Chapter 169: Grave Digging!

Chapter 169: Chapter 169: Grave Digging!

However, considering that they were bound to go their separate ways sooner or later, Chen Xiao remained silent.

Since Luo Qingli has misunderstood, I might as well let it be a beautiful misunderstanding... Better a short pain than a long one.

Seeing Chen Xiao had no desire to even explain, a tremendous sorrow welled up in Luo Qingli’s heart. She bit her lip, and the car suddenly roared to life, speeding toward the Civil Affairs Office like a wild beast.

They were silent for the entire drive.

「Inside the Civil Affairs Office.」

"Are you two sure you’ve thought this through?"

"We’ve thought it through."

"You’ve only been married for just over a month..."

"That’s our private affair. Please process the paperwork."

The staff member handling their case sighed.

Young people these days are so reckless, treating marriage like a game. They only got married a month ago, and now they’re getting divorced...

He completed the procedures for them.

After they walked out, Chen Xiao forlornly lit a cigarette. Both of them were silent, with nothing to say to each other. It was just like their wedding day.

Luo Qingli tightly gripped the divorce certificate in her hand and gave a self-deprecating smile. "All three conditions were difficult to fulfill. I never expected you to complete them so quickly. I guess the thirst for freedom is truly a powerful force."

Hearing her words, Chen Xiao’s heart ached. Though carefree, he wasn’t a heartless man. Seeing the sarcasm in her voice, he couldn’t help but say, "Maybe things aren’t as simple as you think. What you see isn’t always the truth."

Luo Qingli scoffed, "We’re already divorced. Why bother keeping up the pure-hearted lover act with me?"

Chen Xiao stubbed out his cigarette.

Luo Qingli paused. "Get in the car."

On the way, Chen Xiao realized they weren’t heading home. He frowned and asked, "Where are we going?"

"A hotel."

"Breakup sex?" Chen Xiao asked.

"It should be called divorce sex," Luo Qingli corrected.

As soon as they reached the hotel, Luo Qingli’s clothes began to slip off, one piece at a time.

"This is the last time. Don’t disappoint me."

"You were so tired last night... surely you’re not unable to perform today, are you?" she asked, her tone laced with sarcasm.

Chen Xiao was speechless.

This time, Luo Qingli was incredibly wild.

By the time their passion subsided, it was already night. Luo Qingli was curled up under the covers like a boneless heap. Chen Xiao’s body was covered in hickeys and clearly visible bite marks.

He winced but didn’t hold it against her. In any case, his performance today had asserted his masculine authority, ending only when Luo Qingli pleaded for mercy.

After a long silence, Luo Qingli asked coldly, "Will you still be in Yuncheng City after this?"

"I’m not sure," Chen Xiao replied, lighting a cigarette, his gaze distant. He didn’t know where he would go. Now, free from the shackles of marriage, perhaps it was time to focus all his energy on finding the rest of the medicine. After all, he didn’t have much time left.

Luo Qingli gritted her teeth. "It’s better if you’re not. It’ll save me the annoyance of seeing you."

"Also, smoke less!" She snatched the cigarette from his mouth and crushed it out.

"What are you doing?" Chen Xiao frowned in displeasure.

"Today, you listen to me."

"In the future, I won’t have the right to boss you around anymore..."

"You don’t have that right anymore, either," Chen Xiao said with a smile.

Luo Qingli gritted her teeth, then flipped over and pinned Chen Xiao beneath her.

"Today, you still belong to me!"

"And you can *only* belong to me!"

"Chen Xiao, today, I want you to remember me... thoroughly."

Her long, dark hair rose and fell. The room was filled with an amorous air as the two clung to each other in a desperate embrace.

In the end, both were completely drained. Luo Qingli, especially, felt her entire body trembling, without a single ounce of strength left.

When Chen Xiao woke up, Luo Qingli was long gone. He checked the time and realized it was already the next day.

Chen Xiao pursed his lips.

This woman is really wild. Compared to her madness last night, those guys online who brag about going seven times in one night are nothing.

After freshening up, he left the hotel. However, just as he stepped outside, a call from Zhang Yaqing came through. Her anger and annoyance hit him like a wave. "Mr. Chen, it seems you’ve forgotten our agreement."

On his end of the line, Chen Xiao shivered. He didn’t need to guess to know that Zhang Yaqing had spat those words out through clenched teeth.

"I’ve been really busy these past two days. So much has been going on," Chen Xiao explained.

"It seems my allure can’t even compete with some mundane affairs..." Zhang Yaqing sighed. "Forget it. I understand. How heartbreaking."

She had specifically extended an olive branch to him. She’d even waited all night for him, but he never showed up. The second night, he still didn’t come. She was genuinely angry!

Seeing that Zhang Yaqing had angrily hung up, Chen Xiao could only give a wry smile. He remembered what Leng Baiyu had said and finally dug out a number from his old phone and dialed it.

It was the number of his second senior sister, Ye Hongyi.

"Well, well, who could this be? If it isn’t my dear little junior brother. It’s been so long since you called, I’d almost forgotten you existed," Ye Hongyi’s sarcastic voice came through the phone.

Chen Xiao felt a bit awkward. "Second Senior Sister..."

"Oh, I’m not worthy of that title. I’ve been away from the mountain for so long, I nearly forgot I even had a little junior brother..." Ye Hongyi’s voice was still dripping with acid.

Chen Xiao had to coax her for quite a while before she finally calmed down.

"Senior Sister, I need to ask you to do something for me," he said, quickly seizing the opportunity now that her anger had mostly subsided.

"Hehe, the Third Miss of the Zhonghai Qin Family... a close female friend of yours?" Ye Hongyi’s teasing voice came through.

"Sort of... I guess," Chen Xiao said, rubbing his nose.

"Even though you’re my junior brother, the Hundred Flowers Pavilion has a rule: we get paid for our services."

"Senior Sister, money is no object," Chen Xiao said quickly.

"That’s good," Ye Hongyi chuckled. "For anyone else, I’d normally charge one million. But you’re my junior brother, like a real brother to me, so I’ll just charge you three million."

Chen Xiao’s face instantly darkened. "Senior Sister, you can’t be serious about ripping me off like this, can you?"

Ye Hongyi huffed. "Who told you to never contact me?"

"Transfer the money, and I’ll have accurate information for you within two days!" With that, Ye Hongyi hung up.

Chen Xiao could only grimace and obediently transfer the three million.

——

「Meanwhile, within the Lingxiao Palace.」

Qin Lan sat in her room when a video popped up on her phone.

Upon seeing the footage, her entire body began to tremble uncontrollably, her beautiful face filled with fury.

In the video, a grave was forcibly dug up, exposing two coffins. The caskets were then roughly hauled out.

Ling Ao cursed as he kicked the coffins several times, then leaned his head close to the camera.

"Qin Lan, see this? This is the grave of your damn dead parents!"