Chapter 201 She didn't want to live anymore, and she didn't want Yang Tao to...

Another half semester has passed, and students are welcoming their favorite summer vacation.

On the first day of her holiday, Fu Yu received a call from her cousin in Shenzhen, asking when she was coming to visit.

Fu Yu looked at her mother.

Tang Mingli whispered to her, "In a couple of days."

After receiving the answer, Fu Yu loudly told her cousin on the other end of the phone, "We're going to Shenzhen in a couple of days."

Tang Xin was delighted to hear this, "Okay, then I'll wait for you in Shenzhen. I also bought you lots of delicious food!"

"That's great, I've brought lots of delicious food for you too."

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The elders couldn't help but laugh as they watched Fu Yu talking on the phone like a little adult.

Madam Fu sighed softly, "Time flies so fast. I remember when we brought Xiaoyu home from the hospital, she was just a tiny little bundle of a baby. Now she's grown so big and can even talk on the phone."

Fu's mother also lowered her voice, "The children are growing up day by day, and we are getting older day by day."

Although she spoke with emotion, Fu's mother's expression and tone did not show any sadness about growing old. Influenced by her daughter-in-law, she had unconsciously come to believe that growing old peacefully was a blessing.

The happy mother looked at her child, who was getting more and more excited as they talked, and exclaimed in amazement.

"The two children are several years apart, but I never expected them to get along so well."

Tang Mingli burst out laughing.

The way my mother-in-law said that, if you didn't know better, you'd think they were dating.

In fact, children make friends much more freely. In their eyes, there are no advantages or disadvantages to making friends. As long as they can get together to play at this moment, they are friends at this moment.

After finishing her phone call with her cousin, Fu Yu excitedly ran to her elders to tell them what delicious food her cousin had prepared for her, and even said that she would take her somewhere fun when she arrived.

The elders didn't disappoint, responding with smiles on their faces.

The urgent ringing of the telephone interrupted this blissful moment.

Tang Mingli, who was standing relatively close, answered the phone and her expression changed drastically after listening for a while.

Seeing this, the others knew something must have happened, and they stopped playing with the child and looked at her seriously.

They actually thought the call was from Fu Ci.

Tang Mingli replied with an "okay" to the person on the other end of the phone and then hung up.

When he looked at the two elders again, his expression was solemn.

"The call was from Gu Lin's father. Something happened to Gu Lin."

As soon as she heard those words, Madam Fu's heart jumped into her throat.

"What happened?"

"Yang Tao wants to divorce her."

Tang Mingli sneered. That hypocritical scoundrel of a man who took the initiative to propose a divorce must have gotten some bigger benefit from it.

Madam Fu was furious: "That Yang Tao! Gu Lin has been married into the Yang family for so many years and has always been devoted to her. How dare he get a divorce?"

"Grandma, don't get too excited." Tang Mingli quickly comforted her, "Although not everyone likes to hear this, I think divorce may not be a bad thing for Gu Lin."

However, Gu Lin's family clearly did not think so.

Just now on the phone, Gu Lin's parents begged them to help ease the tension and prevent things from escalating to the point of an ugly divorce.

Madam Fu also agreed with her granddaughter-in-law's statement.

That's true, but hasn't Gu Lin always been unwilling to get a divorce?

Madam Fu couldn't sit still any longer and slapped her thigh in frustration: "But the old man isn't home today."

It was still early, and she wanted to go to the Yang family herself to see what was going on.

"It's better that Grandpa isn't here, otherwise he would have gotten sick from getting so angry."

After comforting her grandmother, Tang Mingli said, "I'm going to the Yang family to see what's going on. I'll leave the child in your care."

"I'll go too."

"I'll go with you."

Madam Fu and her mother spoke in unison.

Tang Mingli understood; it would be strange for anyone to stay at home after something like this happened.

So he handed the child over to the nanny and drove his mother-in-law and grandmother to the Yang family home.

The journey, which wasn't even a long half-hour, made Old Madam Fu so anxious that she wished she had wings to fly there.

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In the past, the Yang family would at least put on a show in front of the Fu family, even if they didn't really like them, they would still pretend to be warm. But this time, the Yang family completely turned their backs on the Fu family.

Yang Tao, in particular, looked at Tang Mingli and the other two with a murderous gaze.

However, Tang Mingli didn't care; they had come to see Gu Lin.

Gu Lin looked terrible; she was so thin she was practically skin and bones.

Madam Fu was heartbroken to see this, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

"You silly child, how do you take care of yourself? How come you've taken such bad care of yourself?"

"I……"

Gu Lin couldn't answer. These days had been too hard. Seeing her relatives who genuinely cared about her, she tried to pretend, but she broke down in an instant, and tears streamed down her face like a tidal wave.

When Yang's mother saw her crying, she became even angrier, her face contorted with anger.

"Cry, cry, cry, you still have the nerve to cry. Just in time, your family has arrived. Hurry up and go with them. Don't be so shameless. Our family can't tolerate a big shot like you."

Tang Mingli became even angrier upon hearing this.

Although she didn't like arguing, she knew that she was the only one of the three with any fighting ability, so she had to step up.

"Why is Gu Lin crying? It's because she was wronged in your family. You old lady, don't speak so rudely, as if your Yang family is some kind of wonderful place."

"I said something harsh? Gu Lin ruined my son's good job and made him unable to hold his head up in front of his former colleagues. It's a miracle she didn't beat him to death."

Yang's father chimed in angrily, "He should be beaten to death."

Tang Mingli finally understood what it meant to be furious.

They just keep saying "kill" without any regard for the feudal society we live in.

She even suspected that Gu Lin might have been beaten.

Thinking about this possibility, Tang Mingli became even angrier.

"If you dare to lay a finger on Gu Lin, we'll dare to lay a finger on Yang Tao."

When Yang's mother heard that Tang Mingli dared to threaten her with her son, she became even more furious: "That crazy woman Gu Lin has caused my son to lose his job."

Tang Mingli wasn't intimidated by these words and sneered, "If your son hadn't done something wrong, would Gu Lin have been able to do it?"

That really hit the nail on the head.

Gu Lin, who had been crying the whole time, finally calmed down and rushed to her mother-in-law like a crazy woman, bumping into her and making her stumble back several steps.

The Fu family was afraid that she would hurt herself, and also afraid that the Yang family would lay a hand on her, so they quickly stepped forward to pull her away.

"Don't be impulsive, Gu Lin, don't be impulsive."

When Yang Tao saw that his mother had been hit, he was about to take action.

Tang Mingli stood in front of him without fear, warning Yang Tao: "If you dare to touch me, my husband Fu Ci will definitely not let you off the hook."

Or perhaps this isn't a threat, but simply an announcement.

She was absolutely certain that if Yang Tao dared to lay a finger on her, Fu Ci would make him regret it.

This confidence gave her the strength to stand firm.

Yang Tao was indeed frightened.

He still had reservations about the Fu family after all.

Yang Tao was indignant and unwilling, but he could only lower his raised hand.

Gu Lin belatedly realized what was happening and walked in front of Tang Mingli again, glaring fiercely at Yang Tao.

"Do you dare to tell me what you've done?"

Since things had come to this point, Yang Tao had no choice but to go all out and speak his mind directly.

"What's there to be afraid of? I just found a woman outside who was willing to have my children, and we had two more kids. I told you, Gu Lin, if you're unwilling to have children, you'll regret it sooner or later."

Yang Tao said the last sentence while pointing at Gu Lin's nose.

"I, Yang Tao, have both good looks and a good job, and plenty of people are willing to have my babies."

"You crazy woman, you could have just turned a blind eye, but you had to make a scene with my boss and now I've lost my job."

When talking about losing his job, Yang Tao gritted his teeth, clearly filled with intense hatred.

This is truly something I've never seen before.

Having lived two lives, Tang Mingli finally saw such a shameless person in reality.

He cheated on his wife, had affairs, and even had children with other women—more than one. He did such shameless things and yet he can still talk about it so brazenly.

Shameless.

Utterly shameless.

If it weren't for the disparity in physical strength, Tang Mingli probably wouldn't have been able to control herself and would have hit someone.

She took a deep breath and told herself to stay calm.

Although I had just shocked Yang Tao, I was also quite afraid that he might really disregard everything.

If a fight really broke out, the women would definitely be at a disadvantage. Therefore, she had to control her urge to hit someone.

Yang's mother also angrily joined in, scolding Gu Lin: "What bad luck! I must have been blind to marry a woman like you. What good does it do you to report my son? My son has lost his job, who will support him?"

Gu Lin, not to be outdone, spat at the mother and son.

"Pah! You should have known you wouldn't have a good ending after doing something so shameless."

"You jinx, you unlucky thing, get out of the Yang family right now."

"No, I refuse to leave. As long as I don't get a divorce, those two outside will always be bastards."

Tang Mingli was startled upon hearing this.

She thought that Gu Lin had gone to her superiors to make a scene, and that she was determined to fight to the death and not continue living with this man. But it turned out that she was just like many women, trying to wear each other down.

Although divorce may have been a bargain for this scoundrel, I've already been with him, and I know he's rotten, so I should get away from him as soon as possible. I can't afford to ruin my life with him.

Just as Tang Mingli was about to speak, she heard Old Madam Fu clutch her chest and angrily say, "Gu Lin, this kind of rotten person, this kind of rotten family, just get rid of him. Divorce him, divorce him. I don't believe you'll be worse off without him than you are now."

"Grandma is right, we should get out of this quagmire." Tang Mingli gave her grandmother a thumbs up.

Therefore, whether something is feudal or not, traditional or not, certainly depends on the general environment, but it depends even more on the individual.

Grandma, who is decades older than Gu Lin, has a more carefree attitude towards things.

However, Gu Lin didn't think so, and kept repeating that she would never let those two scoundrels get away with it.

Tang Mingli got angry, grabbed her shoulders, and shook her violently a few times.

"No matter how much you hate someone, don't take it out on them. If you made the wrong choices in the past, you have to accept it, but life is long."

Gu Lin stared blankly at Tang Mingli, then looked at her beloved great-aunt, in which she saw agreement with her cousin-in-law's words.

No one had ever explained this to her.

Even though her parents felt sorry for her and were saddened by what happened, they still advised her to swallow her grievances.

She tried, but found she couldn't swallow it, which is why she rushed to Yang Tao's workplace without a care when she woke up that day.

That day, she didn't want to live anymore, and she didn't want Yang Tao to live either.