After my divorce, I started to have good luck
Chapter 403 - 233: Not Eating the Grass That’s Turned Back_2

Chapter 403: Chapter 233: Not Eating the Grass That’s Turned Back_2

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before Liu Ying called Chen Feng directly. Seeing her phone number was from Xiu Zhou, she must have really moved back to Xiu Zhou.

"Hey, old classmate, can you recognize my voice?"

Although it’s been a few years, Liu Ying’s voice is still so sweet and soft, with that unique softness of Southern girls.

"My class beauty, when did you return to the country?"

"How did you know it was me?" Liu Ying was slightly surprised, then quickly figured it out, "Oh, it must be Zhang Kewei. I initially asked him for your contact information, and he actually said he didn’t have it and needed to ask other classmates. Looks like he deliberately didn’t give it to me and asked you first, right?"

"Haha, class beauty, you’re still as wise and clever as ever." Chen Feng didn’t deny it, laughing, he directly sold out Zhang Kewei.

"That Zhang Kewei, he’s so annoying. Just like when we were in school, always scheming."

"Then you got it wrong. When it comes to scheming, no one in our class can match Cao Jun."

"Haha, all these years and you’re still not satisfied with Cao Jun." Liu Ying laughed heartily, looking very happy.

"Yeah. If he hadn’t secretly smeared me back then, maybe I would have caught up with you already. Because of his slander, our budding relationship was nipped in the bud, missing out on a potentially good marriage."

To Chen Feng’s surprise, Liu Ying wasn’t angry at these words, nor did she refute them. Instead, she sighed gently and said, "It can only be said that life’s unpredictable, or maybe it’s fate. Back in freshman year, I actually had a good impression of you too, you were kind of like my ideal type when I was young—handsome, athletic, smart. What a pity, past times can’t be retrieved."

Listening to her expressive reflection, Chen Feng, thinking about how both of them are now divorced, couldn’t help but feel slightly sentimental as well.

However, Chen Feng quickly shifted away from the somewhat heavy and ambiguous topic and asked, "Are you in Xiu Zhou now? I see your phone number’s from there."

"Yes. I’m divorced. Also, I could never really get used to living abroad, and with my parents both in the country, I just decided to move back home."

Since Liu Ying is originally from Xiu Zhou, Chen Feng wasn’t surprised by this.

"I don’t know whether to congratulate you or sympathize with you. But being able to return home and reunite with your parents is quite nice."

"Exactly. After going around abroad for so many years, I ended up coming back to the country, back to my parents’ side. In this world, the only people who truly treat you well are your birth parents." Liu Ying appeared to be reflecting deeply on life.

"How long have you been back?" Chen Feng asked casually.

"Two or three months, not in the mood to look for a job currently, just staying at home with my parents, adjusting my mood."

"I heard you have a child, didn’t you bring them back?" Chen Feng didn’t see the need to avoid the topic and asked directly.

"The child is abroad, because they’ve been receiving foreign education since they were young. If I brought them back, they might not adapt, plus they don’t speak much Mandarin."

"How old are they?"

"Seven years old."

Hearing the child’s age, Chen Feng couldn’t help but feel a little speechless. He remembered that Liu Ying was the same age as him, which meant she got pregnant not long after studying abroad, giving birth at twenty-three or twenty-four years old. That was quite fast.

Also, considering pregnancy and the aspect of raising a child, she might have given up on her academic pursuits long ago.

"Just one child?" Chen Feng asked.

"Yes, just one son."

"Didn’t you and your ex-husband plan to have more?" Chen Feng asked curiously. It’s pretty rare for a couple abroad to have just one child.

They either have none, or at least start with two.

"My ex-husband hoped I would at least have two more, but I’m not a baby-making machine. I also didn’t want to stay home with kids, so I never had more. There’s that aspect involved in our divorce too. How about you? I heard from classmates that you also divorced and don’t have kids, what’s the story?"

It’s quite satisfying to ask about others’ gossip, but when others ask about yours, it’s definitely uncomfortable.

However, since he asked her first, he couldn’t very well not answer.

"Yes, I also got divorced. The reason for not having kids was that my work income was always low, afraid of not being able to afford raising a child, so it was delayed and eventually led to divorce. It’s kind of a blessing in disguise, as otherwise, with a child’s involvement, the divorce wouldn’t have been so easy."

"Sigh, every household has its troubles. You’re right, with a child in the picture, there are many concerns in a divorce. Otherwise, I would have divorced years ago. Dragged it out until now, and only when I couldn’t stand it anymore did I have to end it."

"You’ve been with your ex-husband for quite a few years, right? When you chose him, it must not have been a hasty decision. How did it come to divorce?"

"When I went abroad to study, everything was new and unfamiliar, and my language skills weren’t great. He was a Chinese immigrant, a graduate senior from my school, very caring towards me, quite handsome, had a great job, and stable income. You know, being in a foreign country, a lone girl like me would be easily moved by a gentle and considerate guy like him.

As a result, I officially started dating him, then unexpectedly got pregnant. With his strong persuasion, I had to pause my studies and have the child. Afterward, I had to become a full-time housewife, just staying at home taking care of the kid and doing chores, completely disrupting my life plans.

Dating him was probably the decision I regret most in my life. When the child was three, he cheated on me. After his fervent pleas and promises not to do it again, I had to keep the marriage going for the child’s sake, until now when the child is seven, and I couldn’t tolerate his betrayals anymore, finally officially divorcing him."

"Listening to you, your husband—no, your ex-husband really is a scumbag. You trusted him so much, gave up your studies to have his child, and what you got in return was betrayal."

"He indeed is a scumbag. In recent years, the ones I had evidence for, he cheated on five or six women, and who knows how many more that I don’t have evidence for."

"With such a scumbag, are you assured leaving your son with him for upbringing?"

"Whether I’m assured or not, there’s no choice. I’ve made up my mind to divorce him; he has a high-income stable job and is a shareholder in a company, whereas my work situation has been unstable abroad. If I were to fight for custody, my chances aren’t great. Also, he said if I fight for custody, he would drag out the divorce case with me. To get out quickly, I had no choice but to relinquish custody to him. Though he’s unqualified as a husband, he’s quite a decent father. He’s a doting dad, so I’m not worried my son will suffer with him."

Chen Feng sighed and said, "But now he’s without a mom, it’s quite pitiful to think about."

As soon as Liu Ying heard this, she immediately had a tearful tone and said loudly with a hint of anger, "Chen Feng, you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? Trying to make me cry, right?"