Chapter 157 Divorced
Jiang Ruzhen felt a sense of satisfaction watching Old Hu and Qin Lanlan walk away.
But when she turned around and saw her older brother walking out looking lost and dejected, she felt a pang of heartache.
"Big brother!"
Jiang Zhengyu's temples were already gray. He looked up at Jiang Ruzhen and belatedly apologized.
"Little sister, please forgive your older brother for being blinded. He always thought that as long as I kept giving in, I could get peace and love from the family."
I now realize I was wrong; some people are indeed only meant to share hardship, not prosperity. Since they've already made up their minds, I won't force them. I'll divorce Bai Hua when I get back.
From now on, can I still be your older brother? Can you forgive me?
Jiang Ruzhen felt a pang of grief and went forward to hug Jiang Zhengyu, tears streaming down her face.
"Big brother, you will always be my big brother."
Jiang Zhengyu patted Jiang Ruzhen on the back and walked forward with faltering steps until he disappeared from Jiang Ruzhen's sight.
Jiang Ruzhen knew that her elder brother was truly determined to get rid of this cancerous tumor around him this time.
She sincerely hoped that her older brother could break free from these shackles and live a simple, happy life in the future.
Three days later, Jiang's parents called Jiang Ruzhen with heavy sighs.
"Sigh, your older brother is such a fool. If you hadn't discovered it in time, he would have been sold out by that Bai Hua and would still be helping him count the money!"
"What's wrong?"
"That Bai Hua borrowed over ten thousand yuan at exorbitant interest rates to support that pretty boy swindler. She even mortgaged her house."
Fortunately, your older brother discovered it early. The leaders at his workplace were furious and, together with the local police station, issued an arrest warrant to apprehend those who lent money at exorbitant interest rates.
The company has already taken back the house and helped your older brother get a divorce. Your older brother was completely unaware of all the debts, and the court ruled that Bai Hua should bear them.
The government and Hangzhou are collaborating on a research project on student education, and your older brother submitted a transfer application; he left yesterday.
"Huh? So fast? Why didn't you tell me?"
Tears welled in Jiang Ruzhen's eyes; it seemed her elder brother was truly badly injured this time, having abandoned their parents to travel far away.
"What's the point of talking to you? How shameless of him! How many times has he disregarded your feelings to protect that mother and daughter? Now he knows he was wrong and knows he's sorry to his family. Where was he before?"
The elderly couple took turns cursing, and Grandpa Jiang also spoke angrily.
"Your mother was so angry with Bai Hua that she was hospitalized last time, and he didn't even realize it. He deserves to be cuckolded."
“Uh…” Jiang Ruzhen listened to her parents’ loud and angry scolding, who seemed not to care about her older brother’s matter, and for a moment she didn’t know what to say.
“Mom and Dad, why don’t you move to Liancheng and live with me? My older brother has left, and I’m worried about you staying alone in Yangcheng.”
"What are you worried about? Oh, right, look at our brains, we forgot to tell you, we've made a new breakthrough in our recent research on positive and negative ion collision experiments."
The Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing invited your mother and me to join a project team there to continue our experimental analysis. We've already accepted, and our supervisor has decided to personally drive us to Beijing in the next couple of days.
"Oh? Really? Mom and Dad, you're amazing!"
Jiang Ruzhen kept wiping away tears of excitement, never expecting that her parents could develop such advanced experimental equipment for the motherland.
They will definitely be treated like treasures when they go to the capital this time.
"Mother--"
The fourth brother's voice came from outside. Jiang Ruzhen wiped away her tears and replied, "I'm on the phone with your grandma and grandpa. What's up?"
"Mom, please tell them that I received my acceptance letter from the Capital Flight School and I'll be going to the capital to report for duty soon."
"Oh my god, this is... this is double happiness!"
Jiang Ruzhen's gloom from her older brother's words vanished instantly, and she spoke into the microphone.
"Mom and Dad, did you hear that? Your grandson got into the Capital Flight Academy!"
"We heard that, we heard that. Since we're all going to the capital, we'll wait for you there for your reunion."
"My wife and I will treat everyone to a meal then. We'll invite your second brother's whole family, and Xin Xin too. We'll go out to eat and have a good time."
"Alright! Mom, see you in Beijing!"
Jiang Ruzhen put down the phone, calmed her excited emotions, and called her boss to tell him two pieces of good news.
The eldest son replied happily, "I'll go to Grandma's house right now and help them pack their luggage."
"Yes, yes, you're so thoughtful." Jiang Ruzhen put down the phone, overjoyed.
The boss is increasingly showing the demeanor of a general manager; he's steady, reserved, and handles things with increasing thoughtfulness and ease.
It's time for her to let go and pursue her own career.
Two days later, Jiang Ruzhen packed her bags and took her fourth and second sons on a train straight to Beijing.
As soon as they got off the train, the eldest brother, Xin Xin, and Xie Hui were already waiting for them at the exit.
The family chatted and laughed as they first went to a guesthouse near the flight school, where Jiang Ruzhen booked two of the best rooms.
After storing their luggage, the group took a taxi straight to the restaurant that the elderly couple had booked.
After meeting, Jiang Ruzhen showered her parents with compliments, making the elderly couple beam with joy.
During the meal, the two men also took out a large red envelope and gave it to the fourth brother. The fourth brother secretly opened it and found that it contained a thousand yuan.
Grandma and Grandpa have really made it big!
The red envelopes they gave were so big.
During the meal, everyone was in high spirits, clinking glasses and enjoying themselves.
Only the second sister-in-law was in a bad mood, and she ignored Jiang Ruzhen's toasts, as if Jiang Ruzhen owed her money.
When Jiang Ruzhen went to the restroom, she followed her.
"Second sister-in-law, do you have a problem with me?"
"I heard from my sister-in-law that you caused her to get a divorce and now she's being chased by debt collectors and has to hide everywhere. Now you've come to Beijing again. You're not going to destroy my family too, are you?"
Jiang Ruzhen laughed in anger upon hearing this, and she told her second sister-in-law everything Bai Hua had done.
"You still believe what she says? It's not that I destroyed my brother's family, it's that she brought trouble upon herself and ruined her own happiness."
Second sister-in-law Zhou Qing sighed, "I never expected her to turn out like this."
She turned to look at Jiang Ruzhen, still frowning, and said, "However, no matter what she does, the fault of a divorce cannot be blamed on just one person."
If you hadn't let my brother know the truth, perhaps there would still be hope for them to reconcile. In short, I cherish my current home, and don't even think about trying to destroy it; you're not welcome here.
"Fine, a gentleman's friendship is as light as water. I definitely won't come to your house."
Jiang Ruzhen turned and left, knowing that Zhou Qing had never had a good impression of her either.
When she was young, these two sisters-in-law married into the family and lived in the shadow of her favored younger sister-in-law for many years.
However, her second sister-in-law was more patient than Bai Hua, and she also liked her second brother very much.
My family was well-off back then, but it wasn't as well-off as my second sister-in-law's family.
The two met at a social gathering organized by their workplaces. The second brother was visiting a classmate when he was dragged to the social gathering by that classmate.
Unexpectedly, the second sister-in-law fell in love with the second brother at first sight and began to pursue him passionately.
In order to marry her second brother, she resolutely gave up the job her parents had found for her in Beijing and went to Yangcheng to develop her career.
Later, when his second brother was sent to the countryside, he didn't complain at all.
The eldest sister-in-law had no choice but to follow her brother because she was powerless. The second sister-in-law, on the other hand, was truly devoted to her husband, following him wherever he went.
Her actions could also be described as being driven by romantic love.
This trip back to the city was also because she begged her parents to find them good jobs in Beijing. Her second brother, wanting to make up for the regret that she hadn't been able to spend much time with her parents over the years, resolutely followed her back to Beijing.
Jiang Ruzhen didn't blame her second sister-in-law for saying those things to her, after all, she had spent more time with her eldest sister-in-law, and perhaps she was instigated by her.
However, time will tell.
Everything will be alright.
However, I didn't expect that even though Bai Hua was already divorced, he would still keep smearing her reputation.
It seems she should lend Li Yu a hand.
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