Chapter 8 It's Unnecessary

The person beside him asked, "What's wrong?"

"I seem to have seen an acquaintance."

They had grown up with Feng Tingshen since childhood and knew that Rong Ci had feelings for Feng Tingshen.

To be honest, Rong Ci was beautiful, but she was quiet. She was pretty, yet lacked distinctiveness, not the type Feng Tingshen liked.

Since Feng Tingshen kept her at a respectful distance, they also didn't think much of Rong Ci.

They didn't see Rong Ci very often, and when they did, they were too lazy to greet her.

To be frank, Rong Ci's appearance was a bit blurry to him, and he wasn't sure if he had seen correctly.

However, even if it was really Rong Ci, he didn't pay much attention.

He didn't say anything more and turned back to the private room.

...

Rong Ci didn't notice Qi Yuming.

After leaving the hotel, she took Chu Zilan back to her place and stayed there to take care of her that night.

When Chu Zilan woke up and saw Rong Ci, she gratefully gave her a hug. "Thanks for your hard work last night. I'll treat you to a meal another day!"

Rong Ci had already prepared breakfast. She patted Chu Zilan's head. "Get up and wash up. The breakfast is going to get cold."

Chu Zilan hugged her, burying her small face in Rong Ci's waist, reluctant to let go. "Xiaoci, you're so fragrant and soft. Hugging you is so comfortable~"

Rong Ci: "..."

After Chu Zilan washed up, seeing the delicious breakfast Rong Ci had prepared on the table, she felt extremely happy and truly thought that whoever married Rong Ci would be really lucky.

But thinking about Rong Ci's marriage with Feng Tingshen, afraid of making Rong Ci sad, she didn't say it out loud.

She sat down and started eating breakfast while playing with her phone.

However, after a while, her expression changed, and she couldn't help asking Rong Ci, "Has Feng Tingshen returned to the country?"

Rong Ci replied, "Yes."

Chu Zilan handed her phone to Rong Ci.

Rong Ci took a look and found that it was the Moments post of Qi Yuming, a friend of Feng Tingshen.

The person had posted several photos of their gathering last night.

The caption of the photos read: "Happy birthday to the beautiful birthday girl~"

Although it was to wish Lin Wu a happy birthday, four or five of the nine photos were of Feng Tingshen and Lin Wu together.

Especially when cutting the cake, Feng Tingshen and Lin Wu were holding the same crystal knife to cut it together.

As for their daughter, Feng Jingxin, she didn't appear in any of the photos from start to finish—presumably, they were afraid that people in the Feng family's old residence would find out. After all, the old lady of the Feng family and Rong Ci's grandmother were friends. Because of the matter between Rong Ci's mother and Lin Wu's mother, the old lady had always disliked Lin Wu.

If the old lady knew that Feng Tingshen let Feng Jingxin get close to Lin Wu, she would probably be very angry.

Just looking at the photos, someone who didn't know might think that Feng Tingshen and Lin Wu were a real couple.

But it was also evident that this birthday party was specially prepared by Feng Tingshen for Lin Wu.

Thinking of the cold treatment she received on her birthday half a month ago, Rong Ci averted her eyes.

Chu Zilan looked at her worriedly. "Xiaoci—"

"Don't worry. What they do has nothing to do with me anymore." Rong Ci returned the phone to her. "I've asked Feng Tingshen for a divorce."

"What?!"

Chu Zilan was quite shocked. "You... you took the initiative to ask for a divorce?!"

"Yes."

Chu Zilan didn't actually dislike Feng Tingshen before.

On the contrary, she used to admire him very much and even had a crush on him.

There was no other reason. Mainly, Feng Tingshen was just too outstanding.

Rong Ci had skipped three grades and graduated from a top - 1 university in the country at less than 18 years old. She soon founded her own technology company and obtained several patents. In Chu Zilan's opinion, this was already incredibly amazing.

But it was said that Feng Tingshen graduated from university at the age of 13.

Not long after graduating from university, Feng Tingshen went abroad for further study.

It was said that when he returned from abroad, he had already founded several of his own companies, all of which were listed.

And at that time, Feng Tingshen was not even twenty years old!

These companies of Feng Tingshen covered fields such as technology, medicine, entertainment, and tourism.

In the following years, while establishing his own companies, he also took over the Feng Group.

In recent years, he effortlessly brought the Feng Group to a new level.

Who in the circle wouldn't give a thumbs - up when talking about Feng Tingshen?

Moreover, Feng Tingshen was extremely good - looking.

So, it wasn't strange to Chu Zilan that a genius like Rong Ci would fall for Feng Tingshen, another genius.

However, Feng Tingshen was indeed heartless towards people he didn't like.

Thinking about how Feng Tingshen had misunderstood Rong Ci all these years and wantonly trampled on Rong Ci's sincere feelings, she completely lost her admiration for Feng Tingshen.

Chu Zilan had always seen how much Rong Ci loved Feng Tingshen.

Over the years, she had tried to persuade Rong Ci to get a divorce.

But Rong Ci always just shook her head silently.

So, she really never expected that Rong Ci would take the initiative to ask for a divorce.

She lost her appetite for breakfast and looked at Rong Ci with a pained expression. "What happened?"

She knew that something must have happened that she didn't know about for Rong Ci, who had always been firmly in love with Feng Tingshen, to take the initiative to ask for a divorce.

Rong Ci thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it's not a big deal. Maybe I've just accumulated enough disappointment, and suddenly I felt tired, so I want a divorce."

Chu Zilan knew Rong Ci's personality. She knew that once Rong Ci made a decision, even if she might not be able to completely let go of Feng Tingshen now, she wouldn't change it easily.

She was serious.

Chu Zilan went over and hugged Rong Ci. "It's okay. Divorce might be a good thing."

Rong Ci said, "Yes."

After having breakfast, Rong Ci left Chu Zilan's place and went to work.

Before she moved out, although she and Feng Tingshen went to the same place to work, they always went out at different times and never went to work together.

Moreover, he was very defensive against her. At the company, they sometimes didn't run into each other for a month.

Now that she had moved out, she ran into him two days in a row.

Today, Feng Tingshen was as handsome, upright, and steady as before. And as before, every time he saw her, the coldness on his face became more obvious.

Just like yesterday, Feng Tingshen just glanced at her and then looked away.

Rong Ci lowered her eyes and, like yesterday, softly called out, "President Feng." After Feng Tingshen walked away, she stepped into the company.

She didn't know if Lin Wu had come to the company today, nor did she care. She focused on her work in silence.

At noon, her grandmother called her.

"Xiaoci, someone from City X sent a sheep. Now that the weather is getting colder, come back for dinner tonight. Grandma will have someone make a whole - sheep feast for you."

Hearing the old lady's kind voice, Rong Ci felt a warmth in her heart. "Okay, I'll go back after work."

Except in the morning, Rong Ci didn't run into Feng Tingshen for the rest of the day.

That day, when she had packed her things and was about to leave work on time, Cheng Yuan brought her a document and asked her to deal with it urgently.

Rong Ci paused.

Although he said it was urgent, after glancing at the content, Rong Ci knew that this document wasn't actually needed right away.

If it were before, she would have smiled and taken it, promising to finish it as soon as possible.

Because she didn't want to be treated differently.

But today, she didn't want to strive for perfection anymore—especially when it came to matters related to Feng Tingshen.

Moreover, she was tired.

Now she just wanted to go home early to accompany her grandmother and didn't want to work overtime.

In the past, she always tried to get on good terms with Feng Tingshen's personal secretaries.

But now it was unnecessary.

Besides, Cheng Yuan had wrongly accused her without clarifying the situation yesterday. She wasn't magnanimous enough to act as if nothing had happened.

She looked at Cheng Yuan and said coldly, "I won't do this job now. I'm off work."