The Devil who devoured Snow White

In the dream, Lu Mengjie continued to run and with each step she took, the ground crumbled and fell until she found two different paths in front of her. What confused her the most was that the red string was divided into two, one for each path. 

The first path was narrow while the other was broad. On each side was an endless abyss. She would probably fall for her death if she slipped.

It was a no-brainer. Anyone would have chosen the broad path especially when it was safer to walk on.

Just as she was about to take a step forward towards the wide road, a white butterfly flew in front of her and it flew towards the narrow trail.

Could this perhaps be a sign? She thought. White butterflies were usually a good sign. It always was. 

In the end, Lu Mengjie decided to take the cramped trail. She was careful with every step. One wrong move, she would definitely fall to her death.

As she continued to follow the butterfly, she soon noticed the wide road on the other side came to a stop. Just like that road, at the end of the narrow pathway was another cliff but unlike the other path, she saw a few floating stepping stones in front of her.

The butterfly waited for her at each stepping stone. It would only fly towards the other whenever she jumped and successfully landed on each stone until… she slipped on the third floating stepping stone.

Lu Mengjie shut her eyes tight. Just when she thought that it was the end for her, a hand grabbed her by her wrist.

She slowly opened her eyes to look at the person who helped her but before she could even take a glimpse of his face, she noticed the red string around his wrist. She finally reached the man on the other side of the red thread!

"WAAAAAH!!"

Huh? She furrowed her brows in confusion when she heard her son's cries.

"WAAAAAH!!"

Everything disappeared as Lu Mengjie soon woke up from her dream. She hurriedly got up and tended to her crying son at once.

After changing her son's diapers, it was then that she realized that Yong Liwei was not in the room and instead, she noticed a small note by the drawer beside the bed.

[I have to leave early today. Spider will accompany you to your parent's place today.]

"You should have at least woken me up before you left," she mumbled to herself.

During that morning, after having breakfast with her son, Lu Mengjie packed up a few things before heading to her parent's place. After dropping her son and her things, she messaged her husband that she would be picking him up in the afternoon. His flight for the Azure Republic was scheduled in the evening so she wanted to see him off.

...

Arriving at his company building, she was greeted by the security and as per instructed by Yong Liwei, she soon was handed a VIP pass so that she would have access to the VIP elevator.

It was her first time visiting his company but the staff had eyes that looked like they already knew her. She was greeted with respect whenever she passed them by.

She soon entered the VIP elevator cart and by the time she reached the top floor, Niu Jiachen, Yong Liwei's assistant, was waiting for her.

"Mrs. Yong," he greeted her with a small smile. "Mr. Yong is currently in a meeting."

"How long will it take?" Lu Mengjie asked.

"That's… something I can't tell." 

Just as Niu Jiachen was about to lead Lu Mengjie to the waiting room, at that very moment, she spotted a gorgeous blonde-haired woman scurrying out of Yong Liwei's office. Her eyes were drawn to the woman's slightly disheveled shirt, which she soon fixed.

The woman eyed Lu Mengjie before she drew her eyes towards the assistant, giving him a curt nod before she walked away.

"Wait," Lu Mengjie called as she pivoted to her.

The other woman stopped then turned to face her. "Yes?" 

Lu Mengjie knew that she shouldn't doubt but her instincts were telling her something else. How could she not? The woman's lipstick was smeared as if… she had just kissed someone. Aside from that, her blouse…

She knew that it was not right to overthink something but with the evidence before her, Lu Mengjie couldn't help it. She knew that Yong Liwei had relationships with countless girls out there. Was he still seeing one? No, that was impossible. She was already on good terms with her husband. Yong Liwei was not pushing her away anymore.

"My name is Lu Mengjie, and you are?" 

"Lu Mengjie?" She blinked a few times. "Oh my, you must be the wife Liwei was talking about. My name is Cecilia Bai." She offered her hand to her for a handshake.

The Bai surname was not uncommon so Lu Mengjie never really thought that the woman in front of her could have any connection with the Bai family she knew. Besides, Bai Jingye never mentioned having a sister.

"I assume you know my husband?" She tried to dig in for more information. Was Cecilia one of her husband's exes?

"Of course. I'm a friend of his. We're close." She chuckled. "Anyway, I would love to have a chat with you but I'm currently in a hurry right now. It's nice to finally meet you, Ms. Lu."

"Mrs. Yong," Lu Mengjie corrected.

Cecilia didn't say anything but instead, she just flashed her a tight-lipped smile before she turned and left.

In that instant, Lu Mengjie hurriedly walked towards her husband's office. 

"Madam!" Niu Jiachen tried to stop her which only made her feel betrayed. Why was he acting so suspiciously?

She ignored Yong Liwei's assistant and instead, she barged in the room. Her eyes swept the massive space, looking for any signs of whatever had happened earlier between that woman and her husband.

"Mengjie." Yong Liwei came out from the walk-in closet of his room. His hair was wet as if he'd just had a bath.

Nothing seemed out of place until she noticed the indents in her carpeting, which revealed where the couch's feet were normally placed.