After the Divorce, My Ex-Wife Ascended Through Academia

Everyone in the industry knows that Qiao Beisi has an unshakable type: fair-skinned, slender, beautiful, refined, gentle-spoken, and preferably highly educated. He's gay, but his taste is straight as an arrow. He's got the temper of a stray dog, yet he's been so handsome and rich that nobody's ever stuffed him into a sack and beaten him up.

And somehow, by sheer dumb luck, he managed to snag a beauty and marry him.

Rong Qing was pursuing a combined bachelor's, master's, and doctorate at Yanda University when he met Qiao Beisi at a dinner party. They started dating the next month and got their marriage certificate before the year was out.

Qiao Beisi was satisfied with his marriage. Rong Qing was gorgeous, with a great figure, a beautiful voice, a sweet disposition, and a refined air. His only flaw was staying up late to work on experiments, leaving the house feeling empty. But Qiao Beisi had set him straight, and he'd changed.

Qiao Beisi thought he would spend the rest of his life with his wife and child (the kitten Rong Qing raised), enjoying a cozy home. He never expected Rong Qing to ask for a divorce in their fifth year of marriage.

Qiao Beisi went through several stages: disbelief, suspicion that his wife had someone else, and fury. In the end, he returned to disbelief. He couldn't understand why Rong Qing was so determined to leave him, even willing to walk away with nothing.

But Qiao Beisi wasn't too worried. He knew Rong Qing would come back to him. Without his funding, it was only a matter of time before their little research group collapsed. His ex, who valued academia as much as his own life, would come crawling back to him on his own.

A week later, however, Qiao Beisi received an invitation from Switzerland. He was invited to attend Rong Qing's award ceremony as his ex-husband.

At the podium, Rong Qing spoke with a faint smile, delivering his speech in the gentle voice Qiao Beisi loved most:

"...I'd like to thank my advisor, my senior, everyone working in the lab, and my ex-husband, who volunteered to become a subject in my experiment."

Sitting below the stage, Qiao Beisi's face turned livid. He crushed the wineglass in his hand.

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Many people had asked Rong Qing why he chose to be with Qiao Beisi. The man was extremely controlling, arrogant, and domineering. He'd had a terrible temper in his younger days and showed his partner little respect. Yet Rong Qing was practically obedient to him, never complaining no matter how he was treated.

Some thought it was for Qiao Beisi's money, others for his power. People who really knew Rong Qing dismissed both explanations and thought he might have liked Qiao Beisi's looks, that he was physically attracted to him.

But Rong Qing knew the truth. The answer had been settled the moment he picked up his freshly printed medical examination report, still warm, that morning.

His hands trembled with excitement. He raised his head, barely suppressing the corners of his lips from turning up, and looked at the defiant man before him. Gently, he said:

"I do."

-----------------Note for readers-------------------

1. A pseudo "chasing the wife to the crematorium" story.

2. Heterosexual, chauvinistic, controlling top x academically gifted beauty bottom, practically dead inside.

3. If you like it, please add it to your collection~

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