After finishing packing and checking all the appliances at home, ensuring everything was turned off, he finally pulled the suitcase out of the door.

...

After Ni Yuhua borrowed a million from Chen Feng, she didn't immediately inform her husband Chen Guoxiang, nor did she rush back to the hotel to find him.

Instead, she first enjoyed a good breakfast outside, then went to a high-end café and had a cup of coffee costing more than a hundred yuan.

It was almost eleven in the morning when she finally took a car back to the hotel where the couple was staying.

When she swiped the card to enter the room, Chen Guoxiang was smiling broadly at the TV, which was showing a comedy movie.

"You're back?"

Seeing his wife return, Chen Guoxiang casually greeted her.

Ni Yuhua ignored him and went to the bathroom to shower. She didn't come out until more than half an hour later, wrapped in a towel.

At this time, Chen Guoxiang finally turned off the TV and, with a flattering smile, looked at her and asked, "Did it work out?"

Ni Yuhua glared at him without saying a word.

Seeing this, Chen Guoxiang approached even more ingratiatingly, saying softly, "Wife, I knew you pulled it off, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have come back just now."

Finally unable to hold back, Ni Yuhua asked angrily, "Are you hoping someone else sleeps with your wife that much?"

Chen Guoxiang's face stiffened, and he said awkwardly, "Isn't there no other way? If there were, do you think I'd be willing? But there was no choice, for our family, for our son, we had to endure it."

He had said things like this many times before, and at the time she had more or less accepted it, but now it just sounded harsher and harsher. Ni Yuhua closed her eyes, took a deep breath, reopened her eyes, and said coolly, "He lent me a million, we sell the house and the car for the remaining million, and you borrow from family and friends. Now pack up; we're going back right away to gather the money early and pay off this gambling debt."

Hearing this, Chen Guoxiang stood there dumbfounded, his expression fluctuating between joy and sorrow. After a while, he grabbed his hair in pain and said mournfully, "I'm truly a worthless piece of trash! I'm just a pathetic fool! I thought Chen Feng was a decent guy, but he's just an animal..."

"Enough!" Ni Yuhua loudly interrupted him with a stern face, "We calculated him from the start, and now that he's lent us a million, he's been more than kind. And you still badmouth him behind his back, is that how you should act?"

"Alright, alright! As soon as it's convenient, you start speaking for him. What a pair of adulterers!"

Chen Guoxiang looked painfully at Ni Yuhua, his eyes full of hatred.

"Now you're calling me an adulteress, wasn't this your stupid idea?" Ni Yuhua suddenly lost control, shouting and screaming, "Do you think I'm willing to degrade myself to seduce a man? It was because you, this bastard, gambled away a fortune, and then turned around to ask me to help borrow money to pay your debts. I should never have been soft-hearted and married you in the first place!"

Chen Guoxiang was immediately scared silent, stammering unable to say anything further.

Ni Yuhua coldly stared at him, and said slowly, "When we get back, we're getting a divorce, and the child stays with me. Otherwise, don't expect this million from me."

Chen Guoxiang's legs instantly went weak, and he fell to his knees, pleading, "Wife, I'm wrong, please forgive me. What I just said was because I love you too much, and I spoke out of turn. I know I was wrong, everything was my fault. I let you down, please give me another chance."

Ni Yuhua was completely unmoved and said coldly, "If you don't want a divorce, fine, you find a way to pay back the two million gambling debt yourself. This million I borrowed is impossible for you to get. Only after you divorce me will the million be yours, and... I'll repay it myself, you don't have to worry. The hardware store is yours, but the child must stay with me, that's non-negotiable."

"Yuhua, I really understand my mistake, just give me one more chance. Once we finish paying off this debt, let's work hard together, and our days will quickly become prosperous again."

But Ni Yuhua no longer paid him any attention, taking clothes out of the suitcase and changing back in the bathroom.

Then, she packed her belongings, put them in her suitcase, and headed straight for the door.

Chen Guoxiang was shocked, hastily packed his own belongings, and quickly followed with his suitcase.

All the way, he tried to persuade Ni Yuhua to reconsider, but never received any response from her.

By the time they reached the hotel lobby, Chen Guoxiang was already sweating profusely with anxiety.

After checking out, the two got into a taxi to the station. Chen Guoxiang spent the entire ride trying to plead and act pitiful, but Ni Yuhua suddenly became stone-hearted, keeping a poker face the entire journey.

Even when they boarded the express bus back to Lu City, Ni Yuhua remained stern-faced the entire time.

This made Chen Guoxiang feel a mix of anxiety, sadness, and anger. Ultimately, he blamed everything on Chen Feng, believing it was Chen Feng who incited Ni Yuhua to want a divorce from him.

Chen Feng's goal in doing so was obviously to monopolize his wife.

The more Chen Guoxiang thought about it, the more he believed in this possibility. His heart was filled with intense hatred for Chen Feng, and he couldn't help but feel full of remorse.

Had he known it would come to this, he would never have thought of involving Chen Feng, borrowing money from him, or coming up with the stupid idea of having his wife seduce Chen Feng, which resulted in losing everything.

Now, he couldn't change Ni Yuhua's mind, and there was still two million in gambling debt to repay. He was entirely at a loss on what to do.

For now, all he could do was wait until they returned to Lu City before making any decisions.

...

Chen Feng never imagined he'd become hated by his old classmate Chen Guoxiang, even less that after borrowing the money, Ni Yuhua would suddenly want to divorce her husband.

Human nature is so complex.

Previously, when borrowing the money, Ni Yuhua mentioned that the reason she didn't want a divorce was to provide a complete family for the child.

But in reality, after obtaining the money, she suddenly found herself attracted to Chen Feng; he was the man of her dreams.

In comparison, standing Chen Feng beside Chen Guoxiang, Chen Guoxiang lost all his appeal in her eyes. She suddenly realized that for years, she had been mistaking a piece of dung for a golden nugget.

The happiness she had been striving to create, this happy family was merely her own wishful thinking.

Asking herself honestly, had she ever truly been happy since marrying Chen Guoxiang? No, she hadn't!

From the very beginning, she never loved Chen Guoxiang, and married him only because he deceived her into giving herself to him, and then she found herself pregnant with his child.

In fact, she didn't love Chen Guoxiang at all, and now, Chen Guoxiang had turned the family she had worked so hard to build into a mess.

Why should she continue to compromise herself?