To You, My Beloved

Neither Su Nianhua nor April said anything.

The staff saw that the two people looked slightly wrong, and the joyful smile on their faces suddenly faded away. They were silent for a while, and then said loudly: "Are you two here to handle divorce procedures?"

Su Nianhua didn't react at all. April, who was sitting next to him, nodded slightly.

"Have you brought all the documents for both of you? Divorce agreement, marriage certificate, ID cards."

April opened the bag and took out all the documents. After the staff took them, they looked at them twice, but did not go through the divorce procedures. Instead, they followed the procedure and asked the two people seriously: "What is this?" This is your last chance, are you really sure you want a divorce?"

There was a long silence between Su Nianhua and April. April clenched her fists, and after a while, she nodded to the staff sitting inside.

Su Nianhua waited until April nodded, then opened his mouth slightly, took a slow breath, and said "hmm" softly.

The staff didn't say anything, but just handed the two people a divorce registration form.

Su Nianhua and April took the form at the same time, picked up their pens, and signed the signature at the same time.

The staff took the forms, canceled their marriage certificates, and issued divorce certificates.

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After coming out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Su Nianhua asked, "Are you going back to the wedding venue?"

April nodded slightly.

Su Nianhua said nothing and opened the car door for April.

Su Nianhua started the car and after driving for a certain distance, April handed one of the two divorce certificates in his hand to Su Nianhua: "This is yours."

Su Nianhua turned his head, took a look, and stretched out his hand to take it.

There was silence in the car again. After a long while, April seemed to have remembered something and said, "I have divorced you, so I won't go to your place at night."

Su Nianhua tightened his grip on the steering wheel, and after a long moment, he said hesitantly, "Yeah."

April turned her head and stared at the scenery outside the car window. After a while, she said: "You have some of my things at home, but they are not important things, just some clothes. You can ask the hourly worker to clean them up and throw them away when the time comes." Alright."

Su Nianhua stared straight ahead, pursed his lips tightly, as if he had not heard April's words, and did not respond for a long time.

April waited for a moment and saw that he didn't speak. When she was about to close her eyes, she heard Su Nianhua's voice and said belatedly: "I know."

It was just three simple words, but they made April want to cry inexplicably. She pretended to be sleepy and closed her eyes.

The car drove forward quickly and returned to the entrance of the Red Garden Resort Villa.

When April saw that Su Nianhua didn't drive in, she turned her head and glanced at him: "You're not going in?"

"Yeah." Su Nianhua nodded.

April didn't say much else. She just unbuckled her seat belt and opened the car door. When she got out of the car, she hesitated and said, "Nianhua, our marriage will start from now on." We have forgotten each other and pretended they didn’t exist. No matter what, we will see each other often in the future. I am still the fourth child and you are still the fifth child, right?"

Su Nianhua seemed a little absent-minded. He opened his mouth, and it took him a long time before he made a sound, which was still a single consonant "Hmm."