Chapter One: The divorce papers

Ning xi's POV

        As I was scrubbing the floor, Mrs Nian came and stepped all over it. "You this smelly poor girl, what do you think you're doing? Your husband would be home any moment, go prepare food for the family this instant"

I wiped my brows, feeling hungry, I haven't eating at all all night and today. I staggered and stood up.

Mrs Nian with her friends laughed as I walked away, going to the kitchen. For three years, after I married Nian junting, things were going so well and we were so in love, he continued to rise up in ranks until their family became rich and I was happy for them. But during the second year, junting changed, and the love I believed I had was gone, I was treated like trash and disgraced in front of his mother's friends. Junting wasn't always home but I believed and waited for him, Enduring both his sister.

After making lunch, the door bell rang and I went to answer it, then I saw Nian junting and another woman in his arm. The remaining last piece of love broke into pieces, I knew junting had fell out of love for me, but somewhere deep down I hoped he would realize I was still in love with him.

"Ning xi?"

"Junting gege?" He ignored me, his mother pushed me out of the way as she went to hug her son, "oh my son is back! Is this her, she's is pretty, what's your name my dear"

"Shin Jia Yi"

No one listened to me, tears streaked down my face as I looked at junting.

"Ning xi, can we talk?" He immediately went upstairs and I followed him.

The moment I walked through the door he closed it and turned to look at me.

"How much do you need?"

"Wh.. what do you mean?"

He brought out a document and flinged it at me. "I want a divorce!"

The bomb hit me hard.

"Divorce?"

"I don't love you anymore Ning xi, I love Jia Yi, I want a divorce, you just need to sign this document"

"Junting gege, what happened, did I do anything?? Tell me I can fix it? Please, don't divorce me ,I can fix everything!"

"Don't you understand?! I don't love you, I never loved you, you were just so good at business so I kept you and now I don't need you anymore!! So sign the divorce papers right now or I'll make you" I grabbed his hand.

"Junting please, don't leave me"

*Wack*

A crisp slap was directed at my face and I fell to the floor, holding my cheek, I couldn't believe he raised his hand on me, this was the guy I loved for three years.

The door opened and Mrs Nian came in, "you wench, stop clinging onto my son, he has a nice girl now, leave our family you're no longer welcomed her!! Country girl!!"

Shin Jia Yi also came in, looking down at me disdainfully.

"Jia Yi, don't worry, I'll make sure she signs the divorce papers, I'll make you the only Mrs Nian alright"

"Junting gege, don't hurt her"

She pretended to be kind. How blinded they were. "I won't, if she won't make things hard for us".

Nian xuelo gave me a pen and the papers, "sister in law, sign this, we're already letting you go peacefully, don't make things hard for my brother and his new wife, their wedding is tomorrow already"

"Tomorrow?"  Junting scoffed.

I looked down at the papers, a smile which was barely visible trailed across my lips.

I looked up again, " junting please consider it again, you may regret it"

*Wack*

Another slap from his mom

"Are you wishing my only son bad luck? You in his life is already bad luck, only by leaving will he be free"

I nodded and immediately signed the papers. "I don't need anything from your family, you can have it all"

Nian xuelo scoffed. "It's not like as if we were giving you anything"

"Then I don't owe you anything at all"  I gave him the paper.

Going back to the room I lived alone, I took nothing but the old phone I brought.

"At least you're decent enough to leave everything we gave you" Mrs Nian said. I didn't reply, taking one last look at Nian junting, I turned around and left the house.

"Nian family, you'll surely regret everything you have done to me, you'll return back everything I gave you till you can't take it anymore"

I boarded a taxi and gave it direction, arriving at train station, leaving the city and straight for Shanghai. Finding my way easily, I walked into the mansion before me.

When the guards and workers sighted me they immediately straightened up and bowed..

"Welcome home young Miss"

That was my identity, the young Miss and only heir to the Ning multi billion empire. For love, or at least I thought it was love, I had disguised as a poor girl from the country side and stick close to junting thinking he actually loved me. With my rain drenched body I stumbled into the house, staggering. My cheeks burned as my eyes became dizzy, after such a strong front and not eating, now in the confinements of my own home, my guard naturally relaxed, just as I blacked out, someone caught me from falling to the floor.

"What happened?"  That deep masculine voice. I could barely open my eyes but when I did, the figure was blurry, just before I dozed off.

Hanchen's pov

             I picked the call up. "Yes?"

"She's left? It's about time, make sure she gets here safely"

I cut the call and smiled.

"This one you're smiling? It's rare to see that, what happened?" Mr Ning asked me.

"Xiao xi is coming home"

"What? Are you serious? Little xi is coming home??"

I nodded.

"Just wait for her to return, don't let your blood pressure go up or she'll be worried"

He nodded vigourously, "yess yes yes, little xi wouldn't like that, seems like the Nian family don't know what's good, it seems like they have gotten a divorce, this is great, that family never deserved her anyway!"