1 After Passing Through This Door, I Have No Thoughts of Coming Out Again (2/2)
An Xiaoning smirked in amusement. ”I'm still a virgin now, grandma. You tell me, how can I get pregnant by myself?”
”What!” Matriarch Shi cried out in alarm. She stared speechlessly at her daughter-in-law and said, ”This you can't blame on Shaochuan — he's even willing to sleep with your cousin but not you. It must mean that you are of such a poor standard and don't possess any charm at all.”
”What you mean is, I'm the one in the wrong no matter what. Then what more do I have to say?”
Shi Shaochuan came downstairs, his face looking ghastly. He placed the divorce agreement on the table. ”Sign it, and get out of this house immediately.”
Mother Shi went forward to persuade. ”Shaochuan, when your grandfather was alive, he forbade both of you from getting divorced. You have to abide by it.”
Shi Shaochuan did not look at his own mother and turned to his grandmother instead. ”Today, if you and my mother disagree with this divorce, I will not set foot in this house ever again. When I got married, I already told both of you that I don't like her — I hate her — I would rather marry a pig or dog than marry her, but grandfather insisted on this. Now, are all of you satisfied?”
Matriarch Shi fixed her gaze at him. ”Have you really thought through this?”
”I've long thought through this.”
”Then just get a divorce. Your grandfather is not around anymore — even if he learns about this and gets angry in the underworld, your grandmother has your back.”
On Shi Shaochuan's face emerged a glimpse of a smile. He had yet to open his mouth to get An Xiaoning to sign the papers, but the papers were already signed.
”Smart enough of you.” He snorted coldly, signed his own name, then passed her a copy. ”See you at eight o'clock tomorrow at the Civil Affairs Bureau. Now you can get out of here with nothing in your possession.”
An Xiaoning suddenly laughed. ”Sure. Many thanks to Master Shi for returning me my freedom — I'll go and pack my belongings now and get out of here immediately with no delay.”
She did not care about the blood stain which had dried on her forehead, or the flabbergasted looks on the others, and returned to the bedroom. She quickly packed her clothes and carried her luggage downstairs. Without looking back at the Shi family again, she went out in the heavy rain.
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She did not know where she could go from there — there was no place for her in her family. She had little money, and she only knew fortune-telling and communicating with spirits. All she could do now was to use her strengths to live on well.
Standing outside a household to seek shelter from the rain, she used the internet from her phone to search for the youngest corporate businessman in S Nation. Eventually fixing her target as Jin Qingyan, she read about his family and all of his information. As her eyes landed on information on his mother, An Xiaoning threw her phone into her pocket and quickly moved to another neighborhood district.
She stood before a door. She was about to reach out to press the doorbell, but a flash of blinding light projected from the side and a white Bentley speeding in the rain stopped behind her.
An Xiaoning turned around, her eyes fighting hard against the rain to look at the male driver.
The car door opened, and a shiny leather shoe landed. Jin Qingyan held a black umbrella in one hand and slowly walked to her. The umbrella landed above her head. His low and deep voice was masculine and attractive. ”A woman should cherish herself — how can you stand outside in the rain?”
An Xiaoning gazed at his looks, her heart slightly moved. ”Can you invite me in to sit?”
With a long deep look and a significant smile, he inquired, ”You're not afraid that you won't be able to get out after you enter?”
An Xiaoning pursed her lips. ”After passing through this door, I have no thoughts of coming out again.”