Chapter 40: Xia Xinya tried to drive a wedge

Mo Shian walked towards his wife and leaned down to plant a gentle kiss at the corner of her lips. He smiled at her and turned around to pull a chair out for her. Once she was seated, he rang the bell for the waiter to start serving their dishes. Since he knew all her preferences, he had already ordered the dishes as soon as he arrived at the restaurant earlier.

"Have you been waiting for long?" Xia Weiwei asked as she looked at her extremely handsome husband sitting across from her.

"No, it hasn't been long." Of course, he wouldn't tell her that he had already been waiting for almost forty five minutes. He would wait for days for her let alone a few minutes.

Of course, Xia Weiwei wouldn't really believe him since she already spent over 10 minutes talking to the mayor and she knew that Mo Shian had arrived earlier than that, but she wasn't going to expose him either.

"I met the mayor in the lobby and had a chat with him." Weiwei had learned a lesson in her previous life. She knew that honesty was indescribable in marriage and if they wanted their relationship to grow stronger, it was necessary to communicate honestly. In addition, the reason she was trying so hard to form a good relationship with such an important person in the government was to help her husband conduct his business more smoothly.

"You know the mayor?" Mo Shian was astonished as he never thought that his little wife had the ability to connect with an individual as important as the mayor.

"Not really, I have at most seen him on TV. But on my way in I saw someone suspicious loitering around the mayor's car and I hid to observe. Then I realized that he was doing something to the car."

"When I walked in I met the mayor in the lobby so I decided to talk to him and warn him in case it was dangerous to use the car " Weiwei shared everything she 'saw'. Of course all this was made up as all the information she had was from her previous life, but since she couldn't share her secret yet, she could only come up with such a story to explain what she knew.

"What!" Mo Shian was shocked. "Are you alright?" He immediately got up and walked around the table to Xia Weiwei and started inspecting her to see if she was hurt.

Weiwei was touched by Mo Shian's concern, but was also helpless. She already said that she hid herself. So obviously, the thug hired by the deputy mayor didn't see her let alone hurt her. How could she be hurt?

"Am fine. Nothing happened to me. That person didn't even know that there was another person in the parking lot. So nothing happened."

"How many guts do you have? When you see something like that you should leave immediately and not get involved. What would I do if something happened to you?" Mo Shian reprimanded her. But you could hear the concern in his slightly trembling voice.

"I couldn't just leave. Besides leaving at that time would only expose me and then I would really be in danger."

"I know, but I just worry about you. You said you told the mayor about it. Did he believe you?" Mo Shian changed the topic because he didn't want to ruin the atmosphere just because he was worried.

"I think he did. After all, this concerned his life. Am guessing he would at least check if there is anything wrong with the car first just to be sure."

"Also, he invited us for a meal some other time."

"Does he know who you are? I don't suppose the mayor would just believe any random person or invite them for a meal just because they sought him out and spouted nonsense." Even though he knew that giving the mayor such information would leave some impression, Mo Shian was sure that it was not enough to prompt him to invite a little girl for a meal. At most he would compensate her with some monetary rewards or a job, but having a meal would lead to a different type of relationship. So, he wondered why the mayor would invite Weiwei to dinner.

"I had to introduce myself first of course to ensure that he took what I said seriously. So I used my identity as your wife. Am guessing that's why he was proactive in inviting us to a meal since he didn't just invite me alone but you too."

"You told him you were my wife?" Mo Shian asked in shock. Nobody would blame him for being shocked. After all, he had already tried a few times to invite her to some gatherings and banquets so that he could introduce her to his social circle but she always refused. It was shocking that she would take the initiative to tell others that she was his wife.

"Mmm… Shian, am sorry about how I have been acting. I know it has not been flattering but like I said, I want our marriage to work. So, I should start by accepting my status as your wife." Weiwei thought that in her previous life, she must have been possessed by some ghost, otherwise why would she deny a good husband like Mo Shian and even hide her status? In this life she did not plan on making the same mistake, so she wanted everyone to know that he belonged to her.

"I listened to the wrong people and ended up ruining our relationship, but we can still correct that. I also think that being honest is important so I'll tell you that it was Xia Xinya who tried to drive a wedge between us. I only found out by accident recently that she is interested in you and has been trying to ruin our marriage so that we could get a divorce, giving her a chance with you."

Even though Weiwei thought that it might not be a good thing to look like a tattletale, she believed that with Mo Shian's feelings for her, he would believe her and won't take anything that Xia Xinya said seriously from now on. That was why she decided to be forthcoming with the explanation.