Hearing Chen Ming say forget it, Xu Junhui picked up the agreement he had just signed, raised an eyebrow and said, "That's not up to you."
What do you mean by that?!
Chen Ming suddenly had a very bad feeling, but he had clearly read the agreement before signing it, and there was nothing wrong with it!
Xu Junhui shrugged and said, "The literal meaning."
He pointed to the small print at the top of the agreement and said to Chen Ming, "Look, you've already signed it. If you want to back out, we can report you to the police."
Chen Ming stared wide-eyed at the line of words, which were only slightly larger than ants. No wonder he hadn't seen them before.
What's scary isn't that Chen Ming didn't see that line of text.
Instead, the text read: "After consultation, Chen Ming and Xu Fang have decided to settle all expenses incurred by each other during their shared life, such as rent, labor costs, food rations, and social obligations. If both parties sign, it will signify that an agreement has been reached."
At the very end of the agreement were the signatures of Chen Ming and Xu Fang.
Chen Ming collapsed to the ground, feeling utterly helpless. He should have known better; how could the Xu family be so easily persuaded to divorce Xu Fang?
With the situation hopeless, Chen Ming had no choice but to accept it, no matter how unwilling he was.
Xu Junhui pulled Chen Ming up from the ground: "Former second uncle, don't act like we're bullying you. Didn't you bring this up first?"
"Come on, sit down. The accounts aren't settled yet."
“When you got married, you didn’t give your second aunt any dowry, but she gave birth to two children for you, so you still have to pay the dowry.”
"We're very honest and won't cheat you. We'll just charge you twenty yuan, based on the rates from fifteen years ago."
"Half of the dowry money for your younger brothers Chen Liang and Chen Hao, as well as the money for building the house, was given by your second aunt. Here is a total of eighty-one yuan."
"I gave Village Chief Chen cigarettes and alcohol several times, totaling thirty-five yuan."
“You’ve been living in our house for more than three months. The rent is three yuan a month, so that’s nine yuan.”
“In our house, you get at least one egg a day and meat with every meal. That’s not too much. Let’s say you get ninety eggs and five pounds of meat.”
“I won’t charge you too much, I’ll just say ten yuan. So that’s three hundred and ninety-five yuan in total, and you still owe your aunt one yuan and forty cents.”
"Also, most of the clothes and shoes you're wearing were given to you by us. You can either leave them behind or give us money. It's your choice."
After Huang Qinqin finished her rapid-fire speech, Chen Ming and Chen Hao's faces turned green. She was clearly doing it on purpose!
How could it possibly be exactly the same number as what they calculated?!
Huang Qinqin slowly picked up her cup and drank the water. She did it on purpose, so what?
Isn't it just an attempt to extort money?
Isn't it just a way to annoy people?!
Let them experience what it's like to be disgusted by others first.
"What? Is there a question?"
Huang Qinqin looked at them very kindly: "If you have any questions, feel free to ask." But they might not be able to answer them.
"No, no questions..."
Chen Ming was now heartbroken. He shouldn't have listened to Chen Hao and divorced Xu Fang; he gained absolutely nothing from it.
Now he has lost both his wife and his army. Not only has he not received a single penny, but even his two sons have gone with Xu Fang.
Chen Ming didn't know how he left the Xu family. After he came to his senses, he returned to the small house he had rented for Liu Qiaodi.
"Brother, don't be too sad. Although you didn't get any money from the Xu family, you still have a salary every month. Your life will definitely be better than when you were with the Xu family."
Chen Hao originally thought that he could get some money out of Xu Fang today, and then he could also ask Chen Ming for some money.
Who knew that a pregnant woman would ruin it?
However, since things had come to this, Chen Hao could only comfort himself that there was plenty of time in the future, and he could slowly find benefits from Chen Ming later; there was no need to rush.
Chen Ming gave a helpless, bitter smile. It wasn't that easy.
Chen Ming is now filled with regret. In the Xu family, he ate well, dressed well, and slept well. All he did was occasionally do some work.
Wasn't his life much harder in Chenjia Village than in Xujia Village?
Why did he think the Chen family was bad? Why did he get involved with Liu Qiaodi? Why did he divorce Xu Fang?
Just yesterday, he was surrounded by his wife and children, enjoying a happy family life. But now, all he has is a bicycle.
This small room alone costs three yuan a month in rent, not to mention other expenses such as food, drink, and socializing with colleagues.
His monthly salary was only fifteen yuan. Just by calculating his expenses, Chen Ming realized that his salary could barely cover his living expenses, and he was already in great pain.
But Chen Ming forgot that this was only possible if he was still a worker and received a monthly salary.
As a temporary worker who got the job through Xu Weiguo's connections, now that he has offended Xu Weiguo, can he continue to work there?
......
Xu Family Courtyard
Although they didn't give Chen Ming a single penny, and Chen Mai and Chen Liang followed Xu Fang, despite the seemingly resounding victory, everyone was in a bad mood.
Xu Weiguo felt extremely guilty. In the entire Xu family, apart from Xu Fang, he had the most contact with Chen Ming.
If he had noticed Chen Ming's unusual behavior sooner, they might not have ended up getting a divorce.
Seeing how serious everyone was, Xu Fang smiled at them and said, "You don't need to feel sorry for me. Nobody wants this to happen."
"And it's good that we discovered it early. At least we don't have to provide him with food and lodging anymore."
Seeing Xu Fang's forced smile, Zhang Yumei hugged her with heartache: "It's okay, Fang, you're still young. When a good one comes along, your sister-in-law will introduce you to someone else."
Xu Fang shook her head: "Sister-in-law, I don't plan to look for anyone else. Right now, I just want to raise Chen Mai and the others well. As for the rest, I'll leave it to fate."
Speaking of Chen Mai and the others, Xu Weiguo suddenly had a thought: What if Chen Ming waits until Chen Mai and the others grow up and then comes to them to play the emotional card?
Otherwise, why would Chen Ming have agreed so readily to let the two children go with Xu Fang?
He doesn't need to support them, but when Chen Mai and the others grow up, get married, and have children, the children will still have the surname Chen. For Chen Ming, this could even be considered a good thing.
The more Xu Weiguo thought about it, the more he felt that this was highly likely. Moreover, the thought that the child Xu Fang had raised with such care would still have Chen Ming's surname made him unhappy.
So he suggested to Xu Fang, "Fang, I'll take you to the police station tomorrow and change Chen Mai and Chen Liang's names."
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