Chapter 30 You dare to say that the person you care about most in the whole world is you.
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A marriage contract made by the Heavenly Way is a pledge made by a husband and wife to be faithful and devoted to each other without wavering, and then to drip their blood from their fingertips onto the contract to inform the Heavenly Way.
This marriage contract will accompany the two people through their reincarnations and will never be dissolved.
Unless the couple is separated like a broken mirror and a broken hairpin, and there is no longer any affection between them, one of them can write a divorce agreement, and each of them can then stamp their fingerprints with their own blood, thus dissolving the marriage contract.
However, the divorce agreement written by Chu Li had no fingerprints, which meant that she did not know how to dissolve the marriage contract.
Shang Xinglan stared at her and placed the divorce papers on the table.
"Chu Li, have you forgotten that you owe me?"
He smiled nonchalantly, his fingertips lightly tapping the paper. "What right do you have to divorce me?"
Chu Li looked up at him, a slight sneer escaping her lips, "I saved you, a life for a life, isn't that enough?"
No, it's far from that.
Her fingers, hidden inside her sleeve, curled up little by little. Shang Xinglan took a soft breath and reached out to take her hand.
“Ah Chu, let me explain in detail. These past two days, Yin Yin wouldn't let me get close to you, and you were unconscious, so I could only stay at the inn at the foot of the mountain for the time being. Just now, Gu Ye sent me a message saying that you had woken up, so I came up the mountain to visit you…”
Chu Li lowered her head, it was unclear whether she had heard or not.
"I happened to run into that person on the way here. She insisted on helping me get through this ordeal, but I already have a wife and children, how could I possibly agree?" To him, Chu Shuyi was just a complete stranger. What was there to talk about with a complete stranger?
Chu Li remained silent, staring at the divorce papers on the table with a cold, deep gaze.
Shang Xinglan pursed his lips, carefully pulled her into his arms, and hugged her small, thin body.
He asked gently, "Are you hungry? Shall I take you down the mountain to eat?"
Ah Chu hasn't eaten for two days and has been sleeping the whole time. He must be starving. Maybe eating something will calm him down.
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Li finally looked up at him and asked a question that seemed unrelated, "You've washed away all the demonic energy from your body, but what about your cultivation level?"
Hearing her speak, Shang Xinglan felt a little relieved and said softly, "Don't worry about me. My cultivation will recover in a few days. Although it's not as good as before, I can catch up as long as I start cultivating again."
Chu Li didn't understand any of the roundabout talk, so she went straight to the point and asked, "Do you have any cultivation now?"
"No for now... What's wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Li gave a very soft and indifferent "oh".
She suddenly reached out and cupped Shang Xinglan's face in her hands.
"My husband, I really can't live without you."
Shang Xinglan stared at her in a daze, her eyes filled with clear tears, and seemed to carry an inexplicable sense of apology.
"I can't bear the thought that you will leave me, even if there's only the slightest possibility."
Forget about the Heavenly Maiden of Yin or the Ascended Being; all she knew was that Shang Xinglan was her husband, the one who belonged to her.
They made vows, went through the wedding ceremony, and had a child.
From the moment Shang Xinglan first reached out to her, she should have known that someone like her, with no way out, was someone she could never get rid of once provoked, and would only be entangled with until death.
Chu Li was very glad that Shang Xinglan liked her.
There is probably only one person in this world who could tolerate her to this extent.
He was so good, a gentleman, a handsome young man, exceptionally talented and kind-hearted, a flawless individual, anyone would fall for him.
How could I be so unlucky as to fall in love with her?
Chu Li gently pressed her forehead against Shang Xinglan's chest, and said tenderly with deep affection, "You are mine, Shang Xinglan."
“Achu is mine too.”
Shang Xinglan never expected her to rely on him so intimately and gently. Her heart melted, and she raised her hand to stroke the top of her head, but her hand suddenly stopped in place.
A sharp knife was already pressed against his heart, barely piercing his clothes.
His breathing stopped, and Shang Xinglan stared at her in disbelief, "A-Chu?"
He didn't even notice when the dagger was taken away.
Chu Li's expression returned to calm as she slowly moved the tip of the knife to his neck, close to his skin, and said in a low voice, "Untie your belt and tie your hands yourself."
Shang Xinglan finally realized what was happening. He felt a headache coming on and quickly whispered, "I won't leave you, really."
As expected, he couldn't escape this calamity. But it's better this way. At least he feels more at ease knowing that Chu Li has taken action. Otherwise, he always feels that she might be plotting something even more terrifying.
"Tie it up."
The tip of the knife slightly penetrated the neck flesh; if it went in another half a bit, it would pierce through.
That's ruthless, you heartless little brat.
He took a deep breath and had no choice but to untie his belt and wrap it around his hands. Then, Chu Li's cold voice came from above, "Tie it behind your back."
Shang Xinglan: "...I can't tie it tight by myself."
He only has two hands, how could he tie himself up?
Chu Li stared straight at him, then walked behind him with the dagger in her hand and slowly tied his hands with the belt.
She tightened her grip until she was sure Shang Xinglan couldn't break free, then continued, "Get on the bed."
Upon hearing this, Shang Xinglan paused, then tried to argue, "This place isn't Xiaofushan after all. If Xie Liyi comes in..."
That's why he said to go down the mountain, wouldn't it be better to let her do whatever she wants after that?
The only response he received was the cold tip of a knife. Shang Xinglan sighed inwardly and, under her coercion, walked to the bedside and knelt down on the couch.
How can someone be so stupid? He would have done it even without the knife.
Chu Li knelt down in front of him, put down the dagger, and gently cupped his face to kiss him.
A kiss as light as a dragonfly skimming the water, fleeting and brief.
Her lips were soft and slightly warm, making one yearn for more. Shang Xinglan stared at her in a daze, wanting to get a little closer, but then she heard the cold voice of the person in front of her.
"I know how to dissolve a marriage contract under the Heavenly Dao."
In an instant, Shang Xinglan abruptly raised her eyes, all color draining from her face. "What did you say?"
How did she know that?
She specifically asked others about how to get a divorce from him.
“After we got married, I asked this question to many people because I was afraid that one day you would secretly dissolve the marriage contract and I wouldn’t even know what happened.” She said softly, as if she were telling someone else what had happened to her. “I didn’t know anything and I had to learn everything. You taught me everything so that I could understand.”
Every time she accompanied Shang Xinglan to meet with his friends, she would sit quietly next to him and eat, because she couldn't get a word in edgewise.
She couldn't understand or recognize any of those seemingly profound and mysterious spells, exquisite poems, or world-renowned celebrities.
Shang Xinglan always had to explain to her for a long time what a demon was, what an immortal was, what highbrow art was, and what lowbrow art was.
Despite his utmost patience, Chu Li still couldn't understand and was too embarrassed to ask again for details.
Chu Li was afraid that he would despise her for her ignorance and stupidity, and that his friends would secretly mock her for her humble origins and lack of proper upbringing.
So she could only secretly memorize the words she couldn't understand and try her best to understand them in private.
The Heavenly Marriage Contract was something she could easily understand. With that contract, she and Shang Xinglan would be bound together for life, able to overcome tribulations together, ascend to immortality together, share both glory and ruin.
But Chu Li was still worried that this Heavenly Marriage Contract was just a piece of paper. Could it really bind Shang Xinglan forever?
She then began searching for a way to dissolve the Heavenly Marriage Contract, so that if one day Shang Xinglan disliked her and didn't want to live with her anymore, she could understand the meaning of every word on the divorce papers when he threw them in front of her.
“I gave you a chance, I gave you one five years ago.”
Chu Li said softly, "You didn't want it that time, so I won't kill you this time. Go. Form a bond with Chu Shuyi and ascend to heaven with her. That would be great."
As she spoke, she gripped the dagger and quickly cut her finger.
Shang Xinglan's pupils contracted sharply, and he said in a deep voice, "Chu Li, how dare you!"
"I will take good care of Yinyin," Chu Li said calmly. "You don't need to worry about us, mother and son. Go in peace. You said it yourself, this is what I owe you, and I have to make it up to you."
She got out of bed, picked up the written divorce agreement, and returned to Shang Xinglan's side. "The couple put their fingerprints on it, and that's considered a divorce, right?"
Shang Xinglan's eyes burned with tangible anger as he stared intently at her.
Seeing that he remained silent, Chu Li pursed her lips and squeezed out some blood from the wound on her fingertip. "I'll go first."
Shang Xinglan watched as she pressed her fingertips onto the divorce papers without the slightest hesitation.
He instantly broke free from the sash, grabbed her neck tightly, and pressed her deep into the soft couch.
Her clothes snapped and fell to the ground, a conspicuous bloodstain circled her wrist. Shang Xinglan gripped her tightly, her eyes bloodshot, her voice trembling, "Why are you doing this to me? Chu Li, why are you doing this to me?"
A few scalding tears fell onto my heart, as if they could burn through the thin fabric of my clothes.
"I did nothing wrong, why are you punishing me like this?"
He told her he wouldn't leave, but even after telling her a thousand or ten thousand times, she still didn't believe him!
She always so casually abandons him, never cares about his feelings, and always makes him suffer a hundred times more pain after she suffers even the slightest grievance.
"You don't care about me at all. What am I to you? Tell me!"
I do care.
You are the person I care about most in the whole world.
Chu Li stared at him, letting him bite her neck hard. She frowned in pain, then reached out and gently put her arm around his trembling shoulder.
"I won't get a divorce."
Shang Xinglan chuckled for no apparent reason.
Without offering any explanation, she casually tried to appease him.
Chu Li tore the divorce papers to shreds in front of Shang Xinglan, held out her palm to show him, and whispered, "Shang Xinglan, I tore up the divorce papers, look."
Shang Xinglan was so tormented that he was speechless. After a long while, he still bent down and bit her lips.
I hate you.
Chu Li was bitten painfully by him, and the back of her head was held tightly. She could only respond to his rough and resentful kiss with little effort.
Let them hate if they want.
I can only force you to stay by my side in this way to be sure that you really won't leave me.
Remember forever how unwilling and furious you were at that moment; never forget it for the rest of your life.
Divorce is a painful and desperate thing; never have that thought, don't even think about it.
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Author's note: There will be a second update.
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