Li Xingran had imagined many scenarios for their reunion after the divorce.
Perhaps Liang Canwen would be furious that she'd abandoned him, begging for a second chance.
Neither happened.
Instead, a mere nod of acknowledgement.
His eyes were calm, showing no anger, no joy, no sadness – just the gaze of a passerby, a simple nod, before he turned and walked away.
Like strangers.
When they meet again after divorce, the most hurtful thing is to be treated like a stranger.
He must be pretending. He couldn't possibly see me as a stranger. He had said he would love me for the rest of his life, no matter what.
She broke down.
"Liang Canwen!!!"
Li Xingran turned and shouted.
People coming and going looked over, but that figure seemed to continue moving forward.
Li Xingran strode forward to stop him: "I called you, why didn't you stop?"
"I have something to do, please move aside."
Li Xingran sneered: "What could you possibly have to do? Shouldn't you be at the barber shop making money at this hour? What are you doing here?"
"I don't think I need to explain myself to you, do I?"
"Liang Canwen, you never used to talk to me like this. You used to tell me everything."
"We were married before. We're divorced now."
Liang Canwen didn't want to exchange another word with this woman and tried to walk past her.
Wang Cheng walked up and put his arm around Li Xingran's shoulders in front of Liang Canwen, looking at him with the condescending gaze of a successful person looking down on the common folk.
"Oh, isn't this Tony? Tony, look at how much better Xingran dresses and uses things now compared to when she was with you. Look at this bag, LV, 59,999 yuan. That's probably more than half your annual salary, right?"
Liang Canwen looked at the bag Li Xingran was carrying. Wasn't it the same one he'd given Lu Yingfei yesterday?
"Heh, nice bag. You really found yourself a rich man, didn't you, Li Xingran?"
"Of course!" Li Xingran said. "He buys me lots of things you could never afford."
Liang Canwen said "Oh," indifferently. "If you're just showing off the bag in front of me, there's no need. I'm busy. I don't have time."
"No time? What could you possibly be busy with, you..." Li Xingran saw lipstick on Liang Canwen's collar and pointed at it. "Who kissed you?"
"What's it to you?"
"Liang Canwen, it's only been two days since your divorce, and you've already got someone else."
"…" Liang Canwen was speechless. What kind of torment was it to have a fairy ex-wife?
She was having an affair, and she was so sure of herself. As if to say, you don't have money, so I had to pursue a better life. After all, the core of a fairy's thinking was—what could a woman possibly do wrong?
They were divorced, yet Liang Canwen had a lipstick mark on his collar, and she was panicking, looking aggrieved as if Liang Canwen had wronged her by having someone else.
Damn it, you really can't marry a fairy.
"Was it her?" Li Xingran asked angrily.
She was so afraid it was her nemesis, Xia Youning.
"Who?" Liang Canwen asked.
"No one." Seeing the blank expression on Liang Canwen's face, indicating he didn't know Xia Youning was back, Li Xingran's heart relaxed. Anyone would do, just not Xia Youning.
Wang Cheng sneered, "Kissed on the collar, tsk tsk… Looks like that woman was really forward and desperate. Oh… Did you just pick up a prostitute nearby? Hahaha, it must have been a prostitute who kissed you."
"Your wife kissed you."
Liang Canwen retorted casually.
Wang Cheng raged, "You got a death wish? Say that again!"
Liang Canwen: "Don't believe me? Call your wife and ask her if she kissed you."
Wang Cheng: "What the hell are you talking about! My wife isn't the kind of bitch who flirts with other men."
"Wang Cheng, who are you calling a bitch?" Li Xingran turned around and hit Wang Cheng with her purse.
Liang Canwen turned and left, hoping never to see them again.
Dealing with such a couple was simply beneath him.
Back in the parking lot, he drove the Bentley Bentayga back to the restaurant to pick up Ye Fanzhi and leave.
Ye Fanzhi leaned her body against the central armrest, resting her chin on her hand, looking at the man in front of her.
"Canwen, I saw everything from across the street. Are those two your ex-wife and her lover? What were you arguing about with the lover just now?"
"Well, this lipstick mark that you kissed me with, he said I got it from a prostitute."
"..."
Ye Fanzhi was almost furious.
"What did you say back?"
"I said it was his wife who kissed him, and he almost died of anger."
Ye Fanzhi chuckled, "You seem to have let go of it all?"
"We're divorced, of course I have to let it go. Whatever the reason was, it's in the past. What she wants to do, who she wants to be with, it has nothing to do with me. I just want to live my life well, and take good care of my daughter."
"What about child support? How much does she give you a month?"
"The money she got from being a mistress, I'm afraid it would contaminate my daughter."
Liang Canwen had already parked the car in front of a gym.
"Wait here a moment, I'll go up and get a membership card."
"What kind of card?"
"Of course, a gym membership card! Health is the foundation of everything. We need to take care of our bodies, get a card, and come here every day to work out."
Working out is the most important part of image management.
Liang Canwen needed not only to be handsome, but also to have a good figure, with abs and a V-line.
He wanted to be invincible in the Wife Circle.
"Let's go together, get me one too. We can work out together. I'll wear yoga pants for you every day, darling."
Ye Fanzhi jumped out of the car, turned around, and showed off her graceful figure.
"My wife is at it again," Liang Canwen chuckled, putting his arm around Ye Fanzhi's shoulders as they headed to the gym.
This was a high-end gym located on the incredibly expensive Bund. The clientele consisted of socialites, wealthy women, and the "Pinduoduo socialites" – those who had spent a fortune on a membership card and came in yoga pants, hoping to snag a rich man.
Liang Canwen directly bought two annual memberships.
Each card cost 48,888, not including personal training fees or many other services.
It was expensive, clearly designed to make money off the rich.
But it didn't matter. Liang Canwen would receive double rewards for investing in himself.
Plus, the gym wasn't far from Jinsha, so he planned to come here often.
[Ding! Invest in yourself, expenditure +97,776 yuan.] Huh? Did Ye Fanzhi's 4888 count too? Isn't this investing in myself? Liang Canwen thought about it and understood. *Wife* has a good figure, and she can also be considered exercise equipment, for him to train his abdominal strength, fingers, tongue, and so on. The receptionist smiled and said, "Sir and Madam, just give your phone number next time you come to the gym." "Okay." Liang Canwen nodded and went downstairs with Ye Fanzhi, returning to the car. Ye Fanzhi said, "Isn't this spending a bit extravagant? It's too expensive here, and there's no need to buy an annual card." Liang Canwen laughed, "Oh, oh, oh... you're feeling bad for my money?" Ye Fanzhi rolled her eyes. "I'm just worried you'll squander all your money and won't be able to slap your ex-wife in the face." "Seriously, what's your problem with my ex-wife? Why do you always want me to embarrass her?" "I'm just an observer." "Hey, don't be too much. We've kissed, you know? Can't you be a little nicer to me? Stop picking at my wounds all the time. Otherwise, I'll get annoyed and lift your skirt." "No lewdness." "Darling, I'm about to do something really boring. Should I take you home first?" "My life is boring enough as it is. I just came out for some air. Besides, with you around, nothing's boring." "Alright then." Beep beep beep~ Ye Fanzhi's phone rang. It was a call from a classmate from university, looking to chat. Liang Canwen quietly drove to the library and parked the car. Ye Fanzhi got out as well, and she proactively linked arms with Liang Canwen, chatting and laughing on the phone as they walked into the library. "...Haha, next time, okay? I'm with a friend shopping today. Where am I? Hold on." Ye Fanzhi asked, "Canwen, where are we?" Liang Canwen looked at his adorable wife and said, "The library." "The library?" Ye Fanzhi looked around, and sure enough, it was a library. "Shh! Quiet down." Liang Canwen gestured for silence, then went to pick out a few books, found a seat, and started reading quietly.
[Ding! Reading travels ten thousand miles, enhancing inner self and improving cultivation, 3-hour immersive reading begins]
"!!!"
Ye Fanzhi was shocked.
He said he was going to do something boring, and it turned out to be... coming to the library to read? Oh my god! How old is he, still reading books? Ye Fanzhi's head hurt just looking at the books around her.
It's really boring.
"Hey, Fanzhi, hey, why aren't you talking? Where are you? I'll come find you."
"I'm at the library reading, are you coming?"
"No way, you actually have this kind of refined interest?"
"It's not me who's in the mood for this, it's my friend. He drove his Bentley Bentayga and brought me to the library, then just left me here to read quietly."
Ye Fanzhi couldn't understand.
What kind of rare specimen of a man was this? He brings a beauty with him, but instead of going to a hotel, they end up at a library. Could he really focus on reading?
Wow…
Ye Fanzhi couldn't figure this man out.
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