Jilted by Day, Cuddled At Night-Chapter 64: The Wedding is Someone Else’s, but the Wife is His
Su Wan didn’t know that the news of her pregnancy had spread to the Imperial Palace in the First Star District.
She finally opened the privileged communication channel and was able to contact her mother, Lin Ranyue.
She still chose projection for the communication, as Su Wan didn’t just want to share the joy with her mother, she was also worried about her.
Sure enough, as soon as the connection was established, she saw her mother’s angry face.
Lin Ranyue, "Su Zhen actually won’t divorce me? Xiaowan, can you believe this? On one hand, he’s all lovey-dovey with Du Weiwei, and on the other, he still plans to keep me as his wife? Does he have a black hole for a brain?"
Su Wan, "What’s his reason for not divorcing?"
"He says I’m being unreasonable. He says our marriage has been good, the kids have grown up, why should we divorce! I just laugh in his face. Why I want to divorce him, he still has no clue!"
Su Wan, "Cough, cough, mom, calm down."
Lin Ranyue was deeply sorrowful, "Back then, I was the most elegant and gentle girl in the Second Star District. After spending over twenty years with Su Zhen, I’ve become like this! I told him, fine, don’t get a divorce, but from now on, you mustn’t see Du Weiwei, and let Su Man leave the Su Family and be with Du Weiwei, since she is her real mother after all. Your father just told me to stop making a fuss, saying that the mother and daughter are quite pitiful."
In the projected image, Lin Ranyue’s face was flushed with anger.
She said in exasperation, "Xiaowan, what on earth is Su Zhen trying to do?"
"It’s simple. Du Weiwei didn’t accept him, so now he wants to have both the white moonlight and the red rose in his hands."
"Tch!" Mrs. Lin was furious, "No way, I must divorce him. I can’t stand being with him any longer! Anyway, you and your siblings are all grown up, I’ve no other responsibilities left! I’ve tolerated him raising Du Weiwei’s daughter, but if Su Zhen wants to support Du Weiwei as well, that I absolutely cannot bear! I’ve decided to initiate a compulsory divorce against him!"
In the Interstellar Federation, there was something called a compulsory divorce.
When one party disagrees with the divorce and the other insists on it, an application for a compulsory divorce can be submitted to the Main System.
At that time, if there is any fault on the part of the other party, the evidence can also be submitted along with it.
If the evidence is accepted, then the Main System will dissolve the marital status of the two individuals.
If the evidence is not established, the divorce application will be rejected, but the marital status will show a sign of being in doubt.
Either the party that initiated the compulsory divorce gives up the application,
or, it will remain in doubt, waiting for the next opportunity to provide solid evidence.
But the success rate of compulsory divorces is not very high. Of course, regardless of the result, it pretty much means that the relationship has been irreparably damaged.
Because it gets publicized...
Su Wan felt that her mother was indeed deeply hurt by her father, Su Zhen.
Moreover, she even had a premonition that Du Weiwei’s rejection of Su Zhen could mean that he had probably already lost his position as the manager of Su Zhen’s restaurant.
Heh, what a realistic woman, indeed.
The more this was the case, the more Su Wan felt that her mother really shouldn’t be her father’s backup option any longer.
Su Wan, "Mom, whatever you want to do, go ahead, I support you! Later, I’ll ask Gu Jue if he knows the Main System well, to see if he can pull some strings or something."
Lin Ranyue was shocked, "Xiaowan, how could you think of pulling strings? The key question is, would Commander Gu agree to help me with this?"
Lin Ranyue felt she was really a troublesome mother-in-law.
One moment asking her son-in-law to introduce her to handsome men, and the next asking him to pull strings for a divorce...
Actually, whether Gu Jue would help with this favor or not, Su Wan herself wasn’t sure.
So she said with some reservation, "I’ll try when the time comes."
"Xiaowan, if it doesn’t work out, just leave it. Don’t put Commander Gu in a difficult position."
"Mhm, mhm, I know. Oh mom, I have one more thing to tell you."
"What is it?"
"I’m pregnant."
Lin Ranyue: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Mrs. Lin on the other end of the projection seemed to freeze in the frame.
Her lips were raised high with excitement and joy, the frustration her husband had caused vanished in an instant!
Lin Ranyue: "Xiaowan, is it true? You’re pregnant?!"
Su Wan: "Yeah, but it’s just been confirmed. It’s still just a tiny cell, and Ajue had someone check my health already, everything is healthy."
Su Wan also told her mother about Gu Jue’s intention to hold a supplementary wedding ceremony.
Lin Ranyue said, "That’s only right. After all, his status is there for all to see. Last time when you two got married, it actually put Commander Gu in quite the awkward position."
After all, even the wedding dress was tailor-made for Huo Yichang.
No, that wedding was actually meant for Huo Yichang, wasn’t it?
Su Wan said with a smile, "Actually, I should thank Huo Yichang too. If he hadn’t stood me up, I might not have ended up changing grooms. So in a way, it wasn’t too bad for Ajue. Even though the wedding was someone else’s, the wife is his, after all."
"When you put it that way... it does make sense."
After chatting for a bit longer, Lin Ranyue reluctantly ended the call.
If it weren’t for the fact that she couldn’t reach the Training Star Base, she’d be desperate to immediately go take care of her daughter herself!
Su Wan had rested enough and, looking at the time, realized the second round of training at ten o’clock was about to start.
So, after sending a message to Gu Jue, she went back to the dormitory to meet up with her two roommates.
Of course, before going back, she grabbed some delicious little cakes from the fridge to bring back for her two buddies.
On the other end, the great Commander Gu, who had just wiped out a wave of the Insect Clan, received a message from his dear wife.
Su Wan: "Ajue, my dad is treating my mom as a spare tire, and she wants to initiate a forced divorce. Are you familiar with Bai Ze? Could you help me pull some strings to get my mom’s divorce request through?"
Su Wan: "Of course, if it’s too much trouble, never mind, I’ll think of another way."
In fact, this went against Commander Gu’s principles.
The Interstellar Federation, even in cases of mutual consent to divorce, requires a thorough screening, processing, and analysis.
Of course, the same applies to marriage.
There’s a qualification review, and ultimately it’s the Main System, Bai Ze, that handles things according to the rules.
If it had been in the past, Gu Jue would never have done anything against his principles.
But now... for his little wife, he had already done too many things against his principles.
Doing one more wouldn’t matter.
While controlling his mecha and slicing an Insect Clan with a lightsaber, Gu Jue had White Tiger connect to the Main System, Bai Ze.
As soon as they connected, Bai Ze said with confusion: "Commander, what do you need me for?"
"Did Mrs. Lin Ranyue file for a forced divorce with her husband, Su Zhen?"
"Please hold, let me check."
Truth be told, Bai Ze was a bit perplexed.
It had thought Commander Gu was contacting it for some serious matter.
But this?
Lin Ranyue’s determination to divorce Su Zhen was resolute. So after she cut off contact with her daughter, she filed for application.
Therefore, Bai Ze’s retrieval of information was quick.
Bai Ze: "Commander Gu, Mrs. Lin Ranyue has indeed filed for a forced divorce with her husband, Su Zhen. The evidence she provided suggests that Su Zhen has an inappropriate relationship with an ex and is suspected to already have a daughter."
These kinds of suspicions are usually unreliable at first glance.
But Bai Ze knew this Mrs. Lin was Commander Gu’s mother-in-law.
Being an extremely intelligent AI, it held back from making any sarcastic comments.
Then, Bai Ze heard the airy, ice-cold words from the other end of the communication from the great Commander Gu.
"Approve her application."
