Chapter 1121: You Can Never Compare to Him

Seeing Su Shoudao kneeling on the ground weeping bitterly, Du Haiqing instinctively stepped back a few paces, broke free of his hands, and said solemnly: "Su Shoudao, you know my character. When I agreed to marry you at first, we made three gentleman's agreements. Do you still remember?"

Su Shoudao's eyes reddened as he nodded slightly: "I remember… I remember everything! Every word exactly! Wife, I was just momentarily confused. Please, forgive me this once, just this once, okay?"

Du Haiqing said sternly: "Su Shoudao, I hope you will first tell me what those three gentleman's agreements were."

Su Shoudao's heart gave a sudden pang, and he trembled as he said: "The first of the gentleman's agreements is, no matter the time or circumstance, as long as… as long as…"

Du Haiqing pressed: "As long as what?"

Su Shoudao let out a long sigh: "Ah! As long as… as long as Ye Changying is willing to turn back and accept you, I must unconditionally divorce you, with no entanglement whatsoever!"

Du Haiqing nodded and asked him: "And the second?"

Su Shoudao said: "The second is, after marriage, you must not be prevented from meeting Ye Changying as normal friends."

Du Haiqing asked again: "Then what about the third?"

"The third…" Su Shoudao murmured: "The third is, you married me not for love, but to have a stable family. Therefore, both of us must uphold our moral底线, and during the marriage, we must not be ambiguous with, nor have actual relations with, any other opposite sex. If one's heart changes, they must inform the other in advance and part amicably…"

Du Haiqing hummed, then said calmly: "Since you remember all that, there's no need for me to elaborate further. I'll return to my parents' home today, and tomorrow morning we two will go handle the divorce paperwork. You trouble yourself to print a divorce agreement tonight. Our children are all grown, so there'll be no custody issues. As for this family's property, I want not a single cent. That's that."

Having said that, Du Haiqing turned and was about to leave.

Su Shoudao hurriedly crawled forward to her front, grabbed her suitcase, and wept: "Wife, you don't know the具体情况 of what happened back then…"

"He Yingxiu… He Yingxiu… she, back then, to save me, nearly lost her life, and in the end lost an arm. I wanted to compensate her, but she… she said she had secretly loved me for years, only wanting to leave without regrets…"

"I at that time… I at that time was also moved and impulsive, so… so I ended up having relations with her once…"

"I swear to heaven, I, Su Shoudao, have betrayed you only that once, the sole and only time…"

"I beg you, for the sake of our twenty-plus years of marital affection, for the sake of our son and daughter, please forgive me this once! I implore you…"

Du Haiqing said seriously: "Su Shoudao, there are many ways to repay a person's kindness. Why must you choose the way of betraying marriage?"

Su Shoudao wept: "Wife… I… I was just momentarily confused…"

Du Haiqing waved her hand: "Whether confused or not doesn't matter. What matters is that you made your own choice. Since you've made a choice, then stand by it and accept the consequences!"

Having said that, Du Haiqing said very solemnly: "If tomorrow we two can cleanly and swiftly divorce, then even if we can't remain husband and wife, we can still be friends. But if you're unwilling to part amicably, then I'll have no choice but to sue for divorce in court. You know, suing for divorce means a court hearing. You're also a person of standing—there's no need to make things so ugly."

Su Shoudao gazed at Du Haiqing, tears streaming, voice choked as he asked: "Wife, exactly what must I do for you to forgive me? Just tell me, and I, Su Shoudao, will give it my all! Even if it's blades and flames, I won't shirk!"

Du Haiqing smiled faintly: "Su Shoudao, I'm sorry, I truly cannot forgive you."

Su Shoudao's whole body trembled slightly as he pressed her: "Wife, we've been husband and wife for over twenty years—do you really have to be this heartless?"

Du Haiqing asked him: "Su Shoudao, do you know why I originally loved Ye Changying so much?"

Su Shoudao's whole body froze.

He looked at Du Haiqing, his voice somewhat hoarse as he asked: "Why?"

Du Haiqing gave a bitter smile, her voice sorrowful and pained: "Back when Changying was about to marry, I, like He Yingxiu confessing to you, ran to confess to him…"

"I even thought of giving my body to him, and even, my reasons were exactly the same as He Yingxiu's…"

"I said to him then: Changying, I've loved you for so many years with no result. If you truly don't love me, truly won't give me an outcome, then don't let me leave with even a last regret…"

"I also said: Changying, a woman's most precious thing is her chastity. This chastity is precious precisely because every woman hopes to give it to the man she loves most. And I, I hoped to give my chastity to you…"

Saying this, Du Haiqing's voice also choked up. She looked at Su Shoudao, voice trembling with tears, and said: "But, Changying's greatest difference from you is, Changying at that time unhesitatingly rejected me! Because he said, he absolutely could not ruin my future!! Just this one point—you can never compare to him!!"

Su Shoudao heard this and said nothing.

He felt his face burn with heat, so hot he could barely keep his eyes open.

Du Haiqing saw he wasn't speaking, so she sighed and said: "Su Shoudao, we've been husband and wife—let's part on good terms, okay?"

Su Shoudao's tears kept flowing.

He wanted to speak a few more words of apology and plea for forgiveness, then think of another way to beg and retain Du Haiqing.

But, thinking of what Du Haiqing had just said—that she, like He Yingxiu begging you, had begged Changying, and Changying had rejected her—he really had no face left to make excuses for himself.

Moreover, he clearly understood that making excuses was useless; since Du Haiqing had decided, she certainly wouldn't turn back…

Just as he didn't know what to do, a sudden urgent knocking came from the door. The steward outside called out urgently: "Young Master, the Old Master orders me to summon you immediately—he says there's a ten-thousand-fire-urgent major event, and you must hurry at once!"

Su Shoudao's whole body was somewhat startled. He had been bathing all along, and after washing, his wife just wanted to divorce him, so he had no idea that the Su family had already been thrust into the spotlight due to an announcement from Japan's National Security Agency.

He actually didn't want to go anywhere now, only wanting to use all his strength to keep his wife, but his father's authority is not something he can defy, and besides, the father had the steward say there's a ten-thousand-fire-urgent major event—if he delays further, the father's side will surely fly into a rage.

Thinking this, he could only shout through the door to the steward: "Alright, you go first—I'll put on my clothes and come right over!"

"Okay!"

After the steward left, Su Shoudao looked at Du Haiqing and pleaded: "Wife, when I come back, let's have a good talk, alright?"

Du Haiqing shook her head: "There's no need for us to talk anymore. You'd better hurry to the Old Master's place!"

Having said that, she took advantage of Su Shoudao's momentary inattention, grabbed her suitcase, and pushed the door open to walk out…