Mr. Bigshot Is Obsessed with His Hidden-Marriage Wife
Chapter 141: Divorce Litigation

Chapter 141: Chapter 141: Divorce Litigation

Ye Yan clasped her suitcase, "Excuse me, please make way."

Fu Xingzhou stood at the door, unmoved.

Ye Yan didn’t bother with chatter and squeezed through the narrow gap between the door and him, walking out.

This time, Fu Xingzhou did not step forward again.

She returned to the bedroom to grab a few more items, then pushed two heavy suitcases out the door.

She took only her belongings, not taking anything he had given her, including the skirt.

At this moment, that skirt lay forlornly folded at the edge of the bed. He could clearly remember her dancing gracefully on stage wearing it.

Fu Xingzhou sat by the bedside, his right hand gently placed on the skirt, its silky texture as smooth as her porcelain skin, which he couldn’t help but stroke back and forth.

And at his chest, he didn’t know if it was the knife wound pulling, a wave of throbbing pain followed another, so severe that he almost couldn’t breathe.

Click!

The door swung open again.

Fu Xingzhou looked up, hopeful, but it was just the bodyguard who had come to check on him worriedly.

"Get out."

The bodyguard immediately stepped out.

He noticed Fu Xingzhou’s pale complexion, also due to the repeated issues with the wound on his chest.

He didn’t take care of it properly, incessantly smoking and drinking, even aggravating the infection last night.

Today, when offered antibiotics, he refused to take them, seemingly letting the wound fester on purpose.

The bodyguard understood; he wanted to use the physical pain to suppress the agony within.

But would this bring his wife back?

Given how resolutely his wife had left earlier, the bodyguard thought it unlikely, considering it mere self-torment.

Just as Ye Yan stepped out of the elevator, she saw Chai Chen waiting.

Without a word, he came forward and took the two heavy suitcases, which she wouldn’t have been able to lift into the trunk.

Their car exited the underground parking, the main gate wide open.

In the moment they drove out, she couldn’t help but glance at the rearview mirror.

Behind her, the words "Yuqiao" grew distant, from clear to blurry, and then from blurry to vanished.

Much like her relationship with Fu Xingzhou, which from the beginning seemed doomed to end this way.

He was the only person she had ever genuinely loved.

The man before whom she’d lowered her proud head, wishing to grow old with him.

Every moment, vividly remembered.

Every word and laugh still lingering in her ears.

Having loved and contributed so sincerely, why couldn’t they part on good terms?

Ye Yan buried her face in her arms, unable to hold back the tears.

Chai Chen silently watched her, neither asking questions nor offering comforts.

Now, he was merely an observer outside her world, needing only to quietly stand by.

The car drove smoothly, eventually reaching the seaside.

As the window lowered, the salty sea breeze wafted in, with seagulls hovering over the sea, their cries intermittently filling the air.

Ye Yan lifted her head as a hand extended a tissue toward her.

"Thank you," she said, taking it and wiping her face.

"When I’m feeling unhappy, I come to the seaside to feel the breeze and watch the waves," Chai Chen gazed out at the vast ocean, "The sea is so vast; there’s nothing it cannot contain. No unhappiness is significant before it; the sea swallows everything, digests everything, what’s left is only the azure expanse."

Ye Yan gazed quietly at the distance.

The vast sea stretched endlessly, where clouds amassed where the sea met the sky.

Facing such boundless vastness, one indeed felt a sense of awe, as if one’s chest had become more open and magnanimous.

Chai Chen was right, looking at the sea when feeling down could indeed make one temporarily forget one’s worries.

The two sat in the car, waiting until the sunset descended, and the golden sunlight spread across the sea.

The sun sank below the horizon, but it didn’t mean it wouldn’t dazzle again; at dawn tomorrow, it would surely shine brightly once more.

~

Ye Yan stood at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, with her household registration book and ID card in her bag.

Many people were coming and going, all in pairs.

The only difference was that some held hands while others loathed each other’s company.

She hadn’t deleted Fu Xingzhou’s number, so she sent him a message asking when he could come.

Fu Xingzhou didn’t reply.

After waiting a while longer, she couldn’t help but call Fu Xingzhou’s phone, and after a few rings, a familiar voice came from the other end, "Yanyan."

His voice was gentle and pleasant, especially with a slightly husky touch, which easily softened one’s heart.

But Ye Yan wasn’t bewitched by his voice, her tone calm, "I’m at the Civil Affairs Bureau, when can you get here?"

"Do you really want to divorce me?"

"What reason do you think I have to continue maintaining this marriage?" Ye Yan looked at the bustling street in front of her, "Fu Xingzhou, let’s both be clear-headed."

To say she didn’t love him would be self-deception, but the hatred in her heart had already devoured her love for him.

Thinking about Ye Zhun on the brink of life and death, thinking that he never considered her feelings, always ready to be sacrificed.

She couldn’t bring herself to forgive him.

Nor could she live in peace with him and continue a loving relationship.

There was silence on the other end for a moment; his voice, sounding decidedly resigned, "You said you would never leave me."

"Fu Xingzhou, I don’t want to hear your pointless excuses, nor do I want to reminisce about the past," Ye Yan said as tears fell, "If you had thought about our past for just a moment, if you had considered the consequences when you hurt Xiao Zhun..."

"You said you would never leave me." He seemed not to have heard her, still stubbornly repeating that phrase.

Knowing him inside and out, Ye Yan could tell that something was off with his emotions.

She was well aware of Fu Xingzhou’s inherently domineering and authoritarian nature.

If he became obstinate, no matter what she said, he wouldn’t listen.

"Fu Xingzhou..." Ye Yan had more to say, but the disconnect tone beeped through her phone.

She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.

Trying to get Fu Xingzhou to agree smoothly to a divorce seemed unfeasible.

If he wasn’t willing to resolve it amicably, she would have no choice but to turn to legal action and sue for divorce.

Ye Yan walked to a secluded spot and dialed Lin Yihang’s phone.

Lin Yihang wasn’t a divorce lawyer, but he should know lawyers in this field, which was better than her blindly trying her luck.

After all, suing the Fu Family meant starting on the back foot.

He was a famous lawyer abroad; even if he no longer practiced, he was still a leading figure in the field.

"Divorce lawsuit?" Lin Yihang was on his way to meet a client when Ye Yan’s sudden call interrupted him.

"This lawsuit might not be easy to win." At this point, Ye Yan didn’t try to hide it from him anymore, "I want to divorce Fu Xingzhou, but he disagrees, I have no choice but to take the legal route."

Opposing Fu Xingzhou wasn’t something every lawyer dared to do.

This was tantamount to openly opposing the Fu Family.

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