Chapter 61: Leaving
The waiter came in with a food cart and brought in two dishes.
Guolv big plate chicken, pine nut corn.
In the middle of the big plate of chicken is a lifelike phoenix carved from two carrots, and in the middle of the pine nut corn is a peony flower carved from a heart-shaped radish. The shape alone makes it worth a fortune.
"Mom, let's eat first." Su Jiaojiao passed the chicken leg to Chen Guilan. Chen Guilan couldn't eat it and just shed tears silently. Su Jiaojiao felt helpless, "This meal cost three or four hundred yuan. If you don't eat it, it will just be a waste."
Su Houli had no appetite either.
He came in gray work clothes, looking dusty after a busy day. "I shouldn't have come to this place."
"If you don't want to eat, I'll eat." Su Jiaojiao prepared the meal and started eating. "I'm afraid I won't have the chance to eat with my parents in the future."
Su Houli fell silent after hearing this.
He picked up the chopsticks and started eating in silence.
He had eaten the food at Guolv Hotel once and found it delicious.
Needless to say, these two dishes were the best he had ever eaten. The chicken was fragrant and the corn was sweet and sticky. He didn't know what this girl was thinking to eat in such a high-end place. Anyway, he had no money.
"Dad, if Mom doesn't want a divorce, then let's not divorce!" Su Jiaojiao felt helpless when she saw Chen Guilan like this. "Let's just live like this from now on. Don't interfere with us, and we definitely won't interfere with you."
In her previous life, she did not study in the same school as Xue Yuxin, and neither of them knew each other. Su Houli and Gao Meifeng also interacted with each other unscrupulously.
Now that the matter has come to light, Gao Meifeng can no longer bear it. After all, the current situation is indeed related to her.
But Su Jiaojiao has never been the kind of person who wastes time on internal conflicts. Instead, she thinks it's better to puncture the boil, as it must be squeezed to be completely healed. The relationship between Su Houli and Chen Guilan was not normal to begin with.
"Guilan, I know I've let you down." Su Houli softened his attitude when he heard Su Jiaojiao say this. "I hope we can talk about our relationship calmly."
He is now in a difficult situation.
If I don't divorce, I can't explain to Gao Meifeng. If I divorce, I can't face Chen Guilan.
"You talk, I'm listening." Chen Guilan also calmed down. During the years when Su Houli did not return home, she had thought about divorce, but deep down in her heart she had become accustomed to such a life, and she would rather continue to live like this than change.
As for why, she didn't know.
"To be honest, my heart is no longer with you. I did this because I didn't want to delay you." Su Houli knew that arguing would not solve the problem. If he missed this opportunity, they could delay it, but he couldn't. Thinking of this, his voice softened. "If you have any requests, just tell me. I'll do my best to satisfy you."
That's how men are.
Say the most heartless words in the most gentle tone.
"I don't want to get divorced." This is what Chen Guilan kept repeating.
"Guilan, if you're like this, we can't talk." Su Houli was helpless and looked at Su Jiaojiao again. "Jiaojiao, you should know that if we can't solve it privately, I can also file for divorce."
"Filing for divorce?" Su Jiaojiao smiled. "Dad, as the party at fault, do you think you have a good chance of winning if you file for divorce?"
"What is filing for divorce?" asked Chen Guilan.
"We just need to go to court and let the court make a decision," Su Jiaojiao explained to Chen Guilan. "We need to file for divorce."
"You want to sue me in court for that woman?" Chen Guilan looked at Su Houli in disbelief. She thought that divorce meant just going to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce certificate, but she didn't expect that she would have to go to court. The thought of him suing her in court broke her heart.
"Guilan, marriage is a matter between the two of us," Su Houli said expressionlessly, "Since you insist on not getting a divorce, I have no choice but to resort to this last resort."
Chen Guilan didn't say anything.
Just as Su Jiaojiao was about to say something, the door opened again and the waiter brought in two more dishes: Braised Sea Cucumber with Scallions and First-Class Tofu.
The scallion-fried sea cucumber dish is topped with lily flowers made from cabbage, making the sea cucumber fresh, fragrant, soft and smooth.
The first-class tofu is as white as jade, soaked in rich soup, and a small flower made of cucumber and carrot slices is placed on the edge of the plate.
After the waiter left, Su Jiaojiao said, "If my mother agrees to a divorce, how are you going to compensate us?"
Su Houli had also thought about this question, but in front of Chen Guilan and Su Jiaojiao, he spoke very cautiously: "What do you want?"
Chen Guilan is easy to talk to.
He needs to be careful with Su Jiaojiao.
"The house and land are all ours." Su Jiaojiao said without hesitation, "As the party at fault, you must leave the house with nothing."
"Impossible!" Su Houli refused without hesitation. "You keep saying I'm the one at fault. What evidence do you have?"
"You want evidence?" Su Jiaojiao was prepared. She pulled out a stack of photos from the side pocket of her sweatshirt and tossed them to Su Houli. "Is this enough evidence?"
"You, you followed me?" Su Houli looked at the photos, his face suddenly turned red, and he was embarrassed and speechless.
In the photos, he and Gao Meifeng were taking walks together, cooking together, and even taking a nap in bed.
There are dates on the photos. He and Gao Meifeng were secretly photographed more than two months ago... and the photos were taken for several days.
One of the photos fell to the ground.
Chen Guilan picked up the photo tremblingly.
He and the woman lay in bed with smiles on their faces, looking more like a couple than a married couple.
The woman was younger and prettier than her. Su Houli looked at her with a doting smile... His smile deeply hurt her heart.
It turned out that he could smile, but he never gave her his smile.
Every time she came home, no matter what she did, he always had a stern face and never smiled at her like that.
"Su Jiaojiao, I didn't expect you to treat your father in such a way..." Su Houli was ashamed and tore the photos to pieces in frustration.
"I should tell you this. We didn't expect you to do something like this." Su Jiaojiao said bluntly, "You were ruthless and ungrateful first, so don't blame me for using tricks. Of course, you can also understand it as, if the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked."
"Su Houli, if you hadn't done these things, would you be afraid of being filmed?" Chen Guilan wiped her tears and looked at him with extreme disappointment. "Even if you tear it all off, it won't change the fact that you have a woman outside."
Some things are one thing to hear.
Seeing it with your own eyes is another matter entirely.
This photo completely shattered her last attachment to Su Houli. She couldn't accept that he was so close to another woman. She didn't want this man anymore!
"Mom, let him tear it up as he pleases. I still have the film. If we go to court in the future, it will just cost me a dozen dollars more to develop it again." Su Jiaojiao was sure that Su Houli would not go to court with them. He was a man who cared about face and would never tolerate these photos being passed back and forth.
"Su Houli, I want to divorce you." Chen Guilan suddenly stood up, tore the photo in half and threw it in his face, completely furious. "Since you like this woman, then go live with her!"
Su Jiaojiao silently gave Chen Guilan a thumbs up in her heart.
Good job!
She is worthy of being her mother!
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