Du Jiashu couldn't even beat the blind Yan Hechuan, so he was no match for the young and vigorous Zhao Yunzhou.
He could only slink away with his tail between his legs.
Zhao Yunzhou took a step forward, raising an eyebrow with a roguish air, and said,
"Once I inherit the Zhao family, the first thing I'll do is take down the Du family."
Xia Liuyue looked up, her expression unreadable as to whether she was pleased or not, her tone indifferent.
She teased,
"Oh? Then the five percent of Du Corporation shares I hold would just become worthless paper."
Zhao Yunzhou immediately changed his expression, becoming instantly docile.
"Then I'll give all my money to you, sis."
Xia Liuyue let out an 'oh,' crooked a finger, and smiled bewitchingly.
"All your money to me? And what would I need to give you in return?"
Zhao Yunzhou eagerly leaned in, tilting his head, his peach-blossom eyes blinking.
"I don't need a whole lot of money, but I want a whole lot of love from you, sis."
A soft snort came from beside them.
It came from Yan Hechuan.
Zhao Yunzhou shot him a displeased glare. "Don't make random noises, blind man."
Yan Hechuan stretched his hand out tentatively, sounding utterly innocent.
"Yueyue, I can't see. Hold my hand, okay?"
"Okay." Xia Liuyue, rather intrigued, took Yan Hechuan's hand and even glanced at his arm. It really hadn't broken out in a rash.
Was it really that effective?
Yan Hechuan clearly noticed this too and said ingratiatingly, "Yueyue's desensitization training is very effective, so don't stop, keep going, okay?"
"Keep going?"
Xia Liuyue's brain short-circuited for a moment.
She glanced at Zhao Yunzhou by the door, then looked back at Yan Hechuan with his serious, old-cadre expression.
Was it what she was thinking?
Kissing him right in front of Zhao Yunzhou?
Wait, with Du Jiashu earlier was one thing—it was also to deliberately provoke that scoundrel.
But doing it right in front of Zhao Yunzhou... she was really afraid the two of them would start fighting and tear this lounge apart.
Who would have thought Yan Hechuan, who appeared so rigid and steady on the outside, actually had such a scheming and secretly flirtatious personality.
Yan Hechuan nodded. "Mm, keep going."
"No."
Watching him lean his head closer, Xia Liuyue pressed a finger against his lips in refusal.
Seeing the two of them in such an intimate and ambiguous posture, Zhao Yunzhou instantly flew into a rage, his peach-blossom eyes even reddening with anger.
He said plaintively,
"Pretty sis, I'm not happy."
Yan Hechuan gave her hand, the one he was holding, a little squeeze and said,
"If Zhao Yunzhou is unhappy, let him stay alone in the lounge to cool off. Let's go out, okay?"
Before Xia Liuyue could answer, a heavy sound came from behind her—Zhao Yunzhou's voice.
"No! Yan Hechuan, you're going too far! We agreed to share!"
"You just chased Du Jiashu away, and now you want to monopolize sis all by yourself? That's just too much!"
Xia Liuyue quickly seized on the precise point. "What do you mean, 'agreed to share'?"
Yan Hechuan's eyelashes fluttered slightly. He didn't utter a word.
"......"
Zhao Yunzhou revealed a sly smile.
"Brother Yan said, I'd be the third wheel, and he'd be the fourth wheel."
Yan Hechuan reacted swiftly, immediately retorting, "Nonsense, I'm the third wheel!" He paused, then added, "You're the fourth."
As for who was third and who was fourth,
Xia Liuyue had no time to sort that out right now. Better let them figure it out themselves.
...
Not long after the family recognition banquet ended, Zhao Yunzhou moved from Building 6 to Building 3 of the Jinjunwan Hillside Villas, both belonging to the Zhao family.
He also officially took over the operations of the Zhao family company, becoming overwhelmingly busy.
Meanwhile, Yan Hechuan, with calculated cunning, made a phone call, sounding pitiful:
"Zhao Yunzhou is gone, and I'm blind. There's no one to take care of me. Yueyue, could you possibly..."
"What about Assistant Chen?"
"He's busy with company matters. I can't bear to make him work overtime after hours either. Yueyue, could you possibly..."
"But I'm very busy right now."
"What are you busy with, Yueyue? I'll come find you."
"You can't see. How will you find me?"
"I'll have Assistant Chen drive me over."
A hint of teasing laced Xia Liuyue's voice. "So Assistant Chen isn't busy at this moment?"
Yan Hechuan answered without changing his expression. "Assistant Chen has a flexible work schedule."
Assistant Chen: "..." Boss, a world where only I get hurt has been achieved.
When the car arrived at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau,
Assistant Chen was momentarily stunned and asked in surprise, "Boss, you and Miss Xia are getting your marriage license already? That was fast."
Sitting in the car, Yan Hechuan's voice carried a trace of resentment.
"I wish."
Unfortunately, today was the day Yueyue and Du Jiashu were getting their divorce certificate.
But once she has that divorce certificate in hand,
how far off can getting a new marriage certificate with him be?
Yan Hechuan maintained a positive mindset.
Leaning on his white cane, he had Assistant Chen lead the way. They entered just as Xia Liuyue and Du Jiashu's number was called.
"Number 223, Xia Liuyue."
"Here."
Xia Liuyue was wearing a fiery red, thin-strapped maxi dress today, revealing the deep hollows of her collarbones and vast expanses of fair skin. Her jet-black hair, cascading like a waterfall, fell over her shoulders.
Perfectly curled into voluminous waves, even the black bangs framing her forehead couldn't obscure the dazzling starlight in her beautiful almond-shaped eyes.
The civil affairs office clerk looked up and, upon seeing her attire, initially thought they had called the wrong person.
"This is the queue for divorce proceedings."
"That's correct, we are here to get a divorce."
Xia Liuyue pointed behind her at Du Jiashu, who was hanging his head low. Compared to her radiant and energetic state, Du Jiashu was enveloped in a somber, oppressive atmosphere.
He moved forward in a daze, almost instinctively.
As soon as the two of them sat down at the processing counter, Yan Hechuan arrived in a well-tailored suit. He walked directly to Xia Liuyue's side, accompanied by his assistant, Mr. Chen.
A handsome man and a beautiful woman—they made a very well-matched pair.
The clerk caught themselves thinking this, then immediately felt it was improper.
After all, she wasn't divorced yet.
But then again, wasn't she about to be?
Seeing Yan Hechuan arrive, Du Jiashu reacted with agitation, saying, "Liuyue, why is he here for our divorce?"
Xia Liuyue curved her lips into a sweet smile.
"Hechuan is my good buddy. Since our divorce is such a big deal, I thought he should have a sense of involvement too."
"Alright, relax. Just sign here, and our relationship will be completely over."
"Cheer up, don't look so miserable. Remember what your parents told you."
What a "good buddy" indeed.
The boomerang had come back to strike him once more.
Du Jiashu swallowed his tears.
And who could possibly be happy about getting a divorce?
If it weren't for the simultaneous pressure from the Zhao and Yan families, to save the Du family company, for the bigger picture... after being persuaded by his parents for days and enduring Xia Liuyue's sarcastic remarks,
he had agreed to the divorce in a fit of anger.
But now, sitting at the divorce counter, looking at the dazzlingly beautiful Xia Liuyue and the handsome, perfectly matched Yan Hechuan standing beside her,
in that moment,
Du Jiashu felt as if he had been mistaking a fish eye for a pearl all along.
He was truly about to lose Liuyue!
