Chapter 53: We Are Only Missing the Divorce Certificate

On the way back to the Yiyuan, no matter what Chu Li said, Qin Xingwan remained silent.

Chu Li rubbed his brow and stopped bringing up the blind date, instead mentioning that he had invited a famous old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine to check Qin Nainai's pulse.

"I have invited Old Master Yu over to help take good care of Grandma."

He knew that the person Qin Xingwan cared about most was her grandmother, so he had put his heart into this.

However, Qin Xingwan did not appreciate it.

She raised her eyes to look at him, her expression full of irony.

The moment she thought of her grandmother lying pale on the hospital bed, she could not control her emotions.

She wanted to demand of Chu Li why he couldn't just cleanly put an end to this marriage instead of repeatedly tormenting her and those around her.

But when the words reached her lips, she ultimately did not ask them.

It no longer mattered.

She said softly, "That Miss Cheng is a good match for you."

That Miss Cheng was of noble birth, bright and elegant.

She possessed the background and temperament that a Mrs. Chu should have.

When they walked side by side, they were a perfect, pleasing sight.

If they successfully divorced, Miss Cheng would be the future Mrs. Chu.

"Congratulations to you," she said sincerely.

The surging emotions in Chu Li cooled down, his pitch-black eyes staring unfathomably at Qin Xingwan's calm and plain face.

"We haven't fully divorced yet, and you are already impatient to push me to another woman?"

His voice was cool, carrying a hint of anger.

He had already laid his true heart out before her.

Yet she treated it like discarded shoes.

Qin Xingwan leaned close to him, their breathing forced to entangle.

Those bright eyes of hers were very calm.

"We are only missing the divorce certificate," she said indifferently.

As long as he was willing, getting the divorce certificate would be smooth and easy.

"I don't like her." All of Chu Li's pent-up anger turned into a sigh; he pulled his wife into a tight embrace and lowered his head to kiss the corner of her lips.

"The one I like is you."

A glimmer of hope hid in his dark eyes; he hoped to receive a response from her.

But Qin Xingwan's emotions had no fluctuations; she looked at him coldly and detachedly.

Like?

So what?

She had once offered her own heart, but it had been trampled by him.

Now, she had already let go of that relationship.

Disappointment gathered in Chu Li's eyes; he had been accommodating and pleasing her for this period of time, yet he still could not move her.

He loosened his grip.

Qin Xingwan sat back down.

Throughout the journey, neither of them spoke again.

Qin Xingwan returned to the hospital room, and Qin Nainai had just finished her lunch.

Seeing her granddaughter, she immediately asked with concern, "Did she look for you because of Qin Shen's matter? She didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"

Qin Xingwan shook her head; she could handle those matters herself, so she did not say much to Qin Nainai.

She tended to her grandmother for her afternoon nap.

In the opposite hospital room.

Old Master Chu was very angry, his gaze stern, "Has your upbringing been eaten by dogs? For the sake of Qin Xingwan, you left Cheng Mingzhu there unattended."

Chu Li had no expression: "I said, I do not accept it."

He had someone in his heart, so how could he possibly accept someone else.

Old Master Chu frowned fiercely, "I know you have a rift with Cheng Han because of what happened years ago, but now that three years have passed, you should let go of what needs to be let go; we still have business to discuss with the Cheng Family."

In Old Master Chu's eyes, there were no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

Now that the Cheng Family had taken the initiative to lower their heads and seek peace, willing to enter into a marriage alliance, that was their sincerity.

But Chu Li was very stubborn.

"Business can be discussed, there is no need for a marriage alliance."

"The position of Mrs. Chu can only be Xingwan's."

Old Master Chu sneered contemptuously: "When you left her to miscarry in the rain back then, you should have thought of the ending of your marriage."

Not everything has room for forgiveness.

Chu Li was silent.

At that time, she was troublesome and he was annoyed, which had caused a lifelong regret.

Qin Xingwan did not expect Cheng Mingzhu to come looking for her.

She held a bouquet of carnations and placed it by the bedside, "Qin Nainai, I have come to see you."

Qin Nainai looked at Qin Xingwan with some confusion, "Who is this?"

Qin Xingwan's expression turned ugly, and she prepared to ask Cheng Mingzhu to leave.

"Miss Cheng, you are not welcome here." Qin Xingwan had already caught the scent of restlessness on her.

Cheng Mingzhu refused to leave.

She took a check out of her bag, a polite smile on her face, but the words she spoke carried a hint of a threat.

"This check is a token of my sincerity."

Qin Xingwan watched coldly; she had not expected Cheng Mingzhu to be so impatient to use money to dismiss her.

She did not speak.

Cheng Mingzhu smiled and placed the check on the table nearby.

"I know Miss Qin likes perfumery; I can recommend Miss Qin to Master Katherine for advanced studies, how about that?"

She increased the stakes, not believing that Qin Xingwan would not be tempted.

She looked at Qin Nainai, "And regarding the matter of Qin Shen, Grandma, Qin Shen is your grandson; you should persuade Miss Qin not to make things too ugly."

"Cheng Mingzhu." Qin Xingwan interrupted Cheng Mingzhu's incessant chatter, "Get out."

Cheng Mingzhu shrugged and left the hospital room.

She stood in the corridor with a condescending arrogance, "Qin Shen is your brother; you shouldn't have called the police."

Her bossy tone was unpleasant.

"If you won't think of others, you should at least think of Grandma; the old lady is getting on in years and should have her children by her side to enjoy her twilight years."

The threat in her words was obvious.

The disgust in Qin Xingwan's heart surged up all at once.

"Miss Cheng, you can rest assured; when the time comes, I will immediately go get the divorce certificate, and I won't delay your marriage to Chu Li."

"Please leave here."

She made her words clear, hoping Cheng Mingzhu would not pester her here.

Cheng Mingzhu dropped her smile; in her eyes, Qin Xingwan was a fool who did not understand the importance of family.

She sneered coldly: "Qin Xingwan, I am thinking of you."

"A girl who grew up in the countryside like you, with no real skills, if you want to live a prosperous and comfortable life in the future, you have to rely on Ashen and Yun Shu; you should be currying favor with them, not offending them."

"I heard you once lost a child for A Li; that matter can't be blamed on anyone else. After all, your background is ordinary, while A Li is of noble bearing; that child was born into your womb and couldn't bear such a blessing."

Qin Xingwan said nothing; she raised her eyes to look behind Cheng Mingzhu.

She did not speak, and Cheng Mingzhu assumed she had bowed her head.

She felt somewhat triumphant.

Yet unexpectedly, Chu Li's voice suddenly came from behind her: "Miss Cheng has quite the nerve."

Cheng Mingzhu's expression changed slightly, and when she turned around, her voice became gentle: "A Li, you're here."

Chu Li strode over, took hold of Qin Xingwan's slightly cold hand, and spoke in a low, slow voice: "Xingwan, did she bully you?"

Qin Xingwan looked at Cheng Mingzhu, pursed her lips, and said indifferently: "Miss Cheng just told me that the child I lost cannot be blamed on you, because my background is lowly and I lacked the good fortune to bear the blessings of your Chu family."

Cheng Mingzhu retorted angrily: "I didn't say you were lowly."

She had clearly said her background was ordinary.

Qin Xingwan was deliberately spouting nonsense in front of Chu Li.

She finally saw it clearly; this woman had incredible schemes.