something was wrong. She stared motionlessly at the pair of white high-heeled shoes at the entrance, and her mind exploded.
Wei Yumeng also noticed the shoes. Obviously, these were not Mu Linjing's shoes. Could there be another woman in Zhan Yichen's house?
Thinking about the reason for their visit, Mu Linjing's suspicion was amplified infinitely, instantly consuming all her reason.
She rushed into the house and went straight to the master bedroom. When she pushed the door open, the messy scene all over the floor instantly drained the color from her face.
If Wei Yumeng hadn't followed closely behind, she might not have been able to catch her as she fell.
"Lin Jing!"
Wei Yumeng's startled cry also successfully woke up the two people who were sleeping soundly under the covers. Zhan Yichen sat up, rubbing his head. He was completely naked, but he felt someone beside him and fumbled around groggily.
The unusual sensation instantly sobered him up. He opened his eyes and looked closely. The woman lying beside him was disheveled, and it was Qiao Ningzhi!
Mu Linjing, supported by Wei Yumeng, had her expression of disbelief replaced by disappointment. She looked at Zhan Yichen and closed her eyes fiercely.
"Zhan Yichen, I trusted you wrongly."
She pushed Wei Yumeng away and stumbled out. The wound on her lower back suddenly hurt like the devil, as if deliberately reminding her that the man she had risked her life to protect was nothing special.
Seeing her turn and run, Zhan Yichen almost chased after her. But thinking about his current situation, he instinctively hid under the covers and could only beg Wei Yumeng, "Sister-in-law, hurry and follow her. I'll be right there."
Wei Yumeng was also furious. If she hadn't been in a hurry to chase after Mu Linjing, she would have first stepped forward and slapped Zhan Yichen without asking any questions.
She bolted out, and only then did Zhan Yichen hastily lift the covers, pick up his clothes from the floor, and put them on haphazardly.
With such a commotion, Qiao Ningzhi finally sat up, stroking her forehead. Feeling the chill around her, she sobered up and only saw Zhan Yichen putting on his clothes.
She had never seen such a scene. Seeing her body covered in bruises under the covers, she immediately screamed in despair.
"Zhan Yichen! I'll kill you!"
Although ashamed and embarrassed, Zhan Yichen was in a desperate situation. With two women in front of him, his only choice was naturally Mu Linjing, so he could only apologize to Qiao Ningzhi.
"I'm sorry, Miss Qiao. I will give you an explanation, but not now."
He said, then chased out in a panic, but Wei Yumeng's car had already driven away.
He couldn't hesitate any longer. He immediately went to open his car and chased after them. He had to explain this matter to Mu Linjing.