"I didn't expect it to be so easy to get married, but so difficult to get divorced!" Jian Yian lamented sadly. During tea time, she made an appointment with Mo Chuanya, her close friend since high school, to come out and chat. Mo Chuanya had just returned from a business trip to the United States and was surprised to hear that her marriage had taken such a dramatic turn.
"...I think he will definitely not let me go, and he doesn't know how to deal with me next." She fiddled with the fruit tart in front of her with her dessert fork, and cut a plump and bright strawberry into several pieces.
"Who told you to punish your husband like that?" Mo Chuanya picked up the peach black tea and sipped it gracefully. "When the contract expires, can't we just divorce him peacefully?"
"The problem is that I'm not willing to give in!" She raised her eyebrows angrily. "If it were you, wouldn't you feel angry if your husband proposed such conditions so that he could file for divorce as a victim and gain public sympathy? Wouldn't you feel like you want to teach him a lesson?"
Mo Chuanya smiled sweetly, "If it were me, I would make him unable to eat and walk around. At least in Taiwan, he would not be able to find a foothold."
Jian Yian was stunned, and a slight shiver ran down her spine. Although her good friend spoke in a calm tone, there was still a smile on her lips. But she knew very well that this was no lie. The daughter of the Mo family did have such abilities. "As expected of the daughter of the Mo family, whoever provokes you will definitely end badly."
"Isn't it the same for you?" Mo Chuanya accepted her complaints calmly. "You actually thought of pretending to be blind, fooling your husband into a fool, stealing his confidential files, and ruining his half-year plan! Jian Yi'an, you are very clever! I really should hire you as my special assistant. Yes. You know, being the chairman of a hospital is really busy. I don’t know why there are so many things to do.”
"That's what you got for volunteering!" Jian Yi'an was not sympathetic, "Your Mo family has so many businesses, who told you to choose that hospital?"
"Of course... there is a reason." Mo Chuanya whispered, her watery eyes blurred, watching the spring breeze teasing a cherry blossom tree outside the window, blowing down the cherry snow in the sky.
The reason is the man she exiled abroad, right
Jian Yian understood very well what kind of sadness Fu Yun felt in Mo Chuanya's eyes, so she gently held her friend's hand.
"Did you see him when you went to the United States this time?"
Mo Chuanya's hands trembled slightly, and it took a long time before she looked back and held her lips together. "Didn't I tell you? He is no longer in the United States."
"What?" she was shocked, "Then where is he now?"
"I don't know, maybe it's South America, maybe it's a country in Africa. Anyway, practicing medicine in the end of the world has always been his ideal. He must be very happy now, and he doesn't want to miss his childhood."
But it was hard for her to stay in Taiwan.
Jian Yian squeezed her friend's hand sympathetically. Although this woman took the initiative and always put on an arrogant and stubborn look, she was not as strong as she appeared.
"Stop talking about me. It's useless to talk about unsolvable exercises." Mo Chuanya put back her sad thoughts and smiled calmly. "Let's talk about what you should do! Ke Muyu doesn't agree to the divorce. Does he plan to keep spending time with you like this?"
"Of course he can't spend his whole life on me." Jian Yi'an laughed at herself, "I think he can at most tease me for a while to satisfy his grown-up self-esteem, and then he will probably sweep me out as a big waste."
"Look how wronged you are!" Mo Chuanya teased, "So, why did you sign a contract marriage with him in the first place? Your father has been short-changing the public funds and needs money. You can ask me to borrow it!"
"How can I have the nerve to ask you for such a huge sum of money? And I don't know when I can afford it back."
"So you would rather sell yourself to Ke Muyu?"
"What's selling yourself?" Jian Yian objected, "Everyone gets what he needs. He gives me money, and I help him be a dutiful son and comfort his sick father!" She paused and pursed her lips disdainfully, "Who knows who he is? He was lying to me, he didn’t want to be filial to his father at all, but actually wanted to get back at his ex-girlfriend.”
"You were fooled." Mo Chuanya excused lightly.
"That's right!" Jian Yi'an said angrily. "Fortunately, I quite admired him at first. You know, I originally thought he was nice to me outside, but was very cold when he came home. It was because he was shy and didn't know how to get along with me in private. But what happened? He I'm acting for people outside! I've been stupidly trying to get closer to him, thinking about how to treat him better every day... I'm so stupid, I'm like an idiot!"
She blamed herself, and every word was full of annoyance and resentment towards the man who married her, but Mo Chuanya was smart enough to hear that there was some subtle meaning hidden in it.
"Actually, you like her, right, Ye An?"
"What?" Jian Yian was horrified when he heard this.
"If you hadn't been a little attracted to him, you probably wouldn't have agreed to that condition." Mo Chuanya put aside his friend's sincerity bluntly, "I know you, Yi'an. It's just because you like him that you act so calmly. That dignified and virtuous Mrs. Ke.”
"I'm... not what you think." Jian Yian refused to admit it, "I've always been very peaceful."
"Please, even if you say this to others, how dare you tell lies in front of me?" Mo Chuanya sharply popped the bubble of lies.
"Who would secretly go drinking and dancing with me after school? Also, you can ride a crane harder than any other boy. Don't tell me you forgot."
"I..." Jian Yian was embarrassed. She really wanted to forget that period of youth and frivolity, "So I know I was wrong! Just because I drove too hard, I almost died, and I scared my dad to the point of almost having a heart attack. That’s why I vowed to be a good daughter and not let them down... Hey, it’s already history hundreds of years ago, why are you digging it up and talking about it?”
"I just want you to be honest with me." Mo Chuanya said with a leisurely expression, "You tend to act too well-behaved in front of the people you like. Don't you do the same with Xia Yumo?"
"I admit that I had a crush on my senior." Jian Yi'an murmured reluctantly.
"What about Ke Muyu?" Mo Chuanya refused to let him go, "Do you dare to say that you don't have any feelings for him?"
Jian Yi'an was speechless, but she couldn't deny that she had a crush on him, but after that crush, all she got was heartbreak. How could she be stupid enough to fall for love
"Chuanya, do you know how I found out about him and his ex-girlfriend?" She quietly confided her feelings to her friend.
"Half a year after I got married to him, one day I had a severe migraine and a slight fever. I wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit. It was very uncomfortable. When he came home and saw me lying on my bed in a cold sweat, he twisted a towel to help me dry it. Take care of me all night.”
"You mean he's always been with you?" Mo Chuanya didn't quite believe it.
"That's true." She curled her lips in a daze, "I woke up in the middle of the night and saw him sitting on the sofa taking a nap. I felt so touched. Although he was always very cold to me when we were alone in private, I think he was still Care about me.
I looked at him for a long time and then fell asleep again. When I woke up the next morning, my headache was gone and my fever had subsided. He came back from his morning run as if nothing had happened, pretending not to know that I had been sick. "
"Why is he pretending?" Mo Chuanya was surprised.
"Maybe I was embarrassed. Anyway, I pretended not to know that he took care of me for one night, but I decided at that time that I would be more considerate to him in the future. On his birthday, I made a cake myself."
"You make cakes?" Mo Chuanya was surprised again, "Didn't you say before that you hated going into the kitchen? Your mother wanted to teach you how to cook, but you were unwilling to do so."
"I don't like cooking, but after marrying him, my cooking skills have improved a lot," Jian Yi'an smiled bitterly, "He lacks everything. There is not much I can do for him, at least I have to Make some delicious food.”
"You are... very attentive to him."
Yes, she really wanted to be attentive at that time, but it was a pity that a woman who was attentive to a man would not necessarily be grateful from him. Jian Yi'an thought melancholy.
"That night, he said he would work overtime. I knew he wouldn't come back too early, but I still prepared everything early and stood on the balcony waiting for him. I finally saw his car, but he kept parked on the side of the road. When I came up, I felt strange, so I went downstairs and took a peek, and it turned out that there was another woman sitting in his car."
"Is this his ex-girlfriend?"
"Yeah." She nodded, "They had a very loud quarrel, from the car to the outside. The woman kept begging him to forgive her, saying that she was wrong, and asked him not to punish her... You didn't see the expression on his face at that time. , he was actually smiling, as if he was enjoying watching his ex-girlfriend begging him to change his mind."
Mo Chuanya shuddered slightly.
"Very evil, isn't it?" Jian Yi'an sighed Youran, "Later I gradually realized that the man I married was a very scheming devil. The most hateful thing is that he didn't think he was bad at all, and when he was evil, his face was... But his smile looked like he was naughty, as if it was just a small prank and no big deal..."
"Don't you just think he's cute like that?" Mo Chuanya heard the implication.
Jian Yian's mind flashed, and for a long time, her eyes widened in annoyance.
"I'm such an idiot, right?"
Mo Chuanya sneered and wisely refused to comment.
"Every time I have a crush on him, I will definitely get retribution." Jian Yi'an complained bitterly, "It was the same night my mother died. The next day he disappeared and went abroad on a business trip for two or three weeks. , He didn’t even attend the funeral, and he was still very cold to me after he came back.”
"What happened that night?" Mo Chuanya was curious.
"That day..." Jian Yian was speechless for a moment, her words were shyly hidden in her lips, not daring to speak out. Her pink cheeks were instantly dyed a beautiful rose color. She lowered her starry eyes, picked up a piece of strawberry, and tasted the sour and sweet taste. .
Whether it was his birthday, that night of passion, or when she was in the hospital pretending to have a headache - as long as she fell in love with him, pain would always follow.
"... In short, I won't be moved by him anymore." She declared carefully.
I had just exchanged some bold words with my good sisters, and it was all done that night.
Jian Yian came home from work that day, lying on her side on the bed and dozing off. For a moment, she was awakened by some kind of soft noise, and then she opened her hazy eyes and saw a handsome face with sharp edges and a naughty smile on her thin lips. He smiled almost hatefully, and his heart trembled violently.
"You..." She was in a state of confusion and couldn't understand why there was suddenly a man lying face to face with her on the bed, smiling at her, and holding a big hand on her slender waist wantonly. Then, sleepyhead flew away, and she suddenly realized that her breathing stopped, her heart beat rapidly, and she wanted to get up intuitively, but he locked her tightly, not allowing her to escape. She glared at him.
He didn't want to get a divorce, so he forced her to move back from the rental house and live with him. He even brazenly broke into her boudoir. It was so cruel and intolerable!
"This is my room, get out!" she scolded.
"Isn't your room my room? Wife." He called lightly, tightened his grip, and forced her soft body closer to him.
"You!" She was embarrassed and annoyed, "When did you come back?" If she had heard him entering the house early, she would have remembered to lock the door.
"I just came back and saw you sleeping soundly. I couldn't bear to wake you up." He stroked her cheek with a pity expression, "Look at how tired you are, lying on the bed without even changing your clothes. That Xia Yumo must have exhausted you a lot, right? Just submit your resignation tomorrow."
"Why should I resign?" She glared at him. She finally returned to the workplace and was appreciated by her boss. How could she give up such a good opportunity
"You go out early and come back late every day to earn that little salary. Don't you think it's worth it?"
"I think it's worth it. I'm very happy at work!" He stared at her and curled up the corner of his mouth, as if he was annoyed, but also a bit disgusted.
"Is it so worthwhile to be someone's follower?"
She turned her head and said, "You have nothing to do with it!"
"I don't want to care about it," he palmed her face and turned her around forcefully, "I can't bear to see you working hard, wife."
She was about to vomit, could he not act so thoroughly
She took a deep breath, "Ke Muyu, are you punishing me now?"
The eyebrows are raised slantingly.
She tried to reason with him, "I know you are very angry that I ruined your acquisition plan, but there is no way for us to continue like this. Our marriage has expired long ago. In order to punish me, would you rather give up your own life?" Will your life be ruined on me?"
"Who said I punished you?" He chuckled, "I really want to continue to live a married life with you."
"You just want to get back at me." She rolled her eyes at him, "You don't like me, why do you have to continue to be husband and wife with me?"
"Who said I don't like you?" He moved his nose forward and rubbed her affectionately, arousing waves of unsatisfactory tremors in her. "I'm starting to think you're interesting!" Finding her interesting isn't love, and it's not even goodwill. Jian Yian pushed away the man who was entangled with her, propped up her upper body, and stared at him condescendingly, her temples were messy, and her bright eyes shone with blazing fire.
Ke Muyu put his hands behind his head and took time to admire his wife's angry face, "This is much better."
"What's better?" she said dissatisfied.
He didn't answer but asked, "I'm curious, where did you hide my former dignified and reserved wife?"
"This is the real me!" She shook her head proudly.
"I think so." He looked at her thoughtfully, and suddenly he stood up, reached behind her head with his big hand, and quickly took off the hairpin she used to fix the hairpin.
The ink hair fell silently, rolling in gentle waves around her shoulders.
"It looks better this way." He combed her hair with his fingers ambiguously, "From now on, you can only let your hair down like this when you go home, you know?"
She tried hard to pick up her broken breath, "Why do you rule me?"
"Because I am your husband, wife." His thumb caressed her lips affectionately. She seemed to have been burned and hurriedly stepped back. Even though she warned herself over and over again not to do it, her heartstrings still trembled involuntarily for this man - was she crazy? Even though she knew he was just teasing her, like a cunning cat teasing a poor mouse, she still couldn't control her reason.
"What are you thinking about, wife?" He teased her again, with a childish smile on his handsome lips.
She couldn't breathe for a moment, so she looked away and avoided him, "I... I'm hungry, let's eat!"
She said she wanted to go to a nearby restaurant
For dinner, he wanted to eat at home. She reluctantly prepared to cook, but he hypocritically said that he was reluctant to let her go because she was too tired, so he decided to order takeout. After the pizza and roast chicken were delivered, he put them on the table, opened a bottle of red wine, and poured wine for her diligently.
"Come, I respect you."
"What are you paying homage to?" She doubted his intentions.
"Of course, to us... have a happy married life in the future!"
"We have no future, only the past, and our past cannot be called a happy one." She retorted fiercely, raising her glass and drinking it down.
"When did you learn to drink in such a rude way?" he quipped.
"I'm not elegant to begin with." She gave up on herself, "If you had seen me in the nightclub, you would probably have divorced me long ago."
"Is it that serious?" Ke Muyu raised his eyebrows. When she said this, he wanted to see what the so-called "goblin" looked like. "Why don't you dance for me now?"
"Don't even think about it!" She refused, grabbed the bottle, and poured herself another glass, "Ke Muyu, are you sure you really want to keep playing like this with me?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Do you think I won't fight back at all?" Jian Yian raised her eyes, with a strange smile on her lips, "I have kept the contract we signed two years ago."
"So what?"
"Aren't you afraid that I will reveal everything?" she threatened. "If I disclose the contract to the media, what do you think the public will think? They must find it disgusting. It turns out that the model couple we play in front of others are all It seems like you are not a good man who loves his family and his wife."
"So?" Ke Muyu drank nonchalantly.
She glared at him, "Aren't you most afraid of tarnishing your own image?"
"I don't like it," he admitted.
"Then you agree to divorce me immediately, and I promise not to reveal this secret to the media." She put forward the conditions.
He pondered for a moment, then shrugged, "Whatever you want."
"What?" She was stunned.
He said calmly, "You want to announce it or not, I don't care."
How could he not care? He obviously cares the most! Living, he thought she didn't have the guts
Jian Yian frowned in worry and said, "I do what I say, Ke Muyu, don't think I dare not."
"I don't think so. In fact, I admire your courage."
"Admired?" She was stunned.
"No woman has ever dared to play this trick with me." He leaned over and stared at her, something surging in his eyes, "You are the first."
Her heart was in turmoil and her eyelashes were lowered, fearing that she would be accidentally wiped out in his eyes. "If you hadn't... gone too far, I wouldn't have done that."
"Why did I go too far? Tell me." He encouraged.
How dare you pretend to be innocent? She looked at him angrily and drank another glass of wine.
"Eat some pizza! Don't you like this seafood flavor the most?" He peeled a slice of pizza for her.
"How do you know I like this flavor?" She squinted at him, not thinking that he would bother to remember her preferences.
He smiled but didn't answer, "Anyway, you should eat something first. Drinking on an empty stomach will easily make you drunk."
"No need." She still had no appetite. "Don't you want to hear how much you are going too far? I'll tell you."
"Go ahead," he ordered curtly.
Even when he heard her accuse him of crimes, he was still an arrogant man.
She gritted her teeth depressedly, "Song Qihong is your ex-girlfriend, right?"
"You know?" He was surprised.
"Do you really think I don't know anything?" She sneered, "Not only do I know that she is your ex-girlfriend, but I also know that you married me to punish her for cheating on you. She was just confused for a moment, I came back to beg you soon, but you refused to forgive me. You knew she still loved you, but you kept her by your side as a secretary, playing tricks on her like a cat playing with a mouse... Don't you think you are cruel? "
"I admit that I'm not a good person," he obviously didn't feel guilty. "You can't pretend to be blind because of her injustice, right?"
"I pretended to be blind to teach you not to be so self-righteous!" She choked, "Don't think that everything in this world will go your way. You are too selfish and too conceited and you will be punished!"
"Is your retribution for stealing our company's secrets and selling them to Xia Yumo?" he asked coolly.
She suddenly felt embarrassed and her cheeks turned red. She didn't know whether it was because of shame or because she was drunk. "I know this was not an honest method. I was... a little too excited at that time."
"Why are you excited?"
"I heard everything you said to Song Qihong in the hospital." She confided sadly, "You said I was just a pawn - even though I already knew this, I was still very angry when I heard it."
Ke Muyu was stunned for a long time, and then whispered to himself: "So you heard me." He looked at her, hesitating to speak, his beautiful eyes were shining with a complex light, as if he was a little apologetic.
Did he want to say that he didn't actually use her as a pawn? Did he think she would be stupid enough to believe it
Jian Yian bit her lip hard, feeling like a mouse caught by a cat. Ever since he announced that he would not divorce, he had been teasing her abominably, taking pleasure in bullying her and seeing her panic. She had had enough and just wanted to escape from this marriage that made her breathless and escape from him...
She drank one cup after another, and when the alcohol almost burned away her sanity, she was so groggy that she could no longer maintain her self-esteem. The murmur of prayer finally escaped from his lips.
"Let me go, Muyu, I don't want to play anymore..."
"What did you say?" he asked knowingly.
"I won't play anymore, I'm afraid I'll get retribution..."
"Didn't you say that I am the one who will get retribution?"
"You don't understand!" She waved her hand drunkenly, looked at him sadly for two seconds, then lowered her head and swung down. He was worried that she would hurt herself by bumping on the dining table, so he quickly stretched out his palms to hold the "Art" firmly. Hello?" he called softly.
She didn't respond, her beauty or desire was drunk in his palm.
"You don't want to sleep here, do you?" He was helpless and funny. With a thought, he picked her up and took her back to the bedroom.
As soon as she touched the pillow, she automatically grabbed the velvet quilt, wrapped herself in a secret, and fell asleep peacefully.
He looked at it, couldn't help but smile, and brushed away a lock of hair that fell in front of her forehead.
"I won't let you go, Yi'an." He whispered in her ear, sending harsh whispers, intruding on her peaceful dream, "I just started to find you interesting, how can I let you go? You are not allowed to surrender, Keep playing with me, do you understand?"
In her dream, she trembled silently.