"Shut up! This is a family matter! We're family members talking, and you, an outsider, have no right to speak!"
Xiao Lei's sister bared her teeth and claws, pointing at Fang Qiao's face, but Xiao Lei grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.
She looked furious: "Brother! She's going to divorce you, why are you still siding with her!"
Xiao Lei didn't answer his sister's question. He walked up to Qi Miao and tried to take her hand, but Qi Miao shook him off.
Xiao Lei looked sad and said, "Miao Miao, my mom and sister were wrong. I apologize to you on their behalf. Please don't get a divorce. Give me another chance, okay? We've been together for two years. Are you really willing to let it all go like this?"
"Xiao Lei, I've given you many chances, but you don't distinguish right from wrong, you just tell me to endure." Qi Miao shook her head with a bitter smile: "I'm sorry, I've endured enough, I don't want to endure anymore. If you really care about our relationship over the past two years, then let me go."
Qi Miao insisted on getting a divorce, and Xiao Lei panicked immediately.
He reached out and grabbed Qi Miao's hand, squatted down in front of her, put his arms around her waist, and pleaded, "Miao Miao, I was wrong, I was foolish. I shouldn't have always made you endure things for the sake of family harmony. Can I change? I promise I will protect you from now on and never let you suffer any more grievances, okay?"
Before Qi Miao could say anything, Xiao Lei's mother and sister became unhappy.
His mother was babbling in dialect, while his sister relayed the message: "Brother, don't beg her! Look at how arrogant she is, she just wants to control you! I don't believe she really wants a divorce!"
"Shut up!" Xiao Lei turned around and glared fiercely at his sister, his eyes filled with malice.
His sister was stunned for a moment, then broke down: "You yelled at me? Brother, you yelled at me? You yelled at me for this shameless woman?! I was doing this for your own good! I'm not talking to you anymore!"
After saying that, she pushed Xiao Lei away, covered her face, and ran out.
Xiao Lei's mother called out to her, but received no response. Her face showed anger as she cursed in her dialect and tapped Xiao Lei's head several times with her finger before chasing after her.
As Xiao Lei watched his mother's departing figure, a look of regret appeared on his face. He got up, wanting to chase after her.
Qi Miao took in everything, a mocking smile playing on his lips: "Xiao Lei, are you regretting yelling at your sister?"
Xiao Lei froze, his lips trembling slightly as he explained, "I... I yelled at her a bit too hard..."
Upon hearing this, Qi Miao forced a smile that looked more like a grimace and said, "Look at you now, completely controlled by your mother and sister. How could you possibly protect me in your home? You won't change. You can't stand seeing your mother and sister frown or shed tears. You'll only ever make me suffer."
Xiao Lei was startled, and hung his head in dejection without saying anything more, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Qi Miao wiped away her tears and said, "Let's get a divorce. We've been married for two years, don't make it so ugly. Please, at least give me some dignity. I don't want your mother and sister to come knocking on my door and beat me again."
Xiao Lei's face showed pain: "Miao Miao, I'm so sorry..."
Qi Miao: "If you really feel sorry for me, then sign the divorce papers. My biggest wish right now is to divorce you."
Xiao Lei's eyes suddenly reddened, and he opened his mouth with difficulty, replying in a hoarse voice, "...Okay."
Seeing this, Jiang Ling quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Comrade Xiao Lei, Comrade Qi Miao, meeting and parting are all predestined, and separation and reunion are all friendship. Since the bond between husband and wife has ended, it is better to part amicably and still be friends when we meet in the future."
After saying that, she took out the divorce agreement she had prepared in advance from the drawer, handed one to each of them, and said, "Since you've decided to get a divorce, then sign it. We'll schedule a time later to complete the formalities, so the elders in the family won't have to worry about you."
Qi Miao's hometown is in the Northwest, and he has no relatives in Beijing. It is self-evident who the old man Jiang Ling mentioned is.
Xiao Lei understood that her words were a reminder to him not to let his mother cause trouble for Qi Miao again.
His mother... is indeed a bit unreasonable.
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