When my wife went to take a bath, I accidentally saw a message from her fat – loss nutritionist.
“I’ve provided you with all my high – protein today. Come tomorrow and let me check if your body measurements have decreased.”
I initially thought “high – protein” was just a term related to weight – loss meals. But in the next second, I was presented with a photo sent by the nutritionist that completely shattered my worldview.
1
I’ve been married to my wife, Zhao Wanwan, for three years, and our relationship has always been very harmonious.
We got to know each other in college and got married after graduation.
I started my own business, while she became a housewife and gave birth to a cute and lively son for me.
At the beginning of this year, my wife, who had never been too concerned about her figure, suddenly told me that she wanted to lose weight.
She was less than 1.6 meters tall but weighed nearly 170 pounds, which was indeed a bit overweight.
However, she had reached this state because of giving birth to our child.
Naturally, I didn’t dislike her.
But since she said she wanted to lose weight, I strongly supported her.
She found a professional fat – loss nutritionist and had to communicate with him every day about what to eat for three meals.
Seeing their increasingly close contact, I actually felt a bit uncomfortable in my heart.
But for the sake of my wife’s health, I endured it silently.
After all, there was indeed an effect. My wife had lost twenty or thirty pounds.
Until that day, when my wife went to the bathroom to take a bath, the screen of her mobile phone placed on the table suddenly lit up.
I glanced at it, and a message popped up.
It was from my wife’s fat – loss nutritionist.
“I’ve provided you with all my high – protein today. Come tomorrow and let me check if your body measurements have decreased.”
I thought they were discussing the high – protein in the fat – loss meal, so I picked up my wife’s phone, planning to help her reply to the message.
But to my surprise, the fat – loss nutritionist then sent an extremely indecent photo.
My wife had a dazed look on her face.
And standing in front of her was another man!
My mind exploded, my heart thumped, and then I felt a wave of nausea.
“Zhao Wanwan, get out here!” I shouted loudly.
“What are you doing? I’m taking a bath.”
“Get out here right now! What the hell is going on?”
Zhao Wanwan was very dissatisfied with my attitude and came out of the bathroom cursing: “You just want to pick a fight tonight, don’t you?”
I picked up her phone and pointed at the photo: “Explain, what on earth is this?”
Zhao Wanwan came closer. When she saw the picture on the phone screen, her face changed drastically.
“Why are you touching my phone randomly? It’s just a harassing message from someone else. Give me the phone back quickly!”
“Harassing message? Isn’t that you in the picture?”
I hated that she was still trying to hide it from me and muddle through.
“Honey, listen to me explain.”
“Explain? How do you want to explain? I’m not blind!”
2
Zhao Wanwan burst into tears.
“No, I got drunk accidentally a few days ago, and he took advantage of the situation and…
“These days, he has been sending me photos to threaten me. I had no choice but to cooperate with him. I didn’t want to, honey. But he said that if I didn’t cooperate, he would send the photos to you… I don’t want to lose you… Wuwuwu…”
My heart was still thumping non – stop.
My head seemed to be about to explode.
“If that’s the case, why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
Zhao Wanwan hugged me and cried loudly: “I was afraid that you would dislike me if you knew. I love you so much and care about you so much. How could I risk letting you know about this?”
Seeing her crying with snot and tears all over her face, I took several deep breaths and then sighed and shed tears.
If what Zhao Wanwan said was true… then she was the victim.
After so many years of relationship, how could I blame her just because she was harmed?
I proposed to accompany her to the police. After all, a nutritionist is a profession that can easily build an intimate relationship with people. If such a person is allowed to commit crimes, more girls will surely be victimized.
But Zhao Wanwan firmly disagreed.
She said that if this matter got out, her reputation would be completely ruined.
She absolutely couldn’t accept making this matter public.
In the end, we both made concessions and chose to report this unscrupulous nutritionist to the institution where he worked. Zhao Wanwan also refunded the money from that institution, left, and completely cut off contact with the nutritionist.
3
Although I had forgiven my wife.
But I’m a man.
The photo from that day lingered in my mind all the time, constantly haunting me.
The seeds of doubt had taken root and germinated in my heart.
I couldn’t help but be suspicious…
I knew it was not good, but I really couldn’t control it.
Whenever my wife answered calls or made calls, I would unconsciously prick up my ears. When my wife smiled while chatting with others on the phone, I would immediately be nervous and want to peek.
I knew that this incident not long ago had left me with serious psychological shadows, and it might take a very long time to get rid of these shadows.
I don’t know if it was just my imagination, but my wife’s behavior seemed to be getting weirder and weirder.
Our child was less than two years old. In the past, two nannies were in charge of taking care of him, and my wife supervised them to prevent them from being negligent.
But now, my wife always left the child to the nannies and went out frequently.
Several times when I came home from work, I couldn’t see her.
She explained that after what happened last time, she felt very sorry for me and wanted to make it up to me. So she decided to find a job, earn money, and buy me a gift to apologize.
I was a bit touched.
I never expected that my wife, who had always been pampered, would work so hard to maintain our family.
In contrast, my previous suspicion seemed so unkind.
I had to get rid of this problem of not trusting my family, otherwise it would be too unfair to my wife.
However.
A few days later, my good brother, Ajie, suddenly sent me a message: “Brother, is sister – in – law at home now?”
“What’s up? What do you want with my wife? Can’t you tell me?” I asked curiously.
Ajie took a long time to reply: “I saw a woman outside who looks very much like sister – in – law. Brother, why don’t you take a look?”
“Really? Where is it? Take a picture and send it to me. Let me see how much she looks like.”
Ajie quickly sent a photo with a slightly blurred pixel.
It showed a woman passionately kissing the man in front of her.
I recognized at a glance that the woman in the photo was my wife, Zhao Wanwan!
The bracelet she was wearing was a Valentine’s Day gift I had given her not long ago.
The bag on her chair was custom – made for her by the brand. There was only one in the world.
I couldn’t catch my breath and almost fainted. My eyes were filled with stars.
“Where are you now? Send me the address.”
Ajie also realized the seriousness of the problem and didn’t dare to delay. He immediately sent me the address, which was actually a coffee shop not far from my home.
I ran downstairs with trembling legs. In my state, I couldn’t drive, so I had to hurry up and take a taxi to the destination.
4
My mind was in a mess on the way. I didn’t know what to do or what to say later.
I never dreamed that Zhao Wanwan, who told me she was going out to work to maintain our family, had betrayed me.
Perhaps, she had betrayed me again!
When I arrived at the destination, I ran towards the coffee shop without stopping. I pushed the door open and shouted: “Zhao Wanwan.”
Zhao Wanwan saw me at once. Her cheerful smile froze on her face. She stood up awkwardly: “Honey.”
The man opposite her was a coward. When he saw me coming, he stood up without saying a word. Taking me by surprise, he ran past me quickly and rushed out of the door.
“Who is this man again?” My face was livid, and my chest heaved with anger.
If I wasn’t mistaken, the man who had just run out was the same one as the nutritionist in the photo of Zhao Wanwan’s previous affair.
5
My wife stood in front of the table, stuttering and unable to say a word. The people around were attracted by me and looked at us. Some even picked up their phones and started filming.
Zhao Wanwan might not care about face, but I did. I could only grab her hand and drag her out of the coffee shop.
It was not until we got home that I continued to question her.
“Is this the nutritionist? You two have never stopped contacting each other?”
Zhao Wanwan cried again, insisting that they hadn’t contacted each other since the last time they were discovered, and this was their first meeting today.
“He said he still has the video of raping me for the first time. If I don’t go, he will post it online. I really had no choice.”
I took out my phone and pointed at the photo of her and the nutritionist: “You seem very happy to me.”
“I… I was just forcing a smile.” Zhao Wanwan was still stubborn at this time.
“Let’s get a divorce.” I was fed up with the feeling of being cuckolded by my wife all the time.
“Divorce?” Zhao Wanwan shrieked, “We can’t get divorced!”
“I love you so much. How can you divorce me?
“Besides, there’s Zhao’er. For such a trivial matter, are you going to abandon your own son?”
I hesitated. Her words hit the mark. My son was still so young. Did I really want him to grow up in an incomplete family?
If he understood things in the future and knew that his mother had run away after cheating, how would he deal with it?
Looking at Zhao’er’s cute and innocent face, my heart softened.
“I’m really forced! Honey, forgive me this time. Really, that person promised me it would be the last time! I will never see him again. Please… even for the sake of our son…”
I turned around.
Tears fell.
For the sake of my son, perhaps I should endure it one more time.
Zhao Wanwan repeatedly promised me that she would definitely break off contact with the nutritionist in the future. If the nutritionist contacted her and threatened her again, she would call the police immediately.
After that, Zhao Wanwan never mentioned going out to find a job again.
She began to stay at home, rarely going out, and even not leaving the bedroom door all day.
I finally felt a little relieved.
I even installed a locator on Zhao Wanwan’s phone. Only when I saw that she was at home and didn’t go out every day could I feel at ease.
I knew this was wrong.
But I could no longer bear betrayal.
As compensation, I bought all kinds of electronic products and jewelry for Zhao Wanwan.
She was very happy, and I even had an illusion that we seemed to have returned to the sweet time when we first fell in love.
But as time passed, I still noticed something was wrong.
Zhao Wanwan seemed to be getting more and more disgusted with me coming home.
Every time I came home from work, I would face her tightly – knitted brows.
Not only that, the nannies we hired at home also looked at me more and more strangely.
It seemed to be… pity?
But what could the nannies pity about the master’s family?
My career was going smoothly, my family had returned to normal, and my son was smart and cute. What was there to pity?
Until that day, when I had a cold and decided to go home to sleep, take some medicine, and rest.
When I pushed open the door, I saw the nannies looking panicked.
I asked them what was wrong, but they all had strange expressions and chose to remain silent.
My head hurt badly. I planned to go to sleep first and then ask about these trivial matters.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I approached the bedroom, I heard some indescribable sounds.
6
I felt all the blood in my body rush to my head immediately. If I wasn’t mistaken, this voice was exactly that of my wife, Zhao Wanwan.
I kicked the door open, and the two naked people rolling together immediately stopped: “Who is it? Get out!”
They should have thought that it was one of our nannies who had accidentally barged in.
I turned around and locked the door, then walked to the bedside, grabbed the man who was holding Zhao Wanwan with one hand, and swung my fist hard at his disgusting face.
“Who? What are you doing? Let go quickly, or I’ll kill you!”
He hadn’t come to his senses yet, struggling and cursing.
“Ah!” Zhao Wanwan beside me screamed loudly, “Honey, why did you come back suddenly?”
“If I didn’t come back, I wouldn’t have seen this good show of yours.”
I didn’t stop my hands, pounding the man crazily, and said to Zhao Wanwan through gritted teeth.
“Stop hitting, please. If you hit him again, you’ll kill him.”
Zhao Wanwan rushed over, trying to stop me.
This adulterer, although he was a nutritionist, looked like a weak chicken. He had no strength at all and couldn’t resist. After being hit by me a few times, he actually started crying.
When I finally had no strength left in my hands and had vented my anger, I threw him onto the bed and disgustedly took a wet wipe to wipe my hands.
Zhao Wanwan hugged the adulterer and comforted him softly.
The two of them actually got together in front of me.
My fists hardened again, and I even wanted to separate them and beat them up again.
“Aunt Zhao!” I called out to the nanny outside the door.
“Pack her things immediately and throw them all out.”
“How dare you!” Zhao Wanwan was still very tough, “If you dare to drive us out, I’ll call the police and accuse you of intentional injury immediately.”
7
“Zhao Wanwan, do you still have any shame? You’re having an affair right at home, and you still expect me to be polite to you two?”
“You’re just jealous. Jealous that he’s younger, more handsome, and can get more of my love than you.”
Zhao Wanwan held her head high, looking completely unaware of her mistake.
“I tell you, if you drive me away, I’ll take Zhao’er with me. You’ll never see your son again in this life.”
I snorted coldly: “With your flirtatious character, it’s not certain whether Zhao’er is my biological son or not.”
I had just said it out of anger.
But after I said this, I actually saw Zhao Wanwan showing a look of guilt. It took her a long time to stutter: “Of – of course he is. Whose son could he be if not yours?”
My head buzzed.
Could it be?
…
After being stunned for a while, I directly took out my phone and contacted the family doctor to come and do a paternity test for me and my son immediately.
“You’re not a human being. You actually suspect your own son.”
Zhao Wanwan flew into a rage and started cursing at me.
I pointed at the adulterer: “If you dare to say another word, I’ll kill him right away!”
Zhao Wanwan was indeed threatened by me.
She shrank into the corner resentfully.
Squatting side by side with her lover.
I was waiting anxiously.
She was still trying to change my mind.
Saying that if I doubted like this, how would my son deal with it in the future?
But the more she tried to persuade me, the more my heart sank.
8
The family doctor arrived soon. They had brought all the necessary equipment, and the blood test could be done directly at home.
I watched the thick blood – drawing needle pierce the child’s body, and seeing Zhao’er crying heartbreakingly, I felt extremely distressed.
I gently held the child in my arms. If you are my biological son, in the future, I will definitely compensate you a hundred or a thousand times.
But the result made my heart sink to the bottom.
Money can make the devil push the mill. The paternity test result came out quickly.
It was announced that I was excluded from being related to Zhao’er.
I rushed into the bedroom like crazy and threw the test report on Zhao Wanwan’s face: “Bitch, Zhao’er is really not my biological son. What the hell is going on?”
Since I took the doctor to get Zhao’er’s blood sample, Zhao Wanwan knew that something was wrong and started packing her clothes and jewelry.
I overturned the box she had packed, and a pile of gold jewelry rolled out: “You’re not leaving until you explain everything clearly from beginning to end today.”
“Since it’s come to this, I won’t hide it from you anymore. I’ve been with Xiaojin since we just got married. The man I love in my heart is only him. Being with you was just a game.”
“What? You two have been together for so long?”
Since she had completely torn her face with me, Zhao Wanwan no longer concealed anything from me.
Zhao Wanwan told me that she had been maintaining an ambiguous relationship with this Xiaojin since she got married, and the child was born to prove her love for this adulterer.
At first, they were more restrained. They only met once every ten days or half a month, and every time they had to be furtive.
But as time went by, they became dissatisfied. That’s when Zhao Wanwan suggested that he pretend to be a nutritionist, so that they could have open contact right in front of me.
Just thinking that I had wholeheartedly supported Zhao Wanwan’s decision to find a nutritionist to lose weight made me feel nauseous. I had been so stupid as to support my wife’s affair with her lover.
Even after being caught in the act of adultery twice by me, she still couldn’t bear to break off contact with this adulterer. And since she was worried about being discovered if she went out secretly, she finally took the risky step of bringing him directly into our home.
For so many days, this adulterer had been living in my house. When I came back, he would hide in the basement, and when I went to work, he would come to the bedroom and fool around with Zhao Wanwan.
All the nannies in the house knew about this, but they were threatened by Zhao Wanwan that if they informed me, they would lose their jobs.
So for so many days, no one dared to reveal even a tiny bit of information to me. I had been kept in the dark like a fool.
“We’re going to handle the divorce procedures today. You, along with your adulterer and your illegitimate child, must leave my house immediately.”
“If you want a divorce, that’s fine. I’ve been married to you for so many years. I may not have any credit, but I’ve certainly put in a lot of hard work. You have to give me at least half of the family property.”
Even now, Zhao Wanwan still had the nerve to try to get my property.
I was so angry that I laughed instead: “You’re thinking too much. I’ll make you leave the house with nothing.”
“What? Do you have any conscience? If it weren’t for me taking care of the house all these years, how could you have grown your business so big? You must give me half of the property! And half of the company too!”
“Do you think my lawyer is useless? I have ten thousand ways to make sure you get not even a single bit of the post – marriage property, and you might even end up in debt!
“If you’re not afraid of embarrassment, we can go to court and let the court decide this matter. Let’s see if you can get a single penny!”
Zhao Wanwan’s imposing manner suddenly weakened.
She started packing her luggage quietly and stopped talking.
I turned around and walked out of the bedroom, not wanting to look at these two despicable people for another second.
9
The divorce process went smoothly. Zhao Wanwan knew she was in the wrong, so she didn’t cause any trouble.
But after the divorce, she started creating more problems.
When I caught her and her lover in the coffee shop, there were many onlookers, and some people even posted the video online, which caused quite a stir.
Zhao Wanwan was so shameless that she used this incident to gain popularity and make money.
She started a live – stream, crying and complaining about how lonely and miserable she had been in these years of marriage. She said that her husband was cold and busy, and couldn’t meet her inner needs at all.
It was only when she met Xiaojin that she realized the meaning of life.
My company had become quite well – known over the years, and she didn’t hesitate to use my name to stir up trouble.
For a while, everyone knew that the wife of a well – known wealthy man had an affair, and even brazenly publicized these things on the Internet.
For the outside world, if the person in charge of a company can’t even manage his own family well, then his ability to manage the company will also be questioned.
So during the days when Zhao Wanwan was live – streaming, the company suffered a lot of losses. Several companies that had originally intended to cooperate with us dropped the matter.
Zhao Wanwan clearly knew all this, so she did this to threaten me to give her money.
During the day, she looked pitiful in front of the camera:
“You guys don’t understand the lonely heart of a young married woman. I need the nourishment of love to survive. My incompetent husband can’t satisfy me. Only Xiaojin can.
“I hope all the female sisters can be like me and bravely pursue their own love.
“Don’t be weak, don’t be cowardly, and don’t be a man’s appendage.”
At night, she kept calling and texting me, demanding that I must give her money, otherwise she would keep live – streaming.
But how could she not realize that I, a person who has been in the business world for so long, would be easily controlled by a housewife who couldn’t even hide her affair?
Previously, I loved her, the mother of my child. So in front of her, I was willing to be a fool.
Willing to give my all for her.
But now.
For an enemy.
The legal department of my company is not useless.
10
We had long collected the false information that Zhao Wanwan said during the live – stream and filed a lawsuit with the court.
When Zhao Wanwan received the court summons, her arrogant mask finally cracked.
She rushed in front of me like crazy: “Honey, please, you can’t be so heartless. A day of husband and wife means a hundred days of kindness. A hundred days of husband and wife is as deep as the sea.”
“Husband and wife? Humph, do you still have the face to talk to me about being husband and wife? Why didn’t you think of us as husband and wife when you had an affair? Why didn’t you think of us as husband and wife when you gave birth to someone else’s child? Why didn’t you think of us as husband and wife when you smeared me and blackmailed me during the live – stream?”
“I was just muddle – headed for a moment, honey. Please forgive me.”
Of course, I wouldn’t be soft – hearted. Zhao Wanwan no longer deserved even a shred of my pity. But I still asked the question that I had always wanted to ask: “That adulterer has nothing special, and he’s just ordinary – looking. Why did you betray me for someone like him?”
After struggling for a long time…
A shameful smile appeared on Zhao Wanwan’s face.
“It’s precisely because of what he is that I can find a sense of satisfaction on him, a sense of being in control of our relationship.
“I spent the money you gave me on him, and he would fawn on me, flatter me, and he was even willing to lick my feet.”
I felt a wave of nausea and quickly drove her out.
She still didn’t give up and kept pestering me to reconcile with her immediately, otherwise she would make me regret it.
I refused without hesitation. But I didn’t know that she was a lunatic, completely devoid of reason. For the sake of money, she could do anything.
11
A few days later, she started another live – stream and, in a fit of desperation, told everyone that we had divorced.
She said that I had abandoned my wife and child, kicked them out of the house, and even refused to give a single cent for the child’s support.
Previously, when she live – streamed several times, netizens would condemn her for having an affair first. But when they heard that I was unwilling to pay child support, they all sided with her.
When I learned this news, I was speechless.
She should know better than anyone that Zhao’er was not my biological child.
I released the paternity test report that we had done before, which clearly showed that Zhao’er was not my biological offspring.
But now Zhao Wanwan refused to admit it. She insisted that this was a trap I had set up to get rid of them, and the test report was forged by me in collusion with the family doctor.
At the same time, she also presented another paternity test to prove that I was Zhao’er’s biological father. Without thinking, I could guess that this must be a paternity test that Zhao Wanwan and her lover had done by pretending to be me and Zhao’er.
But I didn’t understand what the point of her lying was.
Zhao’er and I could do a live – streamed paternity test at any time. Wouldn’t her lie be easily exposed then?
But I underestimated Zhao Wanwan. She had become so desperate for money that she was willing to do anything, even sacrifice her own son.
12
I publicly stated that I wanted to do a live – streamed paternity test with Zhao’er.
Zhao Wanwan refused without hesitation.
She told others that my request for a paternity test was just an excuse, and my real purpose was to take Zhao’er away from her.
“I know I’m not as rich as the child’s father, but Zhao’er is a piece of my own flesh. How could I bear to be separated from him?”
Zhao Wanwan cried pitifully in front of the camera, and the netizens watching her live – stream began to sympathize with her.
“Whether what she did in other aspects is right or wrong, at least she’s a responsible and good mother.”
“A mother’s love for her child is so pure and unconditional. Isn’t it too cruel to take the child away from the mother?”
“Nowadays, men are like this. They don’t help at all when it comes to taking care of the child, but when they get divorced, they have to fight for the child.”
I was extremely speechless. Did they really think I was some kind of big fool who would want to raise someone else’s child?
Zhao Wanwan became addicted to playing the victim. She kept insisting that Zhao’er was my child while firmly refusing to let me meet Zhao’er or do a paternity test.
This logical contradiction went unnoticed. Everyone now started to sympathize with Zhao Wanwan, who was raising the child alone, and said that she was a responsible and good mother.
Zhao Wanwan started live – streaming to sell goods. Netizens were moved by her love for her son and placed orders for her. She quickly rose to the top ten of the live – streaming sales list.
The more this happened, the more she refused to let me see Zhao’er, and her attitude became even more resolute in preventing me from meeting him.
In order to find Zhao’er, I even hired several private detectives to follow her all day. But she was really patient. She didn’t go to see Zhao’er for several months.
She told netizens that she had hidden Zhao’er in a place that was absolutely safe and no one could find. For the safety of the child, as a mother, she could only endure not seeing her own son for several months.
She performed all the fake crying scenes she had put on in front of me in front of the camera, and netizens were deeply moved by her so – called deep motherly love and kept sending her gifts.
13
But I felt more and more that something was wrong. When Zhao Wanwan was at my home before, she had never shown any maternal love for Zhao’er. She would just throw the child to the nanny and not care much.
Both she and I knew very well that I was impossible to forcefully take the child back. So why was she hiding the child so tightly?
Even if she was afraid that I would take the child for a paternity test, she could at least show the netizens the recent situation of Zhao’er, right?
Although Zhao’er was not my son, I had to admit that this child was really smart, cute, and lovable.
If Zhao Wanwan was willing to let the netizens see Zhao’er, even just a photo or a video, it would surely attract more attention, and more netizens would support her, and she could earn more money from it.
In my opinion, the only reason she hadn’t let Zhao’er appear on camera until now was that, for some reason, Zhao’er couldn’t appear.
But I couldn’t figure out what that reason was.
If it was because of illness, Zhao Wanwan should have seized this opportunity to ask me for money even more.
But if it wasn’t illness, what could happen to a two – year – old child?
14
Until one day.
A netizen posted a video online.
The netizen said that his family had a villa built by the forest in the suburbs. By chance, when he was checking the surveillance, he found someone setting fire in the forest.
He posted this surveillance video, appealing to everyone not to light fires casually, otherwise, if it caused a forest fire, it would be a big problem.
At first, this matter attracted no attention.
Most people didn’t care much about someone lighting a fire in the suburbs. At most, they would make fun of the blogger for deliberately showing off that he had a villa.
But then, a netizen asked: “Why would someone burn a fire for no reason? The shape of the bundle that person threw into the fire looks like a child to me.”
Public opinion was in an uproar.
“I didn’t notice it until you said so. It really does look a bit like that.”
“Burning a child in the suburbs? It’s really terrifying.”
“Does the blogger have a psychological shadow now?”
Everyone started analyzing the video one after another and found that from the way the person in the video exerted force and the shape, contour, and size of the object thrown into the fire, everything pointed to one thing: the object thrown into the fire was a child!
Netizens were all horrified and called the police one after another, asking the police to investigate the truth.
The police went to the crime scene and indeed found that there was a piece of land with burn marks.
Although no bones were found.
But the police took soil samples from the burned area. After testing, they actually found human tissue!
No one expected that a video about safe fire – use would uncover a case of child arson.
The police released information to the public, calling on people with information to come forward.
It was after the incident went viral and made it to the hot search that I saw the video.
The moment the figure in the video appeared, I felt a chill all over my body.
That woman was Zhao Wanwan!
Although she was wearing a hat and a mask, covering herself tightly, it was not difficult to tell from her actions that this was my ex – wife.
The doubts that had been plaguing me for many days finally had an answer that broke my heart.
My son was gone!
I quickly ran home, collected the fetal – hair brush that Zhao’er had left at home and took it to the police station for identification.
The result came out soon!
The human tissue found in the burned soil was from the same person as the fetal hair I had submitted.
Zhao Wanwan had burned her own son!
15
Zhao Wanwan was soon arrested.
At first, she was stubborn and refused to admit it. But when she saw the identification result, she remained silent for a while and then started to defend herself.
She said that Zhao’er had suddenly fallen seriously ill and couldn’t be saved. She was reluctant to give up the profit brought by her “loving – mother” persona, so she decided to destroy the body and cover up the fact that the child had died.
But I found it hard to believe this woman’s nonsense.
Zhao’er had grown up under my nose. He was healthy, and I had a doctor examine him every month. He had no health problems.
How could such a child suddenly fall seriously ill and die without even a chance of rescue just a few days after leaving home?
I told the police my thoughts.
The police also agreed with me.
But we couldn’t find any substantial evidence to prove that Zhao Wanwan was at fault.
So she was only detained for a while for maliciously destroying the body and then was released.
16
But unexpectedly, two months later, Zhao Wanwan’s lover suddenly came to the police station and reported that Zhao Wanwan had killed her own son. He also provided a video as evidence.
It turned out that since Zhao Wanwan divorced me, she had been living with the child and her lover, Xiaojin.
Zhao’er was used to a pampered life. Of course, he wasn’t used to a smoky house. He cried day and night.
Zhao Wanwan had never taken care of a child before. When the child was at my home, it was the nannies who took care of him.
Now that the child was in her hands, the first few days were okay, but later she became more and more impatient and started beating and scolding Zhao’er.
The more she beat him, the louder the child cried, and the angrier she became.
Finally, one day, she couldn’t take it anymore. She grabbed her own son tightly and shook him hard, trying to make him stop crying.
The child finally stopped crying forever.
But Xiaojin had installed a surveillance camera at home and naturally recorded the scene of Zhao Wanwan’s crime.
Before, Zhao Wanwan had taken a lot of jewelry from my home and spent it all on Xiaojin.
Later, by live – streaming with her “loving – mother” persona, she made a fortune.
Naturally, Xiaojin wouldn’t take the initiative to expose this matter and cut off his own source of income.
But since the news of Zhao Wanwan burning Zhao’er’s body was released, netizens started to curse her, and the merchants who had asked her to promote their products began to ask her for compensation one by one.
The money she earned wasn’t even enough to pay the compensation, let alone spend it on her lover.
Xiaojin not only couldn’t get money from Zhao Wanwan but was now also pestered by her to take out his savings to help pay off the debt.
Xiaojin was naturally unwilling.
After running away twice and being caught by Zhao Wanwan, the two finally had a falling – out and started fighting.
Zhao Wanwan threatened that as long as she was alive, she would pester Xiaojin.
This Xiaojin had been with Zhao Wanwan just for the money. Now that the money was gone, he was naturally impatient with Zhao Wanwan, who had a bad figure and a bad temper.
In order to completely get rid of Zhao Wanwan, he took the evidence and reported her.
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When Zhao Wanwan was arrested, she was still calm, claiming that the police had no evidence to arrest her and that she would leave.
But when she saw Xiaojin in the police station and the video, she knew that she couldn’t hide anything anymore.
She confessed everything about killing her son and destroying the body.
Not only that, she also confessed that Xiaojin had colluded with others to evade taxes and launder money on a large scale.
After an investigation by the police, the situation was found to be true, so this pair of adulterers who were hurting each other were both sent to prison.
I later went to visit Zhao Wanwan in prison. She was completely different from the image I had of her. Before being arrested, due to overeating and lack of self – control, her weight had almost reached 200 pounds. But when I went to visit her in prison, she looked like she weighed at most 100 pounds. Because of the rapid weight loss, the skin on her face hung loose, looking rather scary.
She cried and said that she was having a hard time. The inmates in the same cell bullied her, not allowing her to eat, forcing her to do more work, and even not allowing her to sleep in bed.
The things she had done, such as killing her own son and using her son’s name to amass wealth, had long spread throughout the prison. Many of the other women in prison had their own children and missed them deeply. They naturally wouldn’t let go of such a scoundrel who even killed her own son.
Zhao Wanwan cried and told me that she knew she was wrong and that she wanted to live a good life with me and Zhao’er.
I didn’t answer her. I was just shocked by her audacity. Even now, she could still say such things.
I directly hung up the phone and turned around to walk out of the prison, ignoring her howls and cries behind me. Everyone should pay the price for their original decisions.
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Zhao Wanwan was finally sentenced to death because she killed her own biological son and then cremated the body to destroy the evidence. The nature of the crime was extremely heinous, causing significant adverse reactions in society.
I didn’t go to see her again, nor did I claim her ashes after she was executed.
That man named Xiaojin disappeared without a trace.
After Zhao’er passed away.
She had cruelly burned Zhao’er to ashes and even threw the unburned bones into the river.
Now that no one claimed her ashes, it was probably her retribution.
My only regret was that I didn’t discover and stop her from harming Zhao’er in time.
Although Zhao’er was not my biological son, he had been raised by my side for two years, carrying all my love and expectations for a child.
If Zhao Wanwan had been determined not to raise the child and chose to abandon him, I think I probably wouldn’t have ignored it.
Unfortunately, Zhao Wanwan was too cruel and actually took the life of such a young child.
I hated Zhao Wanwan for her heartlessness and also hated that adulterer Xiaojin for his cold – bloodedness.
I really wanted to kill someone.
But I had to live well.
Fortunately, I still had friends.
A buddy later told me that Xiaojin might still be lucky enough to live for a long time –
In an area rich in jade.
However, being able to live didn’t mean being able to live well.
His days were not easy now, and he couldn’t even seek death.
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Eight years after the divorce, I finally fell in love with a woman.
At that time, I was still immersed in the shadow left by Zhao Wanwan. It was this woman who led me out step by step.
Her world was full of sunshine, and she generously shared half of it with me, illuminating my dark world.
She was cheerful, generous, straightforward, and lively, making me look forward to marriage again.
After being with her, I only felt happy and no longer had the previous suspicion and paranoia.
We had two children, a son and a daughter.
We were very happy.
– The End –
