Mr.President, Let's Get a Divorce
Chapter 314 - 317 is only grateful to Brother Lu

Chapter 314: 317 is only grateful to Brother Lu

"It seems all the insurmountable obstacles between Wen Nian and me were just my own groundless complaints."

Tang Xiaohua concluded, looking up at Lu Ziqing,

"Brother Lu, do you know how I feel now?"

"You... have started to hate me..."

"No, I won’t."

Tang Xiaohua shook her head, "I only have gratitude for Brother Lu."

"..."

Lu Ziqing felt that these words... were hurtful, but perhaps for Tang Xiaohua, they were her true feelings.

No disgust, only gratitude, only gratitude, nothing else.

"After the President’s guard duty is over, does our promise to come get you to return to Xilin still stand?"

Lu Ziqing did not know why he still asked that question, and as he spoke, he heard the sound of his own heart breaking.

Tang Xiaohua just looked at him, but did not speak...

Lu Ziqing smiled weakly.

Apart from smiling, what else could he use to cover his embarrassment and helplessness?

He was indeed a bit thick-skinned, but that did not mean he was truly foolish.

Wen Nian risking his life time and time again, leaving behind his country to save such a... small person...

Even if he knew, how could he possibly tell Tang Xiaohua?

Wouldn’t that be like assisting a love rival?

But... if the day really came when Tang Xiaohua found out on her own, and if these things truly had a decisive impact on Tang Xiaohua’s feelings, then he was truly powerless to change it.

"Brother Lu, you will always be my benefactor. The reason I can walk the path I want to walk today, confidently and wearing a military uniform, is because of you."

Tang Xiaohua exhaled.

The dishes had been served without her realizing, and she stood up to pour wine for Lu Ziqing and a bit for herself, raising her glass to him with a smile,

"Actually, today is my thirty-seventh birthday."

"..."

"You’ve kept things from me, and I’ve done the same to you. If you’re honest with me, I can be honest with you too."

Lu Ziqing’s expression became stiff.

Suddenly, his mind flashed back to three years ago, when she was next to that exploded car, crying and screaming something about "past and present lives"...

"I am someone who has experienced rebirth. And you, you’re the first person I have been this open with. You might not believe it, just listening is fine."

"..."

"Lost fingers, lost child, accused of treason at thirty-three and executed by firing squad. That was my past life."

"..."

Lu Ziqing watched Tang Xiaohua, his expression unchanging.

"Until my death, I never knew why, on the death approval document, there would be the personal signature of my husband, Wen Nian."

Tang Xiaohua saw Lu Ziqing’s current expression and laughed,

"I guess you are probably the only person in this world who would hear me out on this."

"Reborn at the age of twenty, I didn’t want to be Wen Nian’s canary anymore, but it just so happened that my rebirth point was right after we received our marriage certificate."

"..."

"You can imagine how much I loathed and wanted to escape."

Lu Ziqing listened to Tang Xiaohua speak alone. She was confiding in him, but the content of this confession... was a bit too shocking, almost completely sweeping away all the mundane emotions he had before.

"From the moment I was born, his shadow was in my life. Twenty years of childhood friendship, thirteen years of marital life... It’s just that later on, we drifted apart, coming to a bad end. I thought I could change my life as long as I didn’t center it around him. In fact, I did manage to do so. The things I gave up in the past, now I am clinging to desperately..."

"He was the President. Back then, I believed that love could protect me, that as long as Wen Nian loved me for one day, I could live that day happily, blissfully, and carefree."

"Look, now that I’ve said it out loud, even you must find it laughable, right?"

"So... I’ve always known. It wasn’t entirely Wen Nian’s fault that my past life ended like that. Maybe... it was more my own naivety and foolishness."

What she said sounded... so genuine, it made Lu Ziqing’s mind buzz incessantly.

Should he believe it? Such a fantastical story...

Tang Xiaohua’s fingers stroked the glass in her hand, murmuring,

"In society today, there are so many voices calling for women’s rights... Everyone knows the importance of being an independent woman, everyone knows love is expendable... But how many women can truly withstand the temptation of men?"

"When they say they love you for a lifetime, even if you verbally don’t believe it, deep down you want to. Falling in love... how many can stay rational?"

She took a sip of her chilled drink,

"These past three years, I’ve had too many misconceptions and misunderstandings about him, refusing to face the issues between us. Looking back, the biggest problem between us in my previous life was... the gap."

"And in this life... it should be about communication."

Tang Xiaohua glanced at the time, "It’s eight-forty... I need to go back."

"...To see him?"

"Yes. Today... is also his birthday, and... it’s our wedding anniversary. It’s a good day... right?"

Lu Ziqing leaned back in his chair, eyes glistening with moisture...

"If your past life is real, don’t you blame him for not protecting you? Letting you lose fingers, lose a child... being executed by firing squad..."

"I want to try and... understand it better."

"..."

"If he is the knot in both my past and present lives that I can’t untie, then the only path for me... is to untangle it, right?"

Tang Xiaohua stood up,

"Brother Lu, thank you for listening to me. If I didn’t vent to someone, I might have gone crazy."

"If your past life is real, then... what about me?"

"In a past life, you were a military genius just like now. But we had no intersection."

Tang Xiaohua left it at that.

But the words "no intersection" truly struck Lu Ziqing. He chuckled self-mockingly,

"It seems I am more than ten years behind Wen Nian..."

"Although I know you don’t want to hear it, I still want to say... Brother Lu, thank you."

"..."

"Thank you for all the thought you put into me, and also for your broad-mindedness and straightforward honesty."

The waiter knocked, "Is it okay to bring in the cake now, Mr. Lu?"

Lu Ziqing did not immediately answer but looked at Tang Xiaohua, "Do you want to have a bite of the birthday cake before leaving?"

Tang Xiaohua shook her head, "No, thanks."

"..."

Lu Ziqing moved his lips and then told the waiter, "Bring it in, please."

"Then... I’ll be leaving now."

"Lili."

"..."

"Rebirth is such a mysterious thing, I can’t understand it. But I believe what you’ve said is true."

"..."

"Because probably only such a mysterious reason can explain why you mistook Duan Chen for Duan Shen on the train to Xilin back then."

"So, Brother Lu has never gotten over this," Tang Xiaohua remarked.

"I’ve always believed in you unconditionally, even though there are many things I can’t explain, because... there are too many inexplicable things in this world."

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