A second chance with my billionaire husband-Chapter 1453 - 283: Accept the Inevitable, Preserve Yourself
After seeing Yan Guobai off, she paced around the room alone. This incident was an opportunity to completely overthrow Pei Ying. If Pei Ying were dead, she would have a chance to rise.
Her hand fell on her abdomen, her period was already several days late, and she hoped it was just as she thought.
The light flickered slightly, and she turned her head to look, noticing a figure standing by the window at some point, partially hidden in the darkness, tall and cold.
"Ah..." Li Xiaoxiao suddenly covered her mouth, unable to suppress a scream in fright.
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The next day, Jiang Li was taken back home by her parents to recuperate, while Pei Xinyi was homeless, staying alone in a hotel.
She thought of her daughter and called the household servant, but the servant couldn’t find Yan Si anywhere, and Pei Xinyi suddenly panicked.
She immediately went to find Yan Nanrong, knowing that doing so was shameless, but now, Yan Nanrong was the only person she could trust.
"Si’er is missing, could you help me find her?"
Silence.
"I know I’ve wronged you. Don’t worry, I agree to the divorce. Apart from Si’er, I won’t ask for anything and will leave with nothing. After the divorce, I will never appear before you again in this lifetime."
In this life, she had never wronged anyone, except for this man alone.
I’m sorry... she said desperately in her heart. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
"Si’er is also a daughter I’ve raised with love, and I won’t let anything happen to her. Where are you now?"
Pei Xinyi covered her mouth and squatted down, "I’m at the hotel... thank you."
The other side said nothing further, directly hanging up the phone.
There was nothing left to say between them. Pei Xinyi was full of sorrow, realizing that unknowingly, they had reached this point, and it was all her doing.
Before long, the phone rang again, the call was from Yan Nanrong, informing her that Yan Si had been found, though he concealed Yan Si’s injuries from her.
Knowing Yan Si was safe, Pei Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you."
"Which hotel are you at? I’ll come over to see you now."
Pei Xinyi instinctively replied, "No...."
"Do you intend to hide from me forever? This matter, we ought to come to some resolution."
We ought to come to some resolution...
She provided the hotel name, walked to the bathroom, and began to shower. She looked at the woman in the mirror, who was clearly only in her thirties but seemed to have aged a lot in an instant. Crow’s feet appeared at the corners of her eyes, and those eyes were dim and lifeless, as if covered by dark clouds, making the world seem gray immediately.
She carefully scrubbed her body, tears sliding along her skin.
She donned clean clothes, sat in front of the mirror, applying an exquisite makeup, then meticulously tidied her hair.
Just as she finished tidying up, the doorbell rang.
She walked over to open the door, the man stood in the doorway, his gaze falling on her face. Seeing she appeared well, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Come in." She stepped aside.
The man strode inside.
"Have some water." Pei Xinyi poured a glass of water and placed it in front of him. The sense of estrangement between the former couple was something neither of them was accustomed to, leading them both to feel somewhat awkward.
"Si’er... I just went to see her, she’s fine, you don’t need to worry."
"Mm, thank you."
Yan Nanrong’s hand, which was hanging at his side, clenched, wanting to say there was no need to be so polite, yet he couldn’t bring himself to voice it.
"Let’s divorce," Pei Xinyi suddenly said.
Yan Nanrong abruptly looked up at her, her expression was extraordinarily calm when she said this, and his heart suddenly clenched with pain.
He used to constantly bring up divorce, and she would always remain silent. Now that she had personally said it, he found himself unexpectedly at a loss.
Seeing him silent, Pei Xinyi took out a pre-signed divorce agreement from her bag, "I’ve already signed it."
"For all these years, I’m the one who has wronged you. Now, let’s give each other a chance for a new life, I only have one request, the child stays with me."
"Impossible." Yan Nanrong suddenly ripped the divorce agreement to shreds, "Si’er is my daughter, none of you should think about taking her away. Divorce, I do not agree."
Pei Xinyi looked at him in amazement, as if shocked why he was unwilling to divorce even at this stage?
"Si’er... she’s not your biological daughter, I’m sorry, I deceived you."
Yan Nanrong shook his head, "I knew long ago."
Pei Xinyi’s heart was shocked: "What did you say?"
"I knew about you and Jiang Li’s affair long ago. When you married me, you were already pregnant. I knew all of this. Although Si’er is not my biological child, I’ve always loved her as my own daughter, you can’t take her from my side."
So he... knew all along...
