Ning Shiyu stood coldly in the middle of the group until his gaze landed on Lin Nuan. He subconsciously stopped in his tracks.
Three years. For three whole years, Lin Nuan had imagined countless encounters.
However, she never expected that they would meet so suddenly. She was caught off guard.
Lin Nuan's palms were pressed tightly against the mid-length coat, and she subconsciously rubbed the sweat off her palms.
The parting seemed to have happened yesterday.
However, this person seemed like a stranger.
Unknowingly, Ning Shiyu turned away from everyone and stood in front of her. He lowered his eyes and looked straight at her.
Lin Nuan had nowhere to hide, so she smiled and regained her composure as she greeted, "How are Mom and Dad?"
"Very good," Ning Shiyu answered expressionlessly.
"I'll go back and take a look then. I won't disturb your work."
With that, Lin Nuan brushed past the crowd and disappeared from everyone's sight.
Lin Nuan was back. The woman who had left after giving him the divorce papers was back.
After three years of no news, she came back again.
"CEO Ning."
"Mm." The person beside him called him again. Only then did Ning Shiyu come back to his senses and continue viewing the other party's company.
However, his thoughts were disrupted and he kept thinking about the scene where someone stuffed a wedding ring into his arms.
After work, the first thing Lin Nuan did was to pick Lin Shenshen up at the childcare center.
When the little guy saw Lin Nuan, his face, which had been gloomy the entire day, finally broke into a smile. He hugged Lin Nuan and refused to let go.
"Lin Shenshen is very obedient. A child like him can rarely eat and go to the washroom by themselves."
Hearing the teacher's praise, Lin Nuan felt gratified.
She was busy with her studies abroad, and Lin Shenshen had been very independent since young. He was so obedient that it made her heart ache.
After leaving the childcare center, the mother and son held hands as they went to buy groceries and prepare dinner.
However, that unexpected encounter kept flashing in her mind, as if it was a dream.
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Two days later, when Lin Nuan was busy at the law firm, Su Mubai suddenly called her.
After picking up the call, Lin Nuan went straight to the point and asked, "Mubai, has the house been settled?"
Su Mubai was Ning Shiyu's cousin and had been classmates with Lin Nuan and Gao Xiaomei for many years.
The three of them were very close when they were studying. They even formed a group, the Three Musketeers.
"Nuan Nuan, there's something I need to report to you." Su Mubai continued, "But you have to promise me that you won't get angry, and you most definitely can't get angry at me."
"Okay." Lin Nuan agreed without thinking.
It's just buying a house. At most, it's just that he did not manage to buy a house. What was there to be angry about?
"Nuan Nuan, when I went to settle the paperwork for you today, I realized that you and my brother have never gotten a divorce. If you want to buy a house, you have to get my brother to step in or settle the divorce procedures. Otherwise, it won't be easy to get a house."
Su Mubai rambled on and on.
Lin Nuan was confused. "Su Mubai, can you slow down? I don't understand."
Taking a deep breath, Su Mubai held his breath and solemnly said, "Nuan Nuan, my brother didn't divorce you, so you can't buy a house now."
"Impossible."
Impossible. Absolutely impossible.
No one knew better than her how much Ning Shiyu was against that marriage.
He could choose not to do anything, and he could even choose not to eat or sleep. How could he reject the divorce?
However, Su Mubai said that this was the current situation. In order to ensure that there were no mistakes, he asked Lin Nuan to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to investigate.
Lin Nuan was extremely vexed. She applied for leave from her superior and went straight to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
She took out her identity card and checked it. The eye-catching words marked "Married".
Unwilling to give up, she asked the staff if there had been any changes.
The counter staff looked at her strangely. "Don't you know if you're married or not? You're married. You got married five years ago."