Chapter 1 Farewell Dinner
Chapter 1 Farewell Dinner
Shenzhen, 2016.
In the private room by the window of the restaurant, the woman didn't touch the dishes on the table in front of her. Her cold gaze was fixed on Chen Jiang, who had his head down. She took a contract out of her bag and pushed it in front of him.
"Chen Jiang, now that we're divorced, let's sign this prenuptial agreement as well."
"I've already prepared the prenuptial agreement. The car is premarital property and I don't want it, but the house was bought after the marriage, so it's considered marital property and I own half of it."
"I can give you some time to raise the money. If you give me half the value of the house, then I won't sell the house; I'll keep it for you."
"After all, we've been married for over a year, so it's best to part amicably."
The woman's voice was neither angry nor furious; it was so calm that it didn't sound like she was getting a divorce, but rather like she was discussing a routine business deal.
"So, according to you... I should thank you?"
Hearing these words, Chen Jiang took out his cigarette case, lit a cigarette under the woman's displeased gaze, took a slow drag, and continued:
"But you didn't seem to pay a single penny for this house, did you?"
The woman raised an eyebrow, but before she could speak, her mother, sitting next to her, spoke up:
"Hey Xiao Chen, at a time like this, what's the point of arguing about these things?"
"My daughter has been married to you for a year, and to be honest, I feel sorry for her. You have neither ability nor wealth, and now you've even lost your job. Even if we don't divorce, how will you support my daughter in the future?"
"She has suffered a lot of injustices this year, so consider this house as compensation for my daughter."
"However, we are acting in accordance with the law, and the house should rightfully belong to my daughter. If you are not satisfied, then let the judge decide."
"Laws and regulations? Really..."
Chen Jiang slowly shook his head, and for a moment, he felt that the world had become ridiculous.
Chen Jiang is 28 years old this year. He has always felt that he has had bad luck in the past few years, but today he finally understands what it means to be unlucky and to have bad luck.
To be honest, he is in a very complicated mood right now, with all sorts of emotions, but his feelings for his wife are almost nonexistent.
His father died in an accident when he was twelve years old. He was then raised by his mother alone until three years ago when his mother was also diagnosed with late-stage cancer. His world began to gradually collapse.
To prevent him from dying alone, his mother desperately tried to find him a marriage partner before she passed away.
Even though he didn't like the other person, Chen Jiang didn't refuse in order to make his mother happy one last time. After dating for less than half a month, they got married.
Not wanting to have any regrets, the mother used all the savings she had accumulated to buy this wedding house. However, only half a year after her death, the house was no longer his.
I wonder if my mom would appear in this woman's dream in the middle of the night and give her a piece of her mind if she knew about this...
Thinking of this, Chen Jiang couldn't help but laugh.
The two women in front of me were already getting impatient:
"Chen Jiang, what are you laughing at?"
"Give me an answer now, whether you agree or not!"
"You wanted a divorce, and we've already gone through with it. I was thinking of having one last farewell dinner with you and that would be the end of it, but you're really insatiable."
Chen Jiang was too lazy to waste words with them. He reached out and took the property agreement, glanced at it, and disdainfully tossed it back onto the table. But before the two women in front of him could even feel happy, he spoke:
"But if you want a house, I can only say you're dreaming."
"Go to court if you want, do whatever you want. All I can say is, this house was left to me by my mother, and you can't take a single piece of it away!"
The two women's expressions changed instantly:
"What did you say?"
"Let me tell you, Chen Jiang, you don't need to scare people like this. I was originally going to give you some face, but since you're not taking my word for it, then forget it!"
"Let me tell you the truth, my daughter has a new boyfriend, and he's a lawyer. You good-for-nothing, just wait to be in court!"
"Just don't regret it later!"
After saying that, the two women glared at Chen Jiang, then got up, angrily pushed open the door of the private room, and strode out of the restaurant.
Chen Jiang silently turned his head to look out the window. The mother and daughter walked to a Mercedes-Benz parked on the side of the street. A middle-aged man with a big belly got out of the driver's seat and smiled as he put his arm around the woman.
Seemingly noticing his gaze, the woman turned her head and gave him a defiant look before getting into the car under the man's attentive care.
Chen Jiang smiled dismissively, turned his head indifferently, picked up his chopsticks, and while preparing to eat all the dishes he had ordered, he sighed:
"What goes around comes around... I've been unlucky for years, when will my luck turn around?!"
As he spoke, he picked up some food with his chopsticks and put it in his bowl. Just as he was about to swallow it along with his rice, he suddenly heard a series of urgent honking horns!
"Um?"
The commotion was so great that Chen Jiang subconsciously turned around and looked out the window.
But all they saw was a dump truck, somehow somehow made its way onto the road, speeding towards them from the street in the distance.
Because it was lunchtime, there weren't many cars on the road. Only one Mercedes had just returned to the road from its parking spot, right on the dump truck's usual route... It was the Mercedes that the mother and daughter had gotten into!
Chen Jiang opened his mouth wide and unconsciously put down his chopsticks:
"No way..."
boom------!!
There's nothing I can't do.
The next second, a deafening roar was heard. The dump truck, charging at full speed, accurately hit the Mercedes that had just started moving. It was as brutal as a strong man bullying a little girl. It instantly tore off all the disguises and pushed the truck all the way to the tree in the street!
"Huh~~"
Chen Jiang slapped himself in the eye and quickly turned his head and lay down to avoid it.
After waiting a while and finding that this area hadn't been affected, they finally poked their heads out.
My mood became extremely complicated. I didn't know whether I should laugh happily or laugh with amusement... After a long while, I looked out the window again and found that the scene was surrounded by onlookers. It seemed that there was a fire and someone was approaching with a fire extinguisher.
The sound of fire trucks in the distance gradually grew louder; they might have been nearby before the accident.
As for the specific scene of the car accident... Chen Jiang leaned out the window and looked, but didn't see much. He only saw a dump truck that was still relatively intact and a Mercedes that had been smashed flat.
As for the people inside the Mercedes... he could only offer a moment of silence; it seemed hopeless.
Moreover, if he remembered correctly, his wife was also from a single-parent family and didn't seem to have any uncles or other relatives. In other words, the whole family was together.
Chen Jiang silently looked at his property agreement on the table, unsure of what to say for a moment:
"Alright, let's not argue about the house anymore. There's no one to argue with me about it now."
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