Scumbag Forcing Me to Divorce? Watch Me Turn Around and Marry a Powerful Capital Tycoon! - Chapter 39

Lin Yuze stood there, staring silently at Cheng Zijun.

It was a long moment before he finally spoke,
“Zijun-ge… you misunderstood. I waited all night—Jiang Ning never showed up.”

She didn’t come.

Jiang Ning didn’t come.

Cheng Zijun froze. For a second, he even wondered if he’d heard it wrong.

“…You must be mistaken. Jiang Ning wouldn’t just not show up!”

“She really didn’t come.”

Cheng Zijun’s temples began to throb with anger. Then suddenly, as if he’d found a reason, he snapped,
“She must’ve gotten into a car accident! She was in such a rush to see me—she probably had an accident on the way over!”

Yes.
That had to be it.

“Zijun-ge,” Lin Yuze said, exasperated, “She didn’t get into an accident. Stop lying to yourself.”

“How would you know? You’re not her!”

Lin Yuze calmly continued, “Because I called her. At the café.”

As he spoke, he pulled out his phone.
“I recorded the call. You should listen.”

As a friend—
And as a business partner—
Lin Yuze hoped Cheng Zijun would face reality, wake up, and focus on helping Cheng Group survive this crisis. That was their only shot at winning the Skydome Award.

He hit play.

And soon—
Jiang Ning’s cold, sharp voice filled the room.

“I’ve already made myself clear. Stop calling me with different numbers to harass me!
I’m not interested in fighting Zhang Shuyi over a piece of crap.
Do me a favor—tell Cheng Zijun to look in the mirror more and stop being so damn narcissistic.”

CRASH!

Before the recording even finished, Cheng Zijun grabbed a vase off his desk and smashed it to pieces.

Was she crazy?

Jiang Ning had to be saying that just to provoke him! She couldn’t mean it!

Lin Yuze sighed deeply.
“Zijun-ge… maybe Jiang Ning really has moved on.
So asking her to sell us Jidong Game is pointless now.”

“No way!” Cheng Zijun suddenly grabbed Lin Yuze by the collar, his eyes bloodshot.
“You have no idea how much she loved me! You hear me?! She loved me so much, she would’ve died for me!
You don’t get it! You don’t understand anything!”

“But love fades,” Lin Yuze said, voice steady. “Yes, she loved you—so much that she was willing to sacrifice everything for you.
But you didn’t treasure her.
Now, there’s no place for you in her heart.
It’s time to wake up, Zijun-ge.”

Brutal words.
But someone had to say them.

Because that door was closed now. Jiang Ning was done.

Not in love with him anymore?

How could Jiang Ning possibly not love him anymore?

He was her one true love. Her first crush. Her unforgettable obsession.

Just like he loved Zhang Shuyi—no matter what happened, he would love her forever.

So Jiang Ning would also love him forever!

“Bullsh*t!” Cheng Zijun shoved Lin Yuze away violently.
“You don’t know anything!
Jiang Ning still loves me! You’ll see—she’ll be crawling back to me soon, begging to hand over Jidong Game, wagging her tail like a dog!”

Lin Yuze frowned and didn’t bother saying more.
“Zijun-ge, think it through.”

With that, he turned and walked out.

BAM!

Cheng Zijun slammed his fist down on the desk, veins bulging from his temple.

Then, as if struck by a new idea, a cold smirk crept across his lips.
He grabbed his phone and dialed a number.

“Hello, Lisa?
Tell PR to prepare a press release.
Tomorrow, we’re officially announcing my engagement to Miss Zhang—one week from now.”

Let’s see how Jiang Ning reacts to that.

…

Meanwhile…

At the Jiang residence.

In her room, Jiang Ning sat in front of her computer, fingers flying across the keyboard with a clack-clack-clack.
Her speed was so fast, all one could see was a blur of motion.

Ding!

A system notification popped up:
[Completed]

She hit save, then opened WeChat and sent a message to Wang Shengli:

[80% of the game build is done. Notify the PR team—we can start releasing some in-game footage on the official website to build hype for the launch.]

Then she followed up by sending him a compressed file.

Inside were several high-energy highlights clips she’d captured from the new build of the game.

She figured Wang Shengli was already asleep at this hour—
But to her surprise, he replied instantly:

[Got it, Miss Jiang. I’ll arrange it right away.]

…

The next day.

The official social media page of Jidong Game dropped a brand-new gameplay video—
And immediately shot up to the top of the trending charts.

【Holy sh*t! Did Jidong Game just unlock God-tier powers or what?!
They pulled off AAA-level technology—the kind only seen overseas! 】

【Looks like the Skydome Award is practically in the bag for Jidong Game this year! 】

【Hold your horses, people. It’s just one video. The full game isn’t even out yet. Could be smoke and mirrors. 】

【Exactly. Plenty of local studios have done the same trick before. Let’s not judge until we’ve played it. 】

【I bet they’re just another shady dev hyping things up for clout. AAA games aren’t something you can just decide to make one day. Even globally, only a handful of studios can pull that off. 】

 “It’s obvious. Jidong Game knew they couldn’t compete with Cheng Group, so they faked a trailer just to make it look like they achieved AAA-level development!”

“Exactly! They knew they’d lose, so they pulled this stunt.”

“…”

…

“President Cheng! Something’s wrong!”

Xie Huaijin burst into Cheng Zijun’s office in a panic.

Cheng Zijun rubbed his temples, annoyed. “What now?”

“Have you checked Weibo’s trending list yet? Jidong Game just dropped a gameplay video. It looks like… they might’ve completed the first AAA game in the country.” As he spoke, he handed over his phone.

The moment Xie Huaijin saw the trending topic; he nearly blacked out.

He never imagined that Jidong Game, without his help, had achieved AAA-level development!

Cheng Zijun took the phone and glanced at the trending posts. A mocking smirk tugged at his lips.

“If they really reached AAA standards, they wouldn’t be flaunting it on Weibo to stir up hype.”

People are the same everywhere—
The more they lack, the more they show off.

It was obvious what Jidong Game was doing.

They were trying to create buzz before launch.
If they didn’t, who would download their low-budget, bottom-tier game?

What Jidong seemed to forget was…

Hype means nothing without skill.

If they didn’t have the real power to back it up, The day the game launched would just be the day they became a laughingstock.

And besides—
Why on earth would Jidong Game be able to pull off AAA development?

Because of Jiang Ning, that bumpkin girl?

What a joke!

“Let’s wait and see,” Cheng Zijun sneered.
“Their real humiliation hasn’t even started yet.”

Hearing that, Xie Huaijin slowly calmed down.

Yes, President Cheng was right.

AAA game development wasn’t some elementary skill—
Even he, with years in the field, could barely scratch the surface.

Jidong Game was a cobbled-together mess.
There was no way they could’ve pulled this off so easily.

“Anything else?” Cheng Zijun asked, glancing at Xie Huaijin.

“Nothing else, sir,” he replied, before turning to leave—then suddenly paused, as if remembering something.
“Oh, right! President Cheng, I heard you’re getting engaged to Miss Zhang? Congratulations!”

“Thank you. Make sure you attend the engagement party.”

“Of course, President Cheng.”

…

Shen Group – Top Floor Office

Yun Haotian strode in excitedly, waving his phone.
“Xiao Jiu! Check out the new video Jidong just released. The comments section’s blowing up—some say it’s fake. What do you think, real or not?”

Shen Jingnian took the phone and studied the footage, his tone low.
“Doesn’t look fake.”

Though a top dog in the investment world, Shen Jingnian also had a sharp eye for gaming—
After all, the globally popular FPS “One Last Bullet” was made by KIMI Games, a subsidiary of Shen Group.

Few people knew this, though. Shen Group and KIMI operated in separate industries—intentionally so.

Yun Haotian’s eyes lit up.
“So you’re saying it could be real? Then Jidong might be pulling off the first AAA game in the country? That’s insane!
Do you think it’s that mysterious Miss Jiang behind the game? Or someone else?”

He was practically bouncing.

“If it’s her again… man, she’d be too talented!”

Shen Jingnian narrowed his phoenix eyes.

He was curious too.

Who the hell made that game?

Yun Haotian kept talking.
“But honestly, most game developers—here and abroad—are men.
Women rarely get into this field, let alone achieve this kind of quality.
So I’d say… 30% chance it’s Miss Jiang.”

In his mind, someone who could make a game like that had to be a genius on par with his Xiao Jiu.

He laughed.
“Xiao Jiu, you used to be the undisputed king of domestic game development. Looks like you’ve finally met your match!”

Shen Jingnian stood alone at the top of his empire—
And yet, for the first time since Jiang Ning, he felt a powerful surge of curiosity for someone.

He turned to look out the window, the depths of his phoenix eyes unreadable.

…

Elsewhere…

The news of Cheng Zijun’s engagement exploded online.

He had once been dubbed a “once-in-a-decade genius” of the finance world—
Naturally, everything he did carried viral weight.

And now that his fiancée was the famous “talent goddess” Zhang Shuyi—
Coupled with a deliberate push from Cheng Group’s PR team,
The announcement of their engagement instantly dominated the trending topics:

#Cheng Group President and Top Scholar Confirm Engagement Date#

…

【Congrats to President Cheng for finally escaping that clingy bumpkin! 】

【A once-in-a-decade financial prodigy + the nation’s #1 genius girl = a match made in heaven! 】

【Though they’re divorced now, insiders say the bumpkin still won’t let go.
Maybe that’s why President Cheng made such a high-profile announcement—to shut her up. 】

【That girl must be losing it seeing this on the trending page! 】

【I’ll bet a million—on the day of the engagement, that shameless bumpkin will show up and try to steal the groom! 】