My Wife Cheated on Me While I Was Away for 6 Months… So I Took Revenge | Manhwa Recap

Plot Summary

Wang Lin returns from a six-month business trip to find his wife, Liu Li, suddenly eager to have a baby. Suspicious, he installs cameras and watches from a rented place. After a week of ordinary behavior, he sees Liu Li invite Yang Jun—her company boss—over for dinner. The pair act like a couple and eventually head into the bedroom.

Wang Lin’s revenge begins with a deliberately misleading call to the police: he reports that a woman is being assaulted, then alerts a reporter. Liu Li and Yang Jun are taken away in front of their neighbors, and the story spreads online. When the police later confirm Liu Li went willingly, Wang Lin continues to pretend to be a worried husband—especially after learning that her father has been hospitalized. He pays the medical bill and comforts the family while privately using Liu Li’s betrayal to turn her parents against her.

Back at home, Liu Li begs for forgiveness and promises to quit her job. Wang Lin keeps her guessing: he offers small gestures of care, then withdraws his affection, and refuses to say whether he’ll stay married. He even lets her hope that his words and attention mean he has forgiven her. In a particularly awkward attempt to win him back, she dresses provocatively and tries to seduce him; he responds by handing her clothes and telling her to get on with dinner. The family drama becomes so theatrical that Liu Li’s father orders Wang Lin to slap her—twice—before declaring that the marriage decision is theirs to make.

Wang Lin eventually leaves Liu Li at her parents’ village, where gossip and relatives’ questions make her shame harder to escape. He also makes a show of publicly forgiving her and taking her back, but sets strict terms: she must stay home as a housewife.

Meanwhile, Wang Lin starts a labor-service company with his longtime friend Chen Hai. Their new venture brings lighter moments, from Wang Lin accidentally hiring Li Shiyu as “finance director” before the startup can afford a proper office setup, to Chen Hai grumbling about the company’s expenses—and the parade of attractive job-seekers.

As the business grows, Wang Lin’s desire for revenge gives way to exhaustion and a wish to move on. He asks Liu Li for a divorce. She initially refuses but ultimately signs, and they complete the process after a cooling-off period. Wang Lin gives her money, insists she end the pregnancy, and leaves the marriage behind.

Though he briefly meets other women, Wang Lin realizes he feels protective rather than romantic toward Ningshuang. He eventually builds a genuine relationship with Li Shiyu. Two years later, they marry and have a son, while Liu Li leaves town and disappears from his life.

Characters

• Wang Lin — The betrayed husband who stages a public exposure and then rebuilds his life through business.
• Liu Li — Wang Lin’s wife, whose affair with her boss destroys their marriage.
• Yang Jun — Liu Li’s boss and affair partner.
• Chen Hai — Wang Lin’s loyal friend and business partner, who often supplies the comic banter.
• Li Shiyu — The company’s finance director and Wang Lin’s eventual wife.
• Liu Hua and Wang Shouqing — Liu Li’s parents, caught between their daughter and the son-in-law they admire.
• Han Ningshuang — A shy young job-seeker whom Wang Lin helps find work.
• Luo Yao and Qin Xue — Women who visit the company and add to its lively, flirtatious office scenes.
• Lushin and Liu Yuan — Relatives who appear during the village and family episodes.