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After registering my application to go abroad, I called my dad.

"Dad, we don't need to sell the house to raise the dowry anymore. I'm not getting married."

"Hmm? You've broken up? That's great. I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

Listening to the familiar, aged voice on the phone, a tinge of bitterness flashed across my nose.

In my previous life, I was infatuated with Chen Xi to the core, unable to heed anyone's advice. Seeing they couldn't dissuade me, my parents reluctantly agreed to the marriage.

They even sold everything they could, exhausting every possible means, just to meet all of Chen Xi's demands.

After the marriage, we had a lovely son.

I thought I had gained a happy and fulfilling family, but unexpectedly, not long after the child was born, I was diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer.

It wasn't until I was on my deathbed, watching Chen Xi and Cheng Dong embrace, that I finally realized.

It turned out they had been secretly involved behind my back all along, and even the child wasn't mine.

In the end, the family business my parents worked so hard to build ended up in the hands of those two scumbags.

From beginning to end, I was just a fool being played by them.

"Yes, we broke up. I've already applied to study abroad."

Dad readily agreed. His reaction was the same as my professor's; both were happy for me.

As expected, nobody but me had faith in this relationship.

After hanging up, breathing the air of freedom, a liberating sense of relief surged within me.

At the same time, I canceled the secondary card held by Chen Xi.

If we are to sever ties, it has to be clean and thorough. I can't allow those two scumbags to continue spending my hard-earned money recklessly.

I turned and went to the law firm.

As I was discussing with the lawyer how to reclaim the funds spent during the relationship, Chen Xi called.

The two were on a shopping spree at the mall, and when it came time to settle the bill, they discovered the credit card was declined, frozen.

Unable to pay for goods worth thousands, she felt utterly embarrassed.

"You've got some nerve, taking so long to answer my call! Tell me, why can't I use the credit card?"

"Transfer ten thousand to me immediately to settle the bill, or I'll cancel the wedding!"

Spending the money I'd worked so hard to earn, she dared to speak to me in such a commanding tone.

She really thought of me as her lapdog?

Every time, she would use threats of breaking up or canceling the wedding to force me into submission.

The former me would have eagerly handed over the bank card, letting her spend as she pleased.

Saying all sorts of worthless pleasantries, begging for her forgiveness.

But not anymore.

I coldly retorted, "Marry or don't, I don't care," and hung up.

Chen Xi went crazy, repeatedly calling me.

I simply put her on the blacklist.

At last, the world was quiet.