On the Wedding Night, I Transmigrated to After the Divorce – Chapter 45
by Little PandaBlocking Fu Yunqing
But I really want to steal the cat
“I don’t want Fu Yunqing anymore.”
Upon returning home, Yu Yan solemnly announced this decision to Lu Yu, who had just walked through the door.
Lu Yu paused in the motion of closing the door. Still holding the handle, she turned back and thoroughly inspected Yu Yan—taking in her tone that sounded incredibly certain yet extremely petulant, her slightly reddened eyes, and a nasal congestion much heavier than this morning.
“You’ve been crying?” Lu Yu closed the door.
She placed the groceries on the coffee table, sat down next to Yu Yan, and studied her face, becoming even more certain that she had shed tears. “Why were you crying?”
“Fu Yunqing didn’t scold you, did she?”
“No,” Yu Yan said calmly.
“I just suffer from tear incontinence1, you know that. When I was little and got into an argument, even if someone insulted me five times and I had already thought up exactly how to snap back at them, I’d still choke up the second I opened my mouth. I would even shed tears if I raised my hand in class and the teacher didn’t call on me.”
She actually sounded quite proud of this.
Lu Yu asked, “So, you fought with her?”
She hadn’t. She had cried without even arguing or being scolded, but this was perfectly normal for someone with tear incontinence. Yu Yan skipped over this foolish question and emphasized, “Anyway, I’ve already decided I don’t want Fu Yunqing anymore. I won’t shamelessly pester her again. She’s too moody—good one moment and bad the next. It’s too torturous. You know, you just can’t love emotionally unstable people. It’s not like she’s the only one for me. Why should I insist on getting back together with her? We’re already divorced, and I’ve forgotten everything from the past anyway. Maybe the heavens made me lose my memory just so I could say goodbye to the past. Don’t you think?”
Her voice was heavily nasal as she spoke, her tone full of grievances. Fearing that disagreeing would trigger another bout of tears, Lu Yu nodded. “The heavens made you lose your memory precisely so you could say goodbye to the past. So stop thinking about her. You can’t go against the will of heaven.”
Yu Yan looked at her. “There are a lot of rich ladies2 in Yuncheng, right?”
“Of course. It’s the Magic City3. If there’s one thing it’s not lacking, it’s beautiful, wealthy women.”
See, that just proved Fu Yunqing was even less of an absolute necessity. Yu Yan’s attitude was resolute. “I’m going to find a rich lady who is even wealthier than her and live an even happier life than before!”
“Now that’s the spirit,” Lu Yu played along with great enthusiasm. “Hurry up and check the Yuncheng rich list.”
Yu Yan said, “I’m going to block her.”
“Good.” Lu Yu picked up Yu Yan’s phone from the table and handed it to her. “Block her right now.”
Yu Yan’s expression stiffened. But since her momentum had already carried her this far, backing down now would be too great a blow to her pride. Besides, it was Fu Yunqing who found her annoying anyway. Fu Yunqing had said she shouldn’t send her that kind of stuff anymore—she could take it or leave it! If she didn’t want it, plenty of other people would.
Yu Yan took the phone and tapped into her chat with Fu Yunqing. A massive wall of her own messages sat there, left on read with no replies. It was glaringly painful to look at. Without hesitating any further, Yu Yan tapped on Fu Yunqing’s avatar and firmly confirmed the block.
“I’m going to go chat with other jiejies!”
So utterly incapable of enduring loneliness—this was classic Yu Yan. Lu Yu carried the newly bought groceries into the kitchen. When she returned after making two dishes—one meat, one vegetable—she found Yu Yan watching a cat video. It was the same one of the cat she had saved from Fu Yunqing’s WeChat Moments last time. Lu Yu had already seen her watch it eight hundred times.
Yu Yan suddenly regretted blocking Fu Yunqing. This meant she would never be able to see Honey again. Maybe she should unblock her every once in a while just to check her updates?
Lu Yu liked to play music while cooking. Right at that moment, the song playing happened to reach a perfectly fitting lyric: ‘Taking advantage of your long vacation traveling the world, to secretly take the cat away.’4
Yu Yan felt a sharp pang of sorrow listening to it. Pondering aloud, she asked, “Is there any way I can steal the cat?”
Lu Yu raised an eyebrow. “Weren’t you going to go chat with other jiejies?”
“What else can I do? She’s my child. A mother will always miss her child no matter what, even if I didn’t manage to win custody, and even if I’ve already blocked my ex-wife.”
Mother? Lu Yu searched her memory. “You said before that you were her older sister.”
“Oh, did I? Well, the eldest sister is like a mother.”
She always had a justification for everything. Lu Yu laughed aloud. “Time to eat.”
“Sigh.”
No matter how hard she thought, Yu Yan couldn’t figure out a way to steal the cat.
Could couples who co-parented a pet take their custody disputes to court after breaking up? Even if they could, it didn’t seem like she could win against Fu Yunqing. Although the cat had been given to her as a birthday gift, it was ultimately Fu Yunqing who bought Honey. Fu Yunqing had more money than her, Fu Yunqing had more experience taking care of cats than her, and Fu Yunqing was much more resourceful than her.
Even Honey herself only recognized Fu Yunqing now.
Yu Yan had absolutely no options.
Perhaps none of it had ever belonged to her in the first place.
Everything felt like a dream. Yu Yan felt as if she were a small boat drifting on a winding river; unable to control her direction, she could only let fate carry her along the current.
Nearly a week passed. She didn’t go anywhere, just stayed at home recovering from her illness. However, her recuperation wasn’t boring. She randomly hosted livestreams for a few dozen minutes at a time, filmed videos, replied to her fans’ private messages, scrolled through pictures of pretty girls, and chatted with them. Her life wasn’t decadent at all—and, showing great backbone, she hadn’t reached out to Fu Yunqing even once. Under Master Lu’s meticulous care, she was practically fully recovered.
Lu Yu was truly wonderful. She hadn’t let the sick Yu Yan eat takeout even once. Yu Yan was endlessly grateful, and every time she received her livestream earnings, she would transfer a large portion to Lu Yu.
“If you transfer it all to me, will you still have any money left to spend?” Lu Yu was quite hesitant when accepting the money. Although she was touched that Yu Yan knew how to repay a kindness, she didn’t want Yu Yan to shortchange herself just to show gratitude, no matter the circumstances. Furthermore, they didn’t need to keep such strict accounts between them. Lu Yu didn’t have much desire to spend money anyway, whereas the Young Miss really needed to spend money to keep herself happy.
Yu Yan was completely indifferent, not taking it to heart at all. “If I run out, I’ll just stream again.”
Obviously, to Young Miss Yu, this little bit of money wasn’t worth cherishing at all; it was perfectly suited for bribing someone as easily impressed as Lu Yu.
“Are you streaming later?” Lu Yu asked casually, seeing her picking out clothes.
“Mm-mm~” Yu Yan shook her head. “I’m going on a date with my older cousin.”
Older cousin? Date? Lu Yu quickly connected the dots. “Li Tong?”
“Yep, yep.”
Ever since that day, Yu Yan had stayed in touch with her. Her older cousin was especially caring toward her, brimming with affection just like in the past. After being escorted home that time, Yu Yan hadn’t properly thanked her yet. Her cousin was so busy—yet even when busy, she always replied to her messages instantly. Older cousin is so great. I really like my older cousin.
Today was her day off, so Yu Yan was going to treat her to a meal and properly thank her.
“Did you see her that night? She’s matured so much compared to three years ago. Her temperament is so good, and she’s so gentle. She’s practically every lesbian’s5 ideal type. I think I’ve definitely fallen in love with her again. I even dreamed about her last night.”
“Really? What did you dream about?”
“Hmm… I dreamed about going on a trip with her, holding hands and watching the sunset by the sea.” Yu Yan smiled extremely sweetly.
Lu Yu snorted a laugh. “How romantic.”
Lu Yu was quite relieved. During the first two or three days, Yu Yan would still mutter Fu Yunqing’s name, but after so many days without contact, it seemed she had completely forgotten about the woman. She hadn’t brought her up again and was already starting to go on dates with other people.
This was how Yu Yan was supposed to be—always carefree and happy. She shouldn’t be trapped in unhappy memories, unable to move on.
“Have fun.”
“I will~”
Meanwhile.
Xiao Jing had been plagued by anxiety for an entire week.
When attending Fu Yunqing’s class again, her guilty conscience made her too afraid to sit in the front row. She dragged her friend all the way to the very back. Completely unable to focus on the lecture, she held her phone, blindly tapping icons to relieve her anxiety, occasionally sweeping her gaze across the classroom as if searching for someone.
It was truly strange. In the past, she would never even let her mind wander during Teacher Fu’s classes. Why was the top student suddenly acting so out of character?
“What’s wrong with you? Did you confess your feelings to Teacher Fu or something? Why do you look so guilty?” her friend guessed with keen interest.
“How could that be?!” Xiao Jing hurriedly denied.
It was just a casual question; why was she denying it so vehemently? Her friend grew even more puzzled. “Then why are you suddenly afraid to face her? What’s the point of running to the back row and not even listening to the lecture?”
You wouldn’t understand, Xiao Jing said in her heart. If you had experienced what I experienced, you might not even dare to come to class.
She finally endured until the end of the class. Her friend packed up her things to leave, but Xiao Jing remained motionless in her seat. “You go on ahead.”
“Oh~” Her companion had a good sense of boundaries and didn’t pry further, merely offering a word of encouragement before leaving.
Encourage what? Does she really think I’m going to confess to Teacher Fu? Xiao Jing grumbled internally. She had lost those feelings a long time ago, okay?
It was just, it was just…
When the classroom had mostly emptied out, and seeing that the teacher had also finished packing up her things to leave, Xiao Jing took a deep breath, stood up, and walked down.
Fu Yunqing noticed her. Pausing her movements, she warmly met Xiao Jing’s gaze as the student walked up to her.
“What’s the matter?” Fu Yunqing asked.
“Teacher… I have something I’d like to tell you.”
Fu Yunqing waited for her to speak.
Xiao Jing asked in a small voice, “Have you and your ex-wife… gotten back together?”
Fu Yunqing didn’t answer. Xiao Jing kept her head bowed, too afraid to look at her, missing the quiet desolation that settled in the depths of Fu Yunqing’s eyes. Feeling the atmosphere stiffen, she hurriedly added, “I just wanted to ask you to apologize to her for me.”
“Why do you need to apologize?”
Xiao Jing took a deep breath, throwing caution to the wind!
“It’s about last Friday. Didn’t she come last Friday? You probably know about it by now…” Given Yu Yan’s personality, she must have gone complaining to Teacher Fu ages ago, right? Xiao Jing’s face flushed red, her words tumbling out incoherently. “It’s just, it’s just that I didn’t know you two had made up. I thought she was here to harass you, so I, so I was pretty fierce and mean to her. I said some things I shouldn’t have. She might have been scared of me. And then last Friday, I didn’t control my tone well, and I made her cry—actually, I didn’t say much! I was just really curious and asked her what her relationship with you was. She might have interpreted it as an interrogation, and coupled with her bad mood at the time, she, she cried. I didn’t really mean anything by it, I swear, I was just purely curious!”
Fu Yunqing froze slightly, hesitating for a moment. “…She cried that day?”
So Teacher Fu didn’t know!
Xiao Jing said, “I thought she would come again today, so I wanted to apologize to her in person. I didn’t expect… Let me apologize to you as well. I’m sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have been so presumptuous as to speak on your behalf. I have no right to interfere in the relationship between the two of you. I’m sorry, Teacher.”
Xiao Jing thought: Has Yu Yan really not complained to Teacher Fu yet? Is it because they’re still arguing? Still giving each other the cold shoulder? The fact that they haven’t made up yet wouldn’t have anything to do with me, would it? That was what Xiao Jing feared most. She had been reflecting constantly these past few days. She knew she was wrong, and she knew just how mean she had looked when, out of her own selfish desires, she told Yu Yan to stop harassing Teacher Fu. It was truly obnoxious. She was acting exactly like a vicious female supporting character6 in a novel. Even she was disgusted with herself.
Although she liked Teacher Fu, she still possessed basic morals. Also, that person really cried way too easily! She hadn’t even intended to do anything at the time, so why did the tears just start falling?
When Yu Yan shed tears and spoke with a sob in her voice, Xiao Jing had been utterly stunned and immediately chased after her. Yu Yan had picked up that dented thermos cup from the ground and walked down the campus path all alone. Xiao Jing had followed behind her, unable to swallow her pride and apologize, all the way until the other woman got into a car.
The more she thought about it, the more she regretted it. When she got back, she searched up Yu Yan’s Douyin account, repeatedly scrolled through those few videos of hers, and clicked follow. She even watched one of her livestreams—and whenever she watched her stream, she couldn’t help but picture the scene of making her cry. Driven by guilt, she sent two virtual gifts. They were just two gifts that didn’t even add up to a hundred yuan, yet Yu Yan had actually thanked her. She praised her casually chosen ID, “Don’t bully the rabbit, okay?”, saying it was so cute, and even called her a “gentle miss who protects the rabbit.” Xiao Jing was so mortified she wanted to die and immediately exited the livestream.
Her regret deepened even more. Yu Yan might actually be younger than her; she was just a little sister, the kind who wouldn’t even talk back when someone picked a fight with her. She had truly been bullying her.
“Teacher, I really was wrong. I know I was very obnoxious…”
“It’s fine. It’s already very good that you’re reflecting on it like this. As long as you can recognize your own mistakes, you won’t be obnoxious.”
“…Really?”
Fu Yunqing comforted her, “You don’t need to think too much about it.”
“…Okay. Thank you, Teacher Fu.”
“It’s nothing.”
“Then, Teacher Fu, the apology… could you help me pass it on?”
“I will. Alright, hurry up and go eat.”
With that said, Fu Yunqing grabbed her things and quickly, urgently rushed out of the classroom.
Footnotes
- 'Tear incontinence' (lèi shījìn) is a modern Chinese internet slang term describing someone whose physiological reaction to intense emotion—especially frustration, anger, or feeling wronged—is uncontrollable crying.
- 'Rich lady' (fùpó) is Chinese internet slang for a wealthy woman, often used in the context of lesbian relationships to refer to a financially successful partner who might 'keep' or support someone.
- 'Módū' (Magic City) is a common real-world nickname for Shanghai; used by Lu Yu as a hub for wealthy women.
- The lyrics are written in phonetically approximated Cantonese, jokingly translating to: 'Taking advantage of your long vacation traveling the world, to secretly take the cat away.'
- 'Lāzi' is modern Chinese slang for a lesbian.
- 'Vicious female supporting character' (èdú nǚ pèi) is a common trope in Chinese web novels, referring to a spiteful rival who antagonizes the female lead.
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