Chapter 3 Divorce? He can forget about it!
When the car arrived at the hospital, Lu Lin didn't want to get out. He hadn't quite cleared his head yet and had been frightened by what Zhang Ma had said on the phone.
It was almost midnight, and the hospital was quiet except for the busy emergency room.
He looked up at the hospital, wondering whether he should get off the bus.
Even if she did something wrong and their marriage broke down, the two families still have a good relationship, so logically he should go and see her.
But he hates trouble the most, and if someone surnamed Kang is also there, wouldn't that just add to the awkwardness?
He slammed his fist on the chair. What kind of mess is this?
While I was hesitating, I turned around and saw Kang Wenbai getting off a rickshaw carrying a bouquet of flowers.
Lu Lin pursed his lips and immediately started the car.
Kang Wenbai was choked by the car's exhaust fumes. He covered his mouth and nose with his scarf, cursing inwardly at the man's lack of manners.
As I approached the hospital, just as I was about to ask the nurse about Shen Rong, I saw her coming out of a consultation room. The doctor smiled and told her to rest more and eat regularly.
"Arong, are you alright?" He rushed over and asked with concern.
Shen Rong turned her head and looked at him with a hint of unfamiliarity, but when she saw the flowers in his hand, she understood who he was.
Kang Wenbai stepped forward and asked, "Doctor, is she alright?"
Shen Rong didn't want him to know, so she interrupted the doctor before he could speak, saying, "It's nothing."
The doctor smiled knowingly, assuming she had other plans, and didn't say anything more. He simply nodded to the two of them and said to Kang Wenbai, "You need to take good care of her these days."
Shen Rong thanked the doctor and quickly left the hospital.
Zhang Ma and Gui Chun were waiting outside. When they saw the two of them come out, they quickly got up.
"Madam, shall we go home?" Gui Chun asked the foolish question.
Shen Rong walked forward with a tense face. Kang Wenbai called to her from behind, but when she ignored him, he grabbed her arm.
Someone looked over, and Shen Rong, not wanting to be in the news, whispered to him, "Come with me."
She had just noticed a small garden on the right, quiet and beautiful at night, so the two of them went there.
"What are you going to do?" Shen Rong crossed her arms, her expression serious.
Kang Wenbai paused for a moment, then handed her the flowers: "These are for you."
"Thank you." She took it and casually put it aside.
A hint of hurt flashed in Kang Wenbai's eyes. "I spent a long time choosing."
Shen Rong laughed in exasperation. What kind of taste did the original owner have?
He was already in the emergency room and had to go to the hospital, but he still had the mind to pick out a nice bouquet of flowers. He really went to great lengths to find a flower shop that was still open so late. It's so romantic!
"What happened these past few days? You seem like a completely different person." Kang Wenbai didn't know what he had done wrong, or why she was suddenly ignoring him.
Is she worried that he'll look down on her because she's divorced? What a fool! He's a modern young man; how could he have such outdated ideas?
Shen Rong sensed that his expression had become somewhat agitated, so she took a step back defensively, raised one arm, and instinctively protected her abdomen with the other.
"What do you want to do!" she glared at him warily.
Kang Wenbai was both amused and exasperated; he just wanted to hug her.
Why is she so scared? Could it be...?
“Lu Lin attacked you. Is he even a man? This is a new era. Women are independent individuals. You have the right to pursue happiness. What gives him the right to be so tyrannical? He is a feudal remnant, an old-fashioned relic with outdated ideas.”
He became agitated, and the veins on his neck throbbed: "Wu Fu, you're getting a divorce. If he uses violence against you, I will..." He hesitated for a long time before finally thinking of the scholar's method: "I will publish his violence in the newspaper so that my compatriots can see his true face and condemn his heinous crimes."
Isn't this just another form of cyberbullying?
After all that talk, I thought he was going to pick a fight with someone. I was wrong. He was exactly the same as the person in my dream, equally cowardly and incompetent, only good at talking big and using violence through his pen.
"You're overthinking it. He's not that kind of person." Shen Rong's words were fair.
Although Lu Lin was a military general, he was not the kind of rough man who liked to fight. In fact, in Shen Rong's opinion, Lu Lin preferred to use his brain.
If a cunning military general really wanted to do something to Shen Rong, Kang Wenbai would still be able to swagger around the city without anyone knowing where he is now.
It's laughable to call someone outdated. Lu Lin is a representative of progressive young people. He studied abroad for many years and is a top student at West Point Military Academy. He is highly valued by the government and has a bright future.
Shen Rong didn't know what to say about the original owner of this body; she had played a winning hand terribly.
She glanced at the man in front of her and thought he was no better than Lu Lin. Was it really just a filter of love?
She scoffed inwardly, "What a load of rubbish about love! In this chaotic world, just surviving is a miracle."
Now that this body belongs to her, she can make her own choices.
That precognitive dream also proved that Kang Wenbai was a complete scumbag. She had to cut the Gordian knot and put an end to his delusions.
"What do you want?" Shen Rong asked him.
She couldn't just break up right away. As far as she remembered, the original owner and he hadn't reached that point yet; they were just in a flirtatious stage and hadn't officially made things clear. This was because the original owner didn't want him to be associated with a married woman and wanted to have a clean relationship with him after her divorce.
Strictly speaking, the two were not related; they weren't even boyfriend and girlfriend.
The original owner deliberately exaggerated their relationship to provoke Lu Lin into divorcing his wife, causing others to misunderstand.
Seeing her cold expression and the impatience in her eyes, Kang Wenbai suddenly felt a little flustered: "I...you haven't wanted to see me these past few days, and I can't even get through on the phone. I wanted to ask how the divorce is going?"
He began to express his love again: "I really don't want to be apart from you for even a moment. I want to marry you right away and start our happy new life together."
He became increasingly agitated as he spoke, taking a step forward while Shen Rong took two steps back, maintaining a proper social distance.
"You...you don't want to?" He was hurt, a grown man putting on a tearful expression.
"Unwilling."
Shen Rong felt that she couldn't be tactful at this point, otherwise he might pretend not to understand.
Kang Wenbai couldn't accept this answer and found it hard to believe: "Why? Didn't we agree that once you got rid of this unhappy marriage, I would ask a teacher to officiate our wedding, invite a few close friends to witness it, and we would swear an oath to the Lord to be bound together for life? Did your family threaten you again, or did Lu Lin go back on his word again?"
But that doesn't make sense. A couple of days ago, he asked his teacher to call Lu Lin and heard Lu Lin say with his own ears that he would let go.
"What's troubling you? Tell me, and we'll solve it together. I believe love is the source of all strength; it gives us the courage to break free from our shackles."
Shen Rong reached out and told him to stop. She found his words somewhat laughable. Although she was young, she had stopped believing in things like "love conquers all" when she was in junior high school.
"There's no hidden reason, really. I've thought it over carefully, and we're just not compatible. Fortunately, everything can still be salvaged. Let's just be friends from now on."
She started giving people the "friend zone" treatment: "You're really nice, it's my problem."
To make Kang Wenbai give up, she started making up stories: "I've thought a lot these days. Actually, I love Lu Lin in my heart. I don't want a divorce anymore. I'm sorry if I've hurt you. But you know, love is so irrational. It's pure and sacred, making people reckless. I can't live without him. I'll die without him. Please forgive my selfishness. You're so kind. I think you'll forgive me, right?"
Kang Wenbai was speechless. These words sounded so familiar; it was as if he had heard them somewhere before.
Shen Rong sneered inwardly. Of course he knew it. Wasn't this what he said to the original owner later?
They wrap all hurtful words in love, as if that would gain everyone's understanding and sympathy.
Love is truly the most versatile and inescapable weapon when breaking up!
After saying these words, Shen Rong pretended to be ashamed and fled, leaving Kang Wenbai stunned on the spot.
The sound of a cigarette being lit came from the corner.
"Who?" Kang Wenbai was startled and mustered his courage to ask.
The person emerged from the shadows, and Kang Wenbai recognized him by the light coming through the window.
"It's you!" His eyes widened in horror.
He had previously felt guilty towards Lu Lin, so he dared not see him. But now, Lu Lin had taken away his lover, and in an instant, resentment overwhelmed him, and he forgot his fear.
Lu Lin didn't even glance at him, treating him as if he didn't exist, and simply walked past him.
Kang Wenbai felt this was a blatant humiliation, and if he didn't do something, he would despise himself.
"Don't be so smug. I won't give up. Ah Rong will figure out who is more worthy of love one day."
Lu Lin paused for a moment, looking at him with pity in his eyes, realizing he was actually a brainless person.
He chuckled and quickened his pace.
Only people who are obsessed with love and romance would believe such a lie: she loves herself?
Lu Lin sneered, thinking about what she had done. If loving someone is like this, then it's better not to love them at all.
Nobody would believe her!
Lovers turned against each other, and she used him as a shield. What exactly is Shen Rong trying to do?
Did she know I was there? Lu Lin quickly shook his head again; with his skills, it was impossible for her to have noticed.
He forcefully flung open the lighter and bent down to light a cigarette.
When he's agitated, he smokes a lot.
Actually, he did want to leave just now, but he turned back after crossing the intersection. After all, the two were not officially divorced yet, and if she and Kang Wenbai had something undignified, he would be the one who would lose face.
He came back to keep an eye on the two of them, and when he saw them go to the back garden alone, he followed them. He never expected to see such a good show.
...
When I got back to the villa, it was already late at night.
Shen Rong was in low spirits, so Zhang Ma and Gui Chun didn't dare to say much, only urging her to rest early.
The husband didn't go to the hospital, but Mr. Kang went and had an unpleasant experience, so it's no wonder his wife seemed unhappy.
"Guichun, you're not allowed to call Mr. Kang next time. He's just an ordinary friend of mine. It's not good to keep bothering him."
Gui Chun nodded and readily admitted her mistake: "I understand, Madam."
Shen Rong hummed in agreement, took off her coat and changed her shoes, preparing to go upstairs. After taking only a few steps, she remembered something, turned around, and asked, "Aunt Zhang, did you call him?"
Zhang Ma was secretly lamenting; the lady had finally remembered her husband.
"The gentleman was probably too busy to come, but he told me to take good care of you."
Shen Rong naturally didn't believe it. Lu Lin was a man of strong character, clear about his grudges and desires, and would probably just sneer and think he deserved it.
In the dream, Lu Lin, after learning about her situation, sent her a sum of money and introduced her to a job. This was the last bit of kindness he could do out of consideration for their past relationship. Unfortunately, Shen Rong was too proud and did not want to accept his favor. In the end, she died in poverty, and it was still someone else who arranged for her to be buried.
Of course, he himself did not appear.
It was because of what he did that she felt Lu Lin wasn't so heartless, and that she could still try to win him over.
She had lived in a peaceful and prosperous era for the first twenty years of her life, and the loudest sound she had ever heard was the firecrackers during the Lunar New Year. But what about now?
This is a chaotic world, and there will soon be more wars. Civil wars and foreign enemies are constantly at war. It is an era of constant gunfire. She, who is used to peaceful life, has no ability to survive in a chaotic world. She will probably become cannon fodder even faster than the original owner.
She needs to find a protector, a powerful figure to rely on, and she wants to live well until the very end, ideally even until she can travel back in time.
Lu Lin is the best candidate right now. He is a military general, with guns, power, money, and people. Most importantly, he has a bright future.
Lu Lin is still her husband in name only; if she puts in some effort, there's still a chance to win him back.
Moreover... she touched her abdomen; now she had even greater leverage.
Regardless of his attitude, we've got him tied up, and we can figure out a solution later.
He can forget about divorce!
“Call him. I need to see him first thing tomorrow morning. Tell him I have a life-or-death matter to discuss with him.”
Now?
Zhang Ma looked at the clock; it was already one in the morning.
"Right now!"
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