Lin Lan was stunned for three seconds, then burst out laughing, “Ha ha, you want to be with her? Do you think you can be with her just because you want to? Do you know who she’s involved with now?” The corner of her mouth curved in derision, “Gu Yunzhi, another married man!” She narrowed her eyes at him, “Didn’t expect that? Despite being a married man, she would rather choose an eight-year-older man than you, this young talented elite! Zhong Luo Xuan, wake up! You can’t even figure out the situation, yet you’re here boldly saying you want to be with her. Don’t you find yourself ridiculous?”
Second, the families were mismatched – the Lin family was a small household, while the Zhong family was a prominent family they could not aspire to marry into. Lin’s parents could see that Luo Xuan did not seem particularly warm towards their daughter. But Lin Lan was determined to marry into a wealthy family, and no amount of parental persuasion would change her mind.
On the eve of the wedding, Lin’s mother spoke to her earnestly: “Lan Lan, entering a wealthy family is like entering a deep sea. In the future, when Mom and Dad are not by your side, you must take care of yourself. This marriage was your choice, and we advised you, but you wouldn’t listen! If you suffer grievances in the future, if your in-laws make things difficult, or if Luo Xuan treats you badly, you cannot regret it! Because marriage has no turning back – when you gain something, you also lose something…”
“Mom!” Lin Lan suddenly burst into tears. “Mom, Luo Xuan wants to divorce me!”
Lin’s mother was shocked: “Why?”
Lin Lan choked: “He has another woman!”
After a long pause, Lin’s mother sighed, “If only we had known earlier… Child, if you cannot be happy, then divorce. You’re still young, and you have a long road ahead…”
“No!” Lin Lan gritted her teeth firmly. “I won’t accept this. What right does he have to marry and divorce at will? Does he think I’m nothing? Mom, I won’t agree so easily. I won’t let him have his way.”
He wants to be with Shen Chu Meng? No way…”
Lin’s mother was alarmed: “How did the Shen family’s child get involved again?”
Lin Lan gnashed her teeth in hatred: “It’s because of her that Luo Xuan wants to divorce me! Mom, rest assured, your daughter isn’t someone who gives up easily! I won’t let them be happy together!”
“Lan Lan, there’s no winning or losing in marriage. If you hold onto this mindset, you won’t be happy. Mom knows you’ve always been a decisive child who never worried us, but why won’t you listen to us this time?” Lin’s mother advised, but Lin Lan wouldn’t listen. “Lan Lan, must you bash your head until it bleeds?”
Lin Lan said word by word: “Even if I bleed, I’ll accept it!” Before her mother could speak, she quickly added: “Mom, don’t say anymore. I’ll handle my own affairs. That’s it, I’m hanging up!”
After hanging up, she wiped the tears from her face and straightened her spine. Who said the other party must agree to divorce just because one side proposes it? She absolutely refused. What could Luo Xuan do? Not a chance – she’d drag this out until the end!
Suddenly filled with fighting spirit, Lin Lan quickly adjusted her state, took a deep breath, and dialed Zhong’s wife Zhou Lian Xia’s number, calling out with a tearful voice: “Mom!” Now, Zhou Lian Xia was her last trump card.
“Are you still yelling?” Zhou Lianxia was also furious. “This kid is too unruly.”
Married for only half a year, and already messing around outside, and still daring to talk about divorce? Are you afraid of people talking about the bad things you’ve done?”
“What did I do?” Luo Xuan was bewildered.
“Nothing?” Zhou Lianxia glared at him. “If you did nothing, why do you want a divorce?”
Luo Xuan said gloomily, “Mom, this is between the two of us. Please don’t interfere, okay?”
“Between the two of you?” Zhou Lianxia laughed in anger. “You’re getting more and more outrageous. How can you say such nonsense? I think we’ve spoiled you too much, so now you’re so lawless…”
“Mom!” Luo Xuan was exasperated. “Can you stop being so unreasonable? I have my reasons for wanting a divorce…”
“I’m unreasonable?” Zhou Lianxia was both laughing and crying. “Fine, I want to hear your reasons. Let’s see what excuse you’ll come up with!”
Luo Xuan angrily glanced at Lin Lan, “Ask her!”
Zhou Lianxia said confidently, “She’s already spoken. Now I want to hear your side!”
“Mom!” Luo Xuan said helplessly, “We’re not compatible!”
Zhou Lianxia snorted coldly, “I think it’s because of Shen Chumu, right?”
Luo Xuan remained silent.
After she left, only Lin Lan and Luo Xuan remained in the house, both silent and lost in their own thoughts.
After a long while, Luo Xuan took a deep breath, “Lin Lan, I think we both need to calm down and seriously consider whether this marriage should continue. So, I will apply to the board to be transferred to the Zhuhai branch for a while. My mom is right, we are adults now, we can’t keep acting like children, and we can’t always ask our parents to intervene. Some things are better resolved by ourselves…”
Lin Lan sat there with a pale face, saying nothing. She felt a cold air rising from her feet to her heart, and then her entire body seemed to fall into an ice cellar, without a trace of warmth.
Chu Yue was awakened by the landline phone around eight in the morning. The sky outside was still dim and foggy. She reluctantly crawled out of bed to answer the phone. Her mobile had been off for several days, and she guessed whoever was calling had tried her cell phone first before resorting to the landline.
“Hello, who is this?” She had just yawned in her warm bed when she heard a weak voice, “Chu Yue, save me…” Chu Yue’s sleepiness instantly vanished.
“What’s wrong, Lei Lei? What happened?” She asked urgently, only hearing Yun Lei’s intermittent voice: “The child… the child… please save my child…”
“Lei Lei, tell me clearly, where are you? What’s wrong with the child?”
Yun Lei cried on the other end, “I’m at home, I’m bleeding a lot, I’m so scared…”
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Bleeding? Could it be that Lei Lei was having a miscarriage? Oh my God! Chu Yue broke out in a cold sweat. “Lei Lei, don’t panic, call 120 right away, do you hear me, call 120!”
Suddenly, there was silence on the other end, only a busy tone. Chu Yue panicked: “Lei Lei, Lei Lei…” When she tried calling back, the line was dead.
What was happening? After a few seconds of confusion, she tried calling 120 in Zhuhai but couldn’t get through. Chu Yue was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. But at this moment, when she needed help the most, there was no one around to help her!
120 finally connected. Chu Yue quickly reported Yun Lei’s address and explained the situation, receiving confirmation that an ambulance would be dispatched. Only then did she slightly relax.
After sitting on the bed for a few minutes, she suddenly jumped up like she’d been stung by a bee, hurriedly opening her computer to check flight tickets. Fortunately, there was a flight from Capital Airport to Baiyun Airport around nine in the morning, which she immediately booked.
She quickly grabbed a few clothes from the wardrobe, hastily stuffed them into her bag, and then took a taxi straight to the airport. Along the way, she silently repeated: Lei Lei, you’ll be fine! The child will be fine! Everything will be fine!
“Yes, what can we do if we don’t induce labor?” the doctor said, “By the time she was brought in, her condition was already very dangerous. If we had been any later, we couldn’t have saved her life. We did everything we could to rescue her…”
“How could this happen?” Chu Yue’s thoughts were in complete chaos.
