Chapter 5 Chapter 5 "How do you know he's returned?"...

"Sign it." After dinner, Cheng Shuze and Jiang Yiyu sat diagonally opposite each other on the L-shaped sofa in the living room, separated by a 90-degree corner.

Jiang Yiyu took out a sorted document and handed it to Cheng Shuze.

Cheng Shuze took it and glanced at the capitalized title "Divorce Property Division Agreement" in the middle of the document, and his face darkened.

"What's the meaning?"

"Didn't we agree yesterday to divorce by mutual agreement and divide the property between us?" Jiang Yiyun raised her chin. "The lawyer has already written it all down in the contract. Take a look and see if there are any problems."

They signed a prenuptial agreement when they got married. After marriage, apart from the closer business cooperation between the two companies, the property under the names of their respective company shares still belonged to themselves. In the end, there was not much left to divide, just the house and car in Yujiangyuan, plus some valuable collections they collected together after marriage. It was easy for the lawyer to draw up the contract.

"I want the 26th floor. I don't want to move the clothes and shoes inside. The remaining two floors are up to you..."

"What do you mean?" Cheng Shuze interrupted Jiang Yiyu directly, crumpled the agreement in his hand, and threw it back on the table like garbage.

Jiang Yiyun sat upright, looking calm and composed: "We're divorced, what do you think?"

Cheng Shuze gritted his teeth at her calm demeanor, his anger simmering for two days flaring up. "Are you so determined to keep bringing up this divorce? What's the fuss? What's up with you?"

"Didn't you agree to the divorce? Didn't you nod your head in agreement back then?" Jiang Yiyun raised her head. "Do you think I was joking about breaking up, and now you can reconcile just by saying a few words?"

Divorce is different from their true breakup.

For them, divorce can be a purely legal concept. A complete breakup means liquidating joint assets, adjusting the business partnership between the two companies, disclosing the matter to the media, and explaining it to family elders, among other issues, all of which can be fraught with complications.

Generally speaking, for people in their circle, their business partnerships are complicated, and their private love lives that break up and get back together are not a big deal. On the surface, they are all couples who can attend various important occasions together with dignity.

He and Jiang Yiyun had been together since high school, and they had their share of arguments, but they always stopped at the right time. Emotionally, he naturally liked Jiang Yiyun, and even if they didn't consider their feelings, their family backgrounds meant they would be together for the rest of their lives.

He nodded when they went to get the divorce certificate yesterday, but he was just following Jiang Yiyu's words. It was impossible for the two of them to separate, and a certificate was meaningless. After a few days, when Jiang Yiyu's anger subsided, everything would naturally return to normal.

But now from what Jiang Yiyu said, she got the certificate and wanted to break up with him completely.

Cheng Shuze suppressed his anger and said in a calm but cold voice, "Do you want to break up completely now?"

"Yes." Jiang Yiyu answered without hesitation, crossing her arms.

Why?

Cheng Shuze calmly recalled all the details of his marriage.

There is no problem with the business cooperation, the company is growing stronger and stronger, and there is no conflict between him and Jiang Yiyu. Maybe Jiang Yiyu feels that there is, but it is not to the point of breaking up completely.

Breaking up completely is not just talk.

Cheng Shuze had a cold face and the atmosphere was stagnant for a moment. Jiang Yiyu seemed to have expected that Cheng Shuze would throw away the first divorce property division agreement. After going to the study, she took out a brand new agreement that had just been printed and handed it to him.

Cheng Shuze's expression turned even worse, and he couldn't help but sneer, "You're quite well prepared."

Okay, since she is so determined to break up, why can't he accompany her? There's no need to drag it out as if he still needs her, Jiang Yiyu.

Cheng Shuze avoided the second document handed to him by Jiang Yiyu, reached out to take back the piece of paper that had just been thrown on the coffee table, crumpled it up casually, took a pen from the coffee table, unscrewed the cap, and signed his name at the bottom of each page in a flamboyant manner without even reading the terms on it.

The agreement was not thick, only four or five pages. After Cheng Shuze signed it, he threw the pen away and slammed the stack of papers on the cold table.

Jiang Yiyu pursed her lips and reached out to take it, but a beautiful, slender hand stretched out and pressed down the agreement.

Cheng Shuze's eyes were dark, and his hand held the stack of papers tightly until Jiang Yiyu found that she couldn't move her hands. She frowned and looked up at him, with an indifferent arc at the corner of her lips.

Jiang Yiyun avoided Cheng Shuze's gaze and tried to pull the scattered papers from his hands. Cheng Shuze refused to let go, thinking he wanted to keep the originals. He could only add, "I'll have my lawyer send you a complete scanned copy when we get back."

Cheng Shuze didn't care about the pieces of junk he had just signed. He leaned forward, put his right elbow on the knee of his long leg, and tapped it lightly with his index finger.

"The marriage was agreed upon by both families' elders. It would be hard to explain to my parents if we get a divorce." Cheng Shuze suddenly spoke.

He has been a talkative person since he was a child and has been called a bastard by his parents. The only thing he has done that suits his parents' wishes is to marry Jiang Yiyu steadily. With Jiang Yiyu around, his parents' worries that he would become the top star of the bar, have many romantic affairs and eventually go into the adultery and be unable to make a comeback naturally no longer exist.

After all, his parents had said that if he dared to let Jiang Yiyu down, they would break his legs first. They didn't even consider who was their biological son.

Although Cheng Shuze acted nonchalant, he was actually closely watching Jiang Yiyu's reaction.

If Jiang Yiyu felt it was difficult to explain to her elders and regretted it, it would not be impossible for him to tear up the agreement immediately.

"Even if it's hard to explain, we have to explain it." Jiang Yiyun said softly, "If you think now is not the right time, we can wait a while before we make it public."

"You..." Cheng Shuze gritted his teeth. What on earth was wrong with Jiang Yiyu? This time she was so stubborn and hard-hearted that she would not budge no matter what he said.

Cheng Shuze loosened his grip, and Jiang Yiyu took the opportunity to pull out the agreement. She flipped through it to make sure every page had a signature, and then managed to fold the wrinkled pages neatly.

"Do you have anything else to say?" After waiting for a while, seeing that Cheng Shuze kept silent except for mentioning that he couldn't explain to his parents, Jiang Yiyu couldn't help but ask back.

Cheng Shuze, who had always been flamboyant and unbridled, had a frown on his face, dark pupils, and no expression on his face. Even the anger that had peaked just now could not be seen.

"No more." The voice was distant and cold. Cheng Shuze leaned back on the sofa again, crossed his long legs, and lightly clasped his fingers together.

"Why don't you ask why you want to divorce?" Jiang Yiyu asked.

"Why are you asking? You can do whatever you want. If the seat becomes vacant, there are many people who want to join the Cheng family. You are not the only one who can sit in Madam Cheng's seat."

What Cheng Shuze said was the truth. Whether it was based on personality or family background, there were girls everywhere who could seduce Cheng Shuze. If they hadn't been dating so early, and if they hadn't been unanimously recognized as a couple in the circle, and if Jiang Yiyun hadn't been famous for punching Cheng Shuze in high school, there wouldn't be too many people waiting for them to break up.

"Whatever you want." Jiang Yiyu felt upset and her face darkened. She didn't ask any more questions and put away the agreement without saying a word.

Cheng Shuze deliberately said something to tease Jiang Yiyu. If it were in the past, Jiang Yiyu would definitely lose her temper. But this time, Jiang Yiyu remained silent, as if she didn't care at all. This made him even more unhappy.

"But I do want to ask." Cheng Shuze raised the corners of his lips slightly with a bit of sharp evil, "You are so anxious to get a divorce, could it be that you are in a hurry to meet your new love?"

What new love? Jiang Yiyun didn't react for a moment.

Cheng Shuze's chiseled face gradually took on a sharp, piercing look of hostility. His eyes darkened as he spoke word by word, "Ling Jingzhi. He returned for you, right?"

Jiang Yiyun blurted out subconsciously: "How do you know he has returned to China?"

It was last night when Ling Jingzhi sent her a greeting message, telling her that he had just returned to China and wondered if he had time to catch up with old classmates and invited her out for dinner.

When she was in high school, Ling Jingzhi pursued her with the same momentum as Cheng Shuze, but she later chose to be with Cheng Shuze, and could only treat Ling Jingzhi as an ordinary friend. Also, because he pursued her, she had to avoid suspicion to some extent, and their interaction was not very warm.

After graduation, Ling Jingzhi went abroad and had few direct conflicts with Cheng Shuze. She occasionally went to art exhibitions and had some dealings with the Ling family who hosted such exhibitions. She had a good relationship with Ling Jingzhi and they would chat occasionally.

As a friend, it was not surprising to tell her the news of his return to China. She and Cheng Shuze were married, although they are now divorced. The feelings they had in high school should now be forgotten.

However, the news of Ling Jingzhi's return to China would never be told to Cheng Shuze.

Although she and Ling Jingzhi were now just friends, he and Cheng Shuze had a long-standing grudge that was unlikely to be resolved in their lifetime. On their high school graduation day, the two faced each other, blocked all contact information, and then parted ways with a cold smile, not even looking back, thus putting an end to their three-year high school bitter war.

Cheng Shuze didn't care whether Ling Jingzhi was dead or alive. It would be best if he was dead. Naturally, his brothers and friends who got along well with Cheng Shuze would not pay attention to him. In their circle, only she and Ling Jingzhi still had news exchanges. She didn't tell Cheng Shuze, so how did he know that Ling Jingzhi had returned to China?

"It really is him." Cheng Shuze's smile was sinister. "He just returned to China, and you're already rushing to divorce. Your old love has rekindled so quickly. Should I congratulate you on finally getting married?"

How could she and Ling Jingzhi have any old feelings? Her first love was Cheng Shuze, and he knew it.

"Okay, very good." Jiang Yiyun's momentary silence clearly intensified the rage that was boiling within Cheng Shuze. Reason and morality were bullshit. He stood up abruptly, grabbed Jiang Yiyun's arm with one hand, and dragged her from the soft sofa near the outside where she had been sitting, throwing her onto the main sofa.