Gu Aiguo never expected that his son would come back just to tell him this.
“But how will she, a woman, live in Beijing? We are still family together, and I will take good care of her.”
“But she doesn’t need that. The life she wants doesn’t include you. She just needs me, her son, and you don’t need to worry about her.”
"She's just angry right now. She'll see things in a while. Our family can't fall apart like this," Gu Aiguo said, trying to convince himself.
Gu Huanian felt somewhat helpless. He didn't know what his father was insisting on in this kind of family.
“Dad, Mom will never be able to see things clearly in her life. Please let her go and let her live the life she wants. Consider it the last good thing you can do for her.”
Gu Aiguo raised his head, his eyes red as he looked at Gu Huanian; "But I don't want a divorce. We're so old, we can just make do with each other from now on. Why do we have to get a divorce? Go out and ask around, even when couples fight fiercely, they don't end up getting a divorce."
“Dad, it’s you who wants to make do, but Mom doesn’t. Those nineteen years have extinguished all her illusions about this family. Now that she’s out, let her live happily on her own. No matter what, you have to get a divorce.”
"Think about it yourself!" With that, Gu Huannian turned and walked out. He wouldn't listen to anything he was told now.
Let him think it over carefully before saying anything!
Gu Aiguo's injuries hadn't fully healed when he saw Gu Huanian leave without even turning his head, not asking how his injuries were. He was so angry that he didn't know whether it was the pain in his wounds or his heart that hurt, and he closed his eyes in distress.
He recalled that nineteen years ago, he was injured during a mission and sent to the military hospital.
Chen Shujing rushed over from home immediately, and she was still out of breath when she arrived at the hospital.
Seeing him lying on the bed, Chen Shujing felt extremely distressed. Looking at his wound, she stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Aiguo, how are you? How did you get so badly injured? You have to be more careful next time. Do you know how worried I was when I heard you were injured?"
Her words of concern still echoed in her ears, but now that he was also injured, she didn't even want to look at him.
Gu Huanian and Chen Shujing stayed in Beijing for about ten days, but Gu Aiguo still refused to agree to a divorce.
That day, Chen Shujing went out to buy groceries. On her way back, she was stopped by a fat man. Chen Dabao said with a grin, "Second sister, can I have some money to spend?"
Chen Shujing frowned as she looked at her good-for-nothing younger brother, who had beaten and scolded her countless times in that dilapidated courtyard over the years.
He and Chen Shuling are birds of a feather.
I never expected to run into her today; "I have no money,"
"No money? Impossible. Isn't your brother-in-law's money all with you? Second sister, please stop joking with me. I owe a debt, and if I don't pay it back soon, they'll definitely cut off my hand."
Chen Shujing looked at her younger brother coldly and said, "What does this have to do with me? If you want to find your second sister, go directly to the police station up ahead. She's waiting for you inside."
"What?"
Chen Dabao looked Chen Shujing up and down in disbelief, and said incoherently, "You, you're the eldest sister? Where have you been all this time? Do you know how long my second sister and I have been looking for you?"
"Looking for me? Do you think you didn't beat me hard enough before? You want to drag me back?"
Now that his second sister has been arrested, how could he dare to say anything about arresting her? If Gu Huanian found out that he was also involved in this, she would skin him alive.
"No, that's not what I meant. I disagreed when my second sister wanted to lock you up. She forced me to do it. I only came to you because I was worried about you. Now that I see you're alright, I'm relieved. But I really need money urgently right now. Please, eldest sister, do me a favor and help me."
“I’m not your sister. I’m telling you, Chen Shuling has been sent to prison. If you dare to do anything, Hua Nian won’t let you get away with it.”
Chen Dabao reached out and grabbed Chen Shujing's arm; "Big sister, please help me. I promise that as long as you help me pay back the money this time, I will never bother you again."
Chen Shujing shook him off, saying, "Get away, I have no money."
"Big sister, if you don't have money, you can ask Hua Nian for some. I heard from my second sister that he is a battalion commander in the army and his allowance is quite high. Go ask him for some; it's not much, just give me a thousand yuan."
"What a big mouth you're to ask for a thousand yuan? Why don't you just rob someone? Chen Dabao, let me tell you, I'm not going to pay this debt for you. Whether you live or die is none of my business."
As she spoke, Chen Shujing quickly walked to the other side. Chen Dabao was not about to let her go; Chen Shujing was the only person who could help him pay off this debt.
He chased after her immediately, knelt down before Chen Shujing, and hugged her legs, crying and sniffling, "Big sister, please help me! Otherwise, they really will chop off my hand. I know you don't need that thousand yuan, but I'm begging you."
Chen Shujing tried to pull her legs away, but he was holding on too tightly. Chen Shujing angrily shouted, "Let go of me!"
Chen Dabao's face was covered in snot and tears, and he hugged her even tighter; "No, I won't let go. If you don't agree to my demands today, I won't let go. I'm your only brother, and everything you have should be mine. What's wrong with you paying back a thousand yuan for me?"
Her younger brother has been spoiled rotten by her parents since he was a child.
Don't they even know where they are? The way the two of them were standing at the intersection quickly attracted a crowd of onlookers.
Not wanting to lose face, Chen Shujing snapped at him, "Let go!"
Chen Dabao's small eyes were full of calculation; "Unless you promise to give me a thousand yuan, I will never let go."
Just as Chen Shujing was feeling overwhelmed, a man carrying a briefcase walked over from a short distance away.
He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, with gold-rimmed glasses; he looked like a sophisticated man.
He walked straight to Chen Shuqing and kicked the man who was holding her leg. "What kind of skill is it to harass a woman like this?"
Chen Dabao didn't let go even after being kicked. He glared angrily at the man and said, "Who are you? I'm talking to my sister, what's it to you?"
The middle-aged man adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and looked at Chen Shujing, asking, "Comrade, do you know this person?"
Chen Shujing quickly shook her head; "I don't know him."
"Big sister, you—"
"What do you mean, 'what do you mean'?" The man kicked him again, and this time Chen Dabao finally released Chen Shujing's leg.
He wailed and moaned on the ground in great pleasure.
Chen Shujing quickly stepped back and thanked the man in front of her, saying, "Thank you so much, comrade!"
Liu Wenqing said calmly, "It's nothing. I just can't stand seeing people harassing women on the street."
Chen Shujing thanked her and then took her leave.
Liu Wenqing glanced at his watch; it was getting late, and he had to hurry to the newspaper office.
After the person left, Chen Dabao was very unwilling. He thought that since Chen Shujing was unwilling to pay the money, he would go to his brother-in-law.
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