"But I don't want anything except a divorce." Gan Qi was very calm.

Meng Yan: "Why can't you give yourself a chance?"

"It's already been given. It's over."

Gan Qi looked indifferent, with reason in her eyes: "Mr. Meng, I don't think we need to waste time. You are of noble status, and your time is more valuable than mine, isn't it? A person's life is neither long nor short. I don't want to affect the rest of my life because of a wrong decision."

Meng Yan: "Only by being with me can you be happy for the rest of your life."

He said this firmly, but Gan Qi just smiled.

"Mr. Meng, I believe that what you say now is sincere, but who can guarantee the future? When you are young, you think that people will not change, and that romance is everything... Once you are 40 or 50 years old, you will wish that there will be a new woman by your side. By then, no matter how strong I am, there will be no room for change..."

"Now that I have cut the Gordian knot, I can live my life as I please. Even if I fail miserably one day in the future, I won't blame anyone."

"Mr. Meng, I believe that you are a kind person. Although I cannot understand the games you rich people play, you have helped me so many times after all...why don't we just be ordinary friends?"

There was an unprecedented determination in Gan Qi's eyes, and Meng Yan was a little stunned:

"normal friend?"

"Ah."

Ha ha.

Just an ordinary friend. How could she say that? She was so calm and composed, without any attachment to this marriage.

Gan Qi: "Also, if possible, I want to get my marriage certificate back as soon as possible."

"Impossible!" Meng Yan blurted out.

Hearing what she had just said, his chest felt heavy and he was already forcing himself to endure it.

"I have put away the marriage certificate and locked it in a safe. No one can get it except me."

Gan Qi didn't expect that he had already prepared for this step in advance.

"……Why?"

"Why else? There's no way I'll agree to a divorce!"

He had tried very hard to maintain his gentlemanly image and communicate with her as calmly as possible.

"Divorce is the wrong decision for you! You are just acting on impulse!"

Gan Qi: "I know whether it was impulsive or not... So, you are not going to give me the marriage certificate, right?"

After a long time, Gan Qi said again:

"It's okay even if they don't give it. I've asked before, and if a couple has been separated for two years, they can directly apply for annulment of the marriage."

Meng Yan was shocked: She actually wanted to be separated for two years?

Gan Qi didn't seem to care at all: "As long as there is no intimacy within two years, it will be automatically considered a divorce."

She took a sip of coffee and said, "Don't think about forcing me like you did last time. I'm not a weak woman. I hope both sides can be decent."

She looked determined, as if she had prepared for the worst.

Meng Yan's broad shoulders rose and fell with his breathing.

"Xiao Qi, have you never thought that we can walk together for a lifetime?"

“I thought about it, but I don’t think it’s possible.”

Gan Qi's eyes dimmed.

"I don't want to repeat the same thing again. There's no point in repeating it over and over again. Why make it embarrassing?"

This was a long negotiation.

It was called a negotiation, but in fact it was Gan Qi's unilateral announcement to put an end to the marriage.

Meng Yan didn't expect that he would have to compromise step by step.

"it is good."

In a low voice, he accepted Gan Qi's proposal for the first time.

This surprised Gan Qi. Her expression brightened: "You agree?"

Meng Yan: "I don't agree to divorce, and I won't give you a marriage certificate, but if you insist on separation... you can."

Gan Qi: "What's the difference? It's just a matter of time."

Meng Yan thought to himself: Of course there is a difference.

Divorce is possible only after two years of separation, which is more than 700 days. As long as she regrets it at any time during this period, the marriage can be saved.

Meng Yan: "We can live separately, but I don't want you to rent a house outside, and I don't want you to waste money buying such an old small house... If you want a place to stay, I hope you can come back and live here."

Finally, he added: "Don't worry, I won't touch you against your will."

Gan Qi smiled and said, "If we live under the same roof, is there any point in living separately? It is precisely because I don't want to go back that I plan to rent or buy a house."

Meng Yan: "That's the home where you got married after all."

Gan Qi: "Is it home? That's just where you act. Now as soon as I step into that house, there will be countless things telling me that this marriage is fake."

Gan Qi was very clear-headed: if a man and a woman live in the same house, it is very easy for the relationship to relapse. If things go wrong, they might break up and get back together again and again, which would be a constant source of entanglement. It would be better to stay away from each other.

This makes both parties more rational.

Meng Yan was silent for a long time. He really had no other choice.