"Maybe the real truth is not what outsiders guessed as the reasons for their divorce. Maybe they just want to have a different kind of 'marriage'. It's their freedom and their choice. It's even likely they never divorced."

Chi Mo, a famous freelance opinion writer, commenting in Xinmin Evening Newspaper after former actor Li Yapeng and pop diva Faye Wong made a sudden announcement of their divorce on Sept 13. The divorce hit the headlines and inspired talk of different possible reasons. The two were later seen together having dinner with their daughter.