Out of the expectation of the three people, Shen Xiaoyan was branded with a hat that shamed the Zheng family. She didn't resist at all, not even saying a word in her defense. This seemed to deviate from Zheng Wei's perception of her. She was always aloof, but her behavior today was truly abnormal.
"Lawyer Yi, remove the house from the property," Shen Xiaoyan said calmly. She actually had no intention of living in Di Jing in the future, so she didn't want this house either.
"Shen Xiaoyan, you should know that all of this was generously bestowed upon you by Old Zheng. It would be right for you to not get a single cent, but you don't want the house? Could it be that you find the house too small?" This was not the first time Lin Xin had participated in someone's divorce. He was very clear about the little tricks in people's hearts. Even as Shen Xiaoyan spoke, he glanced at Zheng Wei's face, as if mocking Zheng Wei, saying Shen Xiaoyan was aloof? In the face of profit, wasn't she still mercenary?
"You've misunderstood. I have no intention of living in Di Jing in the future, so this house is superfluous." After speaking, Shen Xiaoyan quickly finished reading the divorce agreement. She picked up a pen and directly crossed out the property mentioned in both contracts, then signed her name.
Lu Taobao, who had been silent the whole time, glanced at the signature on the contract. Upon seeing Shen Xiaoyan's exceptionally neat handwriting, he surprisingly smiled.
"Old Zheng?" Lin Xin didn't care. Although it was just one house, that house was very expensive. Since it could be saved for his brother, he, an outsider, naturally had no objections.
Therefore, he looked at Zheng Wei.
"Heh, do as you please." Zheng Wei was also indifferent. He let out a cold laugh and signed his name on both divorce agreements.
With his stroke of the pen, the three-year marriage between them officially ended.
After taking her copy, Shen Xiaoyan did not sit in the living room but went straight to the second floor.
In this house, her luggage was very little. Her clothes were just a few pieces, and two cabinets were enough to pack them.
She was very fast. When she carried the two cabinets downstairs, the three men in the living room were still drinking.
Lin Xin's peripheral vision caught a glimpse of Shen Xiaoyan, and he raised his glass to Zheng Wei, saying, "Come, congratulations to Old Zheng for returning to freedom."
Shen Xiaoyan never cared about what they said, and she didn't care now. She put the house keys on the table and pushed the two cabinets out.
The small car was bought with her own money, so its ownership was undisputed. She put the two suitcases in the car and drove away.
Watching her leave so readily, Lin Xin was a little surprised. "I didn't expect it to be so easy to resolve. These women are much easier to deal with than those hostesses."
"You should associate less with those people in the future," Lu Taobao glanced at Lin Xin. Everyone knew that Lin Xin loved going to bars the most.
"What? You're not even allowed to go to bars now? As if neither of you goes." Lin Xin snorted.
"We do go, but we don't look for women there," Lu Taobao straightened up and said with a cheerful tone.
"Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered, Old Zheng's first time was with Shen Xiaoyan, right? Hahahaha!" Lin Xin knew very well that apart from himself, Lu Taobao and Zheng Wei were very upright people. They had never flirted with anyone outside, living like two monks.
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt Zheng Wei's cold gaze fall upon him.
"Want to go swimming? Old Zheng is liberated, let's celebrate." Lu Taobao suggested.
Lin Xin loved to have fun. Since Lu Taobao had made the suggestion, he naturally agreed with both hands.
"Let's go." Zheng Wei also had no desire to work today. He just wanted to relax. After all, wasn't today also a day worth celebrating?
...
Because Shen Xiaoyan readily agreed to the divorce, Lin Xin thought about it and decided not to be too cruel. He asked Jing Da to delete Shen Xiaoyan's online posts and issued an explanatory announcement. Naturally, Shen Xiaoyan's file did not contain any negative records.
But this had no meaning for Shen Xiaoyan anymore.
She had casually mentioned her intention to leave Di Jing to Zheng Wei and the others. But a few days later, to Zheng Wei's surprise, he couldn't even find Shen Xiaoyan's whereabouts. She seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.
He knew many people and had many connections, but even so, he couldn't find any news of her, let alone use her ID number to track her.
"Forget about her. Let her go wherever she wants. You're all divorced, you're not really going to be kindhearted, are you?" Lin Xin asked with a look of confusion.
Zheng Wei waved his hand. "Just curious."
"Indeed. I can't believe this person can endure so much. We couldn't even trace her car. It's just, what does it have to do with us? We're not from the same world!" Lin Xin said dismissively.
Zheng Wei didn't say much.
...
When he returned from Lin Xin's house in the evening, Zheng Wei didn't call a driver; he drove himself back. In fact, he had been drinking today. However, this was not the first time he had done such a thing, so he was not very concerned.
But fate is unpredictable. As he was driving to the largest intersection in the West District, a large truck suddenly lost control. The truck weaved erratically and was heading towards them.
The situation was so urgent that there was no time to think. Zheng Wei quickly turned the steering wheel, but he still couldn't prevent the shadow from crashing towards him.
Zheng Wei was a big shot in the circle. As soon as something happened to him, all his friends rushed to his side, with Lin Xin and Lu Taobao being the first to arrive.
The two waited outside the operating room, their hearts filled with anxiety as they watched the three red lights glowing above the operating room.
"Next time, don't instigate any gatherings. Although his alcohol tolerance is good, such things are unpredictable." Lu Taobao looked at Lin Xin sitting with his head in his hands and patted his shoulder.
"What if Old Zheng doesn't make it? The Zheng family will skin me alive! If he dies, I don't want to live either." Lin Xin sat there, speaking in a somewhat dazed manner. It was hard to believe that the person speaking such naive words was a renowned lawyer.
"All the capable doctors have been invited. Moreover, the operation is proceeding normally. Don't overthink it. Of course, if Old Zheng dies, sacrificing your life will be of no use," Lu Taobao added, scaring Lin Xin one last time.
Lin Xin was in a state of mental breakdown. His eyes were fixed on the operating room.
However, to their surprise, the operating room door opened less than an hour later.
Seeing that the word "operating" had been extinguished, Lin Xin suddenly stood up from his chair, his body trembling slightly. He grabbed Lu Taobao beside him and asked with a trembling voice, "Second Brother, do you think Old Zheng... can't hold on? This... he's covered in blood, how could he be out in less than an hour?"
What Lin Xin was surprised about was exactly what Lu Taobao was surprised about. Lu Taobao also felt that the time was abnormal. He had seen Zheng Wei being pushed in, covered in blood. Although he had steered promptly, he couldn't withstand a truck!
"Doctor, what happened? Why is the surgery over so soon?" Lu Taobao held Lin Xin back and quickly walked towards the doctors who had come out.
"Mr. Lu, you might not believe this... we examined Mr. Zheng all over. Apart from a leg injury, he's fine. He's currently in a coma, so he'll be observed in the ICU for a day before being transferred to a general ward," the attending physician explained patiently to Lu Taobao.
But... Lu Taobao and Lin Xin both felt that something was very strange.
Therefore, even though the doctor had said so, the two of them did not dare to be negligent. They even ate their meals hastily and then stayed outside. At this moment, unless there was news about Zheng Wei, they couldn't feel at ease.
...
Unbeknownst to them, Zheng Wei's mind was replaying a scene that felt both strange and familiar. He had never experienced these things before, but the person in his dream was him, wearing ancient clothes...
It was clearly unfamiliar, yet it felt as if he could empathize.
"Xiaoyan..." unconsciously, he uttered these two names in his sleep. The people in the ICU heard his movement and immediately recorded the change, reporting it to the director.
...
By the time Zheng Wei was transferred to a general ward, the director and the principal were still amazed. They had never encountered such a bizarre situation before.
But for Lu Taobao and Lin Xin, they didn't think much more about it. After all, as long as Old Zheng was safe and sound, that was all that mattered!
Zheng Wei's condition was already very strange, so when he opened his eyes in the general ward two days later, Lu Taobao and Lin Xin were not too surprised. Lin Xin was particularly happy because his life had been saved.
"Big Brother, you're finally awake! Do you know that my parents almost broke my legs? Don't worry, I will never ask you to go out drinking again." Lin Xin swore earnestly in front of Zheng Wei's hospital bed.
Although Zheng Wei had opened his eyes, his face looked very pale. Seeing this, Lu Taobao dragged the chattering Lin Xin out and called the doctor in.
...
"Who is Xiaoyan?" Lu Taobao and Lin Xin were waiting outside. After a while, the doctors came out. They looked at Lin Xin and Lu Taobao in confusion.
"What Xiaoyan? This sounds like a girl's name. We are both men." Lin Xin's mind was still in a mess. Lu Taobao saw him start to babble again and pushed him aside. He thought for a moment and asked the doctors opposite, "What's wrong? Why are you asking like this? What happened?"
"It's like this, the patient is not cooperating with the examination and keeps asking to see this Xiaoyan." The doctors were somewhat helpless. The private room here was the most expensive in the whole of Di Jing, and they knew the people who lived here. Because of this, they had to consider the patient's request. Since the patient was not cooperating, they could not force him and could only fulfill his needs first.
"I'll go in and talk to him." Lu Taobao glanced at Lin Xin, who was about to follow, and said to the doctors before entering the ward.
"Old Zheng, why are you looking for Shen Xiaoyan? You're already divorced, and no one knows where she is now. Her travel records haven't been found." Lu Taobao pushed the door open and came in. He was also very surprised. Logically speaking, the first thing someone would ask for upon waking from a coma should be something important to themselves. But their friends all knew that Old Zheng didn't have much affection for Shen Xiaoyan, let alone call out "Xiaoyan" so intimately. Therefore, all of this was very strange.
Zheng Wei, lying on the hospital bed, although pale, his eyes suddenly opened after Lu Taobao finished speaking. His dark, deep eyes flickered with a desperate struggle. This Zheng Wei was clearly a stranger to Lu Taobao.
"Old Zheng?" Lu Taobao keenly noticed the difference in Zheng Wei.
"Lu Taobao, have people investigate again. As soon as you find out where Shen Xiaoyan is now, tell me immediately. Also, destroy that divorce agreement!" Anyway, they hadn't officially registered their divorce. It was not impossible for him, Zheng Wei, to regret it now.
"Did Shen Xiaoyan save you this time?" After Zheng Wei finished speaking, Lu Taobao suppressed his surprise and couldn't help but ask.
"Do you think she saved me, and that's why I don't want a divorce?" Both were smart people and didn't need much beating around the bush. As soon as Lu Taobao said this, Zheng Wei understood his meaning.
"Otherwise? Could it be that you suddenly can't bear to part with her?" Even the calm Lu Taobao couldn't help but want to complain. Had he gotten a concussion from being sick? Zheng Wei's gaze towards Shen Xiaoyan was always indifferent. This sudden turn to sentimentality was truly baffling. "Besides, you were saved by the traffic police. Old Zheng, are you seriously ill?"
As soon as Lu Taobao finished speaking, Zheng Wei glared at him.
Although he was injured and lying in bed, this did not affect the fierceness of his gaze. Lu Taobao was not afraid of him and sat by the hospital bed, asking earnestly, "Tell me, why do you suddenly want to keep her?"
Hearing Lu Taobao's question, Zheng Wei lay there, a hint of sadness in his eyes. Just as Lu Taobao thought he wouldn't answer, he suddenly replied, "Perhaps... I don't want to lose her again!"