Jiang Tong drove back to City H, a third- or fourth-tier city next to City A.

Both her parents are teachers.

I live in an old neighborhood, where most of the residents are my relatives.

It's a house allocated after the previous demolition.

I have a younger brother and a younger sister, both of whom are already married and have their own families.

I heard she got divorced.

The whole family is waiting for her to come back.

Jiang Tong parked the car in the parking lot, picked up the gifts, and led her daughter back home.

Hanhan never skips or jumps when she walks.

She liked to hold Jiang Tong's hand, always quietly.

She doesn't talk much, which is different from other lively children, but she is not intellectually challenged; in fact, she is quite intelligent. She just doesn't like to talk.

But her ex-husband's family didn't like her. They preferred the lively and active Peipei, even though Peipei liked to play pranks. In her ex-mother-in-law's words, that was "mischievous and clever." They thought it was good for a child to be a little naughty, because it made her smart.

Jiang Tong has always had a headache with her youngest daughter's education because her former in-laws always stopped her when she tried to discipline her, which led to the way she is today.

She suppressed her inner turmoil, because thinking about it too much was enough to give her a heart attack.

My parents live on the sixth floor.

After ringing the doorbell.

The younger sister opened the door. Jiang Li pouted when she saw Jiang Tong, with a hint of schadenfreude in her eyes. She didn't like this older sister, finding her old-fashioned and boring. "Dad is furious. You should go in and see what's going on."

Jiang Tong didn't say anything. She wasn't close to this younger sister either. They were five years apart and didn't have much in common, so they were quite estranged.

She led Hanhan through the door and saw her elderly mother lying in a wicker chair, looking unwell, with even more white hair on her head.

"Mom, I'm home."

Jiang Tong sighed and greeted her elderly mother calmly.

Xue Hongying immediately sat up, and upon seeing her eldest daughter, she began to cry, "You child, what are you going to do with your father and me? How dare you get a divorce?"

She pointed at Jiang Tong with trembling hands.

The elderly couple were both old-fashioned and were particularly strict about their eldest daughter's education. They had high expectations for Jiang Tong and hoped that she could smoothly complete her life's journey, get into a good university, and become a good wife and mother after marriage.

She's divorced now?

That's unorthodox behavior, and it's shameful to talk about it!

“I don’t know what Wang Chungui said to you and Dad, but the fault of the divorce is not mine. It was Xu Huaiyuan who cheated first and then did nothing. In the years of our marriage, it’s the same whether I have a husband or not.”

It was rare for Jiang Tong to be able to calmly confide her pain. Over the years, she had become increasingly numb and could no longer find any meaning in marriage.

She saw her sister-in-law come out and greet her gently, "Big sister and Hanhan are back? Have you eaten? I'll go buy some groceries."

Jiang Tong then said to Chen Feiru, "Feifei, could you please take Hanhan out for a walk?"

She trusted her sister-in-law; she considered her a very reliable person.

Hanhan also likes her aunt.

Chen Feiru immediately agreed and came over to hug Hanhan, "Hanhan, would you like to go out and play with your aunt?"

Hanhan just quietly looked at Jiang Tong.

Jiang Tong patted her cheek and coaxed her with a smile, "Go out and play with your aunt. You'll be back soon. Mom will stay here and talk to Grandma."

Hanhan then nodded understandingly.

Chen Feiru looked at Jiang Tong, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating, and finally took Hanhan out.

After the child left.

Xue Hongying then said earnestly, "How many men don't cheat after marriage? They're not young anymore, why do they need all this love and romance? If he doesn't make a scene at home, you should just turn a blind eye."

"Mom—! What are you saying?" Jiang Tong didn't like hearing this; she found it disgusting and didn't understand why her parents had the same attitude.

With tears in her eyes, Xue Hongying advised her, "It takes a hundred years of cultivation to share a boat ride, and a thousand years to share a pillow. If you get divorced, you'll have nothing left!"

She was so anxious that she became very upset.

"How bad is the reputation of divorced women? Do you think remarriage is so easy? You're a divorced woman with a child, who would dare to marry you? Men are all the same, Huaiyuan is a good child!"

"He's a good earner, so you can just stay home and take care of the kids. Don't worry about him. Just bear with it for the rest of your life; it's better than getting a divorce."

"While Huaiyuan still has feelings for you, there's still time. This morning he even asked me to persuade you to turn back. This time he truly knows he was wrong and said he'll definitely change in the future. So why don't you agree? Go get your marriage certificate with him again."

Jiang Tong's anger flared up. She said coldly, "What's the point of living then? Is it all just a pretense of family happiness? Don't you think it's pathetic? I've already got the divorce certificate, how could I possibly go back to him?"

"Mom, how did you teach me? You told me to be a decent person, that marriage is a game? Divorce isn't a bargaining chip, it's just that I really can't take it anymore!"

The commotion between Jiang Tong and her mother disturbed her father, Jiang Tianyuan, who was resting inside. Jiang Tianyuan shouted angrily, "You know marriage isn't a game, yet you still dare to get a divorce? Do you know how a divorced woman with a daughter can manage? Do you really think five million can last a lifetime? You'll just be sitting around doing nothing. What can you do on your own?!"

"If this is your and my mother's attitude, then I don't think there's any point in me coming back. You only care about reputation and money, have you ever considered my feelings?! He's the one who cheated! He's the one who did nothing! And now it's my fault?"

Jiang Tong retorted directly, saying that besides feeling exhausted, she also found it absurd and felt sorry for her unreasonable parents, who were truly unreliable.

Jiang Tianyuan is also a patriarchal man. He always has the final say at home. Putting aside everything else, he gets furious if his eldest daughter talks back to him.

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