The 99th Divorce

Shen Zhilie didn’t reply to Ye Qianqian’s question. Instead, he looked at Li Jinnan and asked, “Can you sell it?”

Li Jinnan nodded his head slightly. “Yes, but ownership of this property is from my second brother. I don’t have the title with me at the moment. If you want it, I’ll make the arrangements to get it from him.”

“Are you sure you’re allowed to do that?” Ye Qianqian had no idea what else to say to that except, “Have you lived there before?”

“I did for a period of time,” Li Jinnan replied. “But when the office moved, I stopped staying there.”

“I see.” Ye Qianqian nodded her head and looked at Shen Zhilie. “Shall we take a look at the place some time?”

“Sure.”

Everyone was easy-going and spontaneous with the sale. After lunch, while Ye Qianqian was helping Ye Youyou wash the dishes, Shen Zhilie and Li Jinnan adjourned to the couch. They sat opposite each other and looked happy in conversation.

After cleaning up, Ye Qianqian and Ye Youyou headed into the living room and were greeted with smiling faces from both men.

“You’re done with the dishes?” Shen Zhilie looked at Ye Qianqian as he stood up. “Come on,” he said. “Your brother-in-law said he’ll take us there now.”

“What? Now?”

“Yeah. The both of you have to move anyway. That unit hasn’t been empty for too long and should still be quite clean. Since I’m free this afternoon, let’s go together.” Li Jinnan picked up his car keys. “Wifey, do you want to come along?”

“Since all of you are going, I might as well go, too.” Ye Youyou hadn’t been out of the house in a long time and was quite excited at the prospect. “Let me get changed first,” she said.

Li Jinnan smiled at her and turned to look at Ye Qianqian and Shen Zhilie. He said, “I’ll go up to help her. Have a seat and give us a moment.”

“Sure. Go ahead.”

When Li Jinnan finally disappeared around the corner of the staircase, Ye Qianqian nudged Shen Zhilie and asked, “What did the both of you talk about just now?”

“Nothing much. Just random stuff.”

“Well, what random stuff? I’ve always thought that my brother-in-law was icy and unfriendly, yet you were able to converse so much with him! I’ve never seen him that way before!”

“Pfft.” Shen Zhilie couldn’t contain his smile. “Of course he has to be icy and unfriendly toward the ladies, but he’s different when he’s among men. We have interests in common to talk about.”

“What? Cars? Women?” Ye Qianqian gave him a disdainful side-eyed glance. “That’s all you men ever talk about!”

“Of course. Beautiful women. We were talking about our wives. He was talking about his wife, and I was talking about mine.”

“D*mn it! Who’s your wife?” Ye Qianqian stood up. “We aren’t married yet.”

Shen Zhilie pulled her into his arms and replied, “That’s just a matter of time.”

The corners of Ye Qianqian’s lips lifted in a smile as she looked at him, feeling at peace and harmony with the world.

Upstairs, Ye Youyou picked a dress. When she saw that Li Jinnan had followed her in, she glanced at him and asked, “Anan, will I look good in this?”

“Yes.”

“You haven’t even looked at it!” Ye Youyou whined.

Li Jinnan stepped forward and looked at the dress she was holding up before replying, “You look good in anything.”

“Well, since we’re leaving the house, why don’t we pay a visit to Second Brother and his family? I miss spending time with the children.”

“Sure,” Li Jinnan replied magnanimously and began helping Ye Youyou change out of her clothes.

When Ye Youyou and Li Jinnan came down the stairs, Ye Qianqian and Shen Zhilie were sitting on the couch looking at the phone together. Upon seeing them emerge, they got up from the couch.

Shen Zhilie said, “I already told you not to be overly suspicious! Everything’s fine, isn’t it?”

When Ye Youyou heard that, her curiosity was piqued, and she asked, “What were the both of you doing?”

“I told you that something almost happened to me in the morning. Well, I installed a surveillance camera in my home. We were just checking in on it just now.”

Ye Youyou felt her hair stand on end and asked, “You were worried that the person would look for you at home?”

“Better safe than sorry!”

“Stop scaring yourself. He can’t be that resourceful,” Shen Zhilie said in exasperation as he tapped Ye Qianqian on her forehead. “Let’s go.”