The 99th Divorce

Ou Ming heart became unsettled when he heard those words. He sidled close to her and nudged her. He lowered his voice and said, “Turn around. What do you mean by that? Do you not want to marry me anymore?”

Yu Lili refuse to turn around. With her back still toward him, she replied, “Marriage does not just concern you alone.”

When Ou Ming heard that, he could roughly guess what Yu Lili was trying to get at. He sat up. In a solemn tone, he said, “I’ll settle my mother. You just have to prepare to be with me.”

“That’s not all, Ou Ming,” Yu Lili said.

She was bundled up inside the quilt. She stared ahead at the darkness in front of her. She knew that Ou Ming had his guard up. If she didn’t tread carefully, she’d end up making him angry. Ou Ming was an extremely impatient man.

But, there were just some words that she had to say. Especially after hearing Uncle Wen’s story, the desire to say the words aloud had intensified.

“What else is there?” Ou Ming stared at her. “Turn around. Let’s face each other and talk.”

Yu Lili tightened her grip on the quilt. “You’ve never tried to understand what I desired and what I wanted to do. Just like when you broke up with me, you only knew that you couldn’t see anymore. So, you said those words to chase me off and force me to break up with you. Did you ever spare a thought for my feelings?”

Ou Ming’s eyes darkened as he looked at Yu Lili’s back, “It’s because of that?”

“The tragedy between Uncle Wen and Xian’er that took place was because of such arrogance,” Yu Lili said. “You men thought you knew what was best for the other party, but that was actually selfish! Why couldn’t you just respect the other party and give us the chance to choose…”

Ou Ming fell silent and crawled across her to her front

Yu Lili was curled up at the farthest side of the bed. When she felt Ou Ming coming over, she instinctively scooted over to make space for him. Her actions were completely unintentional and done without any premeditation. When he came over, she suddenly realized what she had done.

Ou Ming didn’t sense the change in her thoughts. He laid in front of her and asked again, “Is it because of that?”

Yu Lili stared into his eyes and nodded her head.

“Silly lady. Have you thought about it?” Ou Ming asked. “If Uncle Wen hadn’t sent Xian’er back, she would only have died even earlier. Her family was influential and rich, and they loved her very much. If Xian’er had continued with Uncle Wen, given the state of her health, she wouldn’t have made it past half a year. I don’t think Uncle Wen did the wrong thing. If it had been me, I would probably have done the same thing.”

Yu Lili clenched her teeth and reached out to push him. She spat out in anger, “Did you even listen to a word I said?”

Ou Ming was utterly tickled by her reaction and wrapped her in an embrace as he replied, “Yes I did. What you said made a lot of sense.”

“Stop hugging me! Let’s discuss this properly,” Yu Lili said.

Ou Ming had no intention of releasing her. “I didn’t spare a thought for your feelings previously. It won’t happen again. It was my mistake. Yu Lili, will you please forgive me?”

“You’re so lacking in sincerity!” Yu Lili thumped him on his chest. “Do you know how disgusting the words you said then were? I really wanted to murder you!”

Ou Ming chuckled and brought himself nearer to her face. He lowered his voice and said, “Well, you still couldn’t bear to. But, my eyes are now healed, all thanks to you.”

Yu Lili looked up at him and reached out to gently stroke his eyes. “Was it really because of me?”

“Yeah. That’s probably the power of love,” Ou Ming said.

“Pfft! Get lost,” Yu Lili said.

“No, my hand hurts. Let me hold you for a while,” Ou Ming said.