The elderly woman next door also spoke out in defense of Li Junsheng!
“You say Junsheng treated you badly, but look at what you did. Junsheng only hit you once, and he didn’t even send you to jail, which is already showing you kindness.”
Ma Yulian couldn't really control what her neighbor said about her, but when her three children said she wasn't suitable, she became unhappy!
"Li Guohua, you ungrateful wretch! Don't forget who you came from. I'm your mother, and just because you're my son, you can't say anything bad about me."
"And you, Li Chunya, you good-for-nothing, you gave birth to three daughters! Why didn't Sun Gui and his mother beat you to death? If they had known you would be so unfilial, they would have strangled you at birth!"
Li Xiaoyu was not spared Ma Yulian's insults either. In front of everyone, she said viciously, "Li Xiaoyu, you are also heartless. Why didn't Liu Zhigang work out with you? You only deserve to be with a convict!"
Ma Yulian's expression was filled with resentment, and the words she spoke to Li Guohua and the other two were as sharp as knives.
The mother and her children completely broke off their relationship when Ma Yulian said such hurtful things!
Li Guohua seemed to have known all along that Ma Yulian was so vicious, and now seeing her not acting, he didn't even show much emotion.
Only Li Chunya and Li Xiaoyu were shocked by Ma Yulian's words, never expecting their mother to say such hurtful things to them!
Li Xiaoyu couldn't help but sneer and questioned Ma Yulian, "So, you're admitting you don't love the three of us anymore? I knew it! How could what you've done be for our own good? You just want us to suffer!"
Li Chunya retorted angrily, "We've been sensible since we were little, and we've been even more filial to you as we've grown up. Why are you treating us like this? Do you deserve to be a mother?"
"You're not fit to be a mother, nor a good wife. Don't be so smug; you'll get your comeuppance sooner or later!"
The three children angrily confronted Ma Yulian, and Ma Yulian's actions made Li Guohua, Li Chunya and Li Xiaoyu feel sorry for Li Junsheng.
The two daughters supported Li Junsheng with concern, afraid that he would upset himself and harm his health, after all, Li Junsheng was not young anymore.
The onlookers pointed at Ma Yulian and Chen Dazhu and discussed among themselves. They never expected that Chen Dazhu, who looked honest, would actually be this kind of person.
Some people sympathized with and pitied Li Junsheng, but Li Junsheng was not affected by anyone at all!
"Director Qian, we have evidence that Chen Dazhu deliberately set the fire. What do you think we should do about this?"
When Li Junsheng brought up the important matter, Director Qian frowned and pondered, seemingly unwilling to make a big fuss about it, whether out of personal reasons or something else.
"If you ask me, making a big fuss about this will not be good for anyone. As for the warehouse, I think the fire was put out in time and Mr. He's losses were not significant, so he probably won't pursue the matter further."
"Although Chen Dazhu is muddle-headed, we can't let his son suffer. His son still needs to work at the machine factory. How about we settle this privately, and everyone just gives Chen Dazhu a good scolding and that's it!"
The main issue is that the warehouse that Chen Dazhu burned down did not belong to the neighborhood committee, so the neighborhood committee has no grounds to hold Chen Dazhu accountable for his wrongdoing.
The only recourse is for the neighborhood committee to criticize Chen Dazhu and order him to correct his behavior. What else can they do but settle this privately?
Director Qian also couldn't quite understand Li Junsheng. Why call Boss He from Gangcheng over for something like this?
Director Qian assumed that Li Junsheng was clueless about the intricacies of the situation, and that he was quite pitiful, having been cheated on by his wife.
Everyone thought that Li Junsheng wouldn't let Chen Dazhu off the hook, since he was Ma Yulian's lover!
But Li Junsheng actually nodded in agreement with Director Qian's proposal.
"Then we'll do as Director Qian says. We'll settle this privately. I have another matter I need your help with, Director. You've heard about what happened between Ma Yulian and Chen Dazhu."
“I want the neighborhood committee to issue me a divorce certificate. I can’t live with Ma Yulian anymore.”
Director Qian nodded, indicating his support for Li Junsheng. What Ma Yulian did was truly something that made it impossible to take sides or mediate.
"Okay, I'll get you the certificate when I get back. Since you two aren't meant to be husband and wife anymore, let's part ways amicably."
A clean break with Ma Yulian? Impossible!
Li Junsheng glanced at Ma Yulian, his expression full of disgust. "Director, as the party at fault in the marriage, I want Ma Yulian to leave with nothing. After the divorce, she is not allowed to take anything from my family."
Upon hearing this, Ma Yulian instantly flew into a rage, angrily saying, "Li Junsheng, why should I leave with nothing? I've been married to you for so many years and given you so many children. Even if we divorce, I should get a larger share of the family property. Otherwise, I won't agree to the divorce!"
Ma Yulian had been looking forward to the day she would divorce Li Junsheng for a long time, but she was thinking that she would at least get half of the money from the sale of their house.
Keeping this money for myself is a perfectly acceptable and carefree way to live.
If she were to leave with nothing and receive nothing, Ma Yulian simply could not accept it.
Li Junsheng already knew that Ma Yulian would not easily divorce him, so he brought up Chen Dazhu as a topic of conversation.
"You ask me why? It's because you had an affair with Chen Dazhu. You two were the ones who wronged me first. If you don't want to leave with nothing, then we'll call the police and let them come and settle things properly."
"I'll just investigate what you did with Liu Zhigang, so you don't have to keep arguing with me!"
Li Junsheng thought to himself, whether she would go to jail with Chen Dazhu or leave with nothing, Ma Yulian would always be able to make up her mind.
This is why Li Junsheng didn't rush to call the police after catching Chen Dazhu committing arson!
Without Chen Dazhu, how could we keep that idiot Ma Yulian in check?
The neighbors started talking about Ma Yulian again.
"How could she possibly refuse to leave with nothing? It's already a favor that she wasn't paraded through the streets. What she did in the past would have warranted her being drowned in a pig cage!"
"She just said she regretted having several children, and now she's using this as her achievement to ask Brother Li for the family fortune. Isn't this all she should do?"
"Brother Li is a good person after all. If it were me, I would have beaten those two bastards to death!"
"With a mother like Ma Yulian, the child will never be able to hold his head up in public."
At this moment, Chen Dazhu's mind raced. He told Li Junsheng to call the police, so that he and Ma Yulian would inevitably face the law and even go to jail.
Rather than spending time in jail as a convict, it would be better to let Ma Yulian divorce Li Junsheng first!
After all, as long as the green hills remain, there's no fear of running out of firewood.
He needs to be free first before he can avenge Li Junsheng's treachery against him.
Once he understood this, Chen Dazhu immediately said to Ma Yulian, "Yulian, things have come to this point, why don't you just divorce him?"
"Otherwise, you'll feel uncomfortable looking at him. Haven't you wanted to divorce him for a long time? It's okay if you leave with nothing; I'll support you from now on!"
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