Chapter 555: Let's Divorce 2

Rejected 99 Times, the Aloof Campus Belle Comes On Strong at Me, Jiang Muye

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If she could agree so readily, didn't that just mean she didn't love him at all?

The last shred of hope lingering in Leng Qihua's heart vanished.

He took a deep breath and said to Xiang Shan, "Then let's go handle the divorce in a bit."

"Okay." Xiang Shan steadied her breathing and subconsciously downed the coffee in one gulp.

An ever more bitter taste rippled through her heart.

Xiang Shan loathed this bitterness, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Only after her whole mouth was filled with the acrid bitterness of the coffee did Xiang Shan heavily set the cup down on the table.

What remained inside the coffee cup was the leftover coffee grounds.

They reflected Xiang Shan's expressionless yet pale face.

…

Afternoon.

The Civil Affairs Bureau building.

Xiang Shan, in her high heels, climbed the steps one by one alongside Leng Qihua.

The divorce registration office was in the opposite direction from the marriage registration office.

The two said nothing, each refusing to look at the other.

When the Civil Affairs Bureau staff stamped the seal and handed over a little green booklet, both Xiang Shan's and Leng Qihua's expressions were considerably uglier than before.

Only, Xiang Shan didn't show it as badly. She restrained the unhappiness in her heart and sneered coldly at Leng Qihua, "I'm finally free."

"Good. Happy freedom." There was a bleakness in Leng Qihua's eyes.

The last bit of reluctance he carried began to fade away, bit by bit, along with Xiang Shan's indifference.

Years of marital affection, fragile as a soap bubble, unable to withstand a single blow.

Just as Xiang Shan was about to walk off in her high heels without a backward glance, Leng Qihua subconsciously called out to her, "I heard your studio ran into some trouble. I can help you."

Xiang Shan trembled. She whipped her head around to look at Leng Qihua.

Leng Qihua gazed at Xiang Shan with deep affection in his eyes.

The hand hanging by Xiang Shan's trouser leg subconsciously clenched into a fist.

"Leng Qihua, are you pitying me?"

Leng Qihua was taken aback. "What did you say?"

"You're happy, aren't you, knowing how miserably I'm doing? After all, you always opposed me putting work first. Back then you destroyed everything I'd poured my heart into, just like what Jiang Muye is doing now." Xiang Shan gritted her teeth, a bitter refusal to accept what was happening burning inside her.

"My abilities are completely insignificant in the face of capital. I couldn't surpass you before, and I still can't surpass you now!"

"You're a third-generation rich kid. You have the assets your elders left behind to squander as you please, and you can inherit the Mu Group and never worry about food or clothing. And me? I'm just an ordinary person, building everything from scratch. I gave my all for the career I love, even paying a brutal price for it."

"And in the end, I still lost. Lost completely, utterly."

"And now I have to be like some pathetic worm, waiting for your charity, is that it!"

After Xiang Shan finished her long tirade, Leng Qihua's eyes gradually turned cold.

"You think I'm helping you out of pity? Xiang Shan, it's not confidence you have, it's inferiority."

"You think you didn't have a good family background, so you're jealous, and you even reject what I have. You think I look down on you, so you refuse to communicate with me."

"You blame everyone else for the hurts you suffered in the past. But have you ever thought about how you've hurt quite a few people before! Especially me!"

"I won't help you anymore. You're on your own."

After saying all of this, Leng Qihua subconsciously walked toward the exit.

Xiang Shan's lips quivered. There were words she wanted to say, but facing Leng Qihua, she couldn't get a single one out.

It was the first time she had seen Leng Qihua's back.

In front of her, he walked away far too decisively.

He hadn't considered her at all.

The old him would never have been like this. Every time before, wasn't it him watching her back?

Xiang Shan felt the pain of ten thousand arrows piercing her heart.

So this was how unbearable it was, to watch someone leave with your own eyes.

And yet she had never once considered his feelings.

Leng Qihua was right. She had always been too insecure, and that was why she tried so hard to pretend to be confident.

She envied, even resented, everything Leng Qihua had. What he possessed was what she could never obtain no matter how hard she struggled.

Even after marrying Leng Qihua, that bitter refusal to accept it all still stirred faintly within her.

In that instant, Xiang Shan looked at the divorce certificate in her hand and suddenly burst into loud sobs.

All along she had wanted to divorce Leng Qihua, but now that it had actually happened, she felt a pain she couldn't put into words.

Xiang Shan wept bitterly at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, yet the passersby watched her with absurd looks in their eyes.

This time, it was the first time Xiang Shan paid no mind to the strange gazes of outsiders.

There wasn't a glimmer of light in Xiang Shan's eyes, her face covered in tears.

——

The television broadcast the latest news report.

"Recently, Ruyu Studio's shares have been in turmoil from top to bottom, on the verge of bankruptcy. The studio's employees have all cleared out, and the studio is already in a state of transfer."

Leng Ruoli's brows knitted tightly, and the hand holding the remote trembled.

She stared at the TV channel in disbelief, until a dark shadow fell in front of her.

He sat down beside her and dotingly kneaded her slender waist. "Stop watching. Let's change the channel."

Just as Jiang Muye was about to snatch the remote, Leng Ruoli held it firmly and stared at him. "Did you do this?"

Jiang Muye realized the atmosphere had turned wrong and carefully asked, "Yes."

"Why am I the last to know?" Leng Ruoli's eyes instantly reddened. "That's my mom's company."

"I know." Jiang Muye nodded. "But I'll run it very well. I'll acquire it."

Leng Ruoli lowered her eyelids and said nothing.

"Baby, don't blame me! I really wanted to get revenge for you. I couldn't swallow this either. I don't want you to keep having to watch her moods, letting her become a stumbling block between us. Maybe this is the only way to let her know that neither you nor I are people to be trifled with."

Jiang Muye gripped Leng Ruoli's cold little hand tightly.

He was already prepared for Leng Ruoli to blame him.

After all, what he had destroyed was Leng Ruoli's own mother's company. It was only natural that she'd be angry.

Leng Ruoli subconsciously threw herself into Jiang Muye's arms.

This was completely beyond Jiang Muye's expectations.

Smelling the pleasant fragrance of aromatherapy on her, Jiang Muye felt his mind settle into calm.

"I don't blame you. I just didn't expect to be the last to know. I feel a bit wronged. Something this big, and I had to find out through the company."

Leng Ruoli's fingers rested uneasily on Jiang Muye's shoulder, and Jiang Muye could feel how much she needed him.

"After what my mom did to me, I already didn't know how to face her. Now that you've done this, I know even less how to face her."

There was a slight tremor in Leng Ruoli's words.

Her unease was all laid bare before Jiang Muye's eyes.

He subconsciously stroked Leng Ruoli's hair, soothing her emotions. "I understand. You don't need to watch her moods at all. She brought this on herself. You did nothing wrong."