Chapter 117: It is better for us to divorce

Nana said nothing.

“I told her to call me by my name.”, Jinhai coldly stared, “We. are. friends. too. Any problem?”

He emphasized each word.

Jing chuckled.

Huian didn’t want to make him any angrier than he already was. “No…Just asking.”

Liu Hai said to Nana, “Yes, dear. It is better for him to drop you back. How will you travel with your injured leg? It will aggravate even more.”

Nana sensed great tension in the atmosphere. Did they have a fight? They seem more hostile today.

Jinhai already stood in front of her and held her arm with which she was holding the stick.

She was in a daze and was caught off guard by his sudden contact. She stumbled a little but Jinhai quickly caught her waist.

“Careful.”, his voice was low and…intimate, breathing into her ear.

Her cheeks felt warm and flushed. Jinhai didn’t miss out on any reaction.

She nodded.

Jing whistled and looked somewhere else as if he was watching an R-rated scene.

Seeing this, Huian’s jealousy skyrocketed to another level. Grandma Liu and Mother Liu also frowned but they said nothing.

—

After dropping Nana off, Jinhai reached his office a while later.

Assistant Xin was ready with today’s reports.

“Sir, after what we talked to Dr. Xie that day, do you think that Old Madam really faked an attack? Although I don’t see the motive.”

He said nothing.

“And sir…”

Jinhai raised his eyebrows.

He gulped. “Sir, please don’t get offended but I have a theory for the fourth letter.”

The fourth letter was the one he got when he bumped into the mystery man at the hospital.

Always read the document before you sign it.

“Say it.”, he had an inkling as to what he would say.

Assistant Xin was also just as sharp and intelligent as Jinhai. Otherwise, it wasn’t possible for him to be beside Jinhai as his right-hand man.

“Sir, the letter warned you not to sign any official documents recklessly. But is it possible…that you did sign some papers w-without reading it quite well?”

He sweated hard. To doubt your own boss of being careless was crossing the line by a mere assistant.

“Somebody purposely created a situation where you couldn’t pay attention to what you were doing, and that person took advantage of it.”

“Maybe.”, Jinhai simply said, “Bring all the documents that I signed around Grandma’s hospitalization time.’

“Yes, sir.”

—

Four days passed by and Mother Chen was completely busy in the banquet preparations. There was so much work to do in so less time. She thought she will just collapse from utter exhaustion.

Even though she had numerous people working under her, she wanted to do the preparations herself. It was a big night after all. She wanted no mistakes.

“I’m so excited. We will finally get a step closer to make Nana our daughter-in-law. I can’t wait for your engagement!”

Jianyu shook his head. “Don’t overexert yourself, mom. You still need your energy in the banquet.”

“Oh please! No matter how much I work now, I will be the most excited person in the celebration.” She looked lovingly at Jianyu and patted his head, “Aish! My son has all grown up. You will finally start your own family. I have waited for this day for ages; to see you settle down with a kind and genuine girl. You know, I have even decided on the name of my grandchildren.”

Jianyu coughed hard. “Mom! We are only getting engaged. You have reached too far!”

She waved her hand in dismissal, “It’s no big deal. And…”, she paused, “I hope that you have forgotten about Suyin. You are entering into a new chapter of your life, where your past mustn’t cast a shadow in your present and future with Nana.”, she sighed, “I wanted Nana to know about you two from yourself. But, it got exposed by the media.”

She looked at him and said, “That would be the first and the last thing which she somehow never got to know. But after this, there should be no secrets between you two, okay? A relationship needs trust and if there is no trust, then you don’t even hear the sound of your relationship breaking apart. Before you know it, it is already broken down into tiny pieces.”

Jianyu smiled clutching the glass in his hand even tighter.

—

Where a new relationship was about to begin, a marriage on the other side was falling apart.

Jinhai completely avoided Huian these days. Liu Chunhua and Grandma Liu tried a lot to talk to him but he simply ignored them.

“Jinhai! Jinhai please listen to me. I’m sorry. Because of me, everyone blamed you. I-I never wanted them to know what we had decided that night. I just…”, Huian begged before him.

“So, you just simply pinned all the blame onto me. You had agreed on what I said and now you turned back saying that it was all your innocent assumption? You clearly understood that time what I actually meant.”

“N-no, I-I’m sorry. Please.”, she cried big tears rolling down her cheeks.

“Enough Huian. I’m really tired.” After a pause, he said, “You know what?”

She just kept looking.

“If I wanted I could have made a contract. I could have drafted a formal agreement between us stating what I told that night. Had you signed on it, you wouldn’t have been able to go back on your word like you did now. But do you know why I didn’t do that?”

“I-“

“Because I trusted you. You were my childhood friend. I thought you will understand me. I hoped that you will understand me. I thought it would be an insult to our friendship if a contract came in between us. So, I trusted you that I can keep faith in your words, and in your promise.”, he smiled mockingly, “but it turned out to be an empty one.”

“No-no! It’s not like that…”

“Enough. Huian…”, he stared hard at her and said slowly, “We both can never be happy in this marriage. What you want is what I can never give you in this life. You will be in a childless marriage and I, in a loveless one. So, I think it is better for us to divorce.”