CHAPTER 524: 503: NO STRUGGLE (SECOND UPDATE)

After Liu Wujiang finished scolding his daughter, he turned his gaze to his son, who was lounging lazily on the sofa, and the anger in his heart surged up.

He had long given up on this son, so no matter how he managed or acted now, it didn’t matter to him. But it was different with his daughter; his son was already like this; he couldn’t let anything happen to his daughter.

Liu Zhiyuan saw his father looking at him, knowing that his father wouldn’t say anything to him. After all, he had caused such a big incident, and apart from scolding him once, his father hadn’t said anything else; so when his father looked at him now, he wasn’t worried at all.

Sure enough, Liu Wujiang shifted his gaze back to his daughter. "Did you hear what I just said? Back when your mom agreed for you to marry Xiang Weilai, I didn’t agree to this marriage, first, because the Xiang Family’s status wasn’t as high as ours; second, because Xiang Weilai doesn’t have you in his heart. But you were determined, and as you are our only daughter, your mother pampered you and allowed your wish. I told you then, under such circumstances, if you stayed with Xiang Weilai, life after marriage would be hard. Do you remember what you said then?"

Without waiting for his daughter to respond, Liu Wujiang continued, "You said you weren’t afraid, that Xiang Weilai would definitely turn his attention to you. At the time, I thought as long as the Xiang Family didn’t leave the company, then considering our family’s higher power, they wouldn’t do anything to you. But now the situation has changed. Before you even got married, the Xiang father and son left the company in succession. What does this represent? You should understand in your heart. It means the Xiang Family doesn’t want to be manipulated by us anymore."

"The child understands it well enough; she just likes him. Otherwise, why would she endure such grievances?" Wu Mengyi couldn’t stand it anymore as her husband stripped away layer by layer the defenses in their daughter’s heart. "I have no ideas left, so it’s up to you—see if there’s any way to make the Xiang Family care about our Xiao Rui."

"A way? What way is there? Xiang Weilai has grown wings and established some fame over there; it’s impossible to move him now. The only way is divorce." Liu Wujiang, unhappy, glanced at his wife. She created these situations, but he knew blaming her wasn’t useful now, so he turned back to his daughter, "Now, it’s your decision: divorce, or continue living like this. If you continue, our family will endure the pointing and gossip alongside you, and you’ll have to bear the pain. If you divorce, you can still find someone better. Think it over, and I’ll leave it at this today."

Liu Rui lifted her tear-stained face and said, "It’s already come to this, I won’t divorce. Divorcing will let everyone know I’m really not living well, but right now people are only gossiping and not certain, so I won’t divorce."

"Xiao Rui, people’s gossip is fleeting; your happiness is what’s important." Wu Mengyi advised her daughter tenderly, "If I had known it would be like this, I never would have agreed to your idea back then. Given our family’s situation, you could have found someone better, so why put yourself through this? You’re still young; do you really want to live like this your whole life? Is this how you want things to be?"

"Mom, I understand everything; there’s no need to say more. If I really divorced, I’d never be content for the rest of my life. I just want to see if Xiang Weilai really has no conscience and would truly treat me like this forever." Liu Rui bit her lip; she really wasn’t content to just divorce like that.

Why should she have invested so much, only for Xiang Weilai to treat her like this now?

She endured a year of living a life worse than death; should she just give up like that? Then what would the past year’s efforts have amounted to?

"See that? See how she’s still stubborn without regret, and now she’ll just have to bear it herself, dragging the whole family into being pointed and talked about." With anger at her unrepentance, Liu Wujiang strode back to his study.

Wu Mengyi also sighed repeatedly on the side.

The previously silent Liu Zhiyuan spoke up, "If you want to keep living like this, okay, but life can’t go on alone forever; there has to be a child too. Sometimes, that’s just the way it is; if there’s a child, the two of you might not separate."

Liu Rui met her brother’s gaze. Her brother knew that nothing had happened between her and Xiang Weilai, but why was he saying this now!

Startled for a moment, Liu Rui quickly realized what was going on, and hope was already rising in her eyes, staring at her brother intently.

Liu Zhiyuan curled his lips mockingly, "Your big brother, I currently have the heart but not the strength. But if you can endure, give me two years; within two years, I promise to fulfill your wish."

This year had been so hard already, let alone two years.

But she initially planned to endure for a lifetime, and to now endure two years with hope in sight—how could Liu Rui not be happy? She nodded repeatedly.

Wu Mengyi was not privy to the inside story, but seeing her son speak like this, she also felt it was right. "Xiao Rui, your brother is right; if nothing else works, have a child. With a child, his heart might lean towards you a bit."

Liu Rui stayed silent with her head down. She wanted a child, but how could she have one by herself? Xiang Weilai simply wouldn’t touch her. Now that her brother said so, she figured he must have some plan to help her fulfill her wish, so she just had to wait.

Wu Mengyi, seeing her daughter lower her head again, thought she was upset and didn’t bring up the matter further.

She glanced up at the clock and saw it was already past five, but Ye Qian hadn’t come back yet. Her expression darkened, "That Ye Qian is coming back later and later; she wouldn’t have gone to drink again with Si Daochen, would she?"

"She might want to find someone to drink, but it depends on whether the person’s willing to come out with her!" Liu Zhiyuan didn’t care in the least.

"Zhiyuan, I think if it really won’t work, we should divorce. She has someone else in her heart, and for that man’s memory of her, she can even give up children. Such a heartless woman—Mom thinks we don’t need her in our family. We can find someone better." After hearing those words at the hospital, Wu Mengyi was fit to burst. Knowing any scandal would shame herself, she had to swallow her anger and come home.

Back home, she vented all her anger on her son.

But she was silenced by one sentence from him; yes, it was she who made her son marry Ye Qian, but in the end, that woman had someone else in her heart. How could she blame her son for not being ambitious? How could this be his fault?