“Grandma, I beg you, let me leave the Sheng family.”
“Let me… divorce Sheng Lianjue!”
“You…”
Grandma Sheng’s face turned pale. Clutching her chest, she struggled to catch her breath.
The next second, Nanny Mei’s panicked cry echoed through the room.
Grandma Sheng, overwhelmed by the shock, had fainted.
Jiang Wan knew that Old Madam Sheng had a heart condition and was advanced in age. Even Sheng Lianjue dared not defy her.
Thus, she understood and was mentally prepared for the consequences she would face after proposing divorce today.
Soon, the Sheng household descended into chaos.
The family doctor rushed over.
Jiang Wan remained kneeling in the courtyard, straight and motionless, enduring the scorching sun.
She stayed like that until the sun set, the sky gradually darkened, and heavy clouds gathered overhead.
It seemed a heavy rain was imminent.
A young girl wearing a lace princess dress, with long seaweed-like hair and a delicate, doll-like face, walked up to Jiang Wan holding an umbrella. She slowly crouched down. “Sister-in-law, what did you say to Grandma?”
Jiang Wan remained silent.
Sheng Sisi curled her lips into a smile. “Sister-in-law, you’re really something. Even Brother has never made Grandma this angry! Aren’t you afraid Brother will be furious when he returns?”
“Brother only agreed to marry you in the first place because he was afraid of upsetting Grandma.”
“But ever since you came into this family, because of you, our home hasn’t had a single peaceful day. Even Brother doesn’t want to see you. It must have been tough, spending these three years alone in that cold, empty house.”
“Sister-in-law… even after all this, why are you still unwilling to divorce Brother?”
“Sister-in-law, you should really think this through!”
Sheng Sisi stood up and walked away with her umbrella. By now, the sky had turned completely dark, and a light drizzle began to fall from the night sky.
Jiang Wan had lost count of how many times she had nearly fainted.
But she was stubborn.
Once she decided on something, she would never look back.
Feeling the chill of the slanting wind and fine rain, Jiang Wan slowly rose again and knelt properly, gazing at the lit room upstairs.
“Master still isn’t answering his phone. There’s a heavy rainstorm in Xishuangbanna, and I just checked—all flights are delayed. Old Madam… we’ve tried persuading Madam, but she still refuses to get up. If this continues, Madam’s body won’t be able to hold out!”
Nanny Mei held the landline phone, frowning and shaking her head as she spoke to the old lady beside her. “She just lost her child, and now she’s being drenched in the rain. What if…”
Madam had been kneeling outside for over four hours, and the rain had completely soaked her clothes.
Nanny Mei couldn’t bear to continue.
In truth, Old Madam Sheng had woken up nearly four hours earlier.
But no one knew what had happened. Jiang Wan, who had been missing for a long time, had returned and not only defied the old lady but was now kneeling in the rainy night, refusing to get up. In response, the old lady had threatened to go on a hunger strike and ordered someone to contact Sheng Lianjue to return to the old residence.
As a result, the entire villa was enveloped in a tense and oppressive atmosphere.
“Enough!” Old Madam Sheng closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh. “It’s my grandson who lacks fortune, and it seems fate has not destined them to be together.”
“Go tell her to get up. I agree.”
“Bring me the divorce agreement I drafted from my safe.”
A servant quietly left and went upstairs to a room.
The servant relayed the news to Sheng Sisi.Sheng Sisi held the doll in her arms, a faint, almost imperceptible smile curling at the corner of her lips as she lowered her head, her expression one of delight. “Divorce? Isn’t that just perfect? They should have divorced long ago.”
“After all, Brother never liked her. She was always just an extra in the Sheng family.”
Brother was finally going to divorce her.
When the servants rushed to the pavilion, they found Jiang Wan had already fainted, her condition far from good. Her plain white dress was stained crimson with blood.
The Sheng family called an ambulance and sent Jiang Wan to the hospital.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Wan developed a high fever, lying in the hospital bed in agony, murmuring about the child in her delirium.
It wasn’t until the next day that the fever finally subsided.
In the VIP ward, what Jiang Wan saw upon waking was the divorce agreement she had long awaited, placed beside her bed.
She flipped through the terms of the agreement. The final clause stated that whichever party—husband or wife—initiated the divorce would leave with nothing.
Jiang Wan picked up a pen and signed her name without hesitation.
The train ticket originally scheduled for yesterday was postponed for another day.
Afraid that her elder brother would worry, Jiang Wan called him and asked him to come to the hospital to pick her up.
Zong Wangchuan didn’t ask many questions. Worried that her health couldn’t withstand the journey, he arranged for a shared ride back to Wuchuan.
Sheng Lianjue…
Goodbye!