Chapter 2 Falling In Love With Huo Chengjin, Are You Serious?

• Leaving the law firm, I couldn't pretend to be calm anymore. I stared blankly at the divorce certificate in my hand until my phone, buried in my purse, rang and snapped me back to reality.
• I took out my phone and glanced at the caller ID. It was my mom.
• I swiped to answer and croaked, "Hello, Mom."
• "Nanyi, how much money do you have now?"
• I knew exactly what my mom wanted when she asked that question.
• For so many years, I had been struggling on my own, and she never asked if I was doing well. Every time she called, it was to ask for money.
• I felt exhausted. Plus, I had just divorced Huo Chengjin, so my tone wasn't very pleasant as I replied, "None, not a single penny."
• "Are you crazy? Why are you so irritable? I'm your mother, what's wrong with asking you for money? Now that you've grown wings, you don't care about your father's life anymore?"
• "I send two-thirds of my salary to you every month. Do you think I can save any money in a city like Beijing with such high prices?"
• "You can't save, but can't Chengjin? He should be well-off. Why don't you ask him to lend your brother a hundred thousand yuan? Your brother has his eyes on a car that costs over two hundred thousand yuan, and he's short of a hundred thousand. As his sister, it's only right for you to help him, isn't it?"
• "I divorced him, so don't expect another ATM machine to give you money in the future." I listened to my mom's words, spoke coldly, and hung up without giving her a chance to say anything else.
• It was always like this. Every time she opened her mouth, it was about money. They really treated me like an ATM machine.
• After hanging up the phone, I didn't know where to go. Huo Chengjin's house was no longer my home.
• I wandered aimlessly until I squatted outside my friend Yang Xue's place, waiting for her to come home.
• At noon, she came back with her bag and was surprised to see me sitting at her doorstep. "Nanyi, what are you doing here?"
• "I just divorced Huo Chengjin." I stood up, shook my numb legs, and said to Yang Xue with a bitter smile.
• Yang Xue looked incredulous and pulled me inside. After pouring me a glass of water, she asked me what had happened.
• I simply said, "The woman he loves came back, so we got divorced."
• "It's good that you got divorced. At least he didn't secretly cheat on you with that woman while you were still married. And you two don't have any children."
• When we got married in a hurry, Yang Xue had said that flash marriages wouldn't last long, and she was right.
• "Nanyi, did you fall in love with Huo Chengjin?" Seeing that I didn't speak, Yang Xue held my hand and said meaningfully.
• After a year of married life, sharing the same bed day and night, how could there be no feelings?
• Moreover, Huo Chengjin was such an outstanding man. It was rare for a woman not to be moved by him.
• "But we're over now. Whether I love him or not... let's just leave it at that." I forced myself to sound indifferent, despite the bitterness in my heart.
• "Let's part on good terms." Yang Xue said slowly.
• Yes, let's part on good terms.
• I wondered if I would ever see Huo Chengjin again.
• At this moment, I didn't know that I would meet Huo Chengjin again, one month after our divorce.
• After divorcing Huo Chengjin, I felt lost and numb. I didn't know what I was thinking every day. I made frequent mistakes at work and was often scolded by my manager. When I returned to my seat after being scolded once again for not being serious, my colleague next to me pulled me to look at entertainment gossip news, saying with relish, "I heard that the heir of the Huo family, who disappeared for a year, has finally returned to inherit the company. This is his first public appearance. He used to be so low-key that no one knew what he looked like."
• I wasn't interested in the affairs of the wealthy, as they were far removed from our lives. I replied unhappily, "Oh? Is he a superhuman?"
• "He's not a superhuman, but he's definitely a handsome man. Look at him, he's even more handsome than the hottest stars in the entertainment industry. His looks are explosive."
• My colleague tugged at my clothes, urging me to look at the photos in the magazine. Irritated by her, I glanced at them symbolically but couldn't look away.
• The man in the photos was wearing an ice-blue velvet Italian three-piece suit, with messy and sexy hair. His features were as sharp as a knife, with long and cold eyes and a mouth that curved into an unfeeling smile.
• I was too familiar with this man. After all, we had lived under the same roof for a year.
• He was my ex-husband, Huo Chengjin.
• "What do you think? Are you stunned? You seemed uninterested just now." Seeing my reaction, my colleague giggled, holding her face.
• Suppressing the waves of shock in my heart, I picked up the magazine and searched for his information. The name on it struck me like a thunderbolt.
• It was Huo Chengjin... It really was Huo Chengjin.
• He turned out to be the heir of the Huo family...
• My husband for a year turned out to be a tycoon. It felt like I was dreaming.
• An indescribable sense of powerlessness swept over me.
• He was a prodigy, so why did he marry someone like me, who had nothing?
• Was the life of the wealthy too boring, so he wanted some excitement?
• Now that the novelty had worn off, did he want a divorce?
• Suddenly, I felt like a clown, played around by Huo Chengjin.
• But when I calmed down and thought about it, I couldn't blame Huo Chengjin.
• We were originally... a flash marriage.