After the divorce, my ex-husband and son lined up to pursue me.

Chapter 72 It turns out it was because of him

Jiang Xia's indignant words conveyed an unprecedented level of anger.

The instant she finished speaking, she flung Ruan Muhuai's hand away, and as the elevator reached the 39th floor, she quickly wheeled herself out.

Ruan Muhuai slowed down a few steps.

Perhaps because of the previous big fight with Song Nanqi, his emotions were temporarily out of control.

It shouldn't be like this...

Jiang Xia has been living away from Qiushuiyuan for some time now. Apart from the month she spent in the county hospital, after returning to Haicheng and coming home from work every day, it feels empty. Jiang Xia is gone, and so is her son.

That wasn't a home at all.

Even before the divorce was finalized, he already felt unable to adapt.

It's estimated that seven years of living together day and night, even without love, made him accustomed to this companionship.

That's right, it's just a habit.

He had no desire to change his ingrained habits, nor did he want Jiang Xia to continue her stubborn tantrums, especially since she was ill.

The most urgent task at hand is to find a cure and try to prolong life.

That was also Ruan Muhuai's original intention in coming to see her this time.

Realizing this again, he couldn't let go of his pride, and the annoyance he felt towards Song Nanqi also made him feel uneasy. He gave Jiang Xia another cold look and asked in a deep voice, "What exactly is your relationship with that guy surnamed Song?"

Jiang Xia stopped moving his wheelchair toward the front door.

Ruan Muhuai strode around to her, "Don't make me remind you, you're not divorced yet, downstairs..."

He didn't finish his sentence, and he couldn't bring himself to say it out of resentment.

Ruan Muhuai loosened his tie slightly and glanced down at her with an annoyed look: "I saw everything, so you need to give me a reasonable explanation!"

Jiang Xia looked at him silently, suppressing the turmoil in her heart. She gritted her teeth and took a deep breath: "Fine, I can give you an explanation, but before that, don't you need to give me a reasonable explanation as well?"

As she spoke, she took out her phone and pulled up screenshots from a previous video.

The image clearly shows Xin Rou wrapping her arms around Ruan Muhuai's neck, boldly and directly asking for a kiss.

Song Nanqi simply kissed her forehead, without mentioning any Western etiquette. Even if Song Nanqi made a bold move without knowing what he was thinking, what does that prove?
It's not impolite, and there's no need to make any connections.

On the contrary, it was Ruan Muhuai and Xin Rou...

Jiang Xia closed her eyes in exasperation, trying to control her raging anger, but her fingers gripping the phone were already trembling. "Can't speak? Ruan Muhuai, stop pointing fingers at me and thinking nonsense. I'm not you!"

Ruan Muhuai's face darkened, and finally he forced a smile in extreme anger.

"You're not me? Good, that's great!"

This unexpected response is truly befitting of Jiang Xia.

Ruan Muhuai couldn't help but start to wonder if the person in front of him now was the same person who was gentle, obedient, sensible, and understanding in the past, who would endure any grievances without saying a word.
Was it that he didn't understand Jiang Xia enough, or...? "Anyone can do something like having an affair during marriage, it's cheap anyway, but I'm not as bored as you!" Jiang Xia argued, her words laced with sarcasm and irony.

Each word and phrase seemed to transform into a tangible, sharp blade, stabbing fiercely at Ruan Muhuai.

He was so angry that his usually stern face instantly became unbearable to look at.

Jiang Xia's clenched fingers gripped the wheelchair armrests tightly, her face forcing a straight line as she continued to mock, "You're questioning me and Song Nanqi now, but what about you and Xin Rou? Ruan Muhuai, I've been too good to you! Seven years! I don't expect you to treat me like a wife, but at least you should respect me as a person!"

"But what about you? You and Xin Rou are shameless and still have an entanglement! What happened between you two, what did you do, do you really think I'm stupid enough not to know anything!"

So no matter how much the elders, her in-laws, and even her sister-in-law urged her to have a second child, Jiang Xia always refused. It wasn't that Ruan Muhuai didn't want to, but she tried to prevent pregnancy and kept refusing to let him touch her!

Because she found it disgusting!

She thought she should endure it for her son's sake, and at least wait until he turned eighteen before confronting him. She had to pay the price for her blindness back then. She had chosen this path herself, so she would walk it even if she had to kneel down with tears in her eyes.

But this sudden illness... brought everything forward.

"How dare you ask me that? How could you say such a thing!" Jiang Xia's anger could no longer be contained. Her voice rose in fury, and even her eyes blazed with fire. "Do you think I would go to someone else just to get revenge on you? Ruan Muhuai, I'm not you! I would never do something so unfair to myself!"

It really is……

A scumbag will never reflect on his own problems; he will only throw all the problems at the other person, making unreasonable demands time and time again, and eventually driving the other person crazy while he can still calmly become an innocent victim!
Ruan Muhuaiqin's angry pupils contracted repeatedly.

"Jiang Xia."

His voice was icy as he leaned down and grabbed her wrist. "What's the point of bringing up Xinrou now? I've already told you about her before."

Jiang Xia couldn't break free, so she narrowed her eyes, then nodded: "Yes, you did say that."

But what were the original words?

She racked her brains and suddenly remembered that she was already quite far along in her pregnancy at the time, and it was also the first time she had learned of Xin Rou's existence. Ruan Muhuai said, "She was my first love, but we broke up. Nothing ever happened between us."

This statement is vague and perfunctory.

If Jiang Xia pressed for more details, he would say, "Didn't you agree? I didn't propose to you, nor did I beg you to marry me. Isn't it too late for you to mind Xin Rou now?"

This one sentence cleared everything up, but it also left Jiang Xia's heart a bloody mess.

Like a thorn stuck in her heart, she hated herself for being blinded by lust and agreeing to marry him, while also feeling unbearable pain at Ruan Muhuai's ruthlessness and indifference!

"Then why bring this up now?" Ruan Muhuai retorted, shutting down all her resentment. "On the contrary, it's only now that I understand why you're making a fuss about divorce and redistributing your assets, Song Nanqi."

"So that's why."

This realization caused Ruan Muhuai's suppressed emotions to explode in an instant, as if he had been hit hard several times, his heart feeling heavy and unable to recover.

His eyes immediately darkened, and with his other hand he roughly grabbed Jiang Xia's chin, lifting her face and forcing her to look directly into his eyes. "You and he are going to do a research project, but he doesn't have enough money and can't go home to ask his parents for more, so you're the only option. Divorce him and take a large portion of my assets so you can support that gigolo."

Am I right? Hmm?

(End of this chapter)