Chapter 1: Reason For Filing the Divorce: He Doesn’t Love Me

Cheng Jin snapped out of his stupor after he was patted gently on the shoulder. 

He lifted his gaze up to scrutinize the person who had patted him with a deadpan expression, and saw a sweet and charming woman exhibiting a professional smile.
In a lukewarm tone, she said, “It’s already your turn, sir.”

Cheng Jin sprang up on his feet in alarm and trotted a couple eager steps.
He then halted his pace again and spoke, “Thanks… Thank you for notifying me.”

“There’s no need to be polite.” The woman still retained her sweet smile, “What a courteous man.” 

To hear such a compliment caused Cheng Jin’s face to burn a faint reddish tint.
The woman extended her finger and pointed anew, saying, “Just enter through that door, there will be a staff member present inside who’ll handle all the procedures for you.” 

“Alright, thank you.” Cheng Jin’s stride was somewhat irregular.
The tip of his heart throbbed violently when he looked up and spotted the “Marriage Processing Office” signage.
He took a deep breath and proceeded to walk inside. 

The office was very spacious and its entirety was equipped with up-to-date equipment.
Marriage applications could be quickly processed if you apply directly on the internet, so there were hardly any people present in the marriage area.
Those who would come were there to file divorce. 

Cheng Jin currently lived on a very large planet with well-developed scientific and technological advancements, clean air and a beautiful environment.
It was specially designated as the “rich district” and tacitly known to the society as the “aristocratic bloodline’s” residence.

Here, there existed neither beggars nor poor people.
If their assets were below a certain average and without a specially appointed title, they’d be exiled to other worse planets.
Crimes didn’t exist here, since they would be incarcerated on another dark planet once they committed anything illegal.

It wouldn’t be much of an exaggeration to claim that this planet was simply the dream home of all humanity, it was an extremely fortunate thing to be able to live here.

This planet, however, also had its weakness, that is, compared to its vast geographical breadth, the number of humans dwelling on it was evidently quite lacking.

For this reason, the Supreme Court had promulgated a great deal of law for instance such as the single tax that unmarried people had to pay; obtaining a rather large incentive for marriage and childbirth once; getting three years worth of income if they have an only child; and if they had more than three children, the above mentioned would be able to enjoy various kinds of benefits without paying any taxes for life.

Nonetheless, the birthrate for newborns had still plummeted drastically every year.
For this, some members of the Parliament proposed to recruit outstanding people from inferior planets and to repose the clause of the settlement rights a bit more, but it was met with a strong objection, so the proposal was left unsettled. 

The government brainstormed a lot of gimmick in order to safeguard their birthrate.The requirement to attend personally when filing for a divorce in the divorce application office rather than applying online was among them. 

After all, most people who wanted a divorce were rather hasty, and having a staff specially care for them may be able to redeem the hearts of those who were disappointed in their marriage.

When Cheng Jin walked in, there was already an older woman sitting inside, who seemed just as gentle.
She glanced at him and smilingly greeted Cheng Jin, “Good morning, sir.” Then got up and poured him a glass of water. 

Cheng Jin received it and sat down.
He thanked her, then handed over his ID.
Each person on the planet has his or her own exclusive ID.
Once the ID was scanned on the machinery, all of Cheng Jin’s information would then appear on the screen.

The older woman’s face remained passive even when she saw that his title had a “Madam General”.
She skimmed through all the information at a glance, and smiled afterwards, “You’re here to apply for the annulment of your marriage with your husband, General Lu Tao, aren’t you?”

Cheng Jin’s grip on the cup of water in his hands tightened as he gently acknowledged, “Yes.” Yet he couldn’t help but feel a pang in his chest. 

She asked, “Can you please tell me the reason why you intend to annul your marriage?” She voiced, pushing a sign forward, “Although this is a matter of privacy, the law stipulated that I am obliged to ask clearly, and you must tell me in detail, otherwise your application may render invalid.”

Embedded inside the sign were the provisions of law printed out on paper and stamped with a red seal.
Cheng Jin swept a glance, pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment before he answered, “He doesn’t have any feelings for me.”

The woman frowned slightly.

In fact, she was able to surmise this eventuality as early as she viewed Cheng Jin’s profile.

Cheng Jin had been married for seven years and remained at home, jobless, while his husband applied the very next day after their wedding to be deployed to a battlefield on a foreign planet, returning only once half a year later, just two days away from his second departure.

Since then, General Lu Tao had been commanding operations on various battlefields almost nonstop.
In the span of seven years, he had stayed on the planet for only five months and three days, which definitely was a neglected figure for the newlyweds.

Furthermore, Cheng Jin also applied to accompany the army and received the government’s special authorization, only to be immediately sent back after he stayed with the general’s side for a day and a half.

Logically speaking, using these figures as reference would be enough to annul their marriage, and further persuasion was no longer necessary as it would only squander this gentleman before her’s youth and would cause him to miss the best childbearing period.

After the continuous human evolution, some men had even developed the ability to give birth.
This ability could be detected after they were born, so the portion of these men could marry normal men.
Presently, Cheng Jin was one of them.

The woman examined the young man before her.
He possessed an excellent appearance, with well-defined features and snowy white skin that others preferred.
But right now, his expression was laden with intense dejection; he was obviously trapped in love.
She recalled again the hearsay surrounding General Lu Tao.

He was rumoured to be a hard-hearted man, close to a somewhat unreasonable character.
But because of his innate combat prowess, from a measly ranked soldier, he managed to climb to a very high position in just a few years.

Countless men and women yearned for him, and there w