The Whole World Is Waiting for Them to Divorce [Transmigration Into a Book] - Chapter 3

Before transmigrating into the book, Si Yu had been a proper, professionally trained acting student. After debuting, she had played over a hundred roles of all sizes. Although she had never won any Best Actress awards for film or television, every director she had worked with praised her acting skills.

Even without looking in a mirror, Si Yu knew just how moving she looked right now, all pitiful and tearful. As long as the other person was not a block of wood, anyone who saw her would definitely soften.

However, she had forgotten that the person she was facing at this moment was Lu Xi, who had absolutely no feelings for the female supporting character “Si Yu.”

A crack finally appeared on Lu Xi’s cold, frostlike, stunning face. She frowned, looking at the woman who was clinging tightly to her and crying, and said with restraint, “Let. Go.”

Those two words had no particular rise or fall, but they sounded as if they had been squeezed through gritted teeth, carrying quite a bit of barely suppressed fury.

Through the mist of tears, Si Yu saw the obvious disgust surfacing in Lu Xi’s eyes, and only belatedly realized that she seemed to have… crossed a line.

The two of them were not even familiar with each other yet, and she had actually hugged someone’s waist!

Though this waist really was soft. Even slimmer than hers.

Cough.

Si Yu abruptly withdrew her hands. In the span of one second, she swiftly adjusted her emotions, and as she blinked, two more clear tears fell. Uneasy and deeply affectionate, she gazed at Lu Xi and said helplessly, “I’m sorry. I just… I just don’t want to divorce you.”

As if afraid she would do something crazy again, Lu Xi pulled away from her and said, unmoved, “I am definitely divorcing you. Nothing you say will change that.”

Si Yu bit her lower lip and said through her sobs, “I won’t go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with you.”

Lu Xi let out a dismissive cold snort through her nose. “You think that means we can’t divorce?”

“…” Of course not.

Even as a legal idiot, even having never been divorced before, Si Yu knew that in the book, the female supporting character and Lu Xi had ultimately used legal means to force the divorce. The only reason she said this was to delay things.

Lu Xi tugged at the clothes Si Yu had wrinkled, her long, narrow eyes looking down at her. “An uncontested divorce is the most peaceful method for both of us. Since you don’t want that, then don’t blame me for showing no mercy. Tomorrow, I’ll have a lawyer come find you.”

After throwing down those words, Lu Xi was unwilling to stay even a moment longer. She strode outside on her long legs.

“No!” Si Yu, tears streaming down her face, threw herself toward her. Her fingertips brushed through that smooth long hair, but her body lost balance and fell to the floor with a muffled thud. She lay there just like that, gazing sorrowfully at that retreating back. “Lu Xi, please don’t go…”

Lu Xi did not stop.

Did she have to be this cold-blooded? Someone fell, so even if you won’t help, at least look back!

As if hearing her thoughts, Lu Xi, who had reached the door, suddenly turned around without warning, meeting Si Yu’s tear-filled eyes across the distance.

There was hope.

Si Yu was secretly delighted. She squeezed out a few more tears, furrowed her brows, and said with a pained expression, “It hurts so much.”

Lu Xi’s gaze drifted faintly from her tragic, beautiful face to the thick wool carpet beneath her, and she said in a tone that was neither warm nor cold, “This trick again? Next time you want to fall, remember to remove the carpet first.”

Si Yu: “…”

The door opened, then closed. Lu Xi left without looking back.

Si Yu pounded the thick carpet beneath her. She had acted so well, so how had she been seen through?

She carefully savored what Lu Xi had just said. What did she mean, this trick again? Could it be that “Si Yu” had also performed fake falls before?

“Aiya—” Auntie Zhao, who had finished tidying up the kitchen, saw Si Yu lying on the carpet and hurried over to help her. “Are you all right?”

The carpet was very thick, so falling on it had not hurt at all. Now that the person was gone, there was no need to keep acting. Si Yu smiled and said, “I’m fine.”

Auntie Zhao saw her face covered in tears and only thought she was forcing herself to smile. Just now in the kitchen, Auntie Zhao had accidentally heard some of their conversation. She said carefully, “Did you and Miss Lu Xi have an argument?”

Aside from the few scenes where the female supporting character harmed the heroine, the book did not describe much of the female supporting character’s daily life. Si Yu did not know what kind of feelings Auntie Zhao had toward the female supporting character, but from their brief interactions, she felt that Auntie Zhao not only did not dislike this female supporting character, but even seemed to care about her.

As Si Yu wiped her tears, she said, “Auntie, I don’t want to divorce her anymore, but she said she’s going to have a lawyer come find me. What should I do?”

“This…” Auntie Zhao said awkwardly, “Didn’t you say yesterday that if you loved her, you should give her freedom and fulfill her wish? Why do you suddenly not want to divorce anymore?”

Did your memory have to be this good?

Si Yu seemed to hear the sound of slap after slap hitting her face. Her face burned, but she could only brace herself and say sorrowfully, “I thought about it all night. Life is short. I can’t give up so easily. Companionship is the longest confession of love. I want to stay by her side forever and warm her with my love. One day, she’ll be moved by me.”

“You two have been married for two years. If she were going to be moved, she would have been moved long ago. But Miss Lu Xi still treats you…” Auntie Zhao could not bear it and advised her earnestly, “Miss Si, why not just let it go? Miss Lu Xi is indeed very perfect and outstanding, and you love her so much, but she doesn’t love you. Why spend all your youth on her alone?”

Si Yu understood all the logic, but who could understand the bitterness in her heart?

She lowered her brows and eyes and said stubbornly, “I’ll make her fall in love with me.”

Auntie Zhao seemed to have long grown used to her stubborn, unrepentant manner. She did not even try to persuade her anymore. After letting out a heavy sigh, she went to do the housework.

As soon as Auntie Zhao left, Si Yu’s tears stopped at once.

Right now, the most troublesome issue was the divorce.

At ten o’clock that night, Lu Xi still had not returned. Si Yu thought it over and decided to call her to ask after her.

She picked up her phone and found the number saved in her contacts as “Lu Xi,” then called it.

“Sorry, the number you have dialed is powered off…”

Si Yu froze for a moment, then belatedly remembered that the other party had blocked her.

Why had she blocked her?

The book had described it like this: the vicious female supporting character “Si Yu” loved Lu Xi deeply, but Lu Xi had no feelings for her. The two of them had a contractual marriage, and although they lived together after marriage, they slept in separate rooms. In order to gain Lu Xi’s pity, “Si Yu” pretended to cut her wrists and commit suicide. Lu Xi rushed back after hearing the news, only to discover that she had been deceived. Furious, she left and also blocked all of “Si Yu’s” contact information.

For their wife-wife relationship to end up like this, the female supporting character really was a complete failure as a wife.

After silently roasting her in her heart, Si Yu stopped Auntie Zhao, who was about to return to her room to sleep.

After hearing her request, Auntie Zhao used her own phone to call Lu Xi. This time, the call connected.

“Miss Lu Xi, are you still busy?” Auntie Zhao said. “I saved some late-night snacks for you. Miss Si Yu is waiting for you too. When will you be back?”

The phone was on speaker. After waiting for two seconds, Si Yu heard the person on the other end say emotionlessly, “No need to save any late-night snacks for me. I’m not going back today. I still have something to do, so I’ll hang up first.”

She hung up right after saying she would, giving no one any chance to speak.

Si Yu and Auntie Zhao looked at each other.

It seemed Lu Xi was deliberately avoiding her.

Lu Xi acted swiftly and decisively. The very next day, she sent a lawyer to the house.

The lawyer wore a perfectly straight suit, his expression serious. His attitude was still fairly respectful. “Hello. President Lu asked me to come and discuss matters regarding the divorce with you. May I ask if this is a convenient time?”

“It’s not convenient.” Si Yu smiled without smiling. “See yourself out. I won’t walk you to the door.”

“Bang—”

The lawyer who had been shut out: “…”

Seeing this, Auntie Zhao said worriedly, “Even the lawyer has come to the door. It looks like Miss Lu Xi is determined to divorce you.”

Si Yu leaned her back against the door and bit her finger.

Dragging it out like this was not a solution. She still had to find Lu Xi and talk to her face-to-face.

Lu Xi had not come back last night. Today was the weekend, so she did not know whether Lu Xi was at the company. Si Yu first asked Auntie Zhao.

“She might have gone back to see her grandmother,” Auntie Zhao said. “I heard Old Madam Lu is seriously ill. Miss Lu Xi goes back every weekend to keep her company.”

Si Yu discovered that she, as Lu Xi’s “wife,” understood even less about Lu Xi’s family situation than Auntie Zhao did. This could not be blamed on her either. The author had only written about the love and romance between the heroine and Lu Xi, and had not explained anything else.

Thick-skinned, she said, “Can you help me call again and ask where she is?”

Auntie Zhao knew about her being blocked by Lu Xi and looked at her sympathetically. “All right. I’ll help you call.”

After asking Lu Xi, it turned out she was indeed at the Lu residence.

Si Yu had never been to the Lu residence, so she had the driver take her there.

The car stopped in front of a luxurious villa.

The Lu family’s housekeeper came to open the door for her and was very surprised to see her. “Miss Si? Why are you here?”

The female supporting character had married into the Lu family after all, so why would the housekeeper have this kind of expression when seeing her? It was as if she should not have appeared here.

Si Yu found it strange, but she had no time to look into it. Smiling, she said, “I came to see Grandmother.”

Lu Xi did not want to see her, so she was using the excuse of visiting Grandmother. This reason should be acceptable, right?

The housekeeper’s expression was somewhat intriguing. She said, “Old Madam is in the back garden.”

Led by the housekeeper, Si Yu arrived in the back garden.

She had thought Lu Xi would also be there, so she had not asked. But on the lawn, there was only a white-haired old woman sitting in a wheelchair and another housekeeper. Lu Xi was nowhere to be seen.

The old woman should be Lu Xi’s grandmother.

Si Yu withdrew her gaze and walked up with a face full of smiles. “Hello, Grandmother.”

Old Madam Lu’s skin was a somewhat sickly pale. Her cloudy eyes sized Si Yu up for a long time before they suddenly brightened. In a trembling voice, she said, “Qiao… Qiao Qiao?”

Si Yu: “???”

The housekeeper standing behind Old Madam Lu and pushing the wheelchair bent down and said, “She isn’t Qiao Qiao. She’s Miss Si Yu.”

Si Yu was completely baffled.

While she was still stunned, a withered hand grabbed hers like an iron pincer. The old woman’s wrinkled face filled with a smile, and she said excitedly, “That’s right, it’s Qiao Qiao! Qiao Qiao, you finally came back. Come, let Grandma have a good look at you.”

Si Yu was utterly confused. Full of questions, she turned to the housekeeper for help.

The housekeeper sighed and leaned close to her ear. “Ever since Old Madam developed Alzheimer’s disease, her memories have become more and more confused. She must have mistaken you for Miss Qiao Qiao.”

Si Yu: “…”

Putting aside who this Qiao Qiao was for now, the moment Si Yu heard the words “Alzheimer’s disease,” her mind and body shook.

Looking at the old woman who was gripping her hand with all her strength, Si Yu’s nose suddenly stung. She slowly crouched down until her gaze was level with the other woman’s, forced out a smile, and said gently, “Grandma, I came back to see you.”

Old Madam Lu touched her face tenderly and said, “You’ve lost so much weight. Did you stop eating properly again?”

The old woman’s palm was very rough, and it did not feel very comfortable against Si Yu’s cheek. Si Yu wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth, a sob blocked her throat.

“Why are you crying?” Old Madam Lu visibly saw the redness around her eyes and said in distress, “Did they bully you again?”

“I…”

Si Yu had only said the word “I” when she was interrupted by a familiar voice with no warmth at all. “Who let you come here?”

Before she could understand what was happening, Si Yu’s wrist was grabbed by an icy hand. Her body was forcefully pulled up, and she met a pair of angry eyes.

Lu Xi had appeared from who knew where. She dragged Si Yu to the side and said in a warning tone, “Don’t touch my grandmother.”

This was the first time Si Yu had seen an expression similar to anger appear on Lu Xi’s face. She could not help feeling puzzled: Wasn’t Lu Xi’s character setting supposed to be an icy, aloof person who never showed joy or anger on her face? Someone like that could also get angry?

Si Yu did not know what unforgivable crime she had committed to make this iceberg, Lu Xi, become angry. Her slender wrist was held in Lu Xi’s grip, and it hurt a little. She turned back to look for Old Madam Lu, pursed her lips, and said pitifully, “Grandma, look. She’s bullying me.”