Chapter 132 Marriage is for a good life, and so is divorce.
"So? Did she agree to leave?" This was the first question Wang Jinghui asked as she entered the room.
He believed his method was absolutely feasible. How much experience could a child raised in the countryside possibly have? Suddenly seeing several thousand yuan would probably leave him stunned and unable to think about anything else!
Therefore, he considered it a success.
But this confidence only lasted a few seconds.
The expressions on Xu Shanshan's and Wen Qianqian's faces told him that he was too confident.
He quickly pieced together the events from Wen Qianqian's account, and Wen Qianqian cursed, "That bitch tricked us!"
"She hid that old hag from the Wen family and put on a show for me and my mother."
"..."
Wen Qianqian continued to grumble and curse. Wang Jinghui listened to some of it and not others, but he came to a conclusion: it seemed that none of Wen Changyu's children had inherited Xu Shanshan's lack of intelligence, not even his daughters.
They're not easy to fool!
After sitting down, Wang Jinghui sighed, "Is this really the kind of child he is?"
"That's really troublesome."
"She set this up for you in front of the Wen family matriarch..." Wang Jinghui looked at Xu Shanshan with heartache in her eyes, "People believe what they see, the Wen family will probably have a lot of complaints about you, this..."
Wang Jinghui's words of comfort only fueled Xu Shanshan's hatred for Zhizhi. "I should have just thrown her away back then. I should have listened to you and thrown her far away. Otherwise, none of this would have happened."
Wang Jinghui sighed again and patted her shoulder. "You are her mother after all. It's only natural to feel pity for her. But a mother's love for her child is innate, while a child's is not."
Xu Shanshan sat there, not saying a word for a while.
Wang Jinghui said, "But don't worry too much. As long as you don't admit it, I believe Wen Changyu will eventually stand on your side."
Wen Qianqian immediately added, "Yes, just say that the old woman and Xie Zhizhi don't like you and want to kick you out of the Wen family, so they deliberately framed you."
They all had good intentions, but Xu Shanshan felt a little tired. She looked down at her fingertips and said, "Actually..." She suddenly smiled with relief, "It's fine too. I've been tired all these years."
“Those were my true feelings, and I’ve wanted to say them for a long time.”
“Now that I’ve said it,” she exhaled, “I feel much better.”
She felt comfortable, but there was a hint of danger in Wang Jinghui's gaze. "But if that's the case, Wen Changyu will definitely not let you off the hook," he said, looking at Xu Shanshan's profile.
Xu Shanshan looked relieved. "When you're young, you don't have a choice. The world outside is not what it used to be." She suddenly turned to look at Wang Jinghui, a smile on her lips. "I also want to live for myself for once."
She suddenly turned her head, and Wang Jinghui almost couldn't hide the fierce glint in his eyes. He was momentarily flustered, but he quickly composed himself and asked, "You want to divorce him?"
Xu Shanshan nodded. "Yes, over the years, he's been tired, but I've been even more tired."
She wanted to break free, but Wen Qianqian and her father panicked.
The first to panic was Wen Qianqian: "Mom, what am I going to do if you divorce Dad?"
She squatted down in front of Xu Shanshan, looked up at Xu Shanshan pitifully, and said, "I wasn't Dad's biological daughter to begin with. If you divorce him, he definitely won't want me."
"What will I do then?"
Xu Shanshan patted her head affectionately, "Mom will take care of you!"
Her words were full of love, but Wen Qianqian felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
Xu Shanshan is supporting her?
Xu Shanshan doesn't have a job, how will you support her?
“But Mom, you don’t have a job,” Wen Qianqian couldn’t help but say.
Xu Shanshan's smile froze on her lips; this was indeed a real problem.
Without a job, she can't support her children. And if she does work, not to mention that she's always been sickly and not in good health, even if she were healthy, she doesn't have any special skills, and now that she's in her fifties, who would want her?
Xu Shanshan thought for a moment, "Now that the market is free, I'll use the money I have to open a shop. Qianqian, you don't know, our Xu family used to sell jewelry. Your maternal grandfather was a shrewd businessman, and I've been around him since I was little, learning from him..."
"If we get divorced, won't Dad want this money?" Wen Qianqian's words interrupted her daydreaming.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wang Jinghui stepped in to brainwash her, "Yes, Shanshan, Qianqian is right. It's too unfair to you to get a divorce at this time."
“Think about it, you’ve endured your whole life in the Wen family. Now that you’re old and your children are grown up, you’re getting a divorce. You…” Wang Jinghui shrugged and sighed, “Aren’t you at a huge loss?”
"And didn't you also say you wanted Qianqian to marry the second son of the Wen family?"
"If you divorce Wen Changyu, will the Wen family still agree to it?"
Wen Qianqian nodded vigorously from the side.
Xu Shanshan's relieved heart was twisted again by these words.
She lowered her eyes wearily and fell silent for a moment.
Wang Jinghui stood up. "Qianqian, make some food for your mother. I'm going back now."
"Dad, aren't you eating here tonight?" Wen Qianqian got up and asked.
Wang Jinghui shook her head.
After Wang Jinghui left, Xu Shanshan remained silent and eventually returned to her room without eating.
She hasn't eaten for two meals since noon.
Wen Qianqian went out to eat something and brought her some steamed buns when she came back. She put them on her bedside table, but she didn't eat them.
She didn't eat, and neither did Wen Changyu.
Wen Changyu has not come down since he went upstairs at noon, and has been staying in his study the whole time.
Wang Chunlan delivered lunch, and when I went to pick it up in the afternoon, it was untouched.
He Yuzhi was so angry that she kept cursing, "What a scoundrel!"
While coaxing the old lady, Wen Zhizhi muttered to herself: This love-struck brain is a bit hard to cure.
When Wen Jinshu and the others came home from get off work that evening, He Yuzhi told Wen Jinshu what had happened, and Wen Jinshu brought the meal upstairs.
Wen Jinshu said, "Grandpa, Grandma, and Zhizhi are all worried about you."
Wen Changyu felt slightly ashamed. "I'm fine, I just..."
Wen Jinshu was quite blunt: "This is a new society now. If this marriage really makes you and your mother unhappy, perhaps you two can change your way of life."
Wen Jinshu didn't try to persuade her any further.
No matter how much advice others give, it's useless; the person involved has to figure it out for themselves.
Wen Changyu locked himself in his study, neither eating nor drinking nor sleeping. When he came downstairs the next day, he was unshaven and had dark circles under his eyes, which startled Wen Zhizhi.
She felt she was being too cruel, forcibly correcting the romantic mindset of a middle-aged person in their forties.
"Dad..." Zhizhi called out to him cautiously.
Wen Changyu looked at her and forced a smile, "Zhizhi, are you going to work? Dad will take you in a bit."
Zhizhi quickly waved her hand, "No, no, no, Dad, you don't need to see me off. I'll go with my older brother and sister-in-law in a bit."
"You...you need to get more rest!"
After Wen Zhizhi finished speaking, she walked downstairs, but stopped at the top of the stairs and turned back. "Dad, marriage is for a good life, and so is divorce."
After saying that, she ran downstairs.
Wen Changyu stood there alone, stunned for a long time.
It wasn't until Zhizhi and the others downstairs had all left that he came to his senses.
Then he went back to the master bedroom, tidied himself up, went downstairs to have breakfast, and finally went out.
When Wen Changyu arrived at Xu Shanshan's place, it was already past eight o'clock.
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