Chapter 57 - Her cheerful voice turned into the last straw on the camel's back to Li WangJin (1)

As Fang JunRong has dirt on him, Li WangJin dared not haggle too much when it came to the division of their assets and risk angering Fang JunRong. He could tell that she had her mind set on getting a divorce and not even their son could change her mind.

He even thought about calling up their daughter and had her come home. He knew very well that Fang JunRong cared a lot for their daughter, even more so than she did their son. Even though he didn't care for that, it wouldn't stop him from leveraging that. Except that every time he tried to call up Li XinYun, her phone was turned off. He was mad and cussed her out many times behind her back. Nevertheless, as he wasn't able to get hold of her, there also wasn't much that he could do.

He regretted again when he looked at all the assets that would be going to Fang JunRong and couldn't help but start to blame this on Wang SiXian. If she hadn't seduced him impatiently, he would not have made that mistaken. He even started questioning whether the wine he had that day was drugged.

"Are you sure this is what you want? We have been married for so many years after all..." Looking down at the division of the assets on the divorce decree, he couldn't help but want to give it one last try.

Fang JunRong gave him a cold glance, "Can't part with your money? Never pegged you as such a bourgeois."

"No, it's the affection between us that I don't want to part with."

To a certain degree, Fang JunRong was impressed by the level of Li WangJin's shamelessness. How was he still able to shamelessly pretend that he still has feelings for her at this point in time? She only found that disgusting.

She curved her lips some. There was a smile on her face, but it was that of piercing coldness. "Then how about you give me all of your possessions to show me how much you love me?"

Li WangJin was speechless.

Fang JunRong stood up and was done talking to him. "I will see you at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow, unless you want to go up on the most trended search list."

She didn't worry that Li WangJin would change his mind. After all, his reputation was very important to him and there was no way he could put up with being the male lead of some pornographic video, especially one that would be passed around domestically.

Just to be 100% safe, she prepared an additional gift for Li WangJin.

Li WangJin returned to his company feeling vexed and discussed with his trusted aide to see if he might have any good ideas.

Zhou Zhi, his subordinate, shook his head. "She's got you where she wants you. After all, you are the one at fault here, unless madam also made a similar mistake."

His words were about as suggestive as they could get.

Li WangJin tightened his lips some. Even if he no longer has feelings for Fang JunRong, they have, after all, been married for so many years. He had long viewed her as part of his possession. He wouldn't voluntarily have her cheat on him. No man could stomach that.

Besides, Fang JunRong was home right now and she had given him the ultimatum that they would be meeting at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow or he would be going up on the top trended list. With only one day's time, he wouldn't be able to make that happen even if he had wanted to.

It looked like he would have no choice but to accept the fate of a divorce. Except that he felt so unjust... so much assets, and most of them should have been his.

The more he thought about it, the more unhappy he became.

Then his assistant walked in and his bronze-colored skin glowed from excitement.

"Boss, I just heard the news that the city government will be developing a new commercial area next year. The new commercial area will be located in the Nanhe District, near our factory."

Even though Ayron's headquarter was located in the heart of the city, their factory was built in the much cheaper remote area. Plus, they were not a small company, so their factory occupied quite a bit of land.

Chapter 58 - Her cheerful voice turned into the last straw on the camel's back to Li WangJin (2)

Li WangJin, whose face was furrowed, stood up and looked at his assistant. His eyes beaming and he asked, "Are you sure about that?"

Zhou Zhi nodded forcefully. "I heard it with my own ears."

Li WangJin paced back and forth and rubbed his hands together excitedly. If this was true, then his company was going to be worth a lot more. They could make at least 6 fold on the cost of that piece of land, thus driving the value of the company up by 30 billion yuan.

He asked again, "Where did you hear that from?"

"He JianBing was having lunch with her friends and I overheard them," said Zhou Zhi.

Li WangJin frowned. "How could they be so careless?" He had an idea what kind of person He JianBing, his wife's high school friend, was. She was a careful person and would never share something so important in public.

"No, I only heard it because I had the server bugged the private room that they were in," said Zhou Zhi. He took a look at Li WangJin. He knew very well that Li WangJin had always wanted to get some insider scoop from the He's but never had the opportunity.

"I paid the server to bug the room." Zhou Zhi showed no sense of guilt when he said this. He knew that the information was significant enough that his boss would only be proud of his accomplishment instead of frowning upon how he got hold of it.

Li WangJin's brows unfurrowed when he heard that. He felt much more confident about the credibility of the information now. If that was true, that made the share going to Fang JunRong much more stomachable.

As long as he could have possession of both their shares on Ayron, he stood to lose nothing. By then, he would never agree to remarry Fang JunRong even if she came and begged him.

He patted Zhou Zhi on his shoulder and said happily, "Great job!"

He had half the heart to stall the timing of the divorce. But now that he had found out about this, his stance had flipped altogether. Now he just wanted to have his divorce as soon as possible so he could pocket all of the profit.

That idea occupied his entire mind and he couldn't help but call up Fang JunRong right away. His voice was high-spirited. "As you wanted to have a divorce, alright, we will do it first thing tomorrow morning."

Fang JunRong's voice, coming from the other end of the phone, was very calm. "Maybe we should reschedule. JianBing asked me out to lunch tomorrow. She said there is something she wanted me to know. We can take care of our divorce day after tomorrow. I am not in any hurry."

Li WangJin's heart dropped. He felt for sure the piece of news that he had just heard was what He JianBing wanted to share with Fang JunRong. The two of them had always been close. No way. If they dragged this out to the day after tomorrow, Fang JunRong might not be willing to give up on her share of the company. There was no way he would share that profit with her.

"No. Let's do it tomorrow morning." He blurted out.

"What's the rush all of a sudden? Can't wait to marry your lover?"

Wang SiXian was the last thing on his mind right now. He took a deep breath and said, "I just don't see a point in dragging it out anymore."

He went on and on with all sorts of reasonings until he was finally able to convince Fang JunRong to meet him on time tomorrow for their divorce. All of a sudden, their stance seemed to have swapped.

After he hung up the phone, Li WangJin wiped away the sweat on his forehead. He was a little tired, but he was more excited and emotional. How he wished he could just close his eyes and tomorrow would be here already.

***

The next day, Fang JunRong had no intention of keeping this on the down low. She didn't even wear any shades but walked into the Civil Affairs Bureau with Li WangJin openly.

The two of them had already signed their divorce decree. The entire process went by seamlessly as they had already reached an agreement beforehand.

When Li WangJin saw Fang JunRong sign her name, his heart that had been hung up in the air finally returned to where it was. Having the divorce decree in his hand, he couldn't help but recall the day of their wedding. It had already been 20 years since that day.

He had true feelings for Fang JunRong back then. It was just that his fondness for her had eroded away in front of financial gain. Besides, as long as Fang JunRong was around, everybody would always feel that he was lucky to have married her. Nobody would appreciate his true ability.

Chapter 59 - Her cheerful voice turned into the last straw on the camel's back to Li WangJin (3)

Li WangJin wanted to laugh out loud when he thought about the fact that, from this point forward, he would be the final say of everything Aryon related. Yet, he had long since gotten into the habit of pretending to be a nice guy in front of Fang JunRong and didn't want his excitement and eagerness to show. The conflict inside of him made his expression look twisted.

He lowered his head. After regaining control of his look, he looked up at Fang JunRong and said, "Would you like a ride to your meeting place with He JianBing?"

He couldn't contain himself. He wanted to let He JianBing know the news. He never liked He JianBing much. Especially as of late, that woman never even greeted him when she ran into him, as though he was just some accessory that was following Fang JunRong around.

Fang JunRong gave him a smile that wasn't really a smile and said, "Why not?"

Li WangJin happily walked next to Fang JunRong.

Fang JunRong was going to meet He JianBing at a Michelin restaurant. When she was almost there, Fang JunRong let He JianBing know to come out to meet her. Looking at Li WangJin, He JianBing gave a very official smile and said, "So you are divorced now?"

Li WangJin nodded. He took a look at Fang JunRong, sighed, and said, "Yeah, JunRong couldn't forgive me."

He JianBing turned and looked at Fang JunRong, "All the terms and conditions are the same as before?"

Fang JunRong acknowledged.

He JianBing was very happy all of a sudden and said to Fang JunRong, "Congratulations. The government is going to develop in the Beihu area next year. Your piece of land is going to go up and up in price."

This news was about to be announced in a few days, so it didn't matter that she said it out loud. Plus, He JianBing purposefully wanted Li WangJin to hear it.

Li WangJin was stunned silent and suspected that there was something wrong with his ears. His lips trembled. "I thought it was the Nanhe District?" How was it Beihu now?

He JianBing pursed her lips. "No. Who told you it was Nanhe?" She pretended that she was trying to recall. "Oh, that reminds me. I might have mistakenly told my friend that it was Nanhe when we were talking about it previously. I better give him a call to clarify."

She looked over at Li WangJin. "But how did you know about this? Who told you?"

Li WangJin was in no mood to answer her question. All he could think of was the piece of land in Beihu was about to go up in price. He didn't even care about all those properties at the time and just casually signed them all over to Fang JunRong without even trying to haggle with her.

The sudden news shocked Li WangJin so much that he thought his soul would be shattered. Dazed, he kept on repeating to himself, "That's not possible", "How could that be?" He was in shock and wished that this was all but a dream.

Fang JunRong gave Li WangJin a very sincere look and said, "Aye, too bad we have already divorced and that land no longer has anything to do with you." She waved the divorce decree in her hand at him.

"I was going to go get the divorce after my lunch with JianBing, but you didn't want to wait at all." Of course, that was all because He JianBing was willing to work with her. It would never have gone so smoothly otherwise.

"I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Sometimes that's just how things are. Don't worry. I will make sure I do a good job with that piece of land."

Her cheerful voice turned into the last straw on the camel's back to Li WangJin.

She took one last look at the devastated Li WangJin and walked inside the restaurant with He JianBing. It'd be one thing had he not known about it at all. But just one day's difference, and he would have been able to have a substantially greater share of wealth. That news was devastating to Li WangJin.

Li WangJin gave Fang JunRong a deadly stare from behind her. Thinking about the piece of land that he had just missed out, he was about to vomit blood.

Why didn't he just wait a couple of days to get a divorce? Why?! How was it that He JianBing just happened to misspoke about the location? Could he blame He JianBing? No! It was his assistant who was listening in on their conversation and got the wrong information that led to his demise.

Suddenly, he saw black and his body started to fall backward.