The Tenth Return: Suffering the Bitter Fruits of Divorce

  Xu Fan slowly turned his face, those bloodshot red eyes staring fixedly at Li Li, his hoarse voice saying a nonsensical sentence: "How long have you been together?"

  Li Li was confused: "What are you talking about? How long have we been together?" She even reached out to touch Xu Fan's forehead, thinking that he must be feverish and talking nonsense.

  Xu Fan still stared at her, his voice low and serious as he asked again: "How long have you been with Cui Haibo?"

  The words were not loud, but for Li Li, they were undoubtedly a bolt from the blue! They stunned her all at once!

  How did he know? Who told him? Did he see it? No way, if he saw it, with his personality, he would have caught them in the act! Then someone must have told him, this can't be admitted!

  "What did you say? Me and the principal together? Who told you that?"

  He paused for a moment, then said "Didn't I just tell you that we were going to eat out? Can't even have dinner with the principal and colleagues?" After speaking, he looked very wronged.

  Xu Fan didn't make a sound, he just stared at her eyes with a piercing gaze that stabbed into Li Li's heart. Li Li's eyes dodged and then she turned her body around, no longer daring to face Xu Fan.

  "After a while, Xu Fan calmly said behind him: 'Let's get divorced, we'll go tomorrow' His tone was firm and unyielding!"

  "Alright, don't say anything more, you go sleep, I'll sleep on the sofa."

  The next morning at 7 o'clock, Xu Fan took a bath, then took out the iron and carefully ironed his suit and shirt. He stood in front of the mirror and carefully tied his tie, then took out shoe polish and polished his leather shoes until they shone before putting them on. Only then did he turn to Li Li, who had been silently watching him, and say: "I have a meeting this morning, let's meet at 10 o'clock at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau. I don't have much stuff, just a few sets of clothes and some books, I'll come back for them in the afternoon." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

  Li Li raised her hand and opened her mouth, but still couldn't say a word. She silently watched Xu Fan's back disappear into the corridor.

  When he arrived at the office, Xu Fan felt a big difference. All the way, his colleagues were greeting him, and their eyes no longer had the usual disdain and indifference, but more admiration and jealousy. The reason was self-evident. Alas, people in the organization are like this, they only add flowers to the brocade, never send charcoal in snowy weather! Xu Fan sighed inwardly.

  Upon arriving at the office, Xu Fan didn't repeat his usual habit. Instead, he took a new towel to the pantry, wet and wrung it out before walking into the director's office. He wiped down the chair and desk, then made himself a cup of coffee and arranged the stationery on the table neatly.

  Suddenly, Xu Fan was stunned, huh? Slowly stretched out his hand to pick up the photo frame on the table, the photo was of Yuan Garden's, wearing a blue casual outfit, smiling mischievously, with a background of various colored tulips, red, white, yellow, and purple, all in a sea of flowers.

  What a beauty! Xu Fan could only sigh in his heart.

  After finishing all this, the dog's nose sniffed hard and still smelled a special fragrance on the director's body, only then did he close the door contentedly and walk back to his own office.

  At 8:00 sharp, at Yanjing International Airport, Wang Bingying boarded the flight to Du City with Hu Zi and Bai Ge.

  At the same time, Yuan Garden also walked into her office on schedule. Shortly after closing the door, a knock was heard, and when Yuan Garden said "come in", the door opened to reveal Xu Fan's head: "Director, good morning"

  "Good morning." Yuan Garden smiled slightly.

  "Director, your schedule for today is as follows: 8:30-9:00 opening party committee meeting; 9:00-12:00 free arrangement (this guy has something at 10:00 and scheduled work for the afternoon)."

  From 1 pm to 3 pm, go to Nancheng District to inspect the land planning for the renovation of urban villages; from 3 pm to the municipal government to attend a working meeting convened by the mayor.

  Yuan Garden nodded, and Xu Fan retreated.

  In the conference room of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Director Li Jianqiang, Deputy Director An Wei and Head of the Criminal Police Brigade Zhang Bo were discussing yesterday's case.

  "Director, according to our investigation, Tanaka Ichiro is indeed the assistant of Asou Kouno, the general manager of Sengoku Corporation in Japan. It's also true that Sengoku wants to acquire shares of Wida Group. But as for the other followers, those who were injured by the mysterious person, we can't find out their background," An Wei said and handed a cigarette to Li Jianqiang.

  Li Jianqiang lit a cigarette and looked at the case analysis in front of him, his brow furrowing deeper as he thought for a moment before saying to An Wei: "This matter has already alarmed **, after a while, ** Investigative Department's Wang Bingying will arrive"

  As soon as this was said, An Wei and Zhang Bo's faces changed. An Wei said: "If it can shock this great god to come out, then this matter is not simple. What should we do?"

  An Wei asked this because since this matter has alarmed the national security, it must be that they have taken over, and the Public Security Bureau can only assist from the periphery.

  Li Jianqiang thought for a moment and asked Zhang Bo: "How is the investigation of that mysterious person who lent a helping hand going?"

  Zhang Bo said: "That mysterious person, because he never showed up from start to finish, the only clue is what that little boy at the hotel entrance said, it seemed like a young man. The time of the incident was from 2:10 pm when Gong Xi Tian's car arrived at the hotel until we and Director An arrived at the hotel at 2:30 pm, a total of 20 minutes."

  According to the time, we analyzed the images recorded by several surveillance cameras near the hotel. From 2 o'clock onwards, there were eight young men walking towards the Houda Hotel, but only three of them entered the hotel. This is the image taken by the surveillance camera set up outside the hotel," Zhang Bo said, handing over three sheets of paper to Li Jianqiang.

  Li Jianqiang looked at the photo on the paper and found it very blurry, so he raised his head and asked Zhang Bo: "Why is it so blurry? Can't see anything clearly. Can it be restored?"

  Zhang Bo also said helplessly "That probe has some problems, the hotel hasn't been sorted out yet; the photos are being restored, but it needs a little time, should be done by noon".

  At 10 am, Xu Fan arrived at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau and saw that Li Li was already waiting there. He felt a pang in his heart and immediately said to Li Li: "Let's go in."

  Li Li knew it was too late to make amends, so she just followed him in without saying a word. 15 minutes later, the two of them came out, and at the door, they stood facing each other. Li Li looked down and said softly: "Xu Fan, I'm sorry..." Xu Fan waved his hand to interrupt her: "There's no need to apologize now, who owes an apology to whom is no longer important! Just take good care of Niu Niu, I'm leaving." After saying that, he turned around and walked away resolutely without looking back.

  Principal Cui Haibo had an unrequited love for Li Li, which she had sensed since her arrival at the school. At first, she was dismissive of it; however, as her longing for a class advisor grew, and facing Principal Cui's persistent pursuit, she softened and accepted his invitations to dinner a few times.

  At a Teachers' Day gathering, Cui Haibo publicly announced that she and Li Li had been named the city's outstanding teachers of the year, and would also serve as head teacher for the third-year high school class. Li Li was overjoyed, and in the face of her colleagues' congratulations and frequent toasts, she eventually got drunk without any surprise.

  When she woke up, she found herself naked in the arms of a similarly naked man, with his hand shamelessly caressing her full breasts! She was shocked, suddenly sat up, and felt a sharp pain from below, as well as a slow flow from her lower body! She couldn't help but scream in her heart: It's over! Her innocence is gone!!

  She immediately turned her head and looked at that shameless man, and with this glance, her heart sank to the bottom!

  Principal Cui Haibo!

  She cried until she was a mess, and at that time, all she could do was cry. Cui Haibo consoled her with gentle words, patting his chest to reassure her. Slowly, slowly, her crying stopped, and when it did, she resigned herself to her fate, slowly falling into Cui Haibo's arms. At this moment, Cui Haibo's eyes also revealed a satisfied smile.

  Li Li looked at Xu Fan's resolute back as he walked away, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart. Tears fell uncontrollably from her eyes. She knew that from this moment on, she had lost this man forever! Although this man was not accomplished in his career, he was absolutely a good husband and father at home. From the day they got married until now, she had never cooked a meal or washed a pair of socks.

  Because Xu Fan said that the dishes she made were not delicious, but she liked to eat his cooking, especially the soup he simmered. He also said her small hands were delicate and prone to getting stained with sock bacteria, and firmly refused to let her wash socks.

  The daughter Niu Niu cried and made a fuss, most of the time only he could coax her to calm down, because he was more patient with his daughter than she was! As long as he was at home, you would always hear the laughter of the father-daughter duo.

  I remember one time, she was riding her bike home from work when it started pouring rain. She got soaked and caught a cold that night! He got up in the middle of the night to make her ginger soup and even gave her a full-body massage until she felt warm and cozy all over. After sweating it out, she was fine. Since marrying him, she hasn't taken any medicine for a cold.

  Those days were tough and tiring, but they were real.

  But now those days are gone, what kind of days is waiting for her? Li Li didn't dare to think about it anymore.