Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Appearing by His Side with Another Identity
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
That woman, constantly courting death, and he hadn’t directly killed her, was already an exceptional act of mercy.
Moreover, it wasn’t as if he gave her nothing in the divorce settlement, he symbolically gave her a billion.
What more could she be dissatisfied with?
Could it be that she really wanted to split several hundred billion?
Absurd wishful thinking!
Gu Siting, barely suppressing the urge to smash his phone on the ground, said with an icy face, “How much did she ask the lawyers for?”
“One hundred billion.”
Gu Siting, “…”
Even though Lu Zhou couldn’t see Gu Siting’s expression, he could feel how dark it must be right now.
He was also incredibly surprised when the lawyer said that to him in the afternoon.
Frankly speaking, the wife’s appetite was way too big!
One hundred billion, how could she even say that?
Doesn’t she realize the size of the green hat she’s placed on Fourth Master’s head?
Sigh.
Lu Zhou didn’t know how to comfort Fourth Master.
Being the person in charge of a powerful and influential family and being forced to marry such a wife was quite distressing.
“Tell her through the lawyer that if she wants joss paper, I’ll consider burning it for her.”
Lu Zhou, “…”
After hanging up, Gu Siting looked at the finger that Ming Yao had bitten, now crusted over.
That woman was not only greedy but also sharp-tongued, arrogant, and overbearing!
…
The next day.
Ming Yao was woken up by the buzzing of her phone.
She did not pick up immediately, instead stretching languidly.
A night without insomnia was truly beautiful.
And it left her feeling refreshed.
Ming Yao glances at the shirt she’s hugging, picks it up, and takes a few whiffs.
The phone keeps vibrating persistently.
Ming Yao picks it up to see.
It’s from Tyrant Gu’s lawyer, Zhou Yan.
“Mrs. Gu.”
Ming Yao leans back against the headboard, her beautiful eyes drooping slightly, “Lawyer Zhou, what is it?”
“Mrs. Gu, Fourth Master does not agree to the divorce settlement of one hundred billion. I advise you to take what you can get, and not provoke Fourth Master.”
Ming Yao didn’t truly want Tyrant Gu’s one hundred billion.
She merely had a request from him at the moment, and she didn’t want to cut off their marital ties so soon.
He was adamant about divorcing her now, but she needed to stall until Old Madam Gu returned to Li City.
“Did he say anything else?”
Zhou Yan paused then relayed the message from Lu Zhou to Ming Yao, “Fourth Master said if you want joss paper, he can burn some for you.”
Zhou Yan thought Ming Yao would be furious upon hearing this, but not only did she not get angry, she even hummed lightly in response.
“If he wants to burn it, let him burn it.”
The original Ming Yao was no longer in this world, if he burned joss paper for her, she should be able to receive it, right?
Zhou Yan, “…”
Had he misunderstood? The Mrs. Gu who had always wanted the divorce, now doesn’t want it?
In the morning, Zhou Yan came to see Ming Yao personally.
Ming Yao was somewhat annoyed and restless; was that tyrant going to send lawyers over every day to disturb her if she didn’t sign the papers?
By the afternoon, Ming Yao had moved to a new place.
She didn’t go back to the Ming Family, nor did she stay in a hotel; instead, she rented a small courtyard in the suburbs.
Given Tyrant Gu’s current level of aversion to her, staying by his side every day seemed unlikely.
If she went for an interview at Imperial Garden with her current appearance, she’d probably be chased out before even entering.
Ming Yao’s fair fingers propped up her chin as she pondered for a moment.
Her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.
Got it.
All she needed was to change her appearance, right?
When she was with Tang Sect, if she needed to play the innocent or virtuous roles, her bewitching looks wouldn’t do, so she would usually go through a disguise.
Changing into an entirely different look was not difficult for Ming Yao.
She locked herself in the courtyard, tinkered for a while, and the coldly charming face was transformed into a plain and unremarkable one.
If she showed up at Imperial Garden with this new look, it shouldn’t arouse any suspicion from that tyrant, should it?