Chapter 7 Lin Shu: Let’s Divorce, We’ll Both Be Clean

Lin Shu sat on the edge of the bed, her phone warm in her hand. The screen had long gone black, but she was still stunned.

Over the years, I have taken great care of my daughter, worried that she would be cold, hot, hungry, and bored.

After Zhou Shuang was born, she wanted to give her the best things in the world.

She knitted some small clothes and hats for Zhou Shuang, imagining what she would look like when she grew up. She spoiled Zhou Shuang like a little princess and even wanted to pick the stars in the sky for her.

The only thing I am strict with is probably that I keep a tight control over her diet and health.

Zhou Shuang was born with anemia and was allergic to longan and eggs. She also liked to eat sweets, so she didn't allow her to eat too much, for fear that she would become overweight or develop cavities.

She controlled Zhou Shuang's studies and watched her practice violin and painting.

Just like her socialite mother used to be, Zhou Shuang was as strict with herself as before.

Little did she know that Zhou Shuang didn't like it.

Zhou Shuang was captured by Wen Xin less than a month after knowing her.

Wen Xin didn't urge her to do her homework and let her eat and drink as she pleased.

Her little Zhou Shuang gained five kilograms in just half a month. Once, she ate more than one egg at Wen Xin's place, and went into shock when she got home, scaring Lin Shu half to death.

Lin Shu realized it was too late to bring Zhou Shuang back.

Zhou Shuang's heart, like Zhou Yanli's, was firmly controlled by Wen Xin.

They all hated her.

But everything she did was nothing but self-indulgent and self-conceited in front of the father and daughter.

The phone screen lit up, and the screensaver photo had been changed from the original photo of the family of three to her and her mother.

Ms. Lin Yuerong is the daughter of a noble family in Haicheng. She has been gentle and virtuous all her life and has never been competitive. However, she met her father, a man as heartless as Zhou Yanli.

She remembered her mother's gentleness, and she also saw the despair in her mother's eyes when she was dying.

She said, "Lin Shu, good wives and mothers don't have a good ending. Mom is an example."

But she still likes her mother's gentleness and quietness.

He quietly assisted his father, a Phoenix man, to rise to prominence. In the end, he kept a mistress outside and angered his mother to death.

Although she was young, in her father and mother's marriage, even though her mother was strict with her and that woman tried to bribe her, she never compromised or accepted.

Unlike Zhou Shuang, who completely abandoned her.

Lin Shu thought about his daughter and his tears welled up without him realizing it.

"Lin Shu, let's talk—"

The sound at the door interrupted Lin Shu's self-pity.

The man leaned against the door, his expensive suit draped over his arm. Between his right fingers was an unlit cigarette.

Zhou Yanli hardly smokes at home, but today he was particularly upset.

Lin Shu glanced past him and turned off the bedside lamp without saying a word. The surroundings instantly fell into a brief darkness. Her voice was like an ethereal sound floating in space, making it impossible to grasp.

"Zhou Yanli, stop wasting time. Go and coax your lover when you have time, not here with me—"

She paused slightly and squeezed out the last three words from between her teeth: "Bother me."

Zhou Yanli was not forced to retreat by her indifference, but walked into the room.

Lin Shu simply buried his head in the quilt and wrapped himself tightly.

The soft bed sank slightly, and Zhou Yanli sat on it.

"Lin Shu, let's not get divorced."

Even hiding under the quilt, Lin Shu could still hear Zhou Yanli's hoarse voice, almost in a pleading tone.

For a moment, she almost thought she was hallucinating.

Zhou Yanli ignored her for the sake of Wen Xin, and even now it has come to this, he is the one who doesn't want to divorce.

Ridiculous, so ridiculous.

She snuggled in her bed, unmoved. Any woman would probably want to laugh if she heard her cheating husband say such words.

Did he get it wrong, or—

Another trap set by the Zhou family for her?

After waiting for a long time, Zhou Yanli still didn't get any response from Lin Shu. He seemed to be talking to himself.

"We've been married for so many years and have children. Lin Shu, do you remember that last month we were still discussing giving Shuangshuang another brother? To make a good name for her and complete her life."

When Zhou Yanli talked about the touching parts, there seemed to be tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Let's put together a good character, and when that half of the character grows up, give it directly to Wen Xin?"

Lin Shu couldn't hold it in any longer, and the cold air after she lifted the quilt made her shiver. Zhou Yanli was not willing to miss the opportunity to get close to her. The man came up and pulled her into his arms, refusing to let go.

Lin Shu's body was tense.

"Zhou Yanli, don't touch me with the dirty things that have touched other women."

The light reflected from the snow outside the window fell on Lin Shu's face, and the coldness and determination reflected on it seemed to have punched a hole in Zhou Yanli's heart.

Zhou Yanli and her pulled each other, one wanted to pull her into his arms, the other wanted to escape.

The two were deadlocked and neither was willing to compromise.

"Lin Shu, please be reasonable."

There was a hint of annoyance in his deep voice, but Lin Shu ignored his emotions and the sarcastic curve at the corner of his lips became even wider.

"Reason? When did President Zhou start to educate me instead of being annoying?"

She asked him a week ago if he remembered that he had a wife waiting, and he said she was bored and hung up the phone.

Now I'm back to reason with her.

"For Wen Xin, you gave her all my most beloved things. The old man was willing to give up the opportunity for treatment to save her. Even Shuang Shuang didn't want me, her biological mother. Zhou Yanli, if you want me to be reasonable, the biggest truth your Zhou family taught me is that sacrificing others for your own benefit is the result of one's own actions."

Lin Shu's body was trembling in Zhou Yanli's arms. She tried her best to suppress her emotions, not wanting to let this heartless man see her vulnerability. However, she couldn't help herself -

After six years, even if she was a pet dog of the Zhou family, he should have had some feelings for her, but Zhou Yanli didn't.

He gave all his life's love to Wen Xin and even snatched her child away. What kind of love was there left?

Lin Shu's face was pale as he stared at Zhou Yanli.

"Have you ever loved me, Zhou Yanli? I just want you to ask me one question: Have you ever loved me?"

Even for one day.

Zhou Yanli's expression paused slightly. Even in the darkness, his subtle reaction did not escape Lin Shu's eyes.

Hesitation means not loving.

There was no life in her black eyes, she accepted her fate.

It doesn’t matter whether you love me or not.

"Zhou Yanli, go ahead and keep Wen Xin company. I won't call you again, and I won't urge you to go home."

Zhou Yanli held her cold hand and refused to let go.

After a long time, he stroked her face instead.

"I'll go get you a glass of milk. Drink it and you'll sleep better."

His voice was low and gentle.

The moment he let go of Lin Shu, he felt as if the whole world was empty.

"Zhou Yanli, let's get a divorce. It will make both of us clean."