The moonlight bathed the ground.
It wasn't the first time Ning Anmiao had had intimacy with Lu Yan, but every time she was left wanting more and enjoyed every moment.
Lu Yan was the perfect husband who knew how to take care of others. This was not only evident in their daily life but also...
in bed.
Ning Anmiao lay on the bed, raising her slender and fair wrist. Her onion - white fingers gently traced the sharp contours of the man's eyebrows beside her, inch by inch.
Lu Yan, the man who had taken her breath away at first sight.
Even after years of sharing the same bed, she never got tired of looking at his face.
Because of that first - sight fascination, she had defied the entire family's persuasion and insisted on marrying Lu Yan. She was even kicked out of her parents' house and cut off from them.
Yet she never regretted it.
"Not sleepy?" The man wasn't sound asleep. Sensing the restless little hand, his voice was deep and low. He held her little hand in his palm. The scalding temperature made her blush.
Before she could reply, the man's kisses rained down on her again. Wherever his fingers touched, a faint blush appeared.
"Lu Yan, aren't you... tired?" She turned her head away shyly but didn't reject his advances.
Lu Yan gently bit her lip. His clear and pleasant voice lowered as he whispered in her ear, "I can get even more tired."
Everything was ready. Lu Yan reached out his hand and habitually felt for the box on the bedside table.
It was empty.
The once - ambiguous and charming atmosphere instantly turned cold.
He immediately pulled away, stopped his advances, buttoned up Ning Anmiao's pajamas, and instead embraced her from behind, gently holding her in his arms.
"It's late. Go to sleep."
As calm and composed as ever, it was as if the overflowing passion just now had been an illusion.
Ning Anmiao opened her mouth, her voice hoarse. "Not going to continue?"
"Be good. We can't take risks."
These words completely sobered Ning Anmiao up.
This wasn't the first time.
Every time there was no contraceptive measure, this man could immediately control his impulses and enter a state of calm.
It was obvious that he didn't want a child at all.
But she did.
She and Lu Yan had been married for three years, but she had never been pregnant.
For a big family like the Lu family, the fact that there was no child after three years was a great disgrace.
Moreover, since she had fallen out with the Ning family and had no support from her natal family, the elders in the Lu family all looked down on her.
Especially Lu's mother.
Whenever Lu Yan wasn't around, Lu's mother would mock and sneer at Ning Anmiao. She didn't really regard her as the proper Mrs. Lu. And because her belly showed no signs of pregnancy, Ning Anmiao endured a lot of contempt.
Last week, Lu's mother pretended to sigh helplessly. Her words were full of barbs. "So many years have passed, and your belly still shows no signs. You should go to the hospital soon. If you can't be cured, I think you'd better stop pestering my son. Divorce him early so as not to harm him and our Lu family."
...
Ning Anmiao snapped out of her memories. Suppressing her emotions, she lifted her eyelids, composed herself, and said softly, "You don't want me to have your child that much? Do you know what your mother..."
"Mom said before that she's not in a hurry and respects our wishes."
Their conversation suddenly stopped. But the temperature in the room dropped to freezing because of his words.
The air still carried the familiar and indescribable smell of the two of them, but Ning Anmiao could keenly sense that the atmosphere had changed.
After a while, Lu Yan let out a soft sigh.
His voice was deep and still hoarse from the lingering passion. "Miaomiao, if we get divorced, not having a child will be more beneficial for your development."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Anmiao suddenly sat up straight in bed. Because she got up too suddenly, her legs were still weak, and her head felt dizzy. She almost lost her balance.
She didn't know if it was because she had been lying down for too long or because of Lu Yan's word "divorce".
So, he had really been planning for a divorce.
Sure enough, he was the "perfect" husband, even thinking about the worry that she might have a burden after the divorce!
Seeing that she couldn't sit still, Lu Yan instinctively reached out to support her waist to help her steady herself.
But the usually soft - as - water little woman quietly pushed him away.
"Don't touch me."
Lu Yan stood not far from the bedside. The dim yellow light in the bedroom made his jawline look even colder and harder.
"Miaomiao," his Adam's apple rolled slightly, and his expression remained normal. "Don't be petty. Be good."
Over the years, whenever she showed any sign of defying him, he would use this tone to order her.
At first, Ning Anmiao was happy because of his affectionate tone; but as time passed, she realized that it was just a perfunctory gesture.
A perfunctory way to make her immediately be obedient and well - behaved.
"Lu Yan, since you've planned everything so thoroughly, let's get divorced."
He didn't say a word. He got up, took out a lighter and a cigarette from his overcoat pocket, and lit it skillfully.
The room was soon filled with smoke.
Seeing him silent, Ning Anmiao also got out of bed. She casually coiled her long hair up and walked straight into the bathroom to wash away the traces of the previous intimacy.
Actually, Ning Anmiao had been thinking about divorce for a long time.
In the past three years, she had been living like there was a string tightened on her back. It was only the fluke hope that "he at least loved her a little" that had allowed her to barely survive until now.
She could ignore the malicious words of others; she could endure the sarcasm of Lu's mother.
Because she believed that Lu Yan would always stand by her side.
But the result proved that she was wrong.
After seeing his attitude clearly, that string suddenly snapped.
In a one - sided relationship, she couldn't see any light.
——
When she came out of the bathroom, the man still stood in the same position. The cigarette between his fingers was almost burned out, leaving only a dim spark.
He never smoked in the room.
"Divorce?" He stubbed out the cigarette in his hand. There was hardly any emotional fluctuation on his face. He just repeated what she had said before entering the bathroom. "You want a divorce?"
Ning Anmiao only thought for a second and then nodded.
After taking a shower, she was even more sober, and her determination to get divorced became stronger.
"Why do you want a divorce? Because I won't let you get pregnant?" Lu Yan asked as if the topic of their conversation was just an ordinary trivial matter.
But this question also stabbed Ning Anmiao. His attitude seemed to be mocking her for being unreasonable.
Her endurance and her ignoring of others' words were just her own wishful thinking.
In his eyes, her three - year - long dedication and endurance were just an unreasonable little thing!
"No." She raised her eyebrows slightly and suddenly lost all the strength to explain. "I think our marriage is meaningless. It's even boring."
"If it's meaningless, you were so proactive just now."
Ning Anmiao:...
"I'm tired, Lu Yan." She rubbed her temples and didn't want to continue this topic. "Let's consider this as a peaceful break - up tonight. As soon as it's dawn tomorrow, we'll go and handle the divorce procedures."
"Have you thought it through?"
Lu Yan's tone was calm. He didn't seem to be trying to find any way to save their marriage. "Then go to sleep. We'll deal with tomorrow's business tomorrow."
As soon as he finished speaking, he shifted his gaze and turned to go into the bathroom. Just like he always did after intimacy, he was going to take a shower as if nothing had happened.
Of course, he had been planning this for a long time. How could he be surprised?
It should be just what he wanted.
Ning Anmiao pulled at the corner of her lips and laughed self - deprecatingly. She walked barefoot to get the hair dryer to dry her hair.
The wet hair kept dripping water, which dropped onto the floor along the strands.
She didn't notice and stepped on the pooled water. Suddenly, her feet slipped, and her whole body tilted backward!
Ning Anmiao let out a scream. Her eyes widened in panic.
She saw a huge figure rushing towards her, trying to grab her. But because the floor was too wet, they both fell down. The man's forehead hit hers heavily.
"Bang!"
In the last second before losing consciousness, Ning Anmiao thought.
Divorce is divorce. Deliberately trying to kill someone with a head - butt. What kind of skill is that?