"Let's go over the divorce properly in front of Dad. You tell me your plan first, and then I'll tell you my conditions. We can discuss it and try to get a peaceful divorce."

Yu Hai looked at Chen Hong in shock. He hadn't expected Chen Hong to agree to his request for a divorce so easily.

At this moment, Yu Hai was filled with mixed emotions and felt extremely distressed. Did she no longer have feelings for him? Did it matter whether they divorced or not? Then why had he been so conflicted for the past year?

On the way back, I was still imagining how Chen Hong would cry her heart out when she heard the news, how stubbornly she would refuse to let go, and how she would mobilize her relatives and friends to persuade me.

Yu Hai could even imagine Chen Hong confining herself to the house, never letting him go out to work again, just keeping herself at home, farming and fishing with him. Yu Hai knew Chen Hong could do it; she had the ability.

To be honest, Yu Hai couldn't win an argument with Chen Hong, and even if he wanted to fight, his arrogance prevented him from defeating her. Back when they were working odd jobs, Yu Hai had witnessed Chen Hong beat up highway robbers, leaving them covered in blood. Before they got married, Yu Hai even needed Chen Hong's protection and support.

“Chen Hong, I know I’ve wronged you these past few years. Since we got married, the elderly and children have tied you up, forcing you to come back from the city to this small fishing village to take care of our family and be my support. You left the countryside when you were a teenager and never did farm work again. But after coming to my house, you did all the heavy and tiring work, from farming to fishing.”

“You must also want to go back to Jinan, back to your hometown. Let’s part amicably then, but there’s one thing I need to trouble you with. Liu Lan doesn’t want the child, so the child will have to stay with you, but I will cover the living expenses. I can’t afford more than that, so I’ll give the child 500 yuan a month until she turns 18. We’ll talk about it when the child goes to university and gets married. I certainly can’t be a father for nothing, so I’ll do my part then.”

"Have you finished speaking?"

Chen Hong said, "Then let me tell you my thoughts. Since you don't want the child, then the child will stay with me. I will definitely take good care of the child, and you and Dad can rest assured about that. I have no other ideas about living expenses. 500 yuan a month is fine. I don't care how much you give after the child grows up. That's a matter between you two. If you have a good relationship, you can give more. If you don't have a good relationship, you can give less. I have no objection. But we need to clarify the matter of property."

“Right now, our family only owns this house, which is our marital home and belongs to our property acquired after marriage. We also have five acres of land on the western slope that belong to my daughter and me, and five acres that belong to you and Dad. We also have an old house that you and Dad lived in before we got married. Although no one has lived there for the past few years, it has been well maintained.”

“Besides these furniture and appliances, everything else in our house was bought when we got married, so it doesn’t add up to much money. We also have a lot of savings. After the divorce, I don’t want to go back to Jinan. I’ve lived here for more than seven years, and I’ve grown attached to this place. Besides, my child is doing better here. If I take him back to Jinan, people will definitely look down on him, which will be bad for his development.”

“He grew up here, in a familiar environment with familiar people. Staying here will have the least impact on his future life, so I want to keep this house. We want our land, and Dad doesn’t need that little sampan anymore, so I want to keep that too. You see, we only have that one yuan. What are your thoughts? Tell me.”

“Those five acres of land originally belonged to you and your son. Besides, since I'm not home and Dad can't farm, all the land that Dad and I have is yours. This house is also for you and your son. The little sampan is old and not worth much, so you can have it too. I'll tidy up the old house and let Dad move there. Once I buy a house in Jinan, I'll bring Dad over. Please take care of things for me during this time. As for the family savings, give me 30,000 yuan!”

Yu Hai said somewhat guiltily that, according to this calculation, he was definitely a penniless man. His house was worth 70,000 yuan, and with his savings, his total net worth was 100,000 yuan.

"Anything else is fine, but I can't give you the savings. Don't tell me you don't have any money. For seven years, you've only paid 1,000 yuan a month. Seven years ago, your salary was 2,000 yuan. Now your basic salary is at least 4,000 yuan a month. You also have other extra income from sales and purchasing. You should have at least 50,000 yuan in savings. And that doesn't even include your gray income."

"Don't take advantage of me because I don't know anything. Before we broke up, it didn't matter whether the money was in your hands or mine. I've never kept accounts with you. Don't forget, you're the one at fault. I've already been very kind to you by not asking for alimony or compensation for emotional distress. So don't even think about the money I have."

Yu Hai lowered his head sheepishly, thinking to himself that nothing could be hidden from his wife; Chen Hong was truly shrewd. He had indeed saved 80,000 yuan over the past few years, and now that he had established himself in his position, he believed that earning 200,000 yuan in the next year or two would be no problem.

The biggest source of income was the gray income from hotel purchasing and sales; the salary was negligible, sometimes not even enough for a meal. In the past two years, because of another woman, his income increased, but he still only gave 1,000 yuan to his family for living expenses, thinking he could get away with it. It turned out that Chen Hong knew everything, knew everything, and said nothing. Thinking of this, Yu Hai's face turned red.