Jiang Nan Fang felt she had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world.
A person doing things that disgusted her, while simultaneously wanting to be friends with her.
How could he even say that?
"Everyone has a scale in their heart. Don't think the children are too young to see through you. Sooner or later, you'll get your comeuppance."
"Just like your father. They will hate you in the future too."
Zhan Bei Jue's heart trembled, the pain making it difficult for him to breathe.
But he was stubborn.
"I don't care. As long as they are Zhan Bei Jue's offspring, they will acknowledge me as their father for life. I don't care about anything else."
Jiang Nan Fang didn't want to talk to him anymore.
His shamelessness disgusted her.
Her luggage was already packed. She rushed to get it, and before leaving, she told Zhan Bei Jue.
"Meet me at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow morning at eight. One second late, and you're a turtle's egg."
She threw her luggage into the car and sped away.
Zhan Bei Jue sat in the living room, listening to the sound of the car fading away, as if returning to the night they divorced seven years ago.
She had been just as resolute when she left then.
"A Cheng."
A Cheng hurried in from outside the door.
"Follow Madam. Take your men and follow her closely, twenty-four hours a day."
Ever since she saw the news, Jiang Nan Fang had prepared for the divorce. She had looked at several property listings.
The first thing she wanted to do after leaving the Zhan family was to buy a house.
Actually, she didn't intend to leave Nan Cheng, not without Zhan Bei Jue's threat.
Not to mention how troublesome it would be to start over in a strange country with four children, Rui Rui and Ge'er had an inseparable affection for Zhan Bei Jue.
She couldn't bear to see the children sad.
Regardless, the children were conceived due to her own impulsiveness at the time. Since she had given birth to them, she had to be responsible for them.
No matter how things developed between her and Zhan Bei Jue, their biological father was still their biological father.
With the Zhan family's reputation, at least their lives would not be difficult when they grew up. Jiang Nan Fang had no right to deprive them of this.
She drove directly to the sales center and started looking at houses.
The house was not developed by the Zhan family, and the location was not very good, but she didn't care.
She desperately needed a place to stay now. As long as she didn't have to see Zhan Bei Jue's hypocritical face, she could bear anything.
The house was not large, only over 130 square meters. Its advantage was that it was exquisitely furnished and ready to move in, priced at 3.2 million.
Jiang Nan Fang was originally a wealthy woman with hundreds of millions in savings, but she had squandered most of it.
After buying the house, she would be back to square one.
But it was all her own choice. There was no point in regretting it; so be it.
After visiting three sales centers in a row, she finally chose the first one. She paid the deposit on the spot, completed the paperwork, and moved her belongings in before the children finished school.
The children's clothes, shoes, and various daily necessities were still at the Zhan residence. Jiang Nan Fang had no intention of going back to get them.
When she went to pick up the children from school, she got into the car and solemnly announced to them.
"I plan to divorce your father, so I've moved out of that house."
"However, your father and I will still be friends. So, you will temporarily stay with me."
"If you miss him, if you want to go back to see him, I will take you."
"For Mommy, this is not a sad thing. Life is very long, and we will encounter many more things. So, let's not waste time being sad. You shouldn't take this too seriously, okay?"
The children had held onto hope yesterday, expecting that if their father came back and appeased their mother, everything would be fine.
They hadn't expected this...
It was a lie to say they weren't sad, but seeing their mother force a smile, they dared not show it.
Only Ge'er showed the most anger at her father's betrayal.
"Mommy, did Daddy come back? He didn't keep you? He agreed to divorce you?"
"Ge'er, you've watched many TV shows, movies, and fairy tales. You've seen many parents divorce. Really, it's no big deal."
"It's like when you grow up, date a boyfriend who isn't suitable, and feel unhappy, so you break up. Mommy is the same."
"Zhan Bei Jue will always be your father. It won't change because we divorce. We can both face it calmly, so please don't be sad, okay?"
Ge'er reluctantly said, "Alright. Since you've decided, I respect you."
"But I won't easily forgive Daddy. He doesn't answer my calls. I want to punish him severely and not answer his calls in the future either!"
To celebrate Mommy's return to being a single noble, they all went out to eat that day.
After dinner, they shopped at the supermarket. When they returned home, A Cheng saw them safely inside before sending his location to Zhan Bei Jue and reporting her day's itinerary.
"I know," Zhan Bei Jue said.
"Your work location will be changed there from now on. Tomorrow, I'll have A Biao buy the apartment opposite. Be careful with everything."
In the evening, Jiang Nan Fang finished reading them their bedtime stories.
Seeing they had all obediently closed their eyes, she returned to her room alone.
As soon as she left, the children opened their eyes.
They were all very curious about what their father had done to upset Mommy. They took out their tablets and searched online.
It turned out that Daddy was rumored to be with another woman!
Tiantian: "Daddy is such a heartless man, a bad guy! I thought he loved Mommy the most, but he's so hypocritical!"
Ge'er: "We must find that bad woman and teach her a good lesson! Let her know that our Mommy is not to be bullied!"
The next day, Jiang Nan Fang got up early to make them breakfast. After watching them enter school, she drove to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
She arrived ten minutes early.
Sitting in the car, as the time drew closer to eight o'clock, she honestly felt a bit complex.
She both hoped Zhan Bei Jue would arrive on time and hoped he wouldn't.
Women are always like this.
Even if she told herself countless times to stay calm and distance herself from the scum,
When it came to emotions, she still held a sliver of hope for the scum, expecting a reversal of events...
At seven fifty-nine, Zhan Bei Jue's familiar van stopped opposite her.
The driver got out to open the door, and he stepped out of the car, impeccably dressed in a suit, his features sharp and handsome.
Watching his tall figure, once hers, gradually approach the entrance, and knowing he would soon belong to someone else, Jiang Nan Fang took several deep breaths in the car to control her expression.
The clock struck eight, and she gracefully stepped out.
They walked towards the entrance simultaneously. Her lateral distance from him was two people. She looked straight ahead, walking with long strides, avoiding eye contact.
She had dressed up for the occasion today.
She wore light makeup, her hair was styled in soft curls, and she wore a black knee-length velvet dress with three-centimeter black ankle strap heels.
She looked playful yet graceful and light on her feet, as if every step she took was on clouds, like a swan about to dance.
Looking at her elegant back, Zhan Bei Jue couldn't help but sigh inwardly again.
She truly knew how to make things difficult for him.
It was as if she was determined to show her best side during their breakup, ensuring he wouldn't shed tears of regret.