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Chapter VII
Chapter VII
Xia Tingwan knew that she was awake, but she didn't want to open her eyes. When her body was wrapped in a soft quilt, it was like Su Yan's embrace in a dream.
He was reluctant to leave, and he was unwilling to return to the cold reality. He could hide in memories that seemed like a dream but not a dream, even if it was only ten or three minutes.
Xia Tingwan took a deep breath in the bed and sat up tiredly after the alarm rang again.
He just started to deal with his personal financial situation with Zhao Nanshu today.
Of course, this matter should have been started long ago, but Xia Tingwan was in no mood, so Zhao Nanshu didn't want to bother him. But after knowing about Yin Ning, he has decided to take care of Yin Ning himself, and there are many things to start taking care of without delay.
But after careful consideration, he realized for the first time how miserable his economic situation was, and he didn't look like a star who was once popular.
When he married Su Yan, the opportunity was because the capital chain of his stepfather's company was broken. Not only could the workers not be able to pay their wages, but they also owed a large amount of money to the bank. They also borrowed a lot of private loan sharks.
Although Xia Tingwan was in the limelight at the time when he took the top spot in Cannes, he was shooting a literary film, not a big-budget commercial film. When he signed a contract for filming, he was a pure newcomer, and his remuneration and fame were not directly proportional. The only one who has some weight in hand is the endorsement of a big European luxury brand in the Asia-Pacific region, and the next play has not yet been selected.
Economically, he couldn't fill such a big hole for his stepfather at all. Although he had a bad relationship with his stepfather and mother, but his mother was hysterical at home all day, searching for life and death, and it was not a solution.
So went to find Su Yan.
Su Yan had been pursuing him for nearly half a year at that time, saying it was a pursuit, but in fact his relationship with Su Yan was already the closest person.
Su Yan visited the class frequently, arranged his appointments carefully, and took him on vacation abroad. He likes Su Yan.
They all knew that it was a relationship that was about to start at any time, but he was still greedy for the play, ambiguity and pleasure before establishing the relationship, so Su Yan followed him and never hurried to reveal the relationship.
That incident was a sudden opportunity.
Of course he didn't ask Su Yan for money for granted, he just wanted to borrow it.
At that time, he was very crazy, and he felt that with his fame, it was just a matter of time.
Su Yan didn't state his attitude at first, but first met his mother and stepfather privately. He didn't know what they talked about, but he could actually guess. Zhang Xueqiao is the kind of woman who can sell him at a clear price without feeling guilty. Instead, she will feel like she is a good mother for him.
After that one side, Su Yan spoke up about the marriage forcefully, without any change.
He often felt that he could not see through Su Yan, and Su Yan was a mystery in his life that had not been fully solved yet.
Su Yan is gentle, but wrapped in tenderness, there is a deep-rooted domineering and toughness.
In their relationship, he was the one who was pampered and pampered, but he always had a vague fear of Su Yan in his heart.
In fact, he couldn't shake the big matter that Su Yan decided.
It's like a marriage that couldn't be avoided no matter how he begged for mercy, like a drunk driving accident that was solved for him without saying a word, like a simple divorce with only one sentence "neither love nor hate".
He never had a choice.
But dependence is a habit. When they were together, Su Yan's strength gave him an unprecedented sense of security.
He kept erecting rebellious barbs in the allowed area, and childishly vented the senseless anger that had dominated his life, but in fact he was so afraid of growing up in his bones.
Su Yan threw him out of this marriage, and he finally faced the world once again without any cover.
On the eve of the wedding, Xia Tingwan told Su Yan that she would go out of the house after divorce.
Su Yan agreed, and signed a prenuptial agreement at that time, so when it came to divorce, there was no such thing as property division at all, so it was easy to calculate.
In fact, Su Yan didn't care much about the so-called leaving the household. After getting married, he immediately opened a joint account with him, but he didn't like to use Su Yan's money, so he never touched that account.
Looking back now, Xia Tingwan felt that she was a complete idiot.
He was expressing his anger in a comical manner, thinking that his humiliation would be relieved a little by arguing with each other so viciously.
But at the same time, he never had any sense of economic crisis.
He is the kind of person who has no financial concept at all. When he made the most money, he squandered his money on luxury goods and supercars, and even gave Zhang Xueqiao and his stepfather, who had been annoying all the time, a huge mansion by the sea, two cars lincoln.
He never bought funds or futures for himself, nor bought property overseas, nor did he invest in opening a store like other celebrities. One year, he paid Zhao Nanshu off his mortgage for the year's final bonus.
His embarrassment was the inevitable result of a long-standing stupidity.
He said that he would go out of the house, but in fact he never thought about getting a divorce, he never thought about separating from Su Yan, never.
In addition to the Su Residence in Xiangshan, in H City, he doesn't even own a single property.
It was only then that he realized how sharp what Zhou Yang said was.
The problem with him is that he always doesn't want that much.
He likes Su Yan, but he is unable to manage this relationship.
He despised Su Yan's money, but he never made plans for himself.
He was angry that Su Yan controlled him, but he didn't have the vision and courage to grow.
His life is simply a bold and capitalized comic.
——
"Boss, I didn't say it, you... this is really a bit miserable." Zhao Nanshu and Xia Tingwan stared at the final financial status table together, he scratched his head: "Or take Yin Ning with him. Live with me? The house price is so crazy recently, there is no need to buy it now, and my house, after all, is the rest of the money that the boss helped you pay back, so you can live with peace of mind."
Xia Tingwan rested her chin on the table and didn't answer Zhao Nanshu's words.
In fact, if he is alone, it really doesn't matter where he lives. Compared with other stars, his requirements in life are not particularly high.
Just thinking of Yin Ning, he felt uneasy in his heart, he wanted the best for that child, this was what he had to do.
But even he himself doesn't know what the best is.
At this moment, his phone rang. Xia Tingwan looked down and saw that it was Zhang Xueqiao. She didn't want to answer, but after thinking about it, she picked up the phone.
"Xia Tingwan, you are so good now that you don't answer no matter how many times I've called you? Listen to me, you have to go home tonight, or you won't have to come back in the future."
Zhang Xueqiao's voice was shrill and piercing, even if the speakerphone was not turned on, it could be heard clearly by the people around him. He hung up the phone angrily after only saying one sentence.
Zhao Nanshu looked at Xia Tingduo awkwardly, and asked tentatively, "Boss, do you want to go back?"
"Yeah." Xia Ting took a deep breath late. When he went back tonight, there was bound to be a tough battle.
Zhang Xueqiao and his stepfather's house was bought by Zhang Xueqiao after reading for him for a long time. He didn't want to buy it at first, after all, the price was really jaw-dropping.
Su Yan told him seriously in private at that time, persuading him not to buy it.
Because that piece of land is second only to Fragrant Hills in City H, it can be said that the rich are gathered here. With his stepfather's worth, it is not comfortable to live in it.
He didn't listen to Su Yan at the time, but bought it for Zhang Xueqiao and his stepfather on his own initiative, and what happened later really proved that Su Yan was right.
Soon after Zhang Xueqiao and his stepfather moved in, they started making trouble. They said that people in the community were indifferent, and that other residents looked down on them. They insisted that Xia Tingwan bought them two more extended Lincolns, and they had to be accompanied by a servant butler, because This is the norm for that location.
Later, Xia Tingwan didn't tell Su Yan about those bad things, let alone use Su Yan's money to deal with these things for her family.
At that time, he was so red that he turned purple, and he was like Su Yan again.
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The rich and powerful got married, and he was too lazy to remember how much money he earned in those two years, it was just a number anyway. Therefore, he has never been out of his mind when spending it. Even now, the wages of those servants, housekeepers and drivers are debited from his account on a monthly basis.
Xia Tingwan hadn't worked much in the past year, and she didn't feel any sense of crisis at all. It wasn't until she really needed the money that she realized that she was really stretched thin, her account was almost empty, and she was still being dealt with by Zhang Xueqiao. It sucks that they suck blood.
He thought in his heart that Zhang Xueqiao and his stepfather couldn't say how comfortable it would be to live there anyway, so it would be better to ask them to sell the property and save the running money for supporting the scene.
He didn't expect to pay him all the money back, as long as he gave him half of it to buffer him for this period of time, and bought a house with a good environment for Yin Ning.
But when Zhao Nanshu took him to Zhang Xueqiao's house, he saw Su Yan's car parked in the driveway and the driver standing on the side at a glance, and he felt bad for a while.
"Fuck," Zhao Nanshu could of course imagine what would happen: "Boss, auntie, don't want to..."
Xia Tingwan didn't have time to speak, so she rushed inside anxiously.
Can he still not know what Zhang Xueqiao wants to do? During this time, there have been hundreds of WeChat messages urging him to seek reconciliation. He didn't reply. .
When he walked to the splendid and high-rise hall, Xia Tingwan saw the scene in front of him and couldn't help but gasped.
I saw Zhang Xueqiao wearing a good blue cheongsam and a pair of emerald earrings on her ears, sitting on the leather sofa imposingly. The servants and security guards even stood in a row behind her, very imposing.
And Su Yan was alone, and he didn't bring anyone with him, and sat down opposite Zhang Xueqiao very well.
Zhang Xueqiao actually put on such a wealthy and wealthy attitude towards Su Yan, and Xia Tingwan only felt embarrassed until her scalp was numb.
In the past five years between him and Su Yan, Su Yan loved him too much, and even treated Zhang Xueqiao and his stepfather politely and modestly. Unexpectedly, his side was divorced, but Zhang Xueqiao's mind became more and more awake, thinking that Su Yan was still the same Su Yan is obedient.
When Xia Tingwan came over, Zhang Xueqiao hadn't noticed him yet, and said in a high-pitched voice, "Mr. Su, it's been a long time since I've been divorced, and I haven't heard any movement from you. As a junior, you should do things properly. ?When you said you wanted to marry us, Tingting, you didn't have such an attitude. If you didn't believe that you could be good to Tingting for the rest of your life, we wouldn't agree so easily. Of course, you helped us at that time, but to put it bluntly, If you pursue Tingting and want to live with Tingting, you have to show some sincerity. Ordinary people also get some dowry when they marry a daughter. When we married you, Tingting was still a movie star. That money is for the Su family. It's nothing, it's not worth it in exchange for an actor? But now, it's only five years, is this how you treat Ting Ting and us? "
"Of course, if you cheated, we are not unforgivable. After all, anyone can make mistakes, but divorce—"
Su Yan hadn't even said a word, but Xia Ting felt that his eyes were darkened after hearing this.
"Mom, what are you talking about?"
He stepped in and stood between Su Yan and Zhang Xueqiao.
——
"Why did you call Mr. Su over inexplicably? We have already solved the matter between me and him, and you don't need to intervene."
Xia Tingwan stared angrily at Zhang Xueqiao with a sharp tone.
He was really angry, and the words Zhang Xueqiao threw sharply at Su Yan just now made him restless, and he didn't even dare to turn his head to look at Su Yan's expression until now.
Su Yan never regarded pursuing him as a low-key thing. Whether he was his fan at the beginning or his husband later, he was serious and decent.
But Zhang Xueqiao was different. She was vulgar and stupid, and because Su Yan had unreserved love, she was arrogant to Su Yan. He looked at Zhang Xueqiao who couldn't recognize the status quo and thought it was ridiculous and sad.
But at the same time, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable. Thinking of those self-willed moments, in today's Su Yan's eyes, it may be exactly the same disgusting.
"Don't need me to intervene?" Zhang Xueqiao stood up abruptly in anger, pointed at Su Yan with her bright nail polish finger, "If you can solve it, do you think I want to interfere? When I called him, I wanted to ask him face to face—did he personally say that he would take care of you for the rest of his life?"
"Mom, stop talking."
Xia Tingwan shook her head vigorously: "Calm down, don't bother Mr. Su anymore."
"Why can't I say it?" Zhang Xueqiao pushed Xia Tingwan away and took two steps towards Su Yan.
"Don't say it, we have broken up completely. Mr. Su has no responsibility for me. Please, don't say it."
When Xia Tingwan said the last sentence, she couldn't help but turn her head and glance at Su Yan, the man sitting on the sofa folded his hands, his expression was calm and deep, as if the farce in front of him did not exist, his voice Couldn't help but twisted slightly because of the pain.
He knew that he and Su Yan had ended, but he was really reluctant to say this from his own mouth.
His heart was about to be torn apart, but Zhang Xueqiao was still using his wounds to show off to Su Yan.
"No such responsibility?"
Zhang Xueqiao didn't even care about his manners, he sneered twice and raised his tone: "When you got married, you didn't want to, you were less than 20 years old at that time, you looked so good, and you were a big star who won the best actor. He Well, I'm eleven years older than you, and besides being rich, I'm not necessarily worthy of you. If he hadn't forced you step by step, he swore that he would love you for the rest of his life, and sincerely begged you, why would you want to marry him? He got married? As a result, he deceived you and regretted it after only five years—"
"Zhang Xueqiao - shut up!"
Xia Tingwan couldn't take it anymore, his body trembled slightly and roared loudly.
How could Zhang Xueqiao do this? Like a butcher, he dismembered his shining points one by one. He was young, he was good-looking, and he was an actor.
Yelling at Su Yan like selling pork in a vegetable market, erasing everything that is not good for him - belittling his Su Yan, belittling their feelings.
Thinking of Su Yan sitting there alone, listening to Zhang Xueqiao's inexplicable slanders and accusations, he was so angry that he lost his mind.
"Listen to me clearly, when I got married, no one forced me."
He almost gnashed his teeth and stared at Zhang Xueqiao and said, "I married Su Yan because I was happy, because I fucking liked him—do you understand? Was he forced because he wanted to save you and Chu Tianlan's shit business?"
"How much do you think I have feelings for you and Chu Tianlan? If it wasn't because I like Su Yan, even if Chu Tianlan's company went bankrupt, even if the two of you filed for bankruptcy together and went to live in low-rent housing, I would only speak. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to marry anyone for you."
"I wasn't forced, I made my own decision - you can't control me, so you don't care about me now, don't ask Mr. Su again, don't question him about anything, do you hear?"
Xia Tingwan gasped for breath, which was the sincerity he never uttered.
Time has changed, and Su Yan is so embarrassed and embarrassed to hear it in this situation, like a clumsy trick he played, a deliberate remorse, but he is sincere—
He almost wanted to cry, he wished he hadn't said it at such a moment, would Su Yan still believe it, would he still care.
He really likes him, he is not forced.
——
Maybe it was because of Xia Tingwan's harsh words, or maybe it was because of Xia Tingwan's rare excited expression at this time.
Zhang Xueqiao didn't speak for a while, her eyes widened, her chest heaving slightly because of her surprise, her eyes moved from Xia Tingwan to Su Yan, as if she didn't know what to say for a while, and the atmosphere fell into embarrassment.
"aunt."
It was Su Yan who broke the silence first. His voice was calm, and he still called Zhang Xueqiao 'Auntie' as before. The fierce quarrel just now didn't seem to cause any disturbance to him: "I'm sorry about the divorce."
After he said these words, he seemed to be considering what to say next.
Xia Tingwan couldn't help but turn her head to look over, Su Yan's eyes were a little empty, he didn't look at Zhang Xueqiao, he was silent for a while before continuing: "When I married Tingwan, I swore an oath - no matter how rich or poor, no matter how long it is. Good or bad, whether healthy or not, will always love him and cherish him until death. What was said at that time was true."
Hearing the oath, Xia Tingwan's nose suddenly became sour.
When he got married, he also said the same oath. He was too young that year, and he just felt old-fashioned and dull, and didn't take it too seriously.
But now that he heard it again, it almost made him unable to breathe.
Su Yan studied abroad for many years when he was young. He said the oath once in Chinese and again in English.
"Till death do us part." Su Yan said, he felt that the original meaning of English was more meaningful.
"I'm sorry for not being able to keep my promise." Su Yan lowered his head, not knowing whether he was speaking to Zhang Xueqiao or Xia Tingwan.
The way his eyelashes fell down, he looked a little melancholy.
Don't say sorry anymore.
Xia Tingwan thought heartbroken, Su Yan, please, don't be sorry.
When he looked towards Su Yan under the light, he suddenly found that Su Yan had lost weight.
The few meetings with Su Yan recently were very rushed, and each time he almost ended up fleeing, he didn't even have time to take a close look at Su Yan.
He didn't realize it until today...
He used to like Su Yan's chin the most, it was square, a little fleshy, and usually looked deep.
But when he laughed, his chin was slightly raised, and the middle ditch appeared more charmingly, his teeth were white, and there was a radiant and lovely energy.
At that time, he often held Su Yan, bit Su Yan's chin, and teased him: "Su Yan, do you know that when you laugh, you have the innocence of an old man."
But Su Yan lost weight, and when his chin was thin, he was no longer so energetic, and he looked haggard when he lowered his head.
Xia Tingwan's heart twitched because of this.
"I can understand my aunt's dissatisfaction. You asked me to explain, and I'll come. But the divorce has been decided. After I've formally explained it to you tonight, I won't come back."
Su spoke very slowly and looked very polite.
He stood up as he spoke, as if thinking of something, and added: "Also, I didn't cheat in marriage, we divorced peacefully. If my aunt doesn't believe it, she can go to a private investigator to investigate, and if she finds it out, though Ask a lawyer to sue me."
Compared with the aggressive Zhang Xueqiao, Su Yan was always calm.
After all, they are not of the same class. When Zhang Xueqiao became mad, he didn't even want to be ashamed. He also brought up the matter of receiving 30 million yuan back then, and he had to catch up on the derailment. Pull in as well.
But Su Yan was different. Even if he was accused like this, he only made a conclusive denial of the derailment.
He clearly knew that Zhang Xueqiao was in the wrong of marriage, but he didn't argue much, whether it was disdain or consideration of Xia Tingwan's mood, he was still the restrained Su Yan.
Zhang Xueqiao stood there bewildered, until Su Yan had turned and left, unable to hold back a word of rebuttal.
Xia Tingwan couldn't tell how he felt. He glanced at Zhang Xueqiao. Although he was here to talk about the house tonight, he felt that there was nothing to talk about in this situation.
He didn't say anything, just turned his head and quickly chased out.
In fact, he didn't know what to say to Su Yan, but he just wanted to take another look at Su Yan and say one more sentence, even if it was just a goodbye.
When Xia Ting was chasing out late, he realized that it was pouring rain outside, and the pea-sized raindrops smashed down, with an astonishing momentum.
Su Yan was standing under the porch, as if waiting for the driver to bring the car over.
Xia Tingwan strode over, "Su Yan—"
He just opened his mouth and called out, but Su Yan didn't look back.
At this moment, a bolt of lightning pierced through the night like a sharp sword, and a strong light turned the world into day at that moment.
And Su Yan's black Maybach was slowly driving forward, and the light of lightning flashed through the glass window and reflected to Xia Tingwan's eyes in a more dazzling form.
"Boom" sound.
Xia Tingwan felt like her body was being penetrated by lightning, and her heartbeat stopped for a moment.
Glass, glass reflections...
The scene before the car accident that day seemed to reappear in front of his eyes, the rapid and sharp braking sound, the severe pain as if his body was being ripped apart, and the sound of glass shattering.
His body softened and he fell to the ground.
After a brief absence, Xia Tingwan felt that she was being surrounded by a familiar smell. The smell was light, but it made people feel very safe.
He couldn't help taking a deep breath before realizing that it was the scent of cologne on Su Yan's body.
"It's okay, it's lightning..."
Su Yan lightly covered his eyes with his hand, preventing him from seeing those dazzling lights again, and with the other hand, he protected him in his arms and whispered, "Don't be afraid."