The 99th Divorce

It was early morning. Ye Youyou stretched her back. Her whole body was aching so much it felt as if it’d been overused.

With that action, she felt her joints crackle. Her body felt a lot more comfortable. Before she could complete her stretch, an arm reached out and snatched her over.

Li Jinnan moved his fingers to rub her neck and slightly bruised jaw. The sensation tickled.

Ye Youyou turned her head away in complaint. She pushed his head away as she protested, “Stop that! It tickles!”

Li Jinnan acted as if he hadn’t heard anything and began to make mischief on her white and delicate skin. “Where does it tickle? Is it here? Here? Or here?”

Ye Youyou was ticklish all over. She burst out in laughter as she pushed him away. “Stop that!” she cried out.

“Hm…” Li Jinnan held her captive in his arms and demanded, “Kiss me.”

“No.” Ye Youyou turned and faced her back toward him.

A look of mischief flashed across Li Jinnan’s eyes. He began to kiss his way up her back, caressing her gently as he worshipped her body. His movements were tender.

“I’ll kiss you, then.” He placed his lips on her skin and slowly made his way up. “Where would you like me to kiss you?”

Ye Youyou’s breathing became heavy. His touch was arousing a reaction within her. She insisted on stiffening her body, saying, “Go away. I want to sleep a little longer.”

“It’s getting late,” Li Jinnan said. “It’s time to get up.”

“No, I’m not getting up.” Ye Youyou shut her eyes tightly, determined to stay in bed.

Li Jinnan sighed lightly and said, “My mom is coming over today.”

This statement was akin to a grenade lightly thrown into Ye Youyou’s heart. Her eyes suddenly opened in shock. She turned over to face Li Jinnan. Disbelief was written all over her face as she asked, “What?”

“I said, my Mom is coming over today,” Li Jinnan replied.

Ye Youyou couldn’t go back to sleep any longer. She shot up from bed and flung the covers off. Not a stitch of clothing covered her body, but she didn’t care. She rushed into the bathroom.

Li Jinnan broke out in laughter and called out, “You don’t have to panic! She’s not here yet!”

Ye Youyou hollered in reply, “Why didn’t you warn me earlier?”

As she spoke, she looked at herself in the mirror and saw the angry bruises all over. The old ones had yet to recede and new ones had been added to them. It looked as if she’d been subjected to some sort of abuse.

How am I going to cover them all up? Oh my god! He knew his mother was going to come, and he still sucked on me with so much vigor! What a scoundrel!

Li Jinnan cheerily replied, “Well, aren’t I telling you about it now? It’s only barely past six! It’s still early!”

Ye Youyou felt herself on the brink of a nervous breakdown. She quickly snatched a towel over and wet it with hot water before putting it around her neck where she knew clothes wouldn’t be able to cover.

Even though the water was unbearably hot, the marks still didn’t lighten at all. She panicked but suddenly thought of something. “Does your mom know that we’re living together?’

“Of course she does!” Li Jinnan answered nonchalantly with a yawn. He shifted his position to get more comfortable. “If she didn’t know, she wouldn’t bother coming just to visit me.”

In other words, his mother is coming just to see me?

Ye Youyou put the towel down. Her mind was racing. She flung the towel down and ran out. She threw herself out Li Jinnan.

Her head was filled with nothing but vengeance as she spat out in fury, “You did it on purpose, didn’t you? You didn’t tell me about it earlier and just sprung this on me suddenly because you were afraid I’d run away! How could you be so scheming?”