Chapter 348 Divorce Application
"Thank you for coming. My little sister's dream since she was a child was also to learn dance. If she were here now, she would probably want to ask you to be her teacher."
Fang Zhiming spoke in a doting tone.
On one of the tombstones, the little girl's name and year of birth and death were engraved.
Although he was only seven or eight years old, he had a pair of big, watery, black eyes and still had the spirit of a child.
The girl has a nice name, Fang Zhiyao.
Su Man sighed secretly: "She should be proud to have a brother like you."
Fang Zhiming clenched his hands hanging at his sides into fists and tightened them.
Then there was a long silence.
In fact, Su Man didn't need to say anything. She knew that Fang Zhiming just needed company.
When leaving the cemetery, Fang Zhiming put away his gloomy and melancholy emotions.
He asked Su Man, "Do you think that I encouraged you to approach Xiao Beisheng to investigate the evidence in order to settle a personal grudge?"
Suman didn't answer.
He added, "Actually, to put it bluntly, Xiao Beisheng was only an indirect cause of my family's death. I don't blame him. If I have to blame someone, it's my family's bad luck. But I found out that his company was involved in many illegal transactions, so I decided to investigate. You also provided information that he might be dealing in contraband, which confirmed my suspicions. If that's true, we shouldn't just sit back and do nothing about it."
Fang Zhiming spoke in a high-sounding manner.
Portray himself as a righteous person.
"You don't have to explain this to me," Su Man said. "No matter what your motives are, our goal now is the same, which is to stop Xiao Beisheng and punish those who made the mistake."
Fang Zhiming laughed, "I didn't expect you to be so clear-headed. I thought that since you and Xiao Beisheng had such a relationship before, you would not be willing to take action against him."
"Don't worry, I can clearly see right from wrong, and I won't show him any mercy."
Su Man's face was cold.
She has no noble sentiments.
She didn't want to get involved in this mess, but Xiao Beisheng was Doudou's biological father. For Doudou's sake, she also hoped to stop Xiao Beisheng from making the same mistake again and again.
"But in this case, you and Xiao Beisheng will really be entangled. What about your husband? Won't he mind?" Fang Zhiming asked.
Su Man's expression darkened slightly. "He probably won't mind in the future..."
After leaving the cemetery, Suman returned home.
After relaxing, she took a nap for half a day, and when she woke up, it was already evening.
At this time, if Qiao Shiyan didn't work overtime, he should be going home soon after get off work.
Su Man got up, washed, and cooked a sumptuous meal. When the sun was setting, she took Doudou to the courtyard to get some fresh air.
At 7:40, Qiao Shiyan stepped into the gate of the front yard of Manyuan on time. He did not come home as late as last night.
When he saw Su Man, he looked a little embarrassed and asked, "Don't you have to go to the studio for class today?"
"The students scheduled for classes today have asked for leave, so I don't need to go there."
"Oh...it's great, I can take a break now."
Qiao Shiyan's attitude was reserved and he felt a little restless.
He seemed to be regretting his impulsive attitude towards Suman yesterday.
Su Man was very calm and frank. "After dinner, let's talk, okay?"
Qiao Shiyan's heart was in his throat.
He had a bad feeling.
So when eating, even though the table was full of his favorite dishes, and Su Man cooked them herself according to his preferred taste, Qiao Shiyan still felt that the food was tasteless and he couldn't taste the flavor of the dishes at all. He could only take a few chopsticks of each dish and couldn't eat it anymore.
Su Man glanced at his bowl. The white rice was still intact, with only a small dent in it.
Su Man picked up a shrimp for him with the serving chopsticks and said, "Eat more."
"I don't have much of an appetite," Qiao Shiyan couldn't stand it anymore and put down his chopsticks. "Manman, what do you want to tell me?"
Su Man also put down her chopsticks and said, "Let's get a divorce tomorrow."
Qiao Shiyan's eyes flickered slightly. It was obvious that the situation was much more serious than he had expected, and he couldn't accept it. "Is it because of what happened last night? I'm sorry... I was impulsive last night. I was in a bad mood. After work, I had a few drinks with Lao Gui and Xiao Qi. I was confused for a moment..."
"No, it's because I really can't completely break up with Xiao Beisheng. We've tried, but the results aren't very ideal. So, it's better to cut our losses in time."
"But, we agreed to be together..."
"Senior, we have also agreed that if one party wants a divorce, the other party will unconditionally respect the other party's decision."
All of Qiao Shiyan's persuasion was stuck in his throat. Finally, he mustered up all his strength and asked, "Have you decided?"
"Well, it's decided." Su Man said softly.
Extra gentle.
Qiao Shiyan was silent for a long time, then said, "Okay, I'll take a day off tomorrow and we'll go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to handle the paperwork."
In a corner of the living room, Mother Chen was playing with Doudou with a toy. Suddenly, the toy in her hand fell to the ground and rolled far away.
Doudou suddenly started crying too.
There was a sudden noise in the living room, which made people feel irritated for no reason.
Qiao Shiyan's heart was already in turmoil, and now it was even more chaotic. He put down his chopsticks, stood up and went upstairs, "I'm going back to my room to rest first."
Su Man looked at him and said nothing more.
the next day.
Qiao Shiyan and Su Man went to the Civil Affairs Bureau as agreed.
Their divorce procedures went as smoothly as their marriage registration, without any setbacks.
"Are both parties divorcing voluntarily?" The staff member had a blank expression and went through the routine procedures.
"Yes." "Yeah."
"The cooling-off period for divorces is thirty days. After you register your divorce application today, the thirty-day cooling-off period begins. During this period, if either party does not wish to divorce, they can withdraw their divorce application from our agency, ending the cooling-off period for the divorce registration procedure. After the thirty-day cooling-off period, you can come here to apply for a divorce certificate."
The staff member said this expressionlessly, raised his hand and pressed the call button.
Su Man had no objection, and Qiao Shiyan followed silently beside her. He was preoccupied and a little absent-minded.
As they walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Su Man said, "Please excuse me for making this trip. Thirty days later, I'll have to ask you to make another trip."
"Su Man, do we have to be so polite to each other?" Qiao Shiyan asked.
Su Man was speechless.
Qiao Shiyan said, "Where are you going? I'll take you there."
"No need. The theater is in the opposite direction of your law firm. It's too much trouble. I've already called a taxi." Su Man said, "We originally agreed to a fake marriage, so there's no need to divide any property in this divorce. The house is yours. I'll find a time to move out with Doudou and Chen Ma."
Qiao Shiyan trembled with his lips, but no sound came out.
He just felt a dull pain in his heart.
Su Man continued to discuss the property with him very rationally: "However, you bought this house for our marriage. If you don't want this house, you can get an appraisal and I will give you the money you paid for the house. However, I may not be able to come up with so much at once, so I will pay you in installments. As for the rest... I can't think of it for the time being. If you have any ideas, you can also bring them up. I can accept them."
Qiao Shiyan smiled bitterly and said, "You've arranged everything so clearly, what else can I think about?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Suman's online taxi arrived.
Su Man said goodbye to Qiao Shiyan, opened the car door and got in.
The car drove away and Qiao Shiyan stood there in a daze, still unable to accept the fact that he and Su Man had filed for divorce.
In his imagination, he and Suman would spend the rest of their lives in peace and stability, without any mistakes. He thought that if he accepted Suman, who was married for the second time, and accepted Suman's child, he would have won the battle.
However, they didn't expect that this marriage was as fragile as their fake marriage and would break at the slightest touch.
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