Chapter 98 In the end, nothing was left behind.
Fu Siyan looked at Shen Qingshu, who was dressed in a plain black dress, with a gloomy expression.
Shen Qingshu walked up to Fu Siyan.
Their eyes met.
Shen Qingshu curled her lips, her beautiful eyes containing a cold glint. "Surprised?"
Fu Siyan stared intently at her. "You never intended to cooperate with me from the beginning, did you?"
"Wasn't I cooperating enough?"
Shen Qingshu said coldly, "For five whole years, I have cooperated enough. Whether I am Fu Siyan's legal wife or Fu Siyu's legal guardian, I have a clear conscience."
"But so what? What did I gain?"
Fu Siyan stared at her, his thin lips pressed tightly together.
"From the moment I learned that Zhou Yuchu was Fu Siyu's biological mother, all I wanted was to get away unscathed, but what did you do? On one hand, you wanted to have a warm reunion with Zhou Yuchu and her family of three, and on the other hand, you wanted to use so-called legal responsibility to hold me hostage."
“I raised Fu Siyu for five years without asking for anything in return. How come I’m now being called a cold-blooded and heartless person who abandoned my child?”
“Five years of companionship and affection cannot be replaced by blood ties.” Fu Siyan said seriously, “Siyu has missed you a lot since you moved away. Shen Qingshu, our marriage is not as difficult as you think.”
"I thought?" Shen Qingshu sneered. "Fu Siyan, do you think our five-year marriage is normal?"
Fu Siyan frowned, his dark eyes fixed on her. "Is this marriage causing you so much trouble?"
"Shouldn't you put me in a difficult position? In the past five years, have you ever thought about being honest with me about your relationship with Zhou Yuchu?"
Fu Siyan frowned and remained silent.
“Fu Siyan, even if our secret marriage was initially a mutually beneficial arrangement, our marriage is legal and has legal effect. As your wife, I believe I have been loyal and responsible in this marriage. And what about you?”
"You schemed against me and deceived me from the very beginning. You secretly built another love nest outside without my knowledge. You couldn't bear to part with your white moonlight and give up your career for the child, but you made me feel like a clown, burdened with the so-called identity of a mother, and raised your child with your lover for five years!"
Shen Qingshu couldn't help but laugh as she said this, "After Zhou Yuchu returned to the country, did I ever try to take his place? Did I ever fight for it? Was I not sensible enough? To make room for Zhou Yuchu, I was even treated like a mistress because I cooperated with you!"
Fu Siyan's eyelashes fluttered as he looked at Shen Qingshu's reddened eyes. His Adam's apple bobbed slightly. "These things are all a misunderstanding, I..."
"Misunderstand?"
Shen Qingshu interrupted him, frowning as she retorted, "Do you think you can just dismiss the harm I've done with a simple misunderstanding? Fu Siyan, you are truly the most despicable person I've ever met."
Fu Siyan was stunned.
“You have never faced the harm you have caused me, because from the very beginning, your assessment of me was only based on whether I could be used and whether I could take good care of Siyu. In this marriage, what you need is not a wife, but a suitable pawn.”
Fu Siyan's breath hitched slightly, his dark eyes swirling with emotion as he stared at her.
Shen Qingshu did not hear his response.
She was not disappointed, because at this point, she no longer needed his response.
“I have fulfilled the three conditions as promised: the Yuncheng tour, that painting, and the set of photos I just took. I think I have done enough.”
Fu Siyan frowned, his thin lips parted slightly, and he was about to speak when he heard her say:
“Fu Siyan, I know you’re planning this divorce ceremony today to try and soften my heart.”
Fu Siyan was taken aback.
"You think that because I've done so much for you and Fu Siyu, I still have feelings for you and Fu Siyu in my heart, right?"
As if his thoughts had been touched, Fu Siyan clenched his fist at his side.
"Unfortunately, you're wrong."
Shen Qingshu looked at him, her eyes full of mockery.
"If you really knew the legends of divorce ceremonies in Ghana, you would know how ridiculous it is that you are planning this divorce settlement today."
"I just want to leave something for us to remember each other by." His voice was low and his tone was heavier than ever before.
Looking into her resolute and indifferent eyes, his gaze turned obsessive. "Shen Qingshu, after five years of marriage, I don't believe we have no feelings for each other at all."
"Feelings?" Shen Qingshu laughed, her eyes reddening. "Fu Siyan, now that you know the mother-son relationship between me and Fu Siyu isn't working, you're starting to try to persuade me by using our marital bond?"
Fu Siyan's jawline was taut, his dark eyes fixed on her.
Shen Qingshu said, "But what kind of marital affection do we have between us?"
Fu Siyan's breath hitched.
"The Ghanaian divorce ceremony is a ritual in which a couple who were once in love return to the place where they entered into marriage, wearing the same wedding attire they wore at their wedding. It symbolizes returning to the place where they first fell in love, letting go of the past together, and ending everything."
At this point, Shen Qingshu took a few steps back, "But Fu Siyan, we were never in love, and we never had a wedding ceremony, so your divorce ceremony is destined to be nothing but a joke!"
Fu Siyan looked at her, his thin lips parted slightly, as if he didn't know how to respond, but in the end he remained silent.
"I've said everything I needed to say. Five years of marriage, five years of mother-son relationship, and today it all comes to an end."
Shen Qingshu's voice was icy cold, "From this day forward, you, Fu Siyan, are merely the executioner who indirectly caused my mother's death. It's better we never see each other again! As for Fu Siyu..."
Shen Qingshu glanced at Fu Siyu sitting below the stage, and with just one glance, she coldly looked away.
She looked at Fu Siyan and said, "His birth mother is Zhou Yuchu, so I can no longer treat him as my son. Therefore, I would appreciate it if you could discipline him properly from now on!"
After saying that, Shen Qingshu withdrew her gaze and walked straight out of the church.
Behind her, Fu Siyan reached out to pull her, but it was too late.
The woman's soft hair slipped through his fingers, and as he looked at his empty palm, his heart felt empty too.
"Mother--"
Fu Siyu cried out to her from behind, "Mom, where are you going? Mom, I was wrong, don't go, don't abandon me and Dad..."
Shen Qingshu paid no heed, and her resolute steps did not falter for even a moment.
As they walked outside the church, Qiao Xingjia nodded to her.
The wedding dress was left on the beach.
Shen Qingshu took the lighter that she was offered.
The lighter was lit, casting a parabolic arc through the air—
Qiao Xingjia poured gasoline on the wedding dress, and when she dropped the lighter, the flames instantly engulfed the entire dress.
As Shen Qingshu gazed at the raging flames, she seemed to see herself from the past five years reflected in those flames.
Let all those past moments of infatuation, ignorance, and hidden grievances burn away with this fire!
She withdrew her gaze, turned around, and left without looking back.
Qiao Xingjia caught up with her and took her arm. "A-Shu, let's go straight to the airport. Teacher Wen's private jet has arrived!"
"good."
…
When Fu Siyan chased after the crying Fu Siyu, the wedding dress had already burned to ashes. The sea breeze blew the ashes away.
In the end, nothing was left behind.
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