Divorce Another Day

"But…"

"But what?" Zhou Xia sensed that something was not right. She looked at Shen Lin warily. "Don't use your work or anything as an excuse. The marriage's cooling-off period is one month. We can apply for divorce on any day after that month."

Shen Lin frowned. "I didn't mean that."

"What do you mean then?"

"I have used up all my personal leave for the past six months. If I take another leave, I won't be able to win the new year's prize."

Zhou Xia felt a little embarrassed as well. She felt that she had gone too far. Marriage was not a trivial matter, but they got married and wanted a divorce in a flash. They had to wait a month for the divorce to push through. It was too troublesome.

It did not matter if they had to go back and forth a few times. But Shen Lin's work and performance were affected.

Shen Lin could tell that Zhou Xia was in a bad mood. He tried to comfort her. "Don't think too much. I was the one who asked for the marriage. It has nothing to do with you."

Zhou Xia blamed herself even more when Shen Lin consoled her.

"You can't get the marriage certificate alone. I'm the one who agreed to it. I'm to blame too."

Zhou Xia was a person who rarely regretted any of her decisions. But, right then, she regretted her decision to marry Shen Lin on impulse.

Shen Lin corrected her. "I was the one who threatened and coerced you."

"But I agreed to it before you threatened me."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Xia realized that something was wrong. She immediately lowered her head so that the other party would not see her flushed face.

When Shen Lin proposed marriage, she did not feel unhappy or disgusted at all. Of course, if Shen Lin had not washed his underwear in her washing machine, she would have been fine.

"It's been so many years, Zhou Xia. Not only did your mysophobia not get better, but it's also even worse." Shen Lin suddenly took out his phone and fiddled with it. "I have a good friend who is a psychologist. You can talk to him when you have time."

Zhou Xia received a message from her WeChat. It took her a while to react. She was furious when she understood what the other party meant. "Shen Lin, what do you mean? Do you think I have a mental illness?"

"I don't think so. I'm just giving you a kind reminder. You don't have to go."

Zhou Xia was furious. The more she looked at Shen Lin, the more she felt that he was up to no good. "Shen Lin, you dare to do it but you don't dare to admit it, do you? A reminder? The psychologist has already given me his WeChat account. Didn't you already conclude I'm mentally ill?"

Perhaps Shen Lin did not mean that she was mentally ill. He meant that she was not normal.

Unexpectedly, Shen Lin suddenly straightened his face. He raised his head and looked at her angrily.

"I'm just reminding you out of good intentions." Shen Lin's tone was cold. He looked slighted. After all, no one would give a death sentence to a relationship just because of something insignificant, except for moral uprightness.

Zhou Xia was completely stunned. It took her a while to react before she asked, "Do you still hate me for what I said when we broke up?"

Shen Lin's face turned stiff. His expression became a little unnatural. But he soon put away his awkwardness and put on a straight face. "No," he said coldly.

Shen Lin's temper had been unstable for a long time. Zhou Xia did not notice this change.

Zhou Xia relaxed upon hearing Shen Lin's answer. "Don't be mad at me, Shen Lin. I was in a hurry to study because the college entrance examination was coming up. That's why I came up with an excuse to break up with you."

Zhou Xia was really apologetic to Shen Lin when they talked about their relationship.

When she was with Shen Lin in the past, she was just trying to make fun of him. She came up with such a terrible idea to annoy him.

As for why she did that, it was actually a ridiculous and childish motive.

At that time, Zhou Xia's grades had always ranked third in class. However, ever since Shen Lin came, she dropped to fourth place.

These days, it would seem like there wasn't much of a difference between third and fourth place. But back then, no one in school would remember anyone other than the top three.

During those times, Zhou Xia was arrogant and childish.

Didn't they say that dating would affect one's studies? Accordingly, Zhou Xia came up with a terrible idea. She planned to approach Shen Lin first and look for a way to date him. With that, Shen Lin would lose his focus on studying. The last step was to break up with him so that his grades would plummet. It could be considered Zhou Xia's revenge.

However, Zhou Xia did not expect that her terrible idea would have such a tremendous impact on Shen Lin.

Shen Lin's dream had always been to study aerospace at Beihang University. However, he chose to study medicine in the end.

Although both universities were top universities in the country, there was a vast difference between the scores of the two majors.