The Last Straw

Li WangJin didn't dare to negotiate the division of their assets and risk angering Fang JunRong. He could tell she was set on getting a divorce, and not even their son could change her mind.

He even tried calling up their daughter and having her come home. He knew that Fang JunRong cared more for their daughter than their son. Even though he didn't care for that, it wouldn't stop him from leveraging that. However, whenever he tried to call Li XinYun her phone was off. He was mad and cussed her out many times behind her back.

Nevertheless, as he couldn't get a hold of her, there wasn't much he could do.

He regretted it again when he looked at all the assets that would be going to Fang JunRong and couldn't help but start to blame this on Wang SiXian. He would never have made that mistake if she hadn't seduced him impatiently! He even started questioning whether the wine he had that day was drugged.

"Are you sure this is what you want? We have been married for so many years after all…" Looking down at the division of the assets on the divorce decree, he couldn't help but want to give it one last try.

Fang JunRong gave him a cold glare, "Can't part with your money? Never pegged you as such a bourgeois."

"No, it's the affection between us that I don't want to part with."

To a certain degree, Fang JunRong was impressed by Li WangJin's shamelessness. How could he brazenly pretend that he still had feelings for her? She only found that disgusting.

She curved her lips some. There was a smile on her face, but it was that of piercing coldness. "Then how about you give me all your possessions to show me how much you love me?"

Li WangJin was speechless.

Fang JunRong stood, done dealing with him. "I will see you at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow. Unless you want to go up on the most trending list."

She didn't worry that Li WangJin would change his mind. After all, his reputation was vital to him, and there was no way he could put up with being the male lead of some pornographic video, especially one passed around domestically.

To be 100% safe, she prepared an additional gift for Li WangJin.

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Li WangJin returned to his company feeling vexed and discussed with his trusted aide to see if he might have any good ideas.

Zhou Zhi, his subordinate, shook his head. "She's got you where she wants you. After all, you're at fault. Unless madam also made a similar mistake."

His words were about as suggestive as they could get.

Li WangJin tightened his lips. Even if he no longer has feelings for Fang JunRong, they have, after all, been married for so many years. He had long viewed her as part of his possession. He wouldn't voluntarily have her cheat on him. No man could stomach that.

Besides, Fang JunRong was home right now; she had given him the ultimatum that they would meet at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow or he would be going up on the top trending list. With only one day, he couldn't make that happen even if he wanted to.

It looked like he would have no choice but to accept the fate of a divorce. Except that he felt so unjust, so many assets, most of which should have been his.

The more he thought about it, the more unhappy he became.

Then his assistant rushed in; his bronze-colored skin glowed from excitement.

"Boss, I just heard that the city government will develop a new commercial area next year. The new commercial area will be in the Nanhe District, near our factory."

Even though Ayron's headquarters was in the city's heart, the factory was in a much cheaper area. They were not a small company, so their factory occupied a large plot of land.

Li WangJin stood up and looked at his assistant. His eyes beaming, "Are you sure about that?"

Zhou Zhi nodded forcefully. "I heard it myself."

Li WangJin paced back and forth and rubbed his hands together excitedly. If that is true, then his company would be worth much more. They could make at least six times the cost of that piece of land, thus driving the value up by 30 billion yuan.

He asked again, "Where did you hear that from?"

"He JianBing was having lunch with her friends, and I overheard them," said Zhou Zhi.

Li WangJin frowned. "How could they be so careless?" He knew what kind of person He JianBing, his wife's high school friend, was. She was a careful person and would never share something so important in public.

"No, I only heard it because I had the server bug the private room that they were in," said Zhou Zhi. He took a look at Li WangJin. He knew very well that Li WangJin had always wanted to get some insider scoop from the He's but never had the opportunity.

"I paid the server to bug the room." Zhou Zhi showed no sense of guilt when he said this. He knew the information was significant enough that his boss would only be proud of his accomplishment instead of frowning upon how he got hold of it.

Li WangJin's brows unfurrowed when he heard that. He felt much more confident about the credibility of the information now. If true, it made the share going to Fang JunRong much more stomachable.

So long as he had both their shares in Ayron, he stood to lose nothing. By then, he would never agree to remarry Fang JunRong even if she came and begged him!

He patted Zhou Zhi on his shoulder excitedly, "Great job!"

Li WangJin had half the heart to stall the timing of the divorce. But now that he had discovered this, his stance had flipped altogether. Now, he just wanted to have his divorce as soon as possible to pocket all of the profit.

That idea occupied his mind, and he couldn't help but call Fang JunRong immediately. His voice was high-spirited. "As you wanted to have a divorce, we will do it first thing tomorrow morning."

Fang JunRong's voice was very calm. "Maybe we should reschedule. JianBing asked me out to lunch tomorrow. She said there was something she wanted me to know. We can take care of our divorce the day after tomorrow. I am not in any hurry."

Li WangJin's heart dropped. He felt for sure the piece of news that he had just heard was what He JianBing wanted to share with Fang JunRong. The two of them had always been close. No way. If they dragged this out to the day after tomorrow, Fang JunRong might not be willing to give up on her shares. There was no way he would share that profit with her.

"No. Let's do it tomorrow morning." He exclaimed.

"What's the rush all of a sudden? Can't wait to marry your lover?"

Wang SiXian was the last thing on his mind right now. He took a deep breath and said, "I just don't see a point in dragging it out anymore."

He went on and on with all sorts of reasonings until he finally convinced Fang JunRong to meet him on time tomorrow for their divorce. All of a sudden, their stances seemed to have swapped.

After he hung up the phone, Li WangJin wiped away the sweat on his forehead. He was a little tired, but he was more excited and emotional. He wished he could close his eyes, and tomorrow would be here already.

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The next day, Fang JunRong had no intention of keeping this on the down low. She didn't wear a disguise but walked into the Civil Affairs Bureau with Li WangJin openly.

The two had already signed their divorce decree, so the process went by seamlessly.

When Li WangJin saw Fang JunRong sign her name, his heart started beating again. He couldn't help but recall their wedding with the divorce decree in his hand. It had already been 20 years since that day.

He had genuine feelings for Fang JunRong back then. It was just that his fondness for her had eroded in front of financial gain. Besides, as long as Fang JunRong was around, everybody would always feel he was lucky to have married her. Nobody would appreciate his ability.

Li WangJin wanted to laugh out loud when he thought that, from this point forward, he would be the final say of everything Aryon related. Yet, he had long since gotten into the habit of pretending to be a nice guy in front of Fang JunRong and didn't want his excitement and eagerness to show. The conflict inside of him made his expression twisted.

He lowered his head. After regaining control of his look, he looked up at Fang JunRong and said, "Would you like a ride to your meeting place with He JianBing?"

He couldn't contain himself. He wanted to let He JianBing know the news. He never liked He JianBing much. Especially as of late, that woman never even greeted him when she ran into him, as though he was just some accessory following Fang JunRong around.

Fang JunRong gave him a smile that wasn't a smile and said, "Why not?"

Li WangJin happily walked next to Fang JunRong.

Fang JunRong was going to meet He JianBing at a Michelin restaurant. When she was almost there, Fang JunRong texted He JianBing to come out to meet her. Looking at Li WangJin, He JianBing gave a very official smile and said, "So you are divorced now?"

Li WangJin looked at Fang JunRong, sighed, and said, "Yeah, JunRong couldn't forgive me."

He JianBing turned and looked at Fang JunRong, "Are all the terms and conditions the same as before?"

Fang JunRong nodded.

He JianBing was very happy all of a sudden and said to Fang JunRong, "Congratulations. The government is going to develop in the Beihu area next year. Your piece of land will go up and up in price."

This news was about to be announced in a few days, so it didn't matter that she said it out loud. Plus, He JianBing purposefully wanted Li WangJin to hear it.

Li WangJin was shaken and suspected something was wrong with his ears. His lips trembled. "I thought it was the Nanhe District?" How was it Beihu now?

He JianBing pursed her lips. "No. Who told you it was Nanhe?" She pretended that she was trying to recall. "Oh, that reminds me. I might have mistakenly told my friend that it was Nanhe when we discussed it. I better give him a call to clarify."

She looked over at Li WangJin. "But how did you know about this? Who told you?"

Li WangJin was in no mood to answer her question. All he could think of was the piece of land in Beihu was about to go up in price. He didn't care about all those properties then and just casually signed them all over to Fang JunRong without even trying to haggle with her.

The sudden news shocked Li WangJin so much that he thought his soul would shatter. Dazed, he muttered, "That's not possible…How could that be?" He was in shock and wished that this was all but a dream.

Fang JunRong gave Li WangJin a sincere look and said, "Aye, too bad we have already divorced, and that land no longer has anything to do with you." She waved the divorce decree in her hand at him.

"I was going to get the divorce after lunch with JianBing, but you didn't want to wait at all." Of course, that was all because He JianBing was willing to work with her. It would never have gone so smoothly otherwise.

"I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Sometimes, this is just how things are. Don't worry. I will do a good job with that piece of land."

Her cheerful voice turned into the last straw on the camel's back to Li WangJin.

She took one last look at the devastated Li WangJin and walked inside the restaurant with He JianBing. It'd be one thing had he not known about it at all. But with just one day's difference, he would have had a substantially greater share of wealth. That news was devastating to Li WangJin.

Li WangJin gave Fang JunRong a deadly stare from behind her. Thinking about the piece of land that he had just missed, he was about to vomit blood.

Why didn't he just wait a couple of days to get a divorce? Why?! How was it that He JianBing just happened to misspoke about the location? Could he blame He JianBing? No! His assistant listened in on their conversation and got the wrong information, leading to his demise.

Suddenly, he saw black, and his body fell backward.