Li Ying lived as a widow for three years.
Husband Lu Xingzhou is back!
Everyone says that the man was promoted to company commander in the army, and Li Ying's hard times have finally come to an end.
No one expected that he wouldn't come back alone.
He was with a beautifully dressed young woman and a three-year-old child.
"Yingying, our marriage was never valid to begin with. Ningning and I already have a child. Please be a good person and let us be together!"
Lu Xingzhou spoke firmly, without a trace of remorse.
Li Ying smiled, but her eyes were filled with tears: "Lu Xingzhou, do you still remember how we got together back then? Have you forgotten everything you said to me?"
Lu Xingzhou's face froze.
How could he forget that day when Li Ying secretly slipped out, carrying her suitcase, and eloped with him?
At that time, they both felt that it was the most beautiful love in the world.
Holding Li Ying's hand, Lu Xingzhou vowed with deep affection, "Yingying, I will definitely treat you well for the rest of my life!"
Because of this promise, Li Ying stayed in her hometown to take care of Lu Xingzhou's parents, allowing him to focus on his military career without worry.
A week ago, Li Ying received a letter from her brother, informing her that her parents had been dismissed from their posts and demoted to lower-level positions due to certain issues.
Before Li Ying could even feel sad, Lu Xingzhou returned.
She thought a powerful backer had returned, but she never expected to receive a dragon-slaying sword instead.
“Yingying, I have let you down! But Ningning and I are truly in love, and she was seriously injured while saving me. If I don’t marry her, her life will be ruined.”
Lu Xingzhou's face showed a hint of pleading.
"True love?" Li Ying repeated these four words that had deceived her for three years, and smiled bitterly.
“Yingying, you should understand that our love isn't blessed, and your parents have never liked me as their son-in-law. Now that I've found true love, I hope…”
Li Ying stood up angrily and threw a ceramic jar in her hand, which smashed on the ground.
The baby in the woman's arms burst into tears.
Lu Xingzhou's expression changed. He quickly protected Rong Ning and the child, then turned to Li Ying and said, "Li Ying, how have you become so rude and ignorant?"
Li Ying coldly replied, "I was also raised with the love and care of my parents. For you, I broke ties with them, eloped with you, and left my hometown. For you, I took care of your parents diligently and tirelessly. For you, I ate meager meals and endured hardship. And all I got in return was that you found someone else outside!"
"Li Ying!" Lu Xingzhou's eyes slowly hardened with anger. "What happened back then is back then. Can you stop bringing up what happened back then? Besides, I haven't touched you in the past three years!"
"Smack!"
Li Ying raised her hand and slapped him hard, so hard that it hurt her palm.
"Lu Xingzhou, not only did you betray my deep affection, but you also insulted my character! How could I have been so blind as to fall for someone like you?"
Lu Xingzhou rubbed his cheeks and continued, "I know you're too ashamed to go back, which is why you're being so aggressive. If you don't want to go back, that's fine too; I can keep you here. But to outsiders, you can only be my sister."
Is this a favor he bestowed upon me?!
Li Ying found it funny.
"Lu Xingzhou, you really have impressed me!"
This was the first time she had ever seen a man's true colors so clearly; he looked extremely ugly and disgusting.
This is the man she was willing to betray her entire family to marry!
For three years, she stayed at home taking care of his parents, while he had a child outside the marriage. Judging from the child's age, the two of them had been together for a long time.
She was merely a tool in Lu Xingzhou's path to promotion.
"Were you two together a long time ago?"
When she asked that question, her heart felt like it was being torn apart, as if something was ripping it open.
"Li Ying, Ningning and I are childhood sweethearts..."
"So, your so-called 'liking' is just because you want to take advantage of my Li family's status, isn't it?"
Lu Xingzhou clenched his fist: "Li Ying, I thought that using the power of your Li family could help me get promoted, but I later found that as long as you have the ability, you don't need to rely on anyone's power at all. The power of your Li family is useless."
Lu Xingzhou didn't touch Li Ying because the Li family was useless. He left Li Ying at home to take care of his parents and returned to his army.
Li Ying felt as if her heart was being torn apart, but she couldn't cry at all.
This was the path she chose, and the price she paid for her youthful ignorance.
"So the reason you haven't come home or written to me for the past three years is because you think I'm useless, and the Li family is useless!"
“Li Ying, I know your parents have been sent to the countryside, and you have nothing now. Making a scene won’t do you any good!”
Lu Xingzhou attempted to threaten Li Ying.
Li Ying's heart was bleeding.
very good!
Lu Xingzhou, you are really great!
Knowing that her parents had been sent to the countryside, he was so brazen as to bring his lover back to force her to resign.
Knowing she had no one to rely on, they felt justified in trampling on her dignity.
What is there to cherish about a man like that, or why would she try so hard to keep him?
Li Ying stood up straight, her eyes sharp and bright: "Lu Xingzhou, since that's the case, let's get a divorce!"
Let a broken relationship rot away.
“No matter what, you’ve contributed to this family. If you stay and become my god-sister, it’ll be a safe haven for you.” Lu Xingzhou adopted a benevolent attitude: “As long as you behave, no one in our family will kick you out.”
Li Ying sneered again, tears streaming down her face as she laughed: "Home?"
Looking at the house she built brick by brick, this home was originally a mud house. After she came, she went to the kiln to carry bricks every day, and in exchange, she got these three tiled houses.
This is the home that Li Ying built from scratch, and she will not leave a single brick or tile for these two scoundrels!
"This is the house I built by carrying bricks from the brick factory every day..."
Li Ying gave a bitter smile and stepped out of the house.
"Li Ying, what are you doing?"
"Can't you see? Tear this house down!" Li Ying grabbed a sledgehammer and smashed it against the wall.
If you're going to leave, leave completely!
The commotion was so loud that it attracted the attention of the neighbors.
"What's going on?"
"Has Li Ying gone mad?"
"Who knows? I heard Lu Xingzhou brought back a woman and a child. Maybe he's been traumatized."
People were whispering among themselves.
Li Ying came out carrying a sledgehammer and said to everyone, "I've made sure you all watch the show. I'm getting a divorce from Lu Xingzhou today! I built these three tiled houses brick by brick with my own hands. Uncle Mao even helped with the roof! Erniu also helped with the roof! But today, Li Ying is going to betray your kindness and smash this whole place to pieces!"
Everyone already knows what Li Ying said.
"That's right! When Li Ying first arrived, the Lu family only had two mud-brick houses."
"It was Li Ying who built the tiled house for the Lu family!"
Lu Xingzhou listened to the crowd's discussion and felt utterly ashamed.
"Li Ying, even so, you shouldn't have smashed the house! You went too far!"
"Is that too much?" Li Ying sneered, "You lied to me for three years, isn't that too much?"
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