Zhou Bingchen said that on purpose. He wanted to see how Ding Ermei would react after she found out he was injured.

"Bingchen, are you injured? Where are you injured? Are you feeling better now?" Ding Ermei's gaze swept over Zhou Bingchen, her expression somewhat anxious.

"I'm much better today. Mom, let's go home!" Zhou Bingchen glanced at Ding Ermei and said.

"Yes, yes, let's go home. Mom will make you sweet egg soup to nourish you up," Ding Ermei said hurriedly.

Zhao Zhenzhu stood aside, watching Ding Ermei and Zhou Bingchen's "motherly love and filial piety" relationship without saying a word.

Anyway, she was just accompanying Zhou Bingchen back for a few days, just going through the motions.

Ding Ermei deliberately ignored Zhao Zhenzhu, but Zhao Zhenzhu didn't care at all.

Unfortunately, Zhao Zhenzhu was unwilling to cause trouble, but Ding Ermei was unwilling to let her go.

Ding Ermei walked next to Zhou Bingchen, pushing Zhao Zhenzhu behind her.

After Zhou Bingchen led his bicycle into the house, Ding Ermei stopped in the middle of the doorway.

Zhao Zhenzhu also stopped in her tracks.

"Zhao Zhenzhu, didn't you not even respect me, your mother-in-law? Why did you rush back as soon as Bingchen returned? If you're so capable, then don't come back! Not just anyone can enter the gates of the Zhou family." Ding Ermei looked at Zhao Zhenzhu with a mocking smile.

Ding Ermei did it on purpose.

She wanted to take this opportunity to manipulate Zhao Zhenzhu and set some rules for her, letting Zhao Zhenzhu know that the Zhou family was still her territory.

"You mean... I can't go through this door today?" Zhao Zhenzhu glanced at Ding Ermei and asked.

“Yes, our Zhou family can’t have a daughter-in-law like you who betrays us. I’ll make Bingchen divorce you, so get out of here right now,” Ding Ermei said viciously.

"Roll? I don't know how. Why don't you demonstrate how to roll?" Zhao Zhenzhu laughed.

"You... you'd better admit your mistake right now, or you can forget about setting foot in my Zhou family's house today," Ding Ermei said angrily.

Ding Ermei had originally planned to stage a scenario where Zhao Zhenzhu would take the initiative to apologize, and then she would reluctantly agree to let Zhao Zhenzhu into the house. Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhenzhu didn't do as she imagined. She had no choice but to reveal her true intentions.

"Zhou Bingchen, your mother won't let me in. Bring out my family's bicycle. I'm going back to my parents' house," Zhao Zhenzhu said loudly.

Zhou Bingchen had just parked his bicycle under the eaves when he heard Zhao Zhenzhu calling him, and hurriedly strode over.

Seeing Zhao Zhenzhu and Ding Ermei staring at each other like two fighting cocks, one inside the door and the other outside, Zhou Bingchen couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

"Pearl, you..." Zhou Bingchen instinctively wanted to tell Zhao Zhenzhu not to stoop to Ding Ermei's level, but the words were on the tip of his tongue when he saw Zhao Zhenzhu's ambiguous smile. Zhou Bingchen shuddered and quickly changed his words: "Pearl, you've been wronged. My mother is uneducated and doesn't know how to speak properly. She probably doesn't mean she doesn't want you to come in, but she hasn't seen you in a long time and misses you terribly, so she's deliberately saying these things to annoy you!"

Zhao Zhenzhu mentally gave Zhou Bingchen a thumbs up.

Is this man trying to smooth things over between her and Ding Ermei?

Unfortunately, Ding Ermei isn't her. It's no wonder she wouldn't listen to Zhou Bingchen's nonsense.

Sure enough, Ding Ermei's face fell, and she said, "Bingchen! Mom really doesn't want Zhao Zhenzhu to come into the family. You don't know how outrageous Zhao Zhenzhu has been lately."

"Zhou Bingchen, your mother said you should divorce me. Come on, let's go back to town and sign the divorce papers!" Zhao Zhenzhu said provocatively.

The agreement Zhao Zhenzhu signed with Zhou Bingchen earlier was merely a stopgap measure. She was more than happy to divorce Zhou Bingchen as soon as possible.

"Pearl, what nonsense are you talking about? Didn't we agree not to get a divorce?" Zhou Bingchen said anxiously.

Zhou Bingchen was somewhat irritated.

He managed to use the child as an excuse to keep Zhao Zhenzhu from mentioning divorce for the time being.

He had only been home for less than a minute when Ding Ermei ruined his great situation.

If he had known this would happen, he would have preferred to let Zhao Zhenzhu stay at her father's house until she graduated from her studies, and then he would have come back to pick her and her children up to go to the army!

"Bingchen, you can't let Zhao Zhenzhu control you! Get a divorce, and Mom will find you someone better than Zhao Zhenzhu after the divorce. You're an officer now, so even a virgin would be fine," Ding Ermei said hastily, sensing the situation was turning against her.

"Mom, don't cause trouble. Pearl and I are in a military marriage, we can't just get a divorce. Otherwise, I won't be able to stay in the army." Zhou Bingchen shuddered in fright and quickly made up an excuse to dissuade Ding Ermei from her idea.

Ding Ermei's words reminded Zhou Bingchen of the "nightmare" he had when he was unmarried.

Ding Xiaocui was originally introduced to Zhou Bingchen by Ding Ermei.

Zhou Bingchen had only been in the army for six months when Ding Ermei brought Ding Xiaocui to live with her at home.

Zhou Bingchen returned home to visit his family for the first time in a year and a half after joining the army.

Ding Ermei pulled Zhou Bingchen aside and said that Ding Xiaocui was the "fiancée" she had found for Zhou Bingchen.

Zhou Bingchen was terrified and hurriedly expressed his opposition.

To save face for Ding Ermei, Zhou Bingchen didn't say he looked down on Ding Xiaocui, but simply told her that cousins ​​are close relatives and cannot marry.

Ding Ermei cursed and swore, saying Zhou Bingchen was talking nonsense. In the countryside, it's common to "marry within the family," and as far as Ding Ermei knew, there were several couples where cousins ​​had married.

Fearing that Ding Ermei would force Ding Xiaocui on him, Zhou Bingchen made an excuse about having something to do at the army headquarters and slipped away the next day.

For the next two years, Zhou Bingchen didn't dare go home, giving up his opportunity to visit his family to his comrades.

After learning that Ding Xiaocui had married her second brother Zhou Bingxing, Zhou Bingchen began to visit his family as usual.

Anyway, he had already "educated" his mother about the dangers of cousins ​​getting married, but she didn't believe him, and there was nothing he could do about it.

That same year, while visiting his family, Zhou Bingchen met Zhao Zhenzhu by chance and fell in love with her at first sight.

Zhou Bingchen didn't know if Ding Ermei had told anyone about this past event, but he was too ashamed to say it.

That's so embarrassing.

"Huh? The military even handles divorces?" Ding Ermei was a little confused.

"Of course! We need approval to get married, and we need approval to get divorced too. Leaders don't like divorced people." Zhou Bingchen quickly began his big lie.

When Ding Ermei saw Zhou Bingchen speaking up for Zhao Zhenzhu, she knew that the divorce was unlikely to happen anytime soon.

“Bingchen! You can’t forget your mother after you get married! Zhao Zhenzhu wrongly accused me of robbing her a few days ago. I was arrested by the police and detained in the police station for three whole days! I suffered a lot and was even cheated out of two hundred yuan!” Ding Ermei’s tears came easily.

Since she couldn't use divorce to control Zhao Zhenzhu, Ding Ermei definitely had to try to gain some benefits for herself.

Ding Ermei said that she was cheated out of 200 yuan by Xiao Fang and his gang, not because she was old and had a bad memory, but because it was intentional.

If Ding Ermei doesn't say that, how can she make up for the deficit she's incurred these past few days?