Xu Ruantang: "..."
She took the blame.
She was at home playing with her baby when Li Shuyang came to visit.
Before Xu Ruantang could ask him what was wrong, Xiao Bao ran over in a flash, reaching out his arms for Li Shuyang to hug him.
"This child is attracted to good-looking people and only likes good-looking adults."
Xu Ruantang is telling the truth.
Xiao Bao doesn't know who he learned it from, but whenever he sees a handsome boy in the yard, he chases after him.
When boys ignore her, she tilts her head and acts cute, trying her best to get them to pay attention to her.
Li Shuyang touched Xiaobao's face, his usual smile gone, and said with a worried expression, "Sister-in-law, can I ask you for a favor?"
Xu Ruantang poured him a glass of water and handed it to him, saying, "Go ahead."
She thought it was something at school that needed her help with.
She only realized it wasn't true when Li Shuyang spoke.
“My sister has been drinking at home every day lately, and my parents are very worried about her. They almost rushed to the Shen family’s house to confront them.”
Li Shuyang told Xu Ruantang about all the unusual behaviors Li Shuhe had exhibited recently.
It turns out that Li Shuhe has been living at her parents' house ever since their last argument.
She thought Shen Qingwen would come to beg for peace.
The truth is that Shen Qingwen came, but left soon after.
Because the problem cannot be solved.
This time, Li Shuhe refused to back down. She wanted Shen Qingwen to move out with her, but Shen Qingwen disagreed.
He said, "It's not like we don't have a place to live. It's hard to rent a house. Besides, my mom would be upset, and my dad would definitely not agree."
He also tried to persuade Li Shuhe, "Honey, my mom knows she was wrong. She said she won't do it again. She'll apologize to you when you get back."
“We live at home, and there’s always a hot meal waiting for us when we get off work. We never have to worry about cleaning the house, and my mom even helps with the laundry.”
"When we have children in the future, we'll need our parents to help us out, won't we?"
Li Shuhe, however, felt that the problem was not so easy to solve.
Mother won't change; they'll still argue in the future.
As for the need to take care of children, Li Shuhe feels that she would prefer to ask her own mother for help.
The two failed to reach an agreement, and the situation remained deadlocked.
Shen Qingwen came several more times after that, and each time his attitude was quite good, but he just wouldn't budge.
Gradually, he came less and less often.
On one occasion, Li Shuhe couldn't resist going to his workplace to find him and saw him chatting and laughing with a girl from his workplace.
She ran back and cried her heart out.
When he's drunk and angry, he'll say he wants to divorce Shen Qingwen, but he won't mention it again once he's sober.
Li Shuyang went to see Shen Qingwen once, behind Li Shuhe's back.
“I’m at school all week, and I only have time on the weekend, so I went to the Shen family’s house.”
Li Shuyang's expression was tense as he spoke.
Xiao Bao nestled in his arms, her big eyes fixed intently on Li Shuyang, and reached out her little hand to poke Li Shuyang's face.
When Li Shuyang looked over, Xiao Bao immediately grinned, revealing eight teeth.
She knew Li Shuyang was unhappy and wanted to make him laugh.
Li Shuyang smiled and said, "I went there not to argue, but to see if what Shen Qingwen said about his mother changing her ways is true."
Xu Ruantang asked, "Is it true?"
Li Shuyang shook his head, "That's just Shen Qingwen's excuse. When I, as a member of her family, came to visit, she treated me like dirt. Every word I said, she would shut me down with something else."
Li Shuyang sighed, "The worst part is that Shen Qingwen's mother said in front of me that even if her son gets divorced, he can find a wife immediately."
Shen's mother must have met someone outside, because she started speaking in an arrogant manner.
Xu Ruantang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, is Shuhe home now? I'll go with you."
Li Shuhe is at home.
She drinks when she can't sleep at night, cries when she's drunk, and sleeps during the day after she's cried enough.
I haven't been going to the performing arts troupe much lately.
No matter how much her father scolded her, she remained silent with a blank stare.
Li's parents had no choice but to help her get sick leave.
Xu Ruantang brought Xiaobao with her. It was already afternoon, and Li Shuhe's room windows were tightly closed, the curtains were all drawn, and it was dark inside.
"Shuhe? Are you still sleeping?"
Xu Ruantang knocked on the door, and Li Shuyang took out his key and opened the door to let her in.
Xiao Bao ran even faster than Xu Ruantang. With her little legs kicking, she climbed onto Li Shuhe's bed using the little light from outside the door.
Xu Ruantang followed her in and pulled back a curtain.
Li Shuhe lay on the bed, her hair disheveled and her dark circles under her eyes very obvious.
She heard the noise, but only twitched her eyelids and ultimately didn't open her eyes.
Xu Ruantang was surprised to find that Li Shuhe was still holding the wine bottle in her hand. She just turned over and continued to sleep.
Xiao Bao wanted to continue climbing, so Xu Ruantang helped her take off her shoes.
"Auntie."
This time, Xu Ruantang didn't need to teach him; Xiao Bao called out crisply, "Auntie, Qiqi."
Li Shuhe finally opened her eyes and saw Xiaobao smiling happily. She threw the wine bottle in her hand aside and reached out to hug Xiaobao.
"Little Bao, come here, let Auntie hug you. Mmm, you smell so sweet and milky. Our little Bao smells so good."
Xiao Bao didn't struggle. He followed Li Shuhe's example and put his little head on the pillow, giggling.
The three of them played around on the bed for a while before Li Shuhe slowly got up.
Li's mother cooked her eight-treasure porridge and made a few refreshing side dishes.
Seeing Xu Ruantang and Xiaobao, Li's mother finally smiled. "Ruantang, sit down quickly. I'll get you and Xiaobao some porridge too."
Xu Ruantang wasn't hungry after lunch, so she fed Xiaobao some.
Li Shuhe sat next to her, eating listlessly, leaving more than half of a bowl of porridge uneaten.
"Is Shen Qingwen having an affair?"
Xu Ruantang's opening remarks were a bombshell.
Li Shuhe slowly ate her porridge, glaring at her with annoyance. "No, my brother asked you to come, didn't he?"
Xu Ruantang did not deny it, but continued, "You used to come to see me every few days, but it's been a while since you've come, and I'm a little not used to it."
Li Shuhe forced a smile, looking as if all her energy had been drained away.
Xiao Bao eats with more relish than she does.
“He didn’t have an affair. That was his colleague. I’ve met her. She’s already married.”
Li Shuhe stared blankly. "I'm not crying because I see him with a woman, but because he can still laugh, while I cry every day."
Xu Ruantang took a deep breath and said with determination, "If you really can't let go, I have a way to solve your current problems."
Li Shuhe's eyes lit up instantly, as if by magic.
She grabbed Xu Ruantang's hand.
If Xiao Bao hadn't spoken so quickly, the porridge in the spoon would have spilled.
"Ruan Tang, stop keeping me in suspense. What's the plan? Tell me quickly!"
Li Shuhe thought that the relationship between him and Shen Qingwen was already hopeless.
I never expected to get this kind of answer, and the flame of hope in my heart immediately rose rapidly.
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