The Heartless, Cheating Scumbag Woman in a Female-Dominated World (Thirteen)

The divorce proceeded quickly. Within days, Jiang Xuefu received the divorce certificate Rong Chao had mailed her.

She looked at the freshly printed words "divorce certificate" on the little red booklet, a complicated look in her eyes.

At first, she really had approached Rong Chao with ulterior motives.

The Rong Family was wealthy, but not exceptionally so. They could give her a helping hand without interfering too much.

They had been together for seven years and gone through so much. Jiang Xuefu was not entirely without feelings for him.

She had once thought that although she could not give Rong Chao her one and only love, she could make him her only husband.

That was why, no matter how wildly she played around outside over the years, none of those people had ever appeared before Rong Chao.

She had not expected that, after all those twists and turns, they would still end up divorced. Since he wanted a divorce, Jiang Xuefu gave him what he wanted.

But this was good too. Now that she was divorced, she no longer had much to hold her back.

Chen Yu was the first to hear the news.

Now that they were divorced, Jiang Xuefu naturally could no longer live in their old home. She went back there over the weekend and brought some important things to the apartment she shared with Chen Yu.

"Y-you two got divorced?" Chen Yu was still holding a cup of warm water. His face showed shock and disbelief, but more than anything, a secret joy.

"Yeah." Jiang Xuefu walked over and took a sip of water from the cup in his hand to moisten her throat. "I've even got the divorce certificate. I'll be living here full-time from now on."

She spoke casually, as if she were talking about someone else's affairs, showing none of the emotions people usually felt after a divorce.

Longing, excitement, regret, sadness... there was none of it.

Chen Yu suppressed his feelings, stepped forward to take the things Jiang Xuefu had brought back, and said gently, "Wife, do Mom and Dad know about this?"

"Not yet. I'll call them in a bit."

Liu He was naturally overjoyed when he heard the news. That Rong Chao had occupied the latrine without taking a shit for so many years, and he was finally gone.

"So, when are you two going to the hospital for matching?" Liu He's somewhat high-pitched voice came through the receiver, occasionally accompanied by bursts of noisy chicken crowing.

Jiang Xuefu was somewhat speechless. "Dad, I'm busy these days. Let's wait until next week."

"Oh, all right, all right. As long as you two have a plan."

After hanging up, Liu He reined in his excitement.

Ancestors, bless us. Please let the match succeed. Better yet, let them have a daughter on the first try.

At the Rong home.

It had been several days since Rong Chao returned from the hospital. The doctor said there was nothing seriously wrong with the rest of his body, but the wound on his head needed regular checkups.

The man sat quietly on the balcony, enjoying the breeze. For some reason, a faint unease always lingered in his heart.

"Xiao Chao, why are you out here in the breeze again?" Xu Zhu had hurried to the Rong home as soon as she got off work.

"I'm fine. The doctor said I've almost recovered." Rong Chao smiled. Though he still looked pale and fragile, he was extraordinarily captivating, and the sight made Xu Zhu's heart burn.

She had never imagined that she and Rong Chao would have this kind of fate.

She had begun secretly admiring Rong Chao a long time ago.

But back then, Rong Chao had been the campus heartthrob everyone adored, while she was just an unnoticed chubby girl in the corner, with barely any friends.

To catch up to him, Xu Zhu began losing weight and studying hard.

Later, Xu Zhu finally got into the same university as Rong Chao and succeeded in losing weight. She was no longer the invisible person she had been.

But because of her long-held insecurities, Xu Zhu never dared confess. She kept putting it off, until their first year was nearly over and she still had not spoken a single word to Rong Chao.

On the very day she made up her mind to confess, she was in a car accident. It was so severe that she fell into a coma for half a month, and her family arranged for her to take a leave of absence from school.

By the time Xu Zhu finally recovered and returned to campus, she heard that Rong Chao and Jiang Xuefu were already together.

She knew Jiang Xuefu: a talented woman and campus belle famous throughout the university.

She could not believe it, but there was nothing she could do.

After secretly attending their wedding, Xu Zhu finally gave up hope and followed her family's arrangements to study abroad. She had only returned from overseas this year.

She had not expected to come back and find that Xiao Chao had lost his memory.

The two figures on the balcony made a quiet, beautiful picture. The woman gazed at the man with tender affection; they looked as well matched as a pair made in heaven.

Father Rong covered his mouth and chuckled behind them.

He knew about the Xu Family; they were famous for their harmonious home. Besides, Xu Zhu had been running around taking care of Xiao Chao all this time, coming to keep him company every day without fail.

She was polite, too, and quite a fine-looking young woman.

Compared to that irresponsible Jiang Xuefu, she was better by who knew how many times.

If Xiao Chao could be with Xu Zhu, he would agree ten thousand times over.

After watching for a while longer, Father Rong saw that it was getting late and finally called to the two on the balcony, "What are you talking about? Come eat."

Bowls and chopsticks clinked at the dinner table as Xu Zhu occasionally picked out dishes Rong Chao liked and put them in his bowl.

"Where's my older brother? Isn't he coming down to eat?"

At the thought of his eldest son, who had only started rebelling at thirty, Father Rong felt a headache coming on again. "Your brother had something to do and hasn't come back yet. Let's eat first."

It was not that he had not come back; he plainly did not want to.

Xiao Chao had finally turned misfortune into a blessing and climbed out of the pit that was Jiang Xuefu.

But then Rong Feng had plunged headfirst into it.

Last night, Rong Feng had gone to Mother Jiang's study and knelt before the two of them. "Mom, Dad, Xiao Chao has already divorced her. You have no reason to stop us from being together now, do you?"

Mother Rong sighed and earnestly tried to persuade him. "After what happened to your younger brother, you should be able to see that Jiang Xuefu is a heartless, unfeeling thing. Has she come to see Xiao Chao even once during this time? No! What on earth is so good about her that you like her this much?"

Mother Rong truly did not understand. Apart from that extraordinarily beautiful face, what was so good about Jiang Xuefu? She had bewitched her sons one after another, as if they were possessed!

"Perhaps she has no redeeming qualities in your eyes, but I just like her. I just can't forget her. I just want to be with her."

Rong Feng knelt on the floor, speaking each word with utmost sincerity.

In an instant, it was as if time had turned back five years.

The same scene, the same words, only the person kneeling on the floor had changed from Rong Chao to Rong Feng.

Mother Rong closed her eyes. In the span of just over ten days, many more white hairs had appeared at her temples.

"I won't agree. Xiao Chao has already stepped into that fire pit once. I can't let you suffer too."

She stood by her decision, but Rong Feng was not one to compromise easily either.

In the end, mother and son parted unhappily, and Rong Feng still had not come back.