Min Xi came back from a business trip the day before yesterday. He did not tell Fu Yanzhou, nor did he move back to the compound. He asked someone to clean his apartment in advance, and he simply decorated the apartment in the past two days.
After everything was settled, she contacted Fu Yanzhou.
They agreed to part ways in peace, so Fu Yanzhou suggested having a meal together and she agreed.
The divorce has been delayed long enough, and she doesn't want to delay it any longer, so she plans to meet for dinner tonight and sign the divorce agreement at the same time. While still in Paris, Min Ting's legal advisor helped her draft a divorce agreement.
After two years of marriage, I woke up like a dream.
During the past few months abroad, my cousin visited her three or four times. Earlier this month, she went to the Fashion Week and took the opportunity to have dinner with her again. When her cousin heard that she was planning to divorce, she was stunned for a long time and just asked her one question: Are you willing to do so?
To be honest, I can’t bear to do that.
Min Xi's phone vibrated, and Yu Chengtan sent a message: [Come to my office. 】
She just came to work today and hasn't seen Yu Chengtan for almost half a year. Usually they report work via video conference or email.
[Okay, Mr. Yu.] 】
She rolled up the divorce agreement on the table and put it in her bag. It was the simplest divorce agreement, with no children and no property disputes.
In the elevator, Min Xi met Yan Yinan.
Since collaborating on the press conference of Shengshi Technology, the relationship between her and Yan Yinan has eased. They can nod and say hello to each other when they meet, but that's all, there is no verbal communication.
Yan Yinan went to the conference room on the 22nd floor to hold a project discussion meeting. The multimedia conference room was on the same floor as the president's office.
The two came out of the elevator and walked in the same direction.
She walked quickly, ahead of Min Xi, and hesitated in her heart whether she should slow down a few steps and wait for Min Xi. She wanted to ask Min Xi's help with something.
She has now been transferred to the Crisis Public Relations Department and serves as the head of the department. In the public relations industry, Jiachen's crisis public relations is still inferior to Zhuoran's crisis public relations.
She was unwilling to give up and wanted to be at the top of the industry. Teamwork was very important, so she planned to bring Lu Zhen's mother Yang Jinfan over and hire her as a public relations consultant.
There are more than one public relations companies that want to hire Yang Jinfan, and now it all depends on your connections. Yang Jinfan will retire in a month, and she doesn't have much time left to fight for her chance.
Fu Yanzhou and Lu Zhen have such a good personal relationship. If Fu Yanzhou comes forward, this will definitely succeed.
It is difficult to ask for help from others, and it is even more difficult to ask for help from a colleague with whom you have had conflicts. You are worried that the other party will refuse and you will feel embarrassed.
Yan Yinan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, after all, he was unable to slow down.
Min Xi walked behind Yan Yinnan and felt that Yan Yinnan seemed to be worried today. Usually, he walked with the wind under his feet, as if no one was around, but today his steps were much slower, so she could only slow down her pace.
During the six months of business trip, she didn't pay attention to what happened in the company. She didn't know if Yan Yinan had encountered any troubles, or perhaps problems with the project.
The door of Yu Chengtan's office was open. She knocked twice. "Mr. Yu."
Yu Chengtan was in front of the coffee machine. He looked up and saw that she was even thinner than in the video.
"Come in." He smiled: "Have you not adjusted to the time difference yet?"
Min Xi came in and said, "A little bit, but it's okay. I just take a little time to get into the work." Only a few tasks were handled in the morning, and the efficiency was not as good as before.
Yu Chengtan always reminded himself that he was Min Xi's boss and it was not appropriate for him to interfere too much in his subordinates' private affairs. Even asking a few more questions would be crossing the line.
Her ring finger is still empty. She didn't wear her wedding ring during every video conference in the past few months.
She once said that the day she doesn't want to wear the ring anymore is the day for divorce.
Yu Chengtan was not sure if her taste in coffee had changed during the past few months when she was troubled by her relationship. He did not presume to put coffee according to her previous preferences, but asked carefully, "Is the taste the same as before?"
It's different now.
Min Xi smiled and said, "No sugar or fresh cream, just the original flavor."
Yu Chengtan took back the sugar and cream he had prepared and poured her a cup of coffee.
She was called here because there was a project for her to work on. "Have you finished the project at Shengshi Technology?"
Min Xi: "Well, at most we can have one more meeting."
Yu Chengtan never beat around the bush when talking to her: "There is a new energy off-road vehicle project for you to work on. The time is tight, so you may have to work overtime."
Min Xi wanted it more than she expected: "It's just right for me to work overtime. I have nothing to do when I go home alone now."
Yu Chengtan gave her this project so that she would not be idle and have no time to think about random things. Life after divorce was more difficult to bear than a cold war.
However, Min Xi was worried: "In my current state, the plan I come up with may not be satisfactory." Off-road vehicles require a sense of strength. Even though she is fully focused now, she lacks energy in her heart.
Lack of spirit will affect creativity.
Yu Chengtan told her not to worry: "This car has had a rough ride. It was finally approved for sale this year, and its condition is not as good as yours."
Min Xi smiled and decided to take on the project: "Then I'll try my best."
She picked up the original coffee and drank it, it had a strong bitter taste.
After confirming dinner with Fu Yanzhou tonight, she saw the notification in the work group, reminding everyone that there would be a team building tonight and not to forget to attend on time.
In fact, she paid attention to the messages in the group a few days ago. She didn't know whether she didn't think about it or was occupied by the divorce, and she threw the team building out of her mind.
"Mr. Yu, I'm asking for your leave. I won't be attending the team building tonight. I've agreed to sign the divorce agreement."
"It's okay, just do your thing."
Yu Chengtan wanted to say something to comfort her, but he couldn't say it.
He used a coffee spoon to stir the coffee. After stirring it a few times, he remembered that his taste for coffee had always changed with her. The cup of coffee in front of him had nothing added to it, so there was no need to stir it.
Putting down the coffee spoon, he asked her, "Min Xi, have you ever thought about returning to the financial industry?"
Min Xi swallowed the coffee and shook his head: "I haven't thought about it. I'm fine now."
It's the same wherever you are after a divorce.
I won’t stop missing Fu Yanzhou just because I’m far away from him.
While drinking coffee, she briefly learned about the car project.
Yu Chengtan will take over next week, leaving her enough time to deal with the divorce matters.
She made an appointment with Fu Yanzhou to meet at the restaurant they often went to at six o'clock. Before leaving get off work, Min Xi took out a makeup mirror and touched up her makeup in front of the mirror. She didn't change her clothes deliberately. She was wearing work clothes, trousers and a white shirt. She was wearing the same outfit on the day she got the marriage certificate.
Before leaving, she sent a message to Fu Yanzhou: [I'm going over there now. 】
Fu Yanzhou quickly replied to her: [Come here. 】
He has arrived.
He knew that she had returned from Paris the day before yesterday, but he had not waited for her to return to their home. But that night he still waited until almost dawn, either because he was waiting on purpose or because he couldn't sleep.
He remembered clearly that during the days when she was away, he owed her forty-six times of sleeping with his arm resting on her all night.
When Min Xi arrived, Fu Yanzhou was looking down at the menu, leaning back in his chair, looking cold and silent. He and she were wearing the same color clothes today, trousers and a white shirt.
He saw a figure approaching in his peripheral vision, and Fu Yanzhou looked up suddenly, his eyes fixed on her.
Min Xi smiled generously: "You've been waiting for a long time."
Knowing which dishes she liked in this restaurant and had already ordered them, Fu Yanzhou closed the menu and said, "I just arrived too."
He pretended not to know: "When did you come back?"
Min Xi put the bag aside and replied, "The day before yesterday."
She looked at the water cup on the table and no longer looked at him. All the mental preparation she had put in over the past few months collapsed the moment she saw him for the first time.
I have no appetite and don’t know how I’m going to finish this meal.
Fu Yanzhou took the initiative to talk: "Dad talked to me."
Min Xi nodded. She was no longer curious about the content of their conversation. Perhaps her father and Fu Yanzhou had more common language. They are all arranged marriages, neither loves his wife, and both try to be responsible in the marriage.
"Where do you live now?"
"My own apartment."
The time waiting for the meal to be served was as long as waiting for a reply to the confession. It was extremely uncomfortable. Min Xi noticed from the corner of her eye that he was still wearing a wedding ring on his ring finger. The ring was bought by her. Before getting the marriage certificate, she went to several jewelry stores and finally chose one that she liked and suited his temperament.
After the divorce, he didn't know where to put the ring. When he remarried, it would become waste to be disposed of.
She held out her hand: "Give me the ring."
Fu Yanzhou was silent for a few seconds, "It's useless even if you take it away."
Min Xi looked at him, and met his cold and deep eyes. She insisted on taking the ring away: "It's useless for you to keep it. The ring is different from other gifts. It has no meaning after the divorce. I will take what I bought, and I will keep what you bought."
The three diamond rings were all in her bag and she would never wear them again, so she had no plan to keep them.
Fu Yanzhou pinched the wedding ring with his right hand fingers, paused again and again, and took off the ring after more than ten seconds. Ever since I promised her to wear the ring, I have never taken it off my hand for nearly two years.
Min Xi took the ring, which still had his body temperature on it. She carefully put it into her bag and returned the three diamond rings to him, as well as a black card he gave her after their marriage.
She had only used the black card a few times, and each time she swiped the card was to tell him where she was.
Those days when we first got our marriage certificate seem like just yesterday.
The meal hasn't arrived yet.
The purpose of coming here today is to sign the divorce agreement. It makes no difference whether to sign it early or late. Min Xi took the agreement out of her bag. She brought a pen and gave it to him together with the agreement.
"It's the same one that was sent to your mailbox. Please read the terms again."
Fu Yanzhou only stared at the big words on the divorce agreement. He had received the divorce agreement in the morning. It was the only unread email in his mailbox.
Things had come to this point, and nothing he said would change her decision.
There were two pages of terms and conditions in total, but he didn't read them and couldn't get into them.
She had already signed the second page where a signature was required.
He had signed countless documents and had to sign his name several times every day, but today he just couldn't put pen to paper.
Min Xi turned to look out the window, not daring to look at him.
In the past, when he worked overtime at home on weekends, she liked to stick close to him, accompany him to look at documents, and watch him sign with great vigor and power. Sometimes she would deliberately pick up a pen and pretend to sign for him, but he would take her pen away and hold her in his arms to prevent her from moving...
There was lemonade in the glass on the table. She picked it up and took a few sips. It tasted sour and bitter.
Fu Yanzhou's pen finally touched the paper, and his and her marriage fate came to an end today.
"What are your plans for the future?"
Should I continue to choose arranged marriage, or find someone I love and marry?
Min Xi was speechless and shook his head.
No plans.
Forget him first.
Fu Yanzhou gave her all the signed agreements and did not keep them for himself.
The last meal was tasteless.
After returning to the villa, Fu Yanzhou sat in the car for a while until someone knocked on his window.
"Mom, why are you here?"
He opened the car door and got out.
Xu Xiangqing sighed. She had arrived earlier and parked her car in the parking space next to his, but he didn't even notice her.
I heard that he was going to sign a divorce agreement tonight, and I was worried about him, so I came to see him. From childhood to adulthood, he had never given them any worries, and even after divorce, he handled all the follow-up matters himself.
In this respect, he is very much like his father. No matter what happens, he handles it on his own.
After entering the house, Xu Xiangqing poured a glass of water for his son: "I know you don't want to hear any nagging now, but there is one thing I still want to understand."
Fu Yanzhou showed no impatience: "You go ahead."
"Min Xi's mother asked me out today, and we talked for several hours. Min Xi said that the divorce was her idea and she was determined to get a divorce, and you said it was you who wanted to get a divorce. There was no principle issue, and the divorce did not break up, which means that there is still love, and both want to protect each other. You can get a divorce even after this, don't you have any regrets?"
Fu Yanzhou drank some water and spoke after a while: "I was the one who wanted to leave, and she was protecting me."
Xu Xiangqing sighed again: "I don't know what problems you have encountered. I will tell you one thing. If you are reluctant and you know where the problem lies, try to solve it. Don't make up for the regrets in this marriage in the next marriage. Be twice as good to the next one. You have to learn how to love and how to tolerate in the next relationship. In the end, not only Min Xi will be upset, but you will also be upset."
She patted her son's shoulder and said, "Mom is going home."
Xu Xiangqing picked up her bag and left. When she got to the yard, she sent messages to her husband and brother respectively: [Stop scolding him, let him figure it out himself. 】
Xu Xiangyi: [Too late, I just sent it half a minute ago. 】
Xu Xiangqing: "..."
[You still have time to withdraw.] 】
Xu Xiangyi: [He is not three years old, how can you say that? 】
Fu Yanzhou was reading the news from his uncle. His uncle didn't preach, just a few words: ['Bei Qingyu' will be on the market next month. 】
Bei Qingyu is the oil-control shampoo that he invested in and planned to give to Min Xi.
Fu Yanzhou replied to his uncle: [I know. 】
Xu Xiangyi: [When you and Min Xi had a quarrel and a cold war, you stayed at my house for a day. If I’m not mistaken, you waited for her call for a whole day. Marriage is not easy. 】
Fu Yanzhou understood what his uncle meant and told him not to divorce easily.
[Min Xi has made up her mind and the divorce agreement will be signed tonight. 】
He pleaded with his uncle again: "From now on, no matter whether it's Min Ting's business or Min Xi's company's projects related to your company, just treat me and Min Xi as if we are not divorced, and everything will take priority. 】
He had just sent it when Min Xi's message came in: [Please ask the aunt or the workers to pack up all my things. I'll have someone pick them up another day. 】
Fu Yanzhou: [You don’t want to come over? 】
Min Xi: [No. 】
Fu Yanzhou thought of the scene when she had just moved in. She had so many things that they occupied all his private space. Even in his study there were several piles of her books.
She didn't ask anyone for help and sorted out all the items by herself.
At that time they all thought that they would live here forever.
After a long time, she sent another message: [Thank you for your tolerance towards me over the past two years. 】
Fu Yanzhou: [I promised you before that I would put all your requests first, and this still counts after our divorce. It’s too late, go to bed early. 】
The next morning, they arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau at the agreed time.
Min Xi was wearing sunglasses and greeted him with a heavy nasal tone.
After coming out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Min Xi raised his sunglasses, wiped the corners of his eyes with his fingertips, and put the sunglasses back on. The driver drove the car over, "Xixi." Fu Yanzhou called her.
She stopped and looked back at him.
Fu Yanzhou walked closer, said nothing, and raised his hands to hug her.
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