Only on the Day We Divorced Did He Realize I Had Never Owed Him Anything

After three years of marriage, Xu Zhiyi finally decided to divorce Gu Chengzhou.

In the eyes of others, she was Mrs. Gu. She lived in a beautiful home, wore designer clothes, and enjoyed the life so many people envied.

Only she knew how many times she had waited for a phone call, how many meals she had left out to go cold, and how many excuses she had made for him over those three years.

Gu Chengzhou always said he was busy, that she was sensible, and that married couples shouldn’t keep score over every little thing.

It wasn’t until their wedding anniversary, when she saw him attending a banquet with another woman, that she suddenly realized it was all pointless.

She didn’t cry or make a scene. She simply placed the divorce papers she had signed on the table.

Gu Chengzhou thought she was throwing another tantrum.

It was only when she moved out, canceled every arrangement connected to him, and stopped answering his calls that he realized the woman who used to wait for him to come home, no matter how late it was, truly didn’t want him anymore.

Later, he began learning to remember what she liked, to keep his promises, and to show up when she needed him.

But the more he did, the more clearly he saw what a bastard he had been.

At last, he earned her forgiveness, but he never heard her say they could start over.

Until one day, Xu Zhiyi asked him calmly:

"Gu Chengzhou, now that you love me so much, is it because you truly want to spend your life with me, or because I finally stopped loving you?"

He was silent for a long time.

This time, he couldn’t even come up with an excuse.

Only later did he understand that some people don’t leave all at once. They simply wait too long, and finally stop waiting.