The Bumpy Road of Marriage: Divorce Now, Daddy

Le Tian sighed in despair. She pulled a stool out and sat in front of her. “Professor Zhou thought you were dead! He called me to ask if I had seen you lately, and I thought you were off traveling!”

Wen Shan covered herself with a quilt like a burrito. It was still too early for autumn, and everything was depressingly bleak, just like her love life.

“Go find him if you can’t move on!” Le Tian growled in frustration.

Wen Shan sobbed and said in a hoarse voice, “I’ll move on soon. I have shame too, you know. He’s been so obvious about it, so I can’t keep throwing myself at him.”

Wen Shan said it so softly, it was as if she was mumbling to herself.

“Then what are you looking at? Are you searching for him in the broadcast? Let me just show you, look at this!” Le Tian exclaimed and thrust her phone into Wen Shan’s face. On it was a news portal, and there was Nalan Chunbo, donning a suit. He looked exactly like the first time she had seen him on TV.

Wen Shan curled herself into a ball, forcing herself to look away.

Le Tian put away her phone. She looked at Wen Shan, who was in the fetal position and said sympathetically, “You are more terrible than I was back then.”

“You attempted suicide back then,” Wen Shan blurted out, “I haven’t thought about killing myself yet.”

Le Tian heaved a defeated sigh. She stopped talking altogether and just stayed with her for a while.

There was still half of the instant noodles left. Wen Shan picked it up and continued to eat. They hadn’t spoken a word even after she finished eating.

Le Tian had been staying with her in silence. She waited until Wen Shan fell asleep before she left.

Wen Jie’s birthday banquet ended at 2 pm. The children went home with their grandparents. Gu Juexi wanted to send Wen Lan back to the station first, so Ye Yuwei instinctively tagged along.

As they left the hotel and were waiting for the driver, a young woman carrying a backpack sprinted toward them.

Security guards moved in swiftly to block the woman from approaching them. When Ye Yuwei looked at her, she was waving her hands frantically, calling for Mrs. Gu.

“Mrs. Gu, I’m Wen Shan’s friend,” Le Tian shouted at the top of her lungs.

Ye Yuwei intended to ignore her and get in the car, but the shout made her stop. She straightened and looked over to where the girl was blocked and still shouting. Gu Juexi waved his hand, gesturing for the guards to let Le Tian come to them.

Le Tian quickly ran toward them. She pressed her hands to her knees and gasped breathlessly, “Mrs. Gu, I’m Wen Shan’s friend. Can you visit her if you are free, please?”

“Visit her? What happened to her?” Ye Yuwei asked, sounding startled and confused. She thought Wen Shan was away traveling.

“I don’t know what happened between her and her Papa Nalan, but I heard about you from her. She locked herself in the dorm for a week, eating only instant noodles and not even working on the assignments. If she goes on like this, I’m afraid her contract to lecture at the university will be terminated.”

“To the university first,” Gu Juexi commanded straightaway.

Ye Yuwei nodded. When she invited Le Tian to come along, she refused. “No, thanks. Mrs. Gu, please don’t tell her that it was me who asked you to go see her. Otherwise, she will be so mad at me. Thank you for your help, bye.” She turned around and ran off instantly, leaving Ye Yuwei gaping at her.

They headed to the university. Ye Yuwei knew where Wen Shan’s dorm was because Wen Shan had told her before.

The management and security of the doctoral dorm were rather lenient, so Ye Yuwei and Gu Juexi entered conveniently.

Ye Yuwei pushed open the door to the dorm. The smell of instant noodles immediately assaulted her from across the room. Wen Shan was lying in bed, sleeping.