Chapter 27: Celebrating a New Beginning

Since it was wrong from the beginning, then end it completely.

Qin Shu dragged her suitcase to the doorway; the housekeeper saw she was going out and asked, "Madam, are you going on a long trip?"

"Yes."

"When will you be back? So I can prepare your three daily meals."

Qin Shu looked at the housekeeper and said, "There is no need to prepare them from now on."

The housekeeper froze in place.

What did Madam mean by that?

Did she have an argument with Sir?

Is she running away from home?

Qin Shu turned back to take one last look at the villa where she had lived for five years, and the corners of her eyes grew moist.

Now that the time to leave had truly come, she felt suddenly calm in her heart; the people she had once been obsessed with, found hard to part with, and could not let go of—at this moment, she had let them all go.

Qin Shu reached out to press against her chest, bending over as she tried her best to resist the waves of pain, and dragged her suitcase away without looking back.

Su Tuantuan's car was parked by the side of the road; seeing Qin Shu walk out dragging her suitcase, she smiled, leaned out the window, and waved vigorously at her: "Huahua!"

"Get in the car quickly!"

Qin Shu lifted her feet and walked toward her; Su Tuantuan opened the trunk and put her suitcase inside.

The two of them got into the car, and Su Tuantuan was exceptionally excited: "Congratulations on escaping the sea of bitterness."

Last night, Qin Shu had spoken concisely to Su Tuantuan, telling her that she and Gu Tingyan intended to divorce.

Today, Su Tuantuan had come to pick her up.

Qin Shu had not yet found a place to live, so she could only stay at the place Su Tuantuan rented for the time being.

Su Tuantuan said, "Let me tell you, when you divorce Gu Tingyan, you must not give an inch; separate the assets, and you must find a good lawyer."

Qin Shu said, "I didn't ask for his assets."

"Screech..." Su Tuantuan slammed on the brakes, her expression turning ugly as she shrieked, "What!?"

"You didn't ask for his money?!" Su Tuantuan was about to go crazy; she had never seen a woman more foolish than Qin Shu!

"Doesn't that just let Chu Sheng benefit for nothing!"

Just thinking about how Qin Shu had accompanied Gu Tingyan during his lowest, most painful, and difficult times, even bore him a child, and had been married for five whole years!

Now that Gu Tingyan's career was booming and he was back on his feet, Chu Sheng had returned to pick up the spoils!

Su Tuantuan was about to explode with anger!

Why give it to her for nothing!

Qin Shu rubbed her brow: "Let me finish."

"If the Gu Family gives the child to me, I can leave with nothing."

"I don't want a single cent from Gu Tingyan."

In Qin Shu's heart, her son was more important than money; if the money was gone, she could earn it back.

But her son—she only had one.

Qin Shu felt she owed Gu Yichen a lot; Lin Jingshu had taken him away from her side, causing them to spend more time apart than together, and if this went on for much longer.

Qin Shu could not guarantee how much affection the child would still hold for her.

Lin Jingshu wanted to separate mother and son.

She wanted Gu Yichen to not acknowledge her as his mother.

Qin Shu's expression was cold and stern: "If Lin Jingshu refuses to give him up, then when we divorce, I will not take a single cent less of the assets Gu Tingyan is due to divide."

Hearing this, Su Tuantuan felt a slight sense of relief in her heart.

"That's good."

"You scared me to death."

"I was afraid you would follow in your mother's footsteps."

Qin Shu's heart twitched slightly; her eyes dimmed, a faint smile hung on her lips, and there seemed to be crystalline tears at the corners of her eyes: "I will never follow in her footsteps."

Gu Tingyan did not love her, so she would absolutely not entangle herself with him.

She would not waste her energy on him.

After the divorce, he could go find whoever he wanted.

Su Tuantuan parked her car at the residential complex where she rented; she rented a single room in Beijing, and because the location was near the city center, it was slightly expensive.

Su Tuantuan helped her carry the suitcase: "This complex is a bit dilapidated."

"Be careful."

"Mm."

Qin Shu opened her suitcase and organized her things; she lowered her head to book an appointment, then sent a WeChat message to Gu Tingyan: "Tomorrow at the Civil Affairs Bureau, nine in the morning, don't be late."

Qin Shu had originally intended to block Gu Tingyan directly, but since the two were not yet officially divorced, they still needed to be in contact when they went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their divorce certificate.

So she left Gu Tingyan in her WeChat contacts and ignored him.

Su Tuantuan walked over and saw that there were only a few of her everyday clothes.

"Is this all your luggage?" Su Tuantuan was somewhat incredulous.

Qin Shu: "Yes."

Su Tuantuan sighed; fortunately, Qin Shu had divorced Gu Tingyan, otherwise, she didn't know how many more losses she would have suffered because of him.

Su Tuantuan smiled and hugged her tightly, genuinely happy for her: "Congratulations to the beautiful Qin, for starting a new life!"

Qin Shu chuckled: "Thank you."

Qin Shu said: "In two days at most, I should be able to find a place."

Su Tuantuan smiled indifferently: "I actually want you to keep living here."

"You can stay as long as you want."

"In any case, you are always welcome here."

The corners of Qin Shu's eyes were slightly red; she reached out and hugged Su Tuantuan tightly, her voice hoarse: "Thank you, Tuanzi."

The only person Qin Shu was familiar with in Beijing was Su Tuantuan; it wasn't that she didn't have the money to stay in a hotel, she was just too tired at heart, weary and lonely.

She wanted to find someone to talk to.

Hospital.

When Gu Tingyan woke up, it was already 9:00 PM.

The first thing he did upon waking was to look around the ward, but he did not see the person he wanted to see.

Lu Ziqian sat before his hospital bed and asked a question he already knew the answer to: "Looking for someone?"

Gu Tingyan's voice was hoarse: "Where is Qin Shu?"

Lu Ziqian curled his lips, smiling in a particularly punchable way: "Oh, your ex-wife."

Ex-wife!

He was blatantly stabbing a knife into Gu Tingyan's heart!

Lu Ziqian was a person who held grudges and had a strong desire for revenge; four years ago, when he divorced, Gu Tingyan had mocked and ridiculed him quite a bit.

Lu Ziqian was a gold-medal lawyer; he had practically schemed to have his ex-wife leave with nothing, kicked out with absolutely nothing to her name.

What had Gu Tingyan said at the time?

He said that by sending Su Xiangwan to prison, he would regret it sooner or later.

As for that kind of vicious woman, not letting her die in prison was already letting her off easy!

"It hasn't been long, and you're getting a divorce too." Lu Ziqian laughed until his chest shook.

Gu Tingyan's expression was extremely ugly: "How did you know?"

They had only just signed the divorce agreement, and almost no one knew about it.

Lu Ziqian laughed until tears were almost coming out.

"Your wife consulted me, after all, who else is the most authoritative lawyer in Beijing?"

Lu Ziqian laughed: "Before you signed that divorce agreement, I looked it over for you first."

Seeing Gu Tingyan's expression growing increasingly ugly, Lu Ziqian coughed and said: "Rest assured, I've looked it over for you; Qin Shu is not a vicious woman like Su Xiangwan, she only took the money she was entitled to."

Back when he fought his divorce battle with Su Xiangwan, it was a fight to the death, aimed at destroying the other party; that lawsuit caused such a huge stir that all of Beijing was watching the drama.

In the end, didn't he still send Su Xiangwan to prison, where she ended up with nothing?

A woman like her deserves to go to hell!

Lu Ziqian sat in the chair and said indifferently: "As for the child, I have prepared her mentally."