Cheng Jian had no intention of getting involved in the matters happening in the Jiang Family, and even if he wanted to, Jiang Lili wouldn’t let him. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Even though they’re married now, Jiang Lili always keeps her guard up against him, never letting Cheng Jian touch her affairs, especially those involving money.

The household expenses are all shouldered by Jiang Lili, and as for Cheng Jian’s expenses, Jiang Lili never covers any of them.

Cheng Jian knew it wasn’t easy being a husband in a wealthy family, but he never expected it to be this difficult. Jiang Lili dressed herself up beautifully, yet when they walked together, the difference between them was stark.

Returning to City S, he couldn’t find a suitable job. Not to mention getting into an investment bank, he couldn’t even find a job at a regular bank, and ended up working for a foreign company.

Although the salary was decent, it was busy, with work hours filled with verifying data. Thankfully, there wasn’t much overtime, but it was useless as Jiang Lili was often occupied.

If it wasn’t shopping, it was going for beauty treatments, and he, as the husband, had to accompany her, with no room for impatience. His attitude had to be good, he had to make her happy.

What annoyed Cheng Jian even more was that Jiang Lili claimed her health wasn’t great, but it wasn’t that serious. With some treatment, she could still have children.

Otherwise, he might not have agreed to marry Jiang Lili back then. The promises were grand, but after marriage, forget about treating her health, she didn’t see any doctors, be it traditional Chinese doctors or Western ones.

What angered him more was that though she didn’t go to the bar daily now, she still went once or twice a week. On days she didn’t go, she’d drink at home.

Every day she kept herself in a slightly tipsy state, and come Fridays and Saturdays, she’d drink half-drunk before going to rest.

She’d drag him along, talking non-stop about the Jiang Family’s glorious times, how remarkable she was and such. Cheng Jian really didn’t want to hear it.

The glory of the Jiang Family—he hadn’t experienced nor benefited from it. But now that the Jiang Family had fallen, even though he had left, he somehow ended up back here.

Right now, he really wanted to knock some sense into his head, questioning why he’d been so foolish back then to agree to marry Jiang Lili.

If the Jiang Family had fallen, so be it. A starved camel is still bigger than a horse; he knew this. He thought that if Jiang Lili had a child, her assets would eventually go to their son, which made it worth it.

But now, not seeing a doctor and drinking every day, even a fool would know that having a child like this would be an issue.

Now he wondered whether Jiang Lili couldn’t have children or didn’t want to have them.

After much thought, he concluded that the likelihood was she couldn’t have children. After all, if a child were born, the child would take the Jiang surname. There was no reason for her to oppose it.

If she couldn’t have children, Cheng Jian felt there was no point in continuing with Jiang Lili. Just because he’s a man, does that mean his youth isn’t valuable, and he has to waste it away with her?

She has money; even when she ages, she doesn’t need to worry about not having a man. But when he gets old, he’d have to constantly worry about being kicked out by Jiang Lili. What would he do then?

Cheng Jian knew Jiang Lili would definitely do something like that; she has no emotions.

When Jiang Lili found out that the child wasn’t her father’s, she was overjoyed. The old man’s reputation and integrity were gone, but so what? Did it concern her in any way?

On the contrary, she should be happy. Thinking he was still vigorous enough to be a father again, didn’t he realize in all these years, had any outside women given him a child?

No matter. Now that the old man was in such a predicament, as a filial daughter, she couldn’t show no reaction; she had to celebrate properly.

The best way to celebrate, of course, was to go drinking at a bar. Jiang Lili was busy gathering people to celebrate, not minding if others knew how happy she was, "My dad isn’t just raising someone else’s son. After my reminder, he went for a test. This is huge news, we must celebrate."

Cheng Jian listened on the side as Jiang Lili eagerly called people out for drinks, her reasons loud and clear, which made him sigh helplessly.

He knew such events had nothing to do with him. After Jiang Lili made a round of calls and gathered people, she saw Cheng Jian standing aside, "You shouldn’t go. Come pick me up after 1 AM."

"You know where it is." Jiang Lili thought Cheng Jian couldn’t do anything if he went, let alone drink, so it was better if he didn’t go.

Letting him come pick her up, was he really that unpresentable? But it wasn’t surprising; this was just how Jiang Lili was.

"Let’s get a divorce." Cheng Jian voiced his thoughts.

Divorce? Jiang Lili was about to dress up for herself, and hearing this, was taken aback, then coldly smiled at Cheng Jian, "You want a divorce. You know if you divorce me, you’ll have to leave here."

"The car you drive will be gone; you can’t go into luxury high-end places."

"With that measly salary of yours, do you think you can live in City S?"

Jiang Lili circled around Cheng Jian several times, "I see. You don’t think now that Zhang Yu bought a house in Harbor City, you can go back to her, and she’ll entertain you?"

To go find Zhang Yu? When it comes to this ex-girlfriend, Cheng Jian felt nothing but deep regret, realizing he had missed out on so much.

As for what Jiang Lili said, going to Zhang Yu—he could make himself that humble, but Zhang Yu wouldn’t accept him. Taking a deep breath, he said, "We can’t go back."

"She’s not the same person she used to be."

"I’ve now realized a truth, you shouldn’t force yourself into circles you don’t belong to, because it will only make them look down on you more."

"Jiang Lili, let’s part ways amicably. Anyway, since you have covered the living expenses, I’ll just take my stuff."

Before they got married, they had signed a prenuptial agreement. He knew there was nothing to fight for, and even if he did, he didn’t know how long it would take.

He just wanted to leave quickly now and didn’t want to get entangled with Jiang Lili any longer.

Jiang Lili stared at Cheng Jian for a long while, "Don’t regret it."

"I don’t regret it. Tomorrow." Cheng Jian recalled that tomorrow was a weekend, "We’ll go to the Civil Affairs Bureau on Monday and get a divorce."

Jiang Lili stared at Cheng Jian for a long moment, hoping to see if he was bluffing from his expression. Unfortunately, she couldn’t read anything from his expression.

It didn’t matter; she was never going to be intimidated by him, "Divorce, then. Whoever doesn’t show up at the Civil Affairs Bureau on Monday will be the coward."

"Okay." Cheng Jian breathed a sigh of relief. He had been somewhat worried that Jiang Lili would disagree.

"Since you’re going to divorce me, you’re not suited to live here. Get out today." Jiang Lili didn’t want to see Cheng Jian any longer.

Cheng Jian felt the same way, "I’ll leave today."

Back in his room, packing his things, he didn’t take anything Jiang Lili bought for him after they patched up.

Once he took them, they’d make fun of him. Swiftly packing up his belongings, he ended up with just two suitcases, which made him sigh a little.

Previously, after falling out with Jiang Lili, he had so many things. Now there were only two suitcases, seemingly indicating he didn’t truly believe their relationship would last.