Chapter 129: The ungrateful wolf makes plans early
Gao Yuelan and Fan Xiaoxue were speechless when they heard Pan Yun's words. They were genuinely giving Pan Yun advice. If they had truly treated her badly, they should have told her not to take it personally. Xie Shaojun and Shi Kaihua still depended on Shi Nan. As long as Shi Nan remained healthy, Xie Shaojun and Shi Kaihua could make money.
Pan Yun left angrily, she was extremely angry.
"It's incomprehensible." Gao Yuelan was also unhappy. "She asked us to come here just to talk about such a trivial matter. She herself doesn't have the courage. What else can we do?"
Gao Yuelan snorted coldly. If she were Pan Yun, she would just get a divorce. If she didn't get a divorce, she would just find a man. It's just like having a lover, right? Who wouldn't know that? Gao Yuelan relied on Xie Shaojun to support the family, so she didn't say those words.
"With her character, there's no way she'll get a divorce. All she does is complain about others." Gao Yuelan looked at Fan Xiaoxue and said, "Let's eat first. I don't know if she's paid the bill yet. If she hasn't, I'll pay it. Let's eat. There are so many delicious dishes, don't waste them."
"Okay." Fan Xiaoxue nodded.
"Your friend is just unlucky. Shi Nan is the one who fell in love with her, so who better to fall in love with her than Xie Shaojun," Gao Yuelan said. "None of these men are good people. Xie Shaojun isn't one, Shi Nan isn't one, and the one who hangs out with them, your man, don't blame me for being harsh, he's not a very good person either."
"He's really not that good." Fan Xiaoxue said, "He helped Shi Nan cover up and did a lot of things. I told him not to do it, but it was useless."
"It's useless." Gao Yuelan said, "If he wants to make money, he has to listen to Shi Nan. You need to save some money, and it's best to see if you can put it in someone else's account. If not, divorce your man as soon as possible and ask him to give you child support every month, and ask him to give more."
"What?" Fan Xiaoxue was stunned.
"Do you really think everything they did was legal?" Gao Yuelan asked. "If you hadn't divorced, you would have put some money in someone else's account. It would have to be someone you can trust. You can't choose someone unreliable. If someone is unreliable, the money won't be yours anytime soon."
Gao Yuelan was telling Fan Xiaoxue what to do. She didn't say those words to Pan Yun. She couldn't let Pan Yun know about these things, but Fan Xiaoxue didn't care.
"If something really happens, the money won't be ours anymore." Gao Yuelan said, "These things need to be arranged early. We can't wait until the last minute to do them. If nothing happens in the past year or two, what will happen after that? With the character of Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan, their company won't last long. Those rotten things will be discovered sooner or later."
"..." Fan Xiaoxue was silent for a moment, "Shi Kaihua doesn't have any shares in the company, he just gets a little extra salary every month."
"If he gets a higher salary, that's fine." Gao Yuelan said, "Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan didn't even give him any shares?"
"No, the company had already been established when he came out of prison," said Fan Xiaoxue.
"It's not like they can't give shares to your man after the company is established. They didn't give your man shares. Isn't that because they look down on him?" Gao Yuelan said, "Your man works so hard for them."
Gao Yuelan felt that Shi Kaihua was not very smart. Shi Kaihua had already been to jail, but he didn't know how to ask for more things. He thought it was great to have a salary. He asked for too little.
"It's up to him. If he can't find a job, he can go to Shi Nan's company and get more salary." Fan Xiaoxue said.
"Anyway, you should be more careful," Gao Yuelan said. "I'm doing the same thing now. You have to think about the future, not just the present. Thinking only about the present isn't enough. Just listen to me, you won't be wrong."
"Let me think about it." Fan Xiaoxue said.
After leaving the restaurant, Fan Xiaoxue went to look for Jiang Moli. When she arrived at Jiang Moli's house and rang the doorbell, she found out that Jiang Moli was not at home because she had a performance tonight.
Mother Jiang saw Fan Xiaoxue and asked, "Would you like to come home and sit for a while?"
"No." Fan Xiaoxue said, "I'll come over when Jasmine is here."
"Okay." Jiang's mother said, "Jasmine should be back early tomorrow afternoon."
"Okay." Fan Xiaoxue said, "Then I'll come back tomorrow afternoon."
Jiang's mother watched Fan Xiaoxue leave. She thought it was not an important matter. If it was an important matter, Fan Xiaoxue would definitely wait a little longer until Jiang Moli finished her performance.
On the way back, Fan Xiaoxue was thinking about Gao Yuelan's words. According to Gao Yuelan, it was about transferring property, separating her own property from the man's property. If something really happened, her own property wouldn't be implicated. She said it was her own property, but it wasn't. Those things were all given by the man.
Fan Xiaoxue thought about the properties she and Shi Kaihua had. Their family had some things, but not a lot.
In the evening, Shi Kaihua returned home and Fan Xiaoxue asked him some questions.
"Are all the things your company does legal and compliant?" Fan Xiaoxue asked.
"Yes." Shi Kaihua said.
"I don't believe it." Fan Xiaoxue said.
"It's really all legal." Shi Kaihua said.
"You forced people to have abortions, and it's still legal?" Fan Xiaoxue said.
"Isn't it all over?" Shi Kaihua said.
"Someone told me that for the sake of our future and our children, we should get a divorce. Even if we have a divorce certificate, we can still live together, so it doesn't count as a true divorce," Fan Xiaoxue said. "We should also clearly divide our respective assets. As for you, you'll have to pay child support every month. You get a salary at Shi Nan's company, which is fine, but with bonuses and the like, the money you earn is generally higher than the market average, so you could still run into problems."
"Who said that? Jiang Moli said that?" Shi Kaihua asked.
"No, don't always say what Jasmine said. I wanted to go find Jasmine today, but she went to a performance, so I didn't see her." Fan Xiaoxue said, "Today, Shi Nan's wife came to me and Xie Shaojun's wife. She wanted us to keep an eye on you and stop you from doing bad things behind her back. Gao Yuelan and I said we couldn't do anything about it, and Shi Nan's wife was very angry and divorced me."
"Why don't you just coax her and tell her that you will tell us about it, isn't that enough?" Shi Kaihua felt that Fan Xiaoxue and Gao Yuelan shouldn't say that.
"No," Fan Xiaoxue said, "We can't cheat her. We're both women, and we understand how difficult it is for her."
But Pan Yun obviously couldn't understand what Gao Yuelan and Fan Xiaoxue meant, and Pan Yun was still thinking about Shi Nan.
"Should we get a divorce?" Fan Xiaoxue asked. "If we don't, and something goes wrong and you're fined, our assets together might also be in jeopardy."
"Xie Shaojun's wife said that?" Shi Kaihua said affirmatively.
"Well, it's not easy for her to divorce Xie Shaojun, but she still made preparations for both scenarios." Fan Xiaoxue said, "What about us? Should we also make preparations?"
"Xie Shaojun has a lover and an illegitimate child, so his wife has to make preparations for both scenarios." Shi Kaihua said, "There's nothing wrong with Shi Nan's company. Don't listen to what those people say. Don't..."
"I think what Xie Shaojun's wife said is correct," Fan Xiaoxue said. "She didn't divorce Xie Shaojun because she was worried that he would marry another woman right after she divorced him. Our situation is different from theirs."
"Don't listen to what they say. Nothing's wrong. Shi Nan's company is doing well." Shi Kaihua said, "This company will only do better in the future. Nothing will happen."
"Is it really okay?" Fan Xiaoxue didn't quite believe it. "Back then..."
"Divorce is unnecessary. If you want to save money, you can put it in someone else's account." Shi Kaihua asked, "Is it in the name of your family?"
"..." Fan Xiaoxue wondered if Shi Kaihua thought she had to give money to her family. She was really just worried that the family's money would be lost.
Jiang Moli returned home after the performance. She heard her mother say that Fan Xiaoxue had come to see her. Jiang Moli said, "She might have something to do."
"I don't know what it is, she didn't tell me." Jiang's mother said, "I told her you have a performance and that you might come home early tomorrow afternoon, so she said she would come over tomorrow afternoon."
"Then wait until tomorrow afternoon." Jiang Moli said, "If it was really urgent, she would have told me long ago. It shouldn't be a very urgent matter."
"Hurry up and wash up and get some rest," Jiang's mother said. "You must be tired."
"Not bad." Jiang Moli said, "Today's performance was pretty good and ended successfully."
Every time Jiang Moli performs, she hopes for a smooth and successful conclusion, not wanting anything else to happen during the performance. Performances are long, and it's okay for some audience members to get impatient and leave, but opera performers can't afford to make mistakes.
Back in the bedroom, Jiang Moli didn't go to bed immediately. She told Sheng Jiahao that Fan Xiaoxue had come over. She wondered, "Could it be related to what happened between Shi Nan and his wife?"
"Will she come to you about these two people?" Sheng Jiahao asked.
"Probably not." Jiang Moli said, "Maybe something else happened."
"It's possible." Sheng Jiahao said, "If it's about Shi Nan and his wife, you'd better not get involved."
"I know. I don't care about things that I shouldn't care about." Jiang Moli said, "Is my brain so bad? How can I talk about other people's family affairs? I can't say anything."
"Yeah." Sheng Jiahao said, "Pan Yun has been keeping an eye on Shi Nan recently and often goes to the company."
"You know it again." Jiang Moli said.
"These things are not secrets. They were spread by others." Sheng Jiahao said, "They all say that being treated like this by your wife makes you feel suffocated. Of course, if you do that, I won't feel suffocated. I will just feel that you care about me."
"Uh..." Jiang Moli turned to look at Sheng Jiahao, "You're really good at talking, and your words are so sweet. If it really comes to that, I won't necessarily think so. I'll just think why this person is so annoying and why he always interferes in those things."
"this……"
"That's really possible." Jiang Moli said, "No one sacrifices others and controls them too much, hoping that they can have their own freedom."
"That's true," Sheng Jiahao said. "Shi Nan's wife even smashed some of his discs. She also smashed the ones he kept in other people's offices. His wife went through every office in the company, even checking the desks of ordinary employees, just to make sure that they didn't hide your discs."
"My disc?" Jiang Moli was surprised.
"Yes." Sheng Jiahao said, "She's afraid her man will see you through the disc."
Jiang Moli was really speechless. If Pan Yun and Shi Nan wanted to quarrel, they could quarrel, but they should not involve themselves. Jiang Moli and Shi Nan didn't meet much. When Shi Nan was watching Jiang Moli singing in the audience, Jiang Moli didn't know where Shi Nan was standing. What she knew was that there were many audiences sitting in the audience, and the tickets should be almost sold out.
"Those discs are pretty good, and your opera singing is nice too," Sheng Jiahao said. "If they resell the discs, they can still make some money."
"They don't need this little money." Jiang Moli said, "Shi Nan's wife can't tolerate the discs, so there's no big problem with not having them. It's other people's money, other people's discs, don't be too excited to decide what to do. Shi Nan did it wrong, why did this matter become such a big deal?"
"As long as you do it, there's a chance it will be discovered." Sheng Jiahao said, "It would be better if Shi Nan corrected himself as soon as possible. What he did before was too dishonest.
"It's not genuine at all." Jiang Moli said, "I haven't offended him, but they're acting like that, as if I'm stirring up trouble. It's rare for Shi Nan, his wife, and I to see each other, and even less often for me to talk to them."
"Don't pay attention to them, the couple will solve the problem themselves." Sheng Jiahao said.
It was a new day. Jiang Moli went to the company for a meeting in the afternoon. During the meeting, someone suggested that younger people should be allowed to choose the script and that other groups should choose the script first.
Jiang Moli understood what those people meant. They just felt that Jiang Moli had reached a certain age and needed to build a new team. Jiang Moli had no objection. She didn't always choose the script first. She also had the time to choose the scripts left by others. However, whether the script could be performed well was also a big question.
"Moli, what do you think?" the leader asked Jiang Moli.
"I have no objection." Jiang Moli said, "My age is here. It's okay to sing until I'm in my forties, but I can't still be singing the leading role when I'm fifty."
Jiang Moli was polite and easy to talk to. She wasn't afraid of others taking the good scripts, so she would choose them if they wanted. If the remaining scripts were too bad, Jiang Moli could choose not to act.
Even if a person is popular for a long time, there will still be people who are jealous of her. Some people in the unit are jealous of Jiang Moli and want to let young people replace Jiang Moli as soon as possible, but those young people are not motivated. They are not as good as Jiang Moli and cannot replace her.
The performances of the so-called young people were far inferior to Jiang Moli's for the same play. Some people simply felt that the lack of Jiang Moli was the only reason the show wasn't going to work. But Jiang Moli was the core, and everyone came just for her. To put it bluntly, the others didn't have to go on stage, but Jiang Moli had to. Even if Jiang Moli was the only one performing, many people would still buy tickets.
"The unit does need to build a new team," Jiang Moli said. "The unit has the right to choose, and so do I."
It was impossible for Jiang Moli to play a supporting role for a newcomer now, and the boss would not do that either. The company still had to rely on Jiang Moli for more revenue, and the boss was not stupid enough to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, nor did he think of suppressing Jiang Moli when she was at the peak of her career.
"Those newcomers who have been with us for a few years now, I don't know how many chances we've given them," the leader said bluntly. "I've told them to seize opportunities, but they never take them. Do you want me to help them?"
Jiang Moli didn't say anything unpleasant, nor did she ask the leader to do anything. It was the leader himself who was so angry because he remembered some things from the past.
There wasn't just one leader in the unit, there were several, all of whom knew how famous Jiang Moli was and how much revenue she brought to the unit. It was the older opera performers, who themselves weren't as famous as Jiang Moli, who were thinking of making trouble.
With so many people in a unit, there are always some who are jealous and looking to stir up trouble. The unit leaders don't like these people very much. They don't know how to work hard and just stir up trouble. When they do, they don't know how to do it properly and always do bad things.
"They keep saying they'll give them a chance," the leader said. "Hasn't the company given them a chance? They've already put food in front of their mouths, and yet they're still spitting it out."
Then, the unit leaders were talking about the ticket revenue of some groups. With such a small amount of ticket revenue, they had the nerve to say that the unit didn't give them opportunities. If the unit didn't give them opportunities, they would have stopped them from performing long ago.
"This company is full of gluttons," the leader slammed the table. "All they do is eat. After they finish their meal, they put down their bowls and start cursing."
"..." Jiang Moli took a sip of water and continued listening.
After the meeting, Qiao Yuwei walked to Jiang Moli. Many people attended the meeting this time. Several groups met together, not just a single group.
"Someone is interested in your newly chosen script." Qiao Yuwei said.
"This script is the one they left over." Jiang Moli said.
"Yes, it's what they left over, but didn't you, the director, and the screenwriter polish it up a bit?" Qiao Yuwei said, "They wanted this polished version of the script."
"..." Jiang Moli's mouth twitched slightly.
"They all think you have good taste, and the script you approved of, which can be used after some revisions, must be good." Qiao Yuwei said, "They want to exchange their group's script with yours."
"They've already chosen the script, and that's still not enough?" Jiang Moli didn't understand.
"They're just not satisfied." Qiao Yuwei said, "Every time you become popular in a new play, they start to wonder if they can become popular too if they play the play you choose."
Jiang Moli really didn't know what those people were thinking. She had spent a lot of time polishing the script with the director and screenwriter. Jiang Moli couldn't give the new play she had polished with others to those people. If she gave it to them, she would be sorry for the director, the screenwriter, and the entire crew.
"We can't let them do that," Jiang Moli said. "Let them choose the script first. We've already given them a chance. This opportunity won't come back again and again. The company itself doesn't launch so many new dramas at once. We have time for everyone to polish the scripts."
In recent years, it's become common for entire teams to work together to polish a script, simply to make it better. Some teams polish a script, only to see it become worse and worse, with everyone offering feedback. Other teams polish a script to perfection, turning a poor script into something presentable.
It's not that easy to pick peaches. A bad team may not be able to perform well even if they get a good script.
"That's right, we can't give it to them." Qiao Yuwei said, "Those people are really cunning. They don't dare to directly ask for your polished script, but just say they have it or not. Do the audience value the script? It's obvious that they value you."
Qiao Yuwei thinks some people think too much. They always think they are great, and they think if they have a good script, they can fly to the sky. Good scripts are hard to come by, and many scripts are polished over and over again.
Especially in recent years, the audience's aesthetic taste has been upgraded and their requirements for scripts have also become higher.
Jiang Moli's team's script was good, but they had polished it. Jiang Moli's team's success was well-deserved. The entire team worked together and didn't cause any trouble.
The other groups seemed to be very united, but in fact they were united in trying to steal the fruits of others' labor.
"What's wrong with age? You're still so popular." Qiao Yuwei said, "Those people just aren't as popular as you, but it's not like you haven't given them a chance. Your performances aren't at the same time as theirs, but they can still sell tickets. They definitely can. They're different shows, so you can't just ignore theirs after watching yours. It's clearly their own fault, and yet they have the nerve to say that."
"Most people don't want to admit that they're not good enough," Jiang Moli said. "I don't want to admit that I'm not good enough either. I just think I'm pretty good."
"Of course you are good, very good." Qiao Yuwei said.
"Some familiar faces have left," Jiang Moli sighed, "and some have switched to other jobs."
"That's because they're old," Qiao Yuwei said. "We've all been in the company for so many years, and Teacher Li has retired."
This is normal. In their line of work, some people come in and some go out. When you reach a certain age, everyone will choose their own path, rather than standing on the stage forever.
Jiang Moli spoke to Qiao Yuwei for a few words, but given her attitude, no one dared to approach her. Someone went to the leadership, hoping they'd speak to her, but Jiang Moli didn't know about it before the director and screenwriter rushed over. They didn't want anyone else to play the role. The screenwriter was even more terrified. He'd finally waited for Jiang Moli to choose his script, and now those people were trying to ruin his prosperity.
"Other people can work with Teacher Jasmine, so why can't I?" The screenwriter's eyes turned red.
The unit leader frowned. He didn't ask Jiang Moli to give up the notebook. It was someone else who said that.
"No change, no change." said the unit leader.
The unit leader did not intend to offend Jiang Moli. Before, Jiang Moli was given the first choice. Jiang Moli gave the opportunity to these people. The unit leader felt that Jiang Moli was too pampering these people. In the eyes of the unit leader, Jiang Moli should choose the best script and let the pillars of the stage play the best new play.
Those people love to make trouble. After choosing, they regret it and want the script that others have polished. Others are still rehearsing, and those people have the nerve to do this. Why don't those people just tell Jiang Moli to get out and let someone else take her place?
Ridiculous, so ridiculous!
The leaders of the unit were not so stupid as to do this. Although there were conflicts among the leaders, they also knew that they could not joke about the unit's revenue. Jiang Moli had made a big concession, and she couldn't let anyone make further concessions.
Jiang Moli didn't care what the leaders did, she went back home. Jiang Moli still remembered that Fan Xiaoxue told Jiang's mother that she would come over this afternoon, so she had to go back early.
When Jiang Moli returned, Fan Xiaoxue had already been there for a while.
When Fan Xiaoxue saw Jiang Moli coming, she quickly stood up.
"Sit down, sit down." Jiang Moli said, "Our company had a meeting today, and something happened, so it delayed us for a while."
"It's okay, I just came over for a while." Fan Xiaoxue said, "Did I delay your work by coming here?"
"No." Jiang Moli smiled and said, "I just came back from a meeting. I performed last night and I'm taking a break today."
"Then I'm sorry to disturb your rest." Fan Xiaoxue said.
"That's nothing." Jiang Moli asked, "Is it convenient to talk here? Do you want to go to the small living room?"
"Go ahead." Fan Xiaoxue said.
Jiang Moli took Fan Xiaoxue to the small living room, and the servant brought over milk and a fruit plate. When the servant left, he closed the door of the small living room.
"I met Pan Yun and Gao Yuelan yesterday. Gao Yuelan is Xie Shaojun's wife." Fan Xiaoxue said.
"What happened?" Jiang Moli asked. "Pan Yun asked us to take care of our husbands, but we couldn't do anything about it. Gao Yuelan suggested that Pan Yun divorce Shi Nan, but Pan Yun didn't want to. I also suggested that they divorce. Pan Yun is so rich, what is there to be afraid of?" Fan Xiaoxue said, "Pan Yun left very unhappy."
"Uh..." Jiang Moli didn't expect Pan Yun to go find Fan Xiaoxue and Gao Yuelan.
"We really can't control this kind of thing," Fan Xiaoxue said. "After Pan Yun left, Gao Yuelan told me to make plans early. Whether it's divorcing Shi Kaihua for child support or putting the money in someone else's name, I just need to make more preparations. She said there might be problems with Shi Nan's company. Do you think there really are problems with Shi Nan's company?"
"This... I don't really understand this." Jiang Moli said, "But I don't trust Shi Nan, nor do I trust Xie Shaojun. Do you trust them?"
"I don't believe them either. I told Shi Kaihua about it, and he thought we were just making a big deal out of nothing," Fan Xiaoxue said. "Gao Yuelan didn't divorce because she was afraid Xie Shaojun would marry another woman after divorcing her. As for me, I figured Shi Kaihua was getting a salary, so nothing should happen. But... I'm a little worried. When Shi Kaihua was in jail, Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan both came to give him money. If Shi Kaihua and I hadn't divorced and hadn't made any agreement about the money... I'm afraid if something really went wrong, all my money would become illegal gains."
If Gao Yuelan hadn't said those things, Fan Xiaoxue wouldn't have been nervous. But after Gao Yuelan said those things, Fan Xiaoxue became more worried.
"You decide for yourself," Jiang Moli said. "We don't understand this kind of thing and can't be sure. You have to figure out whether to divorce or not, and what the consequences will be after the divorce. We really can't make the decision for you."
"Alas." Fan Xiaoxue sighed, "Gao Yuelan said that nothing would happen in the next one or two years. If there were any rumors, she would tell me. I'm just afraid that if there are rumors, it will be too late to make a decision by then."
"Think about it yourself." Jiang Moli didn't expect Gao Yuelan to tell Fan Xiaoxue these things.
Gao Yuelan must have known something, but she couldn't tell Fan Xiaoxue in such detail.
"It's better for Shi Kaihua and I to divorce," Fan Xiaoxue said. "I didn't divorce him when he was in prison. Now, I should divorce him. Divorcing doesn't mean we have to leave home, and we don't have to transfer our household registration. It's still the same."
"You guys discuss it," Jiang Moli said. "This is your private matter. The rest of us are just here to listen to you."
"Kaihua thought it was you who said that, but I said no, it was Gao Yuelan who said that," Fan Xiaoxue said. "Gao Yuelan said Xie Shaojun knew that she transferred the money to someone else's name. Not only did she do that, but Xie Shaojun did it too."
Xie Shaojun was such a shrewd person, but he did something like this, which shows that Xie Shaojun was ready to run away at any time. If something really happened, Xie Shaojun and Gao Yuelan could still keep some property.
"I don't know if Shi Nan did that." Fan Xiaoxue said, "I think he might have done that."
"You already have an idea in your mind." Jiang Moli said.
"Yeah." Fan Xiaoxue nodded. "It would be fine if Shi Kaihua and I didn't have children, but since he and I do have children, I still have to consider them. If something really happens, the children won't have a good life. If nothing happens, we can still live our lives as usual."
Fan Xiaoxue didn't come here to ask Jiang Moli for advice, she just wanted to talk to Jiang Moli. If Fan Xiaoxue went to talk to others, she would be afraid that others would say something nonsense. If she went to talk to Jiang Moli, Jiang Moli would not say anything nonsense, and Jiang Moli knew more about the matter.
Although Jiang Moli didn't make the decision directly for Fan Xiaoxue, she could tell she didn't trust Shi Nan. Fan Xiaoxue felt Jiang Moli's judgment was correct, and since Gao Yuelan had said so, she should make a decision sooner rather than later to avoid confusion. She should have written documents if necessary, so that if something really happened later, she could still bring them out.
After a while, Fan Xiaoxue left and Jiang's mother came over.
"Is this something important?" asked Jiang's mother.
"Pan Yun came to her and asked her not to let her man help cover up for Shi Nan." Jiang Moli said, "Sister Xiaoxue also said that Shi Nan was not a man, that Shi Nan was looking for a substitute, and that Pan Yun didn't dare to divorce, so she only dared to mess with people like them."
"How can Shi Nan find Fan Xiaoxue as his mistress?" Jiang's mother asked.
"Not only did they look for Fan Xiaoxue, they also looked for Xie Shaojun's wife." Jiang Moli said, "Sister Xiaoxue came here to talk about this matter."
"Shi Nan is such a piece of shit," Jiang's mother said. "What does his wife think? Even after all this, why doesn't she divorce him?"
"Mom, do you also support their divorce?" Jiang Moli asked.
"Of course, I'm not a conservative person," Jiang's mother said. "If your marriage is not going well, you should divorce. There's no need to keep dragging it out. If your son-in-law has done anything wrong to you, you can also divorce."
Jiang's mother didn't want her daughter to suffer. They could move out of the house and no longer live here.
"You're right." Jiang Moli took Jiang's mother's hand, "But Shi Nan's wife refuses to divorce. Shi Nan relies on her family to get to where he is today. If she wants a divorce, Shi Nan will definitely coax her. I guess she still has deep feelings for Shi Nan, so she's reluctant to divorce."
Pan Yun really couldn't bear to leave Shi Nan. She wondered if she found another man, would the other man do the same to Shi Nan. Pan Yun thought that Shi Nan had said that he would not look for other women. She believed Shi Nan. As long as Shi Nan did what she said, there would be no problem.
Thinking is one thing, doing is another. Pan Yun still wants to make things difficult for Shi Nan to let Shi Nan know how powerful she is as a wife.
Erya went south to work in a factory. She was young, but the people there were nice enough to support herself. Daya, on the other hand, was still being abused by Miao Guifeng. Daya was the workhorse of the family, working so hard yet still being criticized for eating too much and doing too little.
Daya had to work even though she was sick with a cold, and Yang Tianlang was infected.
Miao Guifeng took Yang Tianlang to the hospital, but did not take Daya.
"Doesn't your daughter also have a cold?" asked Aunt Zhao.
"It's hot, she'll be fine in two days." Miao Guifeng said, "Don't worry about her, she's in good health. Her brother is weak, and I can't leave him alone to watch over him."
Miao Guifeng felt that Daya was too much of a nuisance. If Daya hadn't been sick, her son wouldn't have been infected by her. Daya didn't know how to say she was sick and that it was contagious. Miao Guifeng thought that if she had known that Daya's illness was contagious, she would not have let Daya cook.
Aunt Zhao and the others looked at the robust Yang Tianlang, and then thought about the frail Daya. They really didn't think that Yang Tianlang was weak.
When Daya came over, she happened to hear what Miao Guifeng said.
Miao Guifeng glanced at Daya and frowned. "Go back to your room and lie down. If you can't, just get some sun. Don't come over here. When the time comes, have Sanya bring you something to eat. Don't go to your eldest brother until you're fully recovered. Your eldest brother still needs to study, and if you delay him like this, his grades will suffer again."
"I... I'll go back." Daya originally wanted to say something else, but when she saw her mother was so unhappy, she could only say that she was going back and didn't dare to say anything else.
After Ding Hongwang bought a house, he moved his household registration out. Since Ding Chao and Jiang Yuqin didn't buy a house, there was no benefit in keeping Ding Hongwang's household registration with Ding Chao and his wife, so it would be better to move out directly.
Ding Hongwang had a serious problem with Ding Chao and his wife. They had originally promised to give him a certain amount of money, but later withdrew, claiming it was taken by Ding's mother. Ding Hongwang didn't believe it. It was clear that Ding Chao and his wife didn't want to give him the money because Ding Hongwang wasn't their biological son. If he were, Jiang Yuqin and her husband would never have withheld the money.
"Hongwang has moved his household registration out." Jiang Yuqin was having dinner with Ding Chao. Thinking of this, she felt a little unhappy. "I think his attitude towards us has become much colder. He even said that we don't need to worry about him anymore and we only need to take care of our own son. Is he playing tricks on us?"
"Hongwang was just stating a fact. He had no other intentions," said Ding Chao.
"I don't believe he doesn't have other intentions," Jiang Yuqin said. She also had a stepmother and she had been bullying her a lot. "He just felt that we didn't give him more money to buy him a house, so he turned his back on us. He moved his household registration out and said those things to us. Is he trying to sever ties with us?"
"No," Ding Chao said. "He just moved his household registration out. He has a house now, so it's more convenient to register his household registration at his own house. If there's anything else, he can use the household registration book himself and doesn't need to get it from us."
"I don't know what Hongwang's mother said to him, but I think Hongwang has a better relationship with his mother," Jiang Yuqin said. "We've raised Hongwang for so many years, but he hasn't been very grateful to us. When Hongwang lived with us, the neighbors talked a lot about him. Maybe someone said something unpleasant to him, and Hongwang has become alienated from us."
“…” Ding Chao held the bowl in his hand, frowning.
"We worked so hard to raise Hongwang, but we got nothing in return," Jiang Yuqin said. "We did so much, and yet Hongwang just had that attitude."
"You shouldn't have given the money to Mom at that time." Ding Chao said.
"I have no other choice, right? Your mother has come to our house and insisted that I give her money, so I have no choice but to give her money." Jiang Yuqin said, "She is your biological mother, not someone else."
Jiang Yuqin thought it was a good thing she didn't give Ding Hongwang so much money, because Ding Hongwang was an ungrateful person. Before Jiang Yuqin married Ding Chao, she had some objections to him, but in order to marry him, she said she was willing to accept him and treat him as her own son.
Over the years, Jiang Yuqin had pretended to be kind to Ding Hongwang, yet she had let her own children suffer. Over time, Jiang Yuqin couldn't help but feel resentful. Ding Hongwang had only been working for a few years and wanted to buy a house. Jiang Yuqin then thought about herself and Ding Chao. She and Ding Chao hadn't even bought a house yet, and Ding Hongwang hadn't paid him a whole lot of salary.
An ungrateful person, an ungrateful person who only thinks about himself and doesn't know how to consider his adoptive parents at all.
Ding Hongwang can live in the new house, but what about herself? Jiang Yuqin felt depressed when she thought about it, because she and Ding Chao should have lived in the new house.
"We spent so much money raising Hongwang," Jiang Yuqin said. "When our son and daughter were still breastfeeding, they drank milk, and Hongwang wanted to drink it, so we fed him. During the Chinese New Year, our daughter didn't have new clothes, but he did. He bought a new house, but he didn't say thank you for our hard work, and he didn't ask when we would buy the house. He just bought it himself."
"His biological mother gave him the money." Ding Chao said.
"His mother gave him some money, and he also has some money from his work, doesn't he?" Jiang Yuqin said, "His brothers and sisters are still young, and he only cares about himself."
Ding Chao looked at Jiang Yuqin, "Maybe he didn't think of it right away?"
"Did he not think of it all of a sudden? I don't think so. He had already made up his mind a long time ago. He wants to stay away from this family." Jiang Yuqin said, "They just want to stay away from us and not have any contact with us, for fear that we will ask them to take care of us in our old age!"
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