As for her family and the uncle who got her a job at the factory, would they be implicated? That was something she had never considered. All she was thinking about now was whether her future life would be difficult and how she could escape punishment.
This shows how selfish and callous this person is.
Director Jiang's wife saw Factory Director Guan come out of the room alone. Not seeing her husband see him off, she had no choice but to see him off herself. With a puzzled look on her face, she pushed open the door and saw her husband sitting there dumbfounded.
"What's wrong with you? Why didn't you deliver the food to the guests? What happened?" Her husband was always impeccable in his conduct, and he could be considerate to both people he liked and those he didn't. What was wrong with him today?
After a long while, Director Jiang finally looked at his wife and gave a smile that was more like a grimace: "Wife, I was wrong, terribly wrong."
If her husband hadn't acted so strangely today, Director Jiang's wife wouldn't have wanted to talk to him at all.
The couple had always lived a happy life, with a loving relationship and well-behaved children. However, since their eldest son graduated and started looking for a job, the family has completely changed.
The factory had arranged jobs for these children, but her husband insisted on giving the job to his niece. She could understand if the niece were a good person, but the niece was the child of her sister-in-law, whom she looked down upon the most.
She hated her husband's eldest sister-in-law the most. She always looked weak and cried all the time. She had suffered a lot at her hands since she married into the Jiang family. She would start crying before she could even say two words, as if she had been bullied.
Then the whole family criticized her for not being generous enough and for throwing tantrums at her sister-in-law all the time. Eventually, she became so angry that she stopped going to her husband's family home unless absolutely necessary.
That woman's daughter is just like her mother. Before she could even say anything, she started peeing like a cat, as if to say, "Why are you, an adult, always picking on the child?"
With her straightforward temper, she really can't get along with people like that. If she can't afford to offend them, can't she just avoid them? Even though their family and her husband's family live in the same county, they can only see each other once a year during the Spring Festival. However, even if they don't visit, the elderly are not shortchanged, so no one can find any major fault in their relationship.
As a result, her eldest son's good job was given to her niece, whom she hated the most. Honestly, there was a moment when she wanted to divorce the man in front of her. If it weren't for the children's future, she would never have stayed with this man.
What kind of father is this? He ignores his own child but takes care of his niece whom he barely interacts with, and then keeps saying how pitiful she is. He should just let it go for the sake of the child and give her the job.
She just couldn't understand how Jiang Siyu, whose parents were still alive and who received subsidies from her grandparents, could be considered pitiful and probably even eat better than her own children. From then on, the two of them drifted apart, and even the child didn't want to be close to this clueless father.
Director Jiang's wife asked with a forced smile, "Oh dear, even our Director Jiang makes mistakes sometimes. Don't you always think you're right?"
Director Jiang didn't refute his wife's sarcastic remarks at all. His wife was right; he was a fool who had been completely fooled by a woman's tears. He hadn't even figured out his own problems before going out to act like a fool.
Seeing her husband, who always spoke his mind, Director Jiang's wife felt that today's matter was serious and she hoped it wouldn't implicate her two children.
"Tell me properly, what exactly happened?"
Director Jiang wiped his face and told his wife everything that Factory Director Guan had said that day. He knew that even if he wanted to keep it a secret, he couldn't. His job would definitely be affected, and it might even implicate their two children.
Director Jiang's wife's face kept changing color. Honestly, if it weren't for the good relationship they had when they were young and the mutual support they had gone through, she would have dumped this man right now.
"Hehe, look how capable your poor niece is. She's made the whole family lose face. Now I have only one request: you have to publish a notice in the newspaper tomorrow to sever ties with your older brother's family, or we'll sever ties between us."
Director Jiang was stunned for a moment before he understood what his wife meant. If you don't sever ties with your older brother, we'll get a divorce. That won't do. He really likes his wife. He's only ever made one mistake in his life.
He was tricked by his older brother and his wife, and he paid the price. He absolutely cannot lose his family too.
"Honey, don't say that. It hurts me to hear it. I'll listen to you and put the ad in the newspaper tomorrow. Only the four of us are the closest of family."
"Have you thought about your parents? Do you think they'll agree?" That old couple is biased. They only care about their eldest son's family. Even their crying daughter-in-law is their precious treasure.
“I’m not severing ties with my brother’s family by publishing a notice in the newspaper, but with them. I’m not going to give them a penny less or more of the retirement money they’re entitled to. They’re their beloved eldest son, isn’t it only right that we take care of them in their old age?”
If his parents hadn't used familial ties to blackmail him, he wouldn't have been so foolish as to disregard his own son's future to help his niece. However, he never dared to say this to his wife, for fear that she would even hate his parents.
Although his parents have never treated him well, they still raised him and sent him to school. It wouldn't look good if things got too tense. But this time, he's already caused such a mess, so no matter what his parents say, it's useless.
If all else fails, he'll take the final step and sever ties with his entire family. Even if he's criticized for being unfilial, he can't risk his children's future.
After making this decision, Director Jiang suddenly felt a sense of relief. It turned out that his parents' so-called kinship had always been his shackles. He had been living a very repressed life because of this so-called kinship. This was good. Once he thought it through, everything seemed to be less important.
Sometimes, saving face really isn't that important.
He took his wife's hand and, like a child who had been wronged and was confiding in his parents, explained the whole story to her in detail.
Director Jiang's wife slapped him: "Why didn't you say these things before? It's good that you broke it off. Now it's just the four of us. Life will be so much happier. Those unimportant people who are just dragging us down, it's better to get rid of them sooner rather than later."
That's what they say, but both of them know there's still a lot to argue about. However, if they're of one mind, they'll be able to get through this difficult time.
However, I still need to talk to my kids about this. They're all grown up now, and keeping things from them isn't necessarily for their own good.
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