President Shen Says He Hates Me, but Panics When I Really Want a Divorce

[Ex-husband’s redemption arc + running away while pregnant + exclusive devotion]

After their wedding, Xia Xingchui learns that her husband was once engaged to the woman he has always loved.

In the heady night, amid clinking glasses,

the man’s fingers turn white around his wineglass, his eyes bloodshot at the corners. “If hating her could help, Siyin wouldn’t have to suffer.”

Five years of loving him, four years of marriage.

Love turned to hate, and nothing was up to her.

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After narrowly escaping death, she finally makes up her mind.

She has to get a divorce.

But the two lines on the pregnancy test seem like one last plea for her to stay.

Xia Xingchui looks at Shen Suye.

His brow furrows almost imperceptibly.

His voice is calm and cruel: “Make an appointment for an abortion yourself.”

Xia Xingchui takes the divorce agreement from her bag and hands it to him.

“Since you hate me so much, Mr. Shen, let’s get divorced.”

He glances at it, then tosses the pregnancy test in the trash.

“Hate you? I’m disgusted by you!”

-

Xia Xingchui promises her daughter she’ll be the first one to pick her up.

At the kindergarten entrance, she spots a man on the street corner, eyes bloodshot and brow furrowed.

She ignores the murderous look in Shen Suye’s eyes.

He drags her to the end of an alley, pins her against the wall, and grips her shoulders.

His voice trembles as he chokes out,

“Why did you lie to me?”

“Please, just look at me...”