enjoyebooks Chapter 134 Making a mountain out of a molehill
Chapter 134 Making a mountain out of a molehill
She finally accepted it.
She pulled the shawl off her shoulders and threw it on the ground.
She stopped looking at him and turned to leave.
Before he could even lift his foot, his wrist was gripped tightly.
"Is it necessary to make such a big deal out of nothing?"
Wang Bin's voice was flat and monotonous, as if he were discussing the weather.
"Making a mountain out of a molehill?" Gu Rou turned around, puzzled. What was going on in his mind? "Keeping a mistress and having an illegitimate child is a small matter to you?"
"If you don't want to have children, but someone else is, wouldn't that save you the trouble?"
Wang Bin's brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes were filled with annoyance.
Since we've already grown tired of each other, why torture each other any further?
"So, according to you, I should be grateful and thank you for your 'thoughtfulness'?"
Gu Rou smiled, but the smile was icy and didn't reach her eyes.
"Rou Rou, the child is already born, and you can't put it back in. I promise you, I won't let this child or Zhao Yuan into the family. In everyone's eyes, you will always be my lawfully wedded wife, Wang Bin. Isn't that better?"
Gu Rou laughed disgustedly at the absurdity of his words.
She abruptly shoved his hand away, as if shaking off something dirty.
"Who the hell wants to be your Mrs. Wang? Wang Bin, ten years... you've played a huge game of chess over ten years." Her voice trembled, but was unusually clear. "Fortunately, I'm so glad I didn't get pregnant with your child. It was the best decision I've made in the last ten years."
She didn't linger, turned and left decisively, without the slightest hesitation.
These past ten years have been a complete joke.
He always thought she was a fool.
Indeed, she seemed quite happy playing the fool.
However, she doesn't want to be a fool right now.
She has already hired a private investigator to investigate Wang Bin thoroughly.
In the first year of their marriage, he became entangled with a woman named Zhao Yuan.
In the third year, they had a daughter.
His acting is really good.
They really kept it a secret.
He plays the role of a good husband in front of her, while also playing the role of a good partner and father to Zhao Yuan.
She's all alone.
Over there, however, they have both a son and a daughter.
A wave of nausea washed over me.
Gu Rou quickly went into the bathroom and vomited up everything she had eaten that evening.
The cold water splashed on my face stimulated my nerves.
She looked up at the woman in the mirror, whose face was haggard but whose eyes were unusually clear.
She is still beautiful.
Time has not left many marks on her face.
Fortunately.
Thankfully, I don't have any children.
What you've lost is nothing more than someone who never truly loved you.
Although it cost me a full ten years, it's still better than losing my whole life.
She took out her phone, swiped through her contacts, and finally stopped at a number that had been dormant for ten years.
No notes.
She dialed the number.
After two rings, the call was answered, and a deep, steady male voice came through: "Feeding?"
"It's me." Gu Rou's voice was a little hoarse.
"Rou Rou".
"You're really strange." Gu Rou forced a smile, her voice trembling slightly, a tremor she herself didn't even realize. "Ten years, and you haven't changed your phone number?"
On the other end of the phone, a gentle laugh rang out, the tone unchanged, "I'm afraid... what if one day you want to find me but can't?"
Gu Rou felt a lump in her throat and quickly blinked to suppress the rising tears.
"Ying Nan, can you do me a favor?"
"you say."
"I would like to ask you to be my divorce lawyer," she took a breath and said clearly, "I want to divorce Wang Bin and end things once and for all."
The man did not answer immediately.
A few seconds later, he solemnly replied, "Okay."
……
On the other side, the joy of the newlyweds had not yet dissipated.
The wedding night is filled with sweet moments and tender moments.
After several encounters, Ye Tang lay on Gu Lin's sweat-dampened chest, breathing heavily with exhaustion and satisfaction.
After a moment of silence, she suddenly remembered something.
"Gu Lin, I saw my sister and brother-in-law today... They seemed the same as before. Haven't you told my sister about what your brother-in-law was doing outside?"
Gu Lin's large hand gently stroked her smooth back, but his eyes darkened.
"I already said that."
"You already said that?" Ye Tang asked in surprise. "Then why are they still..."
"Perhaps my sister wanted to leave him and the Wang family with a little bit of dignity at last." Gu Lin sighed, his brows furrowed with worry. "Or maybe she wanted to wait until after our wedding to confront Wang Bin."
He knew his sister well; she couldn't tolerate any imperfections, let alone Wang Bin, who was no longer just an imperfection.
"Wang Bin is a real scoundrel!" Ye Tang couldn't help but mutter under her breath.
Gu Lin sighed deeply again. "Let my sister handle it herself. I just feel sorry for her these past ten years... Whose ten years aren't their youth? Even if Wang Bin gives my sister billions a year, what difference will it make?"
"Gu Lin," Ye Tang propped herself up, her eyes becoming serious and sharp, "Have your sister come to our studio and use all the money she has to commission jewelry."
She clearly remembers that, legally, jewelry is usually considered personal property.
"Now that things have come to this, we have to settle accounts. Wang Bin is the one at fault, and he must have already transferred and hidden his assets. What my sister has now must be turned into something real and under her own name as soon as possible."
Gu Lin was not as shrewd as Ye Tang in scheming against people, but he would never object to anything that was good for his sister.
He nodded and hugged his wife tighter.
"Okay. I'll talk to my sister about this when I have a chance."
Ye Tang thought for a moment.
Women are more likely to have a thorough conversation.
"Never mind, I'll talk to my sister instead."
……
On the day of the bride's return visit to her parents' home.
The Ye family was quite sensible; they gave the Gu family enough face, and they also gave themselves enough face.
Ye Tang met relatives she hadn't seen in years.
It was so ordinary that she couldn't remember it.
She still remembered Cheng Yingnan, "cousin."
Ye Tang, holding Gu Lin's hand, greeted Cheng Yingnan, "This is my cousin from my aunt's side. He's very outstanding, a top student, and now he's a senior lawyer."
Gu Lin thought he looked familiar.
But without thinking of anything else, she simply said, "Cousin."
"You're Gu Lin?" Cheng Yingnan remembered the first time he met Gu Lin, when he was still in junior high school. "You've changed quite a bit."
"You recognize me?" Gu Lin was a little confused.
Cheng Yingnan smiled and said, "I'm your sister's classmate."
Gu Lin understood.
No wonder Cheng Yingnan looked somewhat familiar to him.
So you really have met before. "What a coincidence!"
"To be honest, I came back this time to help your sister with her divorce case."
In fact, Gu Rou also studied law back then. If she hadn't married Wang Bin, she would have had a bright future.
"Is my sister already preparing for a divorce?" Gu Lin asked.
Cheng Yingnan hadn't expected that Gu Rou's family wouldn't know about her divorce. "Didn't your sister discuss it with you?"
"no."
Gu Rou probably didn't want to bring her troubles to her family.
Or perhaps, she felt she was capable of handling these things.
"Cousin, since you are my sister's classmate, please do your best to fight for what she deserves. In the marriage, she is not the one at fault."
Cheng Yingnan nodded and patted Gu Lin's arm. "Don't worry, I'm a professional lawyer."