Dreaming of Divorcing Her (GL) - Chapter 3
From the moment Jiang Yunjuan entered the bar, there were many bold individuals eager to try and strike up a conversation. However, without exception, they were all intimidated by the cold and aloof aura emanating from her, hesitating and not daring to step forward.
Adding to this, a middle-aged man stood beside her. The man was around fifty, burly, and his sharp eyes cautiously scanned the surroundings.
The people around whispered their guesses. The man was either her father or a bodyguard.
But regardless of the possibility, they all concluded in their hearts that this woman didn’t belong here and was the kind they couldn’t afford to offend.
After repeated consideration, the would-be suitors very wisely walked away.
“President Jiang—”
Old He pondered for a long time before tentatively speaking, “How about I go over and bring Madam back?”
Jiang Yunjuan suppressed the anger in her heart and said softly, “No need.”
Old He carefully said, “But… Madam seems drunk. There are so many people around her. What if she encounters any danger…”
“Danger?” Jiang Yunjuan raised an eyebrow, her voice betraying no hint of annoyance, “What danger can she encounter? Looking at her, isn’t she quite happy?”
Old He was taken aback.
President Jiang’s words sounded a bit… sour?
“Then how about I give Madam a call and just say you came by?”
Jiang Yunjuan’s tone turned cold, “Don’t!”
After she finished speaking, she turned and left.
Old He shrank his neck, not daring to persuade her further, and immediately followed.
Coming out of the bar and returning to the car.
In the driver’s seat, Old He was driving. He stole a glance at Jiang Yunjuan in the rearview mirror.
Jiang Yunjuan looked weary. Seeming to notice him looking at her, she impatiently shifted her gaze to the heavy darkness outside the car window.
The car made a turn and slowly drove onto the main road.
Old He thought for a moment and still tentatively said, “How about I give Madam a call after all?”
Unexpectedly, after a moment of silence, Jiang Yunjuan actually said, “Mmm.”
Old He picked up his phone, just about to scroll through his contacts.
Jiang Yunjuan reminded him, “Put it on speakerphone.”
Old He quickly replied, “Yes, President Jiang.”
The call went through, and Old He turned on the speakerphone.
For some reason, he had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, it took a long time before the call was answered.
The noise from the bar on the other end of the line was chaotic and loud. Wen Qing’s voice was almost drowned out by the loud singing, “Who is it?”
Jiang Yunjuan frowned. She could hear Wen Qing’s impatience.
Old He paused before carefully answering, “It’s me, Madam, it’s Old He.”
“Old River? I’m practically the Old Sea!” Wen Qing slurred her words with accusation and complaint, “Calling people late at night, don’t you have any sense? Don’t you have a nightlife?”
Old He: “…”
He unconsciously glanced at Jiang Yunjuan in the rearview mirror again and found that President Jiang’s expression had suddenly worsened compared to before.
Just as Old He was about to speak, he saw Jiang Yunjuan directly reach out, “Give it to me.”
Old He felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He quickly picked up the phone and handed it back over his shoulder.
Jiang Yunjuan turned off the speakerphone, held it to her right ear, and coldly reminded her, “Wen Qing, it’s me.”
The person on the other end was indeed stunned for a moment. Perhaps she had suddenly sobered up, and her attitude took a complete 180 degree turn, “Jiang… Jiang Yunjuan, you’re calling me so late, is it… is it because you’ve changed your mind about me?”
The affected tone made Jiang Yunjuan scoff inwardly, “What do you think?”
“I…” Wen Qing’s voice sounded like she was about to cry again, “Of course I don’t want to divorce you. I don’t want to be like what they say outside, marrying you just to divorce you and then take your money.”
Jiang Yunjuan almost laughed out of anger. Her red lips slightly parted as she asked, “Then what do you want? Me?”
Unsurprisingly, Wen Qing fell silent again.
After a moment, as if she had made a huge decision, she finally said, “I actually know you don’t like me. But… if divorcing me can make you happy, I’m willing, even though I’ll be sad about it. But for you, I’m willing to bear this sadness.”
Hearing this, Jiang Yunjuan’s fingers gripped the phone tightly, unable to speak for a long time.
How did Wen Qing’s clever words make it seem like it was her fault instead?
If she hadn’t seen Wen Qing’s happy demeanor while drinking with others in the bar just now, if she hadn’t vaguely heard Wen Qing say that being able to divorce her was a great thing—
Tonight, she might have actually believed Wen Qing’s words!
Jiang Yunjuan asked her coldly, “Where are you?”
As if she had anticipated this question, Wen Qing replied without hesitation, “Learning the suona was tiring, so today I’m learning how to play the jazz drums with the teacher. It’s a bit loud, did it disturb you?”
This sound was not just “a bit loud”!
In the silence, Wen Qing’s usual soft and weak greeting came again, “Jiang Yunjuan, did you just get off work? Are you tired? You must take care of your body. I remember you have a bad stomach, remember to drink more hot water when you get back.”
Jiang Yunjuan really didn’t want to hear Wen Qing continue speaking. In fact, she even felt inexplicably irritated just hearing Wen Qing’s voice now.
“Jiang Yunjuan, what’s wrong? Are you unhappy because of work? Don’t be unhappy. Women who are often angry will get old and ugly. You must remember to drink more hot water.”
“…”
Still “ya”?
How had she never noticed before that Wen Qing’s way of speaking was so artificial!
She hung up the phone directly, and the phone was carelessly thrown onto the seat beside her.
Old He heard the noise and glanced at her in the rearview mirror.
Jiang Yunjuan sank helplessly into the back of the seat, closing her eyes wearily.
In the past, even after working overtime continuously at the Jiang Corporation until the next morning, she had never felt as tired as she did today.
••••
Being suddenly hung up on by Jiang Yunjuan left Wen Qing feeling somewhat baffled.
The moment she heard Jiang Yunjuan’s voice just now, her drunkenness had instantly vanished!
However, what was wrong with Jiang Yunjuan today?
Why did she suddenly take the initiative to call her?
Could it be that she had cried too realistically today, causing Jiang Yunjuan to worry that she was thinking of committing suicide?
Yes, yes, that must be it.
Actually, thinking about it carefully, Jiang Yunjuan was quite kind-hearted. She was somewhat different from the scumbag female lead described in the original text who abandoned her original wife for a mistress. It wasn’t in vain that she had acted for so many years by Jiang Yunjuan’s side.
Perhaps it was because she had been playing the role of a good and obedient wife in front of Jiang Yunjuan for the past three years, never trying to seduce her with sexy lingerie play like the original owner, that Jiang Yunjuan had finally had a slight pang of conscience. She probably thought of her as a pure and harmless pitiful delicate flower who couldn’t withstand the devastation of divorce.
However, if Jiang Yunjuan thought this way, she would have achieved her goal perfectly.
Of course, it would be even better if Jiang Yunjuan could give her a few more houses and a larger share of Jiang’s stock when they divorced in a few days!
She should have understood her hint just now, right?
She definitely understood.
Her acting just now was the peak of her skills honed over the past three years, perfectly portraying the grievances and unwillingness of a fragile abandoned wife, and her great selflessness in wanting everything to be good for the other person.
Maybe Jiang Yunjuan would be overwhelmed with sympathy during the divorce and give her billions every year in the future. At that time, she would definitely be endlessly grateful, praying to God to grant Jiang Yunjuan a long life and a sweet, everlasting romance with the soon-to-appear white lotus female lead Su Liyang!
Once she got billions, her dream of a street full of bars might instantly turn into two streets!
She was indeed still so easily satisfied!
But inexplicably, she felt a little panicked.
She didn’t know why, but the feeling of panic that grew from the bottom of her heart was completely without reason. It was like when she used to watch “Animal World,” a cute and silly rabbit happily drinking water by the river, but at the same time, in the lush and dense bushes behind it, a fierce tiger was hiding in the shadows, ready to pounce.
Her sixth sense had always been very accurate.
Could it be that some danger was gradually approaching her?
“What’s wrong with you?” Yu Xinlan returned from the dance floor and saw her looking absent-minded, teasing with a smile, “Could it be that the beauty just now stole your soul?”
“Of course not!” Wen Qing rolled her eyes at her, “Do I look like the kind of person who doesn’t cherish their purity?”
Yu Xinlan sized her up and down for three seconds, “Yes!”
Wen Qing: “…”
Damn it!
She really wanted to curse!
If she didn’t cherish her purity, could she still be a virgin after three years of marriage!!!
Of course, she couldn’t say these words to Yu Xinlan and could only silently sulk.
Yu Xinlan continued to tease, “Then did you lose money in the stock market?”
“Puh, puh, puh!” Wen Qing was so angry that she stomped her feet, “Shut your crow’s mouth, I’m going to be a huge success and make a fortune, okay!”
“Are you going to tell me or not?” Yu Xinlan was losing patience.
“Okay, I’ll tell you…”
Yu Xinlan shook the wine glass in her hand, making a gesture of listening intently with great interest.
“It’s just that…” The moment she thought of Jiang Yunjuan, Wen Qing instantly drooped, “Jiang Yunjuan just called me and asked where I was.”
“Holy crap!” Yu Xinlan suddenly looked shocked, “How dare you answer her call at a time like this? It’s so loud here, won’t she know you came to a nightclub?”
Wen Qing quickly said, “No, no, I handled it.”
“That’s good, you scared me to death!” Yu Xinlan patted her chest with lingering fear, “Honestly, if you want to come clubbing in the future, don’t drag me along. What if your President Jiang finds out I brought you to a place like this? Wouldn’t she just make our Yu family go bankrupt overnight?”
Hearing this, Wen Qing smiled and scolded her, “You’re really loyal.”
“Every man for himself when disaster strikes, sister!” Yu Xinlan paused, hesitating to speak, “What exactly is going on between you and Jiang Yunjuan…?”
Everyone knew that Wen Qing, the least favored youngest daughter of the Wen family, had seen Jiang Yunjuan once in her childhood. From then on, she had fallen deeply in love with Jiang Yunjuan. Wen Qing had unrequitedly loved Jiang Yunjuan for many years, and finally, through a stroke of luck, the two had gotten married.
Therefore, in the eyes of everyone in the book, Wen Qing loved Jiang Yunjuan humbly, deeply, and without dignity.
Wen Qing naturally had to maintain the original owner’s persona of a deeply devoted lover. She was silent for a long time before suddenly saying, “I don’t know what happened. She suddenly doesn’t want me anymore…”
Yu Xinlan sighed deeply and patted her shoulder comfortingly, “Actually, I’ve always felt that you and Jiang Yunjuan are quite mismatched.”
Wen Qing seemed to see through life in an instant but pretended to be strong and said, “Yeah, I know I’m not good enough for her.”
“That’s not what I meant. You haven’t done anything to apologize for,” Yu Xinlan comforted her kindly, “I mean, a wild-hearted woman like you has been acting like a well-bred lady by her side all along, being her generous and proper Mrs. Jiang. You’ve sacrificed too much.”
Wen Qing bit her lower lip lightly, feeling wronged but also stubborn, “I did it all willingly.”
Yu Xinlan sighed, “Ah, speaking of which, once you divorce, Jiang Yunjuan should give you a lot of things, right?”
Wen Qing bit her lower lip, holding back tears, “I didn’t marry her for her money.”
Yu Xinlan exclaimed, “I never thought someone like you could be so great, so silly. It’s a pity Jiang Yunjuan can’t see it. I’m even starting to like you a bit, what should I do?”
Wen Qing automatically filtered out the second half of her sentence, crying with pear blossom tears while internally screaming—
This was the effect she had been aiming for all along!!!!
Otherwise, why would she have acted like a good and obedient wife by Jiang Yunjuan’s side for three years? Could it be like the original owner, trying to win the female lead’s love??
What a joke!
Recalling the plot of the original text, it was only a few days away before Jiang Yunjuan went on a business trip to Yushan.
Next, Jiang Yunjuan would encounter a dog-bl00d drama + car accident with amnesia on the way to Yushan for inspection, and then she would meet her true love—the white lotus Su Liyang.
Once Su Liyang, the official partner, appeared, her, the original wife, would definitely die in the finale!
So no matter how she thought about it, quickly getting a divorce, taking the money and leaving, opening a street full of bars, and building a sleepless city was the only right way!
She could only blame the original owner’s scumbag father for being so unreliable, petty, mean, and stingy, and also a miser. Even until his death, he didn’t give a single cent of his property to Wen Qing, his youngest daughter.
She seriously suspected that the reason the original owner stubbornly refused to divorce Jiang Yunjuan later, besides her secretly loving Jiang Yunjuan for many years, was because she would have nowhere to go after the divorce, because she was poor!
So for the past three years, she had desperately saved money and even put some of the property she got from Jiang Yunjuan into the stock market, making her money work for her.
It could be seen that the principle of “money is king” applied even in the world of the book…
Thinking of this, she took the tissue Yu Xinlan handed her, wiped away her tears, and impatiently took out her phone.
She didn’t want to wait even a minute longer and directly sent a message to Jiang Yunjuan: [That… Jiang Yunjuan, are you asleep? I’ve thought it over. Let’s get divorced tomorrow…]
She reckoned that since Jiang Yunjuan looked down on her so much, she would definitely agree immediately, right?
Once she came out of the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow, to celebrate her eternal singleness, the first thing she would do was go to the city center and, with a grand gesture, buy the entire street!!
Oh dear, the life of a nouveau riche was so willful!
Just imagining it made her feel comfortable all over!
Just then, her phone’s text message notification tone rang.
Had Jiang Yunjuan agreed so quickly?
Heh, this woman was truly heartless!
But she also thanked Jiang Yunjuan’s ruthlessness. Mostly, whether there was any affection or not didn’t matter. As long as Jiang Yunjuan gave her the money she deserved in the end, that was enough.
In her happiness, she couldn’t wait to slide open the text message.
Seeing the content of the message.
Wen Qing was stunned.
Seeming unable to believe it.
She blinked.
And read it again.
She saw that the text message from Jiang Yunjuan only had three short sentences—
[Wen Qing, what’s the point of you doing this?]
After confirming it was correct.
Her hand trembled, and she almost dropped her phone.