Chapter 1950: Buying a Mountain, Starting a Zoo (Part 1)
On July 12th, which was a Friday, Shu Jiao and Ruan Jianguo went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to process their divorce as planned.
Before signing, Shu Jiao asked Ruan Jianguo again, "Are you sure about this?"
Ruan Jianguo smiled at her, nodded, and then meticulously signed his name.
Seeing him sign so decisively, Shu Jiao’s face turned a bit colder, and she also signed her name.
From then on, their more than twenty-year marriage came to an end.
When Ruan Jianguo received the divorce certificate, he touched the word "divorce" repeatedly. Then he put the document in his pocket and said to Shu Jiao, "For the last time, let me drive you home."
Shu Jiao stood up in her high heels, glanced at him, and said coldly, "No need." Then she turned and left in her high heels, with the Shu family’s driver waiting outside.
Ruan Jianguo was a few steps behind her, watching her leave without hesitation. He placed his hand over his left chest, rubbed it, then forced a wry smile and drove away in the opposite direction.
Ruan Jiaojiao also knew about their divorce today. When she saw Ruan Jianguo come back and go into the room he shared with Shu Jiao downstairs without coming out, she understood they were truly divorced.
Ruan Jiaojiao couldn’t quite describe how she felt, but it was far less painful than she had imagined. Perhaps she had gotten used to it over the past year.
Lu Xian left the country in mid-August.
From July to August, although the two families were just neighbors, Ruan Jiaojiao saw Lu Xian only a handful of times. It wasn’t until the day he left the country that she saw him briefly.
On the day Lu Xian left the country, she went to the airport too, but with Duan Xi, and didn’t show herself. She watched from outside the waiting lounge as Lu Zishu, Lu Zhiwei, and Zhao Li saw him off.