Liu Renzhi pushed the wheelchair over.
Lin Wanyi said goodbye to Su Jing.
On the way back, Lin Wanyi couldn't help but ask Liu Renzhi,
"Did you consult Siyue's therapist?
How is her mental state lately?"
Liu Renzhi nodded.
"I asked when I came back. She said as long as she isn't triggered again, she will slowly get better."
Lin Wanyi let out a soft breath.
That was for the best.
Someone as kind, innocent, and lovely as Liu Siyue...
Her life shouldn't be so gloomy.
The car parked in the courtyard. Seeing this, their neighbor Zhao Yulan scurried over again.
Her beady triangular eyes stared fixedly at Liu Renzhi's car as she said in a passive-aggressive tone,
"Wanyi, haven't I told you? A divorced woman like you shouldn't just casually ride in other men's cars.
It was him last time too, wasn't it?
People will get the wrong idea, especially my eldest nephew.
He's been waiting for you to get your divorce certificate."
Liu Renzhi ignored her and unfolded the wheelchair from the backseat.
Chen Hui helped Lin Wanyi sit in the wheelchair.
She looked at Zhao Yulan and said,
"Auntie, what does my eldest sister's divorce have to do with your nephew?"
"Of course it does."
Zhao Yulan deliberately said it loud enough for Liu Renzhi to hear,
"My nephew is just waiting for her to divorce so he can openly and honorably propose.
Unlike some people, who follow a married woman around before she's even divorced. Have they no shame?"
Chen Hui wanted to retort, but Lin Wanyi held her back.
She looked at Zhao Yulan. "Auntie, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I didn't get the divorce after all. In fact, I almost ended up crippled."
"Why didn't you get the divorce?"
Zhao Yulan suddenly grew anxious.
"You went all that way, how could you not get divorced? I bet you just didn't want to.
Look at your leg. Someone must have beaten you half to death.
Wanyi, my nephew won't be the other man.
You need to hurry up and get that divorce certificate."
Lin Wanyi didn't want to argue with her about this.
She turned to Liu Renzhi.
"Brother Liu, you should head back. I'll take good care of myself."
Liu Renzhi nodded.
He knew Lin Wanyi was still a bit resistant toward him right now.
So he tried his best not to upset her.
If Siyue hadn't gone to the hospital today, he wouldn't have shown up in front of her.
Even though he knew Lin Wanyi was being discharged today.
Li Suhua had prepared a large table full of food. She had wanted to ask Liu Renzhi to stay for a meal.
But when she heard Lin Wanyi ask him to leave, she didn't say anything more.
However, Zhao Yulan was displeased.
She walked into the living room.
"Suhua, how long is Wanyi going to drag out this divorce?
She can't just stay in this deadlock forever.
My older brother and sister-in-law have asked me about it several times.
They said if it's really not going to happen, they'll have to look for someone else."
Li Suhua replied in a grumpy tone,
"Sister-in-law, I've told you many times.
My Wanyi has no intention of remarrying. Your nephew should find someone else sooner rather than later, so we don't hold him back."
"What are you talking about?"
Zhao Yulan rudely sat down at the table.
"I'm doing this for Wanyi's own good. She's a divorced woman with a child.
She can't just live at her parents' house every day."
After saying this, she paused and looked at Chen Hui.
"Huizi, let me ask you. As the future sister-in-law, doesn't it bother you?
You and Jiajun aren't even married yet, and there's already a divorced sister-in-law living in the house.
I'm telling you, I'm really helping you out here. Your eldest sister marries out, and then you marry in.
Isn't that perfect?"
Chen Hui secured Lin Wanyi's wheelchair before speaking.
"Auntie, I don't think like that at all.
I adore my sister and Keke. This is their home, and they can stay here as long as they want."
"Hey!"
Zhao Yulan was perplexed. "Are you silly, child?
Most people can't wait to kick their husband's sisters out, but you're actually inviting her back.
I really don't understand.
When you're all living under the same roof, staring at each other every single day, won't you get annoyed?"
"Not at all."
Chen Hui continued, "Besides, Jiajun and I will be moving into the new house after we get married.
We won't be living with my sister."
"New house?"
Zhao Yulan remembered something.
"Isn't that house still unfinished?
The building materials these days are heavy in formaldehyde. You need to let it air out for at least a year before you can live there.
Huizi, listen to your auntie and hurry up and persuade your sister to marry out."
"What formaldehyde? What year?"
Lin Jiajun, who had just returned, overheard them.
"Auntie, our house was finished a long time ago.
I'm moving in in a couple of days."
Zhao Yulan was even more confused.
"What nonsense are you talking about? When your dad got sick last year, the renovations stopped.
It's only been a few months, how could it be finished?"
Lin Jiajun took a bite of food.
"Auntie, I forgot to tell you, I have another new house."
As soon as he said that, Li Suhua coughed.
"Eat, Jiajun, just eat."
It was too late.
Zhao Yulan had heard everything.
She looked suspiciously at Lin Jiajun.
"Another house? Jiajun, when did you buy another house?"
Lin Jiajun just opened his mouth, but Li Suhua spoke first.
"Let's eat. Sister-in-law, the food is good today, have some more."
Zhao Yulan couldn't eat another bite.
She immediately went home and grabbed Lin Yuantang.
"Lin Jiajun bought another house, did you know?"
Lin Yuantang had no idea. He lit a cigarette.
"How is that possible? You must be mistaken. Where would he get the money to buy another house?
When his dad died last year, they were still borrowing money everywhere."
"Exactly."
Zhao Yulan didn't believe it either.
"But he just said it with his own mouth.
Yuantang, go feel them out and see where he got the money.
I don't believe he can make that much money driving for Didi every day."
After Zhao Yulan left, Li Suhua rapped Lin Jiajun on the head with her chopsticks.
"Are you stupid? Blabbing about everything!
Don't you know your aunt is the most jealous person?
Their family has been looking at houses everywhere these past couple of days.
And that would be their first house. If she finds out we have two houses, who knows what she might do."
Lin Jiajun rubbed his head. "It won't be that bad, Mom. I didn't steal or rob anyone.
What could she possibly say?"
Li Suhua glared at him.
"Keep a lid on it from now on, you hear me? Speak and act cautiously."
After dinner, Li Suhua told Chen Hui,
"Huizi, tomorrow I will formally visit your house to properly discuss your marriage.
I've prepared everything. See if anything is missing."
Chen Hui looked at the room full of things Li Suhua had prepared.
There were two bottles of Moutai, two cartons of Chunghwa cigarettes, tea, wedding candies, and skincare products and donkey-hide gelatin for Tang Guixiang.
In addition, there were some expensive fruits.
She felt it was too extravagant.
"Auntie, this is too much.
We aren't very wealthy families; something ordinary would be fine."
Li Suhua held her hand.
"It's alright. Marriage is a once-in-a-lifetime event for you two, and I don't want you to have any regrets.
These are prepared to show your mother. If she is satisfied, she won't make things difficult for you.
Don't worry, Auntie knows the proper etiquette."
