"I won't talk about the past. I can guess what you're thinking now, but I don't think your approach is right."

"I know your marriage with Ruan Yumian isn't as harmonious as you might imagine. Even if there was some affection between you before, it's probably faded away long ago. Your marriage is already in jeopardy."

"I know the Ruan family a little bit. The two elders are selfish people. They value power, status, and money very much. All the arrangements and decisions made at home are tied to their own interests. Even their children's marriages are mixed with self-interest."

"Ruan Yumian is very close to her parents' family. She obeys her parents' every word and is selfish and vain at heart."

"Over the years, the Lu family hasn't allowed the Ruan family to take advantage of you, and you've never given them any leeway, nor have you allowed your three daughters to bask in the Lu family's glory. You've stuck to your principles, and that's actually long since displeased the Ruan family and Ruan Yumian."

"Lu Qiuhe was criticized in the newspaper before. I think the Ruan family also saw the Lu family's attitude. Their hope of using their three granddaughters to gain power has been dashed again."

"You've had a lot of contact with your father-in-law over the years, so you should know him better than us."

"He has been working tirelessly to gain personal advantage over the years. The Ruan family's children, grandchildren, and relatives are all pawns in his hands, used to gain power and status."

"Ruan Yumian was carefully cultivated by the couple. You know the tricks they played behind your back when you were together. But the Lu family didn't do what they wanted, and you didn't give them the chance. Ruan Yumian didn't bring the benefits and glory they wanted to her family, so they had no choice but to turn their attention to Qiu He and the others."

"Over the years, they've put a lot of thought into the Qiuhe sisters, deliberately pretending to dote on them. But anyone with a discerning eye can see their motives. They not only want to use them to leverage the Lu family's influence, but also to use them as pawns for the Ruan family's benefit."

"Don't blame me for being harsh. If you and Ruan Yumian didn't have a child, given the Lu family's tough attitude, the Ruan family elders would have divorced Ruan Yumian long ago and found her another target."

"Especially after what happened today, everything your father-in-law painstakingly planned was destroyed. Given their temperaments, they will do whatever it takes to save the Ruan family."

"They don't have many chess pieces left to use now. The chess pieces they threw out before may not necessarily repay him at this critical juncture. He can't do anything to the Lu family, so he will definitely vent all his anger and resentment on you, Ruan Yumian, Lu Qiuhe and others, and will also target them."

"Lu Qiuhe's reputation has been ruined, and her record is now tarnished. The Qi family will definitely not agree to Qi Bin marrying her, let alone other families. Qiuju and Qiutong are still young, and it's not time to talk about marriage yet. No matter how shameless the two old men in the Ruan family are, they dare not have any intentions towards them now."

"So, they will definitely target Ruan Yumian. They will force her to divorce you, then brainwash her and force her to remarry to atone for her sins and save her family."

Yu Peirong paused here, and seeing his expressionless face, she added something heartbreaking: "Also, when Ruan Yumian mentioned divorce before, I don't think she was just saying it out of anger. Maybe she had already had the idea of ​​divorce in her mind. If you keep delaying the divorce, it will only make her hate and resent you more."

Lu Nanzheng listened carefully to everything Yu Peirong said and took it to heart. He also agreed that what his sister-in-law said was right.

Seeing that he remained silent, Yu Peirong continued, "Second brother, everyone knows that you've had a hard time these past few years. You've been trying your best to make amends to Jingchuan and Jingyang. You're not planning to divorce because you want to be tied to Ruan Yumian for the rest of your life, torturing and punishing each other, but this isn't a wise decision."

"Instead of doing this, you should spend all your time and energy on making amends and educating your children."

"Both brothers Jingchuan and Jingyang were well educated by Lanqin. They have never resented you, but you were wrong about what happened back then. The ones you feel most sorry for are them."

"You are in your forties now, half of your life has passed. In the remaining half of your life, you can actually do a lot of things, and there is still a lot to do."

"You have to educate your two daughters who haven't completely grown up yet, work hard to repair your relationship with your two sons, and make time to be filial and spend time with your parents."

"Besides, you'll have grandchildren soon. Your son and daughter-in-law are both ambitious and capable people. Give them some time, and they'll go a long way. Right now, they need help. They need someone to stabilize their family, and the unborn baby will need someone to take care of and educate it. As long as you're willing, you can provide them with a lot of support."

"These are the things you should do now, and they are what you must do. Why bother to dwell on them and waste your time on people who are not worth it?"

The sister-in-law's words were like a wake-up call, which woke Lu Nanzheng up.

He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were less tired, and he nodded solemnly: "Sister-in-law, I know what to do."

"As long as you figure it out."

Yu Peirong also breathed a sigh of relief and persuaded him in a gentle tone, "Divorcing Ruan Yumian and severing ties with the Ruan family will only benefit you and not harm you. It will also be good for Jingchuan and Jingyang. As for Qiuju and Qiutong, they are not three-year-old children anymore. We can use today's incident to give them a good knock on the head and give them a strong dose of medicine. Maybe they can still be saved."

After some heartfelt persuasion, she finally convinced the man, and Lu Nanzheng immediately went home to give him the drastic medicine.

When he returned home, sisters Lu Qiuju and Lu Qiuting were both at home. When they came home from school, they heard from their neighbors what had happened today. They had just gone to the Ruan family and witnessed Ruan Wenwen being beaten by the elders, and his aunt breaking up and divorcing the Ruan family.

Of course, they were also scolded by the elders of the Ruan family.

In the past, the elders of the Ruan family never scolded them, but today they pointed at them and scolded them, putting all the blame on Lu Qiuhe, and also scolded the four of them, mother and daughter, as useless trash.

They were already in the sensitive period of rebellious youth, and all the insults from the Ruan family remained in their minds. They finally saw the true face of the Ruan family.

They were not stupid, and now they could see clearly that the kindness the Ruan family had shown them in the past was not simply out of love and affection, but had a purpose.

Lu Nanzheng had never told them about the Ruan family's various plots before, but today he did not hide anything. He told them a lot of things in the past, as well as the fate of the Ruan family members who were arrested. He also mentioned divorce and their custody.

After hearing this, Lu Qiuju and her sister burst into tears, and after crying, they agreed to their divorce. They both knew that only by relying on the Lu family and severing ties with the Ruan family could they continue to live in the circle, so they chose to live with their father without much hesitation.

To put it bluntly, they were like the Ruan family in their bones, learned their selfishness and vanity, and made decisions that were most beneficial to them.