Chapter 5: Let’s Get Divorced
Hospital.
“What? Where did she go?!” Xiuqi Chi roared at his secretary.
“She left the hospital according to the surveillance footage. She seemed to have gotten into a taxi,” the secretary replied timidly.
Jingxian Xiang observed Xiuqi Chi’s expression and frowned. She then spoke, “Xiuqi, with your sister pregnant, she’s surely looking for the child’s father. There’s nothing we can do to help, so why don’t you…”
“You should rest and recover,” Xiuqi Chi said, his face softening. He patted her head. “I have some things to attend to. I’ll come back to be with you later.”
With that, Xiuqi Chi turned and left the ward, leaving Jingxian Xiang clenching her fists. “Yeyun Ye! You really are a persistent ghost!”
***
Outside the Welfare Home.
Yeyun Ye lay on Uncle Ye’s body, refusing to be moved.
“Miss, please do not obstruct the police’s investigation,” the police officer said with a helpless expression. “The deceased is also a suspect in an economic crime. We need to conduct an autopsy and further examination.”
“No… impossible,” Yeyun Ye cried. “Uncle Ye wasn’t that kind of person. He dedicated his life to this welfare home; he wouldn’t have been greedy for money.”
Just then, a black Maybach pulled up outside the welfare home. Xiuqi Chi and his secretary stepped out.
“Mr. Chi, as per your instructions, we arrived at the welfare home, but Feng Ye has already…” a man in a black suit reported.
These words naturally reached Yeyun Ye’s ears.
“You… you forced Uncle Ye to his death!” Yeyun Ye stood up and walked in front of Xiuqi Chi. “If you have a problem, come at me. Why did you have to force the people around me to their deaths!”
Xiuqi Chi maintained his cold demeanor. “He borrowed fifty million from me in your name, claiming it was for rebuilding the welfare home, but he used it to pay off gambling debts.”
“As the creditor, am I not allowed to collect my debt?”
“But you couldn’t force him to die!”
“He committed suicide,” Xiuqi Chi stated emotionlessly. “He deserved to die. Do you know…”
“Slap.” Before he could finish, a clear slapping sound echoed.
Everyone gasped. Xiuqi Chi’s lip was bleeding.
“You hit me because of him?” Xiuqi Chi raised an eyebrow, a ferocious glint in his eyes. “Take Feng Ye away for an autopsy!”
With his command, someone lifted the body and began moving it towards the car.
“No… no…” Yeyun Ye rushed to stop them. “You can’t even leave him a whole body?”
Yeyun Ye knew that an autopsy would damage the body. She wanted to give the elder who was like a father to her some last dignity.
“It’s not that I won’t give it to him, it’s you,” Xiuqi Chi sneered. “This isn’t the only thing he’s done. Not only will there be an autopsy, but this welfare home will also be sealed. It can never open again.”
With that, Xiuqi Chi turned to leave.
“Don’t!” Yeyun Ye shouted. “I’m begging you!”
“Begging me? What do you have to offer?” Xiuqi Chi didn’t look back. He took a handkerchief from his suit pocket and wiped his lip, speaking casually.
“Everything I have.”
“Too bad—” Xiuqi Chi spat out the blood in his mouth. “I don’t want it.”
He then stepped into the car.
As people were about to carry Feng Ye’s body away, Yeyun Ye blocked them with her own body. Xiuqi Chi waved his hand, signaling his men to stop. He also dismissed the police and the crowd, leaving Yeyun Ye alone with the body.
His car was parked nearby, watching the woman.
She knelt on the ground, her eyes vacant and her face pale.
Suddenly, thunder boomed, followed by a torrential downpour. Yeyun Ye was soaked to the bone, but she showed no intention of leaving.
“Mr. Chi, do you want to…”
“Let her kneel. She loves guarding a dead man, so let her guard him,” Xiuqi Chi said from inside the Maybach, continuing to handle his business on his mobile phone without even looking up.
Yeyun Ye knelt on the ground. Already weak from just leaving the hospital, she hadn’t eaten all day.
At this moment, she felt everything around her growing cold… so cold…
She was losing consciousness…
The moment her eyes closed, she felt like she had fallen into a warm embrace.
When she woke up, she was in a strange room.
“This station reports joyful news from the Xiang Family today. The eldest daughter of the Xiang Family, Jingxian Xiang, who has returned after her studies, will complete her engagement with the manager of Chi Corporation. The two will be married soon.”
“Jingxian, I don’t blame your father, but right now…” a man’s voice sounded. “I just don’t want you to be wronged. I want you to marry me with a clean slate. I know you’re very understanding. Rest up, and I’ll come to see you tonight.”
Yeyun Ye finally realized where she was: one of Xiuqi Chi’s other villas, the one he had lived in alone since their marriage.
Yeyun Ye let out a self-mocking laugh. She never expected to end up here in such a way.
She got up, intending to get out of bed, but was seen by Xiuqi Chi, who had just entered.
“What are you doing?” Xiuqi Chi’s tone was cold.
“Where is Uncle Ye?” Yeyun Ye didn’t answer Xiuqi Chi’s question directly.
“He’s already been cremated.”
Yeyun Ye froze for a moment, then looked up at Xiuqi Chi, suspicion in her eyes.
“Do you think I have any reason to lie to you?” Xiuqi Chi sneered.
Yeyun Ye remained silent. She rolled out of bed and went to put on her shoes to leave, but Xiuqi Chi, moving quickly, grabbed her. “Yeyun Ye, what exactly do you want to do?!”
“I want to leave,” Yeyun Ye said coldly. “I want you to let me go.”
“Impossible!” Xiuqi Chi’s eyes were red. “You slapped me in front of everyone today, and you think that’s the end of it?”
Xiuqi Chi hadn’t expected Yeyun Ye to hit him. Was this the same timid woman who used to be so compliant with him?
Yeyun Ye let out a cold laugh and raised her hand, “Slap,” she hit herself. As Xiuqi Chi stood stunned, Yeyun Ye raised her other hand. “Slap,” she hit herself again.
“What are you doing!” Xiuqi Chi grabbed Yeyun Ye’s hands. “Are you crazy?”
“Is that enough?” Yeyun Ye’s pale face was flushed red, but she couldn’t feel the pain. “If it’s not enough, I’ll give you more.”
“Are you crazy?” Xiuqi Chi roared.
Never before had he felt that the woman before him was slipping out of his control. She was supposed to be in the palm of his hand!
“Xiuqi Chi, if you think I owe you something, I can repay it. If you want it, you can take my life right now. If you don’t, then let me go,” Yeyun Ye sneered. “You’re getting married. Let your bride marry you with a clean slate.”
Xiuqi Chi was stunned. So she had overheard his phone call.
But for some reason, he felt a moment of disarray, despite his usual composure.
“Xiuqi Chi, let’s get divorced,” Yeyun Ye said, her lips curling into a smile, as if she had finally let go.
