Chapter 10

"He's going to divorce me."

Upon hearing this, Yao Ting jumped up from her bed as the sleepiness in her eyes vanished completely, "How much compensation fees did you get? Yiyi, with your obsession with money, don't tell me that you fell for him and don't want his money anymore."

Yao Yiyi's expression darkened visibly as she said, "Yao Ting, am I such a greedy person to you?"

"You're not greedy, you're just obsessed with money." With a solemn expression, Yao Ting continued, "Oh come on, just tell me already. Judging by Ou Qingheng's wealthiness, just how much will you get if he divorces you?"

Yao Yiyi kicked off her slippers, flopped into the bed, and buried her face in the quilt. She then said to Yao Ting in a slightly muffled voice, "Yao Ting, I'd really fallen for Ou Qingheng. What should I do now?"

Yao Ting was surprised. "Yiyi, you've really fallen for Ou Qingheng?! He's only your employer, nothing else. I thought you were just kidding."

"I don't want to fall in love with him either, but what can I do? It's hard to control my feelings, and by the time I realized, it was already too late. His beloved woman has come back for him. I hate her so much that I could kill her, but I'm holding back because I don't want him to hate me."

Yao Yiyi said sulkily.

After calming down, Yao Ting asked with a serious expression, "Yiyi, are you serious?"

Yao Yiyi nodded.

Exasperated at her current state, Yao Ting sighed. "Yao Yiyi, you stupid child. What more do you expect me to say? Didn't you confidently say to me in the beginning that the reason you chose to marry him was because of his money? How could you have seriously fallen for him?"

"If it's that easy to control my feelings, I wouldn't be feeling so upset now," Yao Yiyi replied restlessly.

Taking a seat next to her, Yao Ting said, "I admit that Ou Qingheng is good-looking, but don’t you hate disloyal men the most? Besides, both of you started out due to a purely monetary deal. He pays you, and you'll be his obedient wife. That's all it is. I thought you could put aside your personal emotions when you agreed to it, and I never thought that there would be a day when you would lose your cool."

Yao Yiyi gave her a bitter smile.

Just as she had said earlier, if it was that easy to control one's feelings, then there would not be so many heartbroken men and women in the world.

Apart from being good-looking and rich, Ou Qingheng genuinely did not possess any other positive traits. Everybody knew that he was an unfaithful man, and there were countless rumors about his love life. Even so, women still flocked towards a man like him. Although they knew that an abyss was waiting for them at the end, they would still jump into it headfirst. At the end of the day, it was always the women who get deeply hurt.

"Tingting, I'll have to sign the divorce papers next week. Once that's done, we won't have anything to do with each other anymore," Yao Yiyi said, unable to lift her spirits.

"What do you intend to do then? Are you going to divorce him, or are you going to snatch him back from the other woman?" Yao Ting asked directly.

Shaking her head, Yao Yiyi shrugged helplessly. "As a writer, what do you think the plot will be?"

Yao Ting shot her a look and replied frankly, "Well, if I were to write the plot, it'll turn out like this: You'll get divorced next week, but Ou Qingheng will then realize that you're his true love and starts chasing you again. You will then make him suffer for a while as a payback for your previous suffering, and when you guys finally make up, another guy who had always loved you will suddenly show up. Girl number two and three will also show up, and all of you will be caught in a love hexagon. Of course, it will be a happy ending, but those women who put you in harm's way will be 'tortured' by the two male protagonists in the process."

Yao Yiyi burst out laughing despite her sadness.