Xu Wan didn't know where the other side of the corridor was, so she could only go back the way she came.
Jiang Tingzhou's wheelchair remained stationary.
As Xu Wan passed by him, the man suddenly reached out and grasped the woman's slender wrist.
Xu Wan instinctively tried to pull her hand away, but when she found she couldn't, she said sternly, "Mr. Ryan! You grew up abroad, so you may not know that in our country, your behavior constitutes sexual harassment. I can sue you!"
The man, feeling emboldened, held the woman's wrist firmly. "Miss Xu, I probably won't be returning to China for a while. I'll be heading to Beicheng tomorrow. I don't know much about Beicheng, so I wonder if it would be convenient for you to be my guide?"
"inconvenient."
Xu Wan refused very decisively.
Her attitude was clear: if they couldn't acknowledge each other, then there was no point in making a futile entanglement.
"I can pay you money, however much you want, I'll pay you."
"Fine, I want fifty percent of your assets. Will you give them to me?"
This statement has a clear implication.
Property jointly owned by husband and wife.
Of course, that's not what Xu Wan wanted. During the years Jiang Tingzhou was missing, since she and Jiang Tingzhou were husband and wife, she naturally had a share of the shares he owned.
But when she produced the prenuptial agreement from back then, she didn't ask for anything in the end. It was Lingya who insisted on giving her several properties, a car, and five percent of Tianwei's shares.
Because of these shares, she receives dividends every year.
But it wasn't touched at all.
"I can……"
"I don't want to! Jiang Tingzhou!"
Xu Wan could no longer bear it and shouted out this name.
She tried to pull her hand away, but the man's fingers tightened their grip, preventing her from escaping even a fraction.
Outside the window, a lively banquet was taking place, but inside, it was unusually quiet, and no one came in.
Jiang Tingzhou corrected Xu Wan: "I am Ryan."
"Jiang Tingzhou, your acting skills are much worse than they were a few years ago. Even now, you still tell me you're not Jiang Tingzhou."
Fueled by alcohol, Xu Wan shouted, "If you're not the Jiang Tingzhou who used to spend every day with me, then let go of my hand. That senior Gu outside has been chasing me for years. I suddenly realized that everyone makes mistakes. I can't completely deny him just because he was weak back then. I should give him a chance. I should try to move on instead of foolishly clinging to someone who's already dead."
The man's fingers tightened, and the woman's fair wrist was already slightly red from his grip.
But they showed no intention of letting go.
Xu Wan suddenly felt a little tired, so she squatted down little by little, becoming a little shorter than the man.
She tilted her head slightly to look at the man sitting in the wheelchair, her voice a little hoarse, and said, "We've only been married for a short time, and I'm not sure if I fully understand you. Sometimes I feel like you're rejecting me because of your leg injury, but other times I feel like you've figured it out. We're from completely different worlds, and there's absolutely no need for us to force ourselves to be together."
She looked at him and said, "Tell me, what are you really thinking?"
The man's hand did not move.
For the first time, Xu Wan felt that alcohol was a good thing.
She suddenly gave up completely, simply kneeling on the ground, staring at the end of the corridor, her eyes unfocused. "Jiang Tingzhou, do you know? All these years I have always firmly believed that you are not dead, that you are still alive."
“I spent three years suing An Yunya using the materials you prepared. In the end, because An Yunya was young and sick at the time, she was not sentenced, but Xiao Yinlan went to jail. I was able to win this case because Gao Han gave me all the materials you left behind. While I was fighting this case, I never felt that you had left me.”
"After the lawsuit ended, many people advised me to apply to the court to have your account closed, but I refused. I always firmly believed that you would come back..."
The corridor was long and silent.
Xu Wan's eyes welled up, but no tears came.
There was no response from the man.
She struggled to her feet and said, "But I've learned from this trip to Haicheng that my ex-husband is dead. You are not him, and it's time for me to start a new life."
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