CHAPTER 791: CHAPTER 787: EXTRA STORY | FAN HONGSHAN 06

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Fan Hongshan reacted very slowly, perhaps because she truly had no expectations about the Zhou family.

Only, lately, she always felt that the atmosphere at home was a bit odd, and Zhou Yilang seemed to prefer staying at home more...

Especially her eldest daughter, who always looked at her with a ’guilty’ expression, but repeatedly hesitated to speak, confusing Fan Hongshan thoroughly. After a few such instances, she decided not to dwell on it.

For her, life was filled with her own mother and ’habits’; she didn’t want to spend too much energy on anyone from the Zhou family.

Lately, seeing her mother becoming increasingly frail, she always felt restless and could only visit the old Fan Family house more often.

On the other hand, she also didn’t understand what was going on with Zhou Yilang lately; he kept finding ways to trouble her, making her feel uneasy for the past three months.

Yet, she couldn’t pinpoint what was odd.

Not until she took her mother to Beijing did she have the energy to speculate about what might be going on with the Zhou family.

Fan Hongshan focused more on her own mother, even followed her wishes to send her to the Buddhist Temple for some peaceful living—

Unexpectedly, this turned out really well!

Having only stayed for a few days, she found that her mother seemed genuinely relieved of some emotional burdens by the old monk, and over the past month, she no longer looked troubled or had nightmares, finally able to eat and sleep peacefully.

Seeing her mother living well in the Buddhist Temple with improved complexion, Fan Hongshan felt the weight on her heart lighten.

Then, the New Year approached.

In the new year, at a new place, as her mother didn’t want to come down from the mountains for the celebrations, Fan Hongshan, besides tending to the Zhou Family, was even less inclined to go out.

She got along better with her sister-in-law and had even found a few female friends she could chat with. Rarely gathering together away from home, she was unexpectedly manipulated by her sisters-in-law. Did they really think Fan Hongshan was a fool?

Following the intentions of her father-in-law and sisters-in-law, she visited her sister-in-law’s younger brother’s home, and seeing Yan Jinsu after a long time, they talked very well, and she really hoped her brother and sister-in-law could live harmoniously forever...

Thus, soon after sitting down, she candidly told Yan Jinsu her purpose for coming, hoping Yan Jinsu and her husband would be alert.

Their conversation was very pleasant, especially hearing Yan Jinsu’s positive words, and the fact that she kindly told her about some effective prescriptions for treating infertility—

At this mention, Fan Hongshan felt awkward: it wasn’t that she couldn’t bear children, but rather her husband never considered having her bear children!

Moreover, Fan Hongshan already harbored thoughts of leaving.

She really wasn’t accustomed to life in Beijing; she wanted to take her emotionally stabilized mother back to her hometown to settle down, where her roots were!

Having agreed to meet again at the Zhou Family Ancestral Mansion after the New Year, Fan Hongshan declined her kindness and hurriedly left.

Spurred by Yan Jinsu’s unintentional caring question, the thoughts of divorce that Fan Hongshan had been suppressing rushed back to her mind—

Afterwards, when she faced danger in the Zhou Family Ancestral Mansion, Zhou Yilang didn’t show up at all, completely ignoring her, solely focusing on his ’important’ matters; this further solidified Fan Hongshan’s resolve to divorce.

Once, she had thought, if given the chance, she really wanted to have a child, to not let her life be so lonely.

However, she soon dismissed this idea.

A child, living in an unhealthy marital home, how could it possibly grow up healthy?

She couldn’t just because of her loneliness, really create a life to accompany her through hard times; rather, after getting divorced, she still had her mom to keep her company, hoping her mom wouldn’t be too upset...

Fan Hongshan stayed in the hospital for three days, hearing that Yan Jinsu also had an accident, but she was so preoccupied with her own issues, she could only send a farewell letter, then she checked herself out and went to the Buddhist temple.

In the Buddhist Temple, staying with her mom for two days, Fan Hongshan finally found a way to relieve her bitterness... After all, he was the man she shared a bed with for nine years, despite the loss of feelings, she still had some expectations.

But Fan Hongshan really didn’t want to force herself anymore.

That day, she sent a letter of voluntary divorce to the Zhou Mansion, and then took her mom on the train back to her hometown—

Fan Hongshan had nothing of value, only before leaving her hometown, as if foreseeing her final return, very presciently, she moved all her works from the past years back to the Fan Family mansion early.

Thus, Fan Hongshan left very neatly, taking nothing from the Zhou family besides the clothes on her body.

Even the money she had was from selling her paintings to save up. Since she had the intention to leave early on, and was thinking about living with her mom, of course, she needed to have some savings.

Fan Hongshan, after all, was twenty-seven, not a real fool, and knew that living requires a lot of money, hence, over the past few years, she had saved up a considerable amount, enough for her and her mother to live comfortably for three to five years without problems.

However, she did not expect that as soon as she returned to her hometown, she became severely nauseous from the train ride, and had to be taken by her older brother who came to pick her up, forcibly to see a doctor, and found out...

She was pregnant, almost a month along.

Thinking about how she had been injured recently and had many injections, Fan Hongshan broke into a cold sweat, repeatedly asking the doctor, thankfully the doctor said, if it was only anti-inflammatory injections, it should not be a big problem...

Fan Hongshan didn’t know what exactly the injections were, she could only nervously follow the doctor’s advice, to rest her body for the first three months, come to the hospital after full three months to check; if there were no major issues, it would indicate the fetus is healthy...

Fan Jiefang, hearing that his sister was finally pregnant, since he didn’t yet know about Fan Hongshan’s desire to divorce her brother-in-law, was extremely pleased!

Hearing his sister say she wanted to return to the ancestral home with their mom, he couldn’t agree!

His sister’s body was now very frail; how could he allow their mom’s crude skills to abuse his own dear nephew!

Privately, when Fan Jiefang took his mom and younger sister back to his own home, he first pulled his wife Xie Jinghong aside to discuss this with her—

Fortunately, his wife’s response truly didn’t disappoint him; as a result, the maternal grandma and little sister settled down directly in their own home.

This nearly past year, due to Fan Jiefang’s outstanding capabilities, with the Yue Family’s support, he was promoted and switched to a bigger mansion; his wife was insightful and capable, their business flourishing more and more, and the household could easily support the presence of their old mom and little sister.

Most importantly, his wife was always understanding, although truly upset about the old mom’s behavior back then.

Still, she could clearly separate that this was his own mom; no matter how upset, as long as the old mom didn’t commit foolish acts to provoke the wife again, their family would be able to live peacefully together.