Chapter 134 Hypocrisy

He was an ordinary person, and Xu Shanshan wasn't a college student from that era.

“I told you my conditions when we first met.” After saying this, Wen Changyu didn’t give Xu Shanshan a chance to get angry. He continued, “Saying anything more now will only increase our resentment.”

"Since you're unhappy, let's break up."

"Shanshan, you have a long life ahead of you. If you'll be happier if we separate, that would be a good thing."

Perhaps Wen Changyu was too calm. Xu Shanshan glanced at him a few more times, took a few deep breaths, and surprisingly didn't shout, "Divorce is fine, but I can't lose anything that's rightfully mine."

Wen Changyu nodded, "It's only right, you've taken care of the family for so many years."

Actually, even if Xu Shanshan didn't say it, Wen Changyu would have given her everything he could, since Xu Shanshan didn't have a job and he was worried about her future.

Xu Shanshan stared at him and said, "I want all the family savings, the house, except for the one you live in."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Wen Changyu frown.

Xu Shanshan scoffed again, "Hypocritical!"

Just as she was about to say a few more sarcastic remarks, Wen Changyu shook his head and said, "Giving you the savings is no problem, but as for the house, besides the one you live in, the other one was given to Zhizhi."

"The other two are Jinzhou and Jinshu's..." Wen Changyu didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear: what's already given to the child can't be given to you.

After hearing this, Xu Shanshan's face flushed red with anger, and she finally cursed, "Hypocrite!"

In Xu Shanshan's view, Wen Changyu was just being hypocritical.

If each child has their own house, then only the one she currently lives in is left. Even if she fights for it, what can she possibly gain?

As for the Western-style house where Wen Changyu and the others are currently living, there's no point in her arguing about it.

That was a house in the military compound. She couldn't possibly live there after divorcing Wen Changyu. Even if Wen Changyu didn't find it disgusting, she would.

Wen Changyu could only explain, "Jinshu's share was given to him when she got married. It was agreed at the time that it was from Jinzhou."

"...Zhizhi, Zhizhi was finally found, I thought she should get a set too."

Xu Shanshan immediately questioned, "What about Qianqian? Didn't Qianqian call you 'Dad' for twenty years?"

Wen Changyu remained silent on this matter.

No matter how much Xu Shanshan called him hypocritical, he couldn't refute her.

He considered Zhizhi, but not Wen Qianqian.

His plan for Wen Qianqian was to prepare a generous dowry.

As for where Wen Qianqian will live after marriage, Wen Changyu thinks that she should live wherever her future husband's family is.

Xu Shanshan then cursed at him, "You disgust me."

Wen Changyu lowered his head and said nothing.

Xu Shanshan raised her chin and told him, "I will leave this house to Qianqian in the future!"

Wen Changyu neither confirmed nor denied this, saying, "It's your stuff, you decide what to do with it."

Xu Shanshan then saw the guest off, saying, "You can go now, just remember to bring the divorce certificate."

"And my things, I'll have Qianqian go back and get them!"

Wen Changyu glanced at her, but didn't say anything more, and got up to leave.

After he left, Wen Qianqian came out of the house and whispered to Xu Shanshan, "Mom, are you really going to divorce him?"

Xu Shanshan collapsed onto the sofa, exhausted, and nodded with difficulty.

She was finally going to divorce Wen Changyu, but... she didn't seem that happy.

Wen Qianqian bit her lower lip hard, wanting to say that Xu Shanshan had lost her mind, but she swallowed the words back. She squatted down and asked, "Mom, are all the family's savings with you?"

Xu Shanshan nodded, "I brought all my bankbooks with me when I came out."

Hearing this, Wen Qianqian breathed a slight sigh of relief.

With this house and the Wen family's savings, life shouldn't be too difficult in the future.

After Wen Changyu left, he sat alone downstairs for a long time before finally returning to his unit.

He didn't dare go home immediately, afraid of facing everyone's concerned eyes.

——

In Jiangcheng, Zhou Lin received a call from Wu Caifeng.

When Zhou Lin called Wu Caifeng last time, he asked her to secretly inquire about Xie Zhizhi's background.

Tian Fang said that Xie Zhizhi was picked up by the roadside back then.

If it really was found, Zhou Lin thought, there couldn't possibly be no one in the local area who would know.

The more people ask, the more naturally you'll know what you want to know.

Wu Caifeng, having received her son's "order," would go out and inquire whenever she had free time.

But what she got was, "I went out and asked around, I asked many people in Xiejia Village, and they all said that Tian Fang told the villagers back then that Zhizhi was her daughter."

"It is said that she went back to her parents' home to take care of her sick mother for several months, and gave birth before she could come back."

"After giving birth, I couldn't be exposed to the wind during my postpartum period, so I simply stayed at my parents' house for the entire period. By the time I came back, my baby was already a month old."

"Then I went to Tian Fang's family home, and guess what happened?"

"As it turned out, Tian Fang's family had no idea about this at all. They said it was impossible and that Tian Fang's mother had passed away without any illness or disaster."

Zhou Lin then relayed Wu Caifeng's words to Wen Jinzhou.

Wen Jinzhou frowned. "So she lied. She didn't pick up Zhizhi at all."

"She even went so far as to leave home for several months back then in order to justify the fact that Zhizhi was her child?"

Zhou Lin nodded. "That's right. My mother asked several people from Xiejia Village about this, and that's what they all said."

Wen Jinzhou immediately called his older brother.

Having obtained this clue, Wen Jinshu made another phone call.

However, Wen Jinshu did not tell the rest of her family about this.

He didn't tell his family about it, but Wen Changyu told him something shocking: "I'm going to divorce your mother."

Even though Wen Jinshu was mature and composed, he paused for a moment, then asked, "What did Mom say?"

“Your mother agreed. She wants the house she and Qianqian are living in now, and all the family savings will go to her.”

“She doesn’t have a job, and neither does Qianqian, so I think it’s reasonable to give her the savings.”

"How much savings do you have at home?" Wen Jinshu asked.

Wen Changyu: "...I don't know."

Wen Jinshu thought for a moment and said, "Jinzhou said before that he wanted to find a partner as soon as possible."

Wen Jinshu put pressure on her own father.

But Wen Changyu didn't understand, and just nodded, "It's time to find a partner, he's not young anymore."

Wen Jinshu pushed up his glasses. "Finding a partner and getting married will require some expenses."

"Zhizhi is pregnant too. You'll be a grandfather next year. Aren't you going to prepare a big gift for the baby?"

If Wen Changyu still couldn't understand, he would truly be a blockhead. He frowned and asked, "Are you trying to say?"

Wen Jinshu lowered her eyelids, concealing the color in her eyes. "Qianqian is no longer a child. She's a 23-year-old young woman. She can find a job to support herself, and even support her mother."

“Mom lives alone, so even if she doesn’t work, her expenses are limited.”

"She was able to give Zhizhi five thousand yuan so that Zhizhi could leave Beijing. This shows that five thousand yuan is not a sum that Mom can't afford. It means that the family has a lot of savings."

"Mom definitely doesn't need that much."

Seeing that Wen Changyu was about to say something, Wen Jinshu added, "Having too much money isn't always a good thing."

Wen Changyu fell silent again.