Chapter 61: He Has Found Her

The rain is too heavy.

The windshield wipers are set to the highest speed, yet the view ahead remains blurred.

The veins on Chu Li's hands gripping the steering wheel are bulging; with rain this heavy, she shouldn't be able to walk fast...

Yet he searched the entire way without catching a glimpse of her.

Finally, the car stopped on the side of the road.

Chu Li slammed his fist hard against the steering wheel.

Every time he thinks of Qin Xingwan running out with a pale face in wet clothes, his heart twists with unbearable pain.

He regrets saying such humiliating words to her.

At this moment, he only wants to find her, hold her in his arms, and apologize.

And then properly make it up to her.

But the rain is so heavy, and she ran out without even bringing her phone.

He cannot find her anymore.

After driving forward for another few minutes, Chu Li still didn't see anyone, and the panic pressed down on him until he couldn't breathe.

He called Assistant Wu to immediately send people to find Qin Xingwan.

Assistant Wu, listening to his president's anxious voice on the other end of the phone, finally dared to speak.

"I had people following Madam; Madam went to the Yiyuan."

His president is a classic case of someone whose mouth says one thing while his heart does another; as a senior assistant, he had long since made arrangements.

He was just guarding against such a situation.

Yiyuan.

Qin Xingwan is sitting blankly on a chair in the corridor.

She ran out of Beicheng Villa, the rain was too heavy, and she couldn't hail a taxi; just as she was in despair, she met a kind person.

The kind person stopped the car and asked her where she was going.

Her mind was a mess at that time, and she could only think of Grandma.

She only wanted to throw herself into Grandma's arms and have a good cry.

Thus, the kind person sent her to the Yiyuan.

She walked to the ward in a daze, and only when she saw her disheveled appearance in the glass did she suddenly snap back to reality.

She shouldn't have come over like this.

If Grandma saw her in this miserable, disheveled state, how sad she would be.

She didn't dare to go in.

She waited until the caregiver came out before she dared to secretly instruct the caregiver to buy clothes for her.

The air conditioning is on in the summer corridor.

Qin Xingwan is in wet clothes, and as the cold wind sweeps by, the chill drills into her bones like needles.

Her complexion is deathly pale under the lights.

She doesn't know how much time passed before footsteps suddenly rang out in the corridor.

They are getting closer and closer.

A shadow falls over Qin Xingwan.

Thinking it is the caregiver who has returned, she reaches out her hand and says hoarsely, "Give it to me."

A scorching palm presses against hers.

Qin Xingwan is as if burned, and she pulls her hand back sharply.

The next second, it is gripped tightly again.

Chu Li slowly squats down in front of her, holding her icy hands, the corners of his eyes rimmed with guilty red.

"Xingwan."

Qin Xingwan only struggles for a moment before giving up; she looks at him with calm eyes, her pale lips trembling, and asks him softly:

"Are you here to deliver money?"

Chu Li's throat feels dry, and his voice is low and hoarse, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those things."

Qin Xingwan doesn't speak; the corridor lights shine on her face, filled with cold silence.

She just looks at him like that, without sorrow or joy.

The caregiver brings the new clothes over.

Chu Li gently strokes his wife's pale, icy cheek and coaxes her softly, "Go take a shower and change into clean clothes; I'll come see you in a while."

The caregiver busily helps Qin Xingwan up; the ward has full facilities, just right for a hot shower.

Qin Xingwan enters the ward in silence.

Chu Li's expression turns cold, and he goes to the ward across the hall.

Old Master Chu is sitting on the sofa looking out the window; hearing the sound, he quietly lifts his head.

Chu Li is expressionless, his voice filled with coldness, "Why did you do that?"

Old Master Chu strokes the dragon head on his cane, his aged voice devoid of any emotion, "You must divorce."

You had to divorce before.

Now, you must divorce.

Chu Li's breathing becomes heavy, and he suppresses his anger, "You accepted this granddaughter-in-law back then, and you know her capabilities."

Old Master Chu has no patience to explain too much, looking at Chu Li coldly, "I am not discussing this with you, but notifying you."

"If you cannot do it, you are free to stop being this heir."

He used force.

The position of heir was something Chu Li had gone through great pains to obtain back then, and he was certain Chu Li would not give it up.

Before Chu Li could speak, Madam Chu's voice already rang out at the doorway.

"Absolutely not."

The elegant noblewoman walked in with hurried steps, tugging at Chu Li's arm, "A Li, don't be foolish; you are the only heir to the Chu family."

"What is so good about that Qin Xingwan? She has no ability and is full of temper; why must you insist on having her?" Madam Chu was filled with resentment.

Chu Li pressed his lips together, his eyes cold and indifferent, yet harboring persistence, "Grandfather, I will say it again: I will not divorce, and I will not give up the inheritance rights."

Qin Xingwan and the inheritance rights—he wanted both.

Old Master Chu laughed in anger, "Without me rising and falling in the business world for these few decades, did you think you could be this heir? Don't think too highly of yourself."

The atmosphere was tense, with daggers drawn.

Madam Chu whispered a persuasion: "A Li, don't go against Grandfather. Qin Xingwan even faked a pregnancy to deceive you before; she is not a good person."

"Shut up." Old Master Chu's face darkened as he rebuked Madam Chu, "I think you are the one who is not a good person."

Madam Chu: "..."

She did not understand; the old man clearly disliked Qin Xingwan, so why did he get angry when she said a word or two against her?

"I will acknowledge her as my god-granddaughter." Old Master Chu announced his decision, even casting a look of disdain at Chu Li, "Do you think that position of yours as a wife is such a good position? I am telling you, get a divorce quickly; don't hinder her from becoming a young lady of the Chu family."

Madam Chu was stunned, "Wh... what?"

Chu Li fell silent.

He did not understand how the old man's attitude toward Qin Xingwan had suddenly changed.

Clearly, the old man had previously demanded that Qin Xingwan divorce him, making it obvious that he did not like Qin Xingwan.

Yet now, he wanted Qin Xingwan to be his granddaughter?

"I disagree." Chu Li objected.

If Qin Xingwan became the old man's granddaughter, then how could she still be his wife?

"I think it's quite good." Madam Chu was very much in favor.

The position of a granddaughter was not as important as the position of Chu Li's wife.

Besides, a nominal granddaughter could not stir up any waves.

As long as Chu Li could get a divorce, that was all that mattered.

Old Master Chu nodded, very satisfied with Madam Chu's answer.

He waved his hand, "It is decided then."

He planned to go across the way to find Qin Nainai to discuss this matter.

Presumably, she would be very happy, and perhaps she would be willing to pay him some mind.

Old Master Chu often went to stroll across the way when he had nothing to do, but Qin Nainai never once gave him a proper look, viewing him like a stranger.

Thinking of this, his mood soured, and he waved his hand to shoo them away.

Outside the door.

Madam Chu pulled Chu Li and whispered, "Could it be that the old man has taken a fancy to Qin Xingwan?"

She had echoed the old man's words at the time only thinking that it would be good for her son to get a divorce, but now that she had thought it through, a chill ran through her heart.

It was not as if Old Master Chu was incapable of such a thing.

When he was young, he was romantic and sentimental, and the women by his side changed batch after batch.

Having been quiet for over a decade in his old age, it would be normal if he wanted a woman by his side for company.

But to think he had actually taken a fancy to Qin Xingwan?