Chapter 823: Accident and Continuation_2

Chapter 823: Chapter 432: Accident and Continuation_2

Things always have pros and cons. If Zhao Qingge hadn’t steadfastly applied for a divorce half a month ago, Zhao Haiqi and Li Xin’s attitude would probably be much worse now. They might even contact the Huang family through friends, asking Huang Tianxuan to step aside, and perhaps summon Li Peifeng’s parents to publicly judge him.

But now, Zhao Qingge has proactively completed the divorce procedures with Li Peifeng, as if their fury has been punched into cotton, leaving them nowhere to vent!

Moreover, there’s a silver lining among the misfortunes: besides Huang Tianxuan, Zhao Haiqi and Li Xin are unaware of anything more, such as Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning. They simply believe their daughter discovered Li Peifeng’s affair with Huang Tianxuan and thus applied for a divorce.

To avoid making a bigger scene, Zhao Qingge is also too lazy to explain further to her parents.

This gave Li Peifeng the premise to handle follow-up matters completely. After sitting down with Zhao Haiqi and Li Xin at a nearby café, he endured an hour-long onslaught of insults and criticism from the couple, waiting for them to cool down somewhat before formally stating his position.

He apologized, admitted his mistakes, agreed to leave with nothing; it doesn’t matter who the child stays with, even with Zhao Qingge; he won’t short-change the child support payments in future. Most importantly, he expressed his desire not to divorce.

Yet, Zhao Haiqi and Li Xin reluctantly accepted his attitude of admitting fault but disdained his wish to stay with their daughter.

“The child you had with Huang Tianxuan is three months older than Li Weiyi, and you still have the audacity to say you want to be with Duoduo… What about Huang Tianxuan? Call her over, have her apologize sincerely as a mistress in front of everyone, and agree to step back, then we might consider it if Duoduo calms down!”

This was obviously impossible.

Moreover, the situation’s progress had reached a point where it was no longer subject to the individual wills of Li Peifeng and Zhao Qingge; too many factors needed consideration behind the scenes.

Stay together? What if the Huang family finds out? What if Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning are exposed?

Divorce, there’s no other choice.

On the morning of November 9, the two arrived at the entrance of the civil affairs office, precisely on the 30-day cooling-off period’s timeline.

They went inside and came out within a minute, each holding a small, purple-red booklet.

This symbolized the end of their one-and-a-half-year legally recognized marriage.

Yet Zhao Qingge walked with a light step; her heels clicked on the stairs, and, using both hands, she tore the divorce certificate and tossed it in the trash can by the door.

“What a relief!”

She looked up at the vast blue sky in the distance, displaying a genuinely sincere smile she hadn’t shown in the past month, as joyful as when she first picked up the marriage certificate.

“Do you know what this little booklet signifies?”

Zhao Qingge turned around, pointing at the divorce certificate in Li Peifeng’s hand, asked seriously. Without waiting for a response, she solemnly explained, “It’s a mental health recovery certificate from the doctor after my discharge, a completion of sentence notification from the warden after my release from prison.”

The most serious disease in the world is love; the biggest prison is one’s inner heart;

You can’t escape your obsession—you’re either a lunatic or a prisoner.

Clearly, Zhao Qingge meant to express her openness and letting go; she truly thought that way.

A truly unrestrained soul can let go of anything because they possess the pride of a king and the carefree elegance of a poem.

Even though Zhao Qingge now wears formal clothes and high heels, she felt more relaxed and comfortable than she would in pajamas and slip-on shoes, as if she hadn’t lost anything but rather gained a new life!

Li Peifeng was equally surprised by his own current state of mind; he thought he’d be filled with sadness and melancholy after completing the divorce procedure with Old Zhao. But in reality, his feelings were quite similar to those of Zhao Duoduo…

Relaxed, comfortable.

Why? Was it just because he didn’t have to worry about the issue leaking to the Huang family, able to defend himself better after divorce? Or was he like a fugitive finally realizing he can escape, the boot dropping, adversity turning into prosperity?

Probably none of those.

Li Peifeng pondered for a moment, then smiled nostalgically, sighing, “Living in this world, no emotion is unscathed, yet after completing the divorce, Ms. Zhao and Mr. Li are still in love on their way home.”

“…”

Zhao Qingge glared at him, slightly pursed her lips to restrain her smile: “From now on, I’ll live in the former Saint Elephant District; you can see the child once a month, just proactively schedule the time and place with me, and don’t come knocking at my home.”

Li Peifeng stepped closer, glanced at her beautiful profile, those indifferent yet coldly charming eyes, those full and radiant red lips, that sharp curvature of her jaw…

Damn it, this woman who has had a child with him is still so attractive, and seems even more beautiful now after the divorce!

“Wife…”

Just as Li Peifeng was tenderly uttering two words, Zhao Qingge sharply stopped him:

“Remember, I am your ex-wife! We’ve severed our marital bond, so don’t use that term anymore!”

Ex-wife? Yet another identity, how thrilling!

Li Peifeng blinked: “Leader?”

“…”

“Once a leader, always a leader, can I call you Leader now?”

Zhao Qingge pursed her lips in silence, directly trying to step off the stairs, but was stopped by Li Peifeng.

“Wait, my Leader and ex-wife, back when we came here to get our marriage certificate, I carried you up this stairway… Now, let me carry you down too?”