The 99th Divorce

Yu Lili stopped what she was doing but showed no intention of retreating. She looked at Ou Ming. Her eyes were full of pain and grief that couldn’t be seen by him.

“Ou Ming, it was never a case of you begging me to stay by your side,” she said. “The truth of the matter is that I can’t leave you. Have you forgotten what I said? I’m going to marry you no matter what, and you’re going to have to marry me. Wasn’t that what we agreed?”

Yu Lili took a step forward and held on to his hand. The tone of her voice bordered on begging. “You promised me! Are you intending to go back on your word? I know you’re in a bad mood, but please never say such things again!”

She knew that his unhappiness was brought upon by the misfortune he had suffered, but hearing such words nevertheless hurt her deeply. They hurt even more than anything that Jiao Ziqing had said to her.

The pain a lover could inflict was always deeper and harsher than anything else caused by someone irrelevant.

Ou Ming could clearly sense the how Yu Lili was feeling. He grasped her hand in return and felt his heart pounding in his chest. He hadn’t meant a word he said.

But, the thought of never regaining his sight for the rest of his life, and the numerous misunderstandings Jiao Ziqing had toward Yu Lili and him, an unspeakable desolation engulfed him. He turned his hand and pushed her away. He hadn’t said a word, but his actions were swift and sudden.

Yu Lili was pushed without any warning. Ou Ming closed the door forcefully and locked it behind him.

“Ou Ming, open the door!” Yu Lili started to panic without knowing why. Everything had been fine for a moment, so what happened?

When she arrived, he had been in a good mood during lunch. Why had everything changed all of a sudden?

Yu Lili banged hard on the door and yelled, “Ou Ming, open the door! Explain yourself! What’s the meaning of this?”

Does this mean he doesn’t want to marry her? Does he have no intention of replying? Why can’t he just explain himself?

Yu Lili didn’t understand any of it. As she looked at the tightly shut door, her panic began to increase.

“Check your text message. Let’s not see each other anymore,” Ou Ming said from the other side of the door.

It was stated clearly and tonelessly.

Yu Lili heard him loud and clear. She picked up her cell phone and entered the string of numbers into 9-key keypad.

98545496636336746822

When Yu Lili saw the message that was rendered, her heart stopped short.

[Yu Lili, let’s break up.]

Sender: Bast*rd Ou

Check your text message. Let’s not see each other anymore.

What Ou Ming had just said kept replaying in her mind. Yu Lili clenched the cell phone in her hand and stared at the message she had just typed out, unable to believe it.

How could this happen? Ou Ming wants to breakup? How could that be?

“Ou Ming, what does this message of yours mean? I don’t understand it. Open the door and explain yourself!” Yu Lili voice was shaking as she banged on the door even harder. “Open up! What do you mean by this, Ou Ming? What do you mean by this? Open the door and explain yourself! Open the door! Open the door!”

Regardless of how hard Yu Lili banged on the door or how loudly she yelled, the person inside the room gave no reaction whatsoever.

Ou Ming sat on the floor with his back against the wall. He could feel the coolness of the wall seeping into his heart.

Yu Lili’s reaction had told him everything.