Douluo Dalu:Divorcing Ning Rongrong–Why Did She Refuse to Consummate?

Though unaware of Chen Feng's long-transcended current capabilities, Ning Rongrong didn't particularly like Gu Long either.

It was merely adolescent rebellion.

But humans are inherently contradictory creatures.

The thousand kindnesses Chen Feng had showered upon Ning Rongrong would no longer belong to her from this day forth.

Ning Rongrong felt an inexplicable emptiness in her heart.

[Ding! Ning Rongrong generates feeling of loss, emotional value +100]

"I... let me explain."

"What I said earlier wasn't sincere, just meant to motivate Xiao Long's ambition. Yes, that's it."

Ning Rongrong grasped at this lifeline, explaining hurriedly.

"Heh, Xiao Long?"

"How intimate you address him, while even your nominal husband you always call by full name - Chen Feng."

With that, Chen Feng turned to leave.

"Chen Feng... no, A-Feng."

"I..."

Panicking, Ning Rongrong desperately grabbed Chen Feng's sleeve.

She dared not imagine the consequences if Chen Feng truly walked away.

"I just..."

"Heh, you just never cared about me."

"You never truly liked me. Our marriage was just a transaction - Ning Fengzhi's deal to bind Sword Douluo."

"And you were never content with this arrangement."

"I didn't..." Ning Rongrong shook her head weakly.

"Forced relationships never last. Fine, let's comply with your wishes - we'll separate. You can pursue your freedom."

"Who are you? The next master of Seven Treasures Glazed Sect. Who dares oppose you?"

Chen Feng spoke coldly, yet with unshakable determination.

"Listen to me... I've actually always cared about you..." Ning Rongrong's previous assertiveness faded.

"Heh, cared?"

"As your husband, how many times did I invite you out only to be rejected with excuses? Yet Gu Long seems like some treasure worth you eagerly dating - even hiding it from everyone."

"This is what you call 'caring'?"

Chen Feng's tone carried unexpected calmness rather than sarcasm.

After all, if one truly stops caring, why would bitterness remain?

Watching Chen Feng's increasingly composed demeanor, Ning Rongrong grew flustered.

It seemed he might genuinely no longer care about her.

Moreover, his words awakened unexpected guilt within her.

How could a wife repeatedly reject her husband's requests?

Especially when married women should maintain distance from other men.

[Ding! Ning Rongrong generates feeling of guilt, emotional value +200]

"From this day forward, let's part amicably."

Chen Feng murmured gloomily.

"You can't..."

Ning Rongrong's protest burst forth instinctively.

She clutched Chen Feng's hand with desperate strength.

When she truly reflected - whether before or after marriage - Chen Feng had always treated her with unwavering kindness.

Just how good had he been?

She realized with dread that she might never find someone better than him.

"Heh, why can't I? When you could sneak around with your lover behind my back, why shouldn't I divorce?"

"First secret meetings, next you'll be sleeping with him?"

"Should I wait until you cuckold me?"

"Should I let you make me a laughingstock?"

"A full year married, yet you deny me intimacy. Were you preserving your purity for your old flame?"

"Ah, Ning Rongrong... now I see you clearly."

"You're just... shameless!"

"No! I'm not..."

Ning Rongrong cried out in panicked denial.

Chen Feng's look of utter disgust shattered her completely.

What wife could endure such contempt?

[Ding! Ning Rongrong generates feeling of collapse, emotional value +500]

"Chen Feng, I'm not the vulgar person you imagine, truly..."

"Not consummating the marriage - I'm genuinely just not ready yet."

Ning Rongrong explained with anxious urgency.

"Not ready?"

"What constitutes being ready?"

"Perhaps preparing to bed your lover instead?"

"Or maybe having your old flame watch us consummate?"

"Should I stand by watching you two instead?"

"If so, I must decline."

Chen Feng's eyes now openly revealed disgust.

"Nonsense! I've done no such thing!"

Ning Rongrong visibly recoiled from his words.

"How could you think me so vile! In your eyes, am I really that shameless harlot?"

[Ding! Ning Rongrong generates feeling of anger, emotional value +200]

She demanded of Chen Feng.

Yet her tone carried inexplicable bitterness.

Her beauty intensified by twin tear trails - a tear-streaked face resembling pear blossoms in rain, radiating tragic allure.

Any ordinary man would find this compassion-inducing spectacle.

But this act held no power over Chen Feng.

"With your heart elsewhere, do you truly believe I still see you as some pure lotus rising unstained from mud?"

"You know your deeds. Were you truly blameless, would I reproach you?"

Chen Feng's words transformed Ning Rongrong's rage into guilt.

The fault did indeed lie with her.

"Chen Feng, please don't be angry."

After a long pause, Ning Rongrong finally whispered cautiously: "I've never betrayed you. You must believe me."

[Ding! Ning Rongrong generates feeling of apprehension, emotional value +100]

"That man enjoys higher privileges than me, her actual husband."

"You claim no wrongdoing?"

"Countless times I tried arranging private outings or surprises, only to be dismissed with excuses."

"Yet you secretly meet Gu Long alone - hiding it from everyone."

"This is your version of loyalty?"

"Does only sleeping with him count as betrayal in your eyes?"

"Or must you bed him before me to qualify as infidelity?"

"Since you crave betrayal so badly, I'll summon him here. Let him claim the virginity you've guarded for decades - right now."

Chen Feng continued his caustic remarks.

"Stop..."

"Please stop... I truly just..."

"I'm not the depraved creature you imagine."

Ning Rongrong wept,

devastated by his crude accusations.

But now her anger had transformed into burning shame.

She even questioned her own character - how had she become this?

How could she have acted thus?

Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.

[Ding! Ning Rongrong generates feeling of shame, emotional value +300]

"Sigh... I admit I once adored you."

"Even when you refused consummation, I made excuses - perhaps some hidden struggle."

"Ours was a one-sided affair - me giving endlessly, you only taking."

"You treated my devotion as entitlement."

"I believed your indifference temporary - that persistent kindness would eventually win your heart."

"But I was wrong. Profoundly wrong."

"No hidden struggles - you simply never cared for me."

"Thus ends my futile devotion."