After dinner, Liu Aimin and his two children accompanied Liu Xiuling to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

They arrived early; the place wasn't open yet.

Liu Jingze got out of the car to smoke. This car belonged to Hongmei, and he never smoked in it.

The leaders from the Civil Affairs Bureau rode over by bicycle and saw Liu Jingze.

"Manager Liu, what brings you here?"

"Director Xiao, I'm here with my sister to get a divorce."

"Oh! Want to come to my office for a bit?"

"No need to be so polite, Director Xiao. We'll wait here for a while."

It's already eight o'clock, and everyone else should be at work by now, but Kang Mingfei hasn't seen me there.

"Xiuling, is Kang Mingfei not going to cancel his trip?" Liu Aimin frowned, not having time to wait for him here.

Do you know the phone number for his factory?

"I know. I'll write it down for you right away."

Liu Jingze went to the director's office. "Director Xiao, I need to borrow the phone."

"Whatever." He then poured Liu Jingze a glass of water.

"Hello, could you help me find Kang Mingfei?"

Call back in ten minutes.

Liu Jingze chatted with Director Xiao about trivial matters, and as soon as ten minutes were up, he immediately made the call.

"Hello, I am Kang Mingfei. May I ask who you are?"

"I am Liu Jingze. Come to the Civil Affairs Bureau immediately."

"This... Brother, I don't want a divorce."

"Then you should prepare to be laid off and unemployed."

Why are you all forcing me?

"Because you've never treated my sister well. If you can't get there in an hour, then you'll be waiting. And remember to go home and get your household registration booklet." Liu Jingze said before hanging up the phone.

"Director Xiao, thank you. I'll wait outside."

After Liu Jingze left, Director Xiao shook his head. "Who is this idiot? How dare he treat people so badly? He doesn't seem to be from a wealthy or powerful family. No wonder he's so brainless. Doesn't he even know who they are?"

Kang Mingfei put down the phone. Everyone in the office looked at him. They had all heard the conversation. Liu Jingze, wasn't that the leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the person in charge of the foreign company here?

Who knew Kang Mingfei's wife had such a background? But how did they end up divorced? He hadn't even treated her well.

Everyone looked at Kang Mingfei as if he were an idiot; he had lost everything.

Kang Mingfei was extremely annoyed, as Liu Xiuling had never mentioned that his elder brother worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This morning, his younger sister stammered and told him the truth. Kang Mingfei then regretted his actions and was thinking of going to Liu Xiuling's place tonight to beg for her forgiveness.

But judging from the current situation, this marriage has to end.

"Director, I need to take leave."

"Taking leave will result in a deduction from your salary."

"Hmm." It's better to have your salary docked than to lose your job. But he didn't realize that human nature is such that people tend to fawn over the powerful and bully the weak.

An hour later, Kang Mingfei arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau, panting. He swallowed the words he was about to say as he looked at the three men getting out of the car.

The divorce process was originally quite complicated, but the bureau chief gave instructions, so the two became single men and women in just ten minutes.

Liu Xiuling glanced at Kang Mingfei with a complicated expression, then got into the car.

Watching the car drive away, Kang Mingfei stood there dumbfounded for a long time. He was divorced. He was divorced.

All I could see were memories of being with Liu Xiuling. Tears welled up uncontrollably. How did things turn out like this? How did things come to this?

When exactly did that talkative and cheerful girl fall silent?

It was after the miscarriage, after the doctor announced that she could not have any more children, right?

Was that miscarriage because her sister wanted to borrow her ring?

The two had a conflict, and at the time I thought she was being petty, just using Dai Dai as an excuse.

She was heartbroken over the loss of her child and wanted to hit her younger sister, but her mother cried and made a scene, so the matter was dropped.

I only found out last night that my mother and sister had borrowed so much jewelry from her.

But he really wanted a child, and Xiuling couldn't have one anymore. What would happen then? So when Xiuling brought up divorce, he didn't object or take it to heart. He thought she was just making a scene because her family came to visit and she felt emboldened.

Kang Mingfei looked at the divorce certificate in his hand, realizing that he was really divorced now.

"Big brother, I still have a lot of things to pack up."

"Yes. Everything's been cooked."

The car pulled up to the door, and Liu Jingxiang got out to knock. It took quite a while before the door opened.

When she saw it was them, Kang Mingfei's mother was startled and tried to close the door, but Liu Aimin kicked it open.

"Robbery! Murder!"

Liu Xiuling completely ignored her, and Kang Mingfei's mother didn't dare to go forward either; she just cried and made a scene on the side.

Liu Xiuling went back to her room. Nothing had changed. She opened the wardrobe, took out her clothes, and took all the torn ones with her. She couldn't leave them here, even if she had to throw them away.

Liu Jingxiang helped carry the things out. Kang Mingfei's mother's crying and fussing attracted a lot of onlookers. The father and his two sons completely ignored her. Once Liu Xiuling had finished packing everything, the four of them got into their car and drove away.

The onlookers had all left when Kang Mingfei returned.

"Mingfei, that bitch just packed up all her things and took them away."

"That's good too. Are you satisfied now? I'm divorced. With Xiuling's family's power, it's uncertain whether my siblings and I will be able to find jobs. Mom, are you happy now?"

"She dares?"

Kang Mingfei shook his head, went into his room, and packed up his things. He noticed that a blanket was missing from the bed, and only his clothes remained in the closet. He really hadn't left anything behind.

Lying stiffly on the bed, if Xiuling were here, she would definitely pull me up and make me change my clothes.

The pampered young lady who used to be unable to do any housework has become capable of doing everything since marrying me.

Because of my own inferiority complex, I never listened to anything about her family, afraid that she would look down on me. So after we got married, I stopped saying sweet words to her.

There's nothing left, absolutely nothing.

Kang Mingfei's mother was startled by her son's words and went into the room to see him lying on the bed.

"Mingfei, does their family really have that much power?"

"Hmm, I don't know, you should ask your daughter." Kang Mingfei felt really tired.

"Mom, you can go out now. Don't call me for dinner." Dad died early, and Mom raised them all by herself with great difficulty. No matter how wrong she is, there's nothing I can do. No matter how oppressive this family is, I can't leave.

The Kang family home was quiet until their second son and daughter came home from get off work, at which point the house became a little more lively.

"Mom, did my older brother and his wife really get divorced? I just heard people in the alley talking about it."

"Yes, we're divorced. That woman came back and took all her belongings."