Chapter 701: When Exactly Are We Getting a Divorce?

Liu Qingze said this, already bounding up the stairs in two steps, quickly disappearing from everyone's sight.

Cai Xiaotang blinked, looked at the suitcase in Li Xiao's hand again, and racked her brain for a long time, but still couldn't remember what exactly she had forgotten.

Fortunately, not even half a minute later, the sound of Liu Qingze's footsteps rang out from upstairs.

In his hands, he was holding a transparent box, filled to the brim with the little bear chocolates that Cai Xiaotang had eaten yesterday.

Cai Xiaotang widened her eyes slightly, looking at Liu Qingze with some disbelief.

"Here, this is for you."

Liu Qingze said this, shoving the box directly into Cai Xiaotang's hands.

"For me? Are you sure?"

Cai Xiaotang was momentarily incredulous.

This brat had praised these chocolates to the high heavens yesterday; how could he be willing to give the whole box to her?

"Tsk, I'm afraid of getting a toothache from eating too many, so I'm giving them to you. Didn't you think they were delicious?"

Liu Qingze waved his hand indifferently, wearing an expression that said, "I am just this generous."

Looking at his demeanor, Cai Xiaotang suddenly felt her hands itching; she really wanted to go over and ruffle his hair.

How is this guy's personality just like a cat's?

So incredibly tsundere...

Since it was the "little kid's" kind gesture, Cai Xiaotang thought for two seconds, then accepted it generously and replied with a smile: "Then I won't stand on ceremony with you. Next time I buy something delicious, I'll remember to bring you a portion. I'm off."

She waved at the Liu siblings and turned to walk out the door.

Li Xiao's car was parked right outside.

Liu Qingze did not follow them out, but Liu Xin'ai saw the two of them to the door.

Cai Xiaotang said goodbye to Liu Xin'ai again, and only then did Li Xiao start the car.

The car windows rose slowly until they were completely closed, leaving only the sound of the engine running in the silence.

Cai Xiaotang lowered her head to fiddle with her phone, not knowing what she was doing.

Li Xiao, meanwhile, was driving while calmly observing the person beside him from the corner of his eye, hesitating over what to say.

His gaze, however, fell involuntarily onto the chocolate box that Cai Xiaotang was protecting with one hand on her lap, and he suddenly felt a bit annoyed.

Why did that Liu Qingze have to give her chocolates?

According to the investigation... Xiao Tang is friends with the eldest daughter of the Liu Family, and she had absolutely no interaction with that Liu Qingze before!

They just happened to be on the same flight when they returned!

Yet in just a few hours, their relationship has...

The sourness that had never dissipated in Li Xiao's heart grew heavier.

His gaze flickered for an instant, and he finally couldn't help but speak: "You..."

He wanted to ask what exactly was going on between Cai Xiaotang and Liu Qingze.

But the words reached his lips, and he felt that even if he asked, it wouldn't change anything.

What position did he have now to ask about her relationship with other men?

Li Xiao pondered for two seconds, but ultimately changed his words: "Next time... don't leave suddenly; at least tell me."

"Oh."

Cai Xiaotang responded indifferently, not knowing if she had even taken Li Xiao's words to heart.

After saying that, she casually opened the chocolate box and picked out a little bear with a pink bow tie.

Li Xiao's brow twitched violently as he watched her put the chocolate into her mouth, and a nameless fire suddenly ignited in his heart.

Does she like eating chocolates from other men that much?

He grumbled inwardly, asking almost without thinking: "Do you like eating chocolate?"

"It's alright, just eating it for fun."

Cai Xiaotang gave another answer that couldn't have been more casual, then looked at Li Xiao with some confusion.

What she likes to eat—what does that have to do with him?

There's no one else around now, so there's no need to keep acting, right?

Still... these chocolates are indeed very delicious!

But she couldn't take them for nothing...

While thinking this, Cai Xiaotang quickly opened a shopping app, looking for some more unique snacks she had eaten before.

Li Xiao talked to her intermittently, and she responded with perfunctory noises, clearly looking like she didn't want to be bothered.

Finally—the car stopped outside the villa.

Cai Xiaotang was still focused on her phone; hearing Li Xiao's reminder, she suddenly came back to her senses and hurriedly got out of the car.

Li Xiao took her suitcase out of the trunk and walked toward the entrance.

Cai Xiaotang stepped forward and snatched the suitcase away directly.

"I can carry it myself."

As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at Li Xiao's right hand, which had been carrying the suitcase, and said pointedly: "Someone's hand is so delicate; if the injury isn't fully healed yet, it wouldn't be good if it got worse."

Li Xiao: "..."

Understood.

It seems she hasn't let go of her anger yet...

Li Xiao sighed helplessly in his heart and wanted to say something more, but Cai Xiaotang had already pulled the suitcase and strode inside.

She went straight to her room, and as soon as she entered, she took out the clothes she had brought from the closet and stuffed them directly into the suitcase.

"What are you doing?"

Li Xiao passed by the door of her room and stopped in his tracks instantly, a premonition suddenly rising in his heart.

Immediately, he heard Cai Xiaotang's very natural reply: "Of course I'm moving out. Aren't we getting a divorce? It wouldn't be appropriate for me to keep living here."

"You..."

Li Xiao's heart gave a sharp tug, and he instantly thought of a reason to stop her: "Your previous place isn't safe, it's better to..."

"Who said I was going back to my previous place?"

Cai Xiaotang threw back a rhetorical question.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiao's heart skipped a beat.

If she wasn't going back to her previous place, could she be going to the Liu Family to find that Liu Qingze...

He clenched his fists tightly, his thin lips pressed into a straight line.

Yet Cai Xiaotang's voice sounded once more.

"I can still afford a hotel; I'll just find one with complete security facilities."

After saying this, she slammed the suitcase shut with a *clack*.

She hadn't brought many things to begin with, just some clothes and everyday odds and ends.

"I'm leaving. Contact me by phone when it's time for the divorce."

Cai Xiaotang tried her best to make her voice sound perfectly normal, cast one last lingering yet quick glance at the environment she had long been familiar with, then gritted her teeth and walked toward the door with long strides.

"Wait a moment!"

Li Xiao blocked the doorway and pressed his hand directly onto her suitcase.

"You cannot leave right now."

He looked at Cai Xiaotang with a burning gaze, only one thought remaining in his mind.

He could not let her leave!

"And the reason?"

Cai Xiaotang asked back with a frown, looking straight into his eyes, having long since ceased to hold any expectations in her heart.

If this were an idol drama...

It should have reached the confession stage by now, right?

But the person in front of her didn't even like her...

Cai Xiaotang's eyes flickered for a moment, and suddenly, her nose felt a sharp sting.

She immediately turned her head away and took a few deep breaths to prevent herself from uncontrollably shedding tears.

Tsk... what is going on?

Since when did she become so prone to crying?

Cai Xiaotang chided herself in her heart, struggling to calm her emotions, yet a bitter smile couldn't help but appear at the corners of her lips.

All the preparations last night were truly in vain... it turns out that no matter how many times one repeats the scene of leaving in one's mind, when the time actually comes to leave...

It is still impossible to stop the sadness.