After my divorce, I started to have good luck-Chapter 873 - 468: Loving Both Money and You

Lin Yujiao's curiosity is understandable. Chen Feng had roughly told her about his reasons for divorce, but he hadn't gone into too much detail.

This time, they unexpectedly encountered Shen Lin, so naturally, Lin Yujiao wanted to take the opportunity to learn more.

"To put it simply, back then, I had no money and wasn't very ambitious. Then we had a silent cold war, and our feelings for each other wore down, making us both quite miserable. In the end, I felt I couldn't waste her time anymore and didn't want the cold war to continue, so I initiated the divorce. Initially, she wasn't very willing to divorce, but I insisted, so we split up.

In this divorce, I bear most of the responsibility, and she bears less. Not long after the divorce, I suddenly got lucky. First, I won a big lottery prize, and then I made quite a bit of money in stocks. In short, I became wealthy, bought a car and a house. She found out about my post-divorce situation, and perhaps because she still had feelings for me, she wanted to get back together. But I didn't agree."

Aside from not telling her about my terminal illness at the time, I basically told her everything else, which was quite honest.

After hearing all of this, Lin Yujiao sided with Shen Lin, saying, "So why didn't you remarry her? I just heard that crazy woman say she almost turned her back on her parents for you back then. It shows she really liked you."

Chen Feng looked at her speechlessly, "If I had remarried her, would there still be anything between us?"

Lin Yujiao smiled slightly, "Remarrying her is one thing; keeping a relationship beyond friendship with you is another. Anyway, I never hoped to marry you."

"You have a broad view." Chen Feng remarked, taking a sip of iced coffee, and then he said, "Mainly, my heart grew restless, and the feelings faded. Besides, like the saying goes, you can't step into the same river twice. I've been through it once and almost drowned; I wouldn't be foolish enough to step in again."

Lin Yujiao stared at Chen Feng and said, "In my view, you're just a heartless man in this matter."

Chen Feng couldn't refute, nor did he want to, because he indeed was somewhat heartless in the matter with Shen Lin. Even though he later gave her a million as a breakup fee, he couldn't deny it.

"You're right. Back then, when I was a poor boy, she genuinely loved me and sacrificed a lot. I wronged her." Chen Feng nodded sincerely and said.

Seeing him like this, Lin Yujiao, on the contrary, spoke for him, "She sacrificed a lot for you back then, but I think you must have sacrificed a lot too. The breakdown of a marriage shouldn't be just one person's responsibility; she must bear some responsibility too."

Chen Feng laughed and said, "You're addressing both sides."

Lin Yujiao also laughed and said, "I'm just being objective. Still, I really feel sorry for the two of you, especially you. She's so beautiful, and she was willing to marry you when you were broke, which must have been true love. But you actively gave it up, and she wanted to reconcile, but you didn't agree."

"You're still siding with her. If I really reconciled with her, it wouldn't necessarily lead to happiness. Marriage and love are different; love is between two people, but marriage is between two families. Her parents never thought highly of me when I was the poor son-in-law, and they didn't even attend the wedding. Later, when they learned about our divorce, they asked me for alimony. Also, my parents were not very pleased with her.

Moreover, she contacted me for reconciliation only after knowing I became wealthy. If I had remained poor after the divorce, she probably wouldn't have contacted me again, let alone reconciled. In such a situation, if you were in my shoes, would you want to get back together?"

Lin Yujiao blinked and didn't answer that question, but instead curiously asked another, "Did her parents ask you for alimony? Did you give it? How much?"

Chen Feng glanced at her and said blandly, "Yes, a million."

Lin Yujiao hurriedly asked, "Does she know about this?"

"Of course, she knows. I transferred the million directly to her bank account."

Lin Yujiao quickly asked again, "Didn't she return the money to you?"

Chen Feng smiled and asked back, "If it were you, would you return it?"

Lin Yujiao was stunned for a while, then shook her head and honestly said, "No, I wouldn't. Since you don't want to reconcile with me, I certainly wouldn't return the breakup fee; otherwise, I'd be at a loss."

Chen Feng nodded with a smile, "That's it. In such a situation, at least 90 out of 100 women would choose to keep the money. It's human nature."

Lin Yujiao sighed slightly, "You're right, it's human nature. But because of this, you can't help but feel uncomfortable, right?"

Chen Feng nodded, "A bit uncomfortable. After all, at first she swore she still loved me, but when I refused to reconcile, she unhesitatingly accepted the money I gave, with no intention of returning it. With her actions, do you think she truly loved me?"

Lin Yujiao shook her head, "I don't know about that. Maybe she truly loves you, but she also loves money. She loves both you and money."

Chen Feng laughed, "Well said. She loves both. Well put!"

Lin Yujiao bitterly smiled and shook her head. Love and money often conflict, and often, one can only choose one over the other.

It's hard to believe in love built upon a foundation of money as true love.

Chen Feng and Lin Yujiao sat in the café for more than an hour, then took a walk at the Lakefront for about half an hour, before finding a relatively clean restaurant nearby to have lunch.

While eating, Chen Feng received a call from Guo Mengyao, asking when he planned to contact her stepbrother.

Needless to say, it was Mrs. Guo pushing her, and then she was pushing Chen Feng.

Chen Feng thought about it and said he would invite her stepbrother and that Zhai Xinxin for dinner tonight, and would call her stepbrother soon.

Guo Mengyao was satisfied and hung up the phone.

After finishing his meal, Chen Feng indeed called her stepbrother, Geng Lehua.

Geng Lehua had already been tipped off and knew that his step-sister's fiancé was running a business in Xiu Zhou, and upon knowing that her stepbrother was also in Xiu Zhou, he wanted to meet.

This is quite normal social interaction, so Geng Lehua understandably couldn't refuse. Moreover, he wanted to buy a wedding house in Xiu Zhou, entirely relying on his step-sister's biological mother—his stepmother—for the funds.

As the future son-in-law of his stepmother, and being a business owner in Xiu Zhou, Geng Lehua was also willing to meet.

Therefore, after Chen Feng officially invited him over the phone, he readily agreed and even expressed gratitude. Since Chen Feng said he would treat, his stepbrother naturally wouldn't refuse.

After the call ended, Chen Feng didn't specifically tell Lin Yujiao about Geng Lehua. After all, this was Guo Mengyao's family affair, and he thought it was best not to let outsiders know.

Lin Yujiao was curious and inquired, so Chen Feng just briefly said it was Guo Mengyao's stepbrother, who happened to also work in Xiu Zhou, and he planned to invite him out for dinner tonight to get to know each other.