The Whole World Is Waiting for Them to Divorce [Transmigration Into a Book] - Chapter 2

Lu Xi left with the agreement, along with a stomach full of suspicion.

Si Yu sat dazedly on the bed, thinking in a trance: The author definitely had true love for Lu Xi, this second female lead. She had actually “written” Lu Xi to be this breathtakingly beautiful. Only novels dared to fantasize like this. In reality, how could anyone look so perfect?

Just then, a plainly dressed middle-aged woman pushed the door open and came in.

Si Yu straightened up, just about to ask who she was, when Little B’s voice sounded in her mind. “She’s your family’s housekeeper, Auntie Zhao.”

Si Yu understood. She pursed her lips and said, “Auntie Zhao.”

Auntie Zhao quickly walked over, her face full of concern. “Miss Si, are you all right?”

The question came a little abruptly. Si Yu did not understand why she was asking, and said against her conscience, “I’m… fine.”

In truth, she was not fine at all. Her luck had been so terrible that she had been hit by a car and died, and then transmigrated into a book. She did not know whether to cry or laugh.

Auntie Zhao pinched her arm and touched her head, saying, “Last night, you went to that banquet. How did you end up falling into the water? You don’t even know how to swim. What if something had happened to you? Thank goodness someone discovered you in time and saved you. As long as you’re fine, that’s what matters. That’s what matters.”

Auntie Zhao spoke on her own. When Si Yu heard the words “falling into the water,” she suddenly remembered what had happened by the pool yesterday: that vicious “Si Yu” had pushed the heroine into the swimming pool. She saw it and jumped in to save her, only to discover that she, who originally knew how to swim, suddenly could not swim anymore! It had almost gotten her drowned!

Thinking about it now, it was probably because this body did not know how to swim, which affected her rescue attempt.

Not long after falling into the water, Si Yu had passed out from drowning. She did not know who had saved her, nor how she had returned to this place. Her whole mind was filled with one thought: Was the heroine okay?

In the original novel, the heroine had been lucky and was saved. If the heroine really died just like that, how would the later plot unfold?

But on second thought, if something really had happened to the heroine, the police would have come looking for her long ago.

That “Si Yu” had acted too quickly. She had not even gotten a clear look at what the heroine looked like.

While Si Yu was lost in thought, she heard Auntie Zhao say again, “Miss Lu Xi has left. I saw that her expression looked a little strange. What did she talk to you about?”

“About the divorce.” Si Yu snapped back to herself and said casually.

“What!” Auntie Zhao shot to her feet. “Miss Lu Xi wants to divorce you?”

“Yeah.” Si Yu’s tone was flat. “The Divorce Agreement has been signed. We’ll only be officially divorced after getting the divorce certificate from the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow.”

Auntie Zhao looked at her in disbelief. “Don’t you love Miss Lu Xi very much? How could you agree to divorce her?”

“Sigh—” Si Yu said sorrowfully, “I was ignorant in the past. She doesn’t love me, yet I kept tying her down. That isn’t fair to her. A famous person once said that if you love someone, you should set her free. I’ll fulfill her wish.”

“This…”

Si Yu blinked at her. “Do you think what I said is wrong?”

Auntie Zhao: “…”

Auntie Zhao did not know how to respond. After hesitating for a long while, she changed the subject. “I stewed chicken soup. Do you want some?”

“Sure.” Si Yu happened to be hungry.

Auntie Zhao helped her up, and the two of them left the room.

Si Yu remembered Little B’s warning and asked, “Didn’t you say that if I signed it, I’d be unlucky? What’s the punishment?”

She felt like Little B was bluffing her.

She took another step forward, and suddenly her foot stepped into empty air. The intense feeling of weightlessness made Si Yu cry out instinctively. Before she could even react to what was happening, her body pitched forward, and with a slap, she fell at the top of the stairs.

“…Miss Si!” Auntie Zhao paled in fright and hurriedly helped her up. “How did you fall out of nowhere? Are you all right?”

When she landed, Si Yu had reflexively braced herself with her palms, so she had not fallen on her face, but both palms burned with pain. She forced two words out through gritted teeth with great difficulty. “I’m… fine.”

As if!

The floor was so flat, and she had not tripped on anything. For her to suddenly fall on level ground, there was only one explanation—

“This is the punishment,” Little B said. “Anyone who disobeys orders will receive a random punishment.”

Random punishment too, damn it?

The corner of Si Yu’s mouth twitched hard. “Don’t you think this is too much?”

Little B: “I’m sorry. I’m only an artificial intelligence, and I act according to instructions. It must hurt very much. Please don’t do that next time.”

“…” Si Yu wanted to curse its mother.

Auntie Zhao could not hear the conversation between her and Little B. She only saw Si Yu’s face turn from red to pale, and asked worriedly again, “Are you really all right?”

“…” Si Yu clenched her molars and shook her head.

The soup Auntie Zhao had made was delicious, but Si Yu could not taste it. She asked Little B many questions.

“Am I dead?”

“Yes,” Little B said. “You were hit by that van and died. It was a terrible death. Would you like to see it?”

Si Yu’s stomach churned violently. She covered her chest and said hoarsely, “No.”

Who would want to see what they looked like after dying? She was only thinking that she had no relatives. Would that person collect her body for her?

Si Yu steadied herself, then asked, “Why did I become the ‘Si Yu’ in the book? Is it just because I have the same name as her, or because I once commented under that book saying I envied her?”

Little B: “You’re so smart. That’s exactly it!”

Si Yu: “…” Smart, my ass.

Si Yu could not feel happy at all. She then asked how to remove the punishment.

Little B said, “You cannot disobey orders. This time was only a minor punishment. If you really divorce, you will die in this world.”

Si Yu: “…”

Little B told her that as long as she completed the system’s task, she could return to her original world. That was the reward.

A second chance at life. The condition was far too tempting.

Putting aside whether she could really go back for now, the current problem was that she could not divorce Lu Xi. Otherwise, her life in this world would be in danger.

But if they did not divorce, what about the original heroine?

She had inexplicably died, come to this unfamiliar world, and received such an unreasonable system task. Si Yu’s heart was restless.

That night, she lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

“Little B.” She called the system out and said irritably, “My final task is to make Lu Xi fall in love with me, right?”

As a system that did not need rest, Little B appeared whenever called. “Yes. As long as the target is completely in love with you, you can return to your original world.”

“Then if Lu Xi falls in love with me, wouldn’t the original heroine be pitiful?”

Little B paused, then said, “I think you’re more pitiful than her right now. You should worry about your own safety first.”

Thinking of everything she had experienced a few hours ago, Si Yu fell silent.

Little B also fell silent.

After a while, Si Yu could not help asking, “In the book, Lu Xi originally belonged to the heroine. If I cling to Lu Xi and refuse to let go like this, wouldn’t I become the third party?”

“Are you stupid? You and the target haven’t even divorced. I’m afraid you don’t have the chance to become the third party!” Little B said unhurriedly in its flat electronic voice.

Si Yu choked. “Are you mocking me?”

“Of course not,” Little B said. “I merely wanted to remind you that right now, the target does not have any favorable feelings toward the heroine yet. This is the perfect time for you to win her over. You are a kind person, but kindness cannot save your life. What are you still hesitating for?”

“…” Si Yu did not know what she was hesitating over either.

She had not been this anxious even during her art exam back then. Si Yu’s mind was a mess, her mood swinging wildly up and down, yet in the end, she still somehow managed to fall asleep.

Too much had happened today. She was too tired.

In the morning, Si Yu was woken by Auntie Zhao.

Auntie Zhao said solemnly, “Miss Lu Xi asked me to tell you that after breakfast, she’ll take you to the Civil Affairs Bureau. She wants you to prepare your documents first.”

Lu Xi was back?

Si Yu had not slept well last night, but she had no idea when Lu Xi had returned. She looked toward the tightly shut door at the end of the corridor—that was Lu Xi’s room.

Listless, Si Yu murmured in acknowledgment and slowly entered the bathroom.

In the book, the author had not described the female supporting character’s appearance in detail. Last night, when Si Yu looked in the mirror, she had asked Little B, “Why does this vicious female supporting character look exactly like me?”

Little B said, “That way, you won’t feel awkward.”

…How considerate and thorough.

Si Yu had Auntie Zhao replace her toiletries with new ones. As she brushed her teeth, she absentmindedly wondered: How could she avoid getting divorced?

Overnight, Si Yu’s thinking had already changed from “I want to be Lei Feng and fulfill Lu Xi and the heroine’s love” to “This marriage can’t end, or my little life won’t be safe.” She felt utterly shameless.

But what could she do?

On the way back yesterday, she had debated with Little B, saying that this marriage had to end, and as a result, her hand got caught in the door when she entered. While eating, she was still arguing, and she ended up biting her tongue. While taking a shower, just because she said to Little B, “If I don’t divorce, the heroine will be pitiful. I can’t be the villain,” the next second, she was drenched in cold water.

Little B said these were only minor punishments.

What would a major punishment be? Making her lose an arm or a leg? Making her bite into a razor blade? Pouring boiling water directly onto her body?

Just imagining such scenes made Si Yu unable to stop trembling.

When one’s life was threatened, the selfishness of human nature was revealed beyond doubt.

“Sigh—”

For the sake of this little life, Si Yu had no choice but to compromise with reality.

After washing up, she went downstairs.

Auntie Zhao had already laid out breakfast.

Si Yu swept her gaze around but did not find her target, so she asked, “Where is she?”

Auntie Zhao pointed upstairs and said quietly, “I asked. She said she didn’t want to eat.”

Did she not want to eat, or did she not want to sit and eat with her? Si Yu had no time to think about that. Her head was full of thoughts about how she should open her mouth later.

Yesterday, she had said she was happy to divorce. Today, she was going back on her word and saying she would not divorce. What would Lu Xi think?

Lu Xi definitely would not agree! She might even call her crazy.

Going back on her word—was that something a human being should do? Si Yu viciously spat on herself in her heart, and after scolding herself, she scolded Little B too. Then she remembered that Little B was only an emotionless machine carrying out orders, so she changed targets and cursed the trash transmigration system instead.

Little B: “Girls shouldn’t swear.”

Si Yu: “I already did. Blah, blah, blah. Come bite me then.”

Little B: “…”

Unless she disobeyed orders, Little B could not punish its host casually, so it could only silently listen to her curse for five minutes.

After messing around, and after finishing her curses, Si Yu felt much better, then started worrying again.

Breakfast was very abundant, but she ate very slowly. Hearing footsteps, she abruptly raised her head.

Lu Xi was already neatly dressed and was calmly walking downstairs. Her long, straight hair was cleanly tucked behind her ear. White shirt, black trousers—the colors had not changed, only the style was different from yesterday’s. Her outfit was simpler, but that flawless face could make people overlook everything else.

A phrase suddenly flashed through Si Yu’s mind: a feast for the eyes.

If Lu Xi had come down a few minutes earlier, she would not even have needed to eat breakfast, nor would she have needed to hold in a bellyful of anger and curse the broken system for so long.

“Finished eating?” Lu Xi stood at the stairway and looked over.

Realizing she had been staring at her for a long time, Si Yu hurriedly swallowed the egg in her mouth, pretended as if nothing had happened, looked away, brushed off the bits of egg stuck to her hand, wiped her mouth, stood up, and said, “I’m done.”

“Let’s go. To the Civil Affairs Bureau.”

What should she do, what should she do!!!

“I’m feeling… a little unwell today. Can we go another day?” Si Yu had not yet thought of a way to deal with this, so she casually told a lie.

Lu Xi’s long, narrow eyes narrowed slightly. “You regret it?”

Si Yu gritted her teeth and nodded.

“Are you dissatisfied with the agreement?” Lu Xi did not seem surprised that she had gone back on her word. She lightly tugged the corner of her lips and said mockingly, “Si Yu, the terms written on that agreement are the greatest concession I can make. Don’t push your luck.”

Si Yu had not read what was written on the agreement at all. She did not care. She only cared about her little life.

For a lofty, unattainable flower like Lu Xi, using force definitely would not work.

Si Yu slowly walked over. In just a few short steps, she had already brewed her words in her heart. With her brows and eyes lowered, she said with deep, overflowing affection, “I don’t want your money. I only want you.”

Lu Xi: “…”

“Yesterday, I was too impulsive. I regret it.” Si Yu blinked, squeezing out two crystal-clear tears. Steeling her heart, she hugged Lu Xi and said, “Wife, can we not divorce?”