Chapter 17 Parentage Test
◎Let me tell you what you should do◎
As soon as Yuan Dongmei finished speaking, Zhang Yalan was stunned.
[When my grandmother was alive, she looked down on my mother, who was raised by her uncles and aunts because her parents died early. She was always picky about everything my mother did. My father was busy working to make money every day, and when he came home, he had everything he needed. He thought my mother's efforts were his due. What about me? Have I never praised my mother? ]
Zhao Xiangwan raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Yalan.
Zhang Yalan blushed, moved closer to her mother, took out a piece of silk and helped her wipe the tears that seeped from between her fingers. She wanted to say something nice, but for some reason she couldn't open her mouth.
[Isn't it normal for mom to cook every day? In the past, even when she was at work, mom would go into the kitchen to get busy after work. Now that she doesn't have to go to work, what's wrong with cooking at home every day? Isn't it her job to keep the house clean? Dad works to earn money every day, and I go to school hard. If mom doesn't keep the house clean, does she want everyone to live in a pigsty? ]
Even her daughter Zhang Yalan thought that everything was as she should have been, so no one ever praised Yuan Dongmei.
Zhao Xiangwan coughed.
Zhang Yalan felt an inexplicable pressure, and she closed her eyes and forced herself to speak out words to praise her mother: "Mom, the food you cook is delicious, better than the food in our school cafeteria."
After overcoming the psychological barrier, I naturally began to compliment others more: "Mom, you keep the house so clean, and the neighbors all say you are a capable person."
When Yuan Dongmei heard her daughter's praise for the first time, she felt a mixture of sadness, bitterness and joy in her heart, and her tears stopped quietly. She loosened her hands, looked up at her daughter, whose face was slightly red, and said with a sob, "As long as you think it's good, I made two bottles of dried bacon and radish. You can take them to school and eat with your classmates."
The door suddenly rang.
The three of them looked up at the same time and exchanged glances. Yuan Dongmei wiped the tears from her face in a panic, stood up and said, "Your father is back, I have to go there quickly."
After saying that, Yuan Dongmei hurried out of the restaurant.
Zhang Yalan and Zhao Xiangwan were a step late, and only heard an angry roar coming from the door: "What are you dawdling for! What's the point of keeping you here? Hurry up and get some slippers for the guests."
Bang——
After a noise, Yuan Dongmei's cry of pain was heard.
Zhang Yalan didn't bother to talk to Zhao Xiangwan and walked out of the restaurant at a brisk pace. Zhao Xiangwan followed closely behind her and saw three people crowded at the entrance.
A sturdy middle-aged man, holding a young woman with a slightly protruding belly in his right hand, was gesticulating at Yuan Dongmei who had fallen to the ground.
Zhang Yalan held her mother and shouted angrily at her father Zhang Shihu: "Why did you push my mother? She was beaten by you yesterday. What do you want?"
Zhang Shihu didn't think he had done anything wrong. He sneered, "Why are you glaring at me like that? Are you looking for a fight? I paid for your food and education. Just because you got into college, you think you're strong enough? Do you dare to fight with me?"
Zhang Yalan wanted to argue, but her mother held her down tightly, her eyes full of pleading: "He is your father, your father."
Zhang Shihu yelled a few times, and then he felt relieved. He raised his chin and said, "Li Ju is pregnant. I just asked someone to help me check the B-ultrasound and it said it's a boy. You can either divorce me happily and get out of my house, or you can wait on her at home..."
Yuan Dongmei's tears welled up in her eyes. She stared at the young woman's belly. She trembled uncontrollably and murmured, "No divorce, no divorce. This is my home. I'm not going anywhere."
The young woman was named Liu Liju. She wore a long turmeric windbreaker, heavy makeup, and a frivolous smell of dust. She pouted and said in a coquettish voice, "Brother Shi Hu, your old woman smells like grease and smoke. It makes me want to vomit."
Zhang Shihu glared at him and said, "Why don't you change your clothes quickly? If you fume my son, I'll see how you'll compensate him!"
Zhang Yalan was originally the only daughter in the family. Her mother had taken good care of her since she was a child. Seeing this, how could she hold back? She stood up suddenly, clenched her fists to protect her mother, stared at the young woman, and said in a cold and hard voice: "You, get out of my house!"
Liu Lijusi was not at all flustered. She straightened her back a little higher, with a smug look on her face: "The baby in my belly is your biological brother. You want to chase me away? You have to ask your father if he agrees."
"Shameless! So shameless!" Zhang Yalan was a scholar and couldn't swear. How could she be a match for Liu Liju? She was so angry that her face turned green.
Zhao Xiangwan stood by the restaurant door, silently watching the confrontation, his mind rapidly digesting the "voice" he had just heard.
[Divorce, must divorce. I have a son and a young, beautiful and charming woman. Who wants to continue living with this old woman who only knows how to do housework? Bring Li Ju home, and she can still resist? What a bitch! If she doesn't divorce, I will beat her into divorce!
If Yuan Dongmei doesn't agree to divorce, I will sue her in court, and the court will definitely divide the couple's property in half. This house was allocated by the previous construction bureau, and I can't give it to her. The 120,000 yuan in the passbook was all saved bit by bit by me at the construction site. Only I know it, and no one else can take it away. She is a housewife who doesn't make a penny and doesn't have a son. She still wants to share a penny with me? Don't even think about it! 】
Once a man changes his mind, the first thing he considers is his own interests, which is terribly cold.
All the bragging about domestic violence and pregnant lovers was just an attempt to force Yuan Dongmei to agree to divorce and give up her property.
[I have been in the dust for seven or eight years. Now I can turn over a new leaf. I must seize this opportunity. A dozen men have sowed the seeds. I don’t know if it is Zhang Shihu’s. Who cares? He has no son. When he heard that I was pregnant with a son, he was so happy that he knew it was his.
As long as I can give birth to this golden nugget in my belly smoothly, I can live a life of luxury from now on, and I don’t have to be bothered by people. Zhang Shihu is a manager on the construction site. When the time comes, I can bring my brothers from my mother’s side over. Who dares to bully me? 】
Zhao Xiangwan's lips curved slightly when he heard Liu Liju's words. Zhang Shihu thought that he had finally had a son after all the hard work, and that he would carry on the family line from now on, but he didn't know that this son might not be his. There was a one in ten chance... most likely he was just making wedding clothes for others.
Zhang Shihu's family status is very high, Yuan Dongmei has long emphasized that he worked hard to make money, and Zhang Yalan has known since childhood that she must respect and please her father. Therefore, when Zhang Shihu decided to divorce and brought his lover to provoke, even though Zhang Yalan was furious and Yuan Dongmei was crying, the mother and daughter could not do anything to Zhang Shihu.
Yuan Dongmei was suppressed to the point that she had no temper at all. She only knew that she couldn't get a divorce, but she had no idea how to resist.
Zhang Yalan had no idea how to resist her father's hooliganism. Should she fight him? She couldn't beat him, and she didn't dare to fight him. She only hoped that her mother would be strong enough to divorce her father, so that she could live a carefree life. However, she never thought about how to arrange her mother's future and how to fight for the benefits she deserved.
Zhang Shihu helped Liu Liju sit on the sofa. He turned around and saw a strange face. He frowned and stared at Zhao Xiangwan unhappily: "Who are you?"
Zhao Xiangwan looked at him calmly and said, "My last name is Zhao, and I'm Zhang Yalan's classmate."
When Zhang Yalan heard Zhao Xiangwan's voice, she seemed to have found her backbone. She helped her mother up and slowly walked over, straightening her chest and standing shoulder to shoulder with Zhao Xiangwan.
Zhang Shihu took a look at Zhao Xiangwan and saw the bright green sweater she was wearing. He snorted coldly, "Just like your mother, she only knows how to socialize with country folk."
Zhang Shihu's contemptuous look did not anger Zhao Xiangwan, but it made Zhang Yalan feel ashamed. She straightened her chest and stood face to face with her father bravely: "Dad, you are not allowed to insult my classmates!"
Zhang Shihu laughed: "Is this an insult? I have seen many migrant workers from rural areas on construction sites, and they all look so rustic and honest. Am I wrong? Isn't your classmate a poor kid from the countryside?"
Zhao Xiangwan said calmly, "Yes, I am from the countryside. Since you have such a sharp eye, how come you can't tell what kind of person your lover is?"
These words were like steel needles, piercing into the hearts of Zhang Shihu and Liu Liju.
Liu Liju's butt had just sat down when she suddenly jumped up. Her smile disappeared and her face was distorted: "I'm going to beat you to death!" She rushed to Zhao Xiangwan and slapped him in the face.
Zhao Xiangwan was quick to take a half step back and avoid the attack. Liu Liju was caught off guard and almost fell down. She cursed for a long time before she stood up.
Zhao Xiangwan's tone was full of sarcasm: "The smell of dust is so strong that I can smell it from ten meters away, and you still have the nerve to be so arrogant in front of your original wife!"
Zhang Yalan never expected that Zhao Xiangwan would be so sharp when he spoke, and she was so excited that she wanted to cheer for her roommate: Good scolding, so satisfying!
Liu Liju is a country girl who went to the city to work early. When she was young, she was willing to work in a factory honestly. Later, she found that she could not earn as much as those who engaged in sex trade. Gradually, her mentality was distorted and she became a prostitute. As she got older, she saw that her patrons were decreasing day by day. She had to start planning for the future and wanted to find a rich man to become a good woman. Zhang Shihu happened to come along and the two hit it off and hooked up.
Liu Liju didn't hit anyone, but she still couldn't vent her anger. She wanted to poke Zhao Xiangwan's forehead with her finger: "Who are you? You are so mean! What do I do have to do with you? Mind your own business!"
Zhao Xiangwan's eyes were like lightning: "Would you like to learn the skills of the students from the Public Security University?"
公安大學四個字，似乎帶着神奇的魔力，劉麗菊下意識地手一抖，不敢再指着趙向晚。她目光閃爍着努力為自己的膽怯行為找補：“公，公安了不起啊？我又沒有違法犯罪。”
劉麗菊讀書少，分不清公安局和公安大學的區別，在她看來，只要和公安二字沾邊，那就是穿制服的警察。她做了這麽多年的皮肉生意，根本見不得光，哪裏敢和公安打交道？
趙向晚鄙夷地瞥了章石虎一眼，再看一眼劉麗菊的肚子：“恐怕你們還不知道，我們國家已經可以開始進行DNA檢測技術了吧？”
袁冬梅聽得一頭霧水：“什麽技術？”
章亞岚則眼睛一亮：難道，這個女人肚子的孩子不是我爸的？
趙向晚說：“章亞岚，你記不記得楊教授在課上提過的DNA檢測技術？”
章亞岚點頭：“記得的，DNA檢測僅限于刑事技術鑒定，但去年公安部首次用這項技術确定了一對父子有沒有血緣關系。”
1991年，在一起長達數年由離婚而引起的撫養案件中，公安部首開“親子鑒定”先河，采取DNA檢測技術來确定一對父子有無血緣關系。這件事情一經報道，公安大學的教授們都非常興奮，因為這代表DNA檢測技術可以用在民事案件的親子鑒定中，對于同類型案件的判決有着撥雲見日的作用。
趙向晚繼續提問：“章亞岚，你還記得去年公安部首例使用親子鑒定手段的案件中，最後的判決結果是什麽嗎？”
章亞岚有點明白趙向晚的意圖，努力回憶課堂上聽到的知識：“提出離婚訴訟的父親和他五歲的兒子抽血之後做鑒定，結果兩人并不存在血緣關系，法院最終判決父親不再承擔撫養義務，母親不僅要承擔鑒定費、訴訟費，還要歸還這位父親已經支付的撫養費。”
趙向晚輕輕一笑，狹長的鳳眼裏光芒閃動，嘴角微彎，帶着一絲慧黠。
“章先生，你身邊這位女士從事的職業特殊，孩子未出生之前一切皆有可能，不如等她生下來做個親子鑒定，确定是你的兒子了，再來談離婚，怎麽樣？何必苦苦相逼，急急忙忙抛棄糟糠之妻、将親生女兒逼成仇人？我們是公安大學的學生，将來也會在公安系統工作，和我們為敵……劃算嗎？”
章石虎的神情變得十分微妙，掃了劉麗菊的肚子一眼，顯然起了疑心。
趙向晚再望向劉麗菊：“聽明白了嗎？哪怕你現在逼得章先生離婚、生下孩子、住進這套房子、領證結婚，難道就能順利從良？只要孩子呱呱落地、親子鑒定一做，是真是假無可躲藏，你的人生再無退路。
是章先生的，一切都好說，如果不是呢？章先生提出離婚訴訟法院肯定判離，不僅一分錢撫養費都不用出，還能倒過來找你索取高額精神損失費，到時候賠了夫人又折兵，一個沒有什麽生存能力的離婚女人抱着個奶娃娃，怎麽過日子？”
劉麗菊視線飄忽，先前托着後腰的左手不自覺地放了下來，呼吸也變得粗重起來。
過了兩秒，劉麗菊大聲道：“你騙人！哪裏有什麽D什麽A，我聽都沒有聽說過，別以為你是公安就能騙我。”
趙向晚步步緊逼：“你不信，那就去公安局問問刑偵技術科的人，看看我說的是不是真的。”
去公安局？打死劉麗菊也不敢去。
刑偵技術科？聽到這麽專業的術語，劉麗菊被唬得完全亂了章法。
不知道是不是屋子裏太暖和，劉麗菊覺得後背發熱，汗意在頭頂緩緩聚攏，悶熱難擋。從二十歲開始賣出第一次，她最懂的就是趨利避害。
母憑子貴、逼宮上位、在大城市落地紮根——原本完美無缺的計劃，只需要“親子鑒定”這四個字，便變得千瘡百孔。
章石虎看到劉麗菊的反應，臉色一白，似乎意識到了什麽，他忽然狂怒，伸出手一把掐住劉麗菊脖子，大吼起來：“你這個臭婊子，賤女人！敢背着老子偷人，還想逼老子認下這個雜種，老子弄死你！”
劉麗菊拼命掙紮，一邊推搡章石虎胳膊一邊尖叫起來：“你個窩囊廢！不要臉的死王八……”
戰況慘烈，袁冬梅急得雙手直搖：“不要打架，不要打架。”
但她膝蓋受傷，剛剛被推倒走路都走不了，哪裏還敢上前扯架？一時之間不知道應該如何反應，只能死命拉拽着女兒的胳膊，對章亞岚說：“亞岚、亞岚，不要讓你爸鬧出人命啊……”
趙向晚雙手交叉，退到門邊靠着，一臉看熱鬧的表情，半點不想上前勸架。
章亞岚看一眼趙向晚，咧開嘴無聲地笑了起來，哄母親說：“沒事，狗咬狗、一嘴毛，讓他們去打。我們是弱女子，我爸一進門就動手打你，我們都不敢還手，現在他要殺孕婦我們也不敢拉啊。”
“孕婦”二字提醒了劉麗菊，她一邊掙紮一邊把肚子往前頂，嚎叫着：“殺了我，你兒子也活不成了，你這個死鬼聽風就是雨，這可是你親兒子啊。”
親兒子？章石虎終于恢複理智，停下手來。
他喘着粗氣，兩只眼睛裏泛出血絲，面目顯得有些猙獰，咬着牙問：“真是我兒子？”
面對盛怒中的男人，劉麗菊只得先放低身段回應：“當然是你的！我以前雖然有過些別的男人，但自從和你好了之後就一心一意，你難道心裏沒數嗎？”
章石虎擡起手，死死捏住劉麗菊的右肩，手掌一使勁，痛得劉麗菊哀嚎起來。章石虎皮笑肉不笑地盯着她的眼睛：“好，既然你說是我的，那就生下來！生下來了做親子鑒定。是老子的種，我離婚娶你；不是老子的種，我弄死你！”
看着章石虎充血的眼睛，聽到他從齒縫裏透出的寒意，劉麗菊心中一激靈，忽然頭腦便清醒過來。章石虎對結發妻子尚且能夠打殺，又怎麽能指望這個男人會對給他戴綠帽子的自己有多好？
劉麗菊擠出一個笑臉，點頭道：“身正不怕影子斜，我劉麗菊站得直行得正，做親子鑒定就做親子鑒定。如果是你兒子，你得再給我兩萬塊！”
章石虎冷笑道：“真是我的兒子，別說兩萬，五萬我都給！”
剛才一番打鬥之下，劉麗菊頭發散亂、頸間一圈青紫，但她混社會經驗豐富，見勢不妙趕緊伏低做小，抱住章石虎的胳膊嬌笑連連：“石勇哥你真大方，我先替兒子謝謝你了。”
章石虎這才心中舒坦了一些，粗聲大氣地說：“你安心給老子養胎，到時候少不了你的好處。”
劉麗菊眼睛瞪得溜圓，嘴角拼命上彎，笑容有些誇張，眼睛裏卻看不到一分喜色，聲音也有些幹巴巴的：“我聽你的。”
心中一旦有了疑慮，章石虎便沒心情和劉麗菊在家裏呆着。他擡腳踢了一下茶幾，憤憤地看了趙向晚一眼，甩了幾句狠話帶着劉麗菊摔門而出。
“砰！”
當房門被合上的那一剎那，袁冬梅腳一軟癱坐在地。
章亞岚忙将母親從冰冷的瓷磚地面上攙扶起來，引她坐上沙發，安慰道：“媽，沒事了，沒事了。”
袁冬梅膽子小，又被章石虎打得有了心理陰影。今天章石虎當着她的面掐劉麗菊，樣子兇煞無比，這喚醒了她過往被家暴致殘的畫面，心髒跳得飛快，四肢僵硬，整個人都在哆嗦。
醒了半天神，在女兒的寬慰中袁冬梅漸漸恢複元氣，看着趙向晚的眼睛裏滿是歉意：“對不起，趙向晚，讓你受累了。”
章亞岚這個時候才有空問出心中的疑惑：“趙向晚，你怎麽知道那個女人是特殊職業人群？”
“第一，眼波亂飛，形容舉止輕佻風騷，說話的時候嘴唇不自覺地會撅起做撒嬌狀，這說明她習慣以色侍人。
第二，孕期燙卷發、化濃妝、抹指甲油、穿高跟鞋，這說明她并沒有做母親的經驗與常識，身邊也沒有長輩提醒。
第三，皮膚幹燥、晦暗無光、即使抹了很重的粉也掩蓋不了暗瘡與粉刺，眉疏眼濁、眼底黑眼圈嚴重，這說明她長期熬夜、工作無度、生活作息混亂。”
說到這裏，趙向晚下了結論：“綜合以上三點，再聽聽她粗魯的話語、無恥的行徑，你覺得她應該是什麽樣的人？”
章亞岚對她佩服得五體投地：“我的天吶，趙向晚你只看過幾眼就能看出這麽多門道，你真是太牛了！”
趙向晚臉上并沒有喜色。十歲時擁有讀心術，知道對方心中所想再來觀察他的面部表情、行為舉止、語言動作，漸漸形成了一套識人之術并沒什麽了不起。
袁冬梅小心翼翼地詢問：“你剛才說的那個什麽技術，真的可以滴血認親？是不是章石虎的種，一查就能知道？”
趙向晚點點頭：“的确是有這樣的技術。”
章亞岚皺起眉毛：“可是……教授在課上說過，DNA檢測技術還不成熟，僅限于刑事案件使用。1987年最高法關于人民法院就審判工作中能否采用人類白細胞抗原做親子鑒定問題還專門做過批複，強調親子鑒定關系到夫妻雙方、子女和他人的人身關系和財産關系，是一項嚴肅的工作。去年那綜案例首開先河，未來能不能廣泛推廣還不一定呢，哪裏能夠老百姓想做就能做？”
趙向晚：“只要有了開頭，就會有進展。只要你爸等得起，這個孩子是不是他親生的總能查得出來。”
章亞岚“啊”了一聲，大笑起來，“你在詐她！”
趙向晚眼皮一擡，看了她一眼，似乎在說：你才知道？虧你還是刑偵專業的學生！
章亞岚清脆爽朗的笑聲驅散了屋內剛才的沉郁之氣，就連剛才還傷心難過的袁冬梅臉上也有了一絲笑意。
不知不覺間，袁冬梅對趙向晚充滿了信任感：“趙向晚，就算那個女人是風塵女子，難道她肚子裏的孩子一定不是亞岚她爸爸的？”
趙向晚：“我提到親子鑒定的時候，那個女人的眼神飄忽，瞳孔放大，額角冒虛汗、呼吸開始急促，這說明什麽？”
章亞岚這回接得很快：“說明她心虛！”
趙向晚：“對，既然心虛，那肚子裏的孩子多半不是你爸的。”
章亞岚瞠目結舌：“不是我爸的，卻敢栽到我爸頭上，還逼我媽離婚，她膽子可真大！”
趙向晚說：“你放心，只要你爸心生懷疑，她這個孩子就生不下來！”
袁冬梅心一驚，愣愣地看着趙向晚，重複着她的話語：“生，生不下來？”
趙向晚點了點頭。
劉麗菊不敢生下這個孩子的。對她而言，這是一場豪賭。賭贏了，母憑子貴；賭輸了，人財兩空。贏的概率大，還是輸的概率大，她心裏有數得很。
如果是個母性濃烈的女人，咬咬牙也就把孩子生下來，但劉麗菊懷孕只不過是為了換取一個安穩生活，事事利字當頭，哪裏有什麽母性？估計不到一個月，她就會落胎跑路。
袁冬梅聽着心驚肉跳，雙手合什念了一聲阿彌陀佛：“罪過、罪過，那可是一條人命啊。”
心地善良的她，母性很濃，聽說腹中胎兒有可能無法降生，雖然這是丈夫逼她離婚的根源，雖然劉麗菊仗着有孕，嚣張在她面前示威，但只要想到這是一條性命，袁冬梅便有些不忍。
章亞岚聽着不順耳，沒好氣地反問：“胎兒的命是命，你的命就不是命嗎？你同情她腹中胎兒，怎麽就沒人同情一下你？”
袁冬梅長嘆一聲，眉眼一垮，她本就臉頰無肉，現在唉聲嘆氣讓她整個人看着老了十歲：“我算什麽？不過是一個無用的女人，這條命……不值錢。”
章亞岚沒想到母親竟然這麽看低自己，想到從小到大她把家裏人照顧得周周到到，心中不忍，坐到母親身邊，拉着她的手說：“媽，你說什麽呢！你是我媽，比這世上所有人都貴重。”
袁冬梅苦笑：“你如果是個兒子，我還能有個依靠。可是你是個女兒，再能幹、再孝順又能怎麽樣呢？”
章亞岚心中的情緒又一次被挑了起來：“媽，時代不同了，男女都一樣。我們學校有女生，派出所、公安局裏有女警，女人一樣上班拿工資養家，有什麽不一樣呢？”
袁冬梅拍了拍女兒的手背：“我以前也上過班的，我知道。可是自古以來男主外、女主內，生孩子、做家務都是女人的事，男人在外面做大事業、賺大錢，這個家裏還是男人說了算。你就算能夠當警察、領工資，可是一旦嫁出去就是別人家的媳婦，偶爾回來看看我就很孝順，老了根本指望不上的。”
章亞岚急了，大聲說：“嫁人嫁人！難道女人就一定要嫁人嗎？我以後不嫁人，只一心給你養老，這總行了吧？！”
袁冬梅被女兒的态度震住，半天讷讷道：“不嫁人怎麽行？你老了依靠誰呢？”
每次一和母親在一起，章亞岚就會陷入一種進退兩難的境地，說着說着就會吵起來。說是吵，實際上是章亞岚單方面發脾氣，母親在一旁小心翼翼地讨好。章亞岚其實也想好好和母親說話，但不知道為什麽母親的每一個字都會觸動她內心的不甘與憤怒，令她不由自主地激動起來。
【無能、無用！她自己一輩子活得窩囊，還想把我變成和她一樣的人！什麽叫女兒再能幹、再孝順也沒有用？什麽叫不嫁人老了無人依靠？女性獨立、女性解放說了這麽多年，怎麽她就完全聽不進去呢？】
最親近的人，往往傷你最深。
趙向晚緩緩開口：“章亞岚，讓我來和阿姨說話吧。”
趙向晚的單調平穩，帶着一股讓人安靜的力量，已經在暴走邊緣的章亞岚被安撫下來，吐出一口長氣，不再吭聲。
趙向晚拖過一把靠背椅坐下，與袁冬梅目光平視。
“袁阿姨，您想和丈夫離婚嗎？”
“不想。”
“為什麽呢？”
“一個離婚的女人，名聲不好。而且……沒有男人的家哪像個家，會被人欺負的。”
“如果您丈夫堅決要離婚呢？”
“我就忍着，只要他不離婚，我什麽都可以。”
“哪怕他家暴，哪怕他把你打死，您也不願意離婚嗎？”
“不會的，他下手有輕重，他就是脾氣來了打兩巴掌，不會鬧出人命的。”
聽到這裏，趙向晚已經感覺到胸口發悶，轉頭看向章亞岚，果然，章亞岚氣得胸脯上下起伏，咬牙切齒一副恨鐵不成鋼的模樣。
必須換個思路。
“您知道家裏有多少存款嗎？”
“他以前賺得多，每個月會給我一兩百塊錢家用，我省吃儉用存了幾千塊錢，後來有時給有時不給，現在家裏已經沒有多少錢了。”
“如果他以後不給您錢，怎麽辦？”
這個問題一下子讓袁冬梅警覺起來。她操持這個家二十年，自認盡到了一個家庭主婦應盡的責任，但巧婦難為無米之炊，如果章石虎當真硬起心腸不再給錢，她的生活難以維系，那真的是活不下去了。
袁冬梅的心思被趙向晚牽動：“不，不會吧？他是我丈夫，他得給我錢啊。”
果然，錢是英雄膽。
談感情、講道理，都不如談錢來得更直接。
“旁觀者清，當局者迷。我雖然是外人，但今天看到您丈夫帶着情人上門炫耀，說他有了兒子，讓您侍候他的情人安胎生子。這樣的羞辱一般人根本忍不了，為什麽阿姨你卻能忍？”
趙向晚的話非常刺耳，可是卻直指核心。
“我……”袁冬梅張了張嘴，卻不知道從何說起。一股熱氣往頭頂直沖，一張脹得通紅。
【為什麽能忍？不忍又能怎麽樣？我沒有上班就沒有錢，難道坐在家裏餓死？亞岚需要生活費，要買新衣服、新鞋子、新的床上用品，這些都要錢。他吼完我、打完我，累了也會良心發現，這個時候開口找他要錢，總能給個百八十。
可是，這能和亞岚說嗎？不能啊，她從小嬌生慣養，從來沒關心過錢從哪裏來。再說了，告訴她又能怎麽樣？離她大學畢業上班拿工資還有三年半，她也沒辦法掙錢啊。】
趙向晚的語速緩慢而輕松，仿佛潺潺溪水流過草灘。
“很快那個女人就會與您丈夫決裂，到時候您丈夫會短暫回歸家庭，但心野難收，過不得半年他又會再找其他女人生兒子，您打算繼續忍受？”
“我，我還能怎麽辦？”
“新中國婚姻法規定一夫一妻制，您丈夫現在的行為已經在挑戰道德的底限。從我在圖書館翻看的資料來看，他內心執着于生兒子，您既然無法滿足他的需求，那他永遠不可能回歸家庭。”
袁冬梅的臉色變得很難看：“讓他生，我來養！”
章亞岚再也忍不住內心的憤怒，一拍茶幾站了起來：“你幫他養兒子？你是不是腦殼有包！你不要臉，我還要臉呢。”
趙向晚擡眼看向章亞岚，語調輕而急促：“別急，坐下。”
章亞岚迎上趙向晚的視線，她的眼神堅定而沉穩，帶着股不容分說的果敢。章亞岚哼了一聲，乖乖坐下，只是呼吸聲音卻變得粗了許多，顯然心中仍有餘怒。
“你願意撫養丈夫的私生子，但那孩子的母親願不願意母子分離？”
“這……”
女兒那句“你不要臉，我還要臉”讓袁冬梅垂下頭，趙向晚這一句反問更是讓袁冬梅絕望，她沒有再說話，但她的內心卻在翻江倒海。
[I am shameless? I am shameless! In order to avoid divorce and to have someone to support me, I dare not talk back when he scolds me or hit me. I dare not lose my temper even when he has other women outside. Am I still a person when I am so frustrated? I also want to have dignity, but... I can't do anything. What can I do after divorce? ]
It's hard to reverse the situation. Yuan Dongmei's weak character was not formed in one day. If we want to make her understand, we have to take drastic measures.
Zhao Xiangwan had a plan in mind and slowly sped up his speech.
"This house was allocated by your husband's unit, right?"
"Yes."
"Your husband should have vacated the company's housing after he quit his job to start his own business. Why are you still living there?"
"In 1990, the company was restructured and he used his connections to pay the rent and get the property title."
“Do you have any other houses?”
"No, that's all."
"If you get divorced, will your husband give you the house?"
“…”
Yuan Dongmei's reaction was a bit intense, and she shook her head desperately: "I won't divorce, I won't divorce! I have lived here since Yalan was six years old. Every brick and every piece of cloth here belongs to me! I will never leave this house, and I will die here even if I die."
"If you get divorced, what will happen to your future life? Zhang Yalan is already 18 years old, and your husband no longer has to pay for her custody. What will you do if you lose your husband's living expenses?"
Zhang Yalan was anxious. She had clearly asked Zhao Xiangwan to come here to persuade her mother to get a divorce, so why was she now saying that life would be hard after divorce and that divorce was not an option?
Yuan Dongmei felt that every word Zhao Xiangwan said touched her heart. The reason why she was unwilling to divorce was not so much because she couldn't bear to give up Zhang Shihu, but because she couldn't bear to give up the stable life in front of her.
Most people lack the courage to change because the unknown world is full of variables and is frightening.
Yuan Dongmei looked at Zhao Xiangwan sadly: "So, I can't get a divorce. How can I live if I get a divorce?"
Zhang Yalan wanted to say: I will support you! But her pockets were empty. Her father was in charge of all her expenses. How could she support her mother?
Zhao Xiangwan continued to press: "If he insists on divorce, how long can you hold on?"
Yuan Dongmei looked at her blankly: "Isn't divorce based on mutual consent? As long as I don't agree, he can't get a divorce."
Zhao Xiangwan shook his head: "No, he can file for divorce in court. Even if you are reluctant, you can mediate once or twice... He has many social connections, and when the court makes a ruling, you will have to divorce."
Yuan Dongmei didn't understand the law, and she couldn't help crying when she heard this: "How can this be? I don't want to divorce, so I can't divorce. How can the court grant a divorce?"
"Marriage freedom means not only freedom to marry, but also freedom to divorce. It doesn't mean that the marriage can continue just because you disagree with divorce. Now your husband beats you and humiliates you in order to force you to agree to a divorce with him to avoid prosecution."
Zhang Yalan couldn't hold it in any longer and leaned over to ask, "Why? Why doesn't he want to sue?"
Thinking of what he had heard from Zhang Shihu, Zhao Xiangwan patiently explained to the mother and daughter: "First, the lawsuit takes a long time and he can't wait; second, if the court rules for divorce, the family property will be divided in half, and he doesn't want it."
Zhang Yalan suddenly realized what was going on and cursed through gritted teeth: "Shameless!"
No matter how dumb Yuan Dongmei was, she knew that it was impossible to undo what had been done. Since her husband was determined to divorce her and remarry to have children, no one could stop her. It was ridiculous that she had suffered so much for so many years, yet she secretly hoped that he would settle down and come home after playing outside.
She had no choice but to leave. The future was dark. What was the point of living? Deep despair surged up in her. Yuan Dongmei didn't even have the strength to cry. She could only mutter to herself, "What should I do? What should I do?"
"Let me tell you what you should do." Zhao Xiangwan smiled slightly, and his smile was like a warm spring breeze.
A drowning person will grab hold of even a straw.
"Zhao Xiangwan, you say, I'll listen to you." A gleam of light flashed in Yuan Dongmei's eyes, and her hands were crossed and clenched tightly, and the blue veins on the back of her hands were faintly visible.
"Zhao Xiangwan, you speak, and I'll listen to you." Zhao Xiangwan's words gave Zhang Yalan hope. She leaned forward eagerly, staring at Zhao Xiangwan intently, waiting for her to express her opinion.
After half a year of living in a dormitory, Zhang Yalan saw Zhao Xiangwan's ability. She had no way to solve her parents' current impasse, but Zhao Xiangwan must have a way!