Chapter 4: Not Getting a Penny
I made a prompt decision to leave, and Jiang Yichen didn't try to stop me.
When I was leaving the house, I met Lin Nan's meaningful look. Before I could figure out what it meant, a signed divorce agreement and a check appeared in front of me.
I looked at Jiang Yichen's handwriting, and my chest felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton.
Lin Nan said with a bad face: "Don't look at Jiang Yichen's wealth of hundreds of millions. He can't just move those assets whenever he wants. Based on what you did to him, he has done his best to give you five million now."
My eyes fell on the check...
Seven million.
Although it is not enough, it is still enough.
My mind told me that I should take the money and leave, but a voice in my heart was screaming that I couldn’t take it…
I pulled the corner of my mouth, raised my chin and glanced at her, "Who are you looking down on?"
Lin Nan's expression froze, as if he had determined that I was going to ask for too much. He said in disgust, "Don't be so ungrateful. If we end up in court, I can guarantee that you won't get a penny!"
Take it to court?
I couldn't help but lower my eyelids and smile bitterly. Back then, their marriage was a big deal and everyone knew about it, and now their divorce is also going to be a big deal?
I really don't have the energy or confidence to make a fuss with Jiang Yichen. It was my own decision to sleep with him and to divorce him. It's all my own fault that I have ended up like this!
I am probably the one who is willing to suffer in order to save face.
I refused Jiang Yichen's charity and returned to the rental house dejectedly. I was too ashamed to face my parents' expectant eyes.
My brother also came back. Without saying anything, he took out a lunch box and threw it in front of me, as if he was feeding a dog.
After being hungry all day and being caught in the rain, I almost fainted.
I ate my meal spinelessly, tears and snot streaming down my face. My parents started crying too when they saw me. My brother became annoyed by our noise and took out his phone to start contacting the people he used to know one by one.
I said all the nice things, but was met with cold stares. In the end, I was able to scrape together some living expenses...
Seeing my parents, who were over 50 years old, finally left the construction site, I was too embarrassed to just lie at home.
After much thought, the fastest way to make money is to join the adult industry or make your debut.
Although I am a little older, I still have a pretty face. I can be an internet celebrity, if not a star.
I carefully prepared several resumes and sent them out. The other parties responded very quickly, but without exception, the job content required some sexual favors, and I would not be able to get it if I refused.
"That's enough! Just stay at home and be a good-for-nothing. You won't starve to death. Don't go out and embarrass us."
My brother looked at my screen and started making sarcastic remarks behind me again.
My parents also sighed, "We spoiled you because we didn't want you to be bullied by a man. It's all our fault as incompetent parents that we caused you two to suffer as well."
"Stop talking."
If I had heard this before, I would have jumped up.
Now I have been worn out. I rubbed my calloused ears and looked back at the three people. "Don't you just want me to ask Jiang Yichen for help? Isn't it okay for me to go?"
The three people were stunned, looking at each other, hesitant to speak...
I couldn't help but frown.
My brother took out his phone and looked at me with a complicated expression, "Idiot, don't you watch the news? He's already engaged."
Engagement? Why? How dare he!
My first reaction was disbelief. After all, he and I hadn’t yet renewed our marriage certificates, so legally speaking, we were still husband and wife.
My brother seemed to see through my thoughts and sneered, "You don't think someone like him would wait for you to go through the divorce cooling-off period, do you?"
Shouldn't it be?
Isn't this the reason why I have been dragging it out with him for so many years?
My parents looked at me as if I were an idiot. After a long silence, they let out a long sigh.
On the day I received the court summons, I learned that Lin Nan took the divorce agreement and the evidence that we had not slept together in the seven years of our marriage, and went to a judge she knew to directly rule our marriage invalid.
Is it possible?
My heart is filled with indescribable feelings. Although everything I wish for has come true, I always feel that things are not going as I wish.
Now there are only two options left for me, either sell my body in public, or sell alcohol in a place where no one knows me...
After much hesitation, I chose the latter.
My parents naturally disagreed, but I was too embarrassed to eat free meals at home.
My brother asked his friends to find me a job as a waiter at the Xingye Club. He also told me to just provide normal service and not to do anything unnecessary.
Although he is mean and harsh, thanks to him, my manager and colleagues are very nice to me.
My daily job is to serve fruit plates and wine to the high-end boxes and say a few auspicious words. If they are in a good mood, they will give me a lot of tips. Although the money does not come so quickly, it is easy.
At the beginning, I was a little embarrassed and had to wear a mask when I went in to provide service.
Later, I found that no one inside knew me, so I bravely took off my mask. This led to me actually meeting an acquaintance.
"Gu Mo?"
The first person to recognize me was my almost-fiancé, Song Le, the eldest son of the Song family.
Then I realized that all the people sitting in the box were old acquaintances of mine.
Before I could even breathe a sigh of relief, my nerves were tense and I slowly turned my head to meet that gaze in the corner.
Jiang Yichen was half lying and half leaning in the dim light, occupying the entire sofa alone, looking at me indifferently.
It's like looking at a stranger.
If Song Le occupies the C position in the open, then Jiang Yichen is like a king who controls the overall situation in secret. Even though I don't care much about these worldly affairs, I can clearly perceive the difference in status in this box.
This is not surprising.
After all, they are really developed now.
What surprises me is that Jiang Yichen has always been a clean man and hates these things. How can it be true that men become bad when they have money?
I couldn't help but twitch my lips and said preemptively: "I didn't expect to meet you in a place like this."
These words were directed at Jiang Yichen. Song Le opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but since Jiang Yichen didn't speak, he didn't dare to speak either.
"I didn't expect it."
Jiang Yichen reached out and took the cigarette on the table. His eyes flickered like a dreamlike mountain mist.
My heart suddenly became nervous, but I could only pretend to be calm and said, "Isn't Mr. Jiang already engaged? Why is he still here?"
Jiang Yichen blew out a puff of smoke lightly, "Aren't you engaged? Why are you still sleeping with me?"
It was obvious that Song Le was very nervous, but in the end he just coughed lightly, and the originally noisy box instantly became silent.
Is it really okay for you to be so disrespectful?
I turned my eyes away guiltily, feeling so embarrassed that I wished I could find a hole to crawl into.
Jiang Yichen didn't let me go, and said to himself: "I thought you really regarded money as dirt, but it turns out you come here to make money."
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