Chapter 3: Brother Zha wants to make ginger tea?
At this moment, it seemed as if even the wind had stopped breathing.
Jiang Guodong wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and a strange light shone in his narrow eyes.
"I just went to find out about Dad's affairs. Let's go back to the room and talk in detail."
"I will find a way to solve my dad's problem myself. Jiang Guodong, let's get a divorce."
"Su Rong, I've been running around outside all day and I'm very tired. Can you let me go back to my room and rest for a while?"
"I said, let's get divorced!"
Three consecutive sentences about divorce completely shattered Jiang Guodong's gentle mask.
"Ye Surong."
He growled in a low voice, emphasizing each word.
"As soon as he comes back, you want to divorce me? Have you forgotten that I am your legal husband and the biological father of your child?"
In the twenty years of marriage, Jiang Guodong had never been so harsh in front of Ye Surong.
This is the first time.
"Jiang Guodong, if it weren't for Ah Cheng and Cha Cha, you and I would have divorced long ago."
Twenty years ago, when the news of Huo Tingkun's death came, Ye Surong had only half of her wedding dress embroidered. She could not bear the blow and fell seriously ill.
It was at that time that Jiang Guodong took advantage of the situation, drugged Ye Surong, and tricked her into having sex with him.
"You've wanted to divorce me for a long time, so why did you tell me today? Is it because of him? Ye Surong, why are you so cold-blooded? Why haven't I been able to warm your heart for twenty years?"
Ye Surong raised her other hand and pointed at herself.
"Have you seen all these injuries on me? It's all your mother's fault. Ever since she came into our family, I've never treated her unfairly. My father was just arrested, and she turned against me faster than turning the pages of a book. She beat me up just to get the combination to my safe. Because of this incident alone, I will never be able to get along with you peacefully for the rest of my life."
Jiang Guodong tore Wang Guifang off his body in disbelief.
"Did you hit her?"
"I……"
Wang Guifang stopped crying immediately and was too guilty to look up.
At this moment, what else does Jiang Guodong not understand?
"I'm her mother-in-law. It's natural for a mother-in-law to discipline her daughter-in-law. What's wrong with me hitting her?"
Wang Guifang raised her voice and put her hands on her hips, as if as long as she spoke loud enough, she would be right.
"Besides, this wild man she found also beat me up, and that little bitch Jiang Cha..."
Before Wang Guifang could finish her excuse, Jiang Guodong stopped her sternly.
"Who gave you permission to hit her?"
"I did all this for you, Guodong!"
"I said, who gave you permission to hit her?"
He asked again, his tone stronger than before.
Wang Guifang was terrified, but she still shouted, "She cheated on me, so she deserves to be beaten!"
"Su Rong, I'm sorry. I didn't know my mother would treat you like this. I'll send her back to her hometown. I promise that she will never appear in our lives and disturb us again. Can you give me another chance?"
"Jiang Guodong, I raised you like a father and a mother, and you want to send me away just for this woman?"
Wang Guifang grabbed Jiang Guodong's collar like crazy and shook his body violently.
Jiang Guodong pushed Wang Guifang away violently.
"I'm kneeling down for you. Just think of it as me begging you, Su Rong. I can't live without you!"
He said to kneel down, and I knelt down without any ambiguity.
"Jiang Guodong, do you know what you are doing?"
Wang Guifang was pushed down by Jiang Guodong. When she looked up, she saw that her proud son was actually kneeling down to a woman.
She was breathing rapidly and almost fainted from anger.
"Su Rong, I only know that I can't lose you!"
He grabbed the corner of Ye Surong's clothes.
"Su Rong, I have loved you for more than twenty years. You can't abandon me just because of my mother's fault. This is unfair to me!"
Huo Tingkun was visibly nervous.
Ginger tea, however, made me relax.
Since my mother has already filed for divorce, no matter how pitiful Jiang Guodong pretends to be, my mother will not be soft-hearted.
Definitely not!
Ye Surong backed away and left, "Jiang Guodong, this is the end of our relationship. If you dare to pester me again, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
As soon as Jiang Cheng entered the yard, he saw his grandmother falling down and his father kneeling down.
There was a clear mark of a slap on Dad’s face.
And next to my mother, there was a strange man standing.
The man, wearing a military uniform, looked to be about forty years old. He had the aura of a superior and it was obvious at first glance that he was not an ordinary person.
Jiang Cha lowered her head and stood behind her mother, as if her sister, mother, and the strange man were a family of three.
Jiang Cheng didn't care about anything else. He helped Wang Guifang up and called out tentatively, "Dad? Why are you kneeling here?"
Jiang Guodong seemed to have not yet recovered from the slap. He raised his head and stared at Ye Surong, his eyes full of shock and sadness.
Wang Guifang burst into tears.
"My dear grandson, your mother has found a strange man and wants to divorce your father and kick me out. You have to make the decision for me and your father!"
Jiang Cheng pointed at Huo Tingkun and asked, "Mom, who is he? If you dare to find a stepfather for me, I will be the first to disagree."
"That's not the case!"
Ye Surong didn't expect Jiang Cheng to come back at this time.
She was about to explain when Jiang Cheng took two steps forward and pulled Ye Surong away from Huo Tingkun.
"That's not the case. Why are you so close to him? My dad has already knelt down, how could you hit my grandma? You better kick this wild man out of my house right now, otherwise I won't recognize you as my mother..."
Ye Surong looked at the face that was about 60% similar to Jiang Guodong, and was very angry at Jiang Cheng's self-righteous attitude.
"Jiang Cheng, he's not some wild man. He's your mother and me's savior. If you dare to be rude to him again, you'll have to get out with your father and your grandmother."
Jiang Cha's lips curled up slightly.
She raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Brother, Mom was nearly beaten to death by Grandma just now. If this uncle hadn't arrived in time and saved Mom, you wouldn't even be able to see Mom standing here in good health. How can you blame Mom so indiscriminately?"
Jiang Cha muttered angrily, "You're just like Dad. You don't pay any attention to Mom at all. You just listen to Grandma's empty talk."
She accidentally revealed Jiang Cheng's true face, and Jiang Cheng suddenly panicked.
"No, Mom, something happened to Grandpa, and I was turned away all day. When I came back, I saw Dad kneeling outside, and I was so angry!"
Jiang Cheng quickly denied it.
"Mom, you can't take your anger out on Dad just because of Grandma's mistakes. Even if you want to sentence him to death, you have to give him a chance to defend himself, right?"
Ye Surong no longer looked at him. She put all her messy hair behind her.
The wounds on his face, the torn collar, the scratches on his body, and the wrist that was pinched by Jiang Guodong just now.
There was even a bump on the back of her head where Wang Guifang had pressed her against the wall.
However, the hair covered by the quilt blocked the view, so it was hard to see unless you looked carefully.
"Jiang Cheng, look carefully at every wound on my body. You are already twenty years old, and you should be able to distinguish right from wrong. Jiang Cheng, your father and I are finally getting a divorce. You must make a choice today: will you stay with him or with me?"
"I……"
Jiang Cheng was stunned.
Grandpa's situation is extremely serious. Those uncles and aunts who are familiar with him dare not even get involved. The possibility of the Ye family surviving this crisis is almost zero.
If he followed Ye Surong, he would not only be forced to go to the countryside, but he would also be labeled a capitalist and a stinking ninth class for the rest of his life and would never be able to turn things around.
Then his life is over!
If he followed Jiang Guodong, even if he went back to the countryside to live with him, at least his background would be clean. As long as he performed well, he could still strive for a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University and return to the city again.
But……
What if grandpa can survive this time?
What if the Ye family doesn't fall...
Then all his plans would become a joke.
Jiang Cheng's heart has never been so confused.
He suddenly looked up, his eyes fixed on Huo Tingkun.
"Who are you? If you hadn't shown up at my house, our family wouldn't be like this!"
"Are you really Su Rong's son?" Huo Tingkun said with a half-smile, "You don't look like your mother at all!"
The slight fake smile in Huo Tingkun's eyes suddenly disappeared. The momentum of fighting in the hail of bullets for many years and carving a bloody path out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood reached its peak in an instant.
The strength, majesty, and the austerity that made it impossible to look directly at him made Jiang Cheng's legs subconsciously go weak.
"There's nothing wrong between your mother and me. You may not trust me, but you cannot distrust your mother. As her son, you were carefully raised by her. You should understand your mother better than anyone else. Have you ever thought about how sad your doubts would make her?"
"I……"
"As a man, when you encounter a problem, instead of trying to solve it, you just blindly take your anger out on others. You are not upright and have no sense of responsibility. What qualifications do you have to question your mother?"
Jiang Cheng was speechless after hearing what he said, and his instinct to consider the pros and cons made him soften his clenched fists.
This man looks like someone who is not someone to be trifled with.
Jiang Cheng once again set his sights on Ye Surong.
"Mom, can't you just live a good life with Dad? Just for me and Cha Cha?"
"Jiang Cheng, aren't you so hesitant because you're afraid that Grandpa's affairs will implicate you and affect your future? And you're also worried that if Grandpa is okay, you'll lose the support of the Ye family."
"Ginger tea, you're talking nonsense."
"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, you know it in your heart. Don't drag me into this with you. I'm not as selfish as you. As long as Mom is doing well, I'm happy!"
In her previous life, Jiang Cheng chose to follow Jiang Guodong because Jiang Guodong took away tens of thousands of dollars from the Ye family's safe. If he was really a kind and loyal person, he would not have sold her to that sixty-year-old pervert for his own future.
When she thought about herself in her previous life, who didn't believe her mother and instead foolishly told Jiang Guodong the password to the safe, she wanted to slap herself twice. In this life, she would not be so stupid. People like Jiang Cheng should go to hell with nothing!
“Ginger tea!”
Jiang Cheng was already furious after being repeatedly retorted and disobeyed by Jiang Cha.
"Today, I must beat you to death!"
He didn't dare to hit Huo Tingkun, so could it be that he didn't dare to hit Jiang Cha?
Jiang Cheng's slap went straight towards Jiang Cha's face.
He used all his strength, wishing he could smash Jiang Cha's stinky mouth in one go so that she couldn't talk nonsense in front of her mother anymore.
"Chacha, be careful!"
Jiang Cheng's action was too sudden and no one had time to react.
Ye Surong only heard a cry of surprise, and Huo Tingkun stretched out his hand, trying to grab Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cha felt a gust of sharp wind directed at her face.
She admitted that she deliberately provoked Jiang Cheng.
The purpose is to let the mother see Jiang Cheng's selfish and cold nature and completely sever the mother-son relationship with him.
However, when Jiang Cheng's fist really swung towards her, she still turned pale with fright and simply closed her eyes.
In a flash, a hand blocked Jiang Cheng's fist.
The man who came was also a martial artist. With a clever move, he swung his long arm and flipped Jiang Cheng's arm in another direction, holding it behind him.
The next second, a pair of military boots kicked Jiang Cheng's knees heavily. Jiang Cheng was forced to kneel on the ground, and the man retracted his legs and left.
Huo Jingye took over Jiang Cheng. He arrested Jiang Cheng as if he was a criminal. With one force, he pressed Jiang Cheng to the ground and made him unable to move.
Jiang Cha opened his eyes.
What comes into view is an exceptionally dignified and elegant face.
The man was wearing a neat military uniform, his lips were tightly pursed, and his strong arms were bulging with muscles and veins due to the force of his hands, revealing a wildness that was completely contrary to his elegant face.
Jiang Cha staggered a step, still in shock.
The man reached out with his other hand and grasped her wrist tightly, steadying her.
"How are you?"
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