The 99th Divorce

She braced herself for the pain and quickly sat down in the bathtub in one motion. She turned on the faucet. Warm water began pouring in.

Halfway through her bath, she heard the doorbell ring.

It was probably housekeeping.

After lingering in the bathroom for more than 10 minutes, Ye Qianqian slowly hobbled out.

The bed sheets had been changed, and the bed looked clean and neat.

Shen Zhilie was sitting on the bed. He was dressed in a pair of pajamas.

“Whoa! You’re dressed conservatively!” Ye Qianqian teased as she let her hair down.

“Of course! A middle-aged lady came to change the sheets just now! Was I supposed to give her a peek too?” Shen Zhilie flipped the covers open and patted the empty spot beside him. “Come here,” he said.

Ye Qianqian’s body was feeling somewhat lifeless. She looked at his invitation warily and asked, “What are you up to?”

Shen Zhilie burst out laughing and helplessly replied, “What can I do? We were at it for so long just now that I’m exhausted too! Come here.”

Ye Qianqian made her way over cautiously. Her legs were aching badly. It was a relief when she finally sat down.

Lying back comfortably, Ye Qianqian felt so tired that she knew she’d fall asleep the moment she closed her eyes.

Shen Zhilie laid down and covered her with the blanket. He stretched his leg out sideways and pinned her down with it. “When we return from this trip, don’t go back to Kingstown. Just go back straight to the Capital with me.”

“What?” Ye Qianqian’s sense of fatigue immediately disappeared. She opened her eyes at looked at Shen Zhilie. “What the hell? So soon?”

“How long were you expecting to wait? We’ve already progressed to this stage. Are you telling me that you don’t intend to marry me?” Shen Zhilie stared at Ye Qianqian.

Ye Qianqian was a little hesitant.

Did having sex with each other mean that they had to get married?

Although this had been Ye Qianqian’s first time, the thought had never crossed her mind that she would save her virgin experience for her husband.

The reason she had remained a virgin for so long was simply that she hadn’t met someone appropriate whom she had liked enough to lose it to.

Although Shen Zhilie wasn’t too bad an option, did going to bed with him automatically mean that she had to meet his family? Wasn’t this all a little too fast?

Ye Qianqian wasn’t emotionally prepared for it. She looked at Shen Zhilie and was quiet for a long while before finally responding, “Did you bring every reputable girl you slept with home to meet your parents too?”

Shen Zhilie slowly increased the force exerted by his legs holding Ye Qianqian in place. It began to feel a little painful. Ye Qianqian’s brows shot together. “What are you doing? That hurts!”

“Am I such a person in your eyes?” The laughter from a while before was no longer present in Shen Zhilie’s voice. “In your eyes, am I the sort of person who would fool around?”

Ye Qianqian’s hesitation increased. She asked in return, “Are you not that sort of person?”

“Ye Qianqian!” Shen Zhilie ground out between clenched teeth. He balled his fist up in anger but didn’t know what else to say.

After a long while, he sighed heavily and asked, “Do I seem like a player to you?”

“Um…” Ye Qianqian wasn’t expecting him to ask her that question. She considered it carefully for a moment before replying, “I wouldn’t exactly call you a player. I just feel that you’re not the focused and single-minded sort. Hence, your love life is probably very colorful. After all, you…”

Shen Zhilie felt his heart thump as bile rose to his throat. He suddenly flipped around and pinned Ye Qianqian beneath him.

He wasn’t gentle like moments before. Instead, his full body weight pressed down on her. It was as if he was out to squash her to death.

Ye Qianqian felt uncomfortable and tried to push him off in vain. “What are you doing? How light do you think you are? I’m about to be squashed to death by you!”

“So be it! That’s what you get in return for ruining me!”

“Argh… Get lost! You’re heavy! I can’t breathe! Cough… Cough…” Ye Qianqian replied.