Mr.President, Let's Get a Divorce
Chapter 313 - 316 The thousands of obstacles between the two people have become groundless groaning.

Chapter 313: 316 The thousands of obstacles between the two people have become groundless groaning.

Lu Ziqing’s brow twitched, "First, take a seat. I’ll have the waiter serve the dishes."

"Okay."

Tang Xiaohua sat down directly, even though she walked straight to her seat, she took in the entire decoration of the small private room.

She thought back to when she went to Xilin, and he was full of venomous words, yet he managed to clean and warm her bedroom, even sticking pink wallpaper for her.

Heart like a fierce tiger, delicately sniffing roses — such a description seemed most fitting for someone like Lu Ziqing.

Her stomach ached from hunger, probably because her emotions had been so turbulent, compounded by the fact that she hadn’t eaten anything since the afternoon.

Lu Ziqing came over and sat down,

"What’s wrong?"

"Just... hungry."

Tang Xiaohua forced a dry smile, "Sorry, Brother Lu, for being so late."

"What exactly happened?"

Lu Ziqing pressed on.

The waiter knocked on the door, bringing in two portions of seafood soup, followed by appetizers — two cold dishes.

Tang Xiaohua picked up the soup and hurriedly took several sips.

"Don’t rush, eat slowly."

After hastily filling her stomach with something, the pain slightly subsided, but it was still far from comfortable.

"Have you not eaten all day? How could you be this hungry?"

Lu Ziqing was puzzled.

"Yes, I’m just very, very hungry. When I was in Germany for an exam once, I didn’t eat for three whole days, but I don’t think I was ever this hungry."

Tang Xiaohua joked about herself.

Lu Ziqing’s brow remained furrowed, he just couldn’t relax.

"Brother Lu... do you know that today is my birthday?"

"Yeah, actually... I only remembered when I was on my way here, so..."

Lu Ziqing blushed and touched his nose, "I wanted to celebrate for you."

"Thank you."

"The thing you’ve said to me the most is ’thank you’."

Lu Ziqing sighed.

"Because when it comes to you, there are too many thanks that can never be fully expressed."

"Can you tell me now what exactly happened?"

Tang Xiaohua put down her utensils, looked up with her slightly swollen almond-shaped eyes,

"Brother Lu, actually, there have been some things that I’ve never directly asked you."

"What do you want to ask?"

Lu Ziqing’s gaze was steady.

"Do you still remember when I first arrived in Xilin for the entrance exam, and there was the Duan Shen terrorist attack?"

"Of course, I remember. That was the first encounter with danger."

"That night... was it you who saved me?"

She looked directly at him.

Lu Ziqing took a deep breath and looked at her honestly, "No."

"..."

Tang Xiaohua swallowed, "Then who was it?"

"Wen Nian."

The directness and honesty of Lu Ziqing were just as frightening.

She stared fixedly at Lu Ziqing, the emotions in her eyes becoming complicated, as if mixed with resentment and suspicion.

Lu Ziqing clenched his fist; he hadn’t expected her to suddenly ask him these questions.

He thought these matters... would forever be buried in time, becoming secrets.

But since she had asked, he didn’t want to hide,

"At that time, I didn’t know, the order from Commander Shen was to arrest Duan Shen within twenty-four hours, the hostage was secondary. Military orders are absolute, but I couldn’t let you lose your life before my eyes, so I went alone to rescue you and gave the command to Qi Yong. However, before I could reach the village, I ran straight into the breakout squad led by Duan Shen’s team."

"..."

Tang Xiaohua bit her lip and tugged at her mouth, the rest wasn’t hard to guess.

He must have been injured, probably been met with reinforcing troops, fought fiercely with Duan Shen, and finally captured him.

"At that time, I had ordered Qi Yong to rescue you. I was very glad he brought you back, but I didn’t expect that someone else had saved you. Qi Yong might have always thought it was I who rescued you, but out of regard for Commander Shen, the matter wasn’t raised again."

"I saw it later when replaying the operation and pulling up the surveillance that an old-style Xilin military uniformed soldier wearing a mask had saved you. I didn’t know who that person was nor did I bring it up, your being saved was enough."

Having said this, Tang Xiaohua smiled,

"Brother Lu, I always thought it was you who saved me."

Brother Lu felt a tight squeeze in his chest.

"You didn’t always know, did you?"

Brother Lu closed his eyes, he was a sincere man after all, unable to utter a single lie, "Later on, I could vaguely guess..."

Tang Xiaohua lowered her head and held a glass of chilled drink, "Brother Lu, when did you find out that person was Wen Nian?"

"That day we were having hotpot, when he appeared at our doorstep."

"..."

"But at that time, I only thought of the possibility, and it was such a small possibility."

"When did you confirm it?"

"During the officer candidate selection, when he showed up in Xilin."

"..."

Her hand shook, and the water glass overturned.

Brother Lu got up unhurriedly, drew a dozen or so tissues, and wiped the water off the table.

"That night, after the selection ended, in your military camp tent... Was it Wen Nian?"

Tang Xiaohua was dumbfounded.

"When I saw Mr. President, your expression must have been very much like yours is now."

"..."

"You fell into a trap, and it was he who saved you. Silently arriving in Xilin, infiltrating an ostensibly fair selection... Ha, by all accounts, it’s nothing a President should be doing."

"So, at that time, I was essentially sure, the terrorist attack by Duan Shen, he saved you too."

"... Why did he have Xilin’s military uniform?"

This was the part Tang Xiaohua couldn’t understand the most.

"Mr. President joined the military at sixteen; his first assignment was in Xilin, but after only one year, he was transferred to another unit. Not many know about this. When he was studying in Xilin, Commander Shen’s family took good care of him."

Shen Lingxi...

Tang Xiaohua thought of her, if it was Wen Nian who saved her that night then... Shen Lingxi was in the know.

No wonder... After that, Shen Lingxi’s attitude towards her changed.

The bold and arrogant demeanor transformed into cautiousness and solemnity.

Wen Nian had been a soldier in Xilin, and she didn’t even know...

It seemed, in her past life, she was nothing, perhaps in Wen Nian’s heart, he felt that even if he explained, she might not understand...

Brother Lu’s gaze firmly fixed on Tang Xiaohua,

"You came tonight... just to ask about this?"

"Brother Lu, that accident three years ago, do you know the details of what happened afterward?"

"..." Brother Lu’s expression stiffened for a moment.

Tang Xiaohua glanced at him, then smiled slightly, "It seems that you probably know something, like... Though there was only Driver Qian in the car, there were two corpses, one male, and one female."

"I didn’t mean to hide it from you, it’s just at the time you were grieving severely, plus you had faith, had your own pursuits, why should I bring up these things..."

"It seems, the thousands of hardships standing between me and Wen Nian, were just my needless worries."