Fang Jiahai.

Qiao Jiuru knew him all too well.

Not only was he a classmate of Su Huaiyuan, but also her senior and fellow alumnus.

She used to see him often.

Due to his family’s poor financial condition and the fact that he was Su Huaiyuan’s classmate, the Su family had hired Fang Jiahai’s mother to work for them and even sponsored his university education.

Whenever Su Huaiyuan bought books or supplies for his studies, he would always get an extra set for Fang Jiahai as well.

Although these weren’t enormous favors, any person with a heart would remember such kindness.

Yet, no one could’ve expected that jealousy would twist someone so badly.

But there’s no rush—step by step.

Gratitude will be repaid, and grudges avenged.

This person—within the year—would certainly receive what he deserves.

If Qiao Jiuru hated Liu Mingliang, then her feelings toward Fang Jiahai were of intense disgust and repulsion.

“Fang Jiahai.”

Su Huaiyuan had heard from his wife before that half of the anonymous report against them was Fang Jiahai’s doing—a former good friend. He had never expected this.

Fang Jiahai hadn’t gone into academia like Su Huaiyuan.

Instead, after graduating, he entered a government job.

Because their careers were entirely different and unrelated, they gradually drifted apart after starting their respective families.

They hadn’t been in contact for several years now.

So Su Huaiyuan truly hadn’t expected that this once-close classmate and brother would stab him in the back.

Good.

Very good.

Su Huaiyuan wasn’t a man without temper.

He believed that he had done nothing to be ashamed of—he had lived uprightly and had never wronged anyone.

But did people think that just because he was easygoing, he was easy to bully?

“Ah-Ru, I know a secret about Fang Jiahai.”

Suddenly, Su Huaiyuan remembered a long-buried, secretive matter about Fang Jiahai—something he only learned because Fang had once borrowed money from him.

It was because of that incident that Su began to distance himself from Fang.

Maybe that’s why Fang Jiahai held a grudge?

Or was he afraid Su might one day reveal it?

What secret?

Curious now, Qiao Jiuru widened her eyes.

Her husband had never mentioned anything about this in their past life—was there still something she didn’t know?

“Very few people know about this. I only found out because he asked me to lend him money.”

“Before Fang Jiahai went to college, he had a childhood sweetheart—their families lived nearby. But after entering university, he broadened his horizons, met girls with better looks and family backgrounds, and ended up abandoning that childhood sweetheart.”

“And the key thing is… the girl was pregnant.”

A girl pregnant before marriage—such a scandalous matter.

After Su Huaiyuan found out, he never dared tell anyone.

It wasn’t out of loyalty to Fang Jiahai—it was for the sake of that poor girl.

But now… there was no need to keep quiet anymore.

What?!

Fang Jiahai got his childhood sweetheart pregnant?!

Then abandoned her?!

Qiao Jiuru was utterly shocked by this bombshell—she truly hadn’t known.

Her husband had never breathed a word of it.

“I remember Fang Jiahai’s wife was one of our juniors at university, right? Her family had a military background and was stationed in Beijing.”

Qiao and Su had both attended Fang Jiahai’s wedding.

Since his wife was a fellow schoolmate, they’d met her before.

“Yes. Fang Jiahai was drawn to her family background. To get rid of his childhood sweetheart, he asked me for five hundred yuan. When I asked what for, he had no choice but to tell me it was for an abortion and compensation.”

“Later, I heard the girl might not have gone through with the abortion. Fang Jiahai was quite worried about it for a while. But the girl never came to cause trouble.”

Su Huaiyuan thought carefully—he wasn’t sure if the child had been born or not.

After all, more than twenty years had passed.

“I’ll have Uncle Song quietly look into it for us.”

Qiao Jiuru had originally been thinking of fabricating an anonymous tip-off against Fang Jiahai—after all, the disciplinary committee never checked for truth, they’d just come and arrest people.

But now, there was no need.

Just this scandal alone could completely crush Fang Jiahai.

“Then I’ll go write the letter.”