Chapter 254 Deciding to Let Go
Su Junyao had a headache: "Father, please don't get involved."
Lord Su was furious, his beard bristling and eyes wide with rage: "Look at the state of this house that the second son has turned it into! It's no longer a home! Just wait and see what other trouble he can cause today!"
His wife was so angry that she ran away to her parents' house and stayed there for more than half a year. She finally came back, and it hasn't been long since then? She's already making a fuss about divorcing him!
So it's not just that he has some kind of serious illness!
"Su Changxu, you tell your father what exactly happened!"
Su Changxu was furious at his father's gaze, and his wife's indifferent attitude only made him feel worse. He threw a tantrum and ended up feeling wronged.
Others might receive some sympathy from Lord Su when they feel wronged, but he only gets a slap as hard as his father's iron fan!
Lord Su pretended to slap him: "If you keep acting like this, do you believe I'll beat you to death!"
Su Wenqi wanted to go up and mediate the fight, but Liu Yueyao secretly pulled him back.
"Don't cause any trouble. This might be your second sister-in-law's last chance to escape this hellhole."
With my second brother's shameless and persistent scumbag behavior, he'll definitely drag my second sister-in-law down with him in the future!
With no one to help him, Su Changxu hung his head dejectedly, not daring to look at anyone, and whispered, "She won't eat the roast duck I brought back."
Su Junyao picked at his ear: "What did you say?"
That’s it?!
Has he lost his mind?
He warned Su Changxu, "The New Year is almost here, don't make me want to beat you up at this time!"
It's still possible to take back what you said now; if things continue like this, things might get out of control. Then, my second sister-in-law will take my little sister Que'er back to Jiangnan, and this fool will be stuck with his scheming concubines for the rest of his life!
The men of the Su family, apart from Su Changxu, had no other women by their side, so Su Junyao naturally looked down on his behavior. Su Junyao looked at him with the same cold indifference as if he were looking at an unreasonable shrew, as if warning him not to lose face and dignity any further.
In contrast, He Beier sat there quietly, more composed and self-possessed, which won Su Junyao's praise.
Nothing in this world is insurmountable, so why make yourself act like a hysterical madman? Don't let anyone else anger you, just let yourself be angry.
Su Junyao only realized this now, while He Beier had already seen it clearly three years ago.
She appeared calm, but in reality, she was reminiscing about the past. Images flashed before her eyes: she seemed to see herself collapsing when Su Changxu took his first concubine; she seemed to see herself in her wedding dress reflected in the bronze mirror; she seemed to see a perfect couple walking through an alleyway under an oil-paper umbrella in the misty rain of Jiangnan…
But things have changed, and people are no longer the same.
One sentence is echoing in her mind right now—divorce!
Su Changxu didn't know why he suddenly started acting up today; perhaps his suppressed emotions were driving him crazy. He couldn't stand He Beier's cold treatment of him.
He's too greedy; he wants it all.
He was the one who gave up on his relationship with He Beier first, but after she decided to let go, he became attached to the tenderness they once shared.
Actually, he regretted it the moment his father yelled "divorce him," and he was especially terrified when he saw He Beier's calm expression. Because he knew He Beier would do that.
“Bei’er…” I was wrong.
Unfortunately, some things are destined to remain unsaid.
He Beier finally mustered up the courage to say those words...
She bowed to Lord Su, lowering her posture, and said, "Father, I want a divorce."
Old Marquis Su's body stiffened slightly, his pupils contracted, but he quickly recovered. He glared at his unworthy second son, pondered quietly for a long time, and finally nodded.
“Madam He, you married far away from your hometown in the capital, yet you have not been treated well in the Marquis’s mansion. Over the years, our Marquis’s mansion has wronged you. The things my good-for-nothing son has done have truly hurt you. I have no objection to your divorce.”
Old Marquis Su stopped beating around the bush. He was getting old and had become more open-minded. Only by being able to take things in stride and let go of grudges and affections could one live a peaceful life. Rather than binding this young couple and turning them into bitter enemies, it was better to set them free.
"It's better to forget each other in the vast world than to cling together in hardship. Think it over."
After saying this, Lord Su gave Su Junyao a look, and the latter nodded to indicate that he would handle the rest.
After the elders left, Su Wenqi felt uncomfortable and wanted to take Liu Yueyao with him, but Liu Yueyao disagreed.
“I can’t leave. What if you brothers gang up on my sister-in-law… no, I mean, Belle! What if you bully her? I’ll stay here and be a witness.”
Su Changxu was caught off guard by the conversation between He Beier and the old Marquis. He was already annoyed that he had messed everything up by acting crazy today. Hearing Liu Yueyao say this was undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.
His eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Liu Yueyao as if he wanted to devour her, venting his anger on her: "Shut up! You have no right to speak here!"
Su Wenqi frowned and glared back: "Please watch your words, Second Brother!"
He Beier stood up and confronted Su Changxu, saying, "Our matter is none of anyone else's business. Su Changxu, if you still care about our relationship, you should let go now. Dragging it out any longer is not good for either of us."
Su Changxu swayed, and Su Junyao nimbly dodged, but his back slipped and he fell to the ground in a sorry state.
He fell to the ground and looked up at everyone present who were looking down at him, feeling a chill run down his spine.
An indifferent elder brother and sister-in-law, an angry younger brother and sister-in-law, and... a wife with a blank expression.
His wife looked at him with no emotion in her eyes, as if they were strangers.
A feeling of suffocation almost overwhelmed him. He moved his lips a few times and asked, "Do you really want a divorce?"
He Beier closed her eyes and nodded: "We've dragged this out for too long, we might as well break up sooner."
The sword that had been hanging over his neck finally fell. Su Changxu stumbled to his feet and ran outside, saying, "Fine, I'll grant your wish."
Tears welled up in his eyes and fell unintentionally. His hunched back made him look as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant. "Bei'er, don't hate me."
He Beier released all her strength, slumped back into the chair, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and smiled as she looked at Su Changxu's back. In her eyes, besides his back, there was also the azure sky.
She could finally leave this square house.
"Thank you for your kindness, Second Young Master Su."
Su Changxu could no longer contain herself and rushed out. She had just crossed the threshold when she came face to face with the four little ones outside the door. The thought that the children had seen her just now filled her with shame and indignation.
Que'er pushed Su Jingwen's hand away and walked up to Su Changxu: "Can I still call you Dad from now on?"
Su Changxu smiled wryly, raised his hand and ruffled Que'er's hair, "I will always be your father."
Que'er nodded: "I will take good care of Mother from now on."
Su Changxu felt bitter. Even a child knew to take care of her, but she herself did not.
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