"What's so good about it?"
Zhao Yulan continued, "The wedding is off, what's good about that?
"Jiajun, your aunt is thinking of you. Your family obviously favors daughters over sons; they never bother Wanyi with anything.
"And your mother, doesn't she consider you at all? Your family is already flat broke, yet she brings back your divorced older sister and her child.
"What woman would marry you? You really are foolish to the core."
Lin Jiajun wanted to say something, but Li Suhua stopped him:
"Your aunt is truly looking out for you. Hurry up and thank her."
Lin Jiajun said reluctantly, "Then thank you, Aunt."
He turned and pulled Lin Wanyi into the house:
"Sister, don't listen to Aunt's nonsense. Huihui is wonderful. When she heard you were back, she said she would come see you tomorrow."
Lin Wanyi actually felt that Zhao Yulan was right.
If they hadn't been lucky enough to meet the Liu family this time, Jiajun wouldn't have a single penny to his name right now, and life would be truly difficult.
Outside the door, Zhao Yulan was still talking to Li Suhua:
"Suhua, don't blame me for sounding harsh, but I'm just stating the facts.
"Jiajun isn't married yet, and now there's a divorced older sister in the house. Any girl who sees this will shake her head.
"You really need to think about this carefully."
Li Suhua kept nodding. She knew Zhao Yulan was just a bit gossipy and nagging, but she didn't really have any bad intentions.
"I know, I know it all. Don't worry, Sister-in-law, I'll think about it."
As soon as she said that, Zhao Yulan immediately chimed in:
"How about I help Wanyi find a husband's family? She's still young, and girls are precious nowadays. Even divorced, there are plenty of people fighting for her.
"As long as she marries out, Jiajun's girlfriend won't have much to say."
"No!"
Li Suhua answered very firmly this time:
"Sister-in-law, you don't need to worry about this. She just got divorced, and I don't want to make her remarry right away.
"She is my daughter. She can live here for the rest of her life without getting married, and no one has the right to say anything about her."
Zhao Yulan rolled her eyes at her:
"Just keep spoiling her. Let's see you keep spoiling her.
"Let's see what kind of mess your family ends up in."
She carried her bowl and went home. Standing on the second-floor balcony, Lin Wanyi could even hear her lecturing her cousin:
"See? Didn't Lin Wanyi come back with her tail between her legs?
"Back then, she insisted on marrying far away as if her life depended on it, saying Wang Hao was an honest and dutiful man who was definitely reliable?
"And now? Heh, no man can be trusted. Daughter, keep your eyes peeled in the future."
Li Suhua worried that Lin Wanyi would overthink things:
"If you don't want to listen to their gossip, then you and Keke can move into the new house."
Lin Wanyi shook her head. "That's Jiajun's marital home. What would it look like if I went there?
"Mom, I'll just stay with you. I'll stay with you forever."
Liu Chunlan still returned to Wang Family Village.
From the moment she entered the village, people asked her:
"Eh, Chunlan, didn't you go to the city? Why are you back?"
"Yeah, Jianguo also came back yesterday. What, did Lin Wanyi kick you out?"
Liu Chunlan felt humiliated, utterly humiliated.
She kept her head down and continued walking without saying a word, but Zhang Cuihua deliberately blocked her path while holding her eldest grandson:
"Liu Chunlan, I heard that the child in Lin Wanyi's belly was miscarried because Wang Jianguo kicked her, is that true?
"Good heavens, that was the eldest grandson you've been waiting for all these years.
"Tsk tsk tsk, so pitiful. I think your Wang family is truly going to end up without any descendants."
Liu Chunlan's chest ached again. Unable to contain her anger, she started cursing back at Zhang Cuihua:
"What nonsense are you spouting? How is my Wang family going to be without descendants?
"My eldest grandson is already ten years old. Which eye of yours sees me without descendants?"
Zhang Cuihua laughed even more happily:
"Wang Kai's son? His surname is Chen.
"Liu Chunlan, after all these years, have you still not recognized the facts?"
"You!"
Liu Chunlan felt even more panicked inside and lost the will to even argue.
She lowered her head and quickly went home.
She didn't expect to be even angrier upon returning.
The house was exactly the same as when she last left it.
It was a complete mess everywhere, filled with things smashed by Lin Wanyi.
There wasn't even room to step.
She called out for Wang Jianguo, shouting everywhere, but no one answered. She walked into the bedroom only to find Wang Jianguo collapsed on the bed, dead drunk like a pig.
Several liquor bottles lay scattered at his feet.
Liu Chunlan wished she could hack him to death with a knife.
She kicked Wang Jianguo in the leg:
"Wang Jianguo, you've been back for a day, couldn't you tidy up the house a bit?
"Looking like this hellhole, how can you still sleep?"
Wang Jianguo drooled all over his mouth, rolled over, and continued to sleep.
Looking at his wretched state, looking at the mess filling the room, looking at the smashed appliances and furniture.
She suddenly felt that it was all completely pointless.
If Wang Jianguo wasn't going to clean up, neither was she. She just lay down on the bed as well.
Let's see who can sleep longer.
Wang Meijuan was kicked out by Li Jun again, and she had nowhere to go.
She tried looking for Wang Hao, but he didn't even answer his phone.
She tried looking for Wang Kai, but was fiercely scolded by Chen Qingxiu.
She was cold and hungry, and truly out of options.
She had no choice but to carry her luggage back to Li Family Village.
She didn't expect that she wouldn't even be able to get into the Li house; Li Jun had changed the locks.
She was furious but helpless, so she carried her garbage bags and went to the Wang family home.
The sight before her made her turn pale with shock:
"Dad, Mom, did a thief break into the house? Why does it look like this?"
Liu Chunlan sat on the bed with lifeless eyes:
"Juan'er, why are you here?"
Wang Meijuan cried, "That bastard Li Jun changed the locks. Now I can't even go back to the Li house.
"Mom, I can only stay at my maiden home for a while."
Liu Chunlan did not object, but just said:
"Since that's the case, hurry up and tidy the room. This was smashed by that cheap tramp Lin Wanyi."
"Is she crazy?"
Wang Meijuan simply couldn't believe it. "How much do all these things cost? She really is worthless.
"It's good they divorced. It's good that Hao Hao divorced her.
"If you ask me, you shouldn't have let them get married back then. Now she's ruined our family like this."
She thought Liu Chunlan would agree with her, but unexpectedly, Liu Chunlan's face darkened:
"What's wrong with her? She treated me much better than you do.
"Juan'er, let me make this clear. If you want to come back and live with us, you must cook, wash clothes, and clean every day.
"Don't act high and mighty like you're some lord."
Wang Meijuan was defiant. "Why should I do it? Mom, I'm your daughter, not your servant.
"I won't do it, unless we do it together. You can't push everything onto me."
Liu Chunlan suddenly remembered the years when Lin Wanyi was around.
Back then, she lived such a carefree life every day.
She didn't have to cook or wash clothes. Every day, Lin Wanyi would brew tea and serve it right to her hands.
Those times were truly comfortable.
Looking at the wretched state of things now, she regretted it, regretted it to death.
She regretted that her good days were gone.
But after thinking about it for just a few minutes, she immediately regained her fighting spirit.
No need to fear, she just needed to find another woman for Wang Hao.
There are women everywhere. Was she afraid she couldn't find one?
She refused to believe that Lin Wanyi was the only good woman in the world!
Thinking of this, she immediately called the matchmaker, Aunt Li.
