Chapter 438 She truly didn't want to love him anymore.
Qi Mingxuan was slightly taken aback. "Don't you like your father?"
"No." Qi Yue pursed her lips. "I just prefer living in Hanlou. There are more people there, and I like it!"
"In that case, Mom will discuss it with them."
"Okay!" Qi Yue held his mother's hand. "Mom, don't worry, I will study hard. When I grow up and graduate, I will go back to help you manage the company, and then you won't have to work so hard!"
Qi Mingxuan's nose tingled with emotion. "Okay, Mom will wait for Qi Yue to grow up and for Qi Yue to help me manage the company."
Qi Yue nodded solemnly, "I will definitely not let Mom down!"
The mother and son finished their heart-to-heart talk.
Qi Mingxuan felt much more relieved.
She booked two movie tickets for 3 p.m. using her phone.
Afterwards, Qi Mingxuan took Qi Yue to play at the children's facilities outside the mall.
Just then, an animal-themed miniature train came along, and Qi Mingxuan's eyes lit up. She grabbed Qi Yue and ran over.
"Qi Yue, shall we sit here?"
Qi Yue was a little embarrassed, his handsome face showing some awkwardness: "Mom, I'm a big kid now, I don't want to ride the little train anymore."
Looking at her son's awkward expression, Qi Mingxuan suddenly found him kind of cute.
“You’re only eight years old, you can still ride the little train!” Qi Mingxuan pulled him along. “Come on, these little trains require a parent to accompany you. If you don’t ride, Mommy can’t ride either.”
Qi Yue paused, then stared at her with wide eyes: "Mom, so you wanted to sit here yourself!"
Qi Mingxuan didn't actually want to sit down; she just wanted her son to relax. It wasn't good for an eight-year-old to be so mature.
She nodded shamelessly, "Yes, Mom wants to sit."
Qi Yue sighed, "Alright."
The mother and son chose a spot at the tail.
Actually, Qi Mingxuan was also afraid of losing face.
After sitting on the little deer, she suddenly felt awkward.
Silently, she took out her sunglasses from her bag and put them on.
Qi Yue turned to look at her: "Mom, why are you wearing sunglasses?"
Qi Mingxuan raised her hand to push up her sunglasses and coughed lightly, "I think the sun is a bit too bright."
Qi Yue looked up at the sky.
It's a cloudy day today!
Qi Yue finally understood.
Mom didn't want to ride the little train at all; she just wanted to coax him into doing so.
Qi Yue sighed inwardly. His mother had put in a lot of effort, but what could he do? He had already sat down, so he would just pretend he didn't know anything!
The little train circled the entire shopping mall plaza.
They stopped again to pick up a few more people along the way.
Qi Yue was initially reserved, but he felt more at ease when he saw two boys around his age come up.
This shopping mall is quite large; it takes about ten minutes to walk around it.
After returning to the starting point, the mother and son got off the little train.
I glanced at the time; it was almost midnight.
Qi Mingxuan led Qi Yue directly to the KFC in the mall.
KFC was incredibly busy on weekends.
Qi Mingxuan led Qi Yue to a seat.
She took out her phone and scanned the QR code to order.
Just then, a shadow fell over us.
"dad!"
Qi Mingxuan paused in her ordering, frowned, and looked up.
Han Mingyu, holding the meal he had just received, sat down under Qi Mingxuan's disgusted gaze.
The two faced each other, with a dining table between them.
Qi Yue was standing right next to him.
Qi Mingxuan pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress her irritation.
"I just ordered in advance. It gets crowded on the weekend, so ordering on the spot might take a long time to prepare the food." Han Mingyu looked at her with gentle eyes.
If he had spoken to her like this before, Qi Mingxuan would have been moved to tears long ago.
But now she only felt that this man was pretentious and hypocritical!
However, with Qi Yue right next to her, Qi Mingxuan couldn't show her dislike too obviously.
Han Mingyu handed a hamburger to Qi Yue: "This chicken burger isn't spicy, here you go."
"Thank you, Dad." Qi Yue put on disposable gloves, took the hamburger, and looked at Qi Mingxuan: "Mom, do you want a chicken burger?"
Qi Mingxuan smiled at him and said, "Mom doesn't eat, you eat."
Qi Yue asked, "What do you want to eat? Dad ordered a lot, see if there's anything you want to eat?"
"You guys eat," Qi Mingxuan said. "I ordered a set meal for myself."
Upon hearing this, Han Mingyu paused in his action of picking up a grilled burger.
He remembered that Qi Mingxuan's favorite food when she was in junior high school was grilled burgers.
He remembered it because Qi Zhao wouldn't let her eat junk food, and she had Qi Sinian secretly buy it for her several times. She was really rebellious and willful back then, and she must have secretly eaten at least dozens of grilled burgers behind Qi Zhao's back.
Han Mingyu didn't know why, but some details that he had taken for granted before suddenly came back to him in the past few days, and each one was incredibly clear.
Qi Mingxuan didn't say anything more, she just looked down and pressed her phone.
At that moment, Shen Qingshu sent an email.
It was a divorce agreement drafted by Fu Siyan himself.
It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early.
Qi Mingxuan immediately forwarded the divorce agreement to Han Mingyu.
After sending the email, she looked up at Han Mingyu and said, "I just sent you an email, take a look."
Han Mingyu paused.
Qi Mingxuan remained calm.
A bad feeling welled up in Han Mingyu's heart.
"I'm too busy to eat." He opened the wrapper and took a big bite of the grilled burger.
He's clearly pretending to be stupid.
Qi Mingxuan was too lazy to beat around the bush with him. "Han Mingyu, Qi Yue and I have already discussed this."
Han Mingyu suddenly raised his head and swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty: "What did you say?"
“Qi Yue and I have agreed that after our divorce, he is willing to stay in the Han family, and you will have custody of him. We will raise him together until he reaches adulthood, and I will pay you child support on time.”
Han Mingyu's face darkened, and he glanced at Qi Yue beside him.
Qi Yue was focused on eating his hamburger.
He looked at Qi Mingxuan and said, "Isn't it a bit much to say this in front of the child?"
“Mom is right, how is that going too far?” Qi Yue looked up at Han Mingyu, her little face serious: “Dad, even an eight-year-old like me can understand what Mom is saying, you can’t possibly not understand?”
Han Mingyu: "...What do you know, you're just a kid?"
“I understand!” Qi Yue looked at him. “I understand how hard my mother works, and I understand that she’s not happy living with you. Look how many times my mother has been to the hospital since you got married.”
Han Mingyu was speechless for a moment.
Qi Mingxuan didn't want to face Han Mingyu, so she stood up and said to Qi Yue, "Mom is going to the restroom."
Qi Yue nodded obediently: "Okay."
After Qi Mingxuan left, Han Mingyu could no longer hold back. He put down the sizzling burger and tapped Qi Yue's forehead.
"Are you stupid? Can't you see your mom's angry with me right now? You're not even taking my side, and you're adding fuel to the fire? Are you addicted to playing the role of a single-parent child?"
Qi Yue glanced calmly at Han Mingyu.
“Dad, you’re still young, and you’re not bad off either. If you let Mom go, I won’t stop you from finding me a stepmother later, so you don’t have to worry about not having a wife after the divorce. Now that Mom wants a divorce, please be a gentleman and respect her decision.”
Han Mingyu was so angry he laughed. "Qi Yue, you still know how to call me Dad? What kind of filial son would advise his parents to divorce?"
"You parents are different from other people's parents!"
Qi Yue gave an example: "Let's not talk about others. I've stayed at Uncle Fu's and Aunt Shen's house. Uncle Fu is very good to Aunt Shen. When Aunt Shen works overtime and stays up late, Uncle Fu will personally pick her up."
Uncle Fu was actually very busy with work, but he was concerned about Aunt Shen, who had just recovered from a serious illness. In order to take care of Aunt Shen, Uncle Fu personally learned to cook and massage techniques. Moreover, he would deliver lunch to Aunt Shen every day.
In short, they have a very good relationship. Xiao Anning called me yesterday to say that Uncle Fu and Aunt Shen have secretly gone on their honeymoon, leaving them behind!
Han Mingyu gritted his teeth, "What do you know? Fu Siyan's past misdeeds are far worse than mine..."
Halfway through his sentence, Han Mingyu realized something was wrong.
He cleared his throat and said, "What I mean is, they had a divorce when they were young; they weren't always this loving. You're too young to understand. It's normal for couples to have some disagreements; it's called the adjustment period!"
"Oh?" Qi Yue raised an eyebrow: "So Uncle Fu and Aunt Shen were divorced too!"
"More than that! As far as I know, your Uncle Fu hasn't remarried your Aunt Chen yet; he's still unmarried!"
Qi Yue nodded and asked, "Was it Aunt Shen who suggested they get a divorce?"
"Yeah! So what? You think your Uncle Fu is so great?" Han Mingyu sneered, "If he were really that great, why would your Aunt Chen be getting a divorce!"
"Then I think Uncle Fu must have agreed to the divorce because he loves Aunt Shen very much. It seems that Uncle Fu knows how to respect Aunt Shen!"
Han Mingyu: "..."
As the father and son were chatting that day, Han Mingyu finally realized that something was wrong.
He glared at Qi Yue: "You brat, are you targeting me?"
Qi Yue shook his head. "Dad, I just think you should respect Mom."
Qi Yue put down the hamburger, looked at his father, and felt that this dad was really a bit hard to handle!
“Although I am only eight years old, I know that you treated my mother very badly before. You are just like those people outside who do not understand my mother. You only see her strength but never pay attention to her inner feelings. If you try to understand my mother, you will find that she actually needs someone to accompany and take care of her.”
Han Mingyu's expression froze.
“My mom always wears a watch now, it can cover up the scar on her wrist, but I’ve seen that scar…”
Qi Yue raised his hand and gestured, "It's so long, I only glanced at it, but I can't forget it."
Han Mingyu's tall frame froze.
Qi Yue looked at him with eyes that resembled his own, his brows furrowed: "Dad, my mom only seems strong on the surface, but she has secretly shed many tears at night."
She thought I didn't know, but I did. She always said she didn't have time for me, but I would always wake up in the middle of the night to find her lying next to me. Sometimes she smelled of alcohol, which made me dizzy. She would cry after drinking, and sometimes she would cry herself to sleep..."
Qi Yue lowered her head as she spoke, tears welling in her eyes: "She probably didn't want me to know, so when I woke up the next day, she was gone. I went to find her, but she became cold and domineering again, like she was treating a stranger. I never understood her before, and I would always feel secretly sad..."
"Then Uncle Fu appeared. He was very capable. I thought he would really become my stepfather, but Uncle Fu told me that he had a woman he loved and that he and my mother were just cooperating. That's when I found out that I also had an uncle. My uncle was very capable, but he was in a car accident and couldn't wake up. My mother lost her uncle's protection, so she had to force herself to become stronger..."
Han Mingyu's breathing became labored.
His son's words gradually dispelled any lingering hope he had.
During the eight years that he ignored and neglected Qi Mingxuan, Qi Mingxuan lived an extremely difficult life.
She is not as strong and fearless as she appears.
On the contrary, she was very tired and in pain.
And he, from beginning to end, never offered her any help.
Even after they got married, he repeatedly criticized her for being domineering and not virtuous, and repeatedly lectured her on how to be a good wife...
Han Mingyu closed his eyes, filled with deep regret!
Even her eight-year-old son knows how much he feels for Qi Mingxuan and that she has been putting on a brave face all along.
But what about him?
As her husband, he repeatedly acted domineeringly towards her because of her strong personality.
Therefore, Qi Mingxuan no longer wanted to love him.
Because he, like everyone else, only saw her surface and was just as self-righteous as outsiders.
She was disappointed.
I was utterly heartbroken by his repeated acts of taking things for granted.
She wasn't being stubborn; she genuinely didn't want to love him anymore.
…
When Qi Mingxuan returned, Han Mingyu and Qi Yue were eating hamburgers with their heads down.
The atmosphere between the father and son was somewhat delicate.
Qi Mingxuan didn't ask any more questions. She opened the lunchbox and started eating by herself.
...
One hour later.
As the three of them came out of KFC, Han Mingyu suddenly called out to Qi Mingxuan.
"Qi Mingxuan".
Qi Mingxuan paused and turned to look at him.
I didn't say anything, waiting for him to continue.
"I just read the email." Han Mingyu had already made up his mind, but he still couldn't help asking, "Is there really absolutely no room for us to turn back?"
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