Chapter 49

Nearly everything on the table had been eaten by Su Yu. Seeing that Gu Lin had barely touched his food, he could not help saying, "You chose not to eat it yourself. I'm not treating you next time."

If Gu Lin had not helped him stop Su Wang, he would never have treated him to this meal.

"Then you should still treat me next time. I already paid for this one."

Su Yu looked up at him in confusion. "You paid? When did that happen? How did I not know?"

Alpha glanced at him and mocked, "All you see is food. How could you notice anything else?"

Having been called out, Su Yu muttered with less conviction, "You make it sound like you know me so well."

He did know him.

He knew Su Yu's thoughts better than anyone.

It was just that Su Yu's inner monologue was no longer as lively as before, because he could speak now.

"Are you full? If you are, let's go."

Su Yu thoughtfully said, "No need. Don't you still have work? Just go to the company. I can go back on my own. Don't worry, I'll be fine by myself."

Who knew whether he would actually go home on his own?

Alpha generously replied, "I have time to take you home."

"No, no, you should go work. It wouldn't be good to delay you. Every minute of your time is worth millions."

"No need to worry. I'll earn back the loss from these few minutes soon enough."

Why is this ex-husband so determined to keep an eye on me? Is he afraid I'll run away?

I don't even have anything valuable on me. Why would he be afraid of me running away?

Unable to figure it out, Su Yu eventually took Gu Lin's car home.

The first thing he did upon returning home was delete the Su family. He deleted every last one of them, blocked their phone numbers, and even blocked the original owner's mother's number.

From now on, he would ignore every person who had bullied the original owner.

After gaining control of his body, Su Yu's life did not change much. He still ate and drank as usual, but he had suddenly learned to speak, giving the housekeeper quite a fright while also leaving her confused.

Su Yu had no idea how to explain it. Fortunately, the housekeeper did not ask too many questions, and everyone seemed to quickly accept the fact that he could speak.

Gu Lin symbolically went on a two-day business trip. When he returned on the third day, Su Yu knocked on the door of his study with a transparent document folder in hand. At the time, Gu Lin was wearing a Bluetooth earpiece and talking to Young Uncle. The Omega walked in without realizing anything and asked, "When are we going to get our divorce certificate?"

The study was quiet, without any extra noise. Young Uncle heard every word clearly from the other end of the call. He coughed twice and said, "Your Omega isn't pretending anymore? He suddenly can talk again?"

"And the content is this explosive?"

Young Uncle could not wait to hear Gu Lin's answer, but Gu Lin expressionlessly cut off the call.

Su Yu said, "Don't worry. I've prepared all the documents. Nothing can go wrong."

He had not expected this Omega to be so obsessed with getting divorced.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't I say we'd go in a few days?"

"The name on my ID isn't even mine. I want to change it back as soon as possible."

Back then, in order to replace Su Hui and marry Gu Lin, Father Su had made him change his name. Even now, the name on his ID was Su Hui. If his surname had not already been Su, he would have even had to change that.

"You care that much about this name?"

"Of course I do. It isn't my name, and I don't like the person who owns it either."

"I understand. We'll go Monday morning."

It seemed he had no choice but to get the divorce certificate.

Having received a definite answer, Su Yu beamed. His former prejudice against Gu Lin seemed to vanish inexplicably at that moment. "Ex-husband, I like how decisive you are. All right, I'll head out first and won't disturb your work."

With that, Su Yu hugged his document folder and left, even happily humming an awful little tune.

Gu Lin: "..." Like hell he did.

Young Uncle quickly called again. Gu Lin answered, but their conversation never returned to business.

"You settled it that fast? What did you say? You're really getting divorced?"

Gu Lin gave a faint "Mm." "The agreement was signed long ago. We just never went to get the divorce certificate."

"So what do you think?"

What could he think? Other than divorce, did he have any other option? Without Su Yu, his life would not undergo any earth-shattering changes.

"Divorce."

Young Uncle said, "??? Have you lost your mind?"

"If you were going to divorce him, why did you make me sign that ridiculous contract?"

He was Yun Heshu, the poor fool who had contributed one of his restaurants in place of Gu Lin to sign that contract.

Young Uncle said furiously, "Did I give you that restaurant so you could get divorced for fun? I gave it to you so you could keep your wife."

"Gu Lin, when he gets together with another Alpha, you'll be the real sucker. Consider the money from that restaurant your wedding gift."

Young Uncle lectured him for a long time, but Gu Lin did not take any of it to heart.

"Say something, will you? Want me to give you an idea?"

"No need."

Su Yu might be polite to him now, but if Gu Lin refused to let him get the divorce certificate, he might immediately turn hostile and cause chaos in the house.

Gu Lin imagined the scene and felt it was entirely unnecessary. After all, he could not think of a reason not to divorce.

Once they divorced, his ears would be quieter instead.

"What reason do I have not to divorce?"

"You like that Omega."

Gu Lin snorted coldly. "Absolutely impossible."

"...Forget it, forget it. You're hopeless. Just divorce, then."

Over Saturday and Sunday, the housekeeper saw Su Yu constantly coming and going. He even called people over to help move things out of his room. Confused, she told Gu Lin about it, and Gu Lin merely said, "Let him."

"Did you and sir have an argument? Is he moving out?"

But Su Yu seemed to be in a good mood. He even joked with Gu Lin during meals, and the two got along fairly well.

"No. We're just getting divorced."

When Alpha said it, his tone was as calm as though he were responding to a trivial matter.

Just... getting divorced?

The housekeeper was both shocked and confused.

Since Su Yu had learned to speak, he had become much more cheerful. He also talked with Gu Lin more often instead of quietly sitting there. She had thought the two had developed feelings for each other, but they were actually getting divorced.

It was far too sudden, making it difficult to accept for a while.

Fortunately, when he had first moved in, he had not brought all the things from his apartment. Most of his belongings had been bought afterward. During Sunday dinner, Su Yu mentioned, "After we get the certificate tomorrow, I'll go straight back to my apartment. I won't come back here."

"Do as you wish."

"I've moved almost everything already. Don't worry, I only took what belongs to me. I'll leave the keys in the drawer by the entryway, and I put the wedding ring in the drawer in my room."

"Mm."

Perhaps because Su Yu talked so much, Gu Lin's few words seemed especially sparse, making things somewhat awkward. The dining table was quiet for a long while, and neither spoke again. After dinner, they each returned to their rooms without disturbing the other.

Since all his equipment had been moved away, Su Yu could not play games. He washed up early, got into bed, and started scrolling through videos.

[Lu Heyun: I think I saw you today. Did you come back?]

[Su Yu: Yeah, I came back for a bit to move some things. I'm moving back tomorrow.]

[Lu Heyun: I see. Did you resign?]

Resign?

Only then did Su Yu remember that Lu Heyun still thought he and Gu Lin had an employer-employee relationship.

[Su Yu: Yes.]

[Lu Heyun: Do you need my help? I can find you a new job.]

[Su Yu: I appreciate the thought, but I still have things to do. I won't starve to death anytime soon, so don't worry.]

Even if he had nothing to do, he would not starve to death for the time being.

[Lu Heyun: All right. If you need help, you can tell me anytime.]

As they chatted, they ran out of things to talk about. Su Yu went back to scrolling through videos and, as usual, shared one with aaa Building Materials Wholesale. The other party replied in a private message: Not funny.

[Su Yu: Looks like you really are getting old, Uncle.]

[Aaa Building Materials Wholesale: ...]

[Su Yu: Do you play games? How about downloading the game I play on stream and playing with me?]

[Aaa Building Materials Wholesale: No.]

[Su Yu: Then what about other kinds of games? Action, adventure, simulation, role-playing, or something else?]

[Aaa Building Materials Wholesale: Waste of time. Not interested.]

Su Yu wondered privately why this person was like such an old fossil. He would not play this or that; he was impossible to drag along.

[Su Yu: Fine, then. I'll just assume you've missed out on an exceptionally precious opportunity. Next time you ask me to play with you, I won't even care.]

[Aaa Building Materials Wholesale: You're so ordinary. Where did you get that confidence?]

[Su Yu: Haven't you heard? Rather than hurt yourself with inferiority, hurt others with blind confidence.]

The two traded barbs back and forth. In the end, Su Yu actually could not outlast the other person and fell asleep while chatting. Since he had not turned off his screen, his phone had died by the time he woke up the next morning.

Su Yu found a charging cable and plugged in his phone. After turning it on and checking the time, he discovered it was already ten o'clock.

Today was the big day for getting the divorce certificate. How had he overslept?

He wondered whether Gu Lin had already left.

After washing up, Su Yu left his room and glanced around the living room. Gu Lin was not there. The housekeeper downstairs saw that he was awake and said, "Sir said he went to the company first. He told you to go directly to the company once you woke up. He sorted out all the documents and put them in the study."

Su Yu answered, "Okay," then immediately headed for Gu Lin's study.