Chapter 1.

After she heard the news of Yi Yang’s return, Xu Xinyi deliberately asked for leave from the crew of the drama she was working on and went home early to prepare.

Yi Yang was not often at home. His company kept him very busy and most of his time was spent either on business or abroad. Meanwhile, Xu Xinyi was often busy with filming and was away from home almost all year-round.

So even after two years of marriage, the two had seen very little of each other.

But Xu Xinyi heard that Yi Yang would be staying in the country for a long time when he came back this time.

Xu Xinyi seized the opportunity and told her assistant to go out and buy a lot of ingredients used to make Yi Yang’s favorite dishes so she could begin to prepare dinner.

Xu Xinyi had always suspected that high-end ingredients could probably be cooked fairly simply. So she was busy with cooking for about two hours before she gave up and just ordered a table of seafood takeout.

By eight o’clock, Xu Xinyi sat alone at the table and watched the food slowly cooling down.

There was no movement at the door and there was no message from her cell phone.

She knew that Yi Yang had just returned from abroad and so he would be busy with socializing and catching up with people. Most likely he was delayed by someone or something and couldn’t get away.

This kind of thing happened all the time. It was not surprising at all considering how common it was.

It seemed that in this marriage she was a woman who was always in the weaker position in front of her strong husband who was busy at work. She played the role of ‘a woman waiting at the dinner table for her husband to come home’. There was nothing she could do but wait quietly.

The patient Xu Xinyi waited until nine o’clock before she gave Yi Yang a call.

No one answered the phone.

Looking at the already cold food in front of her Xu Xinyi patiently moved it into the microwave to reheat it.

Then she kept waiting.

Finally, at eleven o’clock, there was a noise at the front door. The food on the table was ice cold.

The moon was high in the sky when Yi Yang finally returned home. He had taken off his suit coat and draped it over one arm. His broad and lean shoulders could be seen under his white shirt and showed a sense of strength. His eyes were deep-set and gave him a look of condescension and indifference.

There was a faint smell of alcohol in the air.

“You’re back?”

A delicate voice filled with hesitation came from the direction of the kitchen.

Yi Yang turned his head and saw that his wife of two years was looking at him with surprise under the dim light of the kitchen fluorescents.

All of a sudden, Yi Yang’s indifferent facial features developed a layer of frost. He took a leisurely look at Xu Xinyi and answered casually: “Mhm.”

“Have you eaten yet? I made you some food…”

“No. Come here. I have something to discuss with you.”

Yi Yang sat on the sofa. His long legs were wrapped in his immaculate suit pants and he leisurely set them on the ground with his elbows on his thighs. His body was bent forward and his head was bowed. When Xu Xinyi approached, he threw a document on the coffee table in front of him.

Although he called it a discussion, his tone did not seem to brook any discussion.

“Take a look. If you don’t have any problems with it. Sign it.”

The huge words ‘divorce agreement’ on the front of the documents seemed to be imprinted into Xu Xinyi’s eyes.

“Divorce agreement? You want to divorce me?” Xu Xinyi’s voice trembled and her face contorted as if she had been greatly stimulated. She looked at Yi Yang with surprise and her eyes turned red. “Yi Yang, don’t joke around. I’ve prepared your favorite seafood for you, and… Are you tired from work? Would you like to take a bath first and then…”

“I’m not joking with you, Xu Xinyi. We got married two years ago, and you should be clear why. In the past two years, we have never acted as husband and wife and no outsider knows about our marriage. After we get divorced, you won’t suffer any loss of reputation or property. In addition, if you don’t understand the division of property, tomorrow I will bring a lawyer to explain it to you.”

“I don’t understand! I understand anything! Why don’t we eat first? You can have a good rest after dinner. I won’t pester you afterward if you have something to do…”

“Xu Xinyi, I’m talking to you about serious business. Don’t be unreasonable!”

Xu Xinyi was stupefied for a moment and her fists clenched tightly while her eyes filled with tears.

She was puzzled and desperate. With a sad and aggrieved tone, she asked, “But why? Obviously, these two years have been good, so why do you want to divorce me? What’s the reason? Am I not good enough? Or I did something wrong? You have to give me a reason. “

“Reason?” Yi Yang stared at her for a long time before he suddenly sneered. The chilly look in his eyes and obvious scorn at corners of his mouth made Xu Xinyi tremble.

“There’s no need for me to list out what you’ve done behind my back all these years, is there? I don’t want to speak too harshly and I don’t want to comb through your transgressions one by one. At this point, a peaceful divorce will save everyone some face.”

“No! I don’t agree to divorce! I won’t do it! I won’t leave!” Xu Xinyi grabbed the divorce agreement and started to tear it in two. “We are a husband and wife. We have been good together for the past two years. So why would we want to divorce?”

Yi Yang looked at her coldly and did not move to stop her. “I’ll bring my lawyer over tomorrow. You have a good rest. I’ll leave first.”

He wouldn’t even sleep there.

Yi Yang put on his coat and left.

When he looked back before going out, he saw Xu Xinyi squatted on the edge of the coffee table with her back to him, holding the divorce agreement in her hand and trembling silently.

The look in Yi Yang’s eyes was heavy. He knew that Xu Xinyi was deeply in love with him but he didn’t like Xu Xinyi at all. If not for Xu Xinyi’s recent behavior, that he almost got mad enough to kill after hearing about, he wouldn’t have filed for divorce.

This marriage had no value or meaning. If it went on, it would only end up tying down both of them and harming them both.

After pausing for just a moment, Yi Yang stepped out the door and left.

The huge living room was left swathed in gloom.

Hold on. Don’t laugh before it’s all over. You almost let it out.

Xu Xinyi trembled from holding in her laughter. Her whole person was shaking and she complained, “I really hate it. Such a big thing doesn’t make me happy at all.”

She sat on the sofa and looked at the divorce agreement which she had just torn to pieces. The grief-stricken expression she had just shown in front of Yi Yang vanished and her lips were grinning so wide they almost reached her ears.

“I knew that the divorce agreement would come but I didn’t expect it to come so soon. Xiao A, as long as I sign the divorce agreement with Yi Yang, it’s all over, right?”

Yes.

Xu Xinyi smiled with satisfaction.

Two years ago, Xu Xinyi had opened her eyes and crossed over into this world. Not only that, but she was also bound to a system, dubbed ‘Xiao A’, who told her that she was reborn as a vicious girl who would have a bleak ending.

Xu Xinyi had closed her eyes and almost wanted to leave again.

Xiao A, had given her a chance to be born again but at the same time it gave her only two choices.

First, in order to survive, she would have to endure humiliation from now on. Strive to get rid of her vicious image in the hearts of the people around her, get them all to accept her, and get Yi Yang to sincerely fall in love with her. Then, she would get rid of the terrible fate awaiting a villainess using the truth, goodness, and beauty of the world.

Hearing the description, Xu Xinyi seemed to be able to picture the Virgin Mary.

As for Yi Yang, he was a 28-year-old third-generation rich, who was worth tens of billions. Height 1.88 meters, size 18.8, handsome, single, and overall a perfect bachelor.

Her other option? Just go for broke. Conform to the plot and continue to do bad things. Fully embrace the path of the villainess. With time, everyone will spit on her, her husband will hate her, and she will have to live with the image of a vicious woman until Yi Yang is willing to divorce her.

Life was precious but the price of love was higher.

“Option one sounds okay. I’ll choose option two.”

Xiao A: “?”

“It doesn’t matter how comfortable the days are. I just want to see what a divorce certificate looks like.”

Wasn’t it just playing the role of a vicious woman who was deeply in love and who did all sorts of bad things in the name of love? It sounded like fun!

Xu Xinyi believed Yi Yang would definitely initiate a divorce very soon just based on his level of ‘dislike’ for the original body. He would be a fool not to.

Sure enough, Xu Xinyi played the role of a vicious woman for less than two years before Yi Yang, who was constantly abroad, couldn’t stand it anymore and asked her for a divorce.

Her image was so strong it couldn’t be blocked even with the high mountains and deep rivers between them.

So how could she be unhappy now that her dream finally came true?

Xu Xinyi was in a good mood. She quickly swept all the seafood off the table and into the garbage. Then went to soak in a hot bath and drank some red wine while wearing a facial mask to celebrate.

Xiao A: Are you really sure you don’t want to salvage the marriage? In fact, Yi Yang is handsome and rich and generally good in all aspects.

“Listening to you talk you would think that Yi Yang is the only man in the world. I’ll remind you that I have been in the entertainment industry for more than two years now. What excellent man I have not seen? Why would I hang myself to the tree called Yi Yang and give up the big forest outside? Not to mention…” Xu Xinyi smirked at the beautiful woman in the mirror. “I am so young and beautiful, why should my life have to revolve around a man?”

Although the original ‘Xu Xinyi’ was vicious, she was a woman with deep feelings. She fell in love with Yi Yang at first sight. Because they were only bound together by an arranged marriage Yi Yang ignored her but she could still enjoyed being ‘together’. In the entertainment industry, because of her background, she was arrogant and domineering. No one dared to provoke her and she offended a lot of people.

Yi Yang wanted to divorce her. But ‘Xu Xinyi’ would never leave unless she died. She repeatedly threatened him with suicide until he finally couldn’t handle it and divorced her anyway. As for how that ‘Xu Xinyi’ ended up… Well, it’s a long story, so we won’t talk about it.

As for Yi Yang, we can just take him as the man ‘Xu Xinyi’ was infatuated with, he wouldn’t come to a good end anyway.

But now that Xu Xinyi had taken over this life all she wanted was to divorce Yi Yang smoothly. Then she could become a woman who was ‘hurt by love’. From then on, she would no longer believe in love, she would be heartless, and would only talk about money, and never talk about love. She’ll just sit on her huge fortune and spend the rest of her life peacefully.

That life would be perfect.

—-

Yi Yang acted decisively and straightforwardly. He prepared the divorce agreement again the next day and upon returning home, he had two lawyers in tow.

The apartment they were living in was a high-class property developed by the Yi Group, Lanting, which Old Master Yi gave to them as a wedding gift. It was in the city center and had a convenient location. It was on a high floor with a river-view room and covered an area of 420 square meters that overlooked the whole city with a panoramic view.

Xu Xinyi liked this apartment very much. She didn’t know if it would be given to her when the property was divided.

“Mrs. Yi, is there anything you don’t understand about the division of property I just explained to you?”

Xu Xinyi’s eyes were red-rimmed and her face was haggard and bleak. Ever since she arrived she had never looked straight at the two lawyers.

Yi Yang leaned back lazily and crossed his legs. He gazed at the divorce agreement with an indifferent expression.

“Sign it. If you don’t have any problems.”

Xu Xinyi secretly scolded him in her heart for acting pretentious but on her face was a mask of tragedy. “No, I won’t sign it Yi Yang. Even if I agreed, mom and grandpa won’t agree. Have you asked for their opinion? If they knew…”

“I’ll tell them about it. You don’t have to worry about it.”

You have to act all the way to the end Xu Xinyi, she encouraged herself.

Xu Xinyi trembled and looked at Yi Yang and said, “Husband, I know I have done a lot of wrong things. I promise you that I will change in the future! So let’s not divorce, okay?”

“You think, at this point, there is still room to turn around?”

Seeing Yi Yang’s indifference Xu Xinyi made a face like her heart had turned to ashes, as if she had no choice but to accept this fact and was powerless to fight back.

She wiped away her tears and said mercilessly, “Then we’ll divorce. But, in addition to the property divided to me just now, I also want this apartment.”

“Okay.”

“And you can’t tell anyone that we were married.”

“Alright.”

His heart was iron. What a cruel man!

Xu Xinyi no longer hesitated at the end. She tremblingly picked up the pen and paper and signed. A large tear fell from her eye and hit the signature causing the agreement to be stained with tears.

The two lawyers exchanged glances and sighed.

After signing, Xu Xinyi she reluctantly looked at the divorce papers. She sent a pleading gaze at Yi Yang but he didn’t even want to look at her. So she sadly pushed the divorce agreement over to him, then bit her lower lip and burst into tears. She looked down and refused to say another word.

With that, the details were in order.

The lawyer checked Xu Xinyi’s signature, confirmed it, and then handed the papers to Yi Yang.

“Mr. Yi, please sign here.”

Yi Yang picked up the pen. Then he put the pen to the paper and began to write, soon his neatly written name would appear on the signature line.

Xu Xinyi’s fate would soon be completely broken off from his.

–“Just sign it! Sign it, so I can finally get out of this hellhole!”

Yi Yang, who was about to sign the divorce agreement, stopped and looked up strangely at Xu Xinyi.

Xu Xinyi looked back at him with a sorrowful and tearful gaze.

Just now… had he just heard something?

It sounded like Xu Xinyi’s voice?

Yi Yang’s looked at her with puzzled eyes.

“Husband, y-you, you don’t want to leave?” Xu Xinyi’s heart thumped and trembled. She held her breath.

—“Amitabha Buddha, Jesus, God, Allah bless me!”

Looking at Xu Xinyi’s grieving face, Yi Yang felt even more confused.

Was he having auditory hallucinations?

He rubbed his eyebrows wearily, maybe he was too tired recently, Yi Yang comforted himself. He heaved a sigh and continued to sign.

–“…I was scared to death! If he suddenly went back on his word, wouldn’t I have acted for so long in vain?”

Yi Yang’s hand paused.

–“After I finish signing this divorce agreement, I might as well go have a party to celebrate tonight. Director Xu swung by the set two days ago to find me to talk about a new project. The male lead seems to be Han Xiao. I heard that there will be bed scenes and also kissing scenes.”

Yi Yang fist clenched on the pen.

–“Mango Satellite TV seems to have launched a new male idol show and there will be more than 100 fresh young college graduates. I wonder if they need any guest stars?”

Xu Xinyi was looking forward to her bright future, immersed in her own world, and did not notice that Yi Yang’s face was getting worse and worse.

–“I guessed that he would divorce me in two years. Two years at the very most. And I was right.”

Yi Yang wrote the word ‘day’ on the paper.

Chapter 2.

The rising “day” character really represented Yi Yang’s mood at the moment.*

Of course, he wouldn’t admit it.

Yi Yang was not a man who believed in things like ghosts, gods, or metaphysics. He was more willing to believe that these sudden auditory hallucinations were caused as a result of too many days of hard work without rest.

If he was not tired and hallucinating, what else could it be?

“What’s the matter Mr. Yi? Is there something wrong with the document?” The lawyer noticed something was wrong with Yi Yang but incorrectly judged that Yi Yang was dissatisfied with the contents of the divorce agreement.

“What’s the matter, husband? Are you too tired? Why don’t we do this some other day…” Xu Xinyi spoke casually as if Yi Yang would really just forget all about the divorce.

She had her own plans.

What was the saying?

As long as you had money, your husband was still in kindergarten.

She couldn’t even count how many zeros there were when combining Xinyi’s savings and the property allotted to her by the divorce. Coupled with her current reputation and status in the entertainment industry does she have to be afraid that there wouldn’t be a legion of little fresh meats ready to follow her one after another?

As for Yi Yang, who was destined to fall deeply for some other women, who wanted him?

She just needed to think about one word, stability!

Now everything was ready, she was just waiting for Yi Yang to sign.

Soon she would get divorced and become free like a fish leaping in the sea or a bird flying in the sky, isn’t that what she wanted?

At the thought of her better life that was right around the corner, even Xu Xinyi’s superb acting skills could not suppress the corners of her mouth from rising.

–“Even if this man has to step into the coffin today, he will sign it for me first.”

Listen, were these human words?

Yi Yang pulled at his tie uncomfortably and tried to deal with this unexpected situation calmly.

“I’m fine.”

–“Wow, this bastard is pretty handsome when he pulls at his tie.”

–“But this bastard is going to fall in love with some other women. Then he will beat me, scold me, and humiliate me all for that other woman’s sake. Tch…what’s the use of being handsome? Regarding this kind of scum man, it’s better to get divorced as soon as possible and put him out of mind.”

Yi Yang, suddenly accused of cheating, domestic violence, and being a scum man, felt his breath hitch unevenly. He was silent for a long time and the knuckles on the hand holding the pen turned white.

Everything that had happened up to this point had impacted his reason and cognition.

Whether it was suddenly hearing the voice of Xu Xinyi’s heart, or about Xu Xinyi herself.

He threw the pen down and said, “I’m not divorcing.”

“Not divorcing?” The two lawyers looked at each other.

Yi Yang said calmly, “Another day.”

Xu Xinyi: “…”

–“Killing is against the law. Killing is against the law. Now, Xu Xinyi, calm down and don’t be impulsive, you can’t be impulsive! Think of your little fresh meats, think of your husband who is still in kindergarten, they all can’t live without you! So don’t be angry!”

Xu Xinyi, who was shocked by Yi Yang’s words “I’m not divorcing” only regained her clarity of mind when she heard the next words “Another day” and her heart stabilized.

She forced out a smile and wept what looked like tears of joy but were actually tears of bereavement. She looked like she was choked with surprise and joy and wore a tearful expression like she didn’t know what to say.

The two lawyers made no comment on Yi Yang’s family affairs. Hearing Yi Yang say ‘I’m not divorcing’, they were already packing up the documents and preparing to leave.

After all, their job was to divide the property and handle any legal problems arising from the divorce of a husband and wife, not to be gossipy aunties from the neighborhood committee.

When the lawyers left, Yi Yang laid his hand atop his head and leaned back on the sofa.

Maybe he had a blood clot in his brain? Or something was wrong and he was ill.

His spaced out and his eyes were unfocused. But in his head, he could still hear Xu Xinyi’s thoughts.

–“What kinds of things is he thinking about? One minute he wants to leave, the next minute he wants to stay. Did he get water in his brain?”

Although she didn’t understand why Yi Yang changed his mind temporarily, for Xu Xinyi, this was the realization of her ‘dreams’. She spoke softly: “Husband, are you all right?”

Yi Yang suddenly opened his eyes and stared at her with a gaze filled with doubt and inquiry.

Xu Xinyi, recalling the role of a deeply infatuated woman she had played in a recent drama, cried and laughed and choked all at the same time and said, “Husband, I’m so glad you changed your mind and decided not to divorce me!”

–“Not!”

–“This bastard is playing around with me, isn’t he?”

–“I had deliberately acted arrogant and domineering, spread a sex scandal, made headlines snatching roles and generally making things difficult for people. Then I made sure he would get the news, he couldn’t have missed it.”

As Yi Yang got closer, he could hear her thoughts clearer and clearer.

“deliberately” and “made sure he would get the news”?

What did this mean?

Yi Yang narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Xinyi carefully as if he had never known her before.

Xu Xinyi had a bad reputation in the entertainment industry. She was known as the ‘black widow’, with a derogatory connotation. She was known for relying on her background to be domineering and poisonous in the entertainment industry.

She was a vicious girl. Arrogance was her character. It was impossible for her to be kind.

And because of this attitude problem, she had offended a lot of people since her entry into the entertainment industry. Today, her every move would get scrutinized from all directions. No matter what she did, there were always people jumping out to maliciously exaggerate and distort the facts to condemn her.

To her credit, Xu Xinyi had some real acting skills. So although she had not been able to win an Oscar for the time being, she was considered much better than the other stars in the entertainment industry who could only sing and dance a bit before suddenly deciding to switch the film and television industry, depending on their good looks and fans from their previous career to scrape by.

Therefore, she had always received invitations to work on dramas, despite the torrent of smearing and hate that would follow her, there was no doubt about her acting skills.

For example, some time ago, the original heroine in the drama “Bei Bei’s Promotion” was crammed into the crew by an investor. Her acting skills were terrible and she was criticized by the director for a long time. Eventually, fed up with her, the director replaced her with Xu Xinyi who was known for her skill.

Xu Xinyi paid no attention to these undercurrents at all. She was even a little complacent and preferred using her time to stir up more trouble.

She had long known that the entertainment industry was such a place. Where the strong bullied the weak and people behind your back would gnash their teeth with hatred, but also call you ‘Sister’ with a smile to your face.

Originally, Xu Xinyi had it all planned out. After the divorce, she would do her best to gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry. If that wasn’t possible, she would just retire because of ‘heartbreak’ and leave behind a legend – of a woman trapped by love – that future generations could pay their respects to.

What she didn’t plan for was Yi Yang suddenly changing his mind temporarily.

–“My bright future has been ruined by this bastard Yi Yang.”

–“If he won’t divorce me, I’ll make him regret it!”

Xu Xinyi’s heart was a riled beast waving its teeth and claws, but on the surface, she only showed her beautiful and ‘moved’ face. She was like the queen’s apple in Snow White, harmless on the surface but full of poison.

Suddenly Yi Yanf felt that his decision was very impulsive. And he regretted it.

They still had to get a divorce.

Whether it was the bullying and domineering Xu Xinyi out in the entertainment industry, or the woman in front of him now who seemed to have different thoughts than what he expected, neither one were someone he could bear.

“Xu Xinyi, I regret it. Let’s get a divorce.”

“Ah?”

–“…this bastard is really playing around me! See if I don’t blow his dog head off!”

Yi Yang could only feel his head begin to buzz and a creeping pain.

But when he took out his cell phone and was about to call for his lawyers, his mother called and asked the couple to go back to return to the Yi estate.

————————-

Yi Yang was a standard rich third generation. Everything he had now was based on the efforts of the previous two generations of his grandfather and father. It was often said that wealth will not last three generations, but when the Yi family fell to Yi Yang, not only did it not fail, rather they even climbed up another level. Yi Yang had thoroughly consolidated the position of the Yi family in various industries. Nowadays outsiders had no hope to shake the Yi Group.

–“This time it must be because of divorce. We only got married because of an engagement fixed between Old Master Yi and my grandfather. Yi Yang’s mother doesn’t like me at all. When I go back this time, she may be able to persuade Yi Yang to divorce me. If she can get him to divorce, I will consider her my real mother! “

–“It’s all this bastard’s fault. If he had just signed it, I wouldn’t have to go back and deal with his mother. That auntie’s level is just too high for me to beat.”

–“They say that the poor relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is largely due to the inaction of the son. So I have spent the past two years in misery and it’s all the fault of this dog man!”

–“Today, who knows how that woman wants to step on me. I have to figure out how to strike back in advance. I eat food not losses. It seems, in marriage, a woman has to fight her mother-in-law first, and then her love rivals second. She fights and fights and her only reward is a dog man. “

–“Let’s give Yi Yang a little more time and if he won’t divorce me, I’ll show him exactly how green the grass on the other side really is!”

–“Tch! A dog man that goes back on his word!”

The car drove slowly into the Yi estate.

Yi Yang looked pale when he got out of the car. You could faintly see that his fist was clenched and trembling slightly. The words “Strangers: Do Not Approach” seemed to be written all over his body.

The old housekeeper greeted them.

“Young madam, what’s the matter with the young master?”

Xu Xinyi was also puzzled. Since they boarded the car, Yi Yang, who usually kept a straight face, instead had his face turn as black as the bottom of a pot, looking like someone owed him a lot of money.

“Butler Chen, rest assured, he’s fine.”

“Good. You two head on in. The Madam has been waiting for you for a long time.”

As soon as Xu Xinyi entered the door she heard a voice coming from the living room. That voice was soft and gentle, the tone was slow and calm, and it sounded beautiful. Just hearing such a voice she could infinitely fantasize about how gentle the woman who spoke was. How knowledgeable and reasonable she must be.

“Mom, why did you call us back?”

Yi Yang walked into the room and Xu Xinyi followed a half-step behind. The gentle voice that had been talking stopped instantly upon their arrival.

Mrs. Yi was over 50 and well maintained. Her shoulders were straight and upright and she did not have stern facial features at all. On the contrary, she gave the impression of a warm and kind mother at a glance. Compared with the beautiful young woman beside her, she was older but far more elegant and graceful.

Mrs. Yi closely held the hand of the woman beside her and said with a smile, “Yan Yan just returned from abroad yesterday and came to see us two elders here at the Yi estate. She even brought gifts. Plus, I happened to have something I needed to talk to you about, so I asked you two to come back.”

This woman was the famous fashion designer and the top-ranked fashion model, Qin Yan.

“Yi Yang I haven’t seen you for a long time,” Qin Yan rose and spoke unassumingly, as if she really only came to visit the elders. “Xinyi, I haven’t seen you for such a long time either, you’re getting more and more beautiful.”

Xu Xinyi replied with a polite smile, “You as well.”

“I brought you a present. I don’t know if you’ll like it but I hope you can accept it.”

–“Don’t give me something if you don’t know if I’ll like it.”

As Qin Yan said so, she plucked out a very expensive gift bag from the coffee table in front of her and took out a jewelry box that she handed to Xu Xinyi.

“Open it.”

–“This box looks like an ordinary gift box outside but the box has been designed upside down. If I just take it and open it, because of the unstable setting, the contents will definitely fall to the ground and break. And if I flip it over to open it backwards then the contents inside will hit the edge of the box after spinning and they will still be broken. “

— “As soon as I enter the door she wants to challenge me?”

–“After her gift breaks, then that woman will sob with pitiful red eyes and say, ‘Xu Xinyi even if you didn’t like it you didn’t have to do this, I really just wanted to give it to you,’ then she will pretend to let it go despite feeling wronged, but his mother certainly won’t let it go. Then I’ll have to listen to her criticize me. I won’t be able to talk back to her and I’ll have to show a smiling face. Only able to let his mother complain. The dog man will probably also think that I did it on purpose and that I should apologize. Meanwhile, the white lotus will sit on the side and watch me like a joke. “

–“Oh, my God, it’s so disgusting. I can’t let myself be wronged like that!”

–If this white lotus likes Yi Yang so much, why didn’t she confess her love earlier? Instead, she just wants to play tricks on this woman here. I think these two are made for each other! They need to get married early and have children and keep each other locked up. Don’t come out and do harm to others!”

–“I’m so miserable. Why didn’t this dog man divorce me but instead made me suffer like this?”

— “No, I have to think of a way. I can’t be so passive now, I have to make a pre-emptive strike!”

Yi Yang, who could clearly hear Xu Xinyi’s thoughts, had a face that could only be described as ugly.

Although he and Qin Yan did not grow up together, they did go to middle school and high school together, and there had never been anything between them except friendship. He knew Qin Yan very well and knew she was a simple and kind girl. How could she send a gift with so many malicious intentions?

At the moment when Xu Xinyi received the jewelry box, Yi Yang reached out and took it for her hand. He sneered at Xu Xinyi slightly and opened the jewelry box.

He wanted to show Xu Xinyi whether Qin Yan was really what she thought of her or not.

Crash–.

Instantly, a green jade bracelet slipped out of the jewelry box and fell to the ground where it was smashed to pieces.

Mrs. Yi was startled.

Qin Yan was stunned.

Xu Xinyi had been ecstatic as soon as Yi Yang took the jewelry box from her. She quickly wrung her hands together and burst into tears. “What are you doing, Yi Yang? Even if you don’t like what Qin Yan gave me, you don’t have to do this. That was Qin Yan’s sincerity!”

Yi Yang: “…”

Chapter 3.

The broken pieces of jade on the ground seemed to slap Yi Yang’s face.

Yi Yang’s face hadn’t looked good ever since he returned home.

When he saw the unreadable look in Qin Yan’s eyes, Yi Yang could not help but think about the words that Xu Xinyi had in mind before.

He really could not believe that the person he had known for more than a decade would actually be the kind of hypocritical person that Xu Xinyi maliciously speculated about in her heart.

But the reality in front of him made it so he had to believe.

Otherwise, how could the jewelry box of such an expensive piece of jewelry allow its contents to break as soon as it was opened, even when he had opened it so carefully?

–“Lucky me, I dodged the bullet. If it wasn’t for Yi Yang interfering I don’t know how I could have gotten out of that one.”

–“The dog man can block bullets at critical moments.”

“Husband, this was Miss Qin’s sincere heart that she delivered to me. But now look at it…” Xu Xinyi picked up a piece of the jade bracelet from the ground with a look of great regret and accused him bitterly. “You can tell how good the jade bracelet was just by looking at this little piece. How could you be so careless?”

“Yi Yang, what’s wrong with you? Why didn’t you hold on to it properly?” Mrs. Yi was quick to smooth things over and spoke to Qin Yan with a smile, “Yan Yan, I’m really sorry. Yi Yang has been busy at work recently and he has been running all over the place at home and abroad. He just returned to the country yesterday, and he hasn’t had time to shake off the jet lag. Don’t worry about it. Auntie here will send you a better jade bracelet some other day.”

Of course, Qin Yan would not quarrel with Mrs. Yi over a little jade bracelet, so she acted very understandingly. “Auntie, I understand that Yi Yang didn’t mean it. I also only returned to China two days ago. It’s been a while since I’ve visited and I wasn’t sure it was okay. As for the jade bracelet, it was originally a gift for Xinyi. What do you mean by saying you’ll give me a better one?”

Mrs. Yi was very satisfied with her words, patted her on the back of her hand, and said with a smile, “Auntie feels relieved since you said so.”

Qin Yan was the only daughter of the Qin family, an internationally renowned designer and a famous model, she was a woman with a deep background. The jade bracelet she brought was really good and she especially showed it to Mrs. Yi before Xu Xinyi and Yi Yang arrived.

Mrs. Yi had owned countless jewelry so how could she not know the value of the jade bracelet? She had immediately said it was too expensive.

But Qin Yan said, ‘Auntie, Yi Yang and I grew up together but I was not in China when Yi Yang got married. I was too busy to return back then. So just consider this jade bracelet to be my wedding gift for Yi Yang and Xinyi. Please don’t turn it down.’ And Mrs. Yi had nodded.

Qin Yan had been half-raised by Mrs. Yi from an early age. She knew that Mrs. Yi liked her and had always treated her like a future daughter-in-law before Yi Yang and Xu Xinyi suddenly got married.

Sadly, no matter how much Mrs. Yi liked her, she couldn’t overturn Old Master Yi’s engagement arrangement.

Before returning to China Qin Yan had inquired around and discovered Xu Xinyi’s perverse behavior that was unsuitable to be Mrs. Yi. She had an arrogant and domineering character, was not liked by her mother-in-law, and she and Yi Yang were only a plastic couple without any true feelings between them.

The jade bracelet was originally just a test so even though it became a pile of worthless debris, Qin Yan’s heart did not ache at all.

She just felt sorry that the jade bracelet was not destroyed by Xu Xinyi’s hands.

“Miss Qin, although it was all Yi Yang’s fault this time, when you have time you should ask the people who sold you that jade bracelet, ‘Why is the jade bracelet so fragile and the jewelry box made so carelessly?’”

While speaking, Xu Xinyi really emphasized the words “it was all Yi Yang’s fault”.

–“People really have double standards. If I broke this, Yi Yang’s mother would be falling all over herself to criticize me but since her own son did it all she thinks of is to defend him. He doesn’t even have to apologize.”

The atmosphere turned a little chilly.

Having been born into a rich family Mrs. Yi was naturally knowledgeable. Over the years in the Yi family she had seen many things, so what had happened here just now – she understood it in her heart.

She immediately withdrew her hand that had been placed on Qin Yan’s hand and the smile on her face faded a lot.

Yi Yang said with a black face, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to.”

Qin Yan’s expression stiffened but she recovered quickly and smiled as if nothing had happened, “It’s all right. If Xinyi likes it, I’ll send another bracelet on another day.”

“How could I ask that of you? This bracelet was broken by Yi Yang. So, of course, Yi Yang should be the one to compensate me. How could I let you spend money? Mom, don’t you think?”

Mrs. Yi sighed and nodded.

Xu Xinyi pestered Yi Yang, “Husband, you broke the jade bracelet given to me by Miss Qin, you have to buy me a new one! The exact same jade bracelet!”

–“At least seven figures!”

Yi Yang looked at her deeply. In his eyes was an undisguised warning. Eventually, he squeezed a few words out of his throat, “OK, I’ll buy you a new one!”

“Husband, you are so kind!” Xu Xinyi played dumb in the face of his glare and just smiled, “Butler Chen, please get someone to sweep up the rubbish here and throw it out. This kind of rubbish can hurt people.”

“…” These words were clearly scolding her indirectly. But Qin Yan had no choice but to swallow the suffocating feeling down.

Qin Yan got up and said goodbye, “Auntie, this time… I just came here to see you and grandpa. It’s getting late so I should go.”

She could only say she was leaving and did not dare to show any sign of grievance.

Mrs. Yi asked someone to see Qin Yan out. Then she took a look at Xu Xinyi and Yi Yang. “Yi Yang, you come with me.”

–“Here we go, here it comes! This should be about forcing Yi Yang to divorce me! Mom! You can do it! If you do it, I’ll call you my real mother! “

Yi Yang, who had started to follow, slowed his feet and looked back at Xu Xinyi, who almost could not hide a wild smile from spreading on her face. “You come too.”

Xu Xinyi: “…”

Seeing Yi Yang and Xu Xinyi walk into the study together Mrs. Yi was about to object but Yi Yang explained: “We are husband and wife. There is nothing you can say that she can’t hear.”

Mrs. Yi sighed. “Then I’ll just say it out. Are you two going to get a divorce? “

When Xu Xinyi heard this she was too excited to speak.

But just for a moment.

“Mom!” Sounding more sincere than ever, Xu Xinyi burst into tears of great sadness. “You have to ask Yi Yang about this matter.”

“Yi Yang, what’s going on?”

–“Now speak! Say you hate me and even if you have to sever the relationship between mother and son and are left unable to inherit the family property of the Yi family, that even if you have to die, you will divorce me!

Yi Yang clenched his fists and blue veins popped out on the back of his hands. This woman had been provoking him over and over to the limits of his endurance. It was simply abhorrent!

After taking a deep breath, he took a long time to calm down.

He asked, “How did you know about this?”

“How did I know? The company’s lawyers were planning to tell the news to the Old Master who is in recuperation. If I hadn’t found out first, were you planning to divorce and only tell me after?” Mrs. Yi said while looking between the two of them, “Such a big matter, how could you not discuss it with me in advance?”

“Mom, I… I know I haven’t been doing so well. I also know that I’m not as likable as Miss Qin. It’s normal that Yi Yang doesn’t like me but I promise I’ll change in the future. Believe me! Help me persuade Yi Yang. I don’t want to divorce.”

Xu Xinyi deliberately mentioned Qin Yan in order to create a contrast in Mrs. Yi’s mind.

–“You see, you have the excellent daughter-in-law replacement called Qin Yan, so why would you still tolerate me? Get your son to divorce me! Threaten him with the relationship of mother and son! If he doesn’t agree, tell him you will sever the relationship between mother and child!”

Meanwhile, Yi Yang’s head was buzzing violently and began to hurt again.

It seemed like he was going to have a migraine for the next few days.

“Just think how much property does your divorce involve? It’s such a huge thing but you want to keep it from us without saying a word? Now that your wings have hardened, you just turn a blind eye to me as your mother, don’t you?”

–“Well said! This dog man puts nobody in his eyes!”

“Mom, I’ll handle all of this.”

Mrs. Yi rebuked angrily, “Handle it? How do you plan to handle it? “

Yi Yang spoke reasonably, “The property has been divided by the lawyers. If you aren’t assured, I will have the lawyers explain it to you properly in two days.”

“Explain it to me properly? What about your grandfather? Have you ever thought about what you’re going to tell him? “

Xu Xinyi sobbed noisily, “Mom, Yi Yang, I do not want a divorce. I do not agree, I will never agree to divorce Yi Yang! Even if you both want me to grandpa… Grandpa will never agree!”

–“Come on, hurry up and finish all the formalities while grandpa isn’t here!”

Yi Yang gritted his teeth. “I will personally go explain and plead with grandfather. But I must divorce from this marriage!”

Xu Xinyi continued to cry sadly. “Yi Yang, do you hate me so much? I know, I can’t compare with Miss Qin, but I treat you well. I am sincere to you. Although you have never touched me over the years, you should be able to understand my sincere heart for you.”

“What? Haven’t touched her?” Mrs. Yi was furious: “Yi Yang! What’s going on?! You’ve been married for two years! “

–“I suspect he’s completely incapable. And as the evidence, well just look, why else would he turn a blind eye to such a beautiful girl like me?”

“Mom, don’t blame Yi Yang. He doesn’t like me. I don’t blame him, just blame…”

Yi Yang: “Shut up!”

Mrs. Yi: “Shut up!”

Xu Xinyi: “…”

Xu Xinyi stood to one side feeling aggrieved and silently choked up.

–“I’m anxious to death here. It turns out that Yi Yang’s indecisiveness is an inherited trait. For such a trivial matter is it really worth quarreling for so long?”

There was silence in the study.

All three people calmed down and were lost in their own thoughts.

Mrs. Yi raised her hand and covered her forehead in contemplation.

Yi Yang was also silent.

After a while, Mrs. Yi took a deep breath and regained her previous calm manner and said slowly, “I won’t agree with your divorce, Yi Yang. If you dare to divorce Xu Xinyi, don’t ever call me mother again, you hear me?”

Yi Yang stood there and said nothing.

Xu Xinyi felt like someone dumped a basin of cold water on her.

Why was this plot so backward? How did it become ‘If you dare to divorce, don’t call me mother’? Why doesn’t this Mrs. Yi play her cards according to common sense?

“The nursing home said that the Old Master is recovering well and will be back next week but the doctor also said that the Old Master is too old to be stimulated. Your marriage was personally arranged by the Old Master so you should know what the Old Master expects from you. Do you understand what I mean? “

Xu Xinyi felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

She’d forgotten about it.

–“Grandpa is not in good health and can’t be stimulated.”

–“But… they could just divorce first and keep it a secret from the Old Master and just be a fake husband and wife in front of him for a while. It’s not like it would be any different from how they had already been living for the past two years! “

–“If I can think of this, Yi Yang should be able to too, right?”

She looked meaningfully at Yi Yang.

Mrs. Yi said earnestly, “Yi Yang, you have already grown up now and should know what you need to do. I believe you should know how to handle this.”

Xu Xinyi looked at him expectantly.

Yi Yang gave her a sidelong glance. You want to divorce me so much?

Heh.

“I know what to do, Mom. You don’t have to worry.”

Crack–

That was the sound of dreams shattering.

Xu Xinyi’s face was lifeless.

——

Xu Xinyi and Yi Yang left the study one after another. Around the corner, Yi Yang grabbed Xu Xinyi’s arm and pulled her into a guest room.

With his height, Yi Yang could only look down on her. The air around his body seemed heavy and gave people an indescribable feeling of awe. He emitted a nameless oppression that would make a person breathless.

“First, since grandfather is in poor health, the divorce will be postponed.”

Xu Xinyi suppressed the sadness in her heart, her eyes gleamed, and she nodded tearfully.

–“You said ‘postponed’, you must remember.”

“Second, grandfather will be back next week, so we have to stay here in the Yi estate for a while, during which time you are not allowed to mention anything to grandfather, especially the matter of spending two years of marriage without sharing a room!”

–“We never shared a room in the first place…”

Xu Xinyi was suddenly stunned.

–“This bastard won’t want to sleep with me in the same room now, will he?”

–“Does he want to do something to me?”

Xu Xinyi murmured: “Husband, this is not very good. The Yi estate is far from the city and your work is so busy. It won’t be convenient for you to live here. How about this, I can stay here and show filial piety to grandfather on your behalf…”

“Xu Xinyi, don’t think that I don’t know what’s on your mind! Don’t worry, I’m not interested in you. I will never touch you. “

Xu Xinyi blinked.

–“Really? Can you still hear what I’m thinking? Can you hear what I’m calling you now? You motherfucker! Dog man! A pig like you rooting through beautiful cabbage like me! A flower like me is planted in some cow dung like you! Bastard! Did you hear that, you son of a bitch!”

Yi Yang: “…Xu Xinyi!”