Chapter 363: A Divorce
Meanwhile, as the couple parked in the driveway, Lu Shuya and Kang Liang got out of the Lu family home.
"I thought you would be more... I dunno... shocked?" Kang Liang said as he and Lu Shuya stepped out and sat on the steps In front of the house.
Lu Shuya, before she answered him, took out a cigarette, put it in between her lips and then she put her hand in front of Kang Liang and said, "Lighter."
Kang Liang gave it to her.
The two had become closer these past few weeks. With Kang Liang coming over at least once a day, Lu Shuya quickly understood that she couldn't keep arguing with him and so the two had somehow become smoking buddies. Lu Shuya, despite being easily annoyed by the man, didn't hate him unless he said anything sexual then she would get annoyed.
Lighting her cigarette, Lu Shuya sucked the bitter smoke into her lungs and then she held it in, letting it burn slightly, before she pushed the smoke out.
She then turned to Kang Liang and said, "If my parents want to get a divorce that's their choice. What should I do? Be a brat? Kick and scream and tell them not to do this to me? I'm 24 years old. I'm not a baby. I don't need my parents to be together. It's their lives. As long as they divorce amicably, that's all I could ask for. At least it means I can spend time with both of my parents without them being at each others throats like most divorced parents."
Listening to her logic, Kang Liang couldn't help but agree. Divorce was hard for everyone, the parents, the children... but for the Lu family this seemed too easy.
When Lu Xiaoling and Xu Shen had held hands as they told Lu Shuya, Lu Duyi and Kang Liang, who had just been passing by, they seemed very calm.
Frankly, Kang Liang thought that a big scene would ensue but Lu Shuya had easily accepted and Lu Duyi, who was still in high school and the baby of the family, even congratulated them.
This was something Kang Liang didn't understand but this was because he had never experienced living with Lu Xiaoling. The woman had always been blank and unloving but for the first time today, Lu Xiaoling had apologized to the two kids for all she'd done, she'd hugged them and Lu Shuya and Lu Duyi had felt as if they could cry. Their mother felt something for them, for once... and whatever caused that change in her, they were grateful.
After she had held them to her heart, she had even said,
"I know I haven't been much like a mother but I will always be your mother. Whenever you need me, I'll try to be there for you now... as I wasn't before." She then let go of the two and walked over to Xu Shen and looked at the man like he was her saviour before she turned back to the kids and said, "your father and I, even if we are divorcing, will always be your parents and you don't have to worry, we're not divorcing because we hate each other, we're divorcing because... it's time for us both to let go and be free... I will always love your father as my closest friend."
Lu Xiaoling's words were truthful. She wasn't in love with the man, but she did love him like no other. She wouldn't have stayed with him for more than a decade, if she hadn't.
Thinking back to this, Lu Shuya sighed, "I have to say, it's a bit of a shame but I think it's for the best... my mom looks happy and dad... he seems really fresh. Like a new beginning."
"Oh really?" Kang Liang said as he took out his own cigarette and put it between his lips. He was going to get his lighter which Lu Shuya held in her hands but instead he approached the girl and said, "Stand still."
Lu Shuya, who held her cigarette in her mouth heard this but she was a bit confused until Kang Liang put his face right in front of her.
Kang Liang was just lighting his cigarette using hers but, Seeing his face so close, Lu Shuya's eyes widened and she couldn't help but stare at the man's long eyelashes. It made her heart race.
Lu Shuya felt herself freeze up for a second but as soon as she snapped back into reality she pushed the man who stumbled back on the stairs.
Lu Shuya then took the cigarette out of her mouth and said, "What the hell do you think your doing! Personal space. respect it!"
Hearing this, Kang Liang laughed a bit. He was used to Lu Shuya's way of being and he knew she was going to push him, but he just wanted to tease her a bit. But then, Kang Liang said, "Why do you think your parents are divorcing though?"
"Probably because my mom loves someone else." Lu Shuya said simply. "At least that would explain the changes in her."
Hearing this, Kang Liang frowned but before he could speak, Lu AnLing appeared before the two and said,
"What happened?"
Lu Shuya looked up to her sister before she stood up, threw her cigarette to the floor and crushed it.
"Mom and dad are getting a divorce."
"Oh..." Lu AnLing said simply.
Seeing how nonchalant she was, Kang Liang was completely confused and then he said, "Why are you siblings so weird?! If my parents were getting a divorce I would freak out even if I was 50!"
Hearing this, Lu AnLing touched her fringe awkwardly.
Lu AnLing had half expected this to happen. Seeing her mothers eyes when she looked st her father, Lu AnLing could tell that Tang Yian was Lu Xiaoling's true love.
"Well..." Lu AnLing said as she began explaining the events that had transpired at the Tang household.
Lu Shuya couldn't believe her ears and Kang Liang, who had remembered that Lu AnLing's father was Tang Yian, hit his forehead with his palm as if he was trying to make his brain work.
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