Chapter 178 I Want You to Get a Divorce (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Of course I see her as my wife, Zhou Tianyu's mother," Zhou Qiang said earnestly.

"But you clearly said before that you didn't want to live with me. Now you're suddenly saying this. Do you think I'll put aside my resentment and be with you?" Zhang Cui's words remained firm.

Zhou Qiang stood there, unable to understand what Zhang Cui was thinking.

After all, marriage is not a one-person affair.

During this period, although the two of them still argued sometimes, Zhou Qiang felt that Zhang Cui did not want a divorce most of the time.

However, seeing Zhang Cui's face full of anger and aloofness, Zhou Qiang was unsure whether his guess was correct.

“We already have a child. Even if we don’t think about ourselves, we should think about Tianyu.” After thinking it over, Zhou Qiang decided to use Zhou Tianyu as a shield.

Since Zhou Tianyu remained silent and Zhang Cui didn't take his words seriously at all, it was better for him to just shut up.

Zhang Cui looked at Zhou Tianyu and asked in return, "What do you think about this?"

"I'm just looking around. You guys handle your business and don't need to worry about my opinion." Zhou Tianyu didn't want to get involved.

Zhou Qiang looked at Zhou Tianyu in disbelief, "Do you also want us to get a divorce?"

“When did it become my place as a child to interfere in your adult affairs?” Zhou Tianyu retorted.

Zhang Cui gritted her teeth. She had been waiting for Zhou Tianyu to give her a way out, and then she took it.

As it stands now, Zhou Tianyu has consistently refused to respond.

This left Zhang Cui somewhat at a loss.

“If your mother divorces me, you will never see her again,” Zhou Qiang said again.

Zhou Tianyu seemed to have accepted this situation long ago, nodding calmly, "I know."

"So you don't have anything to say?" Zhou Qiang continued to ask.

"You adults can handle your own affairs. I just need to take care of my own little things." After saying that, Zhou Tianyu did not linger there any longer.

Zhang Cui and Zhou Qiang were left staring at each other in bewilderment.

Zhang Cui felt empty inside, always feeling that Zhou Tianyu wasn't as close to her anymore.

She thought she had treated Zhou Tianyu very well, so why wasn't the boy close to her anymore?

This doubt spread through Zhang Cui's mind, to the point that she was absent-minded from then on.

Zhou Qiang made an excuse to leave the place and didn't stay at home all day, not returning until very late at night.

Zhang Cui didn't cook; she just sat in a chair and waited for him.

"Why did you sneak out during the day? Didn't we agree to go get the divorce certificate?"

“We haven’t had our divorce approved, how can we get a divorce?” Zhou Qiang said as he went to the kitchen, where he started cooking.

However, he was rather clumsy, and before long, he had made a mess of the kitchen, spilling a lot of things out.

Zhang Cui tried to suppress her anger and calm herself down, but as time went by, she kept looking at the things that had fallen to the ground.

Zhang Cui could no longer hold back. She stood up, strode forward, and snatched the basin from Zhou Qiang's hand.

"You're so stupid, you can't do anything right. If we get divorced and Tianyu lives with you, I'm afraid he'll starve to death," Zhang Cui couldn't help but complain.

Zhou Qiang continued, "Since you know I'll let Tianyu go hungry, calm down and let's continue our life together, okay?"

"Heh... You keep me here just so I can cook and do housework?" Zhang Cui threw the basin in her hand on the table, and immediately got angry again.

Zhou Qiang quickly explained, "You misunderstood me. I didn't mean that. I just felt that this house didn't feel like a home without either the male or female head of the household. I did say some things impulsively before, but after thinking it over these past few days, I still think it's better to have you by my side."

Zhou Qiang stared intently at Zhang Cui, who was at a loss for what to do for the first time under his gaze.

She glared at Zhou Qiang fiercely and warned him, "Don't think that I'll forgive you just because you're saying nice things now. Let me tell you, you've hurt me too much, and I won't forgive you so easily."

"Fine, then you can stay here and wait for your chance to get revenge on me until you feel satisfied."

"You'd better submit your divorce application to your superiors. Our marriage won't last much longer."

"Why?" Zhou Qiang asked, puzzled.

Zhang Cui said, "I have a bad temper, and you've noticed that I can't change it. Even Tianyu now thinks it would be better for us to divorce. Is there any point in continuing this marriage?"

"Tianyu is probably angry. Once he calms down, he'll realize that being together is the best thing for us."

Zhang Cui listened to Zhou Qiang's every word, which seemed to suggest that the two of them would be better off together.

She initially argued back, but later on, the arguments became fewer and fewer.

After the egg noodles were cooked, Zhou Qiang called Zhou Tianyu out of the room to eat together.

No one spoke at the dinner table; everyone remained quiet.

After finishing his meal, Zhou Tianyu prepared to leave.

Seeing Zhou Tianyu's indifferent expression, Zhang Cui could no longer hold back what she wanted to say.

“Tianyu, I know you’ve always thought I’m hard to get along with, and that every time I argue with Liu Guiying, it’s embarrassing for you. But do you know that if I don’t do this, Liu Guiying will definitely talk badly about our family outside, and then you’ll be bullied outside too.”

Zhang Cui spoke her mind.

Previously, she always felt that as time went by, Zhou Tianyu would understand her intentions.

However, the boy was not perceptive, and Zhou Tianyu did not perceive the deeper meaning behind Zhang Cui's actions.

Therefore, she decided to reveal her true feelings today.

"Mom, have you ever thought that it's because you keep arguing like this that I'm being laughed at?"

"Who laughed at you? Tell me, and I'll go and make trouble for him tomorrow!" Zhang Cui said emotionally.

"Many people say that you are not someone to be trifled with, and they also think that I am a troublesome person. Many people are unwilling to be friends with me, fearing that you will come to their door and cause trouble. Even now, very few people are willing to be friends with me."

Now that Zhang Cui was willing to open up, Zhou Tianyu also stopped hiding his feelings.

Nowadays, it seems that Song Wei is the only person willing to be his friend.

How ironic.

"Tell those people tomorrow that they can be friends with you without worry, and as long as they don't bully you, I won't bother them."

"Mom, putting everything else aside, can you promise me you won't argue with Song Wei's mom anymore? I don't even want to go home now because you two are always arguing. I even think that you and Dad would be better off if you divorced and moved out than you are now."

Zhang Cui was stunned; so this was Zhou Tianyu's true feeling.

It turns out, she was actually quite annoying.

Zhang Cui laughed self-deprecatingly, "So, in this family, you're the one who most wants me to get a divorce."