Song Qinian and Shen Chi Yan returned to Xiang Shan Yue together.
There was no communication between the two on the way, and their expressions were equally grim.
Gao Kun Lun cautiously watched them from the rearview mirror, his heart in his throat.
It's over. He had a feeling that a storm was brewing.
Upon entering the villa, Song Qinian ignored Shen Chi Yan and went straight to her room.
As expected, not long after, Shen Chi Yan barged in with a cold face.
"Do you have anything to say about what happened yesterday and today?"
Song Qinian looked at Shen Chi Yan faintly. The joy and excitement in her eyes when she saw his handsome face were gone, replaced by a stillness that could no longer be stirred.
Seeing Song Qinian's listless state, Shen Chi Yan's anger flared. "Things didn't turn out as you wished, so you're acting like this? What? Not planning to quibble this time?"
Shen Chi Yan wanted to believe Song Qinian, but the facts were laid out before him.
He had warned Song Qinian to stay away from Shen Qi Wen, but she had colluded with Shen Qi Wen. If they hadn't acted so intimately, how could Miao Zi Ai have mistaken them for a couple?
Thinking of this, Shen Chi Yan's rage intensified, and his chest ached with anger. "You both left Ding Sheng Group one after another. Shen Qi Wen went to book a room, and you went to have dinner with Qiu Qiu. Afterwards, Qiu Qiu was drugged, and Shen Qi Wen took her back to his room. If you were truly innocent, why would you be standing outside room 2308?"
Song Qinian simply watched Shen Chi Yan, not even having the desire to gesture.
"One plan failed, and you devised another. You went to the grandmother and played the victim, trying to use her to get Qiu Qiu married to Shen Qi Wen. Song Qinian, I gave you so many chances, hoping you would change for the better. Why did you still hurt Qiu Qiu?"
Listening to Shen Chi Yan's constant mention of Qiu Qiu, Song Qinian clenched her fists and let out a self-deprecating laugh.
"What are you laughing at?"
Seeing Song Qinian look away, he grabbed her shoulders with both hands, forcing her to face him, and then sneered, "Shen Qi Wen was truly devoted to you. To protect you, he even claimed to like Lin Lan Xing."
Song Qinian shoved Shen Chi Yan away violently. Under his astonished gaze, she slowly gestured, "Are you sure Shen Qi Wen was protecting me, and not fulfilling Lin Qiu Tong's wishes?"
Shen Qi Wen was Lin Qiu Tong's lackey, not mine!
At that crucial moment, he declared his love for Lin Lan Xing, a simple "mistaken identity" cleared him completely.
It also easily shattered the old lady's desire to marry Lin Qiu Tong to Shen Qi Wen.
Actually, when the old lady suggested the alliance between Lin Qiu Tong and Shen Qi Wen, Song Qinian was also taken aback.
After leaving the hotel in a daze that morning, she received a call from the old lady asking her to come to the old residence.
The old lady had her bathe and change clothes. Just as she had eaten a little, the Lin family arrived.
She was completely bewildered by what happened next. But in Shen Chi Yan's eyes, she was angry that he and Lin Qiu Tong had spent the night alone together, and she had gone to complain to her grandmother.
"If he liked Qiu Qiu, he would have seized this opportunity to marry her. Why would he say he liked Lin Lan Xing? Conversely, with his words, no one else would suspect anything between you and him."
Song Qinian suddenly felt exhausted. She looked at Shen Chi Yan quietly, as if the man she had shared a bed with for so many years was a stranger.
She let out a soft sigh, as if she had made up her mind. She slowly raised her hands, which felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, and gestured, "Shen Chi Yan, let's get a divorce."
Heaven knows how much effort Song Qinian exerted to suppress the heartache as she expressed these words.
Shen Chi Yan stared at Song Qinian's hands, as if he couldn't understand what she was trying to convey. After a few seconds, he snapped back to reality, grabbed Song Qinian's chin, and glared at her with bloodshot eyes, "What are you gesturing? Do it again if you dare!"
Song Qinian expressionlessly knocked Shen Chi Yan's hand away. She stood up and looked at him indifferently, her slender, beautiful fingers conveying the most cruel words.
"Didn't you always want to divorce me and be with Lin Qiu Tong? I'll grant your wish."
Song Qinian never expected that these words would come from her.
All along, she had desperately clung to Shen Chi Yan, refusing to divorce him. But the accumulating disappointment had completely chilled her heart.
He didn't love her, didn't trust her. In his eyes, she wasn't even worth a single hair of Lin Qiu Tong's.
Before, she could still deceive herself, thinking that he liked her body and would eventually come to love her.
Now she knew that no matter how much she loved him or treated him well, it was useless if Shen Chi Yan never liked her from the beginning.
Especially last night, she had begged him not to touch Lin Qiu Tong, but he still ended up with her.
And the way he defended Lin Qiu Tong today, he had never defended her like that.
She loved him, loved him so much that she didn't know what to do, but she wouldn't share a man with another woman.
The mere thought of him and Lin Qiu Tong in bed together made her feel sick to her stomach.
"What trick are you playing now!"
In Shen Chi Yan's eyes, Song Qinian loved him too much to divorce him. This sudden move must be some scheme.
"I'm serious. I didn't bring anything when I came to this house, and I'll leave with nothing."
Although she had decided to divorce, the thought of becoming strangers with Shen Chi Yan from now on made her heart ache unbearably, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
"Shen Chi Yan, congratulations, you're free!"
In that instant, Shen Chi Yan's mind went blank. An unknown emotion surged through his limbs and finally gathered in his chest, making him extremely agitated.
His face was so grim it could devour people. He then let out a cold laugh. "Knowing that what you've done this time is hard to resolve, you're using divorce as a trick. The grandmother won't allow you to divorce, you..."
Before Shen Chi Yan could finish speaking, Song Qinian gestured again. "I've already spoken to Grandma. She used to dote on me and let me marry you. Now she agrees to our divorce. I hope you don't blame her."
Shen Chi Yan looked at Song Qinian in disbelief. He hadn't expected her to have spoken to the grandmother. It seemed she was truly determined to divorce.
"Heh... you love me, don't you? Why are you so eager to divorce?"
Song Qinian smiled faintly.
"I do love you, but from now on, I won't love you anymore."
There had to be a limit to her infatuation. When she stood outside room 2308 all night, she had given Shen Chi Yan a chance.
If he had come out before she left the hotel, she would have continued to love him.
But she waited all night, and he never came out. Her heart, already riddled with holes, finally shattered.