Chapter 554: Let's Divorce
Boss Cutie
Their rivals were ambitious and aggressive, and had a clear view of the career plan she had laid out. Especially now that they had Jiang Muye's help, they were like a tiger with wings.
As a woman, she could barely take a single step forward in such a predicament.
Just as she was racking her brains for a countermeasure, her phone suddenly rang.
She glanced at it.
It was Leng Qihua calling.
Right, there was still Leng Qihua.
Leng Qihua could help her.
Didn't he want to get back together with her?!
Then he would definitely come back to help her. There may yet be hope.
Xiang Shan answered the phone excitedly. "Hey, let's meet up. Are you free?"
"I am. I was just thinking I wanted to see you too."
Hearing Leng Qihua's words, Xiang Shan was overjoyed.
Wonderful, Leng Qihua still had feelings for her after all.
He was still waiting for her in the same place!
That was the thing Xiang Shan was most thankful for.
So Xiang Shan deliberately picked out a pretty dress and put on light makeup, making herself look exquisite and beautiful from head to toe.
The reflection in the mirror was no less beautiful than it had been in the past. She still looked so young.
Still able to mesmerize anyone to death.
In a little while, Leng Qihua would definitely be bewitched beyond reason.
Xiang Shan smiled coolly at the mirror, admiring herself immensely.
After dressing up, Xiang Shan rushed off to the café.
She saw Leng Qihua sitting there early.
Xiang Shan smirked inwardly, then swayed her hips as she walked over.
"Have you been waiting long? You still like waiting for me, just like before." Xiang Shan's lips curved slightly as she tucked a strand of long hair behind her ear.
"Do you want something to drink? Black coffee, like always?" Xiang Shan opened the menu, about to order, when the waiter had already served a cup of hot cocoa.
Xiang Shan was stunned.
"I already ordered. Hot cocoa." Leng Qihua began drinking the hot cocoa right in front of her.
Xiang Shan was quite surprised. She gave an awkward laugh. "Don't you like black coffee?"
"You're the one who likes drinking black coffee, not me," Leng Qihua emphasized. "In the past, I didn't know what was so good about black coffee, but you wanted to drink it, so I drank it with you. Having the same taste meant fewer conflicts."
Leng Qihua lowered his eyes. "So I drank black coffee with you for ten whole years, bitter enough that even my heart grew tired. What I like most is sweet hot cocoa. For your sake, I suppressed it for too long."
"I understand now too. Sometimes the things you like can't be suppressed."
"When you get tired of liking someone, you should stop waiting."
"I won't wait any longer either."
"Our twenty-five-year marriage is about time it came to an end too."
After hearing Leng Qihua's words, Xiang Shan's face turned very pale.
"An end? You mean…"
She didn't finish the sentence, but looking at his expression, she more or less understood.
"Let's get a divorce." Leng Qihua paused hard, but in the end, he still said it.
"Leng Qihua! Didn't we agree before that we wouldn't divorce for Ruoli's sake? Why are you now…" Xiang Shan was dumbfounded.
Wasn't the one who wanted to get back together Leng Qihua?
Why did Leng Qihua not want her now? Why did he want to divorce her?
"Ruoli has already grown up, and she's found someone she likes. Even if we stayed together, we couldn't give her a happy family. There's no love between us."
Leng Qihua rubbed his temples wearily. "I tried, back then, but feelings aren't something one person's effort can fix."
"Only when two people like each other is there happiness. Just loving you alone is exhausting for me too."
"Xiang Shan, I don't want to keep waiting for you anymore."
After Leng Qihua heard about Xiang Shan's outrageous behavior, and then saw how she had taken out the game matter on him, refused to see him, and even blocked his account, Leng Qihua had come to his senses.
What good could ever come from loving someone humbly and desperately?
Was that still liking someone?
That was just being a simp.
"In this life of mine, I, Leng Qihua, have wronged no one. I loved you too much and kept accommodating you."
"I thought it was only natural that I gave in to you. After all, you gave me such a cute and beautiful daughter."
"But that doesn't mean you can use your behavior to hurt me and our daughter."
"You can't take out your unhappiness on our daughter. Our daughter is happy, we can all see that. Our daughter can bravely fight for her happiness, so why can't I?"
Leng Qihua stared sharply at Xiang Shan. "We didn't have to reach this point today, but you always put your own feelings first. Back then, when you and your secretary were feeding each other, it was normal for me, as your husband, to overthink it."
"But you refused to communicate with me, and even refused to see me."
"Whenever you saw me again, we argued endlessly. By the time I learned the truth, the problems between us were already enormous."
"I'm sorry. The two of us are still just incompatible in personality. This way, we're both exhausted."
Leng Qihua did feel reluctant.
Over the years, plenty of people had pursued him, but he hadn't remarried.
Wasn't it because he felt guilty toward Xiang Shan, and still loved her?
But a person who had walked too long in the rain needed an umbrella.
He was tired of getting rained on. He didn't want to be drenched by the downpour anymore.
It was the first time Xiang Shan had heard him say these things. Her mood suddenly sank a great deal.
Outside, the sun had been shining brightly, yet Xiang Shan felt as if it were misty and drizzling.
Dark clouds were shrouding the top of her head.
Xiang Shan's heart cooled piece by piece.
She looked carefully at the man before her.
He still looked much the same as when he was young, except the years had left some marks on his face. His temples were slightly gray, and his eye sockets were very deep.
Before, even when they fought, his eyes still held her, and every topic revolved around her.
But now there was a kind of sorrow and compromise in his eyes.
The air was filled with a solemn, bleak chill.
Xiang Shan had always been someone held in the palm of others' hands and cherished, and now she was facing Leng Qihua's abandonment. She was unwilling to accept it, and she also felt rather pitiful.
She had always been sure of her hold on Leng Qihua, certain that after going around in circles, he would still come back to her.
But today, he was giving up on her too. He chose to divorce her, to thoroughly end this relationship that had entangled them for decades.
A hint of bitterness touched the corner of Xiang Shan's lips. She took a sip of the black coffee that had been served.
She had never really thought coffee was that bitter before. She was used to it anyway. To her, coffee was just for staying alert, a convenience for working better.
But now a bitter taste rushed straight to her throat, and Xiang Shan instinctively felt like spitting it out.
"Leng Qihua," Xiang Shan still maintained her lofty posture, "everything you've said happens to be exactly what I wanted to say. I've wanted a divorce for a long time. More than anyone, I want to start a new life."
"Good." Leng Qihua's heart died completely.
She didn't have a trace of reluctance, still as arrogant as before, like a proud peacock, flawless, but she had never once put him in her eyes.
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