CHAPTER 442: CHAPTER 444 I WILL NOT FULFILL YOUR DESIRES

Gao Jiazhi stopped paying attention to Sun Yuhua, who took Weilin back to their room. Before long, Zheng Xianghong came over and said,

"Ah, I really don’t know what to say about you two. Although I’m disappointed in Yuhua as well, she is Weilin’s mother after all. This time, try to soften her temperament. If she’s willing to live peacefully with you, don’t hold grudges. Mom hopes you both do well. It’s not okay for Weilin to be without a mother, and divorce isn’t such an easy matter. You have to think very carefully about every decision you make."

"Mom, I understand. You go get some sleep," Gao Jiazhi replied.

Zheng Xianghong nodded and tried to persuade Gao Jiazhi to go back to bed, but he refused, so Zheng Xianghong had no choice but to return to her room.

On the other hand, Gao Jiaxing and Xia Xiao were at a loss for what to do next. The children were asleep, and Xia Xiao turned to Gao Jiaxing, "Brother Gao, Brother Gao and Yu Hua are not really getting divorced, are they?"

"If they are, they are. With a sister-in-law like her, I don’t even know what to think anymore." Gao Jiaxing expressed his dissatisfaction with Sun Yuhua openly. At the Sun family’s doorstep, if he said he was disappointed with the Sun family, it was nothing compared to his disappointment in Sun Yuhua.

"I just don’t understand what Yu Hua is thinking. Has she lost her mind?" Xia Xiao couldn’t comprehend Sun Yuhua’s actions.

At that moment, Gao Jiaxing told Xia Xiao, "You go to sleep. I’ll go check on Brother Gao."

Immediately, Gao Jiaxing went out, and after a while, just as Xia Xiao was about to fall asleep, she heard a knock on the door. She glanced at the children and went out to open it, seeing Sun Yuhua there.

"Is Weilin asleep?" Xia Xiao asked.

"She is," Sun Yuhua replied. "Can we talk?"

Xia Xiao grunted affirmatively, and Sun Yuhua sat down on a chair, looking at Xia Xiao, "Do you have anything you want to say to me?"

"There’s nothing left to say," Xia Xiao shook her head. She indeed had a lot she wanted to say to Sun Yuhua, but she no longer had the desire to speak.

"Do you also think I’m wrong this time?" Sun Yuhua asked.

"Don’t you think you’ve done something wrong, Yu Hua? Don’t you think you’ve deeply hurt people?" Xia Xiao countered.

"My family disapproves. What can I do?" Sun Yuhua said. "If it were you, what would you do?"

Xia Xiao didn’t directly answer Sun Yuhua but said, "Over the years, how your own family has treated you, how your in-laws have treated you... If your in-laws treated you badly and you had a bad life, always harboring feelings for your own family and looking down on your in-laws, I could understand that.

But your own family didn’t treat you well either—they even pressured you to marry Yang Zhonghong’s father. Over the years, since marrying into the Gao family, how many times has your own family reached out to you? None, right? And you, you’ve been sending all the money you and Brother Gao earn back to your own family. They just take your money each year without giving you a good attitude, even including the money from Brother Gao, and they still look down on him. Even so, when the in-laws came to your doorstep, your family blocked the door without showing the slightest courtesy.

But what truly disappoints us isn’t your family, because your family has nothing to do with us. Our disappointment is with you—you’ve chilled everyone’s hearts, especially Brother Gao’s. He’s the one you’ve hurt the most. Yu Hua, if you’re unwilling to live with Brother Gao, then go ahead and divorce. Without you, I’m sure Brother Gao will find someone better, someone willing to live well with him, take good care of him, bear and raise his children, and show respect to his parents."

Xia Xiao spoke at length to Sun Yuhua, her heart filled with disappointment in Sun Yuhua; her actions were too hurtful.

"If Gao Jiazhi and I divorce, who else could he marry? Yang Xuehua? Or his ’sworn sister’? Xia Xiao, they say to encourage reconciliation, not separation, yet you’re advising me to do so?" Sun Yuhua was discontent.

"Honestly, I think any of the girls from the production team are better than you. If Brother Gao divorces you, you believe me, if he wants to, there’ll be plenty of girls willing to marry him," Xia Xiao replied coldly.

"And what kind of girls are they? The ugly ones don’t count," Sun Yuhua said.

"Indeed, they might not be as beautiful as you, but so what? Even if someone is beautiful, so what? Being decent-looking is enough. Besides, there are plenty of good-looking people out there. And now, Yu Hua, you are no longer the most beautiful. Even if you leave Brother Gao, what advantages do you have? Even with Yang Zhonghong’s father, are you so sure he would really fancy the current you?"

Xia Xiao spoke bluntly, deliberately bringing up Yang He to provoke Sun Yuhua. "Maybe Brother Gao doesn’t even know about this, does he?"

"You—" Sun Yuhua was furious.

Xia Xiao continued, "At your own home, your family doesn’t treat you like a princess. When you came to the Gao family, why act like a princess? Besides, it’s not like there’s much of a princess to act as.

Let’s talk about our sisters-in-law relationship—I’ve done so much, and what have you done? You’ve pushed so many things onto me. When I do a lot, it’s taken for granted; when I do a little, you’re unhappy. I want to ask why? What good has your birth family done for the in-laws? We don’t look to your family for help.

When it comes to status in the household, you’re the eldest sister-in-law, but technically speaking, having given birth to three sons, I should be stronger, right? I yield to you, not because of any obligation to you but out of respect for Brother Gao, who is Jiaxing’s elder brother. I don’t want to argue with you and make Brother Gao uncomfortable. Mom is the same way, always hoping you and Brother Gao live well together without bothering about the small stuff. We all treat you as one of the family, not as if we were naturally servile, ready to serve you, a young lady, at the drop of a hat."

Xia Xiao did not really wish to argue over these matters with Sun Yuhua, but she knew that without a stern talk about Sun Yuhua’s ’princess syndrome,’ Yuhua would never understand.

No parents have an obligation to fulfill every wish of their child unconditionally; so by what right does Sun Yuhua nitpick and act the aristocrat in her husband’s home?

"Xia Xiao, the more you talk, the uglier your words get. I never thought this way," Sun Yuhua said, denying the accusations.

"If you don’t think I’m right, then ask yourself whether you’ve ever treated us as family. Let’s not talk about me and your in-laws. You haven’t even treated Brother Gao as your beloved, or why would you hurt him like this? And stop showing your cold face; no one in this family owes you anything. If you don’t feel like staying with Brother Gao, then divorce him soon. Don’t delay Brother Gao and don’t delay yourself either."

As soon as Xia Xiao finished speaking, Sun Yuhua snorted, "I knew it. You all just want me to leave. Well, I’m not going to satisfy your wishes."