If Chen Qiuyu had not dodged in time, the knife might have already pierced her head.
Even so, the moment she saw the blood dripping onto the ground, Chen Qiuyu fainted without even feeling the stinging pain on her forehead. Chen Qiuyu didn't faint because of the knife, but because she had a blood phobia.
"Qiuyu, can you tell me what happened?" Ren Dahai sat in front of Chen Qiuyu's bed, breaking the silence in the ward.
Chen Qiuyu raised his eyes, glanced at Ren Dahai, and finally spoke: "Ren Dahai, let's get a divorce!"
"What?" Ren Dahai thought his ears were hurting. He and Chen Qiuyu had been married for so many years and they had never had a fight or a quarrel. Things back home were a bit annoying, but hadn't Qiuyu always handled them well? When they were together, although they weren't as clingy as some young people today, they were still a loving couple. Xiaoyuan was about to go to college, so why was Qiuyu saying she wanted a divorce now?
Besides, Ren Lao Niang and the others would be returning home in two days, and they could live as a family of three without having to worry about Ren Lao Niang's mood. Qiu Yu could beat him and scold him, but asking for a divorce? No way!
"Ren Dahai, let's get a divorce! Xiaoyuan is mine, and everything in the house is yours." The second time Chen Qiuyu said the word "divorce," she felt it was much easier to say it. Besides Ren Dahai, there was no one else in the Ren family who was normal. But Ren Dahai was obsessed with family harmony, and even if she wanted to ignore Ren Lao Niang and the others, she couldn't. She was tired and didn't want to accompany Ren Lao Niang and the others through their troubles. Anyway, the old Ren family didn't treat them as human beings, so her Xiaoyuan would be protected by her as a mother from now on.
"No, we can't get a divorce." Ren Dahai's face darkened. He knew his mother and sister were wrong this time, and he didn't say he would tolerate them! But why did Qiuyu punish him?
"Ren Dahai, for the sake of our marriage, let's part ways amicably. Your family doesn't like Xiaoyuan anyway. If Xiaoyuan follows me, I'll have something to eat, and as a mother, I won't let Xiaoyuan go hungry." The more Chen Qiuyu talked, the more she felt that divorce was the best idea. Ren's mother found Xiaoyuan an eyesore anyway, so she took Xiaoyuan away and never appeared in front of the Ren family again. That would be better than letting Xiaoyuan become a monk, right?
"Qiuyu, what's wrong with you? Are you confused because of a headache?" Ren Dahai reached out and touched Chen Qiuyu's forehead, trying to see if he had a fever.
With a "bang!", Chen Qiuyu reached out her non-IV hand and slapped Ren Dahai's hand away. Her heart was filled with anger. Today was the first time in her forty-plus years of life that Chen Qiuyu had been beaten. The ones who had beaten her were Ren Dahai's mother and sister. Chen Qiuyu hated herself so much. Why had she been so stunned by the beating? She hadn't even resisted, out of concern for Ren Dahai's reputation.
"Qiuyu, don't be so willful. If you have something to say, just say it." Ren Dahai scowled as usual. Chen Qiuyu's mention of "divorce" really irritated Ren Dahai. What family doesn't have its ups and downs? Talking about divorce just because things don't go your way was unacceptable.
"Go away! I don't want to see you now." Chen Qiuyu closed her eyes, not wanting to talk to Ren Dahai anymore. She was afraid that if she looked at him a few more times, she would waver in her decision. Even the deepest love can't withstand wear and tear. The love and longing that Chen Qiuyu and Ren Dahai had felt when they first got married had long since faded under the repeated harassment of Ren's family.
"Qiuyu, you..." Ren Dahai was about to "argue with reason" when the door of the ward opened.
Zhao Yunxiang and her daughter walked in.
"Aunt Qiuyu, are you feeling better? My mom said you lost a lot of blood, so she brought you some chicken soup to replenish your body." Zhou Yuanyuan raised the thermos in her hand and said to Chen Qiuyu with a smile on her face.
Zhou Yuanyuan did it on purpose.
Zhou Yuanyuan overheard Chen Qiuyu and Ren Dahai arguing at the door and deliberately dragged Zhao Yunxiang in to ease the volatile atmosphere in the ward. Zhao Yunxiang was also worried that Chen Qiuyu might say something irreversible in his anger, and her expression was a little anxious.
Zhao Yunxiang had already told Zhou Yuanyuan about Chen Qiuyu's situation. With Zhou Yuanyuan's current intelligence, it wasn't difficult to "piece together" the truth. To be honest, Zhou Yuanyuan felt very sympathetic towards Chen Qiuyu. For this woman, getting married was like being reborn a second time.
Obviously, Chen Qiuyu's luck is not good. Although the husband she married is not bad, the bad thing is that he has a lot of terrible family members.
Chen Qiuyu married Ren Dahai, gave birth to children for him, took care of the housework, and also had to work to earn money to support her family of three. Just based on these, Zhou Yuanyuan looked down on Ren Dahai.
What's the point of having a successful career? He can't even handle household chores, and he wants his wife to be subservient to him to please Ren Lao Niang and the others. Pah! Zhou Yuanyuan expressed her contempt.
Ren Dahai shivered. It was really cold today! The temperature dropped several degrees in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Yuanyuan's disdainful look lingered on Ren Dahai for a few seconds before disappearing. Ren Dahai then felt a little warmer.
Ren Dahai didn't know that Zhou Yuanyuan was releasing a wave of "cold air" towards him. He thought that he was too old and could not withstand the cold weather in Kyoto in spring.
Zhou Yuanyuan walked around Ren Dahai and came to Chen Qiuyu's bedside, and placed the thermos in her hand on the bedside table next to the bed.
"Thank you." Chen Qiuyu glanced at Zhou Yuanyuan and immediately lowered his eyes. Looking at the lively and lovely Zhou Yuanyuan, Chen Qiuyu was thinking of his own quiet son. Ren Zhongyuan's childhood in his hometown had left a deep shadow on him. Even at Ren Zhongyuan's age, Chen Qiuyu had never seen his son smile as brightly as Zhou Yuanyuan did.
The wound on Chen Qiuyu's forehead was covered with gauze, but who was Zhou Yuanyuan? With just one glance, she saw Chen Qiuyu's wound: a long, slanted wound above the end of his eyebrow, at least two or three centimeters long. It wasn't very deep, and it looked like the skin was turned outward, a bit hideous.
Damn it! These old lady Ren and Ren Xiaohua are really formidable fighters! Chen Qiuyu is lucky not to have been killed by them. Zhou Yuanyuan was overwhelmed with mixed emotions.
"Sister-in-law, thank you for your help." Ren Dahai forced an awkward smile upon seeing Zhao Yunxiang. Ren Dahai knew that Zhao Yunxiang and Chen Qiuyu had a good relationship, but he had never expected that Zhao Yunxiang would be so close to Chen Qiuyu that she would specially bring him a "sick meal".
"It's no problem, it's a piece of cake. Captain Ren, go have dinner first and then come back to take over! Sister Qiuyu is here with us!" Zhao Yunxiang unceremoniously shooed Ren Dahai out. Zhao Yunxiang had overheard most of what had been said in the room from the doorway. For someone as gentle as Chen Qiuyu to utter the word "divorce" clearly showed genuine heartbreak.
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