Happy Divorce Chapter 3 (Part 2)
Happy Divorce Chapter 3 (Part 2) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
Su Manlu had always been aware; under Father Su’s guidance, she recognized the darker side of human nature. It was just that she had not experienced it before; which was why she was covered in bruises.
And she would never make the same mistake again, nor make herself as miserable as before.
Su Manlu offered a faint smile, though her eyes remained devoid of warmth. “Manlu appreciates the young master’s attention. While Manlu is considering a son-in-law, this particular matter doesn’t involve the young master.”
“Oh?” Yan Feixi arched an eyebrow, a smirk creeping onto his lips as he noticed the coldness in her stare. “What makes you say that? Am I lacking the qualities Miss Su seeks in a husband?”
“Not at all.” Su Manlu delicately ran her fingers through the hair on her chest and cast a brief glance at Yan Feixi with her stunning eyes. “The young master is indeed talented, but regrettably...”
“Regrettably, what?”
Su Manlu offered a slight smile and stood up, “Regrettably... it doesn’t suit Manlu’s taste.” In essence, his appearance was repulsive.
Nodding slightly to Tang Yinfeng, who had been looking dumbfounded, Su Manlu turned and departed. Bi Luo, trailing behind, shot a fierce glare at Yan Feixi before following the young lady out.
Looking at Su Manlu leaving, Tang Yinfeng became curious. While the two appeared polite, a layer of sarcasm underpinned their conversation.
Most notably, Miss Su’s final remark clearly suggested that Yan Feixi, despite his striking looks, was unworthy of her attention. This was the first time he witnessed his good friend, who had always been popular among women, be so disliked.
“Feixi, when did you offend the eldest young lady of the Su family?”
Yan Feixi didn’t answer and just chuckled funnily.
This Su Manlu truly had a way with words, leaving a painful sting!
Yet, the one wounded found it amusing.
***
“Is she really that good? Do you... like her that much?” She asked her husband, her heart aching, trying to keep her lips from trembling.
Just a year into their marriage, he wanted a concubine—one who was a prostitute in a brothel. She understood he despised her, but it had been such a short time... Had she truly bothered him this much?
“Absolutely.” The man regarded her with impatience, as if her question entertained him. “In my eyes and heart, Lan’er is good at everything. So what if she is a prostitute in a brothel? Lan’er is gentle and talented; she’s my beloved, while you are just someone I didn’t wish to marry.”
His chilling words drained the color from her face. She gazed at him, his brown eyes devoid of warmth, reflecting the cruelty of his words that stabbed her heart like a dagger.
The wife he didn’t wish to marry...
She squeezed her eyes shut, overwhelmed with grief. She was aware that he had wed her due to her father-in-law’s command, forced into marriage by her father-in-law because of her late mother-in-law.
Her deceased mother and mother-in-law were good friends who were as close as sisters. They had agreed long ago that each would keep a token, and if they had a son and a daughter, they would become husband and wife.
This was how her engagement with him was settled.
But he didn’t want to marry her at all. If her father-in-law hadn’t forbidden it, he would have broken off the engagement long ago.
She knew he hated her father-in-law and the Yan family. Since his father coerced him into marrying her, he would marry her, but don’t think he would be good to her.
He transferred his dissatisfaction with the engagement to her, ignored her, neglected her, and turned a blind eye to her tenderness and consideration.
To him, this obedient wife who only sought to please him felt dull.
“Su Manlu, don’t think I will be afraid if the old man is on your side. I have said before that you are not qualified to question me. Even if you are the second young madam of the Yan family, in my eyes, you are nothing at all! So what if Lan’er is just a prostitute in a brothel? You are completely inferior to her in my Yan Feixi’s heart!”
Leaving these words and ignoring her, he walked away ruthlessly.
And she, listening to the sound of his departing footsteps, finally slid slowly to the ground and buried her face in her bent knees.
His cruel words filled her ears.
She was worse than a prostitute! A dignified young lady from the Su family, but not even as good as a prostitute... Why?
Why did he hurt her so much?
She just loved him...
***
Crack!
Su Manlu forcefully swept the tea bowl off the table, its shattering sound failing to quell her anger. All her composure crumbled upon returning to the room.
“Miss!” Bi Luo exclaimed, startled by the noise.
“Don’t come in.” Su Manlu replied, her hands trembling slightly on the table. Taking a deep breath, she spoke again, her voice subdued, “I’m fine, you can go out for now.”
Worried, Bi Luo remained in the outer room. Aware of the young lady’s stubbornness, she hesitated to say anything and quietly stepped outside.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, Su Manlu clenched her fists, recalling Yan Feixi’s words in Taozhen Tower.
Who made Miss Su world famous? A special woman like Miss Su is truly rare. I can’t help but pay attention to her.
Ha, was it so rare that he actually had time to pay attention to her?
Back then, he discarded her as if she were worthless. In his eyes, she was not even comparable to a prostitute in a brothel. How could such a character get his attention?
Su Manlu thought about how miserable she was at that time. He stayed in a brothel, almost every night, and finally took a dancing prostitute as his concubine.
Where did he put her face as a wife?
Although Father Yan strictly stopped him in the end and refused to let the prostitute into the mansion, Yan Feixi was against his father every day, and she was caught in the middle. Not only was she unpleasable, but she was also laughed at.
Who knew the pain in her heart at that time?
She only found out about him leaving home after hearing from the servant who handed her the divorce letter, and... he still eloped with the prostitute.
When she learned he was eloping with a prostitute, overwhelming humiliation filled her chest, rendering her speechless.
How could he do this to her?
He turned her into a complete joke in everyone’s eyes. The pain and hatred from that moment would never fade. How could he face her as if nothing had happened? And he had the audacity to say that to her!
She wanted to forget everything in the past, but he appeared in front of her again and again. She knew he had shown up at Taozhen Tower on purpose that day. How could he dare to appear in front of her again? How dare he?
Did he think she was still the same Su Manlu who allowed others to bully her?
Thinking of his playful and guilt-free eyes, Su Manlu gritted her teeth. She clearly didn’t want to be influenced by him anymore, but she couldn’t control herself.
“Yan Feixi...” Su Manlu spat out the man’s name bitterly, her dark eyes full of turbulent emotions, including anger, resentment, hatred, and mostly unwillingness.
She refused to let him influence her feelings, refused to lose her composure because of him, and refused to accept that she couldn’t forget the past...
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