Chapter 434 - 213: Phone Call

Chapter 434: Chapter 213: Phone Call

"Ping, you..."

Shen Mingchuan felt his mouth go dry. The tightly wound string in his mind suddenly snapped, and for a moment, he had no idea how to react.

Angry?

He was furious. So furious he felt like he was about to burst a blood vessel.

But Shen Mingchuan didn’t dare yell at Lin Ping. He was afraid his terrible attitude would make her lose patience and refuse to remarry him.

Besides, he didn’t believe Lin Ping was capable of something like this!

’Her personality is so gentle and virtuous. How could she have changed so much?’

’Calling me at a time like this?!’

Moreover, Shen Mingchuan didn’t think a thirty-year-old divorcée could find another partner.

’Who would want a single mom!’

’Therefore, Ping must be lying!’

’That has to be it!’

Shen Mingchuan asked probingly, deceiving himself. He hadn’t given up hope yet and even managed a laugh.

"Haha... Ping, you must be lying to me, right? You’re just trying to make me angry so I’ll admit I was wrong. You’d never do something like this. I know you."

"And why not?"

Lin Ping’s tone was a far cry from its usual gentleness, now filled to the brim with cold sarcasm.

"You could do it back then, so why can’t I? Besides, we’re already divorced. I’m single now, so who I date is none of your business."

"No! You can’t do this!"

Shen Mingchuan roared, his face red and neck thick with rage as he continued to argue.

"Because this is the day I’ve been waiting for."

Lin Ping’s words seemed to contain years of accumulated resentment, all of it now pouring out at once.

"Cheating on me was one thing, but you even schemed against me with the Cat Cafe! You took advantage of my ignorance! Did you really think I didn’t know anything? Anan’s difficult life is all your fault!"

"Let me tell you, women can be very petty. The only reason I didn’t delete you was so I could wait for this day to get my revenge!"

CLANG—!

Shen Mingchuan collapsed onto the toilet seat, his body trembling with rage. It felt as if a thousand icy needles were stabbing him in the heart.

Besides anger and resentment, a deep sense of regret instantly flooded him.

When they divorced, he hadn’t reflected on his actions at all. He thought that since he controlled the family’s finances, a divorcée with a child could never survive on her own.

’She’d have to come back to him in the end!’

But now, seeing Lin Ping’s career steadily advancing and that she had even found a new boyfriend, Shen Mingchuan truly panicked.

Only now did he realize he had completely and utterly lost Lin Ping.

He had lost the person he loved most.

In an instant, tears welled up in Shen Mingchuan’s eyes. His trembling voice, choked with sobs, tried to use this last chance to appeal to Lin Ping’s sympathy and beg for her forgiveness.

"Ping, I was wrong! I was really wrong! Please don’t leave me, okay?"

"Oh, so you like me that much?"

Lin Ping’s suddenly coquettish tone seemed to ignite a new spark of hope in Shen Mingchuan’s despairing heart.

"Yes, yes, yes! I like you so much! I really, really like you! It was only after the divorce that I realized the one I love most is you, Ping!"

Shen Mingchuan nodded frantically, speaking what he thought were words of deep affection in an attempt to win back Lin Ping’s heart.

"Please, leave that man and remarry me, okay? I won’t hold any of this against you. I just want you by my side."

"Is that so? What a shame."

Lin Ping’s soft laugh was like a devil’s whisper.

"Because I’m a little busy right now."

!?

Hearing this, Shen Mingchuan was struck dumb as if by a bolt from the blue, unable to process what Lin Ping had just said.

’Did those words really just come out of my once gentle and virtuous Ping’s mouth?’

"You get it now, don’t you?"

Lin Ping’s voice suddenly turned exceptionally cold.

"From now on, don’t contact me again. I’ve moved, so you won’t be able to find Anan and me."

"Next, I’ll be managing other Cat Cafes under President Lin’s arrangement. You won’t find me. That’s all. I’m hanging up."

"Ping, wait—"

Before Shen Mingchuan could finish, Lin Ping hung up the phone.

When he frantically tried to call back, all he got was a busy signal. She had even decisively blocked and deleted him on WeChat.

Lin Ping had unilaterally cut off all means of contact.

It was obvious she had steeled her heart and was determined to leave.

This made Shen Mingchuan feel as if the last ounce of strength had been drained from his body. He slumped onto the toilet like a zombie.

He was consumed by regret.

’If I hadn’t cheated back then, would my life with Ping have been better?’

’If I had run the Cat Cafe properly, would business be booming like it is for Lin Shen today?’

’If only...’

Countless what-if scenarios flooded Shen Mingchuan’s mind, but it was too late.

Now, he had no choice but to swallow all the bitterness and pain, his expression filled with despair.

He didn’t know how long he stayed there. It wasn’t until the entire building was about to close that Shen Mingchuan slowly left the men’s restroom, his staggering figure disappearing into the night.

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「9:20 PM, Home Inn, Room 807.」

The dim room was filled with an ambiguous atmosphere. Various articles of clothing were scattered across the messy bed.

Purple garter stockings, "battle-damaged" black pantyhose, and torn fishnet stockings.

There was such a wide variety because Lin Ping had come fully prepared for tonight.

In fact, even now, she was still wearing a brand-new pair of oil-shine pantyhose.

The originally fine and silky stockings now looked even softer and more supple wrapped around Lin Ping’s voluptuous legs.

Lin Ping was kneeling on an upholstered chair, her arms folded and resting on its back. After hanging up, she tossed her phone onto the bed, then turned her head to kiss Lin Shen behind her, as if wanting to pour all of her emotions into him.