Dreaming of Divorcing Her (GL) - Chapter 1
“No way?”
When Yu Xinlan called, Wen Qing was getting a spa by the luxurious indoor hot spring pool at Siyi Mansion.
She was only wearing a white cotton strapless bathrobe, completely relaxed, lying languidly on her back. The therapist was professional, gently massaging her head. The scent of rose aromatherapy was just right, and the dim light filled the room with warmth.
Yu Xinlan’s surprised voice came from the other end of the phone: “Jiang Yunjuan really wants to divorce you?”
The young therapist’s movements were skilled. The slight pressure made Wen Qing hum comfortably. She said nonchalantly, “What does it matter?”
“Damn it! What do you mean, what does it matter?” Yu Xinlan said, exasperated, “Didn’t you like her since you were little? You finally became Mrs. Jiang, and in the end, it’s still going to end in divorce. Are you willing to accept that?”
“What’s there to be unwilling about?” Wen Qing asked.
“You have no idea how nasty the people in the circle are! Look at how they’re talking about you behind your back!”
Wen Qing casually asked, “What are they saying?”
“They’re all saying that you tried to ingratiate yourself but failed and brought it upon yourself. They’re just waiting for you to be kicked out of the Jiang family so they can clap and cheer! If you ask me, they’re just jealous of you, but they don’t dare to say it to your face. They’re cowardly, malicious, and idiotic!”
Wen Qing thought for a moment and said, “It seems like that’s the truth. It was my Wen family who was trying to curry favor with her Jiang family. It’s no wonder they’re being sour.”
Yu Xinlan on the other end noticed something: “Why do I feel like… you’re not sad at all?”
Wen Qing admired her diamond-encrusted manicure she had gotten yesterday. The diamonds were real, very sparkly and dazzling. She said sincerely, “It’s not that I’m not sad. I’m so heartbroken, so let’s go out and relax tonight.”
Yu Xinlan: “What kind of logic is that? Is that being sad?”
“Yes, I’m sad, I’m almost dying of sadness,” Wen Qing said, “I’m about to become a lonely person, so I have to drown my sorrows in alcohol. Maybe only spending money can alleviate the extreme grief of a rich woman like me…”
“Can you go a single day without flaunting your wealth?” Yu Xinlan rolled her eyes and said irritably, “12 o’clock tonight, GB Bar. Put down your past dignified airs as Mrs. Jiang, remember to dress sexily, and don’t embarrass me!”
“OK.”
Hanging up the phone, Wen Qing felt a sense of relief.
Jiang Yunjuan was finally willing to talk to her about divorce. They had been married for three years, and for three whole years, Jiang Yunjuan had been indifferent to her. These depressing and bitter days were finally coming to an end.
These three years with Jiang Yunjuan had felt like an eternity to her.
Three years ago, when she and Jiang Yunjuan got married, her Wen family was on the verge of bankruptcy due to the financial crisis, while the Jiang family, as the leading real estate company in the city, was thriving.
Her scumbag father thought long and hard and finally came up with an idea that involved her.
Once she married Jiang Yunjuan, the heir of the Jiang family, it would mean that the Wen family, whose building was about to collapse, could climb onto the big tree of the Jiang family and be revived.
At that time, Jiang Yunjuan’s eldest daughter, Jiang Yunjuan, was seriously ill and almost died. Therefore, marrying her might not necessarily bring her any good, and she might even end up a widow.
But she couldn’t resist the fact that the Jiang family was rich. This marriage was ultimately her Wen family trying to curry favor. Therefore, even if Jiang Yunjuan was unwilling, even if Jiang Yunjuan didn’t even show up on the day of their engagement, it was completely understandable.
However, later, for some unknown reason, after she and Jiang Yunjuan got married, Jiang Yunjuan’s health actually improved.
Rumor had it that the reason Jiang Yunjuan finally agreed to marry her was simply because she had a naturally lucky wife aura, to save her own life.
But how could Jiang Yunjuan possibly have a short life?
Wen Qing knew very well that as the CEO female lead of the yuri novel *After the Car Accident and Amnesia, I Finally Found My True Love*, Jiang Yunjuan could not possibly die so young.
After all, she still had to live happily ever after with the white lotus female lead Su Liyang at the end, eventually having a bunch of children and a HE (Happy Ending).
Yes, that’s right. Three years ago, in the month before Wen Qing and Jiang Yunjuan got married.
She discovered that she had transmigrated into a book, inexplicably becoming the vicious female supporting character with the same name as her in a yuri Mary Sue CEO novel she had once read. She was about to get engaged to the female lead Jiang Yunjuan the next day.
In the original novel, the original owner who shared her name was also called Wen Qing. Jiang Yunjuan married her to save her own life, but Jiang Yunjuan didn’t love the original owner at all. Even though the original owner repeatedly tried to seduce Jiang Yunjuan by writhing her waist in sexy, semi-nude nightgowns, Jiang Yunjuan remained completely unmoved.
An accident occurred during an inspection trip, where Jiang Yunjuan encountered a landslide and was coincidentally rescued by the legitimate second female lead, Su Liyang. This marked the official beginning of the plot in the first chapter of the full text.
Su Liyang was innocent and pure, always putting on an act of being kind, sincere, and helpful despite her poor background. Even when Jiang Yunjuan was later sent to the intensive care unit, Su Liyang took care of her attentively by her side.
Serving tea and water, showing concern and warmth, the original book described Su Liyang as—”She was the only different spark in Jiang Yunjuan’s monotonous life, like a pure and harmless little white lotus.” This finally caused a ripple in Jiang Yunjuan’s unchangingly cold heart after her amnesia, and she gradually developed feelings for her savior, the white lotus Su Liyang.
As Jiang Yunjuan’s original wife, the original owner felt jealous towards Su Liyang, who suddenly barged into her marriage with Jiang Yunjuan, and embarked on a path of repeatedly persecuting Su Liyang with various low-level and idiotic methods.
The original owner’s repeated attempts to court death not only failed to make Jiang Yunjuan change her mind but also pushed Jiang Yunjuan further and further away.
Later, Jiang Yunjuan recovered her memory but remained deeply in love with the white lotus, adopting an attitude of “the whole world is unworthy, but only you are worthy.”
She helped Su Liyang, who had no family background, gain a foothold in the complex entertainment industry, frantically pouring money and resources into her, turning Su Liyang into a model of a pure village girl’s counterattack to become an entertainment industry goddess, eventually becoming a first-tier movie star.
The original owner, after a series of persecutions against Su Liyang, finally angered Jiang Yunjuan. Jiang Yunjuan, out of embarrassment and anger, directly divorced her, and the original owner was kicked out of the Jiang family.
Wen Qing had no objections to the original owner being kicked out of the Jiang family. After all, as a villain, her repeated attempts to seek death were only to add conflict and watchability to the plot. Readers unanimously cursed her as bad and vicious, which was entirely the author’s fault.
However, Wen Qing couldn’t stand the fact that the original owner was left with nothing when she divorced and left the Jiang family.
After all, it was true that the Wen family received strong support from the Jiang family after the original owner married Jiang Yunjuan. But after the Wen family was revived, they did indeed try harder to please the Jiang family out of gratitude and made many concessions in their business collaborations.
To be honest, the original owner being left with nothing made Wen Qing, as a reader, feel that Jiang Yunjuan was somewhat mean and petty.
Even so, the author later said she had writer’s block and directly introduced several female supporting characters who were madly pursuing the white lotus. Without exception, these powerful figures all loved the white lotus to death. Before this, they had all been unintentionally offended by the original owner’s low emotional intelligence. They began to frantically target the original owner, to the point that the original owner later wanted to commit suicide several times due to the abuse from these powerful figures.
What was even more unbearable was that the original owner actually suddenly realized her mistakes at the end and was so great that she directly rushed into a fire to save Jiang Yunjuan and the white lotus, ultimately being burned alive, completing the glorious and tragic life of an excellent and qualified villain.
In the end, she was burned to ashes.
Readers were overjoyed, and the comment section was full of praise.
In fact, from the perspective of a pure reader, the original text was just a very ordinary novel with the cliché tropes of a domineering CEO, dog-bl00d drama, and scum-abusing plot. At least she had read no fewer than eight thousand similar novels.
And she had only been unable to stand the author’s twisted values and had commented in the comment section—Tsk tsk, it’s already this day and age, and they’re still writing the cliche of a mistress rising to power (dog head.JPG)
The die-hard fans mindlessly cursed her in the comment section—
——Idiot, here’s a pen!
——Idiot, if you’re so capable, you write it!
——Idiot, watch if you like it, if you don’t like it, get lost!!
Wen Qing was directly furious and stayed up all night arguing with the author’s die-hard fans for three hundred floors.
In the end, even the author personally came down to curse her—IDIOT!!!!!! How could your mother give birth to such a KY (Kuuki Yomenai – someone who doesn’t read the room) idiot like you!!!!!!!!!!
The author wasn’t satisfied after cursing her and added another sentence—Idiot, I wish you become the original wife and get burned to death in the end!!!!!!!!!!!
This time, Wen Qing couldn’t bear it anymore.
She transformed into a Zuan girl (internet slang for someone who swears a lot), spewing profanity, and stayed up all night arguing with the author for another three hundred floors.
The next day, because she had been too excited from swearing for so long, she took a leave of absence from work to catch up on sleep at home.
Who knew that when she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated into the book and become Wen Qing, the vicious original wife with the same name as her.
Moreover, the timeline was exactly one month before she was to marry the female lead Jiang Yunjuan.
She was so scared that she didn’t sleep well for three days and three nights. After thinking it over and over again, she decided to play it safe before the white lotus appeared. Anyway, she would just act like a well-bred lady.
The original text also mentioned that Jiang Yunjuan came from a prestigious family with a scholarly tradition and had received a very strict education since childhood.
In the end, Jiang Yunjuan herself was a domineering CEO who had been constrained by rules and regulations since she was young. What she liked most was the “pure and natural” lively, cute, and coquettish type like the white lotus. So, she was happy to go against the white lotus.
During the three years after their marriage, she deliberately stayed far away from Jiang Yunjuan. She even signed up for various interest classes every day to avoid Jiang Yunjuan. She was quiet as a chicken every day and never easily disturbed her. Even when they occasionally met, she would look at Jiang Yunjuan with a shy and timid expression, never daring to say much.
Thinking about Jiang Yunjuan’s speechless and cold look every time she saw her, did she really think she was too shy to speak in front of her?
What nonsense…
The time before last, Jiang Yunjuan took the initiative to call to ask her what she had been busy with recently.
She said she was learning to play the suona (a Chinese wind instrument).
Jiang Yunjuan hung up the phone as expected.
Last time, Jiang Yunjuan asked her again.
She said she was learning to play the erhu (a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument).
Jiang Yunjuan hung up again.
Anyway, Jiang Yunjuan wouldn’t possibly ask her to perform the erhu, so she could just make things up.
To be honest, she wasn’t very interested in Jiang Yunjuan. Although Jiang Yunjuan’s face was cold and abstinent, and her demeanor was noble and self-restrained, which was her favorite type, the female lead was destined not to be hers, and she was very clear about this.
Anyway, she only wanted Jiang Yunjuan’s money, not Jiang Yunjuan herself. When Jiang Yunjuan had a car accident and amnesia, she would just take the money and leave gracefully.
Calculating the days now, as long as she held on for a few more days, waiting for Jiang Yunjuan to go to Yushan for inspection, encounter a landslide, have a car accident, and lose her memory, she would be able to meet the legitimate second female lead, the white lotus, and develop a romantic relationship.
She would also be able to retire successfully and divorce Jiang Yunjuan smoothly.
Of course, it was also good that Jiang Yunjuan was bringing up divorce with her ahead of time.
Although the original owner was a vicious original wife, she had a face that could charm anyone to death. Although getting divorced might damage her reputation, she had saved a lot of money!
When the time came, she would take the money, buy an entire street in the city center, open nightclubs everywhere, and build a sleepless city.
Smoking, drinking, getting perms, living in drunken revelry, and wild dancing.
Being a carefree boss, earning a lot of money every day.
Tsk, that was the real fairy-tale life!
The more Wen Qing thought about it, the more excited she became.
“Miss Wen, your skin is really well-maintained,” the young therapist praised at the right time, seeing that she was in a good mood.
As a professionally trained therapist, she knew clearly that in a place like Siyi Mansion, those who could enter the VIP room for services were either rich or noble.
Anyway, mindless flattery was the way to go.
As long as she made the young ladies and wives of wealthy families happy, she could get a considerable tip if they were generous.
What’s more, the woman in front of her was indeed beautiful. After the bath, her skin was smooth and delicate, her slender fingers were white and slender, her eyes were alluring, her red lips were like fire, and her temperament was completely different, with a few more natural and unadorned touches of sexiness and charm.
It was more like the bland and simple elegance the woman had when she first entered was all an act, and her current state was her truest self.
Thinking Wen Qing hadn’t heard, the young girl gently massaged her temples while flattering her again for the sake of a tip: “Miss Wen, your skin is so well-maintained, one can’t tell your actual age at all.”
“Otherwise? Women work their lives away to earn money, isn’t it all for the sake of taking care of this face?”
After a slight sigh, Wen Qing closed her eyes and gently stroked her collagen-filled face with her slender fingertips.
She was very satisfied.
At least during this short three-year marriage, although Jiang Yunjuan was sexually indifferent, she was generous to her and never treated her badly. Gold and silver jewelry, jade ornaments, luxury limited-edition bags, and expensive cosmetics were all regularly sent to her by Jiang Yunjuan’s assistant.
“Then you must be very rich. Are you in business?” the young girl subtly inquired, “What kind of business? Is it stressful?”
“Not at all, no pressure at all,” Wen Qing slowly opened her eyes and suddenly smiled mischievously at the young girl.
“Ah?” the young girl was surprised, “How can making money have no pressure?”
“Who told me I have a good life and married a rich person?” Wen Qing smiled, her lips curving. She lazily raised her head, and the words that came out of her seemingly harmless face were infuriating: “My wife is responsible for working hard to make money, and I’m responsible for working hard to help her spend it.”
“Ugh!”
That really hit a nerve!
“So, even if we’re about to get divorced—”
“What?! Your marriage has been so bumpy…”
“But with this face of mine, I’ll definitely be able to live well in the future.”
“…”
These words were too realistic and too hurtful.
Wen Qing spoke as if it were a matter of course, her eyes shining, completely expressing her true thoughts. Ever since she realized she had tragically transmigrated into the book, she had dreamed of being a happy, ordinary, stunningly beautiful big boss of a street full of bars after the divorce!
But in the young girl’s opinion, her words were indeed a bit—too pretentious and boastful.
After holding it in for a long time, the young girl, still young, couldn’t restrain her jealousy and said with a hint of sarcasm and flattery, “Isn’t it just because you have a good life? Nowadays, who doesn’t want to marry a rich person? Only with money can you maintain your delicate and youthful face.”
Sensing the grievance in her words, Wen Qing proactively changed the subject: “Then how old do you think I look now?”
“Eight…een?” For the sake of the tip, these words were somewhat insincere.
Wen Qing pretended not to notice at all and laughed contentedly, “Mmm, I knew it. Even young girls who don’t know me will think my face looks like I’m only eighteen.”
Wen Qing enjoyed her hot spring spa this time, but the young girl, even after receiving a generous four-figure tip from Wen Qing after she got dressed and left, gradually became depressed and began to doubt her life…
After leaving Siyi Mansion and returning to the car, Wen Qing still made a call to Jiang Yunjuan.
She called three times before the other end was picked up: “Hello.”
A cold, emotionless voice, just like the sexually indifferent Jiang Yunjuan herself.
Wen Qing put on a twelve-out-of-ten performance, as if using all the courage she had in her life, and finally mustered the courage to ask her, “Jiang Yunjuan, do you think I still have a chance?”
For some reason, the other end was silent for a long while before Jiang Yunjuan spoke in a softer tone, “Does it still matter for you to ask that?”
Wen Qing paused before saying, “Then, shall we go hiking together this weekend?”
Jiang Yunjuan: “…”
Wen Qing added expressionlessly, “I bought a new camera today and really want to take a picture of you by the cliff to keep as a memento.”