171 I Want a Divorce 9 (1/2)

What are you crying for, An Xiaoning? Crying for the sorry plight you're in? she asked herself

Perhaps she was taking pity on herself for the string of unfortunate events she had faced since birth. First, she was abandoned by her biological parents and adopted by her foster ones, who then accused her of jinxing her adoptive family. As a result, she was again abandoned and sent to the mountains.

Fortunately, she was taken in by her master, Nun Junxin, who singlehandedly raised her until adulthood.

However, her master unfortunately passed away, leaving her all alone to fend for herself, after which she left the mountains to get married to Shi Shaochuan. Yet, they were only married in name, and she continued to live the next two years of her life stuck in a meaningless and empty marriage, which ultimately ended dismally.

Then came her second marriage, which happened all too quickly, before she could even take the time to consider it carefully.

Once again, it had to be put to an end, soon enough.

Will a third marriage exist in her life? Perhaps not, for she was determined to stay single for the rest of her life.

She whipped her phone out and sent Jin Qingyan a text message: ”I'll be making a trip down to your place to collect my luggage and belongings. Let's get the divorce proceedings settled as well.”

It was not until An Xiaoning arrived at her doorstep that she finally received his single-worded reply: ”Okay.”

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Fan Shixin entered the wine cellar, only to be greeted with a strong smell of alcohol, which infiltrated his senses as soon as he opened the door.

Upon noticing that Jin Qingyan had drunk a great amount of alcohol, unlike his usual self, Fan Shixin stepped forward to grab the bottle of liquor away from the latter's hands. ”Young Sir, you can't go on drinking like this. Let me help you to bed upstairs, alright?”

”I'm not drunk, get out.”

Fan Shixin stayed put and said instead, ”Look how drunk you've become, yet you still claim to be sober.”

”Give me the liquor.”

”No,” Fan Shixin refuted as he took a step back and gestured for the four other bodyguards, Xiao Huang, Xiao Lu, Xiao Bai, and Xiao Zi, to enter. ”Quick, bring Young Sir to his room,” he instructed.

Just as they were stepping closer towards him, Jin Qingyan began to point a finger at them with his eyes glassed over. ”Don't you dare touch me,” he muttered in a drunken stupor.

At that instant, none of them dared to move an inch and, instead, they froze on the spot. Jin Qingyan stood up, swaying unsteadily from side to side as he slowly walked towards Fan Shixin and snatched the bottle of liquor back from his hands. He then sneeringly said, ”You guys don't know anything. You don't understand at all, just how upset I am right now!”

”Young Sir, we understand…”

”What do you even understand?” he retorted as tears welled up in his eyes all of a sudden, startling the five bodyguards. For the first time in their lives, they witnessed with their very own eyes the usually emotionless Young Sir of theirs tearing up right in front of them.

”She's going to divorce me, we're getting a divorce tomorrow!” he yelled in a sudden outburst.

The five bodyguards looked at each other in dismay, not knowing how they could help his plight. Fan Shixin then gestured for them to leave, after which he followed behind and said softly at the door, ”Let him drink to his heart's content. He won't have to think about the unhappy matters once he's drunk. Carry him back to his room later, when he's drunk out of his senses and becomes unconscious.”

”Yes, Chief.”

Fan Shixin exited the wine cellar and stumbled upon Long Tianze, who was still dressed in the clothes he had worn to attend Jin Qingyue's wedding in the day.

”Where's Qingyan?”

”He's in the wine cellar.”

Without another word, Long Tianze proceeded to enter right away.

He sat down beside Jin Qingyan and reached out to open a bottle of liquor for himself. ”Take it easy. Take me for an example, I've carried a torch for your sister for so many years, but still, I've managed to put it all behind me, haven't I? Actually, I realized that I had made the right decision to let go after I decided to give up, because only then could I allow myself to be open to other options. I never thought I would live to see the day when you're this upset. How rare to see you like this, indeed,” he said, clinking his bottle against Jin Qingyan's.