He felt awful...
Shi Wei's long, curled lashes fluttered.
He opened his eyes and saw Ji Hanchuan sitting beside him, his expression grave.
"Hubby..." Shi Wei began, only to find his voice hoarse. An inexplicable panic stirred in him. "What happened to me?"
Ji Hanchuan pressed his lips together. "Your Ji Zhazha is gone."
"What?" Shi Wei hadn't caught on yet. When he finally remembered what the Ji Zhazha joke was about, he bolted upright in a panic and grabbed Ji Hanchuan's arm. "What happened to our baby!?"
Ji Hanchuan was perfectly calm. "Reincarnated as mild gastritis."
Shi Wei: ...
Shi Wei fell back onto the bed and stared at the stark white ceiling, retracing what had happened.
He had punched his own stomach to disgust Ji Hanchuan. His stomach had gotten angry and made him nauseous, so he had dry-heaved in front of Ji Hanchuan and the lawyer, and then everything had gone black.
Amitabha. Thank goodness I passed out. Otherwise, even my thick skin couldn't have handled the shura field that followed.
Ji Hanchuan snorted. "You really went to great lengths to avoid a divorce."
Shi Wei lowered his head. "What's sacrificing my body if it gets my hubby's attention and makes him change his mind?"
"Sacrificing your body?" Ji Hanchuan said pointedly. "Insanely spicy hot pot, over a dozen plates of meat, and beer. You really put your body through a lot."
Shi Wei: ...
How did he know!
Ji Hanchuan kindly supplied the answer. "You forgot to take out the trash."
[Host, the situation is very dangerous right now.]
Shi Wei: ... I'm well aware.
Ji Hanchuan narrowed his eyes. "Are you really unhappy about the divorce? You seemed pretty happy eating all that. Were you lying every time you said you loved me?"
[Host, major character-breaking crisis!]
Things were looking bad. Even the system's usually calm tone had lost its composure.
Shi Wei: I know!
Throwing caution to the wind, he shouted, "Yes! I was binge-eating! I was drowning my sorrows in alcohol! It's your fault for wanting to divorce me!"
Ji Hanchuan: ?
"Once I'm discharged, I'll eat even more!" Shi Wei simply turned over, presenting Ji Hanchuan with the back of his head. "I'll never take care of my body again. You don't want it anyway, so what's the point?"
Ji Hanchuan: ...
Shi Wei bit his lower lip, his whole body shaking with the effort of holding back his laughter.
Holy shit, I'm such a goddamn clever man!
[Host, impressive.]
The longer one looked at Shi Wei's trembling back wrapped in the quilt, the more wronged he seemed.
Ji Hanchuan sighed silently. "I told you I'd compensate you."
"Hmph! How could that little bit of compensation compare to you?"
Then add a few hundred million!
"What will it take for you to agree to a divorce?"
Shi Wei spoke against his true wishes. "I don't want to divorce my hubby."
Don't even think about kicking the ball back into my court.
"Shi Wei, I told you, I'm divorcing you today no matter what. The lawyer is right outside. Just sign the papers, and I..." Ji Hanchuan reached out and pulled him around. Shi Wei's reddened eyes stubbornly refused to meet his.
He said hesitantly, "I'll still visit you."
Shi Wei: ?
What does that mean, he'll still visit me? Is he treating me as a backup?
This bastard's got some nerve, making me Xu Xirui's backup!
Shi Wei bit his lip. "Then why do we still have to divorce?"
"This marriage wasn't what I wanted." Ji Hanchuan's expression softened as he looked at Shi Wei. "Shi Wei, I'm sorry I hurt you, but you deserve someone who loves you back."
Shi Wei stared at him blankly.
Ji Hanchuan, usually so cold and stern, actually seemed gentle now, a little like the lingering sunset outside the window.
His inner face-con soul began to stir.
But this man is Xu Xirui's big fat fish.
Shi Wei instantly lost interest and nodded lightly. "Call the lawyer in."
The lawyer placed the divorce agreement in front of Shi Wei.
Without looking at it, Shi Wei picked up the expensive fountain pen and signed the paper.
The instant the nib touched the paper, Ji Hanchuan's phone rang.
When Ji Hanchuan saw the name on the screen, his brows drew into a tight knot.
He rejected the call and gestured for Shi Wei to continue.
Shi Wei had just finished writing the "sun" component when suddenly, everyone's phones in the hospital room began ringing. The jumble of ringtones was enough to give anyone a headache.
Shi Wei: ???
A supernatural incident?
The lawyer nervously asked Ji Hanchuan, "Why is Old Mr. Ji calling?"
In an instant, Ji Hanchuan's handsome face seemed to frost over, and even his perfect jawline stiffened.
Ji Hanchuan answered the phone. "Grandpa."
"Are you trying to anger your grandpa to death, Ji Hanchuan?!" A booming voice came from the phone.
Ji Hanchuan said, "I have no such intention."
"No? Then why are you forcing Shi Wei to divorce you? Did you think I wouldn't find out if you secretly hired a lawyer?"
Ji Hanchuan: ...
"You took advantage of him, and now you're abandoning him. Are you even a descendant of the Ji Family, being this irresponsible?"
Ji Hanchuan said, "Genetically speaking, I am."
"You! Are you really trying to anger me to death?"
"I have no such intention."
"You, you unfilial descendant..."
His looping responses provoked several heavy breaths from the other end of the phone. Only after finally recovering did the old man continue bellowing, "I don't care. You can't divorce Shi Wei. He's so cute and loves you so much. Where would you find another one?"
"But we..."
"If you dare get divorced, I'll be very sad. Being sad makes it easy to fall ill, and if I fall ill..."
Ji Hanchuan restrained himself again and again. "I understand."
"Hmph. Good!"
After hanging up, Ji Hanchuan turned to look at Shi Wei, radiating a terrifying aura of "keep away."
Shi Wei's pen-holding hand trembled. "Hubby, what happened?"
Ji Hanchuan walked over step by step, picked up the divorce agreement in front of him with only "Sun" signed on it, and tossed it to the lawyer, who was already scared senseless. "Take it back and destroy it."
Shi Wei was utterly shocked. "Hubby, why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Ji Hanchuan swept an icy glance over him, pulled open the door, and walked out. After respectfully saying goodbye to Shi Wei, the lawyer hurried away too.
Shi Wei gaped.
Holy shit!
My enormous compensation payout!
Before he could figure it out, Shi Wei's phone rang too. The saved contact name on the screen was Grandpa.
Remembering the lion's roar that had come from Ji Hanchuan's phone earlier, Shi Wei swallowed hard in fear.
"Hello, Grandpa."
Old Master Ji's hearty, affectionate voice sounded in his ear. "Xiao Wei, why haven't you called Grandpa in so long?"
"Sorry, Grandpa. I've been a little busy lately."
"I know, you're young." Old Master Ji sounded very approving. "But you still need to look after your health."
Shi Wei hurriedly said, "I will. You need to look after your health too, Grandpa."
"Don't worry about that brat Ji Hanchuan. With Grandpa here, he won't dare divorce you."
Shi Wei: ...
He had almost forgotten. Old Master Ji had treated the original owner especially well. He was also the architect and staunch protector of this marriage; he was the one who had forced Ji Hanchuan to marry him back then.
"Thank you, Grandpa. You're so kind..."
"Oh, why are you so moved you're crying? Be good. Grandpa knows you're the most obedient. Don't worry, Grandpa will always stand by Xiao Wei."
Shi Wei wanted to cry, but had no tears.