At the entrance of the manor, Ah Chen saw Ji Wuxue again, and his eyes were very bright, casting a glance at her bag.
Now Ah Chen understood everything clearly.
She naturally wouldn’t bring up the matter and bid farewell to Ji Wuxue.
Yu Xiaoran noticed the friendliness between Ji Wuxue and Ah Chen, and his eyes darkened.
"Did you exchange contact information with Ji Wuxue?" Yu Xiaoran asked as they got into the car.
Ah Chen replied, "We added each other as friends."
Yu Xiaoran didn’t say anything more. Today’s banquet wasn’t fruitless; although he hadn’t connected with the Ji Family, he t other people. Given the current state of the Yu Family, many still wanted to befriend him.
If only they didn’t ask where he found the master. Now he could only say the master had gone missing as an excuse.
Fortunately, everyone found this excuse reasonable; they didn’t think he was lying. It barely got him by.
Bai Chen could actually get along with Ji Wuxue. If Bai Ying weren’t there, he would have been happy to see it, but he already had Bai Ying.
But it didn’t matter; he didn’t think Bai Chen could be more likable than Bai Ying.
Even if one day Ji Wuxue realized Bai Chen had beco Bai Ying, he’d soon be won over by Bai Ying’s pure charm.
No one would dislike Bai Ying.
Her singing was beautiful and could put countless people to sleep.
No one would forget her voice.
Arriving at the villa, Yu Xiaoran didn’t bother to pretend to help Ah Chen out of the car, and Ah Chen didn’t mind.
As they walked into the villa, Yu Xiaoran sent everyone else away; it seed he had sothing to say to Ah Chen.
"Since you don’t want to build a relationship with , why don’t we just get divorced when the ti is up?"
"By then, I’ll give you half of the inco we earned during our marriage."
"I originally intended to work on our relationship, but since you’re like this, it’s indeed unnecessary." Yu Xiaoran looked exhausted.
Ah Chen retorted, "It’s as if I did sothing wrong. Yu Xiaoran, don’t play the victim. This marriage was your idea from the start. Who could force you if you didn’t want to? You said we’d build a relationship after marriage. At first, I thought it was just an arranged marriage, but then there was the issue of our birth dates."
"In the first month, I seriously tried to build a relationship, but you were indifferent, even giving away the food I made for you. What was that about? Get this straight, it was you who wouldn’t cooperate."
"Did you really want to build a relationship with ?" Ah Chen suddenly leaned in, her eyes searching Yu Xiaoran’s face. "If you sincerely wanted to, I might try again."
But these words left Yu Xiaoran speechless.
He had said those things to go with the flow, using her indifference as an excuse not to deal with her for the following year while still having the upper hand.
"Say sothing." Ah Chen demanded, "Give an answer right now: do you want to build a relationship or not?"
"I think you’re being unreasonable, going back and forth regardless of the occasion. We really don’t need to continue this." Yu Xiaoran’s face was grim.
"Oh? Then let’s divorce imdiately. At dawn, we’ll go file for a divorce. You seem to have tolerated for long enough. Why wait until next year?" Ah Chen mocked, showing no intention of backing down in the face of Yu Xiaoran’s indignant fury. It wasn’t her fault he shifted the bla onto her.
She wasn’t buying it.
Yu Xiaoran’s face darkened; how could Bai Chen be such a hassle?
"You don’t want to build a relationship, nor do you want to divorce now. What exactly do you want?" Ah Chen scrutinized Yu Xiaoran, her eyes trying to penetrate him, advancing step by step, giving Yu Xiaoran unprecedented pressure. "Is it because of my birth date? Are you reluctant?"
"We should calm down." Yu Xiaoran suggested, "Stick to the original agreent, and use this ti to consider whether to continue or separate."
"So, are you willing to build a relationship with ? I’ve thought it over; now I just need your answer. If you’re willing to build a relationship, I’ll try again. If you’re not, don’t act like I’m being unreasonable and you’re the victim."
Faced with these words, Yu Xiaoran felt a bit powerless.
Why was she forcing him like this?
He really didn’t dare to talk about building a relationship, afraid she might do sothing: "We might truly not be suitable, but we’ve only been married for a short ti. If we divorce now, it will affect both families. Why not wait until the agreed ti?"
"So you want to waste over a year of my youth for nothing? If we divorce sooner, I can find soone else. Why should I wait for the right ti?"
Yu Xiaoran was on the verge of exploding when he suddenly paused and said, "How about this: I’ll give you all the inco generated during the marriage as compensation for your youth." She was greedy and would surely agree.
By that ti, when Bai Ying took over, this would all be moot.
Yu Xiaoran sneered inside; Bai Chen was too greedy. He wouldn’t show rcy to such a woman.
"Words are empty."
"We should have a witness; this is a big matter and should be discussed by both families to prevent everyone from thinking I’m being unreasonable." Ah Chen smiled.
Yu Xiaoran’s eyes widened, and he couldn’t control his anger: "Bai Chen, will you ever stop?"
"It’s simple to end it: at dawn, let’s get a divorce and divide the assets." Ah Chen stated, her face relaxed compared to the enraged Yu Xiaoran.
Yu Xiaoran clenched his fists; she was truly excessive.
He thought everything was under control, but instead, he had brought ho a burden.
Ah Chen called Bai Huii: "Mom, here’s the thing, we might need you to co over tonight..."
Then, she dialed the old residence of the Yu Family: "Get the old man; there’s sothing very important. Yu Xiaoran won’t build a relationship with , nor will he agree to divorce. So matters need to be witnessed by everyone, tonight."
Yu Xiaoran closed his eyes; she was really sothing!
She better pray that Bai Ying doesn’t co back to this body, or else... Yu Xiaoran opened his eyes, his gaze full of malice.
That night, both families gathered.
No one expected things to turn out this way, with the birth date issue erging and clearly leaving the Yu Family at a disadvantage.
Now, Yu Xiaoran refused to build a relationship and was entirely led by Bai Chen; the Yu Family felt powerless.
Ultimately, in the presence of both families, it was agreed that they would divorce at the set ti, with all the inco generated during the marriage going to Bai Chen as compensation.
Yu Xiaoran was furious, not over the divorce itself, but because everything was out of his control, totally in Bai Chen’s hands.
What was she?
"Since you’re not building a relationship and planning to divorce at the agreed ti, why doesn’t my sister move back to the Lu Family?" Lu Wangqiu suggested with a grin, not afraid of stirring things up. "You’re sure you’re getting divorced, living together is inconvenient, and I’m genuinely afraid my sister might get hurt."
Lu Fengqiu chid in, "Start living separately from today; if President Yu disagrees with the divorce later, going through a lawsuit will take less ti."
Yu Xiaoran glared at the two, feeling the burn of their betrayal.
But Ah Chen laughed; she thought it was pretty good.
Yu Xiaoran really had no reason to keep her, so he could only watch with a grim face as Ah Chen left with the Lu Family.
"Are you really going to get a divorce?" Yu Xiaoran’s mother, Guan Xiang, hesitated, "Xiaoran, doesn’t her birth date benefit you? Will there be any impact if you divorce?"
She wasn’t too fond of Bai Chen as a daughter-in-law, but if it impacted her son too much, she’d reluctantly accept it.
Yu Xiaoran replied, "By next year, the influence won’t be so significant."
Guan Xiang felt relieved, then scolded, "Does Bai Chen really think she can manipulate us? Let her divorce; who’s afraid? Let’s see whom she can find later."
Back at the Lu Family, the commissioner’s room was still preserved. Lu Mingxue was quite the person.
Bai Huii followed Ah Chen into the room, holding her hand and asking, "Have you really thought it through?"
"I have."
Bai Huii sighed; returning to the Lu Family from the Yu Family ant no turning back.
"Don’t you like Yu Xiaoran anymore?"
Ah Chen smiled, "I don’t."
"It’s good that you don’t." Bai Huii sighed in relief; nothing else mattered then.
"Mom, go rest; I’m sorry for the trouble I caused today."
After seeing Bai Huii off, Ah Chen opened her handbag, and a little frog jumped out.
She rummaged through her luggage and found a box of cookies: "Let’s have so cookies today. I’ll make you a small cake next ti."
"Can you bite it?"
Ji Wuyan: I’m not that weak.
He grasped the small cookie and effortlessly crushed it.
Ah Chen laughed, "Turns out you’re a mighty frog!"
Ji Wuyan: ...
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