Chapter 92

Chapter 92

Jiang Cheng had already prepared everything.

After suddenly deciding to divorce last night, Jiang Cheng called his lawyer and asked him to draft a divorce agreement overnight.

This morning, the lawyer had already drafted the agreement as instructed and printed it out.

Now that the topic had come up, Jiang Cheng took out the divorce agreement and handed it to Cai Wenqing.

"I've already drafted the divorce agreement. Take a look. If there's anything you're not satisfied with, as long as I can make concessions, I will."

When it came to the word "divorce," Jiang Cheng felt no burden at all.

But Cai Wenqing couldn't help crying.

"Ah Cheng." In her youth, Cai Wenqing cried often, so she developed a skill: whenever she wanted to cry, tears would come instantly.

And now was no different; just as she called out "Ah Cheng," tears began to well up in her eyes.

In the past, when he saw her cry, Jiang Cheng would try to comfort her, feeling somewhat softened.

Now... Jiang Cheng remained unmoved.

He simply watched her cry.

Since this tactic no longer worked, Cai Wenqing feared that continuous crying might irritate the man beside her. So, after crying for a while, she stopped.

After she stopped crying, Jiang Cheng repeated, "This is the divorce agreement. Take a look."

With no other choice, Cai Wenqing reluctantly reached out to take the agreement.

But in truth, she had no intention of reading it because she didn't want to divorce.

Hesitantly and slowly, she finally managed to open the cover page.

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng simply got up and left.

Cai Wenqing followed his departing figure with her gaze until it disappeared from her view. Only then did she turn away.

Then, she opened the agreement and quickly found the section on property division.

One million! Jiang Cheng was giving her only one million?

She must have overestimated him before.

Even if they were really divorcing, could he think that one million would be enough to settle things?

Dream on!

Fuming with anger, Cai Wenqing crumpled the agreement into a ball and threw it on the ground. Then, she stood up and went upstairs.

Since it was still early, Shu Yao had woken up but fell back asleep for a bit.

With her brother still detained at the local police station following yesterday's incident, Shu Yao had no mood to go to work today.

But she couldn't sleep either, tossing and turning in bed.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang at the door. Shu Yao immediately looked toward the entrance and saw her mother enter with a grim expression.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Although something bad had happened yesterday, her mother had seemed calm when she went out earlier. So, her current unhappiness must be due to something that happened downstairs.

Ever since her mother remarried into the Jiang family, Shu Yao had never seen her mother like this before.

Shu Yao couldn't help but feel anxious too.

"He wants to divorce me," Cai Wenqing said through gritted teeth.

In front of her daughter, she always appeared strong and never cried. Her tears were reserved for dealing with others outside.

Shu Yao was shocked and instantly wide awake.

Just moments ago, she had been drowsy, but now she was fully alert.

"Mom." This was indeed a serious matter, so Shu Yao hurriedly approached her mother and asked, "Are you okay?"

Cai Wenqing didn't care about being okay or not.

She had come for the money and assets.

If Jiang Cheng could provide adequately, she would divorce him. But the key issue was that after spending more than a decade with him, he wanted to settle with just one million?

One million... In this first-tier city, even a decent bathroom in a good neighborhood would cost more than that.

"Dad..." She had called him "Dad" for over a decade, so it came naturally when speaking about him.

Calling him "Dad" was almost as habitual as calling her biological father "Dad."

"Is he serious, or is this just something said in anger?" There was a difference.

Cai Wenqing scoffed, "He had the divorce agreement drafted overnight. Could it be just a rash decision made in anger?"

Shu Yao fell silent.

It definitely wasn't a rash decision but a well-prepared one.

As for whether her mother should divorce or not, Shu Yao didn't particularly care. Besides, she had been feeling exhausted lately and was tired of her current life.

Perhaps a change of environment might bring a more positive outlook.

It's just that she was genuinely worried about her mother's emotions.

Cai Wenqing started to ramble like an old nag: "Just giving me one million? Treating us like beggars? After all these years, the divorce agreement only states one million... Jiang Cheng, you're not human!" Although she wasn't young when she married him, it had been many years. Was she really worth only one million?

Shu Yao reacted quite calmly.

After thinking seriously about it, she tried to console her mother: "Mom, maybe... we don't belong here. Maybe leaving will give us a different and better life."

Actually, looking at it positively, even if Mom divorces now and leaves with nothing, they have much more than they did over a decade ago.

When the time comes, she would quit her job at the Jiang Group. Finding another job at any university wouldn't be difficult.

As for a place to live... they do have somewhere. It's the old dorm building they used to live in.

It might be simple, but at least it's a place to stay for now.

This place is nice, but it's not their home.

She had called him Dad for ten years, believing that even if she couldn't match Jiang Yiyan, she was at least half a daughter in his heart. But in the end, it was just her wishful thinking.

She really wanted to leave.

But Cai Wenqing, after scheming for so long, couldn't bear to give up halfway.

At this point, trying to get shares of the Jiang family business was unlikely. But being dismissed with just one million was unacceptable.

They were a marriage of convenience, with no real feelings, each with their own motives.

So, once the facade crumbled, all the peaceful years vanished.

When she went downstairs, Cai Wenqing confronted Jiang Cheng: "I've been with you for so many years; I deserve something for my efforts. If you want a divorce, fine, but I won't accept just one million."

Jiang Cheng expected this. If she truly cared about money, her appetite would have grown over the years, making one million insufficient.

Initially, Jiang Cheng could have given more, but seeing his wife's true colors, he felt intense disgust.

He was angry at her ugly demeanor and at himself for being deceived by her pretense for so long.

Mostly, he was furious that they were ungrateful and ambitious, almost turning kindness into enmity.

So, he insisted on the one million, refusing to budge.

"Wenqing, you know what you were like when we married and what you are now. These past years, you've lived as a wealthy lady, pampered and spoiled. Your daughter, I funded her education to become a doctorate. Without me, where would you both be?"

"So, what right do you have to bargain? Giving you one million is already generous, considering our years together. If you don't appreciate it, I can give you nothing and make you leave empty-handed. Don't believe me? I'll show you."

Threatened by Jiang Cheng, Cai Wenqing became scared and uncertain.

She realized she had no means to compete with Jiang Cheng, the chairman of the Jiang Group, who built such a vast enterprise from scratch. She couldn't match him in resources or intelligence.

Cai Wenqing remained silent, her hands clenched tightly on her skirt.

She was both afraid and unwilling to give up.

Jiang Cheng glanced at her, knowing she was pitiable. But after seeing her ambition beneath her gentle facade, he no longer felt sympathy.

One million was not much, but for someone who had nothing, it was significant.

"Think about it, but I'll only give you one day. If you haven't decided by tomorrow, you might get nothing."

"Fine!" Cai Wenqing gritted her teeth and reluctantly agreed.

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After Jiang Cheng and Cai Wenqing obtained their divorce certificate, he immediately called his daughter, Jiang Yiyan.

There was a hint of self-congratulation in his tone.

"Yiyan, Dad got divorced."

It was around 10:30 AM when Jiang Cheng left the Civil Affairs Bureau and made the call. So, he was still outside the building.

The sun was scorching in early autumn, making him dizzy.

But Jiang Cheng was in high spirits.

Jiang Yiyan was shocked, her eyes widening involuntarily.

"What? He really divorced?"

Her suggestion yesterday was merely advice, meant to help him see Cai Wenqing's true nature. She didn't expect him to act so quickly.

Already divorced?

"So fast?" Intrigued by the gossip, Jiang Yiyan put aside her work, sat on the lazy sofa by the window, and relaxed. "How could it be so fast?"

Seeing her daughter's good mood, Jiang Cheng felt even more enthusiastic.

"Dad only recently saw her ambition. If I had known she was like this, I wouldn't have married her. Yiyan, I'm sorry for making you suffer all these years. Now that I'm divorced, can you forgive me?"

Jiang Yiyan always knew that, in her father's heart, his daughter was more important than his second wife.

Previously, Cai Wenqing was cunning, and the original Jiang Yiyan harbored resentment towards her father due to her mother's death. This led to a standoff between them, neither willing to back down, resulting in a strained relationship.

So, when Jiang Yiyan came back, she worked on mending the relationship with her father.

Giving him a way out naturally improved their bond.

Jiang Yiyan wasn't sure if her actions were right, but she followed her instincts.

She thought that if the original Jiang Yiyan knew this news, she would be happy.

During her nap, Jiang Yiyan had a dream. In the dream, in another world, her original world, there was someone sitting beside her parents.

Who could that person be if not herself?

Originally, the "herself" who was sitting there, accompanying her mom and dad and talking with them, suddenly lifted her eyes and looked in her direction.

Then she smiled at her.

Seeing her own face smiling at her was truly terrifying.

So Jiang Yiyan jolted awake from the dream.

After waking up, she realized it had all been a dream.