The Vicious Wife

Divorce

"You mean... Are you implying that I should abandon them, Wang? I..." Tang Ling stuttered as she looked at her husband in disbelief.

"Then what are you going to do Ling? The Tang family is done for. I am sure someone will reach out to you soon to audit your accounts too. Do you want to go down with them?" Li Jung Wang calmly asked, his gaze was still on the view outside the window.

"I..."

"I am not saying that you should abandon them. Rather, you should issue a statement that you are estranged from your Tang family and also condemn their wrongdoings. This is for show to the public. You can still keep in contact with them in secret," He suggested.

For Li Jung Wang, the value of an individual was based on what he or she could offer him. He naturally values those who could give him more. He didn't want his wife to turn useless just because the Tang family had fallen from glory. He wanted his wife to continue standing tall, with her chin up.

"Wang... How can you think like this? When Li Industries was not doing well, the Tang family gave us the much needed funds to keep us afloat. Now that you have managed to obtain a loan from somewhere else, you are just going to abandon them like this?" she uttered, her eyes wide.

During the last five years when the Li Industries suffered losses, the Kang and Tang family had generously lend them money to help stabilize the company. The funds they had contributed to Li Industries over the years was an extravagant amount! However, now that the Tang family was in need, Li Jung Wang didn't even think about reciprocating the goodwill. It hadn't even been a month since trouble broke out in the Tang family and yet he had already decided to give up on the Tang family.

How could he be this heartless?

"So are you choosing to stand in a sinking ship?" Li Jung Wang looked at her, the look in his eyes was unfathomable.

"I know that the Tang Family had helped us a lot in the past but we can't associate ourselves with them anymore and risk being implicated by them. Do you want to join them in prison? Cut your ties with them right now. Tell the media you were not aware of the Tang family's crimes because you were studying abroad for many years before you came back to Seoul. And then you married me shortly after you came back and had very little interactions with them after that." He stared at her intently. "The Tang family is no more. I'm sure you know that."

A single tear made its way to Tang Ling's cheeks as she nodded. Her husband's words were true. Would she let herself sink with the whole Tang family? This question had been bothering her for days now. Inwardly, Tang Ling already knew her answer but she still found it hard to deal with it all.

....

"The hypocrisy of these people would be their downfall one day," Roseanne noted while reading the news. Two weeks have already passed since the arrest of Tang Deuki and Tang Jian and the news about them had dwindled a little. However, some online news platforms were still covering the issue and were publishing new stories everyday.

Roseanne then put the tablet down and looked at her husband who was taking his time to drink his coffee.

It was a Monday morning and Park Jimin was not rushing for work. His reason?

'Honeymoon.'

These past few days, Park Jimin had been neglecting his work and even cancelled some important travels because he wanted to spend more time with his wife. He reasoned that they were still in the honeymoon phase and needed to spend more time together. This made Roseanne wonder if the man was planning to spend a whole year in this 'honeymoon phase' that he was talking about.

"These people are just trying to elevate themselves and the Tang family became a convenient stepping stone," he answered before switching the topic. "There is a charity event tomorrow that I want you to attend with me. I have already prepared some gowns for you. Also, I heard that your office is almost ready? When will you have the opening ceremony for the Anne Group's new head office?"