C22 His Wife Was Back

When Shen Mannge returned to her room, she quickly sent a text message to Ye Nanxuan.

"Mr. Ye, it seems that Sea City does not bode well for me. I have already sent an application to the headquarters to transfer me back to the main office. Sorry for the short notice. There will be a new designer who will come to work with you. Miss Chu's public apology did not paint me in a very good light, as it now seems to me that I am a little too difficult to deal with. - Catherine."

Shen Mannge turned off her phone after sending the message, then fell asleep as she leaned against the headboard.

Ye Nanxuan was a little stunned to receive this message.

It was his private number, a number that even Chu Mengxi did not know about. He had not been using this number since Shen Mannge's death five years ago. Still, he had kept the number. So far, only his dead wife Shen Mannge, and his assistant Soong Tao, had this number.

Catherine had sent a text message to him on this number. He was certain that Soong Tao would never give this private number to an unknown woman like Catherine. Unless... Catherine was actually his wife, Shen Mannge, and knew about this number already!

Ye Nanxuan's emotions were all over the place.

His heartbeat grew fast. He could see that all signs pointed to this fact. Ye Nanxuan became more and more anxious.

He called Soong Tao straightaway.

"How is the investigation on Catherine going, that I asked you to conduct?"

Soong Tao had yet to get up from his bed. Today was the weekend. He had planned to get a good night's sleep, but Ye Nanxuan's call instantly drove away his drowsiness.

"Mr. Ye, I've used all my connections. Legal and off the book channels. This Catherine seems to have been living in the United States all her life. All records of her school, college, taxes, work history exist. I even got someone to interview her classmates. She said that this person is really Catherine, but not many people know of her Chinese name. Her identity seems full-proof."

Soong Tao's words made Ye Nanxuan frown.

"Does this Catherine have anything off in her records? Anything at all that raises suspicion? For instance, did she take a break from school for some time? Was she in an accident?"

Soong Tao was surprised to hear Ye Nanxuan's question.

"Mr. Ye, I haven't checked that yet."

"I'll give you half an hour. I want all the information available on her. Remember, all of it."

With that, he hung up the phone without caring about Soong Tao's reaction to this statement.

Catherine had always lived in the United States and had all records in the public domain since childhood, but why then did she and Shen Mannge have so much in common? Was this really all a coincidence? His heart was not convinced. How could someone who had always lived in the United States be related to Lan Lingyu, who to his knowledge had never even left the country? In fact, Lan Lingyu had been his wife's best friend.

These questions spun in circles in Ye Nanxuan's mind.

He opened the drawer of his desk. Inside was the divorce agreement Shen Mannge had left him with five years ago, as well as her wedding ring.

In his three years of marriage, he seemed to have only bought her one thing—this piece of jewellery, the ring. That too, only for the sake of the marriage ceremony.

He used to think that this marriage was not what he wanted. He did not like women who schemed against him. But every time he returned from work, he saw that she always left a light on for him. No matter how late he returned home, Shen Mannge always heated up the food. Even if he refused to eat it, she kept the routine going for three years.

He knew that Shen Mannge had visited various hospitals and doctors to seek medical help so that she could get pregnant. He did not feel like stopping her at that time. A woman who could not have children was better for him. In any case, their marriage was not based on love. Multiple children meant multiple responsibilities, making it even more difficult for them to relate to each other. However, when he saw Shen Mannge taking the medicinal herbs that were so hard for her to swallow, his heart actually ached. When he later learned that Shen Mannge had been poisoned and hospitalized, he lost his cool for the very first time.

At that time, he knew that Shen Mannge had wormed her way into his heart, but he did not like this change. So he forced himself to create more distance from her. He became cold with her, thinking that this would allow him to return to his earlier indifference. But that silly woman Shen Mannge, she never stopped loving him, no matter how cold he was. No matter how much he tried, she always welcomed him with a smile, keeping her bitterness and tears to herself.

He used to think that Shen Mannge never shed tears, until one night when she had a fever and was curled up on the huge bed by herself, crying out his name. Tears covered her cheeks. It was then that Ye Nanxuan knew that in heart, she was just a little girl.

He wanted to be good to her, but it was unfortunate that Chu Mengxi had returned, bringing the Ye Family heir with her. At that time, he had been in complete disarray. Shen Mannge had also become pregnant. To prevent Chu Mengxi from harming her, Ye Nanxuan asked someone to send her out of the country so that she could take care of the child in her womb. He never expected her to be in a fire.

Even though five years had passed now, doubts still lingered in Ye Nanxuan's heart. He did not believe that a woman who loved him so wholeheartedly would cheat on him behind his back. Shen Mannge was probably the only one who could tell him what had happened back then.

And now... she was back!

Although there was no conclusive evidence yet, Ye Nanxuan had a strong feeling that this was true.

Shen Mannge, his wife, was back.