"Since you've wronged your ex-wife and children, you've also wronged your future wife and children! They are all victims of your selfishness! You want everything, your ex-wife and children won't give up, and your future wife and children won't let go either! Even if such a good thing exists in this world, why should it be your turn? Because you're shameless? Because you're ungrateful?"
"If you want to make amends to your ex-wife and children, go and make amends yourself! Kneel down and beg for their forgiveness, cut off your own flesh, kowtow! Give them your life! I'm afraid that if you die, Aunt Jiang will have an easier time raising two children alone, without having to put up with all this petty nonsense!"
“But you just won’t! You dragged your wife and children into this mess! They are victims too! Before Aunt Jiang married you, she only knew that your parents, your wife and children were all dead! You went to great lengths to arrange this, it was you who submitted the application to the organization, and it was the organization that brought you together as husband and wife.”
"Aunt Jiang is completely innocent! She's a young, unmarried woman, and it's already unfair enough that she married a widower like you who already has a wife and children! After marrying you, she treated you wholeheartedly, and how did you repay her?"
"Your parents and your ex-wife and children have come looking for you, and you pushed Aunt Jiang forward. Now all the resentment from your parents, your ex-wife and children is directed at that woman and her two children, while you hide in the back and become an outsider! You're high and mighty, stirring up a mess, and then you give some benefits to whoever flatters you! Do you consider your ex-wife, your ex-wife, and your children as family? You probably just use them as pawns to manipulate, enjoying the feeling of controlling everything, right?"
"Now you have a house full of children and grandchildren, enjoying your life! But how tragically have you harmed Aunt Jiang and her two children? Your whole family, your entire extended family, from top to bottom, have been eating the blood of Aunt Jiang and her two children! More than a dozen of you have been drinking their blood, eating their flesh, and still bullying and ostracizing them. You are even more vicious than those landlords and tyrants of the past!"
"Such scheming, such a heartless act of watching one's wife and son suffer—even strangers wouldn't be so cruel and heartless, let alone spouses! Commander Gu, you really are something else—"
After saying that, he gave Gu Yong the middle finger!
Gu Yong could no longer contain himself. His face turned ashen. "Get out! Third brother, if you still consider me your father, then get out right now with this disrespectful woman who spouts nonsense!"
Hearing Gu Yong's roar, Xu Ningyan gave Gu Zhiyuan a look: "Oh ho, big brother, I've done everything I should and shouldn't have done! Can I leave now? I wonder if I'll even be able to leave the capital alive!"
Before Gu Zhiyuan could speak, Jiang Yuan, who had been sitting silently to the side, slowly stood up: "If we're leaving, the three of us—mother and son—will leave together! Gu Yong, I want a divorce!"
His tone of voice remained as gentle as ever, yet it carried a resolute air.
Gu Yong's initial burst of anger vanished instantly, and he immediately exclaimed, "No! I disagree!"
Jiang Yuan looked over, her usually gentle eyes now filled with disappointment and anger. "Whether you agree or not, I'm going to divorce you! Gu Yong, I regret it! If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have divorced you back then when you said you wanted to bring Da Jun and Da Kui back and let Fang Dani live in the house!"
"Jiang Yuan! I said I don't agree! I will never divorce you! We've been married for decades. Even if I've done some things wrong, we're still bound by the bond of marriage. Are you really going to believe a few words from an outsider? To doubt me? What about all the years of marriage we've shared? What about it all?" Gu Yong was extremely agitated.
Jiang Yuan looked exhausted: "I can't live like this, with all this scheming and backstabbing every day! This house doesn't feel like a home anymore, it feels like an execution ground! The only time I feel relaxed is when I'm at work! As soon as I get off work and think about going home, back to this place, I'm not greeted with care or warmth, but with endless provocation and malice. I feel like I can't breathe!"
"I'm tired! Old Gu! Please let me go! For the sake of our marriage, I'm leaving! I'm leaving the Gu family! I'm giving this family to you! I don't want to bear any more false accusations, and I don't want to compromise myself and our two children for the sake of a good reputation!"
"Old Gu, if you truly remember even a single good thing about me, and considering all that I've endured for you and the Gu family over the past ten years, please agree to the divorce!"
Jiang Yuan said calmly, "After the divorce, I'll take my two sons, Zhiyuan and Zhixing, and move out! We won't take anything from the Gu family! Is that alright?"
Gu Yong flew into a rage and kicked over the table in front of him: "I said! I won't get a divorce! I'd rather die than get a divorce! Jiang Yuan, I won't agree to this!"
Although he was old, in his anger he still kicked over the large square table.
The cups, plates, bowls, and chopsticks, along with soup and leftover rice, shattered and broke all over the floor.
Xu Ningyan reacted quickly, leaping several steps away and perfectly avoiding the attack.
Gu Dajun and his brothers, along with Fang Dani, were among those affected. The Gu family patriarch and matriarch were slow to react and ended up with half of their bodies splattered with leftover food. Fang Dani was the unluckiest, as the back of her hand was cut by shards of broken porcelain, and blood gushed out immediately.
But under Gu Yong's overwhelming rage, they dared not cry out in pain, nor even breathe loudly.
Fang Dani's eyes, which had brightened briefly, dimmed again after hearing Gu Yong say he would never divorce her, and she bit her lip tightly.
After venting his anger, Gu Yong saw Xu Ningyan standing unharmed to the side, looking completely unaffected, and felt a pang of heartache.
He wanted to kick her out, but before he could even speak, Jiang Yuan, Gu Zhiyuan, and Gu Zhixing stepped in front of Xu Ningyan to protect her.
He could only take a few deep breaths, swallow his anger, and flung his sleeves: "What are you all standing there for? What time is it? Aren't you going to pack up and go back to your rooms to rest? Are you waiting to watch a show?"
No one dared to speak. Fang Dani, along with the nanny and two daughters-in-law who had secretly slipped out to see what was going on, quietly cleaned the house.
Gu Yong turned to go upstairs, but after taking only two steps, Jiang Yuan's voice rang out behind him: "Xiao Yan will stay and sleep with me tonight. Old Gu, you can rest in the guest room on the first floor!"
Gu Yong's back stiffened, unsure whether to put down his raised foot or continue walking.
After a brief standoff, Gu Yong snorted coldly, turned around angrily, went downstairs, pushed open the door to the first-floor guest room, and slammed it shut.
The sound of the door closing made the ceiling light flicker twice, and the Gu family fell silent.
Normally, they might dare to say a few sarcastic remarks to disgust Jiang Yuan.
At this moment, no one dared to do it. Firstly, they were afraid of alarming Gu Yong, and secondly, they feared that they would have to bear the consequences of his unvented anger.
Secondly, they were also afraid of Xu Ningyan's sharp tongue, which was like a knife, digging out all their unspeakable thoughts and filthy ideas, exposing them nakedly in broad daylight.
Therefore, they all shrank their necks, not daring to even glance at it.
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