Chapter Forty-Seven: The Divorce Certificate is Issued
"What are your plans? Are you going to tell Yan Mingshen?"
Xu An took the phone and glanced at Su Xiao.
"No."
Su Xiao lowered her eyes and straightened her clothes.
If she told Yan Mingshen this, not only would he not believe her, but Xia Zhi might even turn around and accuse him.
But she was really unwilling to let these two people go like that.
"The fact that Xia Zhi's affair has not been exposed over the years means that the Xia family was not the only one manipulating this matter; the Yan family must have been involved as well."
Yan Mingshen was absolutely convinced of Xia Zhi's illness, and he would become extremely nervous at the slightest sign of trouble.
During this time, the Yan family's doctor also added his own embellishments.
"you mean?"
"I'm planning to go back to the old house."
Su Xiao paused.
Zhou Manyun must know something to have been able to keep it from Yan Mingshen for so long.
*
As the early autumn weather grew colder, Xia Zhi waited for Yan Mingshen for half the night and started to have a low-grade fever early this morning.
Yan Mingshen took the thermometer, glanced at it, and ordered someone to boil ginger soup.
In the past, Su Xiao had very few servants at home, and he didn't come home often.
Now that a new batch of people has been hired, it's inevitable that they won't be able to serve him properly, and he has to speak up for everything himself.
Yan Mingshen sat wearily on the edge of the bed, pinching the bridge of his nose.
Business matters have been bad enough lately, and now Su Xiao and Xia Zhi are either having problems or getting into trouble.
He was utterly exhausted.
"I'm sorry, Ming Shen."
Xia Zhi spoke softly, her eyes slightly red from the fever, making her exceptionally endearing.
"I'm sorry to have troubled you again."
"fine."
Seeing her like this, Yan Mingshen's attitude softened.
Then he remembered how she had been lying in bed every day after saving him, like a porcelain doll about to break.
"I called you here to help you change your clothes. You'll be sweating and it'll be uncomfortable if they stick to your body."
"Don't."
Xia Zhi spoke subconsciously, then realized she had overreacted and quickly tried to make amends.
"I don't want others to see the scar on my stomach, it's too ugly."
Her gaze drifted elsewhere, tears welling in her eyes.
If people were to see that she actually had no injuries, she would be finished.
If everything the Yan family planned back then had been ruined by her, Zhou Manyun would have probably done something to shut her up.
Moreover, two years ago, for the sake of the Yan family, she...
Xia Zhi stopped thinking and dared not go any further.
She knew her only advantage was her childhood friendship with Yan Mingshen.
But she didn't dare to gamble.
Yan Mingshen hesitated about her reaction, but then he thought that Xia Zhi had become like this all for his sake.
Her heart softened again, and she coaxed him.
"If you don't want to change, then don't. You'll always be the most beautiful in my heart."
"Thank you, Mingshen. You're all I have left."
She suppressed her emotions, and when she spoke again, only deep affection remained: "So please don't leave me again, okay?"
"Um."
Yan Mingshen nodded, told someone to bring clothes and ginger soup inside, and then turned and left the bedroom.
The moment the door closed, his expression turned cold.
He lowered his voice and dialed his assistant's number.
"Have you gotten any results regarding the matter I asked you to investigate before?"
"Miss Xia's whereabouts after going abroad have been deliberately erased, I really..."
There was a pause in the voice on the other end.
What are you suspecting?
Yan Mingshen didn't reply, but leaned against the wall, fiddling with the new cufflinks on his shirt:
"If you can't find it, then forget it. Just get me a new copy of Xia Zhi's hospitalization record from back then, but be careful to avoid people from her family."
"OK."
After his assistant agreed, Yan Mingshen hung up the phone.
He didn't suddenly suspect Xia Zhi; it was just that it was strange that there had been no news of her for five years.
He did indeed have a smooth and successful first half of his life, without experiencing any treacherous succession struggles.
But he's not stupid.
Such a big move, even a fool would think that no one but their own family could suppress the news so tightly.
Yan Mingshen walked to the window and lit a cigarette.
He needs to find some time to go back to the old house.
He couldn't understand what had happened in the past five years that could change a person so much.
Everything was fine before I went abroad.
How come their methods have become so dirty after they went out? They're trying to drive Su Xiao to her death step by step.
He is not blind.
He just didn't know what to do. He owed Xia Zhi his life, and no matter how outrageous she was, he had to cover for her.
However, Xia Zhi had almost exhausted the remaining affection between them.
"Ming Shen, help me out."
Hearing Xia Zhi call him, Yan Mingshen raised his hand and stubbed out his cigarette.
*
Su Xiao stayed at Xu An's house for two days.
The scrapes on my body have almost healed.
Qin Yun came by during this time and brought her some work materials. The progress on the west bank was going smoothly, but there were still many plans that Su Xiao needed to decide on.
Su Xiao joked that even when she was sick, he wouldn't let her off the hook.
......
The next afternoon, Su Xiao had just finished changing her dressing and was about to go to the kitchen to reheat the lunch Xu An had left behind when she received a call from Zhou Manyun.
"The divorce certificate has been processed. Come to the old house this afternoon."
Zhou Manyun, on the other hand, didn't hesitate at all.
Su Xiao hadn't expected things to go so smoothly, so she immediately agreed to avoid any unforeseen complications.
"Okay, I'll head out now."
She wiped her hands, went back to her bedroom to change into a long-sleeved shirt to make sure it covered her injuries, then grabbed her car keys and went out.
Having obtained the divorce certificate would give her peace of mind and prevent her from continuing to be entangled with the Yan family.
The moon-white 911 slowly drove into the courtyard of the hillside villa.
Su Xiao got out of the driver's seat, ignoring the maid's attitude, and went straight to the study on the second floor.
Zhou Manyun was still dealing with company matters when she saw Su Xiao arrive so quickly, and she felt somewhat dissatisfied.
The Yan family has never mistreated her; she has always had the best of everything.
Before Xia Zhi came back, Yan Mingshen treated her like she had the stars but not the moon, so why is he in such a hurry to get a divorce now?
Zhou Manyun thought this way and asked the same question.
"So eager?"
"certainly."
Su Xiao didn't want to waste any more words with her, and simply said:
"Where's the divorce certificate?"
Zhou Manyun calmly took a sip of tea, didn't say anything, and simply lowered her eyes to continue dealing with the unfinished work at hand.
Seeing that the other party was deliberately ignoring her, Su Xiao sat down opposite Zhou Manyun and poured herself a cup of tea.
"It's just a matter of a word, do you really have to drag this out with me? Or would you prefer I call the Tang family now and have a proper talk?"
She didn't want to use Old Master Tang to pressure people, but Zhou Manyun's attitude was really terrible.
"Su Xiao, is this how you treat your elders?"
Zhou Manyun lifted her eyelids slightly.
"The divorce certificate is in the drawer, you can take it yourself, but I can't give you the Su family's land deed for the time being."
"Don't forget what you promised me."
Su Xiao frowned. If Zhou Manyun intended to break the contract, she wouldn't mind going all out against the Yan family right now.
"I was talking about after the cooperation was finalized; right now, it's only halfway done, isn't it?"
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