The Young master's fake bride and her lucky system

A bell rung and Alix gathered up her teaching materials. Jenny took them in hand and waited for Alix by the door.

"Class dismissed." Alix announced.

She was teaching her only class for the day and then she would leave for the Beijing music observatory to participate in the second phase of the violin competitions.

She had barely stepped outside the classroom when the whispers started.

"Did you see it, teacher's mother-in-law is getting a divorce."

"I saw it, the news is everywhere that they are divorcing due to infidelity."

"But how can one man have two wives, is that even normal?"

"The Zhang family really hid it well. The couple was sitting together during the inauguration of the chairman. They were smiling as if everything was okay. If i were in her shoes i would not even be able to look at him."

"But who is the wrong here, the new wife or the old wife?"

"Who cares, his new marriage is illegal. I think Madam Yura is wrong to get a divorce. Who would leave the Zhang group and all their wealth?"

Alix tuned them out, all of them. Some were whispering but others were loud and talking without a care. More than a few were laughing.

The sudden release of the scandalous news about Zhang Xian's true return, his second family and the divorce was all anybody could talk about. The first post had been made in the middle of the night and by the time everyone found out about it, the news had spread far and wide.

Caishen had left home early to join the other Zhang's in dealing with the matter. They had to present a united front and assure strangers all around the country who were interested in their family affairs that everything was fine.

On the way downstairs, they passed by two female teachers that were also discussing the scandal.

When they saw Alix, looks of shame filled their faces and they shut up quickly.

"Goodmorning director." They greeted her together.

"Goodmorning." she answered sternly.

Alix continued on, walking all the way to her face with a seriousness on her face that prevented others from approaching her.

On reaching inside her office, she picked up on of the music books nearby and slammed it on the table with force. The table wobbled and a crack developed in one of it's legs.

Jenny noticed the crack and the agitation on Alix's face. "Director are you okay?" she asked in a concerned voice.

"Tell Bi Cang that we are leaving right now." She replied.

"But you haven't eaten anything since morning."

"I am not hungry."

Jenny refused to believe that excuse. She had it in her schedule that her boss had to have something to eat every two hours. Either she had something on her in her bag or she ordered out. If it was not those two options, the director's mother sent over a home made meal.

"Director, if you don't eat right now, you might suffer consequences during the competition. Your grandmother brought those pork stuffed buns which you like."

She thought about the savory buns which always pleasured her taste buds and lit up a little but when she recalled that she she was about to compete, her mind changed. She didn't want to eat anything heavy at the moment.

"Have them divided among my younger brothers."

Jenny's already thin lips thinned in unsaid disapproval. Without food, the director's mood would become worse and worse.

Jin Kang knocked on the open door of Alix's office, poked her head inside and then the rest of her body followed.

"Goodmorning director." she greeted in a cheerful voice. "I came to check on you because i saw the news. It looks like someone leaked the news about your mother-in-laws divorce. It's the only thing on everyone's lips. What are they going to do? Will they have to hold a press conference together and fake being a couple?"

Alix shook her head in disbelief. Even though her friend sounded concerned, she also sounded curious. The kind of curiosity one could find in a paparazzo.

"You came for gossip so early in the morning, you are unbelievable. Just so you know, i don't know anything and even if i did, i would not spill."

Jin Kang pouted and crinkled her nose. Then, she told Alix. "Tch!, anyway, i saw your mother's car outside. I think she is here to escort you to the conservatory so i will stay behind. My mothering days are done. Good luck, my friend, break a leg."

"Thank you." Alix nodded.

Jin Kang turned around to leave as Alix picked up her phone. She had received ten calls from Jing Hee, a message from the director of Let's get physical and a lot of messages wishing her good luck from members of the Tai family and some from different people in the Zhang family.

The message from auntie Mo was different, she was not wishing her good luck but informing her that she had brought her a dress and shoes for the competition.

"Escort my mother here." She told Jenny.

While she was instructing her, the phone sitting on her desk rung.

Alix sat down in her chair and answered it.

"Songbird music college, this is the director's office."

"It's your father." Lin Qianfan's voice came from the other end.

"What?" she answered coldly.

"Is it true?" he asked.

"Is what true?" she replied.

She had a feeling that he was calling to ask about the divorce issue.

"Is Zhang Xian divorcing Yura?" he asked strongly.

"How is that any of your business?"

To her, Yura's divorce was nobody's business but Yura and Zhang Xian. Everybody else was just enjoying the fall out they anticipated or simply relishing in the bad luck which had befallen one of the wealthiest women in the city whose love life had been the envy of so many at one time.

"It's my business because you are my daughter and you married into the Zhang family. Why are you acting dumb and stupid? Don't you see the bigger picture here right now? There must be a division of assets of some kind between them. If it's not assets, it will be a division of loyalty. I have read the news about him having another wife.

The smart thing for you to do is stand with your father-in-law. Do not bother taking the side of an abandoned woman. It will be best if you cozy up to the new wife since she will be in charge of things from now on. Establish yourself as her ally and use her to infiltrate Zhang group somehow. You don't seem to be making much progress with your husband anyway."

"You are crazy." she muttered.

"Listen, i am saying all this for own good. Why can't you just listen to me for once and do as i say? Your problem is that you have always been weak and refuse to see the bigger picture. Is this how you are raising my son? You are going to ruin....."

Alix hung up immediately. She regretted not hanging up the second she recognized his voice. She should have known that he would spew nothing but garbage.

The phone rung again and she ignored it deliberately.