landbeastnovel Chapter 664: Extra Chapter 077 Zaozao, I Got Divorced (Second Update)
Chapter 664: Extra Chapter 077 Zaozao, I Got Divorced (Second Update)
Chapter 664: Extra Chapter 077 Zaozao, I Got Divorced (Second Update)
“No.
He is.
Mu Cidian stood up from the sofa and grabbed hold of Lei Qian.
Lei Qian stared at him in a daze.
She had just agreed a moment ago, and now all of a sudden, he seemed so determined.
She felt a tightening in her heart, just as she was about to cry out and play for sympathy, she heard Mu Cidian’s indifferent voice, “If I let you leave now, are you planning to drag out the divorce indefinitely?”
Lei Qian was taken aback, her eyes flooded with tears, “Cidian, how could you think of me like that, I’m really just worried about my mother...”
“If you leave now, you’ll tell me that your mother is unwell and needs your company. Once her health improves, you will say that she cannot withstand the shock and needs me to continue the charade. When your mother can finally accept it, you’ll have some other excuse.” Mu Cidian’s voice was cold, devoid of any emotion as he slightly raised an eyebrow, “Is that correct?”
Lei Qian gazed straight at Mu Cidian.
She didn’t know how he could possibly guess what she was planning.
She indeed planned to use her mother’s fake illness as an excuse to delay the divorce. In her mind, she had even come up with the excuse of her mother’s weaker health. She planned to keep stalling for a year or two, hoping to disrupt the relationship between Mu Cidian and Xin Zaozao by then. She looked at Mu Cidian, her face ghostly pale.
She stammered, “How... how could you think that of me...”
“Lei Qian, it’s best not to play any tricks in front of me.” Mu Cidian enunciated each word, “I have been watching my mother play these games since I was a child.”
Lei Qian’s heart clenched.
She bit her lip.
At that moment, she felt a sense of shame, as if Mu Cidian had seen her through completely.
She remained silent, her eyes reddening uncontrollably.
Mu Cidian led her back to the coffee table, “You can do whatever you want, after you sign.”
Lei Qian looked extremely aggrieved.
She said, “Does this world only have Xin Zaozao? Can only she evoke a hint of pity from you?”
“In this world, the only one who can warm my heart, is Xin Zaozao.”
Tears streamed down Lei Qian’s face.
Non-stop.
She said, “What if I insist on not divorcing?”
“There is no room for insistence,” Mu Cidian stated bluntly, “Since I chose to marry you, I’m confident I can divorce you!”
Lei Qian laughed mockingly.
She heard Mu Cidian’s icy voice, “There are a thousand ways I can make you have no choice but to divorce. Don’t doubt my ruthlessness!”
Lei Qian looked at Mu Cidian in disbelief, at this man who had suddenly changed.
Perhaps, the real Mu Cidian is the one standing in front of her now.
The one who is always aloof, always untouchable.
The man she had been seeing was just a version of him that had been temporarily softened by societal realities.
This was the real him.
She had always known that she couldn’t hold down a man like Mu Cidian.
But she simply couldn’t accept it, she couldn’t bear to let go.
Her eyes reddened.
Mu Cidian said, “Sign.”
His voice was cold, allowing no room for disagreement.
Lei Qian could only pick up the pen and tremblingly signed her name on the divorce agreement.
The moment she signed, her heart ached to the extreme, and so did her hatred.
What she couldn’t understand was why, despite all her abjection, Mu Cidian was still returning to Xin Zaozao’s side. Despite the fact that Xin Zaozao was so resistant to him, despite Xin Zaozao treating him so poorly, why, why...
Was it only because of a child?!
Did a single child suffice to make him so relentless?!
She gritted her teeth.
After she had signed.
“Put your fingerprint on the paper,” Mu Cidian reminded her.
Lei Qian pressed her fingerprint onto the document.
Mu Cidian grabbed the agreement, quickly signed his own name, and imprinted his fingerprint as well.
Then he stood up and left straight away.
Lei Qian watched his indifferent silhouette. At that moment, she suddenly felt that he was very distant.
Just like when they were in high school, he was so out of reach.
Mu Cidian came out of the room dragging a suitcase.
Xin Zaozao didn’t want to answer Mu Cidian.
Mu Cidian proposed, “Let me take you home.”
“I have a car,” Xin Zaozao declined.
“Your driver was just downstairs, I asked him to go back.”
Xin Zaozao’s typing came to a pause.
Her expression visibly darkened.
But at that moment, she didn’t seem inclined to vent her anger at Mu Cidian. She picked up her phone, intending to call her driver.
Mu Cidian suddenly took her phone away.
Xin Zaozao’s suppressed anger seemed on the verge of bursting.
She quietly subdued her displeasure, “Give me my phone.”
“Finish your work. Once you’re done, I’ll take you home.”
“Mu Cidian.”
“I’ll wait for you here.” With that, Mu Cidian sat on the nearby sofa, clearly intending to wait for her.
Xin Zaozao observed Mu Cidian.
Watching Mu Cidian sit there so casually yet with a sense of ease that was unlike anyone else.
Especially at this moment, bathed in brilliant sunlight filtering through the large window, illuminating his figure in a fragmented manner. For a fleeting moment, Xin Zaozao felt that the light that graced Mu Cidian’s cheeks radiated a halo, a halo that stirred her heart...
“Like what you see?” Although his attention was on his phone, Mu Cidian seemed to sense her gaze on him, despite not turning his head or moving his eyes.
Xin Zaozao snapped back to reality.
She said, “I’m just observing how shameless one person can be.”
“Did you understand now?” Mu Cidian looked up at her.
Today, Mu Cidian was wearing a black suit.
The slim fitting cut accentuated his physically attractive proportion. His white shirt and silver tie made him stand out from the traditional suit crowd, adding an element of flamboyance. His slightly long hair was neatly combed back, making his distinct facial features aggressively dominant.
Xin Zaozao felt that today’s Mu Cidian was somewhat different from usual.
His attire? His speech? His aura?
She had an ephemeral sense of seeing the old Mu Cidian, the man she’d always been afraid of.
She avoided his gaze, not wanting to look at Mu Cidian anymore.
However, Mu Cidian had noticed every detail of her scrutiny. He said, “I’m just me, so get used to this version of me.”
Xin Zaozao scoffed slightly.
She said, “You should be saying that to Lei Qian, not me.”
“No, it’s you.”
“Mu Cidian, did you take what I said yesterday as an empty threat?” Xin Zaozao asked him.
Mu Cidian briefly smiled, his mouth curling subtly upward, adding to his enchanting allure.
She was very chilly.
Polar in dealing with Mu Cidian.
Mu Cidian knew how to attract women; she had known that since she was a child.
Mu Cidian asked, “Which part are you talking about?”
Xin Zaozao frowned.
Mu Cidian surely knew what she was referring to.
She grit her teeth, fiercely retorted, “I told you to behave!”
“What would count as behaving? I haven’t laid a finger on you,” Mu Cidian replied, looking justifiably innocent.
“I don’t want to get ugly.”
“Feel free to say it.” Mu Cidian’s intriguing grin was still on display.
Xin Zaozao was losing her patience.
She said, “As a married man, don’t you think your current behavior is disgraceful? Going from your wife’s place to another woman’s ward, don’t you think you’re morally lost? I thought Wan Quan was despicable enough, but at least she didn’t intentionally intervene in my parents’ marriage. Yet you, you’re even cheaper than she is.”
Mu Cidian listened.
Listening to Xin Zaozao’s words, he felt somewhat hurt.
The intensity of Xin Zaozao’s rejection and hatred towards him was indeed palpable.
He was silent for a moment.
Processing the words Xin Zaozao just spat out.
Since Xin Zaozao discovered his cruel nature when she was 18, her impression of him has never changed; he has always been such a disgusting existence to her.
“Stay away from me, I don’t want my life to be ruined because of you!” Xin Zaozao clearly expressed her sentiments sentence by sentence.
Mu Cidian looked at her, looked at the person before him, and said, “Zaozao, I’m divorced!”