Chapter 154 You Can't Be That Bad

Jing Muchi snapped out of his reverie, stiffly placed his wine glass on the table, and stared intently at the woman beside him.

"You just obediently do what I say in anger, so why don't you listen when I tell you not to get a divorce?"

Sang Ning shook her head. "It's not that I'm being obedient, but those things were originally yours, and I shouldn't have taken them."

"And divorce is the life I want."

She wanted to fight for herself.

"Is the life you want to live, holed up in a tiny apartment like this, as a teacher who has to stay at school all day long?"

“Yes.” Sang Ning’s gaze was firm.

"No matter how hard I work as a teacher, every penny I earn is earned by myself, and I spend it with dignity. And no matter how simple this apartment is, I paid for it myself, so I feel at ease living here."

Sang Ning looked at him, her eyes stinging. "And in your house... I'll always just be a parasite, living off others and dependent on them."

"What does it mean to be dependent on others and live at their beck and call? You are my wife, and that's your home too..."

That's not my home.

Sang Ning interrupted him, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, "Being trapped in that suffocating mansion every day is not the life I want."

Jing Muchi stared at her, stunned for a long time.

"After Grandpa passed away, I said I wanted to take you abroad to live, but you didn't want to go. Fine, you don't like living abroad, so I'll accommodate you and come back, okay? But now you're saying you don't want to stay at home and want a divorce..."

She even said it was because he came back that she wanted a divorce.

Jing Muchi scratched his head, his eyes bloodshot, looking at her with confusion and hurt, his hoarse voice full of helplessness, "Sang Ning, what exactly do you want me to do to satisfy you?"

Back then, his mother cried, made a scene, and even threatened suicide, trying every possible way to beg him to return to China, but he never wavered. It was because of her that he moved his return plan forward by three years.

Throughout his life, he has always been the one who is accommodated and given way to others.

Only Sang Ning.

She was the first woman he was willing to compromise and accommodate, but the result...

But she didn't want him anymore.

Sang Ning had never seen him look like that before. Perhaps it was because he had been drinking, but the corners of his reddened eyes seemed to reveal a hint of...pity and vulnerability from being abandoned.

This is quite different from the usually carefree and unrestrained Jing Si Shao.

Sang Ning looked at him, and her heart inexplicably ached.

Seeing that she didn't respond, Jing Muchi became a little anxious, "Say something!"

Sang Ning snapped out of her daze, remembering what he had just said. What should she say?

Her grandfather had just passed away when her mother privately gave her a stern warning.

She should remember the awareness and responsibility she should have as a daughter-in-law of the Jing family. Her existence is for the purpose of getting her husband back to China as soon as possible. Therefore, if Jing Muchi proposes to take her abroad, she must refuse.

But they haven't received their divorce certificate yet, and Sang Ning doesn't want to say anything more about it to avoid causing any further trouble.

Besides, when she left the Jing family on New Year's Eve, her mother clearly warned her: after the divorce, she was not allowed to bother Jing Muchi for any reason.

so……

Sang Ning was deep in thought when she suddenly felt a tightness around her waist. Before she knew it, she had been pulled into the man's arms.

"you……"

She tried to struggle, but Jing Muchi held her tightly. "Why don't you just tell me what you want me to do... so you won't get a divorce, hmm?"

The words that fell on Sang Ning's ears, full of compromise and even a hint of pleading, left her completely stunned.

If they hadn't been so close that she could smell the alcohol on him, she wouldn't have believed that these words came from Jing Muchi's mouth.

Sang Ning felt a sharp, persistent pain in her heart. She gently pushed the man away from her chest, then looked up at him and asked, "Why don't you want a divorce?"

Jing Muchi gazed deeply at her, "From the moment I decided to marry you, I never intended to get a divorce."

Upon hearing this, Sang Ning's heart trembled violently.

Jing Muchi looked aggrieved and accused, "So you can't be so mean and irresponsible towards me."

Sang Ning stared blankly at him, a part of her heart softening without warning. She bit her lip lightly and whispered:

"I……"

Before she could speak, a cell phone rang between them. Sang Ning paused for a moment, then said, "You, answer the phone first."

Jing Muchi clearly sensed her softening attitude. At this moment, he had no interest in listening to any nonsense on the phone. He kept his gaze fixed on her face and said anxiously, "You go first."

Sang Ning glanced at the lit-up phone screen on the table, which displayed an unfamiliar number from the Beijing area.

"It's a call from Beijing. You should answer it first."

She gently pushed him away.

Jing Muchi also found the ringing annoying, and was afraid that if he didn't answer, she would ignore him. So he could only pick up the phone in frustration, but he didn't loosen his grip on Sang Ning's waist, holding her tightly in his arms.

"who?"

His voice was cold and harsh, completely devoid of the gentleness he had shown when speaking to Sang Ning.

There seemed to be a moment of hesitation before a sweet and shy voice came from the other end, "Hello, Fourth Young Master Jing, I, I am Yuan Siyin."

"I don't recognize round or flat ones."

As Jing Muchi was about to hang up, the person on the other end hurriedly shouted, "I am the marriage partner your mother arranged for you. My father is Yuan Guang."

Because they were close together and the other person was speaking loudly, these words clearly reached Sang Ning's ears.

Her body suddenly stiffened, and her mind instantly cleared.

Right, how could she forget?

His mother had been looking for a suitable marriage partner for him since early on.

They might get their divorce certificate and he could immediately enter into his next marriage.

Noticing the strange behavior of the person in his arms, Jing Muchi hurriedly looked down and saw that Sang Ning had turned her face away and was struggling to get out of his arms.

"Get lost, I have a wife."

He angrily hung up, threw his phone down, and quickly pulled Sang Ning back.

"Ningning, let me explain."

He said anxiously, "I don't know that person, and I never intended to look for anyone else. That wasn't my intention..."

“I know, it was your mother who found it for you.” Sang Ning shook off his hands and stood up.

"I……"

“Jing Muchi, I really don’t think we’re suited to live together right now,” Sang Ning interrupted him again, her tone pleading. “You should leave.”

After she finished speaking, she turned around and quickly walked into the bedroom.

By the time Jing Muchi realized what was happening and chased after him, the door slammed shut right in front of him with a "bang".

He stood frozen outside the door for a moment, then with a gloomy face, turned around, went to the living room to get his phone, put his house key in his pocket, and went out.