The 99th Divorce

Shen Luo’an left all of a sudden.

Shen Manting didn’t come back to her senses for a while.

“…Manting?” Aunt Lin asked tentatively.

She entered the ward with a thermal container, looked around, and asked, “Where’s Mr. Shen?”

“I don’t know.” Shen Manting leaned against the edge of the bed. “I’m a bit hungry.”

“Ah, here’s your meal.”

Aunt Lin set down the thermal container and poured some soup into the lid. She said, “I started brewing the herbal tonic early in the morning. The herbs and meat chunks have settled at the bottom. I’ll scoop them up for you after you drink the soup.”

Shen Manting looked at the bowl of ginseng chicken soup in her hands and paused for a long time before taking a sip.

“Pardon my speaking up, but it’s not easy living together as a married couple. Both of you shouldn’t quarrel, even if it’s for the child’s sake,” advised Aunt Lin out of concern. “When the child grows up, both of you will realize that things will pass with a little patience and tolerance. Mr. Shen has a bad temper, but just bear with him. Actually, he’s rather kind at heart and very concerned about you. Maybe he isn’t any good in saying something nice.”

Shen Manting listened to her in silence.

“Manting, the baby is still so young and needs the care of his parents. As his mother, you shouldn’t quarrel with the father in front of him, let alone start a fight.”

Shen Manting suddenly felt a wave of sadness surge within her.

She couldn’t hold back her tears anymore; she let them trickle down her face.

Her tears fell into the bowl. She let out a laugh.

“So you think I’m the one causing trouble, don’t you?”

Shen Manting’s tone was not very pleasant. She was smiling, but her expression looked so contorted that she would have been better off crying.

Aunt Lin was at a loss for words. After a while, she said, “That’s not what I meant, but I don’t think Mr. Shen would be so enraged for no reason. Perhaps something you said offended him.”

She felt that Shen Luo’an was a decent person.

But Shen Manting would be terrified out of her wits whenever she saw him.

Sometimes she avoided him as if he were a snake; at other times, she was perfectly comfortable with his presence.

However, the relationship between them was never intimate.

Manting was evidently afraid of him.

But Aunt Lin observed that Shen Luo’an seemed to treat Manting well.

To be fair, Shen Luo’an had no other character flaws except his occasional bad temper.

Shen Manting felt that the situation was taking an even more ridiculous turn.

But she couldn’t bring herself to smile.

Now even an outsider thought she was the one at fault.

And Shen Luo’an always managed to find a justification for his deeds – he was angry for a reason, he hit people for a reason, he humiliated her for a reason.

Just because he was rich?

Because he’s an employer?

Shen Manting looked down at the bowl of chicken soup in her hand. Then, she raised it to her mouth and downed it in a single gulp.

She returned the bowl to Aunt Lin and said, “If I have no choice but to part ways with him, do you think I can afford to raise the baby?”

Aunt Lin was shocked.

What was she thinking? Did she want to divorce him?

Aunt Lin’s heart was pounding. She contemplated for a moment and said cautiously, “I think you should raise your child with your husband. The baby needs a family. He shouldn’t be deprived of either a father or a mother.”

“I can’t live with him.” Shen Manting stared at Aunt Lin. “He’s my brother.”

Aunt Lin gasped when she heard the revelation.

She stared at her in sheer disbelief, as if she had seen a ghost.

Aunt Lin stared straight into Manting’s eyes, trying to find any sign that she was joking.

But there were none…

None at all!

Shen Manting was serious. When she saw the expression on Aunt Lin’s face, she felt that Aunt Lin shared her hatred.

“Hard to believe, isn’t it?” Shen Manting mocked. “We both have the same surname, Shen. Haven’t you ever questioned it?”