222 Chapter 222 Separation
Zhou Ying invited them to sit down and asked, âWhat would you like to drink? Iâll go prepare.â
âAnything as you see fit; weâll have anything.â Mrs. Wang replied absentmindedly.
âSure, please wait a moment.â Zhou Ying turned around and went to the kitchen to prepare a pot of chrysanthemum tea for them; she also called for Gu Chengrui.
After exchanging a few polite greetings, Gu Chengrui sat down and asked, âHowâs big sisterâs health? Is she feeling better?â
âSorry for troubling you, but Iâm fine now.â Gu Ziyi nodded and replied expressionlessly.
Seeing this, Mrs. Wang immediately wiped away her tears. Zhou Ying was shocked and quickly asked, âAunty, why are you crying? Just tell us what you need. Weâll definitely help you if we can.â
âIâm crying about how I was blind back then to have found such a bastard for your sister.â Mrs. Wang said as she burst into tears.
âMother, this isnât your fault. This is just my fate.â Gu Ziyi comforted her.
Gu Chengrui was stunned. âDid eldest brother-in-law do something wrong?â He asked.
âYou donât have a brother-in-law any more. Weâre divorced.â Gu Ziyi immediately turned her head and chided him.
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she immediately patted her hand and said, âHow can you speak to Chengrui like that? You shouldnât take your anger out on him.â
âI just donât want to talk about that bastard anymore.â
âWhat about the child? Did you bring them back?â Zhou Ying asked.
âIâve brought them back. From now on, Huanhuan and Lele will live with me.
âIâm here to ask you to introduce me to a broker. I want to buy a house, two shops, and some land in town as soon as possible.â
âBut itâs not a good year for running a business. You can buy a house, but I think you should wait a while to buy shops and land.â Zhou Ying advised.
âIt hadnât rained since the last heavy snow, and the water level in the river is almost at the bottom. It was really not worth it to buy any land now.â
âYes, yes. Ying, please help me persuade your sister.
âI want her to build a house in the village so we can take care of her. Otherwise, Iâm really worried about her living alone in town with two little girls.â
âMother, donât mention this again. I wonât live in the village.â Gu Ziyi frowned.
âIs it because of your dignity?â Gu Chengrui asked.
âI⦠It doesnât look good.â Gu Ziyi paused for a moment before she nodded.
âBut can you avoid it for the rest of your life?â
âThatâs right. You are divorced, but we look down on you just because of that. Why do you have to move out?â Mrs. Wang asked in confusion.
âBut we have another sister-in-law at home, and our second brother will be getting married in a month. I donât want to mess up his marriage.â
âDidnât your father and brother say that if their family gives up on the marriage because of this, then itâs fine if the marriage doesnât happen.â Mrs. Wang said hurriedly.
After that, she looked at Zhou Ying and her husband and quickly gave them a look. She was asking them to help persuade Gu Ziyi.
âSister, do you know about the elder sister of the Tian family next door?
âSheâs also divorced, and now sheâs living with her two daughters at her motherâs old house.
âThe villagers rarely gossip about them. Instead, they would claim that Brother Tian was caring and righteous in looking after them.
âThese two years, through our untiring efforts, theyâve been living quite well. Two days ago, someone even came to propose marriage.â Zhou Ying explained.
âThatâs right, Ziyi, the people in our village are good people.â Mrs. Wang echoed.
âBig sister, do you know what the situation was like when we first returned to the village?
âAt that time, we were tied up and escorted back to the village. We were in a much worse state than you are now.
âIn addition, we implicated the Gu clan. At that time, all of them were so pissed. But in the end, didnât we survive and integrate into the village?
âThatâs why the people in our village are quite kind.
âAs long as youâre not afraid and face it bravely, thereâs nothing that canât be solved.â Gu Chengrui ended