Jiang Ling looked distressed: "When we arrived, the daughter-in-law's neck had been scratched by her sister-in-law, leaving a long trail of blood. Luckily, it wasn't on her face, otherwise such a deep wound would have definitely disfigured her."

Fang Qiao frowned upon hearing this: "The younger sister-in-law is beating her older sister-in-law? So fierce?"

"You bet they were really fierce." Jiang Ling felt extremely upset whenever she thought of that mother and daughter.

Having worked in the family compound for two years, this was the first time she had encountered such unreasonable and uncooperative family members.

Fang Qiao: "Didn't her husband stop it either?"

“Her husband wasn’t home at the time, otherwise things wouldn’t have escalated to this point,” Jiang Ling said.

Fang Qiao thought to himself: If his mother-in-law and sister-in-law dare to bully his wife like this, he probably wouldn't be any different even at home.

"The mother-in-law verbally berates the girl as a barren hen, yet she won't let the newlywed couple share a room. The sister-in-law is unreasonable; when her own mother cries, she blames her sister-in-law without considering the consequences. Doesn't she realize that she can't be blamed for this?"

Jiang Ling couldn't help but roll her eyes: "It's normal to have no sex life and no children after two years of marriage. She just told the truth and you can't stand it and start crying. It would be funny if her daughter were really pregnant. It's not too late to cry then."

Fang Qiao clicked her tongue in astonishment: "How can there be such a family in our residential compound?"

After the company was restructured, it recruited mostly people with academic backgrounds.

“She comes from the countryside, a poor and remote place, where there’s not much sense of propriety or shame.” Jiang Ling sighed and explained, “This young woman’s husband is a soldier under my husband Chen. He’s undoubtedly good at fighting on the battlefield, but because he grew up with his widowed mother, the two of them have a very close relationship, and he’s rather blindly filial.”

Calling him blindly filial is a nice way of putting it; to put it bluntly, he's a spineless yes-man. Everything his mother says is right, even when she's wrong. He won't sleep in the same room as his new wife unless she tells him to, and he won't utter a single word.

"Why does someone so blindly filial even need to get married?" Fang Qiao couldn't help but roll her eyes and complained, "If the mother and son have a good relationship, he should just live with his mother for the rest of his life. Why ruin other young girls' lives?"

Jiang Ling shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

Fang Qiao said, "Sister Ling, there's no need for mediation or reconciliation in this situation, right? If they want a divorce, just let them have a way out."

At this point, Jiang Ling also said helplessly, "I don't want to try to reconcile them. But there's nothing I can do. They are in a military marriage. If the woman wants a divorce, but the man doesn't agree, the marriage can't be dissolved."

Fang Qiao was dumbfounded: "No? The man doesn't agree to a divorce? Why? He doesn't sleep in the same room with her, so why is he hogging her? Is he just wasting her youth? That's so immoral."

Jiang Ling sighed: "He said that the two of them have a strong emotional foundation and do not agree to a divorce."

Fang Qiao was speechless: "..."

I have nothing to say.

"What kind of weirdos are these?" She looked at Jiang Ling with sympathy and said, "Sister Ling, it seems that the work of your Women's Federation is quite difficult."

Jiang Ling shrugged helplessly: "Of course, all sorts of unpleasant things happen, some so outrageous that no one would believe you if you said you wouldn't go."

The key is that mediation must be conducted in accordance with rules and regulations, and cannot be based solely on personal preferences.

Just like what happened today.

She thought it would be better for the girl to just get a divorce.

After all, it's not easy for a woman to marry into a family with a widow and an orphan. In ordinary families, a young wife would suffer greatly after entering and leaving such a family, let alone a family with a difficult and troublesome mother-in-law, a bad-tempered sister-in-law, and a man who is blindly obedient to his parents.

But there was no other way; the leader's instructions were to persuade people to reconcile rather than separate, and to rather tear down a temple than break up a marriage.

What could she do? She had no choice but to comply.

"I'm not going to talk about it anymore. My clothes are all wet and sticky, it's uncomfortable. I have to go home."

Jiang Ling urged Chen Yan to go home, but Fang Qiao politely told her to stay, "Sister Ling, it's raining heavily right now, and you'll inevitably get soaked if you go out. It's not time to cook dinner yet, so why don't you stay at my house a little longer and leave when the rain subsides a bit? I'll find you some clean clothes."

Jiang Ling waved her hand: "No need, it's just a short walk, I'll be home without getting wet."

"Has your husband Chen come back yet? Should we have him come pick you up?" Fang Qiao asked.

Jiang Ling shook her head: "No, he hasn't come back yet."

Fang Qiao frowned: "What's going on? It's been so long, and they still haven't caught that tiger?"

"I don't know. I'm worried too. It's been a whole night and a day, and there's still no sign of anything." Jiang Ling said with concern, "My husband Chen is over thirty years old this year. He's not young anymore. How can his body handle this?"

"Don't overthink it. Your husband looks very young. He looks like he's in his early twenties. You wouldn't guess he's thirty at all," Fang Qiao comforted her. "Maybe your husband will be back soon."

"I hope so." Jiang Ling forced a smile, opened her umbrella, pulled Chen Yanlong into her arms, and said, "We're leaving now, we'll talk again later."

Fang Qiao responded and then instructed, "Okay, the road is slippery, so please slow down and watch your step."

The rain was torrential and fierce. As soon as the umbrella was opened and stepped into the rain, it was bent and broken by the cascading downpour.

Jiang Ling shielded most of Chen Yan's body, but even so, her clothes were quickly soaked by the torrential rain.

Fortunately, the two houses were close by, so it didn't take long for me to get home in the rain.

Once I get home, I can change into dry clothes and drink some hot water to warm myself up. I think everything will be fine.

After seeing Jiang Ling off, Fang Qiao got up and closed the door to the main room.

The rain poured down all day, and the strong winds and downpours caused the temperature to drop sharply. Cold winds kept blowing into the house. Adults didn't feel cold, but children were easily caught in the cold, and getting a cold would be troublesome.

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