Xiao Yunying wanted to leave the door open for some fresh air, but it wasn't closed. When Luo Chen arrived, he saw her staring blankly at a cotton coat, with a tied bundle on the bed. His expression changed, as if he understood something.
"stepmother."
Xiao Yunying snapped out of her reverie: "Did you need something?"
Luo Chen stood at the door: "Can I talk to you?"
"Sure, come in and have a seat."
It was already dark. Xiao Yunying put down her cotton-padded coat, lit an oil lamp and placed it on the table, then called Luo Chen in.
Luo Chen sat down, but his heart remained in suspense.
He didn't know what to say, especially after seeing the bundle. The words he had prepared beforehand became a jumbled mess, and he couldn't remember a single one.
What do you want to say?
"I……"
Luo Chen was anxious but didn't know what to say. Should she first ask her stepmother why she was packing her things? Or should she apologize first?
After waiting for a while, Luo Chen still didn't speak, so Xiao Yunying said, "If you won't speak, then I'll speak first."
She took out two ten-tael silver ingots from her bosom and placed them on the table:
"I'll be moving to my parents' house tomorrow. As for you, I'll talk to the village chief and rent another house temporarily. The promise to build a new house won't change, and the deed will still be in your name. However, I won't be living there, so we'll build fewer rooms. Today I bought 350 catties of rice and flour. I don't know if you can make noodles. I only bought 50 catties of wheat flour, which should be enough for you to eat for a while. Here's 20 taels of silver for you. Buy whatever you need in the future."
Luo Chen was completely bewildered by Xiao Yunying's long string of words. Before he could react, he saw his stepmother take out a piece of paper, unfold it, and place it on the table.
He recognized the three large characters on the title page; it was a divorce agreement.
Xiao Yunying continued, "This divorce agreement was written by a scholar I found in the city. I have already signed it and put my fingerprint on it. I don't know if Luo Sheng will come back or when he will come back. You are Luo Sheng's eldest son, so you can accept this divorce agreement on behalf of your father. If he comes back in the future, please pass it on to him for me. From now on, I have nothing to do with him."
Luo Chen couldn't believe what she was hearing: "You want to divorce my father?!"
"That's right."
"Why?"
There's no reason why.
Luo Chen stood up: "I do not agree to your divorce from my father!"
Xiao Yunying said calmly, "The one I married is Luo Sheng. The divorce is between the two of us and has nothing to do with you. You have no choice but to agree."
Luo Chen said excitedly, "Do you also think we're a burden, a nuisance, and don't want us anymore?!"
Xiao Yunying looked directly at Luo Chen: "Don't put all the blame on me, Luo Chen. I wanted to get along well with you all. After all, supporting you wouldn't be difficult for me, provided that you had the self-awareness to not cause me trouble. But how have you treated me?"
She wasn't the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and she wasn't born with the selfless heart of a Bodhisattva. She treated others the way they treated her.
Repay kindness with kindness, and repay evil with evil—it's that simple.
These three brothers had been looking for an opportunity to kill her, but she wasn't magnanimous enough to pretend she didn't know and coexist peacefully with them.
"We, we were..."
Luo Chen remembered his second brother's words: "Don't break the ice..."
Xiao Yunying curled the corners of her lips: "What is it?"
Should I endure the humiliation and hardship to lower her guard?
On the surface, he treats her calmly and peacefully, but once he gets the chance, he kicks her when she's down and tries to ruin her life.
Perhaps her mother was right; they were ungrateful wretches who could never be raised.
It's wrong for the original owner to take his anger out on them all the time; they're no better.
She raised them for nearly two years, but they didn't remember a single good thing about her. She was beaten a few times, but they still hold a grudge and are thinking of killing her.
If they didn't tell anyone about their disappearance for two days last time, there might have been other reasons. But this time, she heard it with her own ears.
You absolutely can't go wrong!
He was only seven or eight years old, yet he was both vicious and ruthless.
Luo Li is even younger, only five years old this year.
She didn't have much contact with people in her past life, and even less with children. She felt she didn't have the ability to raise them and correct their personalities.
If she can't afford to offend her, she can at least avoid the situation, right?
Considering that she occupied the original owner's body, and that the original owner cared most about these children, she wouldn't completely abandon them.
To ensure they don't starve or freeze to death, that's all.
As for whether they'll grow up to be bad...
It's not her child, so she couldn't be bothered to care.
As long as they don't cause trouble in front of her, she'll let them do whatever they want; she doesn't care.
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