Chapter 692: Divorce? Just What I Wanted!

Cripple! If you don't buy this car today, I'm divorcing you!

Xu Yaqiu's roar was like a heart‑rending thunderclap, exploding in the already tense showroom.

Everyone froze; even the salespeople and customers who had been watching the spectacle held their breath, their gazes locking onto the couple about to fall apart.

The air seemed to solidify for a few seconds.

Li Hengbo's hand, which had been gripping Xu Yaqiu's arm, slowly, gradually loosened.

He didn't fly into a rage as usual, nor try to soothe her; instead, he showed an almost relieved expression tinged with a hint of cruel satisfaction.

He slowly turned around.

His face, twisted by anger and humiliation, oddly calmed at that moment, but beneath that calm surged a deeper iciness and resolve.

He stared at Xu Yaqiu's flushed, excited face, pulling his lips into a sneer.

His voice wasn't loud.

Yet it carried clearly to everyone's ears: 'Divorce? Fine—whoever doesn't divorce is a grandson!'

?!!!!

Xu Yaqiu's anger froze instantly on her face, like an ice sculpture suddenly frozen.

She widened her eyes in disbelief, as if seeing for the first time the man she'd shared a bed with for years: 'You… what did you say?'

I said—divorce!

Li Hengbo spoke each word with a pause, his tone firm and unyielding, without a hint of hesitation.

He also showed a look of disappointment: 'Xu Yaqiu, I've had enough of you! Enough of your stupidity, your arrogance, your petty small‑mindedness that will never get you anywhere! Look at Chu Lingxi…'

Saying this, Li Hengbo pointed at Chu Lingxi, who was held in Lin Dongfan's arms.

When he turned back to look at Xu Yaqiu,

His eyes brimmed with contempt and scorn after the comparison: 'Look at yourself! Besides throwing tantrums, spending money, and causing me trouble, what else can you do?! If it weren't for you shamelessly clinging to me back then… hum! I'd rather stay single forever than marry you—what do you think you are, some kind of mythical beast?!'

At this moment, Li Hengbo had already chosen to lay his cards on the table, not wanting to pretend any longer.

Years of pent‑up resentment poured out at this moment.

Rather than saying Xu Yaqiu threatened him, it's more like she herself handed him a sword to sever their marital bond!

You… you bastard! Li Hengbo, you're not human!

Xu Yaqiu collapsed completely; she never imagined that her threat made in anger would become the final straw that broke the camel's back—and that the other side would seize and use it without hesitation.

Overwhelming shame and fear of abandonment robbed her of reason; she screamed and lunged at him, flailing her nails to scratch his face.

Enough!

Li Hengbo violently blocked her with his golden cane.

The force sent Xu Yaqiu stumbling back several steps; she plopped down on the ground, her carefully styled hair disheveled, her makeup smeared with tears, her expensive fur coat dusted with dirt—a sorry sight.

Li Hengbo didn't even glance at her, as if she were just a pile of irrelevant trash on the floor.

He adjusted his collar, which had been pulled askew.

His sinister gaze swept over Lin Dongfan and Lingxi opposite him, then returned to Xu Yaqiu, and he snarled in a resigned‑to‑ruin tone: 'Xu Yaqiu, go home and wait for the lawyer's letter. Property division? Rest assured, you'll get every penny you're owed. But the Rebirth Group—don't even think of touching a share!'

Having said that, he lingered no longer, leaning on his cane, straightening the spine his lame leg could support, and under the guard of his bodyguards he strode out of the showroom doors without looking back.

From start to finish, he never glanced again at the weeping Xu Yaqiu on the floor.

That resolute back announced the end of an era and lit the fuse of an even greater storm.

In the showroom.

Only Xu Yaqiu's desperate, anguished sobs remained, along with the onlookers' complex gazes.

Lin Dongfan watched the whole scene coldly from beginning to end, like a transcendent chess player observing the pieces move according to his expectations toward their predetermined squares.

Li Hengbo's decisive divorce, though somewhat unexpectedly swift, was generally in line with what he had anticipated.

When a dog is cornered it will jump the wall; when a person is desperate, they naturally grasp at what they think is a lifesaving straw.

For Li Hengbo:

To shed Xu Yaqiu, this 'liability,' travel light and cozy up to the second miss of the Wu Zhou Li family—undoubtedly the wisest move right now.

Lin Dongfan gave Lao Ba a look, signaling him to stay and handle the aftermath at the 4S shop, then he took his emotionally complex wife and left this place of right and wrong.

Some shows, watching the climax is enough; the ending is already settled.

A few days later.

A more clandestine meeting took place in a private room of an elegant café.

Sitting opposite Lin Dongfan was no longer the arrogant, domineering Mrs. Li, but Xu Yaqiu, her eyes hollow, her face wan, as if she had aged ten years overnight.

Li Hengbo's divorce lawyer's letter had arrived, its wording harsh, its terms severe—it practically demanded she leave with nothing, leaving her only some real estate and a little cash, while her shares in the Rebirth Group were completely stripped away.

Xu Yaqiu hired a lawyer to fight this divorce lawsuit.

But the lawyer frankly told her: she lacked substantive leverage, and with Li Hengbo's tactics, gaining any advantage in the property split would be as hard as climbing to heaven.

She had nowhere left to turn.

'Brother Fan…' Xu Yaqiu's voice was hoarse and dry, heavy with nasal congestion, no longer the haughty air she once had: 'You had someone pass a message… saying you could help me—is that true?'

Of course it's true!

Why couldn't Li Hengbo's discarded pawn become the young master's piece?

What a damned world!

Isn't it just you play me, I play you?

Lin Dongfan leisurely stirred the coffee in his cup, his mind as clear as a mirror, yet he didn't immediately answer Xu Yaqiu's words.

This matter calls for negotiating terms!

He sized up the woman before him, stripped of all her halo; her former arrogance and harshness had been smashed by reality's iron fist, leaving only pity and sorrow.

'Not to help you…' Lin Dongfan set down his small spoon, his tone flat: 'I'm giving you a chance to make amends, and also leaving you a way to survive.'

Xu Yaqiu suddenly lifted her head, a faint hope ignited in her eyes.

"Li Hengbo is heartless and unjust..." Lin Dongfan looked at her, his gaze deep: "He wants to cling to Li Shuting of Wu Zhou's thigh, you know about this, right?"

"Nonsense, I'm not an idiot, of course I know." Xu Yaqiu still harbored resentment.

"Knowing is good." Lin Dongfan probed: "After all, you are Li Hengbo's ex-wife; regarding those matters of the Rebirth Group, you should know something, more or less."

Xu Yaqiu is not an idiot; she instantly understood Lin Dongfan's meaning.

This is to make her turn traitor, hand over Li Hengbo's leverage!

She struggled intensely inside.

After all, they were a married couple, and they have a son together; if she does this, it would be tantamount to completely tearing apart with Li Hengbo and becoming an enemy of the Rebirth Group...

"You can take your time to consider." Lin Dongfan was not in a hurry, making a move to rise: "However, Li Hengbo's patience is likely limited. Once he fully stabilizes his position and becomes the son-in-law of the Li family of Wu Zhou, then if you jump out saying you won't accept it, do you think he'll let you off? You've probably heard about Duan Xinhua's fate, right?"

The three words "Duan Xinhua" were like a bolt of lightning striking Xu Yaqiu!

A chill surged from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head!

Li Hengbo even dared to act against Duan Xinhua; for her, this ex-wife who knows quite a bit of inside information and whom he despises, will he show mercy?

Fear instantly overwhelmed all hesitation and lingering feelings.

"No! Don't!" Xu Yaqiu cried out, she gripped the edge of the table, her fingers turning white from force: "Brother Fan, you know, I've always liked you. Help me this time; no matter what you want me to do, I can agree. How about... we go find a place to talk slowly? A hotel would be quieter..."

Really, a dog can't change its habit of eating feces; the first skill of a green tea bitch is always to get into bed.

Unfortunately...

Master Fan has no interest in buses at all.

"Talking about matters here is fine as well." Lin Dongfan stared directly at Xu Yaqiu sitting opposite, his eyes revealing an unquestionable will: "The core client list of the Rebirth Group, you figure out how to get it to me. As long as you accomplish this, I can guarantee that no one will be able to touch you thereafter."

Lin Dongfan's demand for the Rebirth Group's client list is to cut off its source, sever its lifeline!

This client list is the first step to devouring the Rebirth Group, and also the most crucial step! Grasping it is tantamount to holding the Rebirth Group's heart.

Xu Yaqiu's expression shifted; finally, a hint of ruthlessness replaced hesitation, thinking: "Since Li Hengbo is unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!"

"The client list, I can think of a way to get it for you."

Saying this, Xu Yaqiu got up and walked to Lin Dongfan's side, plopped onto his lap, wrapped her arms around his neck to flatter him: "Brother Fan, I too am a graduate of the dance academy; I can do all the moves Chu Lingxi knows, and even the ones she doesn't, you don't want to test my ability?"