The 99th Divorce

Ye Qianqian blinked and shrunk her neck down. She said, “No, you can’t do that. I’m going to be living in it, too. The payment can’t be all on you. It’s very expensive to buy a house in Kingstown.”

Shen Zhilie chuckled. “I can still afford the down payment. Don’t worry.”

“How big a house are you going to buy?”

“One that’s bigger than this.”

“This one is only around seventy square meters.”

“About one hundred and five square meters.”

“Ah, won’t it be too big for both of us?” Most importantly, it would be way too expensive!

“No, we’ll have children in the future. I don’t think it’s enough.”

“What? Aren’t you going back to the capital?” she asked, raising her eyebrows.

“You can go back to the capital if you want to settle down there. Then, you can leave the house here or sell it.”

“Oh…” Ye Qianqian felt genuinely and indescribably touched by his words.

She held Shen Zhilie tighter silently and snuggled in his arms. “Why are you being so good to me?” Ye Qianqian had never experienced being pampered and cuddled like this before.

Shen Zhilie gave her all the feelings that she imagined love was supposed to be like. He also resembled everything that she pictured a husband should be. A great family background, impressive career, and an appearance that was difficult to brush off or ignore.

If she were the old Ye Qianqian, it would have been impossible for her to even imagine that her man would be like this. It was just too perfect to be real!

Shen Zhilie smiled, feeling a little proud of himself. He said, “Because I’m going to be the one to take you home. If I’m not nice to you, what am I going to do when someone takes you away from me?”

Ye Qianqian laughed and buried herself deeper in his arms. “Let’s go to sleep. I’m sleepy.”

“Okay.” Holding her hand tightly, Shen Zhilie closed his eyes, too.

By the time the alarm went off, it was already morning.

Ye Qianqian’s body was feeling a little sour. She opened her eyes and noticed Shen Zhilie was still hugging her, sound asleep.

She lifted her arm and shut off the alarm clock, then got up, pushed him away, yawned, and got dressed.

Shen Zhilie opened his eyes and spotted several kiss marks on her snow-white back, which were especially striking, but when Ye Qianqian put her clothes on, the marks were gone.

“Time to get up. It’s Monday. Don’t you have to go to work?” Ye Qianqian threw the quilt on Shen Zhilie’s head.

Shen Zhilie stretched and lifted the quilt. He suddenly sat up straight and rushed up to her. Ye Qianqian didn’t get what was happening. She felt attacked all of a sudden and screamed.

Shen Zhilie kissed her on her face and said, “I’m not going to work. What do you want to eat? I’ll make it for you.”

Ye Qianqian pushed him away and said, “You scared me to death. Are you serious? I’ll just buy some food later at the subway entrance before I go to work.”

“That’s not nice. The food there isn’t even fresh. Wait a moment, won’t you? I’ll see what I can do for you,” Shen Zhilie said as he stood up.

Ye Qianqian threw a pillow at him with playful disgust. “Go put your clothes on!”

“Haha!”

…

Shen Zhilie plowed through the refrigerator and found nothing but instant noodles and milk. He went downstairs to buy some bread and refined it when he got back. He poured out a glass of milk and turned it into a delicious breakfast and served it on their plates.

As Ye Qianqian finished washing up and dressing, Shen Zhilie waited for her with his prepared breakfast. As soon as he took a bite of the bread, Shen Zhilie received a call on his phone.

“Zhilie, where are you?”

“I’m in Kingstown.”

“Come back right this instant!” The old lady’s shrill penetrated through the phone. It sounded like she was yelling in their faces.

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