The 99th Divorce

“You’re acting like a pig!” Ye Qianqian hissed as she glared at him in disgust. She walked over to him with Ou Xiaoxiao in her arms and said, “Xiaoxiao, go hit him.”

Ou Xiaoxiao, being the smart kid she was, looked at her meekly and replied, “I’m not supposed to hit people.”

“Wow, your daughter is so clever!” Ye Qianqian exclaimed with a chuckle. “My elder brother’s child is only one month older than her, but he still speaks incoherently.”

“It’s normal for girls to mature faster than boys,” Yu Lili said with a proud look on her face. “Come on, come sit down and order some food. By the way, will you be free tomorrow?”

“What’s the matter?” Ye Qianqian sat down with Ou Xiaoxiao on her lap. “Is there anything going on?”

“Well, I was thinking of taking Xiaoxiao to the amusement park tomorrow. It’d be more fun to have more people come along to hang out together.” Yu Lili handed her the menu, then looked behind them and asked, “What took you so long?”

“Something just came up in the company, and I had to go take care of it.” Ou Ming was wearing a burgundy suit. He appeared thinner and more masculine than in the previous two years.

He walked over and snatched his daughter away from Ye Qianqian’s arms. He asked in a jovial voice, “Did you miss Dad?”

“Yes, I did,” Ou Xiaoxiao replied in a crisp, tender, and lovely voice.

Ou Ming was happy to see how adorable she was. He brought his cheek closer to her and said, “Give Dad a kiss.”

Ou Xiaoxiao kissed him on his cheek. Ou Ming immediately took out a small toy from his pocket.

It was an elastic ball that would change color whenever you shook it.

“Wow!” Ou Xiaoxiao exclaimed in an astonished tone. With her huge glistening eyes, she said, “Thank you so much, Daddy!”

Ou Ming sat happily beside Yu Lili with his daughter in his arms.

He looked surprised when he saw Ye Qianqian. “Oh, have you two been trying hard again recently? Just look at the black circles under your eyes. Tsk, tsk!”

Ye Qianqian immediately touched her face and felt self-conscious. She took out a small mirror from her bag and examined her face. “Does my face seriously look that bad?”

Yu Lili stared at her and replied with a straight face, “Actually, it’s true. You looked better when you used to stay up late and work overtime for more than a week.”

Ye Qianqian was speechless.

Glaring at Shen Zhilie, Ye Qianqian lifted her foot and kicked him. “It’s all your fault!” she snapped.

Shen Zhilie felt deeply misunderstood and cried out, “But I… I didn’t even do anything to you back home these days!”

God knows, she was sleeping like a dead pig this past couple of days. He could not even manage to wake her up.

What could he do?

Was he the only one to be blamed?

“You disrupted my beauty sleep with all your noise!” Ye Qianqian stepped on his foot again. “You better compensate me for my youth and beauty!”

“Well, fine,” Shen Zhilie said with a helpless look. “There are children around right now. Don’t be a bad influence on them.”

When Ou Ming saw them acting this way, he said meaningfully, “These children don’t understand those things yet. If you genuinely want to do something, I’m not going to stop you.”

Both Ye Qianqian and Shen Zhilie did not know what to say.

After their meal, Ye Qianqian and Yu Lili took the children out shopping, while Ou Ming went back to work.

Shen Zhilie pitifully returned to the hotel on his own. Feeling bored, he picked up his phone and started to chat with Luo Ran.

Shen Zhilie: …

Luo Ran: …

Shen Zhilie: …

Luo Ran: Are you being stupid?

Shen Zhilie: My wife ran away with another woman. I’m so devastated now.

Luo Ran: That’s great. I just happen to need your help with a little something.

Shen Zhilie: …I’m going to bed.

Luo Ran: My brother seems to have been acting a bit odd lately. The way he was talking to me on the phone was not quite right.