TDLWTAHATD CHAPTER 26

Chapter 26 – Nothing Feels Right

Then she remembered—Xie Chengyu and Li Jingting had a decent relationship.

Because of that connection, Lin Yan had actually seen Xie Chengyu more often than she had.

Nan Xiao gave a bitter smile, walked over, and asked, “Yanyan, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Lin Yan said sarcastically, “It’s just, finally getting to have a meal with my boyfriend, only to have a ‘younger sister’ show up pretending to be sick and acting spoiled. What bad luck. I should’ve checked the almanac before going out today.”

Li Jingting’s expression darkened. “So you really can’t tolerate Jiayi?”

“That’s right, I can’t!” Lin Yan’s voice trembled with emotion. “What woman could tolerate a so-called ‘younger sister’ with no blood relation?”

Li Jingting gave a cold laugh. “Then you can go find yourself an unrelated older brother. Did I stop you?”

“…”

Just that one sentence made Lin Yan falter, her face going pale.

Yes—Li Jingting never truly loved her. He had never hidden that fact. She was really no different from Xiaoxiao.

So what was she supposed to do?

“Yanyan, don’t be sad.”

Nan Xiao gently touched Lin Yan’s head, whispered a few comforting words, then turned to Li Jingting and said coldly, “She needs to rest now. Please leave.”

Li Jingting’s face grew darker, looking dangerous.

He had met Chengyu’s wife twice before—once at their wedding, and once at Old Madam Xie’s funeral.

His impression had always been that this woman, Nan Xiao, was timid, quiet, insecure because of her ruined looks. But now… why was she so bold?

“What right do you have to make me leave?” he demanded coldly. “This is my girlfriend’s home.”

Nan Xiao stared at him icily. She wanted to ask, If you call her your girlfriend, why do you keep hurting her? But she thought it meaningless to say aloud.

Instead, she walked to the door, opened it, and repeated, “Please leave. If you don’t, I’ll call the police.”

“…”

Both Li Jingting and Xie Chengyu looked momentarily shocked.

What had gotten into this woman? Her personality really seemed different from before.

Although they were full of resentment, they were men of “status.” With Nan Xiao being this firm, they couldn’t just stay there shamelessly. They left with dark expressions.

Nan Xiao noticed that Xie Chengyu’s gaze toward her was cold and shadowed, different from a few days ago.

She felt that, while their relationship had never been good, it had never been this bad. Why had Xie Chengyu changed toward her?

She didn’t dwell on it. Instead, watching Lin Yan’s tears fall the moment Li Jingting left, she suddenly understood what Xiao Zekai must have felt years ago.

With a sigh, she hugged Lin Yan’s shoulders and said, “Yanyan, if you really can’t go on, then just end it.”

Lin Yan looked up, tears streaming, shocked.

Nearly two years together—and this was the first time Nan Xiao had ever advised her to break up.

Nan Xiao thought for a moment, then added, “If this were before, I wouldn’t say this.

“But now I’m going through divorce myself. I know what it feels like to cut rotten flesh from your body. It hurts—hurts terribly.

“But once the pain passes, there’s freedom. That’s why I want you to think about it too.”

Lin Yan’s tears fell again. Hugging Nan Xiao, she said, “Xiaoxiao, only you really care about me.”

Nan Xiao—such a timid, timid person. Yet just now, when Lin Yan quietly said she didn’t want to see Li Jingting, Nan Xiao had the courage to drive him out.

Given Nan Xiao’s nature, that was something she would never normally have done.

Nan Xiao patted her friend’s shoulder, comforting her. Seeing Lin Yan’s fragile state, she decided not to mention her own pregnancy just yet.

An hour later, Nan Xiao left the apartment.

As soon as she stepped out, she saw a tall, straight figure leaning against the wall. Dark eyes fixed on her, cold and intimidating in the dim stairwell.

Nan Xiao startled. She hadn’t expected Xie Chengyu to still be there, watching her with such a chilling look—it hurt.

She was about to ask what was wrong when Xie Chengyu grabbed her wrist. “I need to talk to you,” he said, dragging her downstairs.

With a bang, he yanked open the car door and shoved her inside a bit roughly.

Then he got in too, shut the door, and his gaze turned sharp and cold. “You don’t want to divorce?”

“…”

What was he talking about?

“I do want to!” Nan Xiao immediately protested.

Without answering, Xie Chengyu pulled out his phone. His long fingers tapped a few times, and suddenly a familiar voice played back.

Nan Xiao froze.

It was her voice—her saying she didn’t want to divorce him. How did Xie Chengyu have that recording?

Her scalp went numb, her back went cold. The car felt like it had shrunk to half its size. She could hardly breathe.

“That was when Xu Ruoxin was provoking and slandering me again. I only said that in anger!” Nan Xiao hurried to explain.

“I only said it to spite her—it wasn’t real. I truly want to divorce!” she said nervously.

“And besides, that recording isn’t complete. The earlier part is missing. It’s just a fragment, not the truth!”

Nan Xiao desperately tried to make him understand. At this moment, she hated Xu Ruoxin more than ever, and she hated the person who had recorded and sent it even more. Who had betrayed her like this?

Sitting against the light, Xie Chengyu’s expression was unreadable in the shadowy car. Only the hard lines of his face and the colder edge of his voice could be felt.

“Nan Xiao, I don’t care whether your words are true or false. I don’t have the energy or interest to investigate.

“I’m only telling you this—I’ve already resubmitted the divorce agreement. In one month, we will be divorced.”

No insulting words. No accusations. And yet, hearing it, Nan Xiao felt chilled from head to toe.

Lowering her head, she gripped the edge of her skirt, trembling.

She thought—it would almost be easier if he shouted at her, accused her in fury. That would hurt less than this cold indifference.

“I understand,” she whispered. “In one month, we’ll be divorced. There won’t be any mistakes on my side. Don’t worry.”

After saying this, she couldn’t bear the suffocating car another second.

The air felt too thin, the temperature too low. She yanked the door open and hurried away.

Watching her leave, Xie Chengyu slowly withdrew his gaze and drove back to the company.

He entered his CEO office, but his heart felt like it was weighed down by a heavy stone—nothing felt right.

Loosening his tie, he stared at the lines of French text on the documents before him. He could understand every word, but couldn’t focus on a single one.

In his mind, all he could see was Nan Xiao’s face from just moments ago.