Chapter 853: The Man is Required to Practice the Three Obediences and Four Virtues

Lao Qi was so angry his lungs were about to explode!

Not letting him come over, making excuses, and then letting another man go into the room in the middle of the night to massage her legs—what does that mean?

He suppressed the fire in his belly without letting it out; he thought he should give his wife a chance to explain, but the moment he questioned Nianyin, she flared up!

She scolded him roundly.

She cursed him for being inconsiderate and ungentle, and for not understanding a woman's heart.

She was even unhappy that he didn't have to do anything?

Looking for trouble where there was none, just plain bored.

Any man would find this kind of thing intolerable; for the first time, Lao Qi felt that marriage didn't just need love—it also required shared values.

In the Ji Family, this kind of thing was very common.

But in Jiangzhou, no man could accept such a thing.

Since that phone call, he had not called his wife again.

And his wife had not taken the initiative to call him either, though Ji Yingjie had looked for him.

She had arrogantly demanded that he practice the "Three Obediences and Four Virtues," to listen to his wife's words, to submit to what his wife did, and to obey his wife's commands.

It was just a man helping to massage her legs, what was there to make such a fuss about?

Never mind massaging legs, even if the child in Nianyin's belly wasn't his, he would still have to endure it!

Lao Qi could not endure it; any normal man could not endure it.

He angrily proposed divorce, but Ji Yingjie would not allow it; she said that in the Ji Family, women only cast off their husbands, they do not divorce.

The two of them had been in a cold war for some time, and only now did Shi Youxuan realize that their relationship had actually become this bad.

Shi Youxuan asked him: "What do you want to do now? Do you want a divorce?"

Lao Qi didn't make a sound; he first nodded and then shook his head. In truth, he hadn't made up his mind.

Logically, given Nianyin's current behavior, they should divorce; there was nothing worth clinging to.

But he still had feelings for his wife; after all, he had pursued her so hard in the beginning, and the two of them had gone through thick and thin to finally be together—there was a deep foundation of affection.

Moreover, the child had just been born, and his wife was at a time when she needed care and attention; if he proposed divorce now, no matter how you looked at it, it was unjustifiable.

Shi Youxuan helped him make up his mind: "Go to the Ji Family, go right now. Just hearing about it doesn't count; you need to see with your own eyes whether she has changed. If she has become someone you cannot accept, then divorce—don't hesitate."

"If it is my aunt causing trouble in the middle, just secretly take Nianyin and the child and leave, and never go back."

Her aunt was capable of such things; she was capable of anything.

"I estimate there is a high probability that my aunt is the one stirring up trouble; if she doesn't cause some kind of chaos every few days, she feels uncomfortable all over."

"Madam, you..."

Lao Qi was very moved; he had not expected that the Madam would actually stand on his side.

Shi Youxuan: "I help the side that is right, not the side that is kin. Besides, in my heart, you both are the same; you are both my family."

Having received the Madam's support, he no longer hesitated: "Alright, then I will go over immediately."

"Mm, go."

Lao Qi said he would "go immediately," but in reality, he dragged it out for a full day before setting off on his journey.

The main reason was that there were too many things that needed to be brought.

Nianyin had given birth, and there were many gifts everyone wanted to send.

Although they considered the long distance and the difficulty of carrying them, trying their best to compress them, after compressing and compressing, they still ended up with a whole truckload!

Sheng Hanyu pulled strings and went to great lengths to finally secure a direct flight route from Jiangzhou to Q Country, having a private jet take Lao Qi over.

The twins at home were only six months old and couldn't be without their mother; Shi Youxuan had to stay at home to take care of the children, otherwise, she had intended to go along with him.

She had a faint, uneasy feeling in her heart, always feeling that Lao Qi's trip to see his wife and daughter would not go very smoothly.

Shi Family.

Shi Yuke was discharged from the hospital and returned home to undergo her postpartum confinement.

Shi Yucheng and Gu Zhihao both held old-fashioned views, feeling that being at home was more comfortable than being in a confinement center.

Although the two grown men were no good at taking care of the baby, Gu Zhihao was capable of preparing confinement meals—easy, nutritious, and delicious.

They had hired two confinement nannies to take turns looking after Shi Yuke and the baby.

After settling his daughter and grandson in at home, Shi Yucheng called his son-in-law into the Study and asked him: "Have you chosen a name for the child?"

Gu Zhihao's face suddenly flushed red.

He had a hesitant look, but in the end, he told the truth: "Father, if the child takes the surname Gu, I'm afraid the neighbors will gossip."

"What are you afraid of? The mouths are on them; let them say whatever they want. We live our own lives, and if I say it's fine, then it's fine."

He knew exactly what his son-in-law was worried about.

If he let Yuke and her husband's first child take the surname Gu, the neighbors would start spreading gossip.

It would be nothing more than saying the old man of the Shi Family was honest and kind-hearted, and had been fooled by his son-in-law.

Since it was agreed upon in the beginning that he would be a live-in son-in-law, the first child should have taken the Shi surname, but now he was taking the Gu surname; perhaps Gu Zhihao had threatened his father-in-law with future elder care...

Things that were originally groundless, under the vivid descriptions and rich imaginations of the people, became as if they were true.

Gu Zhihao would even be pointed at whenever he went out, accused of having no conscience and being ungrateful!

"Father, let the Baobao take the Shi surname. It's the same regardless of whose surname he takes; don't let people gossip."

Shi Yucheng waved his hand: "Gu Yulong, what do you think of this name?"

"Ah? Father, please reconsider..."

"Fine, if you have no objections, then it's settled. You don't need to worry about the neighbors; they won't talk about it after two days."

After the child's household registration was completed, Shi Yucheng went to visit the old neighbors one by one, explaining that the grandson taking the surname Gu was his own decision and that his son-in-law had not threatened him.

The old neighbor said indignantly, "Old Shi, are you lacking common sense? Even if you are generous, you shouldn't be this generous. You can give away things, you can give away money, but how can you just give away a surname?"

"You only have one daughter, Yuke. Everything is theirs, the only thing that is yours is the surname. Don't be muddled, think it through..."

The old neighbor has known him for decades and actually has no bad intentions; everyone is well-meaning and standing up for him.

Shi Yucheng first expressed his gratitude to his old friends, then stated his own thoughts.

"We cannot keep looking at new problems with old eyes. It doesn't matter whose surname the children take; what matters is that they live a good life in the future, and that requires Zhihao to have a sense of belonging."

"Everyone knows Yuke's current situation. I cannot accompany her for a lifetime; only a husband is the person who will walk with her for a long, long time."

"When the children grow up, if they take my surname, my son-in-law won't say anything, but there will always be a knot in his heart. If they take his surname, it will be different; by then, he will be the true master of this house."

"Being the master of the house doesn't just mean having the final say; it is also a responsibility. Zhihao is not a person without a conscience. Even if Yuke grows old and is no longer beautiful, he will still remember the bits and pieces of kindness I showed him and treat Yuke well..."

Everyone suddenly realized the truth, and one after another, they gave a thumbs up to praise Shi Yucheng.

Shi Yucheng is a man of great wisdom; he thinks very far ahead. On the surface, it looks like he is at a disadvantage, but in reality, he is planning for his daughter.

His intentions are profound, and his great wisdom appears as foolishness.

The plane landed at the airport in Q Country, and Lao Qi drove to the Ji Family in person with many things.

As a result, he arrived at the door but could not get in.