Su Jin recalled the courage she had lost in love in the past.
“I…” Su Jin hesitated for a moment, unsure of how to describe it.
Seeing her stammering and avoiding eye contact, Zheng Lin's first thought was that she wanted to bring up divorce again.
Zheng Lin's face visibly darkened.
"What are you trying to say? If it's about divorce, then there's no need to say it. I never considered divorce when I married you. If you continue to have thoughts of divorce, then I..."
He initially considered threatening her, but then he realized that threats were completely ineffective.
Moreover, he knew that no one likes to be threatened.
"Then I'll have to hide our marriage certificate. If you can't find it, you won't be able to divorce me." Zheng Lin said this useless sentence in the harshest tone.
Su Jin blinked.
A thin glow bathed Zheng Lin's face, giving him the air of a youthful spring. Time had left its mark on their hearts, but their faces remained youthful.
He is as vibrant and lively as he was when we first met him as a teenager.
Su Jin scoffed, "Even if you hide, I can still get a divorce."
At this point, Zheng Lin's brows furrowed noticeably, as if he was trying to think of something to persuade her.
However, she then took a surprising turn, saying, "But I don't want to divorce you either. Even if you throw the agreement in front of me, I won't sign it."
Zheng Lin stared at her blankly for a few seconds, then suddenly his eyebrows relaxed and he smiled. "What did you say? Did I hear that right?"
Their journey has been fraught with difficulties, and every time he thought Xiao Jin loved him, reality would harshly wake him up.
After going through this many times, he was somewhat confused and couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams.
"I said, I won't get a divorce." Su Jin's eyes were firm. "Even if you want to marry He Ru, I regret to inform you that I will not grant your wish. So Mr. Zheng, please cancel your engagement with He Ru and give up any thoughts of infidelity, okay?"
Seeing Zheng Lin's blank and confused expression, she assumed he disagreed, so she grabbed his collar and said sternly with a sharp look, "This isn't a discussion, it's an announcement."
Zheng Lin rolled up his sleeves and pinched his arm hard. Su Jin thought he was having an episode because of his strange behavior.
Some mental illnesses do indeed involve the possibility of self-harm.
She immediately reached out and took his hands in hers, but her eyes remained on his arms.
It's unclear how much force he used, but the skin where he pinched it had turned purple.
Do you know how much effort your body's cells have to put in to heal you every time you get injured?
Su Jin said, "Even if you want a divorce, you don't need to kill yourself."
I finally mustered up the courage to pursue my love.
His self-destructive behavior extinguished all her hopes.
Su Jin's eyes were full of disappointment. She blamed herself for being so confident that there was a possibility of the two of them getting back together. What was that saying again? People can't take themselves too seriously, or they'll be unable to see the truth.
It's obvious that he's determined to marry He Ru.
But before she could be disappointed for long, she was suddenly tackled to the ground.
Su Jin was startled.
“I’m glad you’re open with your thoughts. We’re on the same page. You don’t want a divorce, and neither do I.” Zheng Lin’s eyes lit up. “That’s perfect. I’ll draft a contract later, and we can sign it.”
Su Jin: "??" Sign a contract?
"I've said I won't sign the divorce agreement."
"It's not a divorce agreement. Your feelings are unpredictable, so there must be a contract to regulate your behavior. You can no longer disappear from me, and you can no longer hide anything important from me. I have to be the first to know everything."
Upon hearing this, a smile crept into Su Jin's eyes again.
It turns out she was just overthinking things!
But she couldn't help but ask again, "You really don't want to marry He Ru?"
"In no mood."
"Then why did you get engaged to her?"
Zheng Lin: "It's all because of you that I'm so angry."
Half an hour later, Su Jin finished her breakfast in a good mood and was about to get up when a contract was thrown in front of her.
Su Jin looked at the contract on the table, then at Zheng Lin sitting opposite her.
"It's already drafted?" Su Jin casually flipped through it. "I already said, it doesn't really matter whether we sign this kind of contract or not."
Zheng Lin picked up his coffee and took a sip. "I'll only feel at ease after I sign it. That way, I'll have some security when you bring up divorce again."
Su Jin can only get into written texts like scripts; otherwise, she can't concentrate at all. For example, these densely packed clauses make her head spin.
She closed the contract and asked cautiously, "What happens if I breach the contract?"
"You still want to breach the contract?" Zheng Lin slammed the coffee cup down on the tray, spilling some coffee onto the table.
Zheng Lin looked into her slightly timid eyes and said coldly, "If you breach the contract, it's written above."
"But you've written so much, I can't see which one it is at a glance," Su Jin pouted and said coquettishly. "Just tell me the simple thing, does breaching the contract mean paying compensation, and how many billions?"
Raising an eyebrow, Zheng Lin said, "If you're too lazy to even read the terms yourself, I'm too lazy to tell you."
Su Jin: "......"
"It's okay, I'll have Assistant Wang take a look at it for me later. I'll sign it later."
"Sign now, otherwise I can back out at any time and add more clauses, I don't mind."
Su Jin saw Zheng Lin's hand on the table.
She raised her finger and, like a little person, climbed from the table onto the back of his hand, tapping it with her finger. Her voice was soft as she said, "Oh, it's just a contract. Tell me about it; it's just a side matter. We're husband and wife; we should be of one mind."
After she finished speaking, she gently touched the back of his hand.
She felt just like the man who harassed respectable women in that building.
At this moment, Zheng Lin's face showed some emotion. "You used to be able to use your charm, but you can't keep using the same tricks. Don't blame me for not warning you, these kinds of contracts are full of traps. If you don't read them carefully, how can you expect the person who's digging the traps for you to point them out?"
Su Jin paused, her eyes wide with surprise. She quickly withdrew her hand and looked down to flip through the contract, starting with the first clause.
The way she looked down at the contract intently reminded Zheng Lin of twelve years ago.
The image of that girl, forced to study and memorize books with no other choice, overlapped with that of Su Jin.
Zheng Lin's heart trembled slightly.
"I don't see any traps. You're the client, right? I'm the service provider. These are just routine things, and I can agree to them. It's not really a trap." Su Jin continued to trace the lines of text with her finger.
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