Chapter 7: The Past and Present Lives of Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing

Chapter 7: The Past and Present Lives of Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing

Hearing Su Qing's voice again.

Zhou Yuwen was completely out of sorts.

Without thinking, he directly hung up the call!

"Damn, God, don't mess with me like this!"

It was hard enough to get a ticket for his own rebirth.

Just when he was confidently preparing to start anew.

He realized there were two tickets?

Zhou Yuwen was utterly stunned.

He knew Su Qing too well.

Su Qing was domineering, willful, and extremely possessive, but she was also a very traditional woman. Even though Zhou Yuwen had been with Su Qing for four years, their first date was on their wedding night.

Su Qing had strict expectations of Zhou Yuwen because she always believed that a woman was like a lock and a man was the key. A lock should only have one key. Women who had multiple boyfriends and slept with them, Su Qing felt those women had problematic morals and were unethical.

Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing had six years together, with some moments of sweetness.

For instance, on their wedding night, Zhou Yuwen was very happy and jokingly said, "Ah, finally the key will fit into the beautiful lock I've been longing for."

Su Qing was amused by Zhou Yuwen's words, giggling and saying, "Are you that eager?"

"Of course I'm eager! I've waited four years. Let me have a good look at my precious lock."

"Oh, you’re so annoying!" Su Qing's face turned red from Zhou Yuwen's teasing, pushing his head away to prevent him from looking.

Who stares at that?

But Zhou Yuwen insisted he not only wanted to look but also kiss.

"Zhou Yuwen!" Su Qing's face turned crimson.

Of course, whether or not they kissed, no one knew.

After all, those were private bedroom joys.

Thinking back on the bits and pieces with Su Qing.

Zhou Yuwen couldn't help but smile, remembering how Su Qing nestled in his arms, saying, "Now I’ve truly given myself to you!"

"You can’t leave me in the future!"

"You must spoil and love me!"

"If you ever bully me!"

"Just wait. I won't let you off in the next life!"

Damn, thinking about it now, there's really a next life!

But he didn’t bully Su Qing!

There were many reasons for Su Qing and Zhou Yuwen's divorce, but Su Qing never genuinely wanted to divorce Zhou Yuwen. At the time, she mainly thought Zhou Yuwen couldn't live without her because she was so excellent and beautiful. And Zhou Yuwen did nothing but cook, clean, read novels, and play games every day.

She felt that once they divorced, Zhou Yuwen would come crawling back in no time.

The main thing was Zhou Yuwen's mother was pressuring them for grandchildren, and Su Qing wanted to show her importance through the divorce!

Even in divorce, Su Qing always believed in the principle that one key fits one lock!

After all, their relationship had withstood four years of college, and Zhou Yuwen, as a boyfriend, was flawless. His only flaw, if any, was his lack of ambition and laziness.

Of course, this was from Su Qing's perspective.

From Zhou Yuwen's perspective, he understood clearly that in a relationship where one was ambitious, if the other was the same, they wouldn’t last long.

In their two years of marriage, Su Qing aimed for promotions and raises, wanting to be an urban white-collar worker, which Zhou Yuwen supported. He also enjoyed the leisurely work of cooking and gaming at home.

Over two years, Zhou Yuwen researched recipes and made various healthy and nutritious dishes for Su Qing daily, which provided her with emotional value.

Whenever Su Qing faced troubles at work, she would confide in her husband.

And every time after confiding in Zhou Yuwen, he would always pinpoint the key issue.

When she first entered the workforce, Su Qing often happily hugged Zhou Yuwen, saying, "Hubby, you understand me the best. I can’t imagine how chaotic my life would be without you!"

Sigh, Zhou Yuwen knew at that time that feelings aren’t unchangeable.

He just didn’t expect them to change so quickly.

In just over two years, they divorced.

On the day of the divorce, Su Qing, acting all high and mighty, said, "This divorce is a test for you."

"If you want me back, think about what you should do and how to do it!"

Su Qing's character was flawed, but her loyalty to marriage was unquestionable. Even after their divorce, she didn’t take off her wedding ring.

She truly believed that once she gave herself to Zhou Yuwen, it was for life.

And Su Qing didn’t think any other man in the world would treat her as Zhou Yuwen did.

Originally, the divorce was a test for Zhou Yuwen, but who could have thought Zhou Yuwen would rise so quickly, not only getting promoted and a raise but also becoming a bestselling author.

At that time, Su Qing truly regretted it, especially when she saw Zhou Yuwen with another woman in their marital bed. She snapped, questioning Zhou Yuwen what he was doing!

Didn’t he know this was their marital bed!?

"Big sister, we're divorced!"

At that moment, Su Qing realized she couldn’t control Zhou Yuwen as she had thought. She insisted on remarrying him!

But Zhou Yuwen, having tasted the freedom of divorce, wasn’t about to remarry easily.

The more Zhou Yuwen resisted remarrying, the more anxious Su Qing became!

Then she started reminiscing about their times together!

For six years, including all of college and two years in the real world, Zhou Yuwen meticulously took care of Su Qing. Other than work and studies, Su Qing never had to worry about anything in life.

Just a few days after their divorce, Su Qing had stomach problems because Zhou Yuwen had spoiled her stomach to the point she couldn't even eat takeout.

Sometimes, fate really likes to play tricks.

When Su Qing married Zhou Yuwen, she constantly heard about other people’s husbands and boyfriends getting promoted, going abroad, and how a boyfriend should be ambitious!

“Oh my God, Qingqing, your husband is so lucky to have you as a wife.”

“Yeah! I can’t imagine dating a guy who earns only five thousand a month!”

“A man should earn at least a hundred thousand a month to support me!”

“A man must be ambitious.”

Under such influence, Su Qing’s resolve wavered, leading to her making a wrong choice.

After the divorce, hearing people discuss,

“These men are so annoying, thinking they’re so great after earning a bit of money. Who can’t earn that little bit?”

“Yeah, I really don’t get what these men think, buying me a meal or a gift and then wanting to date me. I’m not short of a few thousand bucks. For tens of thousands, they won’t even spend it.”

“Sigh, what we women want isn’t money, but emotional value!”

“Nowadays, it’s rare to find a man with stable emotions.”

“Yeah, if he’s emotionally stable and can cook, doesn’t smoke or drink, even if he earns just five thousand a month, I’d be willing to support him!”

“Hey, Qingqing, wasn’t your husband like that?”

“Yeah, I remember your husband’s cooking was delicious!”

“Right, Qingqing, why did you divorce such a good man?”

During lunch, a group of girls in the company chatted. Initially, the topic wasn’t about Su Qing, but later, it shifted to her. Su Qing, on the verge of tears, coldly said, “Wasn’t it you all who said a man earning five thousand a month is useless?”

“Hey! Su Qing, don’t say things like that!”

“I never said that!”

One sentence scared away all the female colleagues.

Su Qing and Zhou Yuwen married relatively early. After their divorce, people around them were still getting married. That’s when Su Qing realized how happy her marriage with Zhou Yuwen was.

Among her friends, just the dowry discussions broke up several couples.

From the women’s perspective, the dowry was just to test the men’s attitude.

“I’m 26! I’m not a young girl anymore; I need some security!”

From the men’s perspective, damn it, a 26-year-old woman, not a virgin, asking for 200,000!

At this point, someone asked Su Qing, “How much did your husband give for the dowry?”

“Thirty,” Su Qing said.

“Three hundred thousand! So much! Your husband treated you so well. Why did you divorce?”

This sentence struck Su Qing hard.

Zhou Yuwen’s family gave Su Qing 300,000, but she used it all for the house renovation. Both Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing were only children from respectable families, so they treated marriage seriously.

As the years passed, Su Qing saw more friends getting married and felt Zhou Yuwen might not be the best, but he was definitely the most suitable for her!

Some of Su Qing's friends married rich men who were unfaithful. The worst was that these men didn’t respect women and didn’t even treat women as human beings.

There were also stingy men who insisted on splitting bills even after marriage or those who pretended to be wealthy but were actually broke!

Seeing such marriages made Su Qing value her ex-husband even more.

While Su Qing regretted her divorce, a colleague who liked reading novels ran over to her with a phone in a panic, “Hey, Qingqing, isn’t this your ex-husband?”

Su Qing looked, and indeed, it was Zhou Yuwen's photo.

The headline read something about the ‘Twelve Kings’?

What Twelve Kings!?

“Sister! Don’t you know the Twelve Kings? They’re amazing authors who make millions a year!”

“What!? Really? Su Qing, does your ex-husband make millions a year?”

“Let me see, let me see!”

The mention of millions shocked Su Qing’s colleagues, who all gathered around to look at the phone.

“It really is Zhou Yuwen?”

“Su Qing, this is really your husband?”

A group of colleagues passed the phone around, and Su Qing felt a sense of pride.

Suddenly, someone said, “What husband! That’s her ex-husband!”

“Oh right! Su Qing, you divorced him!”

“Sigh, how could you be so foolish! Such a talented husband and you divorced him!”

This comment turned Su Qing’s face black, and she wished she could stab all her colleagues! It was clearly them who encouraged her to divorce!

On the day of the divorce, they even took her out, calling it a ‘single’s night’!

Now they all blamed her!

One shameless colleague even said, “Hey, Su Qing, does your ex-husband have a girlfriend now? Can you introduce me?”

“Get lost!”

Even the best temper would explode at this moment.

The difference between a man’s and a woman’s rebirth is fundamental.

A man's first thoughts upon rebirth are always power, money, and sex.

As the saying goes, no man dislikes sex.

If he doesn’t seek sex, it just means he doesn’t have the money.

Even if a pure lover who was devoted to his first love, he still looked for other women after rebirth.

But women, when reborn, don’t think about these things. Most of them want to make up for their regrets.

For Su Qing, her biggest regret in her past life was divorcing Zhou Yuwen.

Su Qing always felt that if she hadn’t divorced Zhou Yuwen, he would still have become successful by writing novels, and they would have lived happy lives.

So, at a classmate's wedding, seeing Zhou Yuwen with a new girlfriend, Su Qing regretted deeply, thinking, if only she hadn’t divorced Zhou Yuwen.

With this obsession, she was reborn!

After rebirth, her first thought was, Zhou Yuwen! This time, I’ll never divorce you!

And this thought grew stronger each day after her rebirth.

Back then, Su Qing chose Zhou Yuwen because, compared to boys of the same age, Zhou Yuwen was more mature and steady, and Su Qing liked mature boys.

Eighteen-year-old Su Qing liked mature boys.

Twenty-nine-year-old Su Qing still liked mature boys. She believed a girl should find an older boyfriend who could take better care of her.

Among her friends, having a boyfriend two or three years older was acceptable, at least not awkward.

But a man five years younger? Standing next to Su Qing, she would feel awkward. Su Qing even thought such women were mentally disturbed, probably played by older men before, leading to such thoughts.

In Su Qing's view, dating was for marriage. Dating a man five years younger who was immature was just playing around.

Su Qing couldn’t accept such relationships. She believed in one key for one lock, and she liked Zhou Yuwen's key.

With such traditional thoughts, Su Qing had significant issues choosing a partner after rebirth.

With the mindset of a 29-year-old, she couldn’t like 18 or 19-year-old boys.

Twenty-eight or nine-year-old men made her think, how could a fresh young girl like her date an older man!

So, the best match could only be her original husband!

Nineteen-year-old Zhou Yuwen!

If Su Qing knew that the 19-year-old Zhou Yuwen now had the mind of her original husband!

Su Qing would be overjoyed!

She would even firmly believe it was destined by heaven, unchangeable! Imagine how happy she would be if Su Qing knew Zhou Yuwen was also reborn.

It would mean all her thoughts after rebirth could be fully shared with Zhou Yuwen.

And they would be the most compatible couple in the world.

Zhou Yuwen understood Su Qing’s thoughts too well!

So he mustn’t let Su Qing know he was also reborn!

If Su Qing knew, he wouldn't be able to escape!

Just think, a 29-year-old Su Qing could create a wedding scene uproar.

What unimaginable things could an 18-year-old Su Qing do?