She could tell from that photo.

Gu Aiguo wanted to refute it, to say no, but he swallowed the words back down.

"Shujing, I'm sorry for what I did to you. I will make it up to you for the rest of my life."

Gu Huanian snorted coldly upon hearing this; "You two talk first."

Then he looked at Chen Shujing and said, "Mom, I'm right outside. If you need anything, just call me loudly."

Looking at the son he had raised, Gu Aiguo knew how much he worried about his father!

Chen Shujing nodded.

After Gu Huanian left, Chen Shujing said, "I don't need any compensation from you. I just hope that after the divorce, I will never see you again. If I can stand up, let's go and apply for a divorce today."

Gu Aiguo looked at Chen Shujing with some surprise upon hearing this, knowing how old-fashioned this woman was.

I never expected her to say the words "divorce".

"Have you thought this through? We're both getting on in years, and our children are all grown up. Actually, actually..."

In the end, he was too ashamed to continue.

He had been thinking a lot these days. When he was injured and needed someone by his side, neither his son nor the person he had protected his whole life were there. He didn't realize it usually, but when he was sick and vulnerable, he would always think of how good Chen Shujing had been to him back then.

Back then, she would feel extremely distressed if he had even the slightest injury.

"Gu Aiguo, do you know? I've waited for you for so long. At first, I firmly believed that you would recognize that it wasn't me. Chen Shuling's height and personality are so different from mine, I didn't believe you couldn't tell. But when she came to tell me that you liked her now, I gave up. From then on, I never dared to hope that you would come to save me, and you didn't disappoint me, you really didn't show up."

"Shujing, I'm sorry, it's my fault." Gu Aiguo's eyes were full of guilt.

Chen Shujing said calmly, "I will never forgive you. The harm you caused me cannot be healed by a simple 'I'm sorry.' I have suffered for nineteen years. How many nineteen-year periods do I have in my life? If you can still move, get up and let's go and get the divorce papers done."

Gu Aiguo said with a bitter smile, "Shujing, I don't want a divorce. Can you give me another chance?"

He didn't want to lose his family in his old age.

“Gu Aiguo, no man would say such a thing. Consider those six years of my life as being wasted. Get up now, let’s get the paperwork done. From now on, I’ll walk my narrow path, and you can walk your sunny road.”

Looking at the woman's features, Gu Aiguo felt she appeared slightly younger than Chen Shuling. She also seemed much more resilient than before.

He thought that when they met again, she would be hysterical, or yell at him and hit him. But none of that happened; she simply calmly brought up the topic of divorce.

"Shuqing, I will not get a divorce. I will find a way to make it up to you for the rest of my life."

Even Chen Shujing, with her usually good temper, lost it. She walked straight up to the strange man and slapped him across the face.

"Gu Aiguo, you are unfaithful, fickle, and a scoundrel. I was blind to have followed you back then."

Hearing these words, Gu Aiguo felt a little more at ease. As long as they didn't get a divorce, he could say whatever he wanted.

"Shujing, if you're angry, keep hitting me and yelling at me. As long as you calm down, I won't get a divorce anyway."

This was the first time Chen Shujing had ever seen Gu Aiguo act like such a rogue.

"Don't you like Chen Shuling? I'll divorce you, and then you two can be together."

Since what happened last time, he has seen it clearly: Chen Shuling is an ingrate. He poured his heart out to her, but she pushed him to the brink of disaster at the crucial moment.

For the rest of his life, he only wanted to live a good life with Chen Shujing, and he didn't want to be like this time when he was injured, with no one to care about him except for Wang Ma.

"Shuqing, I was blind to be with her back then. Don't worry, I will never look at any other woman again."

Chen Shujing felt like she was talking to a brick wall. Gu Aiguo kept ignoring her talk of divorce, and she genuinely felt that dragging it out like this was pointless.

"Gu Aiguo, what makes you think that after living with another woman for so long, I'd still want to stay with you? Let me tell you, if you don't file for divorce within three days, I'll take this all the way to your military base, and then we'll see who's shameless."

Gu Aiguo looked at her, his eyes welling up with tears. When they got married, Chen Shuqing's face was full of love for him.

Now, facing him, his face was full of indifference. He couldn't understand why they were so old and couldn't just make do with each other.

They still have a son. He made a mistake before, but even if they get divorced, Chen Shuqing has no relatives or connections in Beijing, and no job. How good can her life be?

Why can't we give him a chance?

“I won’t get a divorce. We still have a son. How will you live in Beijing as a woman after the divorce? Let’s live a good life together. You can make all the decisions at home. Isn’t that better?”

"No, my affairs after the divorce are none of your business, you don't need to pretend to be kind."

If he truly cared about how she lived, why didn't he appear during those nineteen years? Saying these things now is just for show.

He thought she was just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, so easily fooled! She'd already suffered enough; why would she believe his lies?

Seeing that he wouldn't listen, Chen Shujing didn't bother arguing with him anymore and instead turned and left the room.

When Gu Huanian saw her come out, he quickly went up to her and asked, "Mom, how did your talk go?"

Chen Shujing shook her head; she actually really wanted to go and cause trouble at Gu Aiguo's unit.

But when she thought about her son's future, she couldn't bring herself to be ruthless.

"Let's go back first! We'll come back when his injury has healed a bit."

Gu Aiguo felt a void in his heart as the mother and son disappeared from his sight.

He was truly regretting it now; he had ruined what was once a perfectly good family.

Judging from Chen Shujing's expression just now, she's probably made up her mind to divorce him.

He knew she usually seemed gentle and traditional, and easy to talk to, but once she made up her mind, no one could change it.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to elope back then.

After leaving the courtyard, Chen Shujing felt as if all her strength had been drained.

Gu Huanian quickly stepped forward to support her; "Mom, are you alright?"

Chen Shujing looked back at the yard, which was completely different from when she left. She used to like to plant some vegetables in the yard, but now the yard was full of all kinds of flowers.

The place had finally changed; "Let's go!" She didn't want to stay here for another second.

After sending his mother to the house registered in his name, Gu Huanian rode his bicycle back to the family compound.

He couldn't lash out because Chen Shujing was there.

Gu Aiguo was thinking about the past when he never expected Gu Huanian to come back again.

He was somewhat surprised; "Huanian, you've come back to see me?"

"Dad, divorce Mom! Let her go, she's suffered too much these past years."