Liu Chunlan was so angry she could barely breathe.
"Haohao, what are you talking about? I am your mother, why would I ever want to set you up?
"Everything I do is for your own good. If you hadn't listened to me and stopped Lin Wanyi from going to work, she would have run away a long time ago.
"Would your marriage have even lasted until today?
"Besides, your oldest sister will be your sister for life, but a wife? How many days can she really be your wife?
"Can't you even figure out something this simple?"
Wang Hao was completely sick of it.
He used to think Liu Chunlan did everything for his own good.
He thought that since Wang Kai had married into his wife's family, everything in the Wang household would eventually be his.
So he listened to Liu Chunlan about everything and always took her side.
But now he knew.
He was wrong. Everything was wrong.
Dead wrong.
Liu Chunlan was a liar, and she and Wang Jianguo were both liars.
Thinking of this, he warned Liu Chunlan.
"Don't you dare go looking for Lin Wanyi again, do you hear me?"
Liu Chunlan refused to leave. Just as she was about to scream for Lin Wanyi at the top of her lungs, Wang Hao clapped a hand over her mouth.
"Shut up, leave, get out of here right now!"
Wang Keke remained asleep, her temperature finally under control.
Lin Wanyi's heart relaxed just a little.
With that release of tension, her energy drained away, and a wave of dizziness hit her as she stood up.
Liu Renzhi quickly supported her and helped her sit to the side.
"You haven't eaten in a long time, have you? I'll go buy you some porridge."
Lin Wanyi felt very guilty.
"I'm delaying your business again. It's fine, the child is out of danger now.
"My mom and Jiajun will come help me after they rest for a bit.
"Brother Liu, you can go back now."
Liu Renzhi gripped Lin Wanyi's shoulders, forcing her to look him in the eye.
He said, "Lin Wanyi, look at me. Have you thought about what I asked you to consider a few days ago?"
Lin Wanyi didn't expect Liu Renzhi to be so direct. She stammered.
"I, I..."
"What's wrong? Speak, Wanyi, tell me."
Lin Wanyi closed her eyes and steeled her heart.
"Brother Liu, we are not suitable for each other."
Liu Renzhi knew she would say this; he had even thought of the reasons for her.
"Is it because of our statuses? Is it because of our family backgrounds?
"Is it because this is my first marriage and your second, and you have a child?
"Lin Wanyi, all these things you are worrying about have always existed. If we really weren't a good match, I wouldn't have asked you in the first place.
"Since I asked you, it means none of these are problems.
"Now I only have one question for you."
He paused, and Lin Wanyi couldn't help but ask.
"Wh-what question?"
Liu Renzhi looked at her even more intently.
"Do you hate me?"
"No."
Lin Wanyi blurted out, then immediately explained.
"You are wonderful. I have never hated you."
"That's good then."
Liu Renzhi said very seriously,
"You don't hate me, and I like you. Wanyi, let's give it a try.
"You know I'm thirty-five this year. I'm not some young kid, nor is this a spur-of-the-moment game to me.
"I have thought about this deeply. I only said it because I truly like you.
"I'll go buy you something to eat first. Lean back and rest here for a while, and think it over carefully. We still have plenty of time to talk slowly."
After Liu Renzhi left, Lin Wanyi sat back down beside Wang Keke.
She gently stroked Wang Keke's hair.
She knew Liu Renzhi was a great man, but it was precisely because he was so great.
That was why Lin Wanyi didn't dare; she was afraid.
Moreover, the main issue was that she wasn't divorced yet, making her status far too awkward.
And she truly hadn't thought about entering another relationship or marriage.
Dating Wang Hao for two years and being married for eight, even though she wasn't even thirty yet.
She felt as though she had exhausted a lifetime's worth of energy.
Right now, she only wanted to stay by Wang Keke's side. She really didn't want to think about anything else.
Outside the hospital, Liu Renzhi saw Wang Hao.
He was sitting on the steps, looking incredibly desolate.
Seeing Liu Renzhi's leather shoes stop in front of him, he no longer had his previous anger.
He was even quite calm.
"Liu Renzhi, let's talk."
Liu Renzhi nodded.
"Alright, wait for me to buy some things and come back."
Ten minutes later, Liu Renzhi left Wang Hao's side carrying several lunchboxes.
He opened a lunchbox and handed it to Lin Wanyi.
"Eat something first, I need to step out again."
Lin Wanyi said softly,
"Thank you, Brother Liu."
Wang Hao and Liu Renzhi changed locations, sitting down in a coffee shop.
Liu Renzhi spoke first.
"What do you want to say?"
Wang Hao looked out the window.
"Have you really fallen for Lin Wanyi?"
"Yes."
Liu Renzhi showed no hesitation and hid nothing.
Wang Hao, on the other hand, took an uncomfortable sip of his coffee.
Liu Renzhi continued.
"That's why I hope you get a divorce as soon as possible. Wang Hao, Wanyi will absolutely never give you another chance.
"Don't harbor any more extravagant hopes, especially with a mother like yours around.
"Even if Wanyi went back to you, you two wouldn't have a good life.
"You are a man, so be decisive. Dragging this out is only torturing Wanyi."
Wang Hao took a deep breath.
"I know.
"But Liu Renzhi, you have to believe me, Wanyi and I truly loved each other in the past.
"We really used to be very happy. We..."
"So what?"
Liu Renzhi crossed his legs, still leaning back against the sofa in his black shirt, black trousers, and black leather shoes.
"You said it yourself, that was in the past. No matter how happy you were, what does it matter now?
"Wang Hao, what I can give Wanyi and Keke is a future.
"Do you understand? I can give them a beautiful future, rather than just memories of the past."
Wang Hao was left speechless.
He had tried to use past beautiful memories to provoke Liu Renzhi.
But he was wrong.
Liu Renzhi was far too emotionally stable.
His few words couldn't provoke him at all; instead, they only made Wang Hao look like a clown.
He took another sip of coffee and finally made up his mind.
"Tell Wanyi I agree to divorce her.
"See when she has time, and we'll take a trip to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
"This matter has dragged on for months, it's time to put an end to it."
Liu Renzhi paid the bill. He told Wang Hao,
"I hope you keep your word."
Back in the hospital, Lin Jiajun still couldn't believe it.
"Did Wang Hao really just agree to it like that?
"Brother Liu, are you sure he isn't pulling some kind of trick?"
Liu Renzhi said,
"There shouldn't be any more problems. Don't worry, I'll go with Wanyi. He won't be able to try anything."
"I'm going too."
Lin Jiajun was uneasy.
"That dog Wang Hao, I can't trust him that easily. I'm going too."
"No!"
Liu Renzhi objected.
"You and Auntie stay here and watch over Keke. I'm afraid this might be another one of Wang Hao's tricks to lure us away.
"We absolutely cannot let him take Keke away again, so Jiajun, you must stay here."
Li Suhua nodded.
"Yes, Jiajun, you stay behind.
"Who knows what the Wang family is plotting next?"
Lin Wanyi washed her face. When she appeared before Wang Hao, he laughed self-deprecatingly.
"Are you really in such a rush? Are you really in such a hurry to divorce me right now?
"Wanyi, I..."
Liu Renzhi interrupted him.
"Wang Hao, let's go. To the Civil Affairs Bureau."
Three people, two cars, all drove toward the Civil Affairs Bureau.
However, just as Wang Hao's car left, Liu Chunlan arrived at the hospital again.
This time, she had a bunch of bananas in her hand.
