Chapter 7 You Can Only Stay By My Side

Jiang Xia was mentally prepared, she heard the conversation between Tian Caihua and him.

Jiang Xia turned around and looked at him calmly: "Okay."

Zhou Chenglei was not surprised that she got what she wanted so readily. She had been making a fuss before just because she wanted to get a divorce.

He went on, "My household registration and food supply are still in the military camp, so I can't get a divorce certificate for now. Once my household registration is back, we can get the divorce certificate. If you don't want to stay here, I'll send you back to your parents' home tomorrow. If you can bear it, you can wait until the divorce certificate is issued before leaving."

The last sentence was purely polite.

He knew she wanted to leave tonight.

But before the divorce certificate was issued, she was his wife and he couldn't drive her away, so he gave her a choice.

Jiang Xia thought for a moment and said, "Then I will leave after I get the divorce certificate."

Now that she has no memories of the original owner, she would be easily discovered if she rashly returned to the original owner's parents.

Moreover, identity cards had not yet been introduced at that time, and one had to rely on letters of introduction to stay in a hotel, which was very inconvenient. Therefore, it was the best choice to stay in the Zhou family temporarily before getting the divorce certificate.

Give her a month or two. When she earns enough money, she can buy a house in the village. Even after the divorce, she will have a place to stay. Then she can slowly get to know the original owner's parents.

Zhou Chenglei looked at her with some surprise: Isn't she eager to go back to the city?

It felt like she really became a different person after she had a fever.

Jiang Xia knew that he was suspicious, so he explained, "My parents won't agree to our divorce. I'll go back after getting the certificate, and they won't be able to do anything about it."

Jiang Xia has reasons to say this.

In the book, the original owner's parents did not agree with her divorce. After the original owner divorced the male protagonist and returned home, Jiang's father and mother did not let her into the house and forced her to go back and live with the male protagonist.

The original owner was homeless and didn't want to go back to the male protagonist, so she was forced to find the domestic violence man and followed him without any name or status, which led to a series of tragedies later.

This made sense. He also knew that Jiang's father would definitely not agree to their divorce. Zhou Chenglei nodded: "Okay."

After all, they were strangers, so the two of them fell into silence.

There was awkwardness in the air.

Seeing that she had nothing to say, Zhou Chenglei said, "Go to bed early."

"Oh, you should go to bed early too." Jiang Xia replied.

Zhou Chenglei turned around and walked out. Seeing the basin of dirty clothes at the door, he took it out.

Jiang Xia doesn't know how to wash clothes, so he was the one who washed her clothes after they got married.

Jiang Xia was thinking about something and didn't notice that he took away the clothes she had changed.

After Zhou Chenglei went out, he washed clothes for Jiang Xia in the courtyard.

Tian Caihua coaxed her youngest son to sleep, and when she came out, she saw her brother-in-law helping his wife wash clothes again. She rolled her eyes, and then thought of how he had just come out of his parents-in-law's room and entered Jiang Xia's room again. She asked, "Fourth brother, have you discussed this with Jiang Xia?"

"Um."

"So are you planning to get a divorce? When are you going to get the divorce certificate? You can get it tomorrow, Friday. If you don't get it tomorrow, you'll have to wait until next Monday."

"No divorce for now. My household registration has not been transferred back yet. I can only divorce after it is transferred back."

Tian Caihua was a little unhappy when she heard this.

But she also knew that when the two of them got married, Zhou Chenglei had not yet retired from the army. He had even applied for it, but who would have thought that he came back from a mission with one ear deaf and had to retire.

"Then she will go back to her own home tomorrow, right? They are about to get divorced, she can't stay in our house and eat, drink and live for free, right?" Tian Caihua really couldn't stand Jiang Xia, and didn't want to serve that eldest lady.

Zhou Chenglei paused, then said, "She can leave after the divorce certificate is issued."

Tian Caihua's face darkened immediately when she heard this. "Wait until the divorce certificate is issued before leaving? How long do we have to wait?"

Zhou Chenglei was silent for a moment. He thought of what his commander said when he retired from the army...

This marriage may be difficult to divorce, and it may take more than one or two months. Even if he applies for a divorce shortly after getting married, the application will not be approved. It may take even half a year.

"It will probably take about half a year."

"What? Half a year? She wants to stay in our house for half a year and eat and drink for free? Is that still a divorce? If she stays for another half a year, she can even give birth to a child!"

Tian Caihua became angry at the thought of having to serve a sister-in-law who could do nothing for another half a year.

Zhou Chenglei's elder brother Zhou Chengxin came back from outside and whispered, "Why are you yelling? When will it be your turn to take care of Fourth Brother's affairs?"

"Do you think I want to care? You don't need me to serve her, just wait and see if I can take care of her or not!" Tian Caihua went straight into the house with a dark face.

I really can’t stand it anymore. I have to endure it for another half a year!

Who knows whether they will still divorce after half a year?

Why are we all daughters-in-law of the Zhou family, and we have to do everything, but she doesn't have to do anything because she can't? Zhou Chengxin said to Zhou Chenglei, "Don't worry about your sister-in-law, just discuss the matter between you and your fourth sister-in-law. She just has a problem with doing more work, but even without your fourth sister-in-law, she still has to cook. What's the difference between cooking one more and one less? She's the only one who's nosy! I just need to talk to her."

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"I know." Zhou Chenglei responded.

Zhou Chengxin went back to the room to coax his wife, fearing that her parents and Jiang Xia would hear the noise and it would be bad.

Zhou Chenglei works quickly. He washes the clothes and hangs them up to dry in no time.

He made a decision and was about to tell his parents when Jiang Xia came out unexpectedly.

Tian Caihua was so loud that Jiang Xia couldn't help but hear it. She came out and saw that Zhou Chenglei was hanging her clothes. She felt a little embarrassed and said, "I'll move out tomorrow."

Jiang Xia just sorted out the original owner's things and found more than a hundred yuan, which was enough to stay in a guesthouse for a while and not be desperate.

Zhou Chenglei glanced at her and said, "Let's talk inside."

The two returned to the room one after the other.

Zhou Chenglei asked directly: "Where are you planning to move to?"

She had just said she was moving away instead of going home, so he guessed she had no plans to go back to her parents' home.

Jiang Xia said truthfully: "I'll stay at a guesthouse or hotel in the city, but I'll need you to ask the village chief to write me a letter of introduction."

Zhou Chenglei frowned when he heard it, and refused without even thinking: "No, I plan to split up the family, and after the split, you and I can move out."

Even though the divorce certificate has not been issued, the two are still husband and wife, so it is reasonable for her to live at home. Besides, Jiang's father has also been very kind to him. He was a soldier under Jiang's father when he first entered the barracks, and he taught him many things. He couldn't possibly let Jiang Xia stay in a hotel by herself, and he was not at ease with her living in a hotel alone.

Jiang Xia looked at him and said, "If you want to split up because I don't go back to my parents' home, then there's no need. I can stay in a hotel temporarily. You can just ask the village chief to write a letter of introduction for me."

She doesn't like to owe others anything, so she just leaves. She has hands, feet and a brain, so she can survive.

However, she didn't have her household registration book with her, and the village chief didn't recognize her, so she could only ask him to help her get a letter of introduction, otherwise she would just leave.

Zhou Chenglei said truthfully: "It's not all because of you. We have to separate sooner or later. My second brother has already separated. My eldest sister-in-law also has opinions about me. I also want to separate."

He knew that his eldest sister-in-law had been dissatisfied with him since he arranged a job for his second brother.

My sister-in-law is actually making a fuss about dividing the family property.

It’s better to separate early, so as to avoid more and more disagreements when living together.

Zhou Chenglei glanced at Jiang Xia and added firmly, "Before the divorce certificate is issued, you will not return to your parents' home. I can't let you live in a guesthouse alone. You can only stay by my side."

(End of this chapter)