Chapter 23.2. Marriage? The Car Accident Kind (8)
Wen Yingling glanced at him coldly. “Don’t bother Wan Wan anymore in the future.”
“I understand.” Wen Yingting came to his senses and wiped his face. “Yingling, I won’t do it again. I’m really sorry for angering you before. Now that Xinzhi can have her happiness, I won’t interfere in anything. Yingling, you should know, she’s different. I just didn’t want to see her sad, I…”
Wen Yingling simply supported Shen Wan and led her back to her room, leaving only her back for Wen Yingting to see. Standing behind them, Wen Yingting’s gentle smile became difficult to maintain.
“Yingling, do you dislike Wen Yingting?”
“I just find him somewhat annoying.”
“But I can sense that you don’t really dislike him. What did he mean just now?”
Wen Yingling was silent for a moment before saying, “Something happened in the past, and he developed autism. Later, his autism was cured. He said a girl helped him, guiding him out of his psychological shadow at the time, making him willing to face the world again.”
Shen Wan had seen some of this in the novel’s plot, though not completely. She only knew that Xia Xinzhi held a special meaning for Wen Yingting, which was why he was so devoted to her.
“From Yingling’s eyes, it seems you really dislike Xia Xinzhi.”
Wen Yingling’s lips curled slightly. “A girl who fantasizes about marrying into a rich family, harboring ill intentions, using Wen Yingting’s illness to achieve her goals—it’s normal for me to dislike her. He’s been incredibly stupid since childhood, which is really annoying.”
“But Yingling didn’t expose Xia Xinzhi’s true nature to him. Is it because you’re afraid he’ll be disappointed or fall ill again?”
Wen Yingling glanced at her. “You’re talking a lot today. Didn’t you get enough of cursing Lin Ming?”
“Then let’s change the subject. Earlier, Lin Ming said you dislike me!” Shen Wan’s face turned very serious. “Do you really dislike me? If you dislike me, why did you feed me, bring me water, and now help me with the divorce, preparing all this information?”
Wen Yingling let out a low hum. “I dislike Lin Ming more. It’s best if he ends up with Xia Xinzhi.”
Did she dislike Shen Wan?
She did still dislike her, but what she disliked was the primary personality. If her primary personality ever regained control of the body, they would still be strangers, so they could never be friends.
“If he ends up with Xia Xinzhi, Wen Yingting will indirectly be freed from Xia Xinzhi’s entanglement,” Shen Wan said bluntly. “Actually, Yingling, you’re not just helping me because I asked for your help or out of respect for my grandfather. It’s also because of Wen Yingting. You’ve known all along that Xia Xinzhi was entangled between him and Lin Ming. Someone as smart as you, Yingling, how could you not know all this, right?”
Wen Yingling’s pupils constricted sharply. She bit her lip lightly. Indeed, this wasn’t the primary personality. The primary personality was too stupid to guess all this.
“Yes.”
Her voice was still icy, with a barely detectable tremor. Somehow, she found herself afraid that Shen Wan would blame or despise her for this.
“Yingling, you’re really cunning,” Shen Wan tugged at her shirt hem, smiling. “My judgment was spot on. Asking for your help was the best decision. We have a common goal, so our cooperation is seamless.”
Hearing Shen Wan’s light-hearted words, Wen Yingling felt a sense of relief. So she didn’t blame her for her little scheme. She stared into Shen Wan’s eyes, which were full of dependence and trust. Her cold, hardened heart was slowly melting.
“You don’t think I’m deceiving you?”
“Did you deceive me? I never asked you about these things. If I had asked, would you have told me?”
Wen Yingling answered, “I would have.” As Shen Wan said, she hadn’t asked, so she wouldn’t volunteer the information. If she had asked, she would have told her.
“Yingling, we’ve known each other for so long now, aren’t we…”
Wen Yingling quickly said, “We’re not friends.”
Shen Wan: Sigh!
“188, why won’t the ice beauty become friends with me? I can sense that she cares about me quite a bit.”
[188: “Wan Wan, keep at it!! One day you’ll be able to make that beautiful cabbage come root up your pretty little cabbage… Ah, no! I mean, if you work hard to maintain a good relationship with the ice beauty, one day you’ll surely become hand-holding good friends.”]
Not just hand-holding, but mouth-to-mouth and more.
Within a week, Lin Ming transferred 90% of his personal assets to Shen Wan, after which she happily went with Lin Ming to get their divorce certificate.
Lin Ming nearly fainted when he saw ten tall, muscular men and women in sunglasses behind Shen Wan.
She really dared to hire bodyguards!
“Why bring such a big entourage just to get a divorce certificate?” Lin Ming was about to explode with anger.
Shen Wan patted her chest, looking scared. “I’m afraid of dying! First, I’m afraid you’ll take revenge and kill me. Second, now that I’m a bit of a rich lady, what if someone tries to rob or assault me? That would be terrible.”
Very well, she took his money and immediately hired bodyguards. This was very much like the post-amnesia Shen Wan!
She used to be a bit annoying, but now this woman was hateful and detestable!
Shen Wan was quite pleased inside. The ice beauty had something to do today and couldn’t accompany her, but she had hired ten bodyguards to follow her. She even said that from now on, these ten people could go wherever Shen Wan went, so she’d never have to fear being killed.
The ice beauty said they weren’t friends, but her actions were very honest. Very good, if they couldn’t be friends, this kind of relationship was quite nice too.
188: Relieved. The host and the female supporting character were finally starting. He had almost worried himself to death as a system.
After successfully obtaining the divorce certificate, Shen Wan called Grandfather Shen in front of Lin Ming to share the good news. “Grandpa.”
“Wan Wan?”
“Grandpa, I have great news. I’m divorced!”
Lin Ming: Is that really worth beingso happy about?
188: Isn’t it worth being happy about? Men have three joys: promotion, getting rich, and wife’s death. Women also have three joys: marriage, husband’s death, and inheriting property. His host had achieved two joys—kicking out the scumbag and taking his assets. He believed the third joy would come soon, like getting together with the ice beauty.
“Really divorced?”
Grandfather Shen had heard about this earlier. With Wen Yingling helping to look after things, he felt at ease. Wen Yingling had also told him she wouldn’t let Shen Wan be taken advantage of, so he hadn’t intervened, letting the two young ones divorce quietly. After all, if he got involved and the Lin family found out, the divorce would become troublesome.
“How much money did you get?” Grandfather Shen, having processed the news, quickly asked loudly.
Lin Ming was standing close to Shen Wan and clearly heard Grandfather Shen ask how much money she got. He nearly collapsed on the spot.
“I got a full 90% of Lin Ming’s assets. If he hadn’t been in such a hurry to divorce, I would have waited until he inherited Lin Corporation before divorcing. Then I definitely would have gotten much more,” Shen Wan sighed regretfully. “What a pity.”
Lin Ming pressed his lips together. So in her eyes, he was just an ATM?
“Yes, it is a bit regrettable.”
Hearing Grandfather Shen’s words, Lin Ming felt he couldn’t stay any longer. He quickly walked towards his car, but as he was about to step away, he heard Grandfather Shen’s voice from the phone again, “Haha, Wan Wan, you’ve finally divorced and divided the assets. Come back this weekend. Bring Yingling too. Grandpa will throw a banquet to celebrate.”
Lin Ming’s expression twisted. The old fox was true to form, and his granddaughter must be a little fox. He had once thought Shen Wan was naive. Now it seemed her scheming was just deeply hidden, unnoticed by anyone. Now that she had lost her memory, her true nature was revealed.
Lin Ming stumbled into his car and drove away quickly. He was truly thankful for divorcing her early. Who knows, maybe she had been planning all along to swallow up his Lin family. Thinking back to their wedding, when Grandfather Shen didn’t transfer any shares to her, saying he’d wait until they had been happily married for five years—he was probably planning to swallow up the Lin family, never intending to give up anything.
An old fox and a little fox, working together to deceive his feelings and swindle his money. This old man and young woman were truly despicable.
“Alright, alright, Grandpa. I’ll definitely bring Yingling.”
After hanging up, a bodyguard nearby asked, “Miss Shen, shall we return to the villa now?”
“No, let’s go on a shopping spree at the mall. I’ve just come into money and really want to buy, buy, buy. Today’s my treat, don’t hold back. Choose whatever you like. We’ll go back to my grandfather’s place for the banquet this weekend.”
Bodyguards: Born into a wealthy family, why is she acting like a nouveau riche, almost walking bow-legged? They were really afraid she’d trip and fall.
188: You don’t understand. My host is a nouveau riche. She owed a huge debt, and now she’s suddenly rich. How can she not be happy?
When Shen Wan returned to the Wen family villa with her entourage of bodyguards, Wen Yingling had just reached the door. Seeing the scene before her, she paused for a moment. Her gaze swept over each bodyguard, each holding several bags with many familiar brand names.
Then she looked at Shen Wan, who was also holding two delicate bags.
She walked up to Shen Wan and asked coolly, “Got the divorce certificate?”
“Yes!” Shen Wan said happily. “Lin Ming was nearly angered to death by me, but he’ll be happy soon. After all, he’s about to get married again.”
“What did you do?”
“Of course I went on a shopping spree.” Shen Wan handed the two delicate bags to Wen Yingling. “Here, these are for you.”
Wen Yingling took the two small bags, looking somewhat at a loss. She bit her lip lightly but ultimately held onto them, casually asking, “What did you buy?”
“Open them and see.”
“Let’s talk inside.”
Wen Yingling walked in quickly. She hadn’t even noticed that she was gripping the bags tightly yet very carefully, her peripheral vision constantly on the two bags, as if afraid of accidentally damaging them or dropping them.
Once inside, Wen Yingling didn’t open the bags but put them in her room, even locking the door, as if there was some treasure inside she was afraid someone might steal.
“Grandpa asked me to go back for dinner this weekend. He’s throwing a banquet to celebrate and wants to invite you too. I’ve already agreed, so you can’t refuse, Yingling.”
“Alright.” Wen Yingling agreed almost without thinking.
Then she asked, “Now that you’ve achieved your goal, are you going to leave here and go back home?”
“Yingling,” Shen Wan looked at her pitifully, “I’m still very unfamiliar with this world. The only person I’m familiar with is…”
“Then keep staying.” Wen Yingling interrupted Shen Wan, a fleeting tenderness in her eyes. “Move out when you’re no longer unfamiliar with this world.”
While getting the divorce certificate, Lin Ming was angered half to death.
Returning to Xia Xinzhi, seeing the woman he loved improved his mood. He understood that getting his parents’ approval for their marriage was impossible.
So this time, he planned to take Xia Xinzhi to get their marriage certificate, just like he had gotten the divorce certificate. A couple of days later, they registered their marriage, completely unknown to the Lin family.
Xia Xinzhi looked at the marriage certificate in her hand, finally feeling at ease. Thinking about it, she regretted not agreeing to Lin Ming’s suggestion to secretly register their marriage earlier, insisting instead on getting both families’ approval. If she had agreed then, there definitely wouldn’t have been a Shen Wan later. Fortunately, everything had come full circle, and she could relax now.
However… she touched her much rounder belly. To hide her “pregnancy,” she had been secretly eating late at night when Lin Ming wasn’t paying attention. Her once-slender waist had become round. If this continued, she couldn’t accept becoming so fat. She used to have a model’s figure, and now she had sacrificed so much for marriage.
The fake pregnancy absolutely could not be discovered by Lin Ming. Fortunately, for each prenatal check-up, she had found an old classmate and paid them enough to keep the secret. But this “child” couldn’t be kept.
The news of Lin Ming and Shen Wan’s divorce didn’t stay secret for long. Grandfather Shen was really too high-profile, actually throwing a banquet to celebrate his granddaughter’s divorce, even saying she had taken 90% of Lin Ming’s personal assets. On the day of the banquet, the old man and young woman were both smiling, truly as happy as if they had come into a windfall. People were long used to Grandfather Shen’s personality and weren’t surprised.
The Lin family wasn’t deaf or blind. This news quickly reached their ears, and they immediately called Shen Wan.
Shen Wan answered: “Lin Ming wanted the divorce. Uncle, Auntie, don’t be angry. I thought, well, he really doesn’t like me, and he was so sincere, giving me 90% of his assets. If I didn’t agree, I’d be the villain holding him back from pursuing his freedom and true love.”
“I couldn’t be that villain. Lin Ming is a person with the right to pursue his own happiness. There’s no need to be tied down to me. You can’t force feelings. You shouldn’t mind too much.”
Lin Ming’s parents nearly died of anger hearing Shen Wan’s words.
They didn’t want to mind, but the prize they thought they had secured had slipped away, taking 90% of their son’s assets with her. How could they not be angry?
No wonder that old fox from the Shen family was smugly throwing a banquet. Having gained such a big advantage, they’d be happy too!
“Oh, and the shares you gave me, I didn’t give those back to Lin Ming. Lin Ming said he wanted the divorce and felt sorry for me, so these should all be mine. He was so sincere, I really couldn’t refuse. It’s only 5%, not much. Uncle, Auntie, I’m sure you won’t mind too much.”
Mind? They minded terribly!
That was 5%! It had been a huge sacrifice to try to tie down the Shen family.
Lin Ming! How could they have given birth to such a foolish son?
But it was all too late. The couple had barely hung up the phone when they heard about Lin Ming and Xia Xinzhi’s marriage.
Their faces turned pale with anger. They immediately called Lin Ming, berating him fiercely and demanding he divorce Xia Xinzhi immediately, or else not come back. Lin Ming’s mother, like before, threatened suicide.
Lin Ming didn’t yield. He said, “Mom, Dad, I won’t divorce this time. Xinzhi is already pregnant with my child. I can’t abandon her.”
What???
They’d even produced a child?
Lin Ming’s father nearly fainted from anger. His mother, however, paused for a moment and asked, “Really pregnant?”
“Yes.”
“How many months?”
“Over four months now.” Lin Ming knew his mother loved children. Actually, he had deliberately leaked this news to his parents. Xinzhi would eventually have to return to the Lin family as the young mistress.
After some argument, Lin Ming’s parents decided to have Lin Ming bring Xia Xinzhi back. Xia Xinzhi was both surprised and delighted; she had been waiting for this day for a long time.
Lin Ming’s mother really wanted a grandchild. Thinking of how Shen Wan had taken so much of her son’s assets in the divorce, and that she was Grandfather Shen’s granddaughter, they didn’t dare do anything.
Xia Xinzhi’s ordinary background actually made her easier to control. Now that she was carrying their precious grandchild and the couple was already legally married, it was a done deal. There was no point in making a fuss.
In the end, they agreed to accept the couple, let Xia Xinzhi into the family, and hold a wedding for them. However, Xia Xinzhi had to sign a prenuptial agreement, or they wouldn’t accept her.
Xia Xinzhi believed Lin Ming loved her deeply. Even if this “child” couldn’t be kept, they would surely have children in the future. The Lin family’s assets would belong to her children anyway, so she gritted her teeth and signed.
When Shen Wan received the wedding invitation, she happily flipped through it. Wen Yingling asked, “You’re this happy to know they’re getting married?”
“Mm-hmm, this way Lin Ming won’t think of me anymore.”
Shen Wan secretly told the system, “I didn’t expect there’d still be something involving me. Xia Xinzhi plans to make use of the ‘waste’ one last time.” It turned out there was such a development—the couple had invited the original host to their wedding. On the wedding day, Xia Xinzhi was “accidentally” bumped by the original host, resulting in a miscarriage. This caused Grandfather Shen to compensate the Lin family with a significant amount of shares, otherwise they would have sued her for intentional injury.
“Are you going?” Wen Yingling asked.
“Of course. Why wouldn’t I go?”
Shen Wan raised her face, suddenly noticing the necklace on Wen Yingling’s slender white neck and the watch on her wrist. She grinned, showing a row of neat teeth. “They look good.”
Wen Yingling said coldly, “I think they go well with this outfit. I didn’t have suitable accessories, and I didn’t expect your taste to be quite good. They match perfectly.”
The next morning, Shen Wan met Wen Yingling in a different outfit. Eyeing the watch on her wrist and the necklace around her neck, she said with a smile, “My taste really is excellent. The accessories and watch I chose seem to go with any outfit. They’re truly versatile.”
Wen Yingling pressed her lips together and said, “I’m going out first.”
She left quickly. Shen Wan noticed her ears had turned a bit red.
“188, she must have a secret crush on me. I really am a pretty little cabbage, able to attract beautiful big cabbages.”
188: Shameless. Have you forgotten how hard you’ve been flirting?