Chapter 122: Chapter 122: The Groom Ran Away on His Wedding Night 33

“Lou Hong, are you divorcing me for this shameless woman?”

“This woman is older than me, not as attractive as I am, and her figure is nowhere near mine. She also has two kids dragging behind her. Lou Hong, are you humiliating yourself or humiliating me?” Shen Ping was so furious that she was out of breath, holding a kitchen knife in her hand. If Shen Chi hadn’t appeared in the shop in time, she might have slashed Lou Hong and the woman beside him.

Her eyes were swollen red, her face covered in tears.

She truly couldn’t understand.

Life was getting better and better. Just yesterday, she was grateful that she and Lou Hong hadn’t had any issues despite her second brother and sister-in-law going through a divorce. Back when they got married, Lou Hong was the same way he is now, and she couldn’t help but boast to those around her about how obedient Lou Hong was.

And today, he slapped her in the face.

This slap was brutal, shattering all her dignity. How could she face anyone in Dengtong Town now?

Usually, she and Lou Hong were at the main store, but this morning Lou Hong had to deliver braised food to the branch.

This morning, Lou Hong left without his phone.

Being in the same town, it wasn’t a big deal not having his phone temporarily. Somehow, she instinctively picked up his phone to take to the branch.

Little did she know, upon arrival, she saw Lou Hong chatting and laughing with the branch clerk. She hadn’t suspected anything then, as Chen Yuexiang was already 40, a year older than Lou Hong, plain-looking, not taller than her, and average in build.

She was about to hand him his phone when she saw Chen Yuexiang wiping Lou Hong’s sweat.

Not only that, but she also fed him a bun.

If that didn’t mean something was up, Shen Ping’s name could be written backwards.

She went up and slapped Lou Hong, then fought with Chen Yuexiang, infuriated that Lou Hong actually defended Chen Yuexiang.

This man, who was always so docile and obedient, was now defending a woman older than her, yelling at her, pushing her, and even speaking of divorce.

She picked up the knife meant for cutting braised food, ready to swing. Lou Hong shielded Chen Yuexiang, and then her third brother, Shen Chi, stepped in to restrain her.

Shen Ping was at a loss, unable to understand how Lou Hong could treat her like this when things were perfectly fine.

“Why?” she questioned again.

Lou Hong looked at her, no evasion, no guilt, just a trace of exhaustion on his face. He said, “Shen Ping, I can never be a man in front of you. You don’t understand the repression. You can’t fathom the embarrassment and awkwardness of only having ten bucks in your pocket outside.”

“Nor could you comprehend the embarrassment of wanting to be filial to parents but being unable to provide any money.”

“The last time I encountered my mom in the hospital, all I could do was accompany her because I didn’t have even dozens for her medicine. Do you know what I thought at that moment as a son? I felt utterly pathetic. Though hardly anyone was watching, I felt the eyes surrounding me ridiculed me.”

Shen Ping shouted, “On holidays, haven’t I given them money? Haven’t I bought them things? I’ve never forgotten them, given what I should, been filial as I ought.”

“It’s different, Shen Ping. I’ve said before you wouldn’t understand,” Lou Hong replied.

Shen Ping retorted, “You just got restless, thinking now that the family is earning money, you want this and that. Lucky I didn’t give you money, or who knows how extravagant you’d be outside. It’s because you have no money you couldn’t find someone young and pretty and settled for someone old.”

Lou Hong said, “Let’s divorce.”

“It’s pointless to continue.”

“Do you think Chen Yuexiang is good? Knowing full well you have a wife and still flirt with you, there’s a problem with her mindset. Her flirting with you must have an ulterior motive. Lou Hong, if you divorce me, do you really think she’ll willingly stay by your side? Dream on. I tell you, if you want a divorce, fine, but don’t expect to take a single penny from this home. Leave the house and car here, or I won’t agree to the divorce. You think you can take the money and live happily with someone shameless outside, think again.”

“See if she’ll stay with you once the money’s gone.”

“Without money, you’re nothing.”

Shen Chi seized the knife from Shen Ping amidst her curses, finally relieved as he said, “Big sister, sit down, let’s talk slowly.”

“Maybe there’s a misunderstanding.”

Approaching forty years old, there’s no need to make a scene like this.

Second brother and second sister-in-law were divorcing, and now big sister and brother-in-law too, how did it suddenly come to this? The second brother and sister-in-law’s issue could be linked to Lv Chen, as the Shen Family believed Lv Chen led the sister-in-law astray.

But the issue between big sister and brother-in-law can’t be traced back to Lv Chen at all.

“What misunderstanding could there be? In what kind of relationship would a woman wipe a man’s sweat and personally feed him buns? They’re not mother and son, nor sister and brother.” Shen Ping gritted her teeth, “Lou Hong, tell me, what’s your relationship with her? If it’s truly a misunderstanding, just explain clearly and be obedient in the future, I can overlook this.”

Indeed, nearing forty, Shen Ping gradually calmed down.

If the divorce could be avoided, naturally it would be better not to divorce.

As long as Lou Hong obeys in the future, she can forgive him this time.

“I don’t need anything, let’s divorce. In this matter, I really let you down.”

Shen Ping’s face turned ugly: “You really want to divorce me for this old woman and not want anything? What’s so good about her? She’s just a shameless scumbag, seducing other people’s husbands, the third rate not a good thing.”

She was too angry.

Lou Hong choosing such a person was a slap to her face.

“Brother-in-law, calm down.”

Lou Hong shook his head; his desire for divorce wasn’t just about Chen Yuexiang.

Only her appearance prompted him to want to escape this life.

“Didn’t expect these two really divorced, Lou Hong didn’t want anything,” Ding Haiying said, holding her phone, sharing the latest gossip with Ah Chen, “Don’t know what to say, you can’t neglect a man, but can’t control him too tightly either. If you want a long-lasting marriage, you must treat your partner as a person. Holding someone down forever doesn’t work, they may endure temporarily but eventually will explode.”

“Shen Family’s second daughter-in-law is like this, Lou Hong too, long bullied, then because of some issue they suddenly explode, but it’s not really sudden, just accumulated resentment.”

Here, Ding Haiying cautiously reminded, “You and Xiao Yan want to last, you must respect each other, okay?”

Ah Chen chuckled, responding, “Got it.”

“But don’t compromise yourself either, biases in hearts are real, and to your mom, Xiao Chen is most important, as long as you’re not suffering, that’s fine.” Ding Haiying added.

Ah Chen smiled warmly, “He wouldn’t dare make me suffer.”

Ding Haiying hissed, “That sounds like you’re bullying Xiao Yan.”

Whatever, let it be. Other couples’ matters are theirs alone, my daughter’s different, I’m double-standard, as long as she’s comfortable, that’s all that matters.

Ah Chen took Ding Haiying’s hand, smiling, “I’ll treat him well, too.”

Ding Haiying relaxed somewhat, “Being good to each other is the essence of happiness in a relationship.”

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