Lin Sa stepped on the accelerator and drove the car back to their marital villa, Taoyuan.
As she pushed open the door, Aunt Liu, the old servant in the villa, was together with Zhang Sao, the childcare provider Lin Sa had hired, amusing the child.
Seeing Lin Sa's pale complexion, they were both startled:
"Madam, what's wrong?"
Lin Sa forced a smile:
"It's nothing, I'm hungry. Please make me a bowl of ginger soup noodles."
Taking the child from Zhang Sao's arms, Lin Sa's complex emotions finally calmed down upon seeing the baby's tender little face.
She kissed the baby's cheek and signaled Zhang Sao to take the baby back to the nursery to sleep.
Aunt Liu brought the cooked noodles over. Just as Lin Sa took her first bite of the hot noodles.
In the next second, several photos received in her work email instantly reignited the anger she had just suppressed.
The photos were sent from an anonymous email, all ironclad evidence of Fu Yanci accompanying Su Yurou from her pregnancy to childbirth.
The photos were clear, showing intimate interactions in various settings such as parks, hospitals, and restaurants.
Lin Sa scrolled through them one by one, feeling her fingers stiffen and her blood run cold.
The instigator, however, seemed to think this method of provoking her wasn't enough and directly called:
"You saw the photos, didn't you? Tomboy, while you were working overtime during your pregnancy, your husband was by my side every moment."
"Do you know how well he treated me? My feet were swollen, and he massaged them for me. Afraid I'd get stretch marks and look bad, he helped me apply oil from my third month of pregnancy until I gave birth."
"Oh, right. That longevity lock, I know it's your family's heirloom. I insisted he give it to my son, and he actually gave it without a second thought. You can see how little he cares about you."
"Have you figured it out? Are you finally willing to let go and divorce him? You should have thought of this long ago. A workaholic like you, with no feminine charm, you don't deserve a man as good as him!"
...
The phone call clearly had a bright and clear male voice, yet every word spoken was extremely malicious.
Lin Sa quickly realized that the other party was afraid of her recording, so they deliberately used voice-changing software. Even the photos were taken from angles to provoke her while clearing themselves.
After a round of provocation, before Lin Sa could speak, the other party directly hung up.
Lin Sa's head buzzed, and her heart was suddenly gripped by a sharp pain, making her face turn pale and sweat pour down.
She had known about Su Yurou for a long time.
Su Yurou was the adopted daughter of Fu Yanci's paternal aunt from an orphanage, and they had grown up together as childhood sweethearts.
However, Su Yurou had already married into the Jiang family in Haicheng five years ago, before Lin Sa and Fu Yanci got married, and had moved abroad with Jiang Yang.
She had never had any interaction with Su Yurou, and Fu Yanci rarely mentioned her.
This was the first time Lin Sa had received such a blatant provocation from Su Yurou, whose words were filled with gritted teeth, as if Lin Sa had stolen her lifelong love.
But Su Yurou was clearly Fu Yanci's cousin, who was already married to Jiang Yang and had even had a son?
Why had she suddenly become involved with Fu Yanci?
What was the reason that for this long year, Fu Yanci had concealed everything and traveled abroad repeatedly to accompany her?
Countless questions, accompanied by immense anger, swirled in Lin Sa's heart.
At this moment, the sound of a lock turning came from the door; Fu Yanci had returned.
Seeing Lin Sa sitting at the dining table eating noodles, Fu Yanci walked straight over and sat opposite her.
His expression was grim. As soon as he sat down, he took out a cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette, and naturally offered it to Lin Sa:
"Do you want one?"
Lin Sa glanced at him sideways, too lazy to respond.
He had long forgotten that she had quit smoking for the sake of their child, and had not smoked for two full years, from preparing for pregnancy to giving birth.
The man lit the cigarette himself, extended his long legs, and gently kicked her knee under the table:
"Tell me, was it worth it? Why did your personality become so petty and unreasonable after having a child?"
"Jiang Yang is engaged in a confidential infrastructure project and is currently detained. Yurou is frail and overly sensitive. She grew up in my house, and Jiang Yang is my best buddy, so I had no choice but to take care of her. I didn't tell you because I was afraid you'd be jealous. As expected, look at you..."
Seeing Lin Sa remain silent, he reached across the dining table and gently rubbed her ear:
"You weren't like this before, Sa Sa. Don't learn from those vulgar women, thinking that just because you've had a child, you can control your husband."
Fu Yanci, accustomed to being in a position of power, always spoke with a condescending tone.
Lin Sa had once genuinely admired and respected him, never feeling anything was wrong. But today, his words sounded particularly harsh to her ears.
The anger already suppressed in her belly surged upwards. Lin Sa heavily slammed her chopsticks onto the dining table with a "snap":
"Fu Yanci, what you just said, was that even human speech?"
Seeing her temper flare up again, Fu Yanci's expression suddenly darkened:
"I'm holding back my temper to talk to you, Lin Sa. I haven't even settled the score with you for slapping me in public."
Fu Yanci stood up, his chest heaving violently, his anger clearly no longer containable.
Lin Sa let out a cold laugh:
"Let's get a divorce, Fu Yanci. Looking at you now, all I feel is disgust."
"Lin Sa!"
Fu Yanci was completely enraged, "You want to divorce me right after our daughter is born? Since when did you start saying 'divorce' so casually, like those vulgar women."
Lin Sa looked at Fu Yanci, her gaze icy cold:
"You still know our daughter was just born? I thought you were so preoccupied with someone else's son that you'd long forgotten your own daughter!"
Fu Yanci paused, as if he had just remembered he had a daughter. He looked around, subconsciously searching for her figure.
Seeing his belated realization, Lin Sa's eyes stung, and she couldn't help but laugh in anger:
"Don't look for her. From her pregnancy to birth, and even her full moon celebration, you never asked about her. Just pretend she doesn't exist. From now on, she's my daughter alone, and she has nothing to do with you."
"After the divorce, you can go dote on whoever's child you want. But my daughter, Fu Yanci, you won't even be allowed to touch a finger."
She thought of the morning sickness during the first three months of her pregnancy.
She thought of the heart-pounding fear every time she went for a prenatal check-up alone and heard about potential risks.
She thought of the moments in late pregnancy when her legs were so swollen that walking hurt, and the leg cramps at night that made her want to cry.
And then she thought of the stretch marks on her stomach from being too tired from work to apply oil.
As well as the helplessness and despair as she cried out alone on the delivery bed, the near-fatal hemorrhage after childbirth, the painful engorgement during postpartum confinement, and the insomnia every night...
Lin Sa's heart completely died at this moment.
What had supported her through everything was her genuine admiration for this man and her inherent strong will.
But now, the man's image had completely collapsed in her heart, ceasing to exist.
Therefore, this five-year marriage of forbearance and resentment, this love she had once begged her mother for, was no longer necessary.
She wanted a divorce.
She wanted to take her child.
She wanted to cut this man out of her heart completely.
Lin Sa stood up, her gaze towards Fu Yanci as cold as ice. With a cold smile on her lips, she smashed the soup bowl on the ground.
"Don't try to gaslight me anymore. I've never been an extraordinary woman. I'm vulgar and ordinary, and indeed lack feminine charm, but I have basic human decency and principles, unlike you."
Lin Sa coldly gave Fu Yanci the middle finger, her eyes sharp and ruthless: "Fu Yanci, we are finished."
"Crash!"
"Bang!"
"Clatter!"
A series of violent sounds instantly filled the entire living room.
Lin Sa overturned the table, forcefully tore down the giant wedding photo on the wall, and then pushed over the display cabinets in the living room. All the treasures she had painstakingly collected from various places on the display cabinets shattered.
Fu Yanci's expression shifted from initial anger to utter shock.
It was at this very moment that he suddenly realized that Lin Sa was still the fiery woman he had first met, but he hadn't seen her so explosive in a very, very long time.
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