Chapter 283 I Won't Sign
Jiang Ning gazed at Bai Yichen and smiled slightly.
Bai Yichen seemed to see the colorful light of fireworks reflected in those big, watery eyes.
"I'll listen to you."
Jiang Ning took the phone and hung up.
Not long after, the phone rang again; it was Lu Junyan calling again.
Jiang Ning hung up the phone again.
When Lu Junyan made his third call, Jiang Ning handed his phone to Bai Yichen, indicating that Bai Yichen should answer the call.
She believed that once Lu Junyan knew she was with Bai Yichen, he would stop calling her.
"Hello?"
In the hospital room, Lu Junyan heard Bai Yichen answer Jiang Ning's call, and his fingers instantly tensed.
Is Jiang Ning next to you?
"Of course I am."
Bai Yichen answered decisively, "A Ning and I are on a date, watching fireworks."
He deliberately moved his phone away so that Lu Junyan on the other end of the line could hear the sound of fireworks.
The thuds sounded like fists hitting Lu Junyan's chest, and Lu Junyan couldn't help but cough a few times.
"Let Jiang Ning answer the phone."
Lu Junyan's commanding tone startled Bai Yichen, but he then smiled.
“Lu Junyan, don’t you understand? It’s because A Ning didn’t want to answer your call that I became the one who answered it.”
Lu Junyan on the other end of the phone took a deep breath.
Then came a long silence.
Lu Junyan remained silent, but did not hang up the phone.
Bai Yichen didn't say anything, nor did he hang up the phone.
Jiang Ning sipped his drink casually.
She could guess why Lu Junyan had called her.
By now, the divorce agreement should have already been given to Lu Junyan.
Lu Junyan was a smart man. Rather than going to Country C with her to fight a divorce case that he was bound to lose, he would rather obediently sign the divorce agreement.
In this divorce agreement, Jiang Ning did not leave with nothing, but rather her marital property with Lu Junyan was divided fairly, and the shares of Lu's Group held by the two of them were split equally.
Therefore, this divorce agreement is more secure and advantageous to Lu Junyan than a divorce lawsuit.
As a businessman, the choice is obvious.
In the ward, Lu Junyan took a deep breath after a long silence.
"Jiangning—!"
Bai Yichen immediately moved the phone away from his ear, otherwise he would most likely have been deafened by the loud noise.
Even without putting the phone on speakerphone, Lu Junyan's shouts from the other end of the line still reached Jiang Ning's ears clearly.
"I will never sign the divorce papers, never!"
After saying that, Lu Junyan hung up the phone.
Jiang Ning looked surprised.
Beside him, Bai Yichen's brows were raised high like mountain peaks.
"What do you plan to do if Lu Junyan refuses to sign the divorce agreement?"
Jiang Ning took a deep breath and forced a bitter smile.
"Then we'll have no choice but to go to court."
She picked up her drink and silently bit the straw.
It seems that this time, she and Lu Junyan are really going to end up in court.
My first love, with whom I shared hardships and made vows of eternal love...
Ultimately, however, they were forced to break off relations in court...
Jiang Ning couldn't understand why Lu Junyan chose this path.
She took her phone from Bai Yichen and made a call.
"Attorney Yao, I'll be going there tomorrow. Could you please make an appointment with Judge Chen for me?"
The fireworks show ended, and the night sky was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
The hospital was so quiet in the dead of night that it was as if no one was alive.
Lu Junyan did not sleep.
Xiao Zhang didn't have any either.
He found out what Lu Junyan had instructed him to do as quickly as possible.
"Mr. Lu..."
Xiao Zhang knocked on the door of the ward.
He knew Lu Junyan definitely couldn't sleep.
"Mr. Lu, Ms. Jiang has had contact with the Lin family before. Attorney Yao is the Lin family's legal advisor and was personally introduced to Ms. Jiang by Minister Lin... Furthermore, on the same day Ms. Jiang met with Minister Lin, she purchased property in Country C. In addition, Ms. Jiang already owned a company in Country C. Therefore, from the perspective of Country C law, Ms. Jiang can indeed file for divorce in the courts of Country C..."
Lu Junyan listened calmly, then casually asked, "Did she find the judge beforehand too?"
"Judge Chen, who has a close relationship with Minister Lin."
"good."
Lu Junyan raised his hand and pulled out the needle embedded in the back of his hand.
"Mr. Lu..."
"You drive, I need to go to Country C."
Xiao Zhang's eyes widened.
"Mr. Lu, it's the middle of the night..."
"We arrived in Country C just as dawn broke."
"But your health condition isn't good enough for you to be discharged..."
"Xiao Zhang, when did you start talking so much nonsense?"
Staring at him with Lu Junyan's sharp eyes, Xiao Zhang felt a chill run down his spine.
"I'll go prepare right away."
Country C.
In Judge Chen's office.
"Since Miss Jiang was introduced by Minister Lin, everything is negotiable... Let me confirm again, Miss Jiang's request is a divorce and to receive at least half of the shares in the Lu Group. Is that alright?"
"Um."
Jiang Ning nodded.
"Based on the evidence Ms. Jiang has provided, your demands should not be difficult to meet, so don't worry!"
"Thank you, Judge Chen."
Jiang Ning shook hands with Judge Chen and then left the court.
Unbeknownst to her, Lu Junyan had also met with Judge Chen half an hour earlier.
Beijing-style restaurant.
Jiang Ning entered the private room and saw Lin Yueheng and Chu Yao, who were already sitting inside waiting for her.
The two men looked at her with very complicated expressions.
However, Jiang Ning's gaze was simple and clear at a glance—
indifferent.
"I've done everything I could. What else do you want? Or rather... what else does Old Master Lin want?"
Hearing Jiang Ning's sarcastic remarks, both Lin Yueheng and Chu Yao showed hurt expressions on their faces.
However, Jiang Ning only found this expression laughable.
A few days after Jiang Ning's chance encounter with the Lin family of three atop the clouds, Lin Yueheng invited him out for a private meeting.
Although Lin Yueheng laid a lot of groundwork in his opening remarks, it was all just empty talk.
The ultimate goal was simply to persuade Jiang Ning to get a divorce.
Jiang Ning knew that Lin Yueheng wouldn't come to her unless he had a reason, so he was probably looking for Lin Wanrong's marriage.
She told Lin Yueheng that Lu Junyan refused to divorce her, and then asked Lin Yueheng to introduce her to a reliable lawyer.
Thus, Jiang Ning, leveraging the Lin family's connections, came up with the idea of filing for divorce in Country C.
Lin Yueheng and Chu Yao realized that Jiang Ning really wanted to divorce Lu Junyan.
However, they also felt that Lu Junyan was serious about Jiang Ning.
They didn't know whether letting Jiang Ning and Lu Junyan divorce was good or bad for Jiang Ning.
However, because Lin Wanrong liked Lu Junyan, the patriarch of the Lin family, who was also Lin Yueheng's father, demanded that they break up Jiang Ning and Lu Junyan no matter what, in order to satisfy Lin Wanrong's needs.
"I'm sorry, Chu, your father and I didn't mean to ruin your happiness. We had no choice..." Chu Yao said, her eyes reddening.
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