Lin Xi ignored him, not believing his nonsense, and looked up to ask Li Taohua, "Auntie, do you know where he works?"

Li Taohua nodded and said, "I do know that, but I don't know if he changed places later."

"We only need to know one place. Once we find it, someone will know where his new job is."

Lin Wei asked warily, "What do you want to do?"

"I don't want to do anything special, it's just that we're new here, so we should at least take your aunt to see where you work. Oh, and by the way, we should also tell your colleagues about it."

You modern-day Chen Shimei, how did you abandon your wife and children to find such a vixen? Moreover, this counts as bigamy, right? If this gets out of hand, you two ghostly couple will definitely be arrested and sentenced to several years in prison.

Lin Wei said angrily, "You dare?"

"See if we dare. Anyway, we don't live here. If we make a big fuss, we can just turn around and go back to our little rural village, and no one will know. But you, I don't know if your workplace will still want someone like you."

Seeing that Lin Xi didn't seem to be joking, Lin Wei said somewhat fearfully, "No, please don't go. Peach Blossom, please let me go for the sake of our marriage. You saw it yourself, she's pregnant. I really can't be with you anymore."

Li Taohua gritted her teeth and said, "Pah, do you think you're some kind of hot commodity that everyone's fighting over? Don't worry, I, Li Taohua, am not the kind of person who clings on relentlessly. Remember, it's me, Li Taohua, who doesn't want you, Lin Wei anymore. Don't wait until that shameless guy abandons you and you come back to us."

Lin Wei breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully she wasn't forcing him to go back. He smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Tao Hua, you need to keep an eye on that girl. We can't let her cause trouble at our workplace. I finally got a permanent position, what if she makes a scene and I get fired?"

"You shameless bastard, how dare you come to me? I wish you two sluts were both dead. Why should I be the one to take care of your parents and serve you, while you're living a life of luxury with some vixen? And now you still have the nerve to beg me?"

Lin Wei knelt down with a thud, pleading pitifully, "Peach Blossom, please, please, even if you take me down, you won't get anything out of it. I'm still Gou Dan'er's biological father, are you really going to let the child watch his mother drive his father to his death?"

Lin Xi mocked him: "When you were hugging that little vixen, did you not think about the fact that you have a son? Now that you've remembered, I, Brother Gou Dan, feel ashamed for you."

Lin Wei threatened Lin Xi: "Shut up, this is a family matter."

He then threatened Li Taohua in a low voice: "Taohua, think about it. If you drag me down, I'll have nowhere to go. If I go back to the village, that house is left to me by my father. You and your son won't be able to stay in the village then, and I don't think your family will let you take your son back to live there. So, let's both back down. If you let me go, I'll compensate you, okay?"

Li Taohua was at a loss. What he said was right. The house did indeed belong to their family. Since she was determined not to live with him anymore, it wouldn't be good for her to stay in that house. Although she had a house in town, there would definitely be a lot of gossip in the village. Gou Dan was growing up day by day. It didn't matter if she suffered a little grievance, but she couldn't let her child suffer along with her.

Gou Dan knew that his mother was also thinking of him, and said with tears in his eyes, "Mother, don't listen to his nonsense. Let him lose everything. Let's see if that woman will still live with him. I'm all grown up now. I'll take care of you in the future. Let's just pretend he's dead."

Li Taohua affectionately patted Gou Dan'er's head. Her son had really grown up, but as a mother, she couldn't let her son carry the burden of being a child his father didn't want for the rest of his life just for a moment of pleasure.

He turned to look at Lin Xi, hoping she could offer some advice.

Lin Xi thought about it and decided against it. Anyway, this kind of person could do such a thing, and he would definitely do other bad things in the future. God would deal with him and bring him down. If he went back to the village, he would only cause trouble. It would be better to get some benefits instead.

"Alright, if you don't want us to go, we don't have to go. But you have to compensate Aunt Peach Blossom, after all, all the suffering she's endured over the years is because of you."

Lin Wei stood up, nodding repeatedly: "That's for sure. I'm the one who wronged her. I'll give her whatever she wants."

Lin Xi thought for a moment and said, "You look quite presentable, working here and able to rent such a big house. You must earn a lot of money each month. Give me a thousand yuan and we won't cause any trouble. Don't worry, this money will all go towards your son."

Lin Wei asked incredulously, "A thousand? Do you think I'm some big boss? I'm just a small employee with no education. I've been stuck here for so long and only managed to get a deputy director position with a little power. Where am I supposed to get so much money for you?"

"That's not our concern. Anyway, I've already told you. If you can't do it, then Auntie, let's go and get to know his colleagues."

Lin Wei quickly stopped them: "No, no, no, I really don't have that much money. Could you lower the price a bit? I'll transfer the house in the village to Gou Dan's name, and all the land, I'll leave it all to you."

Seeing that Lin Xi was still unmoved, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give them another two hundred yuan, and we'll be even. I'll find time to go back and get her a divorce certificate."

"Pah, are you trying to fob me off like a beggar? The things in your village rightfully belong to Aunt Peach Blossom. You've kept her waiting for so long, and you think you can just give her this little bit of stuff? You're thinking too simply."

"That five hundred, that's really the most I can have. It's all my savings."

"Auntie, Brother Gou Dan, let's go, let's shout it out on the road and let everyone know about this ghost couple."

Lin Wei cursed Lin Xi under his breath, then compromised and said, "Fine, fine, a thousand it is. But let's make this clear first: after this money is given, no matter what happens, you can't bring it up again, and I won't give you another penny. We'll pretend we don't know each other from now on."

After more than ten years of marriage, this is all that's left for them. Li Taohua wiped away her tears, glared at him, and said, "Don't worry, even if we have to beg for food in the future, we won't come to your door. And you, you can't come looking for us anymore either. Don't regret it when you're old and think your son will take care of you in your old age and see you off in your final days. No way. I don't even want you to be dirty."

To be continued!