The staff told her:
"As I said last time, you must first cancel your husband's household registration.
"If they don't cancel it on their end, there's no way we can register it here."
Lin Wanyi was very frustrated.
She had approached Wang Hao before, but he wouldn't cooperate at all.
Later, Liu Renzhi found a lawyer to help, but the lawyer said the process would still take some time.
But school was about to start.
If she missed this enrollment, she would have to wait until next year.
She had no choice. After leaving the police station, she gritted her teeth and called Wang Hao.
But Wang Hao kept ignoring her calls.
She called three times in a row, but he didn't answer.
Lin Wanyi thought Wang Hao planned to cut off all contact with her from now on, but she didn't know that Wang Hao was watching her from not far away.
He saw her enter the police station and then come out with a worried expression.
Wang Hao guessed it must be about Wang Keke's household registration.
He was originally willing to cooperate with Lin Wanyi.
He had even planned to leave Liu Chunlan and Wang Jianguo behind and settle down with Lin Wanyi.
But after hearing Wang Keke say that Lin Wanyi and Liu Renzhi were together, he became furious with jealousy.
He could agree to the divorce, he could temporarily give Lin Wanyi her freedom.
But he couldn't stand by and watch her be with someone else.
Especially Liu Renzhi.
Man's innate possessiveness drove him mad with resentment.
So he simply refused to answer Lin Wanyi's calls.
He was stalling her.
He knew that for Wang Keke's schooling and this household registration issue, Lin Wanyi would keep begging him.
Unable to think of a solution for now, Lin Wanyi sighed and went to see Liu Siyue.
She thought to herself: at worst, she could put the child in a private school.
She would just have to work even harder to earn money.
Otherwise, even the tuition would be a problem.
Liu Siyue was in much better spirits.
Liu Renzhi told her:
"Qin Chao won't be getting out for several years, Yueyue. No one can ever hurt you again.
"Take a break for a while, then go abroad with your mom and have some fun."
Liu Siyue took Lin Wanyi's hand:
"Sister Wanyi, come with us too, keep me company."
Lin Wanyi quickly refused:
"I can't. I still have to take care of Keke and earn money.
"Yueyue, you and Auntie go and have a good time and relax."
"Earn money?"
Liu Siyue shot a glare at Liu Renzhi:
"Big brother, how can you let Sister Wanyi earn money on her own?"
Liu Renzhi immediately smiled:
"Yes, yes, yes, it's my fault, I didn't think it through."
He pulled Lin Wanyi into his room.
Before Lin Wanyi could react, he grabbed her waist, pinned her against the wall, and kissed her.
This kiss was crazier than any before, as if he wanted to devour her.
Lin Wanyi didn't know what had gotten into him.
She tried to push him away, but Liu Renzhi grabbed both her hands and held them above her head.
The kiss didn't stop.
It just shifted from aggressive attacking to gentle sucking.
After what felt like an eternity, long enough that Lin Wanyi was almost out of breath,
Liu Renzhi finally let her go.
Lin Wanyi gasped for air, but her heaving chest only stirred a new wave of desire in Liu Renzhi.
He bit her full earlobe:
"Wanyi, can you give me an answer today?
"Can you say yes to me?"
Before Lin Wanyi could reply, he continued:
"Please, I've been suffering, holding back for so long.
"Wanyi, you're divorced now, you have no more restrictions.
"Yueyue is slowly getting better too. I only have one thing on my mind now."
Lin Wanyi asked against her better judgment:
"What thing?"
As soon as she said those three words, she wished she could slap herself.
What else could it be?
Sure enough, Liu Renzhi immediately said:
"Wanyi, will you be my girlfriend?
"Oh, no, not girlfriend.
"Will you marry me? Will you be my wife?"
Lin Wanyi never expected Liu Renzhi to be so direct.
He jumped straight to marriage.
Just like that, a proposal?
It was too fast, too sudden.
Her heart was pounding, so loudly that Liu Renzhi, who was right in front of her, could hear it clearly.
He placed his hand over her heart and closed his eyes to feel it:
"Listen, your heartbeat.
"Wanyi, don't refuse me anymore. Your heart has already agreed."
Lin Wanyi's heart was racing, and her legs were trembling.
She knew she and Liu Renzhi weren't right for each other.
She also knew how wide the gap was between their social statuses.
But Liu Renzhi didn't give her a chance to refuse.
He domineeringly covered her lips with his again.
His hands roamed over her waist.
They made her body grow weak and her forehead break out in a sweat.
Taking advantage of the moment, Liu Renzhi scooped her up and sat down on the sofa, parting her legs to straddle his long thighs.
Nose to nose, their breath falling on each other's cheeks.
This position was too intimate.
Lin Wanyi blushed with embarrassment.
Even though she had been married to Wang Hao for eight years and they had a child together,
in those years, Wang Hao worked in the city while she stayed home in Wangjiacun.
Basically, Wang Hao came back two or three times a month. In eight years, the number of times wasn't that many.
She even felt shy with Wang Hao, let alone with Liu Renzhi.
She didn't dare to look Liu Renzhi in the eye, and she also felt that she was stringing him along.
It wasn't fair.
So, she lowered her head and said quietly:
"Then... we can try."
Before her words even hit the ground,
Liu Renzhi was already kissing her passionately, cradling her head in his excitement.
This time it was longer, harder, more domineering.
Finally, Liu Renzhi breathed heavily against Lin Wanyi's neck.
He felt he could barely hold back.
He wasn't a saint; he was a normal man with passions and desires.
The woman he cherished was in his arms, on his lap.
Her scent stirred him.
Her soft, pliant body tempted him.
It would be abnormal if he had no reaction.
But he still used all his willpower to control himself.
He had to be a gentleman.
He couldn't be so impulsive the moment Lin Wanyi said yes.
Even though his heart was blazing like fire at that moment,
he still lifted Lin Wanyi off his lap:
"Wanyi, I won't let you down."
He went to the bathroom, and Lin Wanyi heard the sound of water running.
She wasn't an innocent young girl; she knew what that meant.
She took a moment to calm herself down, smoothed her hair, and left the room.
The cold air in the hallway sobered her up a lot.
She told herself: Calm down, calm down.
Don't let a moment of passion cloud your judgment.
She had already jumped into a fire pit once. This time, she absolutely couldn't act impulsively.
When Liu Renzhi came out, Lin Wanyi was nowhere to be seen.
He sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette.
His sudden confession wasn't spontaneous.
It was something he had long wanted to do and say.
But before, he had been worried about Liu Siyue.
He had been so tense that he hadn't considered his own affairs.
Now that Liu Siyue's problem was finally resolved,
he finally had the heart and mind to confess his feelings to Lin Wanyi.
Thankfully, she agreed.
Liu Renzhi crossed his legs, a cigarette held between his fingers resting on his thigh.
His hair was still dripping wet, and a towel was casually draped over him.
He was daydreaming about a happy life together with Lin Wanyi,
and also about how to be a good father.
When he came out for dinner, Lin Wanyi had already left.
At the table, he suddenly asked Su Jing:
"Mom, if I suddenly brought home a granddaughter for you, would you be okay with that?"
Su Jing's chopsticks nearly slipped from her hand as she stammered, "You... you, you have an illegitimate child?"
