Chapter 1762: Do You Even Have Us Elders in Your Eyes?

A trace of awkwardness flickered across Fu Yan Cheng's face. "Lirong-jie, to tell you the truth, we really didn't know about this."

Hearing that, Lin Lirong's face was full of embarrassment. "Then just pretend your sister never said anything."

Liu Chuxue quickly patted Lin Lirong's hand. "Lirong-jie, even if you hadn't said it, this would have come out sooner or later."

The few of them exchanged a few more pleasantries before parting ways.

The couple had no mood to keep browsing either; they hastily bought some nutritional supplements and headed back to the Fu family home.

When they entered the courtyard, they saw Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law were also there; the atmosphere in the yard seemed rather off.

Fu Yan Cheng was just about to speak when he heard Fu Father say, brimming with anger: "A divorce is such a big matter — you didn't even give the family a heads-up, you just went ahead and did it. Do you elders even exist in your eyes?"

Zhang Yurong's eyes reddened. "Dad, no — now that Fu Yanhong and I are divorced, I should be calling you Uncle."

"It was Fu Yanhong who brought up the divorce. Even if I was unwilling, what could I do? He said he wanted a son, but I can't give him one, so I could only let him have his way."

"Since he looks down on my Jinyi so much, there's nothing wrong with me letting our daughter stay with me. So what's wrong with me going today to transfer the household registration and change the surname?"

Fu Father was so angry at those words he couldn't speak. After all, what she said wasn't wrong — his own good-for-nothing son had insisted on the divorce, and had also agreed the child would go with the mother. It was only natural for her to change the child's surname. But how could he just stand by and do nothing? "Since you two have already gotten the divorce certificate, there's nothing we can do about it. We have no objection to Jinyi going with you — after all, it's Yan Cheng who wronged you. But I cannot agree to the surname change."

The husband and wife exchanged a glance — Third Sister-in-law wants to change Jinyi's surname to Zhang?

Seeing that Eldest Sister-in-law was also there, Liu Chuxue quickly went over. "Eldest Sister-in-law, what's going on?"

Guo Wenjing leaned close to Liu Chuxue's ear and whispered: "Your Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law are divorced. This morning Yurong came over to ask Mom for Jinyi's household registration; she didn't say what it was for, and Mom didn't think too much of it. Turns out she went to handle the transfer procedures, and said she wanted to change Jinyi's surname. It just so happened that the son of your father-in-law's comrade-in-arms overheard it. That fellow is sharp — he called Dad and told him about it, and only then did we find out the Laosan couple had divorced."

Liu Chuxue scanned the yard. "Where's Third Brother? Why isn't he here?"

Guo Wenjing sighed. "From what Yurong said, your Third Brother went back to Tianjin yesterday."

Hearing that, and putting it together with what Zhang Yurong had said earlier, it was likely Third Brother had cheated during the marriage. For a moment Liu Chuxue felt some sympathy for this former Third Sister-in-law — after all, in order to conceive another child, she had taken no small amount of folk remedies, and in the end this was the result.

For a moment the two of them fell silent.

Just then, Hao Yanhong burst in breezily. "Dad, what's actually going on? Did the Laosan couple really get divorced?"

Once she entered the yard and saw Zhang Yurong was also there, she stepped forward. "Third Sister-in-law, you two really divorced?"

Zhang Yurong's face was cold. "Yes. Divorced."

Having said that, she looked toward Fu Father. "The marriage is already over. Fu Yanhong also agreed that Jinyi would live with me. As for changing her surname, I admit I didn't discuss it with Fu Yanhong, but since the child is with me, I have the right to change her surname — after all, her own father threw her away just so he could have a son."

Fu Mother at this point forced herself up from the bed, took her cane, and stood outside the courtyard. "Yurong, regarding the child's surname change, I'd advise you to think it over carefully."

Zhang Yurong had actually acted on impulse. Now that her in-laws' attitude was firm, she took her mother-in-law's words as a way to step down. "Changing Jinyi's surname was indeed my not thinking it through properly. It won't happen again."