Chapter 10 My Determination in Getting a Divorce

• I could not believe that Tang Xiao would actually take me to the hospital.
• Not only that, if I had not been forcefully kissed by him, I would have forgotten the bleeding of my tongue too.
• The doctor gave me a quick check and asked me how I injured myself. With no other choices, I forced a smile and said that I bit it accidentally.
• The doctor glanced at Tang Xiao with a meaningful look and told him that a young man should be patient. His words made me flush but Tang Xiao remained quiet.
• On the way back to the office, I looked at Tang Xiao who had been quiet and thanked him gently.
• “Li Yahan, don’t do this kind of thing again,” he said indifferently, making me confused.
• Did he really think that the reason my tongue was bleeding is because I’ve slept with some man? Is he even sane? I’m not that insatiable, okay?
• Since he continued to ignore me, I was too lazy to bother myself with him too. The two of us remained quiet along the way.
• After the car had driven all the way back to the office, I followed behind Tang Xiao and walked into the office building. The colleagues around us cast ambiguous glance at us and even threw in some whispers. I bowed my head and quickened my pace.
• Tang Xiao, on the other hand, walked slowly without giving a care to the surrounding eyes.
• As expected, my boss was furious when he saw me coming in together with Tang Xiao. He asked me where had I kidnapped Tang Xiao to and even said that rumors had spread throughout the office now.
• I secretly cursed in my heart. It’s so obvious that everyone could see Tang Xiao was the one who kidnapped me so why have I become the kidnapper now instead? Ah forget it, the boss would definitely side with Tang Xiao no matter what.
• With my head bowed, I secretly felt aggrieved.
• I was scolded by my boss for several minutes. When he saw me remaining quiet, he became even more furious.
• “That’s enough. It’s no big deal anyway. I merely took her to the hospital. You didn’t take care of your secretary and I have to take care of her now instead?”
• Tang Xiao slowly chimed in. I was so infuriated that I wanted to kill him!
• Sure enough, boss gave us a look of ambiguity and then proceeded to shut up.
• Finally, after work, I turned on my phone and was immediately bombarded by Jiang Zhigang's text messages and phone calls. I took a look and deleted all his text messages. After blocking his number, I threw my phone back into the bag.
• These few days had finally been peaceful and quiet. I only needed to wait for Yang Xin to come back.
• One day, my phone rang after work. I picked it up and saw that it was my mother-in-law. After hesitating for a while, I finally picked up the call.
• “Yahan, Zhigang said that you want to divorce him. Is this true?” Mother-in-law’s voice was filled with anxiety on the phone.
• I did not know what Jiang Zhigang told her but she kept telling me to go back home so that I could have a talk with them.
• Is there anything left to talk? I still have rope mark on my wrists.
• “Mom, Zhigang and I are no longer possible. Can you just help me to persuade him to let go of me, please?”
• I could only hope that my mother-in-law, who had always loved me, could help me. Otherwise, I really could not think of anyone else who could persuade this lunatic.
• “Yahan, you have to come back even if you want a divorce. You’ll have to sign the paper before you leave anyway.”
• Mother-in-law was right. Without that piece of paper, Jiang Zhigang and I were still legally married.
• She kept promising me again and again that she would let Jiang Zhigang talk it out to me so that we could have a clean break. With her there, he would not dare to do anything to me.
• Mother-in-law’s kind treatment of me had always been obvious to all. I believed that she would not help Jiang Zhigang to harm me.
• After considering for a few minutes, I decided to accept my mother-in-law’s advice and make a trip back to Jiang Zhigang’s house.
• As soon as I got home, mother-in-law took my hand and asked me in tears if I could cancel the divorce, and that she had been treating me like a daughter anyway. She even scolded Jiang Zhigang for being a good-for-nothing who did not cherish me.
• I took a glance at the indifferent Jiang Zhigang and pulled her to sit on the sofa.
• “Mom, I’d still treat you like my own mother even if I divorce Jiang Zhigang.”
• Upon seeing my resolute attitude, mother-in-law no longer said anything.
• Wiping her tears away, she told me to stay at home for one night and only carry out the divorce procedure tomorrow since she could not dissuade me and that the Marriage Registration Office had already closed at this hour.
• I contemplated it for a moment before asking to sleep alone in the study room. She agreed to my request right away.
• After taking the quilt, I went to the study room to sleep. It took me a long time to finally fall asleep but soon, I was awakened by the thirst in my throat.
• I got up to leave the room so that I could pour a glass of water for myself. However, when I reached the door, I realized that the door of the study room could not be opened at all.
• At this moment, the despair of being imprisoned by Jiang Zhigang washed over me again. I let go of the doorknob and collapsed onto the ground.