CHAPTER 338: CHAPTER 338: CAN WE STILL GO ON LIKE THIS?

"How have I not grown up?"

"It’s clear you have a problem with me; you’re blaming me for driving Jiaojiao away!"

Mrs. Xiao Li wasn’t one to show weakness either; she shouted directly at Yuan Yindi.

"You are unreasonable!"

Yuan Zhaodi looked at the obviously unreasonable Mrs. Xiao Li, feeling even more displeased.

He looked at Mrs. Xiao Li with a stern face, took a deep breath, and slowly said, "Can we still live like this?"

"If we can’t go on, let’s each go our own way!"

"I won’t say I’ll divorce you; we’ll separate, split the family assets in half. Shouhu can choose to stay with you or come with me!"

Since moving to the city and meeting more people, Yuan Zhaodi had learned that if a couple cannot live together, there are more options than just divorce or marital reconciliation. There’s a third way, called property separation.

Simply put, it’s about splitting the family and living separately.

"You..."

Hearing Yuan Zhaodi’s words, Mrs. Xiao Li felt as if she had been struck by lightning; she staggered backward and sat on the chair behind her, feeling utterly drained of strength in that moment.

"Yuan Laosi, you’re heartless and unkind!"

"You’re not human!"

After a moment of shock, Mrs. Xiao Li angrily looked at Yuan Zhaodi.

Yuan Zhaodi slowly exhaled, suppressing his inner anger, and said, "Say what you want!"

"I’ve given you many chances!"

"I want to live well, but you don’t!"

"You blame everything, complain all the time, blame this, blame that, resent this, resent that. You only see the faults in others but never see your own!"

"You blame me for being heartless and unkind with life like this?"

"If I were truly heartless, I would have divorced you with a paper, kicked you out of the house, what could you do?"

After all, having been married for so long, Yuan Zhaodi had truly been quite patient with Mrs. Xiao Li.

Marrying a virtuous woman was ideal, but he had bad luck.

If Mrs. Xiao Li could calmly think about this, she might understand Yuan Zhaodi’s good intentions. However, overwhelmed by years of resentment, upon hearing Yuan Zhaodi’s words of not wanting her anymore, how could she calm down?

"You are heartless and unkind!"

"You’ve just made money and now you look down on me, your wife of humble origins!"

"I won’t talk to you, I’ll go find our parents and let them seek justice for me!"

Even though she had countless grievances against her parents-in-law, at this moment, the only people Mrs. Xiao Li could think to turn to for support were Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng.

Yuan Zhaodi looked at the nearly delirious Mrs. Xiao Li, let out a long sigh, and said, "Do as you please!"

Right now, Yuan Zhaodi seemed to have lost all hope.

He didn’t understand what wrong he’d committed to have brought his life to such a state.

Seeing Yuan Zhaodi not giving in, Mrs. Xiao Li indeed left to find Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng to back her up.

Yuan Shouhu sat on the kang the whole time, watching his parents quarrel without crying or making a fuss.

Only after Mrs. Xiao Li left did Yuan Shouhu start to cry aloud.

Yuan Zhaodi looked at his crying son, his mood worsening.

He suddenly walked to the wardrobe and packed his clothes simply.

"I’m going back to the village, are you coming with me, or staying home to wait for your mother?"

Yuan Zhaodi looked at his son with a calm expression.

However, Yuan Shouhu was only a little over two years old, not a prodigy like Yuan Bao, and faced with his father’s question, how could he answer?

The only thing he could do, the only thing he knew, was to cry.

Yuan Zhaodi sighed, picked up Yuan Shouhu, grabbed his bundle, and walked straight out.