The husband his daughter had her eye on was someone the Du family couldn't snatch away; if he were a soldier, it would be easier to manipulate him, and his status as a battalion commander was enough to suppress him.
Du Lixue eagerly awaited that day, hoping that Gu Wanwan would remain as confident as ever. She envisioned the scene of Gu Wanwan and her family kneeling and begging for mercy from the Du family.
This will make Fu Jingchen realize that he chose the wrong person from the beginning, and that Gu Wanwan is no better than the noble her. Then Fu Jingchen will break off his engagement with Gu Wanwan in person and turn around to ask her for her hand in marriage.
"Dad, you need to quickly call around and use your connections to have Gu Wanwan and Fu Jingchen's report withdrawn, so there won't be any issue of disrupting a military marriage!"
Mrs. Du didn't take it seriously at all, and said confidently, "With your father here, it's just a matter of a phone call. In front of our Du family, only Fu Jingchen and Gu Wanwan have the right to compromise. I want to see what kind of man can make my daughter fall in love at first sight. Men can't be spoiled, and they shouldn't be paid to do anything. Your father has to train and teach them properly."
"Your parents will vet you carefully. Finding someone in the army is better than Pei Guangzong, who is nothing but a lazy good-for-nothing. Without the Pei family's identity, Pei Guangzong is just a peasant. This time he spread rumors to slander you, and we can't let it go like this. I'll take you to report it to the police later and have them arrested."
As expected, since there was no evidence to prove that Cui Hailu and Pei Guangzong spread the rumors, Captain Cheng could not arrest them based on just a few words from the mother and daughter, so he sent them back.
Once the mother and daughter returned to the Du family, they couldn't help but complain to Battalion Commander Du that it was really hard to accept that the unit wasn't from any of the lower five noble families. They decided that they would have to go to the First Compound early the next morning to ask the current head of the Gu family for help.
However, they were unaware that the Cheng family did not recognize Gu Qiulin and Gu Huaien as the people in power, and that the elderly Gu couple were going back to Beijing to reclaim the Gu family's territory.
Although Pei Danfeng did not believe Gu Wanwan's prediction, her unease did not dissipate but gradually grew. She told her parents and rushed back to her husband's family home overnight to pack her bags and complete the divorce and severance of ties.
When Xie's parents-in-law saw their daughter-in-law return, they began to curse and grumble, saying things like they were cursing the Pei family ancestors, calling her a cursed woman who brought misfortune to her husband, and that they would divorce her on behalf of their son.
Since she was going to get a divorce anyway, Pei Danfeng decided to confront the old man directly and retorted with a barrage of insults.
"Old man, you all tolerate Xie Jiaming keeping a mistress and grandson outside, hoping I'll make room for your maid and granddaughter, right? Your mistress's son is your grandson, but my children aren't?"
"Divorce is divorce then! Who cares about you two old hags? All the money I've given you over the years has been wasted. Consider it a waste. You'd better pray that your new wife is as filial as I am!"
After she finished speaking, she invited her children into the house to talk.
The two sons and one daughter were very dissatisfied with their mother's disrespectful behavior towards her parents-in-law.
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