The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 97: The Person Ran Away?

Chapter 97: Chapter 97: The Person Ran Away?

"What?" Lu Xuemei was the first to exclaim in shock, her eyes wide as brass bells: "Manman, you’re not kidding, right?"

"Heh." Wen Jingya sneered, finding Jiang Man utterly shameless. To embarrass her, Jiang Man could spew any lie.

Man is a man!

Even changing someone’s gender, did she really find it amusing to recklessly assume another’s identity?

"Sister-in-law, the Divine Doctor is a man." Wen Jingya whispered a reminder.

"Exactly." Lu Xuemei patted her chest, her fragile heart couldn’t take this.

Jiang Man was both cold and agitated, too lazy to waste her breath.

She opened her phone’s contact list and called an overseas number.

There was a 13-hour time difference between the two places.

It was 9 p.m. in Beicheng and 8 a.m. in New York.

The speakerphone was on, and a fluent English voice asked, "Man, long time no see?"

"Brother," Jiang Man called out in English, making small talk that boiled down to her being back in the country and having seen Wan Hao.

The person on the other end listened carefully, responding naturally, "Next week I have to fly to Beicheng for an academic seminar. I’ll meet up with you and little Wan then."

"Okay," Jiang Man replied and then hung up the phone.

Her fluent English left everyone present stunned.

Apart from Lu Xingzhou, no one else could understand the conversation between Jiang Man and Dr. McLaren.

But they did understand the ’man’ mentioned by Dr. McLaren.

"So ’man’ is not the man as in ’male’ but Jiang Man’s ’man’?"

Lu Xuemei belatedly realized but still couldn’t accept the fact.

"Manman, your English is not bad," the old lady’s eyes shone, feeling like she had discovered a treasure.

"Who were you just talking to?" the old lady asked.

"Brother McLaren," Jiang Man said indifferently, her gaze shifting to Wen Jingya, suddenly sharp.

Wen Jingya instantly tensed up, her mind racing, thinking about how to handle this situation.

"That impostor recognized me and probably ran off by now," Jiang Man sneered. "But he won’t get away."

Wen Jingya struggled to force a smile: "I didn’t know he was a fake. I’m really sorry, grandma, aunt, and brother Zhou, I had good intentions but made a mess..."

"Ah, Jingya was also fooled, what can I say, swindlers nowadays are so bold, so brazen!" Meng Lian exclaimed protectively.

Lu Xuemei, however, had no energy to deal with the fake Divine Doctor. She wilted like a frostbitten eggplant: "Manman, why didn’t you say you were ’man’ earlier, you’ve caused me so much agony!"

These past few days, she had been pining for ’man’, frequently visiting beauty salons to meet him.

After all her efforts to primp and preen, she ended up being played for a fool.

Jiang Man arched an eyebrow in a stance that brooked no intrusion, radiating a boss’s aura: "I did say so, but aunt, you didn’t believe me."

Lu Xuemei was taken aback, remembering a conversation they had at this very dining table a few days ago.

"That... oh... I..." She stumbled over her words, at a loss for how to defend herself.

But the old lady was very pleased: "Last time, Zhou’er said Manman cured his nightmare disorder, and you all didn’t believe it. Now you must believe it, right?"

"We believe it," Meng Lian said with a strained smile, trying to alleviate the tension with reluctant praise: "Manman, you really are remarkable, so distinguished at such a young age. Your master was right; in another ten years, you could indeed become a world-renowned physician."

"My male idol..." Lu Xuemei felt like crying, her nose and eyes starting to turn red: "The imposter, he deceived my feelings!"

As soon as she thought of how authoritative he sounded when taking her pulse, revealing her apathy and frigidity, she immediately felt shame.

"Could that guy have been deliberately teasing her?"

"We can’t let this go, we must call the police!" she said through gritted teeth.

As soon as she mentioned calling the police, Wen Jingya’s face turned ashen, and in a panic, she forced a smile: "Auntie, we shouldn’t air our dirty laundry in public. Let’s settle this privately, and not involve the police. If the media gets wind of this, it wouldn’t be good."

"You’re right!" Lu Xuemei was led by the nose, and at this moment, her head buzzed, leaving her incapable of thinking straight.

"Grandma, brother, sister-in-law, and auntie, don’t worry. Since I’m responsible for this, I will definitely resolve it properly," Wen Jingya assured everyone.

The elderly lady nodded her head, quite relieved: "We can’t blame you entirely. After all, it didn’t turn into a big issue, and your attitude about admitting your mistake was timely."

The elderly lady wanted to play down the incident, hoping to maintain family harmony.

Wen Jingya breathed a sigh of relief, feeling secretly thrilled.

She hoped the faux Divine Doctor would run far away and never return.

"Elder madam, young master, the fake Divine Doctor has been caught. He tried to climb over the iron gate and triggered the alarm system..."

Before long, the butler, Uncle Fu, entered and reported.

As he spoke, he didn’t forget to take a glance at Jiang Man.

The young mistress really had a divine intuition, knowing that this kid would definitely try to escape through the back door.

They had laid an inescapable trap at the back door long ago, just waiting for the fraud to fall into it.

"Hey? Hey? Don’t pull on me, I’m a distinguished guest invited by your family, can’t you treat me with a little respect?"

Soon after, two bodyguards escorted the faux Divine Doctor in.

Upon seeing the swindler arrive, Lu Xuemei was so furious that she couldn’t contain herself. She sprang up and slapped his face as she reached him.

With a smack, the sound was crisp and echoed throughout the dining room.

The fake Divine Doctor was stunned by the slap.

He quickly scanned the people around the dining table.

When he saw Jiang Man grinning wickedly at him, his knees buckled and he couldn’t help but kneel on the ground.

"Miss Wen, you have to save me!"

The faux Divine Doctor turned instantly submissive, looking at Wen Jingya with a whining expression.

Wen Jingya exploded in fury: "How can I save you? You deceived me, which is bad enough, but then you made a fool of my family too. Do you have a death wish? Do you know who my Xingzhou is?"

She tried to use Lu Xingzhou to intimidate the faux Divine Doctor into keeping his mouth shut.

But the charlatan was truly spineless, he had been in trouble before, but each time he had managed to escape quickly. In the end, either the employer didn’t call the police, or if they did, they wouldn’t find him because he provided all fake information.

But this time it was different; this time he was in collusion with his employer, who was guarding what she stole.

"Wen Jingya, are you trying to pin all the blame on me? That won’t work, I’m afraid to die!"

The fake Divine Doctor’s eyes gleamed as he turned towards Lu Xingzhou and shuffled closer on his knees: "Young Master Lu, at worst I’m just an accomplice. The mastermind is Wen Jingya. She paid me to impersonate the Divine Doctor and swore it wouldn’t be uncovered. Otherwise, I would never have taken such a risk, daring to mess around under your and the old lady’s noses!"

"What are you babbling about?" Wen Jingya was petrified, shaking all over.

Hadn’t they agreed beforehand? If it really came to light, the faux Divine Doctor would take all the blame, and then she would give him a hush payment of one million.

Why was he turning on her now?

"Jingya... I’m not hearing things, am I? What this impostor is saying, is it true?" Lu Xuemei was in disbelief, her eyes wide as she stared at Wen Jingya.

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