The only consolation was that the overly dense Sun Jing, leading the administration department, stuck close to Julie and Pei Shi, acting like a determined third wheel and occasionally interrupting their conversation.

As Bai Tao took photos, her anger burned fiercely. If her glare could ignite, she would have set the adulterous pair on fire by now!

Are these two so in sync that they have endless things to talk about? Talk, talk, talk! They could start a talk show together! Why is Pei Shi always so silent with me?

At that moment, Pei Shi took out his phone, seemingly showing something to Julie. Julie leaned in with an admiring smile, her eyes gleaming as she looked at Pei Shi, and Pei Shi, with a faint smile in his eyes, continued talking to her…

Damn it, these cheaters! Their shamelessness is blinding my titanium alloy dog eyes!

Bai Tao was so angry she almost threw her camera.

Fortunately, once they reached the top of the mountain, it was lunchtime, and Pei Shi finally couldn’t talk to Julie any longer. The group from Shilai Technology went to a farmhouse restaurant. Although it was clearly not Pei Shi’s taste, he still ate a bit, trying to appear approachable. However, probably because he couldn’t talk freely with Julie earlier due to Sun Jing’s interference, his expression was quite grim.

But Pei Shi’s grim face was nothing compared to Bai Tao’s. From earlier until now, she had been holding in her frustration. The group was having a farmhouse lunch, but she had no appetite at all, feeling only irritation and a desire to cause trouble.

When Pei Shi left the table midway and headed outside, Bai Tao finally couldn’t hold back.

Logic told her to stay calm, but her emotions wouldn’t let her.

Outside the farmhouse was a fruit grove. As soon as Pei Shi walked into it and took out his phone, Bai Tao could no longer stand it—

“Pei Shi!” she called out, her face stern, staring at his figure.

Pei Shi showed a look of surprise but then quickly returned to his grim expression. “Bai Tao? What are you doing here?”

“What am I doing here? You have the nerve to ask? Is that the face you make when you see me? Are you unhappy, not wanting to see me?”

Pei Shi was taken aback. “I didn’t mean to give you that look. I just have a bit of…”

Bai Tao’s mind was a mess, not paying attention to what Pei Shi was saying. She blurted out her long-prepared lines, determined to take the upper hand. She had to be the one to bring up the divorce, making it seem like she was the one kicking Pei Shi out, not the other way around.

“I’m telling you, I can’t live like this anymore!” She took out her camera. “I’ve taken all the evidence of your crimes! Pei Shi, we’re done! I’m divorcing you as soon as we get back!”

After Bai Tao’s outburst, she finally heard the latter part of Pei Shi’s sentence—”I have a bit of a stomachache.”

A stomachache made his face look bad? Yeah, right!

Bai Tao was about to retort when her phone kept buzzing with notifications. Initially, she didn’t want to check, but seeing Pei Shi’s sudden serious and flustered expression at the word “divorce” gave her a bit of perverse pleasure.

To show her nonchalance, she decided to check her messages first, projecting an air of indifference. “Don’t speak yet. Let me check these messages before we talk about the divorce.”

The messages were private messages on Weibo from the anonymous informer. Was it about Pei Shi’s date with the mistress today?

Bai Tao frowned as she opened them. As expected, the informer mentioned the hiking trip today, but…

“Teacher Bai Tao! Reporting to you! Today during the employee day hike, President Pei came with us, but the mistress didn’t!”

“President Pei was discussing a project’s technical issues with our new employee all the way up, but he mentioned you several times! The new employee is about to get married, but her boyfriend has a five-year-old dog, and she’s afraid of dogs. She didn’t know what to do, so he showed her the dog you got him for his birthday! He talked about how you were afraid of dogs but went through psychological counseling for him, encouraging her to try it too to overcome her fear.”

“This is the first time I heard President Pei talk about his personal life, and he mentioned you! His tone was normal, but he clearly had a smile in his eyes. Julie admires you a lot, too, and decided to become your fan just like me! She thinks you must really love him to do so much for him!”

“In short, I think President Pei still loves you! And you love him! The mistress might have been a momentary lapse for President Pei, Teacher Bai Tao. If possible, please give him another chance!”

……

Bai Tao was momentarily confused. So Pei Shi was smiling earlier because he was talking about her? He took out his phone to show off the dog she got him? He was discussing the new project with Julie the whole way? His grim face was due to a stomachache?

And most importantly, the mistress didn’t come today?

As far as Bai Tao knew, everyone from Shilai Technology participated in this event, except…

Except herself.

So…

So the “low cultured, poorly educated, and completely shallow mistress” is actually herself?

Am I the mistress of my own story?

Pei Shi didn’t cheat?

The whistleblower was reporting on me?

Seeing the words “uncultured” in the previous messages from the informant, Bai Tao fell silent.

Bai Tao never considered that she might be the mistress in others’ eyes and immediately ruled out the possibility because she considered herself highly cultured, so it couldn’t possibly be her.

Just now, the people sticking close to Julie and Pei Shi were Sun Jing and the administration department staff, so who among them was so blind and tasteless that they completely overlooked her depth and even reported her?

This is truly awkward.

But even more awkward is the current situation—she just indiscriminately accused Pei Shi and threatened divorce…

At this moment, Pei Shi finally spoke again. “Did you finish reading your messages?” His expression wasn’t pleasant. “Now, about what you just said—you want a divorce?”