Chapter 1043

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Alright, alright, Daddy will never leave again!"

Liang Xinghua made a promise to his daughter.

After experiencing Zhong Liying's scheming, he had a sudden realization: no matter how wretched this family was, it was ultimately his family.

And no matter how beautiful the outside world might be, it could also be a scam.

He truly did not intend to leave anymore.

That night, Liang Xinghua slept in the rental house, keeping his daughter company until dawn.

Lan Menglian worked as a waiter at a barbecue restaurant and had to pull the night shift, not returning until after six in the morning.

When she returned, Liang Xinghua took the initiative to say:

"I'm working at Wang Erhai's company now, eight thousand yuan a month."

Lan Menglian was stunned; if Liang Xinghua had said something like this before, she would have thought he had been cheated.

But last night she saw Liang Xinghua drive away in a car, so she didn't think that anymore.

On top of that, handling work and the child alone was truly too exhausting; she also needed a man to lean on.

So she took the initiative to yield:

"Then why don't you come back? The daughter cries for her daddy every night."

Liang Xinghua nodded:

"Okay."

As for remarrying, he didn't bring it up.

Lan Menglian didn't bring it up either.

Also, the matter of Liang Xinghua having a relationship with Zhong Liying while outside — Liang Xinghua didn't mention it.

And the matter of Lan Menglian dating an online boyfriend and being swindled out of sex — Lan Menglian didn't mention it either.

Actually, they could each see some signs in the other.

But they had both already been worn smooth by life, no longer so sharp-edged, no longer aggressively pushy.

It wasn't that they had come to understand each other's difficulties, but because they finally both knew that aside from each other, they actually had no better options left.

"Don't go to work anymore from now on; stay home and take good care of the child. I'll cover the monthly expenses."

Liang Xinghua put it this way.

He only said he would pay the money, but didn't say he would hand over his entire salary to Lan Menglian.

Lan Menglian didn't dare bring up such an excessive demand anymore either.

She just nodded calmly in agreement:

"Fine."

During the more than half a year she and Liang Xinghua were separated, every day was like a battle, exhausting her half to death.

Now that Liang Xinghua was willing to come back and share part of the responsibility, she felt it was already very good.

She finally understood what "contentment" meant, and finally stopped being insatiable and picking faults here and there like before.

Of course, the ultimate reason was that Liang Xinghua could now earn eight thousand a month.

A stable source of income is forever the most fundamental condition for a harmonious family.

If Liang Xinghua were still like before, earning only two or three thousand a month and very unstable, then even if Lan Menglian accepted him back, she definitely wouldn't respect him like she does now.

So, just like that, two people defeated by reality got back together again.

For the sake of their daughter, and so that in this cruel world they could keep each other warm.

That very day, Lan Menglian called the boss of the barbecue restaurant and quit her job, becoming a housewife again.

She spent a day thoroughly cleaning the messy rental house from top to bottom.

Looking at the clean and tidy room, she finally had a feeling of a warm home.

When Liang Xinghua returned from work and saw she had made the house this clean, he was also very gratified.

Seeing her dad and mom together again, the daughter was as happy as a morning bird, chirping away and saying lots of happy things.

Liang Xinghua said to Lan Menglian:

"I've enabled Intimate Pay on my Alipay for you; from now on, buying groceries, clothes, whatever, just use Intimate Pay directly."

Lan Menglian nodded:

"Fine."

Liang Xinghua said again:

"By next year our daughter should be starting kindergarten; you'll have to do the drop-off and pickup. How about buying an electric scooter?"

"But I can't drive."

"Then find time to learn. I definitely won't have time for drop-off and pickup."

If it were the past, with Liang Xinghua talking to her like this, she would definitely have snapped right back.

Now she only replied:

"Fine!"

Liang Xinghua said again:

"This rental house is too small; later you go find a bigger one, and on the weekend I'll help you move."

Lan Menglian still replied with a single word:

"Okay!"

Just like that, Liang Xinghua and Lan Menglian counted as reconciled.

And on the other side, Wang Erhai recently could be described as busy to the point of flying.

Company matters, the town restaurant's matters, the home farm's matters, and the village committee's matters — too many things needing him to be busy.

And now the distance from the wedding date he and Zhang Yueran set, March 14th, is getting closer and closer.

The wedding matters also need her to be busy quite a bit.

"You can't handle that many things, then don't do that many; every day so tired, afraid you'll tire yourself into illness."

Zhang Yueran couldn't bear to watch anymore.

Although Wang Erhai has abundant energy, he still can't withstand high-intensity work every day.

Wang Erhai, however, said with a smile:

"This life has something to look forward to, so I don't feel tired."

Zhang Yueran felt heartache beyond measure, and said:

"You must put down some things; in my opinion, the hometown side's matters, you just don't manage them; you've already come out to live in the county town, why still manage that much?"

Wang Erhai, however, said:

"This won't do; I've already contracted over two hundred acres of high-standard farmland; once the Spring Equinox passes, cultivation must begin. The farm I still want to expand a bit; besides raising chickens, also set up a pig farm; when the time comes if the grain produced can't be sold, we'll just digest it internally."

Zhang Yueran got somewhat angry:

"Do you think you're Nezha, three heads and six arms? You must cut some business for me! With your energy scattered like this, how can you possibly do all things well? Know that specialization exists? Doing things lies in precision, not in quantity! Additionally I'm afraid you'll spring a leak; when the capital chain snaps, all businesses will have to follow and go bust!"

Wang Erhai heard these words, and also felt they were reasonable.

Think back to when he ran Shanhai Real Estate in the county town; it was also because his steps were too big; as a result Zhang Sheng pulled a move of removing the firewood from under the cauldron, and he directly went bankrupt and closed down, and consequently owed millions in debt.

This was a huge mistake he once made.

And now, unknowingly, he seems to have started walking the old road again.

People are like this: rivers and mountains are easy to change, but nature is hard to alter.

If no one reminds from the side, then under smooth sailing conditions, one will again unknowingly act according to one's subconscious.

And then repeat past mistakes again.

Fortunately Wang Erhai now has Zhang Yueran by his side.

If it were Liu Mei Qi, she definitely wouldn't remind him like this.

Liu Mei Qi probably wishes he'd make the business bigger, the bigger the better, because in Liu Mei Qi's cognition, only by doing it bigger can one earn more.

As for risks and such, she herself fundamentally doesn't understand.

Just like when she sold the county town house to buy an apartment in Guangzhou.

She didn't assess the risk at all.

Just wanted to prove a point, just wanted to prove she could still live well without Wang Erhai.

Result now it's good; she's now setting up a stall selling fried rice noodles.