"I'm not talking nonsense. Lao Ling knows about what happened between you and me. He wants to divorce me no matter what, or else he'll make it known to everyone. I have to think about Jiale. With a mother who's so fickle, how can he hold his head up high in the future?"

Li Li cried and confused right and wrong, and played herself as the victim.

Tian Kai didn't doubt Li Li's words, but he was very depressed.

"It's been so long, and we haven't been in touch for several years. How did your husband suddenly know about it?"

Li Li wiped her eyes with a handkerchief soaked in onion juice, and tears burst out in an instant.

"How would I know? There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall. Maybe someone saw us."

After saying that, he blew his nose heavily.

Tian Kai scratched his head in annoyance, "Li Li, what are your plans now that you're divorced?"

Seeing Li Li's hesitant look, Tian Kai was startled and quickly explained his situation.

"Li Li, I already have a wife, so don't have any unrealistic ideas about me. It's been so long since our incident, and I just treat you as a fellow villager now. If you have any difficulties in life, I can still help you a little, but I can't do anything else."

Li Li immediately made a request without hesitation, "Then find me a job. I am supporting Jiale by myself now and I can't even afford to eat."

Tian Kai was a little surprised, "Jia Le is with you?"

"Of course my son has to follow me."

Compared to being relied upon, helping to find a job was not a difficult task, so Tian Kai agreed without hesitation.

The dishes were served one after another, including chicken, meat and fish. Li Li hadn't eaten such a sumptuous meal for a long time, so she picked up the chopsticks and began to wolf it down.

In comparison, Tian Kai eats very casually. Ever since he started dating his current partner, delicacies from land and sea have become a common meal for him. The dishes in these small restaurants have lost their appeal to him.

While eating, Tian Kai asked Li Li what her requirements for the job were.

Li Li replied without even looking up, "The one with more money and easier work."

"…So what do you do?"

Li Li swallowed the meat in her mouth and said, "I can do a lot. I can sweep the floor, cook, wash clothes and take care of the kids. Everything is no problem for me."

Tian Kai hurriedly said, "I'm talking about technical work, such as on a production line, have you ever worked there?"

Li Li rolled her eyes at him unhappily, "Don't you know what I have done and what I have not done?"

Tian Kai choked for a moment, smoothed his hair and said, "Then you can go to the tobacco workshop to work as a general worker. You will be responsible for taking the roasted tobacco leaves out of the drying room every day, and picking out the bad and moldy leaves. It's an easy job and doesn't require any skills."

"How much is the monthly salary?"

"Temporary workers make 20 a month, and once they become regular employees, they can make around 30."

Li Li immediately said: "Then get me a formal job."

"Do you think I own the cigarette factory? My father-in-law is the second-in-command of the factory. I started as a temporary worker and worked for half a year before becoming a regular employee.

You have no skills, no diploma, and no connections, so it's good enough that you can come in as a temporary worker. Do you know how many high school graduates out there are trying their best to get into our cigarette factory as temporary workers?"

Li Li frowned in disdain, "What's so good about robbing 20 yuan? What can you do with 20 yuan?"

"Although the salary is not high, it is a stable job. Regular employees not only receive various allowances, but also receive a monthly pension when they retire."

Hearing about the pension, Li Li became interested. "How much pension can someone like me get when I retire?"

"For ordinary workshop workers, they can get around 10 yuan a month. For people like my father-in-law, when he retires in a few years, he can get 30 or 40 yuan a month in pension alone, and the pension increases every year."

Relying on his father-in-law's connections, Tian Kai easily arranged for Li Li to work as a temporary worker in the tobacco workshop of the cigarette factory.

The cigarette factory did not provide food and accommodation, so Li Li rented a single room near the factory.

There are many large factories around the cigarette factory, which has led to high housing prices in the surrounding area. An ordinary single room costs 10 yuan per month.

In order to save money, in addition to couples, singles and single workers will choose to share a house. Two or four people sharing a single room can save a lot of rent in a month.

In the spirit of helping others to the end, Tian Kai found a large single room for Li Li to share with four people, with only 3 yuan in rent per month.

But Li Li insisted on renting a separate room, saying it would be convenient for her to bring her son over to stay for a while.

With the help of Tian Kai, Li Li quickly settled down in her residence.

In order to express her gratitude to Tian Kai, Li Li cooked a table full of delicious dishes that night and even opened a bottle of wine.

"Tian Kai, I toast to you. Thanks to you, Jia Le and I finally have hope and a future."

"Li Li, what's our relationship? Why are you being so polite? I still say the same thing. I will definitely help wherever I can."

The two of them clinked glasses and without taking many bites of the food, they quickly finished half a bottle of wine, most of which went into Tian Kai's stomach.

A night passed.

When Tian Kai woke up, he found himself sleeping in Li Li's bed, and Li Li was lying beside him in dishevel. He was so scared that he sobered up.

After just a few seconds of thinking, Tian Kai decided that the best thing to do was to leave.

"Tian Kai, you dare to pull up your pants and deny me?"

Just as he was tiptoeing to put on his trousers, Li Li's voice suddenly came from behind him, which frightened Tian Kai so much that he shivered and almost dropped his trousers.

He turned his head with a wry smile, "Are you awake?"

Li Li sat up with the quilt gathered around her, looking at him with a frown, "If I don't wake up, will you run away?"

"How could that be possible? I, I just went to the bathroom."

Li Li glanced at him and said with a fake smile, "Go ahead, don't hold it in."

Tian Kai felt relieved. He turned around and was about to leave, but he heard Li Li say behind him: "If you dare not come back, I will go to your workshop!"

With Li Li's reminder (threat), Tian Kai came back quickly after going to the toilet.

Seeing Li Li already dressed and sitting on the bed, he approached her in a flattering manner, "Are you hungry? Shall I go out and buy you some breakfast?"

"No, please sit down and let's talk about this."

Tian Kai said hurriedly: "It's time to go to work soon..."

Li Li immediately sneered: "If you don't make this clear, don't even think about leaving today!"

Tian Kai had no choice but to humbly say, "Li Li, I was wrong. I was drunk and made mistakes. Since I helped you so much, can you just pretend that nothing happened? Anyway, we have been together so many times, you won't suffer any loss, right?"

"Who said I didn't suffer a loss? You are a nobody, and you sleep with me. Do I still want my reputation?"

"So what do you want? Li Li, don't blame me for not reminding you. If my partner knows about this, not only you, but also I will have to get out!"

(End of this chapter)