Xie Xun seemed to be lost in thought.
The pain he had just felt had left his handsome face looking exhausted. His long eyes remained still, and the shadow of his eyelashes softened the usual coldness in them. For once, he looked like an ordinary young man instead of the proud and distant head of a wealthy family.
Lu Xiaoqiao was no longer afraid of him. She urged him, “Did you hear me?”
Xie Xun slowly raised his eyes. “I’m not getting a divorce.”
“…”
Look! Look! Look!
He was doing it again!
The man’s beautiful eyes were full of confusion. “Why do you want a divorce?”
Lu Xiaoqiao was speechless. “Because you cheated on me!”
Xie Xun asked, “Do you have proof?”
Lu Xiaoqiao almost exploded. “Did you forget everything I told you yesterday?!”
They had had exactly the same conversation just yesterday. She was already tired of it!
“You don’t need to keep asking why,” Lu Xiaoqiao said impatiently. “Marriage requires both people to agree. So, naturally, if one person no longer wants it, then—”
“It’s not me,” Xie Xun interrupted.
Lu Xiaoqiao tried to keep her patience. “It’s me. I don’t want it anymore!”
“Why don’t you want it anymore?”
Why, why, why?!
Because you cheated on me!
Realizing that they were going around in circles without making any progress, Lu Xiaoqiao finally lost her temper. She grabbed a pillow and threw it at him, trying to look as fierce as possible.
Before the pain reached his face, he smelled the familiar fragrance from her pillow.
To her surprise, Xie Xun did not dodge.
Instead, he instinctively buried his face in her pillow. His arm reached toward her and wrapped around her waist, pulling her into his arms.
Something was wrong.
There was something seriously wrong.
For example, she had accused him of cheating. She had said that he liked Wan Bao’er.
Then there was the brooch. And the fact that he had desperately stopped Wan Bao’er’s car…
All of these things had to be wrong somehow.
He could say that her conclusion about him liking Wan Bao’er was only her own guess. But he could not deny the brooch or the fact that he had risked falling into the river to save Wan Bao’er. Those were things that had really happened.
But why?
He did not believe that the reason was simply that he liked Wan Bao’er.
Didn’t he know his own feelings?
But he could not remember.
No matter how hard he tried, he could not remember. Even thinking about it gave him a headache.
He could not even explain himself.
He had to recover his memories first.
Once he remembered everything, he could explain what had happened, clear up the misunderstanding, and they would not have to get divorced.
He did not know what had happened in the past, but all the clues were telling him one thing:
He absolutely could not get divorced.
Lu Xiaoqiao was trapped in his arms and could not move. She was stunned for a few seconds before suddenly struggling like a fish fighting for its life. She kicked and struggled while angrily cursing at him.
After only a few curses, Xie Xun suddenly pressed down on her head and said in a deep voice, “I agree.”
“…”
What?
What did he just say?
Lu Xiaoqiao lifted her face, her messy hair covering half of it. She looked at him suspiciously.
“Did you just say something?”
“I agree to the divorce,” Xie Xun said. He released her, then almost instinctively reached out and smoothed her messy hair. “Bring me the divorce agreement. I’ll sign it now.”
“…”
The surprise came so suddenly that she could hardly believe it.
Afraid that he might change his mind, Lu Xiaoqiao asked carefully, “You’re not going to fight me for the child?”
Xie Xun replied, “No. The child is yours.”
Lu Xiaoqiao asked, “What about child support?”
“You decide how much.”
“…”
Could he be planning something?
Xie Xun glanced at her. “I have one condition.”
Lu Xiaoqiao: “！！！！”
See! She knew it!
Xie Xun said coldly, “You have to help me recover my memories.”
It was actually a small request, but for some reason, Lu Xiaoqiao felt uneasy. It was as if an atomic bomb had been buried beneath this seemingly simple matter.
She couldn’t let him control the situation.
The room was silent for several minutes. Lu Xiaoqiao put the pillow back on the bed. After thinking it over carefully, she suddenly turned around.
“If you can never remember, then won’t this agreement just become a useless piece of paper?”
Xie Xun slightly raised his eyebrows.
“You know there is a divorce cooling-off period now, right?” Lu Xiaoqiao said. “One month. I’ll do everything I can to help you during that month. But once the month is over, whether you remember or not, you must keep your promise.”
This was her compromise.
After all, he was the one who could decide whether he had remembered or not. Setting a one-month deadline would prevent him from pretending to have memory loss forever.
Xie Xun quietly looked at her. His eyes were as deep and still as a dark pool.
Lu Xiaoqiao nervously waited for his answer.
He had better not change his mind now. She would completely lose it.
But Xie Xun did not change his mind. Instead, he asked with a faint, unreadable smile, “Why did we get married in the first place?”
Lu Xiaoqiao answered, “A marriage agreement.”
“I have another question…”
Lu Xiaoqiao slapped the pen down on the bedside cabinet with a loud bang. It was obvious that she was getting annoyed.
“One last question,” Xie Xun said.
Lu Xiaoqiao took a deep breath. “Ask.”
“The two of us…” Xie Xun was genuinely confused. “How did we meet?”
Logically, there was no way they should have met. They came from two different worlds, and their lives had no connection at all.
The fact that they had met and even reached the point of getting a divorce according to their agreement was almost unbelievable.
Lu Xiaoqiao became annoyed. “What? You think I’m not good enough for you? My family is extremely rich too…”
“Lu Xiaoqiao,” Xie Xun sighed. “Don’t misunderstand me. I didn’t mean that at all.”
“Are you done asking?” Lu Xiaoqiao had completely run out of patience. “Sign it.”
Xie Xun found it ridiculous. “You haven’t answered my question.”
Lu Xiaoqiao said, “I never agreed to answer it. Just sign.”
“…” Xie Xun sneered. “Don’t tell me you don’t remember either?”
Lu Xiaoqiao looked at him calmly. “I saved you.”
Xie Xun froze.
“I saved you.” Lu Xiaoqiao’s eyes fell on the watch on his left wrist. “There are three scars on your wrist. I bandaged one of them for you.”
“…”
Xie Xun moved his lips, but no words came out.
He never took the watch off his left wrist. He only removed it briefly when taking a shower. Almost no one knew that there were three scars hidden underneath it.
Lu Xiaoqiao looked away. “But you repaid my kindness with betrayal. You bastard.”
All three scars were very old. They came from things that had happened when he was a teenager. The most recent one was from when he was eighteen.
In other words, he and Lu Xiaoqiao had known each other long ago.
What exactly had happened between them?
“Sign it,” Lu Xiaoqiao said as she pushed the agreement toward him. “See if there’s anything you want to change. We were husband and wife once. From now on, we can each live our own lives. We can even stay friends.”
An unexpected wave of pain suddenly ran through Xie Xun’s body, like a severe muscle cramp. Every muscle and nerve in his body seemed to twist painfully.
He didn’t like hearing her say those things.
She wasn’t allowed to say them.
But this was not the time to act on his emotions. The most important thing was to recover his memories first. Otherwise, their conflict would only continue to grow.
Xie Xun pressed his lips together and lowered his eyes to the divorce agreement.
The agreement had been changed. She had removed all claims to his property. She only wanted the child and 2,000 yuan a month in child support.
It was even less than what an ordinary couple would receive in a divorce.
Xie Xun gave a mocking laugh. “Are you looking down on me?”
“You’ve already given me plenty before,” Lu Xiaoqiao said fairly. “Tu Tu and I could live comfortably for the rest of our lives without working.”
Xie Xun ignored her and added several conditions to the agreement.
First, the Oujing villa would belong to her.
Second, the child support would be two million yuan every month.
Third, all of the child’s current and future expenses would be paid by him.
Fourth, he would give her a card with no spending limit for emergencies.
Lu Xiaoqiao secretly let out a sigh of relief.
He was finally taking this seriously.