After my divorce, I started to have good luck

Mrs. Shen worriedly said, "If the money is refunded to him here, but they can't remarry, wouldn't that be a double loss?"

Mr. Shen glanced at his silent daughter and said indifferently, "It all depends on Lin's own abilities. If she is capable, she can remarry even without refunding the money. If she is not, even if the money is refunded, the remarriage won't happen."

Shen Lin glanced at Mr. Shen, reached out to snatch her phone from her mother's hand, looked at it, then stood up coldly and walked out.

Leaving Mr. and Mrs. Shen looking at each other in confusion, unsure of what their daughter was thinking.

After leaving Fuman Building, Chen Feng called Wu Mengting because he had drunk alcohol, asking her to come with Little Rui to drive.

While waiting for the car by the roadside, Chen Feng checked the messages he hadn't replied to earlier, sent by Lin Yujiao and Guo Mengyao.

These two women who were still in Lu City basically sent him messages every day, though he didn't necessarily reply each time.

This time, Lin Yujiao sent him today's business report as usual, showing sales over eight thousand. After deducting various costs, it seemed today's profit was two to three thousand. Clothing stores, especially women's clothing stores, indeed make a lot of money if business is good.

Since he was idle anyway, Chen Feng responded with a message saying "Not bad, keep it up." Lin Yujiao almost immediately replied with a giggling emoji.

Guo Mengyao sent him two selfies taken in her office, beautified. Chen Feng glanced at them and couldn't be bothered to respond.

He didn't have many WeChat friends, and usually didn't habitually check Moments. But since he was idle, he refreshed Moments and saw Zhang Yuxi's update. It was a photo from her performance at a large mall, dressed stylishly, standing on stage with a microphone, looking radiant.

This was her private number, and she had only posted this photo, stating that she had a performance at a certain place today. There were over fifty likes and comments below, seemingly indicating she had many good friends in real life.

Chen Feng browsed through the likes and comments, which were all praises and inquiries about her upcoming schedule.

However, obviously Zhang Yuxi had no time to reply to these comments.

Realizing he hadn't contacted her in days, he sent her a WeChat message: [When will you have time to come to Xiu Zhou?]

After waiting for a while without a reply, Chen Feng didn't mind, thinking she was busy.

Just as he was about to watch some short videos, a notification came through.

[I'll be going to Xiu Zhou to shoot an ad about a week later.]

Seeing this message, Chen Feng couldn't help but feel delighted. He had to admit that Zhang Yuxi had the celebrity allure, was indeed a first-class beauty, with a great appearance, figure, and temperament, making spending time with her very enjoyable.

And he didn't need to bear any responsibilities; he just needed to invest money in her project and casually promote her when filming.

[Alright, let's meet then.]

Zhang Yuxi replied with a shy emoji.

Chen Feng chuckled and decided not to chat further with her. He turned to watch short videos.

After just a few minutes, the sound of footsteps came, and looking up, he saw Shen Lin.

Chen Feng silently cursed his lack of foresight. He thought he was standing far enough from the Fuman Building entrance to be safe, but unexpectedly ran into her.

Shen Lin stood right in front of him, staring steadily without speaking, her occasionally flickering eyes indicating her inner turmoil.

Chen Feng felt uncomfortable under her gaze, and with a wry smile, he asked, "Is there something else?"

After taking a deep breath, Shen Lin said, "Thank you for the one million, but I can't accept this money."

Chen Feng wasn't too surprised, but calmly replied, "I gave you this money willingly, and even felt it might be too little. After all, you were with me for five or six years, and I couldn't give you a good life before. This money is mainly to compensate you for the past. Rejecting it makes me uneasy."

"You're pitying me." Shen Lin's tone was somewhat harsh.

"From what you know about me, am I pitying you?" Chen Feng retorted.

Shen Lin fell silent but continued to stare at him intensely.

Chen Feng felt a headache coming; he couldn't just walk away, so he frowned and said, "Don't do this. We've been divorced for more than half a year, what are you still hung up on?"

"I'm not over it." Shen Lin said with grievance, "I still don't understand why you suddenly wanted to divorce me. Yes, I was giving you the cold shoulder then, but it's not just my problem; you were doing the same. I occasionally thought about divorcing you, but I never initiated it, always giving you chances, hoping you'd rise again, strive, and work hard. Why did you suddenly ask for a divorce?"

Facing other women, Chen Feng could be suave and indifferent, but not with Shen Lin, his ex-wife, so he had a headache dealing with her: "If I said I found out I had a terminal illness, would you believe me?"

"...No." Shen Lin wasn't dumb; she countered, "If you had a terminal illness then, it's been over half a year, why do you seem fine? More energetic than normal people."

"...If I said my condition is under control now, would you believe it?"

"...I don't know."

"Actually, telling you this doesn't mean much. Because after five or six years of being together, looking back now, although we loved each other, we did have many issues. Like you not liking to eat onions while I do, and for years, to accommodate your diet, we didn't buy any onions at home. Also, I never wring out towels dry enough, which you strongly disliked and often criticized me for. I like to shower before bed, but you prefer morning showers, and so on.

In life, we have many discordant aspects, and most of the time, I was accommodating you. Sometimes it felt exhausting. Of course, you must have felt tired too. So, us splitting up, giving each other freedom and doing what we like, is actually a good thing."

"Discussing these trivial matters now, does it have any meaning? If two people are deeply in love, these minor issues wouldn't be issues."

"Yes, precisely because we weren't deeply in love anymore, we found each other's lifestyle annoying. When we were infatuated in the first two years, these minor issues didn't seem like issues."

Shen Lin was instantly at a loss for words. What Chen Feng said was true; after their initial infatuation, they started living together, and these little life issues were something she could tolerate from Chen Feng. But in the year before their divorce, his lifestyle flaws, which she couldn't tolerate, annoyed her greatly, leading to bouts of scolding him. Yet, Chen Feng never changed, further angering her.

As a result, they fell into a vicious cycle, where small problems and issues in life made them increasingly disgusted with each other.