Chapter 871: Why Don't We Just Get a Divorce

The next day—Cai Xiaotang woke up groggily on the sofa.

After returning last night, she had sat on the sofa alone, sulking.

And because she had drunk a glass of wine, she didn't know when she had actually fallen asleep just like that.

"Tsk..."

Cai Xiaotang stretched her somewhat stiff body and picked up her phone with a blank expression to check the time.

Only then did she realize it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

There were several missed calls on the screen, all of them from Jiang Baobao.

Other than that, there was no one else.

Cai Xiaotang paused slightly, put down her phone, forcibly suppressed the disappointment in her eyes, and got up to wash up.

After tidying up a little, the memories of last night gradually returned.

Yesterday...

How late did Li Xiao and Luo Wanwan stay?

Were the two of them together the whole time?

Was it Luo Wanwan... who sent him back to his room?

Cai Xiaotang's mind was a mess; the more she didn't want to care about these things, the more she couldn't help but think in the worst possible direction.

Even though she knew clearly in her heart that Li Xiao was not that kind of person.

"Damn it! So annoying!"

She shouted, and simply threw herself back onto the bed in a bad mood.

Then, after a while, she couldn't help but take out her phone and check it again.

There really wasn't any message from Li Xiao.

Cai Xiaotang stared at it for a while, blinked expressionlessly, and the sourness that hadn't dissipated in her heart instantly came rushing back.

Was Li Xiao... not planning to talk to her ever again?

Could what they were doing now be considered a cold war?

Or... did it already count as a breakup?

Even if they were going to separate, they should at least make things clear, right?

She hated this feeling of uncertainty.

Cai Xiaotang frowned, pulled up Li Xiao's number, and hesitated whether to call him.

But the phone rang first.

She snapped back to reality, realized it was a call from Jiang Baobao, and hurriedly answered it.

"Hello? Baobao?"

On the other end of the line, hearing Cai Xiaotang's voice, Jiang Baobao instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

"You finally answered the phone; I was wondering what happened to you..."

"I..."

Listening to her worried voice, Cai Xiaotang felt a bit guilty and was just about to explain when she heard the room door ring as well, overlapping with the sound in the receiver.

"Open the door, I'm already at your door."

"Okay."

Cai Xiaotang hurriedly agreed, quickly rolled off the bed, and pulled the door open.

Immediately, she saw Jiang Baobao standing outside the door with a helpless expression.

"Baobao, why did you come over?"

Cai Xiaotang met her gaze and felt inexplicably guilty.

Jiang Baobao's expression, however, was slightly serious.

She walked in first, then closed the door, and only then asked: "What exactly is going on between you and Li Xiao? Didn't you say you were going to have a good talk yesterday?

Why did he get himself dead drunk yesterday?"

"How did you know?"

Cai Xiaotang was stunned upon hearing this, and after saying it, she realized she had seemingly exposed something, and her expression couldn't help but become a bit unnatural.

Jiang Baobao sighed helplessly.

"He suddenly called Li Beijue last night, asked him to go to the bar, and then couldn't be reached. After Li Beijue rushed over, he found out he had been drinking and that Luo Wanwan was there too. I called you countless times, but you didn't answer a single one, so what exactly is going on?"

Cai Xiaotang's eyes flickered for a moment; hearing that it was Li Beijue who had picked Li Xiao up, she suddenly felt a bit more comfortable.

Only then did she remember that on her way back yesterday, she had been so angry that she had put her phone on silent.

Now it seemed that it had been completely unnecessary.

A certain someone hadn't contacted her at all...

Cai Xiaotang pulled a forced smile at the corner of her lips and said nothing.

Seeing this, Jiang Baobao also realized something was wrong, hurriedly pulled her to sit down, and then continued to ask: "Xiao Tang, what exactly happened to you guys..."

"

"Nothing happened."

Cai Xiaotang finally had an answer, her tone deliberately feigning indifference.

She paused for two seconds before continuing: "Anyway, we talked about what we needed to talk about, but we didn't reach an agreement..."

As soon as Jiang Baobao heard her ambiguous answer, she immediately frowned.

"Cai Xiaotang, explain things clearly to me. Do you really need me to ask one question for every answer you give?"

She rarely was this serious with Cai Xiaotang; this time, she was truly worried about her.

Cai Xiaotang was stunned upon hearing this, paused for two seconds, then adjusted her emotions and calmly gave a rough account of what happened last night.

"Anyway, that's how it was, and then... he just left. The next time I saw him was at the bar, and from then until now, the two of us haven't spoken a word. Last night, it was also Luo Wanwan who was with him the whole time..."

"..."

"Xiao Tang, you..."

Jiang Baobao had not expected that the two of them would reach such a point, and for a moment, she was somewhat surprised.

Cai Xiaotang, however, waved her hand and sighed helplessly.

"Baobao, I know what you want to say. I shouldn't have said those things yesterday, but regardless of whether I said them or not, the result is the same. Li Xiao never intended to send Luo Wanwan away. No matter what his reasons are, I now..."

Cai Xiaotang suddenly stopped, a look of confusion flashing across her face.

"... simply don't know whether I should believe him. Perhaps... it's my problem."

"Xiao Tang..."

Jiang Baobao felt even more heartbroken upon hearing this and hurriedly took her hand.

"Baobao, you don't need to persuade me of anything."

Cai Xiaotang interrupted Jiang Baobao again.

She then fell into silence.

After a long while—she suddenly forced a smile that looked worse than crying, the curve of her lips full of strain.

"I have already thought it through. Since that is the case, the final solution is only divorce... Perhaps I am not mature enough to wrap my head around this, but it is a fact that Li Xiao owes a debt of gratitude to Luo Wanwan. I don't want this person to always stand between Li Xiao and me when we are together in the future!"

"If he is unwilling to resolve it, then I will resolve it myself. Out of sight, out of mind—I still understand this principle. Otherwise, I fear I will really become the kind of person I hate the most. That is not good at all; it is very tiring. It is still most comfortable to be free and easy on one's own..."

"Xiao Tang, have you thought it through?"

Jiang Baobao had not expected that she had already thought to this step, and her mood was somewhat complicated.

Cai Xiaotang, however, nodded without hesitation.

"Thought it through. It just so happens that Li Xiao isn't speaking to me now, and I don't want to take the initiative to speak to him either. So... let nature take its course."

As she spoke, she suddenly thought of something else and sighed.

"Come to think of it, it seems we two have never had a conflict before... But how can two people together not quarrel? Some people's relationships get better the more they quarrel, while others realize the other person isn't right for them after quarreling once or twice. Perhaps Li Xiao is also reconsidering our relationship right now, who knows?"

Jiang Baobao did not speak, only frowned as she looked at Cai Xiaotang.

She had not seen this side of Cai Xiaotang for a long time.

On the surface, she was always cheerful and simple-minded.

In reality, she was a person more clear-headed than anyone else.

She thought of every possible outcome that could occur.

That way, when it truly happened, she would not be too sad.