Divorce Application - Chapter 37.2

Chapter 37.2

“This move by the production team is also a negative for them,” Yang Ya’s tone was a little mocking. “I don’t know why they’re spending so much effort to smear a guest on their own show. It’s so tense for no reason, which is not like a normal production team.”

Li Jinping still didn’t say anything. She probably knew the reason why Liu Sinan was being trolled online.

The progress against Zhao Qiran needed to be sped up.

“Cough, cough, cough…” Li Jinping covered her mouth and lowered her head. A few silent gasps were suppressed in her throat.

Yang Ya’s movements slowly stopped. She squatted down to observe Li Jinping’s eyelids and then checked her pulse.

“The effect is smaller than expected,” Yang Ya carefully recorded Li Jinping’s reaction and the dosage of the medicine. She wrote down every step she had just taken in detail. “I’ll come up with a new plan tomorrow. Pure drug therapy is no longer working. If necessary, we’ll need to use psychological intervention.”

She had only started taking over Li Jinping’s case a few days ago, and it was much more complicated than she had vaguely guessed.

It wasn’t that it was so serious or difficult, but that Li Jinping’s illness was, to a large extent, a heart ailment.

If this heart ailment was not removed, the impact on her body would only get bigger and bigger.

Li Jinping had a strong ability to empathize, which was very similar to a rare form of synesthesia.

A normal person would see the letters ABC as ABC. At most, they might think that C is half a circle and connect it to a similar shape in life.

But Li Jinping saw different colors and smells for each letter.

When she wrote “rì” (日), which means sun, it had the dry smell of Sichuan peppercorns. When she wrote “yuè” (月), which means moon, it had the damp smell of seawater. Every symbol was connected to her five senses, and she could identify many more colors than others.

Her developed ability to empathize brought a lot of trouble to her growth. Li Jinping’s mother sought medical advice and found some folk remedy, which seemed to be a form of electrotherapy that stimulated brain waves, and it “blunted” Li Jinping’s ability to empathize a lot.

Unless her emotions fluctuated strongly, her five senses wouldn’t collapse, but this also brought a big side effect—headaches.

For some reason, Li Jinping’s brain was blocked. The synesthesia that wouldn’t normally take effect would, once the floodgates were opened, swell and explode. Her five senses would instantly fall apart. Thousands of tastes and tens of thousands of colors would explode in her mind, making her feel unbearable pain.

After one episode, she would have continuous headaches for almost three months.

And judging from Li Jinping’s reaction, her five senses were constantly collapsing recently.

“CEO Li,” Yang Ya, based on the principle of putting the patient first, first admitted her shortcomings. “I don’t have much research in this area. Ms. Lin Xia’s treatment plan for you is effective. And looking at the medical records, Ms. Lin Xia has performed a brief hypnosis on you for subconscious guidance and intervention, which also had some effect.”

Yang Ya was a fast learner. The guidance she gave Li Jinping today also had a seventy to eighty percent effect. But as a doctor, she couldn’t tolerate any carelessness or inadequacy when it came to treating and saving lives. “If CEO Li wants to proceed with the next stage of treatment, I suggest that Ms. Lin Xia’s intervention is still needed.”

Li Jinping moved the tissue away. Her nose was a little red, and her breathing was slightly heavy. She shook her head wearily. “Don’t let her take over completely.”

“Does CEO Li not trust her?” Yang Ya’s father was the family doctor for the Li family. Yang Ya had attended the kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school invested by the Li family since she was a child. She had also studied abroad with the Li family’s sponsorship. She was a trusted subordinate of the Li family, and she didn’t have as many reservations as an ordinary person when she spoke.

Li Jinping shook her head. “Lin Xia once cured my headaches.”

That was when she had just divorced Liu Sinan. Before the divorce, she had been in a state of conflict and fear for a long time. The moment she divorced, she felt as if a burden had been lifted, and she felt light all over. But this lightness was like moss growing on her skin, and it would fall off after a little sun exposure.

At that time, she was afraid of hearing any phone ringing. Lin Xia suggested that she turn off all the ringtones and temporarily avoid communicating with the outside world. She did so, and in the three days she was isolated from the world, she felt that she had become normal.

No more headaches, no more panic, no more sadness.

She felt like a transcendent soul, clean, transparent, and carefree.

But Liu Sinan suddenly appeared in front of her, pulling on her sleeve and commanding her with reproach and arrogance to answer the phone.

At that time, she felt that she had been pulled back into the human world.

Although her body was heavy, she had finally come back to life.

Liu Sinan had dried up her moss. Liu Sinan was her sun.

“Then why doesn’t CEO Li make good use of her abilities?” Yang Ya was very puzzled and asked, “Is it because of Ms. Liu?”

She had arrived at the scene quickly after Lin Xia’s hand was injured that day. She could tell from what Joey and Liu Sinan said that Lin Xia had run into her herself. Yang Ya frowned. “Did CEO Li not tell Ms. Liu about Ms. Lin Xia’s true identity?”

Li Jinping waved her hand wearily. “It’s not just because of Sinan. It’s that I don’t want to keep her by my side anymore.”

“Let’s try your method again. If the effect is still minimal, let Lin Xia come, but you have to assist. Afterward, I’ll also accept your treatment.” Li Jinping said.

Yang Ya frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

…

The atmosphere on the production team’s side was very heavy. The staff members didn’t dare to walk heavily when they passed by Liu Sinan’s door.

Because there were only four episodes in the show—the first episode was the audition, the second episode was the 12 to 8 elimination round with three teams, the third episode was the 8 to 5 solo dance elimination round, and the fourth episode was the top three selection—the filming period was not very long. Therefore, the contract required the contestants to live in the dormitories rented by the production team as much as possible.

Liu Sinan’s waiting room was right behind her dormitory. She lived with Sheng Ge.

Sheng Ge had already quit today. “I feel suffocated being in the same dance studio as those two women.” Sheng Ge left the production team in her cool and flashy sports car after saying that.

Liu Sinan wasn’t as willful as she was. In other words, she was the person at the center of public opinion. At this time, leaving the production team in a huff would only make things worse. She wouldn’t be able to escape the cold arrows coming from all directions.

Lan Qi’s side was already discussing countermeasures. As it stood, Liu Sinan only needed to film the show, fulfill the terms of her contract, and not make any mistakes herself. Only then could she better hold the production team accountable for their breach of contract later on.

The intern had come twice to deliver boxed lunches to Liu Sinan. Without exception, they were all thrown into the trash can by Qi Qi.

“Not only is this wasteful, but it also smells,” Liu Sinan waved her hand under her nose. “Good heavens, it’s braised eggplant.”

“Next time she comes, just flush it down the toilet.” Joey suggested.

Qi Qi said, “Yes, it doesn’t even deserve the trash can. The garbage production team should be flushed down the sewer.”

“Sigh…” Liu Sinan pointed to the window behind the waiting room. “If we can’t finish it, open the window and put it outside. Maybe a stray cat or dog will come and eat it.”

“There are stray cats here?” Qi Qi’s attention quickly shifted. She opened the window and looked out.

At the same time, Liu Sinan’s phone rang.

Her ringtone wasn’t very loud. It rang several times before Liu Sinan heard it. She picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

Instantly, Liu Sinan imagined that her phone number had been leaked, and tens of thousands of netizens were lining up to call and scold her.

She pressed the button to hang up.

After a while, the phone rang again.

This time, the contact on the screen was “Zhao Qiran.”

Liu Sinan squinted, and a cold smile appeared on her lips. She went into the bathroom, locked the door, and answered the call.

“F*** you, you b*tch! How dare you get Li Jinping to deal with me?!”

“Do you believe that I’ll kill you right now?!”

Zhao Qiran’s thunderous,breakdown roar came from the other end of the phone.

Liu Sinan pulled the phone away and turned down the volume slightly. The darkness in her eyes grew thicker.

“Do you believe that if you came now, you’d be the one who’d die first?” Liu Sinan didn’t look provoked at all. Her unhurried tone was as casual as if she were talking about what to eat today.

It was this leisurely tone that made her sound even more chilling.

“What did you just say?” Zhao Qiran’s momentum paused for a moment. When she roared again, her presence was much weaker than before. “What do you think you are without Li Jinping?!”

“Zhao Qiran, do you really think I’m afraid of you?” Liu Sinan looked at herself in the mirror. There was no expression on her pale face. “You probably don’t want to see what I’d be like without Li Jinping.”

She reached out her palm, and her fingertips gently touched the mirror. Five small circles quickly appeared around her fingertips.

Liu Sinan nonchalantly swiped the mirror and said unhurriedly, “What did Li Jinping do to you?”

Zhao Qiran was silent. A few seconds later, she seemed to have calmed down a little. Her voice was still agitated and angry, but the volume was lower. “I’m warning you, Liu Sinan. Don’t think that you can sleep soundly just because Li Jinping is backing you.”

“Did you see the news online? You’re a piece of stinking meat online right now. Everyone wants to spit on you. How dare you act tough in front of me, you worn-out shoe?”

The more she talked, the more confident Zhao Qiran became. It was as if she wasn’t the one who had just been scared by Liu Sinan. “I’ll make you a disgrace as long as you’re on the show. If you dare to leave, you’ll be in breach of contract.”

“Tell Li Jinping that this is what happens when she angers me.”

Zhao Qiran hung up the phone.

Liu Sinan sneered and sent a message to Lan Qi.

Nan: Help me find out what Zhao Qiran has been up to recently and if it has anything to do with Li Jinping.

What Zhao Qiran just said was very interesting. What would Liu Sinan be without Li Jinping?

She would be… she would probably end up in jail.

Li Jinping was a watershed. On one side was an endless sea of thick fog with no end and no beginning. On the other side were fields of rolling wheat. At the end of the fields were mountains and water, and when she looked back, there was someone waiting for her.

The appearance of this watershed was not earth-shattering. She just appeared so calmly, pushing the dark side to the other side. Liu Sinan didn’t even have time to notice her own transformation. When she realized it, everything had already been turned upside down.

The night before she met Li Jinping, she was holding a shotgun and threatening a drunk man who had broken into her yard from a third-floor window.

The month before she met Li Jinping, she fell from two meters high while walking a tightrope on a runway, and she suffered a mild concussion.

The year before she met Li Jinping, she hid a razor blade in her palm to learn magic tricks, leaving dozens of scars.

If it weren’t for Li Jinping, the things Zhao Qiran did to her in the car wouldn’t have happened. Instead, she would have retaliated in a way that was a hundred times more extreme.

She felt that she was born with some kind of non-traditional bl00d. When a threat arrived, she would fight back fiercely with a stronger weapon. She had a natural ability to learn how to use various weapons to protect herself and would mercilessly kill anything that threatened her.

But Li Jinping walked over, and a landscape painting of mountains and rivers slowly unfolded behind her. The things that had been dormant in Liu Sinan’s bloodline were revived—peace is precious, great wisdom is like folly, a gentleman does not stand in a dangerous place, looking up to a high mountain, and following a great path… Liu Sinan instantly softened her edges and became a gentle, soft, and easygoing person.

Even after the divorce, it took a long time for her to change.

Li Jinping would stand in front of her and fight against the whole world for her, so she could stay behind Li Jinping with peace of mind, not making enemies, not arguing with people, and prioritizing peace.

Without Li Jinping, Liu Sinan would be a blade without a sheath.

Seven years of peaceful life had made the blade a little dull. Liu Sinan had forgotten what she used to be like, but that didn’t matter. “The hand of time will set everything that was once misplaced back to its rightful place,” Liu Sinan said softly, wiping the fog off the mirror. “There will always be that day.”