"And Xie Ronggen, I'll give you ten yuan tomorrow. Buy some gifts and go to apologize to him."
Jiang Xue thought for a moment and continued to offer suggestions to Ji Chen, "Also, let's find a time to get a divorce. Once I'm financially stable in the city, I'll go there and rent a place to live. I won't even want that shabby little house. I was just joking before."
Seeing that Jiang Xue was very serious and didn't seem to be joking, Ji Chen realized that Jiang Xue seemed to have misunderstood him all along.
"When did I ever say I was going to marry Xie Xiaotian?" Ji Chen's brows were furrowed into a tight knot.
Jiang Xue stared at Ji Chen with a bewildered expression.
"I didn't go to the reservoir by accident back then. I know some things, but I just don't want to talk about them."
Ji Chen added irritably, "I was nice to Xie Xiaotian before simply because she's always been close to my sister since she was little, so I treated her like a sister. It's nothing like the rumors in the village about childhood sweethearts and old flames."
He became more and more upset as he talked. He hadn't even met his perfect goddess yet, but every day someone would just randomly throw a woman at him.
The worst part is that my own elderly mother is getting involved.
Jiang Xue sat there, blinking as she looked at Ji Chen. "You said you don't like Xie Xiaotian?"
“My sister likes her. In my eyes, she is my sister. There’s no way the villagers are spreading rumors and making things more and more outrageous.”
"Weren't you once completely devoted to her?" Jiang Xue instantly transformed into a gossipmonger, experiencing the excitement of having just stumbled upon a shocking piece of gossip.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't my sister run away with someone? I just don't want these naive young girls to follow in my sister's footsteps." Ji Chen felt annoyed, even though he was clearly looking out for Xie Xiaotian.
In the end, in her eyes, it became that he was shamelessly clinging to her.
"Don't bring up these nonsense things in front of me anymore. We're struggling to make ends meet, how can we have time to indulge in romantic musings all day?" Ji Chen's face had already turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Jiang Xue learned about the whole story from Ji Chen's perspective, but the divorce was still the only option.
"Oh, I see. So when are we going to get a divorce?" Jiang Xue stared at Ji Chen, waiting for his answer.
Ji Chen raised his eyes, his gloomy gaze sweeping across Jiang Xue's pitiful face. "Sui..."
"Whatever?" Jiang Xue asked excitedly as he hesitated.
Ji Chen gave a curt "hmm".
"Alright, it's Thursday today, my shop opens tomorrow, how about next Monday?" Jiang Xue looked at Ji Chen with expectant eyes.
Ji Chen's face stiffened, and he was speechless for a moment.
Seeing that he looked troubled, Jiang Xue immediately explained, "Don't worry, I'll still take care of Shaoheng and Shaomeng for you. Aren't you going to give me money and land?"
Jiang Xue happily stood up and patted Ji Chen's hard shoulder, "It's settled then."
The lights inside the house have been turned off.
Ji Chen lay on the bamboo couch covered with a thin quilt. At this moment, his mind was in turmoil, and he didn't know why.
He felt a strange sense of sympathy for Jiang Xue, a sympathy that seemed to be mixed with a touch of reluctance, especially if he were to divorce her.
Jiang Xue was left with no one to rely on; those relatives were bound to be sycophants who fawned over the powerful and bullied the weak.
Unable to sleep due to his thoughts, Ji Chen tossed and turned on the bamboo couch.
A rooster's crow broke the unusual silence of the night.
Jiang Xue packed up early in the morning and took Shao Heng and Shao Meng to the city.
On the first day of business, she didn't pay much attention to things like firecrackers; she simply hung a large red cloth at the entrance.
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