The 99th Divorce

Shen Manting looked at him rather expectantly, her mind completely filled with such visions of the laboratory.

Shen Luo’an wearing a white robe and a mask, roaming around the laboratory as he fiddled with all kinds of equipment.

Merely thinking of this made Shen Manting excited and she clung tightly onto Shen Luo’an’s arm as she asked, “Dear, can’t you just bring me along to take a look?”

When Shen Luo’an looked down, he met her huge, glistening eyes.

It was filled with anticipation and it was evident that her excitement was bubbling.

His lips curled up into a smile before saying, “Go and wear your shoes then.”

When Shen Manting heard this, she immediately cheered and jumped to her feet before excitedly yelling, “Hooray!”

She quickly released Shen Luo’an’s arm and ran over to the shoe cabinet to fish out her newly bought shoes.

After she had put them on happily, she even ran back into the room to check herself out in the mirror.

When she saw how cute and pretty she looked, she ran out of the room excitedly, content with how she looked.

“Let’s go, let’s go!” chirped Shen Manting, at this point, she could hardly wait and could barely contain herself.

When Shen Luo’an saw this, he immediately stood up to retrieve his car keys.

Throughout the car ride to the laboratory, Shen Manting’s mind was filled with fantasies of the laboratory, she could not wait to see the laboratory for herself.

As they passed by the beautiful landscape quickly, Shen Manting’s curiosity continued to peak and eventually, she excitedly asked, “Dear, do you have colleagues in the laboratory?”

“Yes,” he replied.

“Are there many of them?” she continued with her barrage of questions.

“There are two business partners and a few accountants,” he answered.

“I see, I see!” exclaimed Shen Manting, upon hearing this, her eyes shone even brighter. “I knew it. There must be many secret bases inside the laboratory which few people can enter, right? That’s why you only have two like-minded business partners to work with to realise your dreams. Dear, am I right about this?” she asked.

When Shen Luo’an heard this, he noticed how her description sounded as if it was a scene straight from the movies and he could not stop himself from laughing out loud, she was far too pure.

For a moment, he could not decide if he should nod or shake his head, he did not want to crush her dreams.

Soon, all of Shen Manting’s questions were answered.

By the time they arrived at the laboratory, the accountants had left for lunch. Lao Wu and the other business partner were injecting a type of medication into a white rat’s body.

Everyone wore masks and white robes just like what Shen Manting had imagined.

The laboratory was extremely huge.

There were all sorts of equipment: microscopes, computers and test tubes.

All of which were neatly organized, everything looked very tidy.

When Shen Manting saw this, she was awestruck and inevitably exclaimed, “Wow!”

When Lao Wu noticed that Shen Luo’an had brought someone into the laboratory, he was astounded and questioned, “Luo’an, why did you bring… Wow, Sister-in-law?”

His reaction made the person beside him look up as well. “So this is Sister-in-law? But isn’t she in a vegetative state?” that person asked.

“She regained consciousness,” said Shen Luo’an. “Didn’t Lao Wu tell you about it? I didn’t come to the laboratory for the past few days because of it,” he answered nonchalantly.

When Jin Yang heard this, he looked at Lao Wu, agitated, before yelling, “Dude, didn’t you tell me that he’s having psychological problems again? Why the hell did you lie to me?”

Shen Manting ear’s quickly picked up on one of the words Jin Yang had so loudly yelled.

“Again?” Shen Manting thought to herself.

“Did Shen Luo’an have psychological problems in the past?” Shen Manting wondered.

Feeling slightly curious, Shen Manting innocently asked, “Dear, do you have a psychological condition?”

Lao Wu suddenly burst into laughter while Jin Yang simply smiled and answered, “I guess you can put it that way.”

However, Shen Luo’an’s face darkened and he stoically replied, “Nonsense. You guys are the crazy ones.”

He then looked at Shen Manting and said, “Don’t listen to them.”

“Ok,” she replied.

Lao Wu then grinned and stated, “Depression is also a form of psychological condition, so we’re not wrong to say that.”

“Yes,” agreed Jin Yang, who thought so as well. While also observing how the white rat in the glass case was reacting, he mumbled, “Sounds reasonable.”

Shen Manting was slightly confused. “Depression?” she asked.