Secretary Jiang throws out the divorce papers, and President Huo loses control with red eyes.

Chapter 162 Horstley, we're going to the Civil Affairs Bureau to apply for a divorce next Wedne

Deliberately avoiding.

Thinking of those four words, although she felt there was still something illogical about them, Jiang Qin's brows furrowed instantly.

She doesn't have much time left; it's almost the end of October, and she'll be going abroad to start her new job in the four months leading up to the beginning of September.

It's been a month since the beginning of October, and now a month and a half has already passed.

November, December, the final deadline is early January.

The fetus is more prone to problems in the first three months of pregnancy, but the pregnancy will become more noticeable after four months.

This means she'd better leave as soon as the baby is three months old.

Moreover, because of the baby, she also had to make sure that she didn't wait until the last minute to fly out, otherwise it would be too rushed—you can't rush anything during pregnancy, otherwise it's easy for bad things to happen.

Then there's the cooling-off period for divorce, which will take her another thirty days, or a whole month.

With only a few days left in early January as the deadline for starting work, it was natural to use that time to deal with her life abroad.

And those few days certainly wouldn't be enough, so she had planned ahead—

At least half a month in December needs to be set aside for her to fly there and take care of all the daily life and work matters abroad, including housing, transportation, medical care, and food.

So, going back to mid-November, or even mid-December, she would have to be within the 30-day cooling-off period for divorce.

That means she has to sign the divorce papers with Horst before mid-November.

Furthermore, you must go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with him, holding the divorce papers, to apply for a divorce! Absolutely!

And this was already a situation she felt was bad enough and slow enough; she couldn't back down any further.

After all, she would be pregnant, and it would be in a foreign country, so she would easily experience acclimatization problems and other discomforts.

She needed to plan enough time for herself and her unborn baby to adapt to the local conditions—severe acclimatization issues could be really tough, something she could manage in the past, but with a baby, she couldn't be sure.

Therefore, she could not compress the time any further.

Therefore, I can only shorten the time it takes to get the divorce certificate with him.

Jiang Qin has a Type J personality, and the feeling that her plans might be disrupted made her very uncomfortable, especially since this plan wasn't a work plan like before, but one that involved her child.

Jiang Qin tried to calm herself down, but when she realized this, she couldn't tolerate the existence of a threat.

After a pause, Jiang Qin got straight to the point again, speaking directly.

"Okay, you're pretty busy right now, but you should still have time to eat, right? I know you read documents quickly, so don't try to fool me—here's what I'll do: I'll send you the electronic version of the divorce agreement that I've revised, and you can take a look at it when you have some free time during your meals these next couple of days."

"If there are no problems, I'll print it out and sign it first. Then, once you've confirmed when you're going back to China, give me a time."

"Oh, by the way, your business trip with He Xu shouldn't be too long, right? After all, in the past, when you had these kinds of sudden business trips, you would usually come back after you finished dealing with things, usually within about a week."

Huo Sili opened his mouth as if to say something, but Jiang Qin's calm and pleasant voice rang out again from the other end of the phone.

"Of course, I actually feel like you're lying to me, but I hope it's just my imagination—I don't care whether you're really abroad or in China right now, or whether you're deliberately avoiding me. I don't care."

"Now, I want to tell you—Hosley, I'm serious about this divorce, and I hope you'll be serious about it too. Please don't drag it out any longer."

"Okay, once you've made up your mind, give me a time. When you come back, we'll go directly to the Civil Affairs Bureau to submit the divorce application and resolve this matter as soon as possible."

Meanwhile, in the corridor outside the private room of the club, Huo Sili's eyes turned from dim to completely ashen, and this ashen look was even darker than when he was sitting in the private room.

Just as I was about to say something, two figures suddenly darted out of the private room behind me and hopped and skipped toward us.

"Brother Huo, whose phone is that? Why did you come all the way here to answer it?" Sheng Zhan, completely oblivious to the situation, teased in his voice.

Jiang Qin and Sheng Zhan had met before, more than once. They had run into each other when they went to the Wen family to discuss business with Wen Chen. Huo Sili quickly covered the microphone of his phone and glanced at the other party with a cold look.

That gaze was so cold that even the most nonchalant young master Sheng immediately shut up and became serious. Not only that, he was actually a little frightened by Huo Sili's gaze, which seemed to be about to kill him.

As he shut his mouth, Sheng Zhan also grabbed Qiu Zichen, who had come out with him, and covered his mouth.

Qiu Zichen: "!?" No, does he look that stupid??

Meanwhile, at Yunhai Huafu.

Noticing that the voice on the other end of the phone had suddenly disappeared completely again, Jiang Qin frowned involuntarily.

"Hosley?" she called out in confusion.

There was no sound or response from the other end.

Jiang Qin felt annoyed. She pressed her temples and called out again, thinking that if he didn't respond, she would hang up and video call him directly. She wanted to see what he was up to.

Suddenly, she heard Huo Sili's voice responding to what she had just said: "Okay, I've confirmed my return date, I'll send it to you."

This sounded quite appealing, but Jiang Qin had a gut feeling that something was off.

Thinking about how she had been waiting for him these past few days, and how he had time to check his phone but hadn't replied to her messages, Jiang Qin frowned slightly. Just as Huo Sili was about to say "Let's leave it at that for now," Jiang Qin turned around and spoke first.

“Okay, but Horstley, wait a minute.”

On the other end of the phone, Horst paused slightly, clearly concerned, but his tone remained as indifferent as ever, as if he didn't care. "Hmm?"

"You still haven't answered me—this business trip of yours shouldn't be too long, right? Like before, will you be back in a week?"

Jiang Qin reminded him, and then directly raised the core question: "Is it right or wrong? Huo Sili, don't lie to me."

Huo Sili's thin lips parted slightly.

Behind them, Sheng Zhan and Qiu Zichen craned their necks several meters away to watch Huo Sili make a phone call. For the first time, they saw an emotion on the man they admired that they thought could never appear on Huo Sili's face. They were quite shocked and couldn't believe it.

"What's going on? Why does Brother Huo have that expression?"

“That’s right.” Qiu Zichen chimed in, his expression also somewhat incredulous. “Brother Huo is talking like he’s about to drink poison. He’s so conflicted. I’m curious, what could possibly make Brother Huo so conflicted?”

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Qin could clearly hear Huo Sili's breathing, but she couldn't hear him speak.

His brows furrowed even more deeply.

The phone abruptly ended with a beep.

Huo Sili's eyes widened slightly, somewhat flustered.

Jiang Qin called via WeChat video.

The WeChat video invitation was neither too loud nor too soft, and Sheng Zhan and Qiu Zichen, who were standing behind, could hear it clearly.

I was immediately torn about whether to avoid it—this person who was both conflicted and making a video call must be the head of a multi-billion dollar project, right?

Just as the two were about to leave, they suddenly heard the sound stop abruptly, but they couldn't hear any voices.

He paused as he was about to turn back, then turned around again.

Meanwhile, at Yunhai Huafu, Jiang Qin saw the rejected video call invitation and pursed her pink lips slightly.

She didn't video call him often, but this was the first time he had refused to answer her video call.

In this situation, what else could she not understand?

Either he's lying, or he wasn't on a business trip at all, but was actually at some high-end private club in China.

Or perhaps there's some woman with him, and something that's inappropriate for her to see.

But regardless, the speed at which he hung up was too fast, just like when he suddenly said he was quite busy before. It was somewhat abnormal and gave off a feeling of trying to cover something up, which was not a good thing.

Overthinking is harmful, and Jiang Qin didn't want to think too much. As she always said, divorce requires cooperation from both parties.

Now that he's not cooperating, it's up to her to try.

Jiang Qin had already revised the divorce agreement. After finding the document, Jiang Qin sent it to Huo Sili via WeChat.

[Give me a reply as soon as possible, Mr. Huo]

Edit and send.

Cell phones emit radiation, so Jiang Qin has been trying to avoid using electronic devices lately, and reads books when she's bored.

After sending the message, Jiang Qin didn't want to touch her phone anymore and prepared to put it in the drawer.

Just as I was about to put it down, I was jolted awake.

Horsley sent a message—

If you're in a hurry, I'll be back next Wednesday, and I'll take some time to look at your revised version.

Jiang Qin immediately spotted the key phrase in the line of text: next Wednesday.

My lingering worries have eased a little.

Okay, please check if there are any problems. There shouldn't be any. If there are no problems...

I had just typed this far, and before I could send it, the top showed that the other party was typing, and a message from Horstley came through.

See you next Wednesday, gotta get busy now.

Jiang Qin glanced at the words she had typed into the input box, and then at the latest message Huo Sili had sent.

Jiang Qin hesitated between deleting and not deleting the field, then finished typing and sent it.

—【If everything's alright, Horsley, we'll go to the civil affairs bureau to file for divorce next Wednesday.】