Chapter 90 The First Compromise for a Woman
Lin Banxia showed no fear, lifting her small face to meet his gaze. "Anyway, you didn’t marry me because you love me. I suppose divorcing me won’t make you feel upset or hurt either. I can help you achieve your goal, but you have to promise me one thing: don’t tie me down for my entire life. I want freedom in this lifetime—I don’t want to live so bound and constrained. I like freedom."
"Marrying me, you can still be free..." Yan Ting had initially intended to strangle her in his anger, but after hearing her words, he realized this woman seemed stronger than he had imagined. She had her own pride and persistence, which was rare.
"I mean, freedom of the heart!" Lin Banxia clarified. "In any case, I won’t fall in love with you. After divorcing, I can at least open my heart to find a man I truly love—and who truly loves me. I’ve already decided that in this lifetime, I must find true love..."
She held onto this belief, determined to make up for the regrets of her past life. She refused to believe that true love was merely a myth.
"Your so-called true love—are you speaking of Leng Weichen?" Yan Ting’s smirk carried a sharp edge of mockery.
Lin Banxia was startled, shaking her head immediately. "No, no, it’s not him. He’s not the person I’m looking for."
Yan Ting sneered outright. "So it turns out you’re just a promiscuous woman who constantly changes her feelings."
Though his mocking remarks hit her again and again, Lin Banxia remained unbothered. Instead, she kept her head high as she asked, "What do you think? If you’re willing to add what I just mentioned, I’ll sign the contract. If you don’t agree..."
"Then what are you going to do?" Yan Ting raised a sensual eyebrow, staring directly at her as he asked.
Lin Banxia bit her lip, as if making a monumental decision. "Then I’ll have no choice but to accept fate. I’ll repay your money with every last ounce of effort. Pear garden... will be my burial place. As for Leng Weichen... I have no involvement with him, so there’s nothing to worry about dragging him down with me."