Chapter 17: Everyone Knows

“We are your parents! What you give us belongs to us!” Ning Xingxian declared loudly.

Ning Chu replied, “Then I am your daughter, and what you give me belongs to me. No one can take it away! If you dare to take it, I will sell it to someone else.”

Zhou Erqin said, “Ning Chu! You are no longer the lady of the Tantai family! We will freeze your card!”

Ning Chu sneered, “Go ahead and freeze it! It’s my card, not something anyone can freeze on a whim. By the way, you can sue me and make a spectacle of yourselves! I don’t care!”

“Now! Please leave! Sister An, Sister Zhou, please escort them out. And don’t let them in if they come again.”

“Yes!” The two women, having heard quite a juicy scandal, nodded. But bound by confidentiality agreements, they dared not speak carelessly.

“You unfilial daughter! Don’t come looking for me when trouble comes!” Ning Xingxian pointed at her.

Ning Chu said calmly, “If you don’t come looking for trouble, I won’t bother with you. Being with you two has only ever meant being used.”

Eventually, the two left. Ning Chu touched her cheek and asked, “Is there a first aid kit at home?”

Sister An and Sister Zhou finally snapped out of it. “We’ll look.”

They couldn’t find one. In the end, Zhang Yan, having heard that Ning’s parents had arrived, hurried back and saw Ning Chu’s swollen face, rushing out to buy medicine.

Zhang Yan gently wiped her face and said, “Mr. Ning and Mrs. Zhou were... really...”

Ning Chu interrupted, “Really hateful, right?”

Zhang Yan nodded, “Yes! Madam... no, Miss Ning Chu, you’re so beautiful, yet they dared to hit you, and it was on your face. Your face is swollen.”

Ning Chu said, “It’s okay. I fought back. By the way, find me two more bodyguards in case they come again. Also, tell the security at the gate of the neighborhood that no one is allowed in without my permission.”

“All right, I’ll inform them.”

Ning Chu had originally planned to invite Zhou Ran to hotpot as soon as she returned, but with her face like this, she couldn’t eat out. Maybe in a few days.

Ning Chu’s WeChat was already filled with wealthy women, mostly from the same social circle. Suddenly, they all saw her latest post: Divorced!

Everyone who saw it was shocked!

“Mrs. Tantai, has your account been hacked?”

“Does anyone have Mrs. Tantai’s phone number? Call her and check.”

“Is this a prank?”

“Could it be a dare?”

People speculated wildly. After her face was treated, Ning Chu responded one by one, “The account wasn’t hacked. I really am divorced.”

“No need to call, it’s me. Divorced, no joke.”

“And please don’t call me Mrs. Tantai anymore. Call me Miss Ning Chu!”

Ning Chu posted another update: From now on, please call me Ms. Ning or Miss Ning.

After posting, she suddenly thought of something and called Butler Gu.

“It’s me, Ning Chu.”

Butler Gu was still kind, “Miss Ning Chu.”

Ning Chu said, “I announced my divorce on social media. I’m worried it might affect the Tantai family. If it does, please convey my apologies.”

“But I need to inform the family head.”

“All right.”

After hanging up, Ning Chu pondered. Although she hadn’t consulted Tantai Chao before making it public, she still wanted it known. She thought it wouldn’t cause much trouble. If anything, the biggest impact would be that Tantai Chao was single again. Many would be happy since he was admired by countless people in the circle.

As for Ning Chu herself...

Suddenly, several men messaged her on WeChat: “I heard you’re divorced. Want to grab a drink?”

“You’re divorced? How about considering me?”

“Congrats on the divorce!”

“What are your plans now? If you need help, let me know.”

Ning Chu glanced at the messages without replying. She knew these men—they were the same ones who had messaged her during her arranged marriage, but she never responded then either.

She wasn’t close to them and didn’t see why she should bother. She hadn’t deleted them before because they were part of the social circle, and she didn’t want to offend anyone. But now things were different; she didn’t care. So she quickly blocked and deleted those men.

Ning Chu was outstanding—beautiful and admired by many in the circle. But Mrs. Zhou only wanted her to marry the best man who could help the Ning family. Those men were dismissed by Mrs. Zhou, even if some came from families superior to the Nings.

Some people were delighted by Ning Chu’s divorce!

“Surely the Tantai family dumped her. Hahaha!”

“Divorced? Is it real?”

“Only a year and he was already tired of her? Hahaha, Ning Chu isn’t that great after all. Weren’t they saying she was the most famous beauty in the circle? The top socialite? What a joke. Married to Tantai Chao for only a year and then abandoned.”

“Tantai Chao is single again. Does that mean we have a chance? If he’s tired of Ning Chu, maybe I can try.”

“If you think you can, go ahead. Overconfidence will get a slap in the face. Don’t think just because he divorced Ning Chu that he’s interested in you. Do you even know what you look like? And how do you know it’s Tantai Chao who dumped Ning Chu? Maybe it’s Ning Chu who dumped him,” Chen Yixin typed furiously.

She had just been abroad for a few months and hadn’t expected such a huge event to happen back home—Ning Chu divorcing Tantai Chao, and Ning Chu herself announcing it on social media!

“Chen Yixin, why are you barking like a dog? Did you forget Ning Chu’s mother disapproved of you and forbade you from associating with Ning Chu?”

Chen Yixin snapped, “None of your business, ugly! Not worth a hair of Ning Chu’s!”

Chen Yixin was furious. “Butler! Book me a flight home immediately! I want to see who dared to bully my Ning Chu!”

Indeed, Chen Yixin was the one who was uneducated and wanted to befriend Ning Chu, but Zhou Erqin forbade Ning Chu from playing with her.

Although Mrs. Zhou didn’t allow her to associate with Ning Chu, Chen Yixin was captivated by Ning Chu’s beauty and wanted to befriend her. Yet fearing punishment from Ning Chu’s mother, she only interacted secretly with Ning Chu without showing it openly.

Ning Chu was a good person and dared not defy her parents. But Chen Yixin was superficial; she blamed Ning Chu’s parents for everything, not Ning Chu.

Marrying Tantai Chao was because Ning Chu obeyed her parents. Now that she was divorced, what about Ning Chu’s parents? Would they punish her?

Chen Yixin wanted to rush back immediately to see what had happened and was shocked that Ning Chu herself posted the news on social media.

She also asked Ning Chu on WeChat what happened, but Ning Chu did not reply.