The words were neither too heavy nor too light, yet they were enough to shock everyone present. Mrs. Shi was so stunned that she even forgot her image, her mouth agape, completely frozen.
Shi Che didn’t look at her again. Instead, he reached out and grasped Ling Chuxia’s wrist. With one forceful tug, he pulled her to his side. Then, holding Ling Chuxia’s hand, he turned around and left without hesitation, striding away.
Ling Chuxia, too, was stunned by Shi Che’s actions and words. Her mind went blank, and she just let Shi Che hold her, moving only by instinct.
It wasn’t until the two had left the garden that Mrs. Shi suddenly came to her senses and shouted angrily at them, "Shi Che!"
However, as if Shi Che hadn’t heard her, he didn’t stop walking and continued out the front gate. When they reached his car, he pulled open the passenger door. With one hand over her head and the other on her shoulder, he pushed Ling Chuxia into the car and slammed the door shut. Then he walked around to the driver’s side, opened the door, got in, started the engine, and the car shot out like an arrow.
The entire process was smooth and decisive.
After driving for a while, Ling Chuxia slowly regained her senses from the extreme shock. Her mind was still blank, and she unconsciously turned her face to look at Shi Che.
He was as expressionless as always, his dark eyes calm. The light in his eyes was deep and inscrutable, revealing none of his emotions. His hand lay casually on the steering wheel; there was an added seriousness to his face as he drove.
Ling Chuxia’s gaze continued to move downward and landed on his slightly pursed lips. Her heart involuntarily skipped a beat.
The words Shi Che said echoed again in her ears, "You agree, I don’t agree!"
Just when she was nearly in despair, when she thought she had to divorce him, he had said such a thing.
He didn’t agree to the divorce... didn’t agree...
This was a result completely beyond Ling Chuxia’s expectations. She had never considered that Shi Che would refuse to divorce her!
For her, the matter of divorce had always been a choking hazard. She had forced herself to do many things she didn’t want to, all to avoid a divorce.
Shi Che’s words were like suddenly removing the thorn in her throat, no longer having to worry that it might puncture her the next second.
Ling Chuxia couldn’t express her feelings at that moment. There was excitement, a feeling of being brought back to life, relief, and a hint of inexplicable sweetness spreading across her chest.
Shi Che had always disliked her, hadn’t he? Initially, he only married her because Mrs. Shi had insisted.
Now, Mrs. Shi had finally agreed to their divorce. Why was he refusing?
Ling Chuxia looked at Shi Che, her dark eyes rippling with light. Something was stirring in the depths of her heart, prompting her to ask, "Why?"
Her sudden question broke the silence in the car. Shi Che seemed unexpectedly taken aback by the question and glanced at her unconsciously.
Ling Chuxia met his gaze, and once again, very seriously, she asked, "Why do you refuse to divorce?"
Her words trickled into Shi Che’s ears, one by one. His dark eyes trembled, and he suddenly gripped the steering wheel more tightly.