Hearing this news, Luo Yishan and Yuan Xingcheng were extremely excited, even happier than Yuan Meng herself, the person involved.
Yuan Meng couldn't help but smile. Then she remembered the competition between the two last night. She decided to take this opportunity to create a group chat and let them gradually develop a friendship.
However, as soon as the group was created, the two started competing in the group chat about who cared more about her.
Yuan Meng twitched the corner of her mouth slightly and decided to mute the group temporarily until their competition ended.
In a good mood, Yuan Meng slept until she woke up naturally.
She picked up her documents. Coincidentally, she and Ling Qianchen met at the stairwell. Yuan Meng's attention fell on the area around Ling Qianchen's eyes.
Tsk, it seemed that he had a lot on his mind and didn't sleep well.
She almost blurted out an involuntary expression of concern, but when her gaze landed on the documents in his hand, she swallowed the words back.
Right, after today, they would have nothing to do with each other. Why should she care so much?
Thinking this way, Yuan Meng was about to go downstairs when behind her came Yu Luqing's sarcastic voice.
"Oh, dressing up so coquettishly early in the morning. What are you planning to do?"
Ling Qianchen frowned. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Yuan Meng retort coldly.
"Of course, I'm going to find a young hunk."
"How dare you!?" Yu Luqing trembled with anger all over. "As long as you're a daughter - in - law of the Ling family for a day, you can't do anything to betray my son!"
Yuan Meng rolled her eyes directly.
In a wealthy family, most of the women who could become the mistress of the family were either calculating or had tough means. But unfortunately...
Forget it. Anyway, they would have no relationship soon. There was no need to let this brainless woman affect her mood.
When Yuan Meng remained silent, Yu Luqing thought she was scared by her scolding. Immediately, she said proudly, "For my son's sake, as an elder, I won't argue with you. As long as you kneel down and apologize to me, then..."
"Go back to sleep."
Yu Luqing was stunned. "What do you mean?"
Yuan Meng smiled slightly, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.
"It means that you can have everything in your dreams."
Realizing that she had been fooled again, Yu Luqing gritted her teeth. She raised her arm and was about to swing it at Yuan Meng, but before she could get close, Ling Qianchen, who was quick - eyed and quick - handed, stopped her.
"Please stop going too far."
"Qianchen, I'm your mother! You'd rather protect a little vixen than me?"
Ling Qianchen had been sleepless all night. He was also worried about the company and Ai Yue. Now he had to put up with his mother's unreasonable behavior...
He was very annoyed and tired.
"As you wish, we're going to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce."
After saying that, regardless of the expression on his mother's face, he directly pulled Yuan Meng, who was covering her mouth and laughing, and left the house.
The Ling family's villa was not far from the Civil Affairs Bureau. It only took about ten minutes to drive there.
When the car arrived at the destination, Yuan Meng got out of the car first.
Ling Qianchen's eyes darkened slightly. For some reason, he always felt that Yuan Meng was overly excited today.
Yuan Meng was not unaware of his inquiring look. At this moment, she was not afraid of anything.
"Let's go."
He wanted to say "the earlier we finish, the better", but he was afraid of hurting Yuan Meng's feelings, so he didn't say it.
Yuan Meng nodded.
The two of them walked up the steps one after another. Just then, there came a rush of footsteps from behind.
"Wait!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Yuan Meng had a bad premonition. She quickly turned around and, sure enough, found that it was Chai Yanyu who had caught up.
As soon as Chai Yanyu caught up, he directly opened his arms and blocked the door. The meaning was self - evident.
"Yanyu, what are you doing?" Ling Qianchen was puzzled and frowned tightly.
Chai Yanyu opened his mouth, as if he was going to just say it all, but then he thought that things might not have reached that point yet, so he didn't say anything shocking in the end.
"Cousin, you can't get divorced!"
"Chai Yanyu."
Ling Qianchen's face darkened.
Chai Yanyu's strange behavior and his hesitancy to speak had long aroused Ling Qianchen's suspicion.
However, considering that everyone had their own privacy and secrets, and the two brothers had a good relationship, he chose to endure.
But Chai Yanyu's increasingly excessive behavior and overstepping recently made him stop giving in. He decided to make things clear once and for all today.
"What exactly do you want?"
Chai Yanyu was always very afraid of Ling Qianchen getting angry, just like now.
However, in order not to let Ling Qianchen regret for the rest of his life, Chai Yanyu still decided to bear the pressure and continue to persuade him.
Maybe he didn't know how to persuade Ling Qianchen, so his words were intermittent and hard to understand, which directly consumed Ling Qianchen's last bit of patience.
"This is a matter between Yuan Meng and me. Don't interfere."
"I can ignore others, but I have to interfere in your matter!"
"Oh, then how do you plan to interfere?"
Chai Yanyu was speechless.
Yes, how could he interfere?
Just as he was feeling discouraged, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yuan Meng gloating. She didn't seem to realize that she was about to get divorced at all. The nameless anger that had been suppressed rose up again.
He had gone to great lengths to make his cousin and Yuan Meng happy, but one was unwilling to take the time to observe and the other was unwilling to spend time to manage their relationship!
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. Not wanting to worry about too many things anymore, he decided -
"Ling Qianchen, you're so stupid! Don't you notice that Yuan Meng looks exactly like Ai... Mmm!"
Just as he was about to just say it all and expose Yuan Meng's other identity, Yuan Meng, who was quick - eyed and quick - handed, covered his mouth.
Her identity was almost exposed. The smile on Yuan Meng's face disappeared instantly. Regardless of what Ling Qianchen might think, she used all her strength to drag Chai Yanyu away, who was not cooperating.
Actually, Chai Yanyu could break free because of the physical strength difference between men and women. But when he saw that Yuan Meng was extremely unhappy, he finally realized his mistake.
"You..."
"Shut up."
Yuan Meng was really angry, but she didn't forget what the most important task was today. So while Chai Yanyu was in a daze, she called Yan Ke'er for help.
Yan Ke'er was handling some business nearby. When she saw this help - seeking text message, she rushed to the alley as fast as she could.
This series of actions made Chai Yanyu stare in shock.
"You..."
Yuan Meng gave him a cold look, then whispered something to Yan Ke'er before walking away.
As soon as she left, Chai Yanyu instinctively wanted to follow, but he found Yan Ke'er smiling wickedly and approaching him step by step...
After temporarily dealing with all this, Yuan Meng returned to her nervous self and came to Ling Qianchen.
To prevent any more accidents, the two of them tacitly didn't mention Chai Yanyu and directly entered the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Ling Qianchen had made a call in advance, so they didn't need to queue up. They went straight to the service counter.
The young lady handling the formalities happened to be a fan of Yuan Meng. When she saw her idol in person, she was extremely excited.
"Mengmeng, I'm your fan, a die - hard fan!"
Yuan Meng blushed and smiled. "Thank you for your support and love."
Getting a response, the young lady was even happier. But when she saw Ling Qianchen's extremely gloomy face, she changed the subject.
"Mengmeng, don't be sad. Bye bye, next one will be nicer."
"Okay, I'll take your good word for it."
The two women chatted back and forth, completely ignoring Ling Qianchen.
With a gloomy face, Ling Qianchen signed his name without hesitation. Then, under the young lady's contemptuous look, he left with a wave of his hand.
This made the young lady even more sympathetic to Yuan Meng.
Yuan Meng ignored it. She waved goodbye to the young lady with a smile and then quickly caught up with Ling Qianchen.
After signing the documents, Ling Qianchen felt a little regretful in his heart. But being as proud as he was, he didn't allow himself to back down even a little bit!
"Let me take you back."
Now that the matter was done, Yuan Meng didn't want to continue wearing a false mask and playing the acting game with him.
"No need. Bye."
After saying that, she turned around and left without a trace of nostalgia.
This ending was supposed to be the best outcome she had expected. But for some reason, when he saw her leaving gracefully, his heart felt strangely empty...