Chapter 41 Divorce Success

The situation suddenly changed, and Ge Xuecai was caught off guard, but he still stiffened his neck and said, "So what? You instigated my wife to divorce me, so you were wrong."

Lin Xi was so angry that he almost laughed. It was obviously his own fault that he could not shoulder the responsibility of being the head of the family, yet he blamed himself.

This is what people who fail are like, they always like to blame the reasons on others.

"Ge Xuecai!" Dai Lan'er couldn't bear to listen any longer. "I want to divorce you on my own initiative. It has nothing to do with anyone else!"

That being said, Ge Xuecai didn't believe it at all. When Dai Lan'er was at home, she had never had the slightest thought of divorce.

Ever since I went to help out in Linxi's store, I have become more and more courageous.

"I'm telling you, I won't agree to anything you say. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you to death!" Ge Xuecai became ruthless and looked like he was about to take action.

Dai Liyun immediately protected his elder sister Dai Lan'er behind him, with a wary look on his face. He had long disliked this brother-in-law.

"Ge Xuecai," Lin Xiqi said in a fluttering voice, "I haven't held you accountable for stealing the cash box from my store. Don't you think you still have bargaining chips?"

Ge Xuecai froze, wondering why Lin Xi suddenly revealed this.

"Let me think, how much money did you steal? About six taels of silver." Lin Xi crossed his arms, pretending to think.

When the villagers heard that Ge Xuecai had done this, they started pointing fingers.

"Ge Xuecai is not only gambling now, he's also stealing money!"

"What's so strange about this? He doesn't work all day long. How can he afford to gamble if he doesn't steal money?"

"This girl from the Dai family is so unlucky. How could she be with such a man?"

In the crowd, Dai Endong listened to the discussions of people around him and felt mixed emotions.

Of course, when they got married, the Ge family was still a well-known wealthy family. Who would have thought that they would end up in such a situation.

"I didn't expect you to steal. Sister, we can't live with someone like you. We must divorce you today no matter what!" Dai Liyun was furious. His sister's life was worse than he had imagined.

"Lan'er, Dad didn't know you've had such a hard life these years." Dai Endong's face was full of guilt.

"Dad, this is not your fault." Dai Lan'er couldn't bear to see Dai Endong's look, so she hurried to comfort him.

"Dad has thought it through. If you want to divorce, I will clean up the old house and let you and Yang'er live in it." Dai Endong said.

The old house he was talking about was the house where the Dai family lived before. Later, the Dai family's duck business did well, so they built a new house and the old house has been abandoned ever since.

Divorce is a first in the village, and it is even a bit shameful to talk about, but Dai Endong couldn't stand it when he saw his son-in-law's current appearance.

Rather than living like this, it is better to divorce and just treat the woman as a widow.

No matter what, she is still his, Dai Endong's daughter.

The situation before him was completely beyond Ge Xuecai's expectations. With so many people in the village, no one stood on his side, and some even looked at him with contempt.

Lin Xi felt that the timing was right, so she put the divorce agreement in front of Ge Xuecai and said, "Either sign it or meet with the government."

Ge Xuecai was helpless and gritted his teeth and said, "If I sign this, will you still ask me to pay back the money?"

He can be said to have nothing now. If Lin Xi really sues him to the county government, he will have no choice but to accept the defeat.

"Of course. As long as you are willing to sign the divorce agreement, all our accounts will be settled." Lin Xi nodded.

Now, everyone looked at Lin Xi in astonishment. Such a large amount of money was almost a family's savings for a year, and yet he just said he didn't want it. Is there really such a person in the world?

"Sister, you can't do this. I will find a way to return the money you lost." Dai Lan'er looked anxious. How could such a large sum of money be written off in one go?

Lin Xi actually didn’t care. This money was only the store’s income for five days. If he lost money here, he could earn it back immediately.

"Sister, what does this have to do with you? The money was stolen by Ge Xuecai. How could I ask you to pay it back? Do you think I'm unreasonable?" Lin Xi said, pretending to be angry.

Dai Laner was speechless and couldn't find any words to refute for a while.

"Ge Xuecai, have you thought about it?" Lin Xi urged impatiently.

Under the watchful eyes of the public and the pressure of reporting to the authorities, Ge Xuecai realized that he had no way out and could only agree to Lin Xi's request.

He walked forward and pressed his fingerprint on the divorce papers.

Lin Xi was quick to fold the document carefully and handed it to Dai Lan'er, "Big sister, you must keep it well. If someone asks you for Ge Xuecai's gambling debt in the future, you can take this out. Since we are not family, there is no need to assume his debt."

Dai Laner looked at the thin document in her hand and tears fell like rain.

She was an uneducated person who could not read a single word and could not understand what was written on the paper, but she saw something beyond the words, which was freedom.

"Mother." Ge Liyang stretched his little head to look at the words written on the paper and read them out, "Ge Xuecai and Dai Lan'er voluntarily divorced. From now on, they are no longer husband and wife, and have nothing to do with life or death."

Dai Laner looked at Ge Liyang in surprise, "Yang'er, do you recognize these words?"

Ge Liyang didn't have much idea about divorce, but he was quite proud of the fact that he could read, so he immediately wrote Dai Lan'er's name in the air.

"Mom, look, your name is written like this," the little guy said, working very hard, and drawing in the air again, "This is my name."

"Yes, I saw it." Dai Lan'er cried for joy. Her Yang'er had become capable and could recognize words.

The other villagers were shocked. They had never heard that Ge Liyang had been to school, so how could he suddenly recognize words? Their children were in Wang Xing'an's school, but after studying for a long time, they still couldn't recognize so many words.

"Yang'er, don't worry. Mother will support your studies and let you take the exam." Dai Lan'er said firmly.

Dai Liyun immediately followed, "Sister, count me in, I'll pay for Yang'er's education."

Dai Endong slapped Dai Liyun on the head and said, "How much money do you have? I will pay for my grandson's education."

Ge Xuecai stared at the happy family in front of him in a daze, and then he realized how serious a mistake he had made. He actually divorced Dai Lan'er and pushed his genius son away.

As for this, the Dai family’s affairs have come to an end.

When Lin Xi returned home, Xiao Yongyan was already waiting for her. Seeing his relaxed expression, she knew that she had achieved what she wanted.

"Xier, come and eat." Xiao Yongyan set the table.

Lin Xi walked to the table and sat down, and suddenly thought, "Will the results of the Tongsheng exam be announced tomorrow?"

Xiao Yongyan nodded, "Not bad."

The next day.

Although passing the examination to become a Tongsheng does not necessarily provide any preferential treatment, for ordinary students, becoming a Tongsheng means that they have reached the door to the imperial examination.