Chapter 1
The two people overlapping on the bed left Tu Chenglin stunned.
He didn't expect that he would see this scene that made his blood pressure rise just after he came back from finishing something early.
Double vision began to appear in front of his eyes, and Tu Chenglin wanted to retch, but he couldn't spit out anything.
When the man and woman on the bed finished dressing and sat on the sofa, Tu Chenglin paused for a long time before slowly speaking: "How long have you been together?"
Tu Chenglin would never believe that this was a coincidence. It had even happened at home. He was so bold, how could this be the first time?
Deng Xiaoying paused, her hand on the cigarette in her hand. She took a deep drag. No tears, no apology. She simply said, "Let's get a divorce."
"Oh," Tu Chenglin laughed in anger. "What qualifications do you have to say such things? I got every job for your brothers. Now that I'm not as capable as I used to be, you look down on me? And you, Zhang Shan! I thought you were Deng Xiaoying's colleague. I even treated you to good tea and wine when I ran into you several times. Turns out I'm the joke! Are you treating me like this?"
Deng Xiaoying threw away the cigarette and stomped it out in front of Tu Chenglin, stepping on the floor that he would mop every morning and evening whenever he was at home.
"Since you have no ability, you should give way to others. Do you think you are so good, Tu Chenglin? I just don't want to talk to you anymore. It's too tiring. How many women can stand you? Let's get a divorce. It's good for you and me. Just think of it as Hua'er."
On impulse, Tu Chenglin divorced.
He thought that after the divorce, Deng Xiaoying would definitely not have a good life and would hug his legs and beg him to forgive her, but such a scene did not happen in reality.
Deng Xiaoying was able to cheat and bring the man home. She had already made preparations in case she was discovered. She transferred the marital property. When Tu Chenglin divorced, he only had a little money that Deng Xiaoying gave him to raise the child, which was enough for him to pay half a year's rent.
Before he joined this unit, Tu Chenglin was a businessman. He saved some money and bought a building, but now it has nothing to do with him anymore.
He could live anywhere, but his daughter Tu Yin is 10 years old and a grown-up girl. How could she be as casual as him?
There was no choice, so Tu Chenglin took Tu Yin back to his mother's house. Before Tu Chenglin could say anything, his mother Li Xiaohong started scolding him.
When Tu Chenglin had not been demoted to the logistics department for offending someone, Deng Xiaoying was still gentle and lovely. All the good jobs and opportunities were close to Deng Xiaoying's family, and few of his brothers had any of them.
This is what Li Xiaohong hates the most.
But she didn't think about how badly Tu Chenglin's brothers treated him, which spanned his entire childhood and adolescence. How could he possibly help his brothers?
Facing this middle son, Li Xiaohong smiled coldly and let him find his own way out.
Fortunately, there is always a way out. The house behind Tu Chenglin's unit is vacant and can be rented to him at a low price.
There are two bedrooms, a bathroom but no kitchen, but you can buy some pots and pans and make do.
Tu Chenglin was quite satisfied with having a place to live. He also had a child with him, so he could adjust his mentality. After all, he was still alive. If he had not discovered that bad thing and lived under lies, it would have been more painful.
But for Tu Yin, who was only 10 years old, this was unacceptable.
She didn't know what conflict had occurred between her parents. She only remembered that when she left, her mother held her hand and cried softly, saying that everything was her father's problem and she had no way to deal with it, and asked Tu Yin to take good care of herself.
Tu Yin believed it.
Of course she would believe it. One is her mother who always takes care of her, and the other is her father who is always on business trips and drinking with friends. Of course she would favor the one she loves more.
But Tu Yin had quarreled and made a fuss, but all she got in return was Tu Chenglin's angry glare.
Tu Chenglin thought the matters between adults were dirty and did not want to tell his daughter, but facing Tu Yin who kept calling "Mom", he felt powerless and annoyed.
If Tu Yin's eyes and mouth didn't look exactly like his, Tu Chenglin would definitely not have taken his daughter away.
When he married Deng Xiaoying, there was no one-child policy yet, and he was still doing business at the time, so he nicknamed his daughter "Hua'er", thinking that she would bloom first and then bear fruit, and he wanted his daughter to bring "fruit".
But after Tu Yin was born, a policy came out, and both Tu Chenglin and Deng Xiaoying became public officials, so they were absolutely not allowed to have children, so the idea gave up.
After all, Tu Chenglin cares more about his career than his children.
But he didn't expect that it would be all in vain in the end. He offended someone and his career was hopeless, and his marriage was not going well.
But Tu Chenglin did not accept this outcome. In the second month after settling down, he went to find a matchmaker.
His current conditions are not good, and the women in the county will definitely not be interested in him. Tu Chenglin only hopes that the matchmaker will find him an unmarried woman, or even a married woman without children.
After the failure, Tu Chenglin wanted a boy even more.
A boy who made him proud, when he was stuck in a rut, he even thought that Li Xiaohong was not good to him because his brothers all had sons but he didn't.
Deng Xiaoying and the others looked down on him because he had no son. If Tu Yin had a son, perhaps Deng Xiaoying would not have cheated at all.
All because he has no son.
Soon, the matchmaker brought him the news.
Lin Mei, a 29-year-old country woman, has never married in her early years in order to support her family. Now that her family is doing better, they have started to arrange for her to get married. After all, if you are not married at the age of 29, you will be criticized in the countryside.
Tu Chenglin was very happy when he heard from the matchmaker that although the woman was not good-looking, she was a hardworking person.
So what if Deng Xiaoying was beautiful? When she betrayed him, Tu Chenglin just thought she was the ugliest woman in the world.
Before they even met, Tu Chenglin was already very satisfied with her. She was unmarried, not pregnant, and hardworking, which was enough to cover up all her shortcomings.
Besides, Tu Chenglin’s current situation is not that good. Before we met, he was not very attractive.
Even if they met, seeing Tu Chenglin's incredibly handsome face would not improve his impression of him much. A 35-year-old man, just a small clerk with no money, has little value in the blind date market.
But it was enough for Lin Mei.
Lin Mei was happy when she saw the man's face clearly.
Originally, she wanted Tu Chenglin to have a stable job and live in the county. She didn't want to see her biased parents, nor did she want to stay in the countryside and give them the opportunity to come to her for work.
Lin Mei could accept the fact that Tu Chenglin had a daughter. She was not young anymore. In the countryside, a 29-year-old girl's children would already be grown up.
Lin Mei once scored high enough to go to high school, but she chose to attend vocational school for her family's sake and later worked in a factory near her home. But when the factory closed, Lin Mei and her friends went to work in a shoe factory in Guangcheng.
That was the bravest time for her. She didn't dare close her eyes on the train because the security was poor at that time and all the girls were extremely cautious.
Working in a shoe factory is very tiring, but when I get paid, I feel it is worth it. However, I still have to send most of my salary home first.
Lin Mei's mother told her that the money was being saved for her and would be given to her when she got married as her dowry.
In this way, the trouble caused by the eldest son of the Lin family was solved, his gambling debts were paid off, and he even found a girl from the neighboring village to marry.
When she was almost thirty, Lin Mei thought she could not delay any longer and had to go home. She wanted to marry closer to her parents so that she could take care of them more easily.
But when she got home, she discovered that the money her mother had said she had saved for her didn't exist at all. Lin Mei knew that from now on she had to think about herself.
Tu Chenglin's appearance was a pleasant surprise.
Since they are getting married, they will definitely have children. Lin Mei hopes that if they do, the child will look more like Tu Chenglin.
Since she was a teenager and began to understand what beauty is, Lin Mei has felt inferior about her appearance.
The only outstanding thing about her is her fair skin, but it doesn't make her plain and even tilted facial features look any better.
When both people are willing to work together, the speed will naturally be fast.
After being together for a while, Tu Chenglin formally proposed marriage. In order to make things go smoothly and to have a better life after marriage, Lin Mei only asked Tu Chenglin to pay a symbolic betrothal gift. As for her parents paying no money, they did not.
Fortunately, because Tu Chenglin didn't contribute much money, Lin Mei's parents kept some for the sake of making it look better, and gave the rest to Lin Mei as a dowry.
After marriage, Lin Mei did not have to deal with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but had to face the awkward and easily criticized relationship between stepmother and stepdaughter.
Fortunately, when Lin Mei married Tu Chenglin, Tu Yin already knew the reason for her parents' divorce. She didn't reject Lin Mei, because her mother had remarried earlier without asking her opinion.
Adults always focus on themselves, especially after they have their own families.
Before this, Tu Yin was slandered by someone in front of her, saying how vicious her stepmother was, which made her very worried.
But Lin Mei's arrival seemed to drive away all the haze.
Having just gotten married, Lin Mei had nothing to do, and her main task was to prepare for pregnancy.
Tu Chenglin gave her many folk remedies that were said to help her conceive a son, and Lin Mei chose to accept them all. She really wanted a child. Compared to her partner, Lin Mei believed more that her child would not betray her. Even if she was betrayed by her parents, she would still believe that her child would not betray her, because this child would be the one she raised, not the one raised by her parents.
After Lin Mei came, the most obvious thing was that the food became more delicious. Tu Yin could never wash clothes clean, so Tu Chenglin washed them for her, but she had to wash some clothes herself.
Lin Mei taught Tu Yin how to wash clothes like an older sister. Before Tu Yin had her period, she explained to her what menstruation was and how to deal with it.
Some girls get their period very early, like Lin Mei, so she would tell Tu Yin in advance so that she wouldn't panic like she did before.
Over time, Tu Yin began to rely on Lin Mei.
But Tu Yin never called Lin Mei "Mom" but "Auntie" instead. For this reason, Tu Yin did not change even after being beaten by Tu Chenglin.
She has her own mother. Even if her mother doesn't want her anymore, she is still her own mother.
Tu Yin was thinking this way, and she felt a little disappointed when she saw Lin Mei's belly gradually growing bigger.
The "Auntie Lin" that originally belonged to her became someone else's "Mom".
Tu Yin thought she would hate this child, but when she looked at Lin Mei's gentle and happy face, she no longer hated her.
She was just a little envious that the child would have a good mother, a mother who belonged to that child alone.
Lin Mei was happy. Half a year after her marriage, she had tried so many folk remedies but still didn't get pregnant. In addition, Tu Chenglin already had a child, so Lin Mei began to wonder if it was her problem.
When she started to get anxious, she found that she had not had her period this month. Half-believing and half-doubting, Lin Mei did not go to the hospital. She was afraid that she was just being too happy, but she started to be careful.
It wasn't until her belly began to bulge that Lin Mei felt the reality.
She had her own child and her family was complete.
When Tu Chenglin tried to give her those so-called folk remedies for giving birth to a boy, Lin Mei chose to refuse.
Before she had a child, these folk remedies could only harm herself, but now that she has a child, Lin Mei began to worry that the folk remedies would harm the child.
She doesn't want her child to come to any harm.
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