Of course, even though Secretary Hu was the old man's personal secretary, it was impossible for him to know every minute detail crystal clear.
He at most knew the general gist, what he was supposed to know.
But that did not hinder Xia Chu from roughly guessing most of the details.
After all, during her last visit to the old man's study in Jing City, she had heard him mention that he and his wife had once divorced, and from Madam Wang's expression at the time, it seemed she was the main party at fault.
So, it was quite evident how Madam Wang had suffered in silence, making compromises over these years.
Being the party at fault to begin with, the old man continued to rise in ranks, exacerbating the power imbalance between men and women, with unequal statuses and no parity in their rights to speak.
Add to that the lamp that was Old Madam Wang, which was never turned off.
