Chapter 41

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Seeing Li Xiulan and Niu Chunsheng holding hands intimately, the smile on Wang Zhanggen's face instantly froze.

The various goods he was carrying slipped down listlessly from his hands.

He never would have thought that, having just returned home wanting to give Li Xiulan a surprise, Li Xiulan would give him an even bigger surprise.

Seeing Wang Zhanggen return, Li Xiulan and Niu Chunsheng were also full of shock, hurriedly letting go of each other's hands and subconsciously pulling a step apart.

"How did you come back?"

Li Xiulan walked up to ask.

Wang Zhanggen didn't say a second word, raised his hand and slapped Li Xiulan:

"You shameless woman, if I didn't come back, were you going to kiss?"

Li Xiulan's head buzzed, covering her burning face, finding it very hard to believe.

She never would have thought that Wang Zhanggen would actually become so irritable, slapping her without asking right from wrong.

Perhaps Niu Chunsheng truly had deep feelings for Li Xiulan, but Li Xiulan never had any other impure thoughts toward Niu Chunsheng; she always upheld the way of a virtuous wife, and before divorcing Wang Zhanggen, she absolutely would not have any fantasies about any man.

She merely simply applied some Wanhua Oil to Niu Chunsheng's injured hand.

And now, Wang Zhanggen had just returned, didn't ask a single question, and actually slapped her hard across the face!

Perhaps, Wang Zhanggen's love for her had already completely disappeared after that misunderstanding three years ago that could never be explained clearly.

Not loving anymore, naturally there would be no more trust.

Not loving anymore, seeing one's own woman get slightly close to another man, one would naturally think the worst at the first moment.

"Wang Zhanggen, what are you doing, she's your wife, you actually bear to hit her!"

Niu Chunsheng immediately flew into a rage, rushed up to fight Wang Zhanggen.

Wang Zhanggen didn't show the slightest weakness, crashing into Niu Chunsheng's chest in a towering rage:

"You fucking know she's my wife too? Who gave you the courage to seduce my wife? Shameless!"

Niu Chunsheng huffed angrily:

"I didn't seduce your wife at all, Sister Xiulan and I are innocent, you hit a woman without distinguishing right from wrong, are you still a man!"

Wang Zhanggen cursed loudly:

"You say I'm not a man? Believe it or not, I'll take a knife and hack you to death right now!"

Wang Zhanggen strained his neck, very agitated.

Watching as Wang Zhanggen and Niu Chunsheng, two big men, were about to start fighting.

Li Xiulan shouted loudly:

"Enough!"

The two men's quarrel came to an abrupt halt.

"Niu Chunsheng, you go back first!"

Li Xiulan's expression was unspeakably ugly.

Niu Chunsheng didn't want to leave; he was afraid that once he left Wang Zhanggen would hit Li Xiulan, he didn't want Li Xiulan to be bullied.

"I told you to go, hurry up, you staying here can't help me, it'll only deepen the misunderstanding!"

Li Xiulan screamed, her eyes carrying pleading.

Seeing Li Xiulan like this, Niu Chunsheng's heart was twisted like a knife, but in the end he still chose to obey Li Xiulan's arrangement.

"Wang Zhanggen, if you dare hit Sister Xiulan again, I won't let you off!"

Niu Chunsheng pointed at Wang Zhanggen's nose, left this one ruthless sentence, then turned around and left huffing angrily.

"Did you see that, that brat Niu Chunsheng, for your sake he even dared hit me, and still says you have no affair!"

Wang Zhanggen gritted his teeth in anger.

Seeing him like this, Li Xiulan couldn't help but sneer through her tears.

She suddenly felt how ridiculous her dedication these years had been.

She shed tears, feeling unworthy for her youth ground to dust in this marriage.

She didn't even want to explain anymore.

Because she had already deeply realized, trust is like a sheet of paper; once this paper is crumpled, it can never return to its original shape.

Besides, now she herself no longer trusted Wang Zhanggen that much either.

Wang Zhanggen's change in attitude toward her was one aspect; most importantly, she had seen a scene she shouldn't have seen on Market Street.

"How about, we just get a divorce."

Li Xiulan bravely took this step.

She knew this would be a huge scar in her life, would make her carry pain for the rest of her remaining life, but she had to make a choice.

She could do anything for a man who loved her, even bear three children, even endure poverty and hardship, but she could not tolerate continuing a marriage dragging on for a man who didn't love her.

The lesson of He Dazhu's domestic violence against Liao Chunhua let her know that compromising with someone who doesn't love you is useless, it only brings greater harm.

"What? You want to divorce me?"

Wang Zhanggen's face instantly filled with shock.

You must know, three years ago when he brought up divorce, Li Xiulan cried and begged, threatening suicide, unwilling to divorce him no matter what.

Never expected, merely three years later, she would actually open her mouth and say she wants a divorce!

"Shouldn't you explain things between you and Niu Chunsheng? Don't use divorce to threaten me!"

Wang Changgen roared, very excited.

"If I explain, will you believe me?"

Li Xiulan shed tears, answering with a self-mocking tone.

"You won't even explain, how can I believe?"

Wang Changgen shouted excitedly, his face turning ferocious.

Fortunately the three children had all gone outside to play, otherwise seeing his appearance they would certainly have been frightened.

"If you believe me, why make me explain? When love is gone one naturally won't believe, when love is gone one naturally strikes out to beat people!"

Li Xiulan was also spiting Wang Changgen; the more Wang Changgen demanded she explain, the more she refused to explain.

"Tell me honestly, do you and Niu Chunsheng have an affair! When I came back, those old grandpas at the village entrance told me, the convenience store at the village entrance was opened by you and Niu Chunsheng together, why didn't you tell me a word about partnering to open a shop!"

Wang Changgen questioned excitedly.

The main reason he slapped Li Xiulan as soon as he entered was because he knew Li Xiulan and Niu Chunsheng had partnered to open a shop; he had previously warned Li Xiulan not to get too close to Niu Chunsheng, but Li Xiulan didn't tell him in advance and partnered with Niu Chunsheng to open a shop, which made him feel this was disrespect toward him, that she was hiding something from him.

"Why should I tell you? I asked you to help find a way to get Dashan household registration, you were completely unconcerned; if not for Niu Chunsheng helping, your son still couldn't go to school! Your son needs tuition for school, you were also absent-minded, and even shamelessly told me to solve it myself! Is that how a man acts! What's wrong with me partnering with Niu Chunsheng to open a shop? I didn't spend a penny of yours, I even earned the three sons' living expenses and tuition, how did I wrong you? You earn over five hundred yuan a month in salary, can you spend it all yourself, yet you actually told me in advance you wouldn't send money home for the next several months, how can a big man say such a thing? If not forced by desperation, would I choose to open a shop? Why don't you just tell me you took your salary to support another woman? Why find excuses to blame me? Why turn around and bite me? Don't think I don't know, you returned to town several days ago, and you even went shopping at the market with that woman!"

Li Xiulan spoke more and more excitedly, she had suppressed many emotions in her heart.

Like a blocked barrier lake, suddenly the dam burst.

Now everything finally erupted.

Wang Changgen's expression trembled, becoming stunned, becoming panicked, becoming guilty.

It was very obvious, he completely hadn't expected that the matter of him going shopping with that woman would actually be known by Li Xiulan.