Chapter 286: Divorce Huo Sicheng
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Gu Qingcheng felt a pain in her wrist, and a fire ignited in her calm eyes.
Today, her wrist really suffered.
First, it was Huo Sicheng.
Then, it was Qi Shaoze.
Both of them pinched the same spot on her wrist, causing unbearable stinging pain.
She shook off Qi Shaoze’s grip and saw the bruises on her wrist deepen, her eyes, now fiery, filled with anger.
But she didn’t lash out at Qi Shaoze, just looked at him coldly.
“Why did I do this?” she asked Qi Shaoze. “What have I done to wrong you? Or is it because you didn’t position yourself correctly in your status, or perhaps you think that as my friend, I was wrong to allow you to meet my husband and chat with us? Or do you think that my refusal of the necklace you gave me was an insult to you?”
Qi Shaoze, initially full of rage, was left speechless and temperless by Gu Qingcheng’s words.
He hadn’t properly understood his role as her friend when meeting Huo Sicheng.
Gu Qingcheng hadn’t done anything to wrong him.
She introduced him to Huo Sicheng simply as a friend.
But her actions deeply hurt him.
She was too heartless, watching Huo Sicheng slap him and still favoring Huo Sicheng.
Why did Gu Qingcheng favor Huo Sicheng over him, Qi Shaoze?
He didn’t understand. He and she had been together for six years, and their relationship was surely deeper.
Huo Sicheng, a rival who appeared halfway, how could he marry Gu Qingcheng, and why did she treat him so well!
Recalling how Huo Sicheng constantly hurt Gu Qingcheng, was she blind or heart-blind to be so devoted to him after such hurt?
His heart was full of grievances and unwillingness.
Yet, looking at Gu Qingcheng’s calm demeanor felt like a fishbone in his throat.
She was too calm. If it were the old days, she would have exploded by now. Her calmness today was terrifying, making him uneasy and unable to guess her thoughts.
“Qingcheng, why are you still standing here?” Li Jing rushed to find Gu
Qingcheng, not caring about Qi Shaoze’s presence and hurriedly pulled Gu Qingcheng away. “The competition is starting, why aren’t you sitting in the judges’ seat instead of standing here?”
Gu Qingcheng withdrew her hand and said to Li Jing, “Wait a few minutes, I’ll be right there.”
Li Jing was frantic, checking her watch and said with urgency, “There are only three minutes left. You must go in within three minutes to avoid being caught on camera not being there.”
“I know,” Gu Qingcheng calmly turned and walked towards Qi Shaoze, whose face was pale. “You haven’t answered my question yet.”
Qi Shaoze’s peach blossom eyes flickered.
“Three minutes,” Gu Oingcheng said, her eyes calm as still water, staring at Qi Shaoze. “I’ve calculated all the time, now you only have three minutes to talk to me, after which you can’t disturb me in my role as a judge.”
“Huo Sicheng doesn’t deserve you,” Qi Shaoze took a deep breath and said solemnly to Gu Qingcheng. “How many times do I have to tell you, Huo Sicheng doesn’t deserve you. You deserve a better man, a better marriage!”
Before Gu Qingcheng could speak, he continued earnestly, “No matter how much power Huo Sicheng holds in Huo’s Corporation, how decisive he is in business, you can’t deny he is disabled, he is not a complete man. You are a healthy adult woman, you need a healthy man who can give you children, not live as a widow for life!”
“Qingcheng…” he pleaded in his eyes. “What I’m saying to you now is not out of selfishness, but as your friend. I hope you seriously consider this marriage, not just recklessly marry Huo Sicheng to spite Qin Jun for cheating with Gu Mei. I’m thinking of your well-being, and marriage and children should be your best plan.”
After he finished, Gu Qingcheng’s expression remained calm, as if his words were nonsense, or she hadn’t heard a single word.
She was too calm, and he felt the Gu Qingcheng before him was very unfamiliar.
He knew her for so many years, her temper was easily ignited.
Before, he could stir up conflicts between her and Huo Sicheng, but ever since she told him her intentions, she not only refused to see him but also refused to listen to him.
This troubled him greatly.
In his heart, Huo Sicheng didn’t deserve Gu Qingcheng.
He anxiously asked her, “Qingcheng, did you hear what I said? You didn’t just filter out my words, not hearing a single one, did you?”
“I’m listening,” Gu Qingcheng’s voice was gentle. “I hope you understand that marrying Huo Sicheng was my choice, not because of Qin Jun’s infidelity, nor because I was acting recklessly. Marrying Huo Sicheng was my decision.” Qi Shaoze was taken aback.
“You say Huo Sicheng is disabled, he is not a complete man, you’ve said this countless times, but these words won’t convince me to divorce him,” Gu Qingcheng told Qi Shaoze. “It’s not easy for me and Huo Sicheng to be married until now. Even if he’s not suitable for me, it’s for me to handle my marriage, not for you, as a friend and outsider, to meddle!”
Qi Shaoze’s face turned ugly. “Qingcheng, I…”
“You always say we’ve known each other for six years, then you should know my thoughts have always been independent,” Gu Qingcheng calmly told Qi Shaoze. “You always say it’s for my good, but I’ve told you more than once that this is the most selfish thing to say.”
“For my good, in plain terms, is wanting to control my life,” she continued to Qi Shaoze. “Otherwise, what you say is for my good, what is really good? Isn’t it just following your arrangements, then it’s for my good!”
Without waiting for Qi Shaoze to speak, she hinted, “You just said my happiness and life are about getting married and having children. Why do you have the right to dictate my fate? Is my fate supposed to be getting married, having children, and being a housewife?”
Qi Shaoze was speechless; he indeed wanted to control Gu Qingcheng.
A woman as beautiful and capable as Gu Qingcheng, he wanted to lock her up at home forever, never allowing her to go out, so he could possess her alone.
Gu Qingcheng: “Qi Shaoze, I’m not anyone’s subordinate, not yours, nor Huo Sicheng’s! I won’t back down for anyone’s benefit, and by nature, I shouldn’t be confined to the kitchen. I struggle against fate; I may be ordinary and disliked, but I will live brightly. I have my pursuits; I am one of the female contrarians.”
“If my whole life was just to be a housewife, why would I study, learn to dance? Why struggle against my unfair fate, why not just marry someone after becoming an adult?”
“Qi Shaoze, I hate people like Qin Chong and Gu Tianhao who don’t see women as human beings because they have the idea engraved in their bones that women are their private property. You have the same idea; you are also such a person.”
“You always say Huo Sicheng is no good, but he has one thing better than any of you, that is, he respects me. Whether I’m willful, angry, hit him, or do anything to others, he has never said a bad word about my temper or my actions.”
“The words ‘for my good’, he, as my husband, has the right to give me advice on my life, but he has never said these three words to me. Up to now, my life has always been under my control, and that’s the respect he has given me.”
She asked Qi Shaoze, “Qi Shaoze, do you understand what respect means?”
