Chapter 820: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 820: Should Settle Down and Be a Good Wife and Mother

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Liu Mei Qi, however, wore an utterly indifferent expression:

"I don't care. If I'm detained, I'm detained. I'd even be willing to die, but that stinking bitch Yao Xueqin had better not think she'll live either!"

Liu Mei Qi's attitude was simply invincible.

She'd die just to drag someone down with her.

This left Wang Erhai with absolutely no way to handle her.

In the end, Wang Erhai could only leave in a huff, completely unable to continue the negotiation.

Back on Yao Xueqin's side, Wang Erhai was filled with guilt and told her the truth:

"Xueqin, I'm sorry. I couldn't reach a private settlement with Liu Mei Qi. She's unwilling to settle privately."

A flicker of disappointment crossed Yao Xueqin's face, but she quickly hid it:

"It's fine. As long as you tried your best for me, I'm satisfied. Did Liu Mei Qi put forward conditions you couldn't accept?"

Wang Erhai nodded:

"Mm. She said she wants me to remarry her, and said even if I don't remarry her, I have to separate from you permanently. How could that work? I finally found a girl as good as you, I absolutely won't give you up lightly."

Upon hearing this, Yao Xueqin sighed and asked again:

"She wouldn't take money either?"

"She said she doesn't want money."

Yao Xueqin's heart sank to rock bottom.

She knew it — Liu Mei Qi is a lunatic. Back at the hospital, she shouldn't have said those things to her. If she hadn't provoked her, hadn't let her find out her true colors so early, perhaps there would still have been room to salvage things.

What a pity. One wrong move, and every move after goes wrong.

Back then, to punish Liu Mei Qi a little, she revealed her true face too early.

That small misstep in her scheme — she originally thought it was harmless, wouldn't affect the overall situation. She never expected that looking back now, she'd discover its impact on the overall situation was this great.

Can only say, when a person is feeling proud of themselves, they really shouldn't get cocky.

"What to do now? I don't want to be detained. Otherwise, if we have kids in the future, they'll be affected by my criminal record."

Yao Xueqin covered her forehead, her face full of worry.

Seeing her like this, Wang Erhai was full of guilt, yet had no plan.

He couldn't possibly agree to remarry Liu Mei Qi just to keep Yao Xueqin from being detained.

He'd only just jumped out of the fire pit recently; jumping back in would be tantamount to accepting the Qing Dynasty's Ten Great Tortures.

"Xueqin, I'm truly sorry..."

Wang Erhai could only apologize to Yao Xueqin.

Then he added comfortingly:

"Don't worry. Detention will probably only be a few days. And if we really have kids later, it probably won't have much impact either. Our kids will inherit our business, they shouldn't be taking the civil service exam or anything."

This was Wang Erhai's honest truth.

But what Yao Xueqin said and what she thought in her heart were two different things.

Yao Xueqin's mouth said she was afraid it would affect the future prospects of the kids they would have.

But actually in her heart she was afraid it would affect her current child's future prospects.

This is the art of speaking.

Framing a factor that only affects your own interests as one that affects both parties' interests — that resonates more and gains agreement, luring the other party into doing what you want them to do.

What a pity the current situation is a dead end.

Wang Erhai genuinely wanted to help her, yet had no way to help.

Additionally, although Wang Erhai loved Yao Xueqin, in reality he hadn't loved her to the extent of being willing to sacrifice everything for her.

When it comes down to it, Wang Erhai still loves himself a bit more.

In relationships, he'd been hurt again and again.

So no matter how much he yearned for true love, he could learn lessons from his past relationship history — he wouldn't be so naive as to rush into fire and boiling water for the sake of so-called love.

Wang Erhai stopped speaking, and Yao Xueqin stopped speaking too.

The two fell silent.

Unable to find a solution to the problem.

Right then, a police officer walked in:

"Yao Xueqin, someone wants to see you."

Yao Xueqin looked up and saw, to her shock, that it was Zhang Sheng.

"What are you doing here?"

Seeing Zhang Sheng, Yao Xueqin couldn't help feeling some resentment.

Because when Liu Mei Qi caused a scene at the Huangsheng Xincheng Sales Building, Zhang Sheng not only didn't help her, but even publicly made her voluntarily resign!

If Zhang Sheng had helped her back then, perhaps things wouldn't have escalated to this point.

This made her feel Zhang Sheng was too cold-blooded.

But she didn't know that this very situation before her was exactly what Zhang Sheng wanted to see.

He wanted to get Liu Mei Qi away from his side, and also get Yao Xueqin away from his side.

He had resented Yao Xueqin for a long time, especially after Yao Xueqin divorced and took the initiative to come back to find him, threatening him, demanding he give her a job; from that time on he had accumulated no small amount of resentment toward Yao Xueqin in his heart.

However, a figure of his caliber does not easily show joy or anger on his face, does not easily let people know what he truly thinks in his heart.

So now that Yao Xueqin had been taken to the police station because of mutual assault with Liu Mei Qi, he did not gloat; on the contrary, he even took the initiative to come visit Yao Xueqin.

"Xueqin, are you alright?"

Zhang Sheng asked with concern.

Yao Xueqin kept a cold face:

"Do I look like I'm alright to you?"

Zhang Sheng let out a dry laugh, then turned back to look at Wang Erhai:

"Erhai, can you let me and Xueqin speak a few words alone?"

Wang Erhai then said:

"General Manager Zhang, Xueqin might be detained now; you must help her."

Zhang Sheng readily agreed verbally:

"Rest assured, I came this time to help her; give me a bit of time, let me speak a couple of words with her in private."

Wang Erhai nodded:

"Alright, then I'll go out first."

After Wang Erhai left, Zhang Sheng then said to Yao Xueqin:

"Don't resent me; making you take the initiative to resign in front of so many people was actually to protect you. This farce between you and Liu Mei Qi, no matter how you put it, you don't hold the right; it should be made a big thing small, a small thing gone."

Yao Xueqin said dejectedly:

"I also wanted to make a big thing small, a small thing gone, but Liu Mei Qi that crazy woman, she simply won't give me this choice! Now the police have ruled it mutual assault; if we don't settle privately, both sides will be detained. Liu Mei Qi bites down dead, just refuses to settle; Wang Erhai went to persuade but it was no use. You tell me, what to do?"

Zhang Sheng comforted her:

"Don't worry, I'll go handle this matter; I definitely won't let you be detained. However, you have to listen to my advice."

Yao Xueqin then said:

"As long as I can avoid being detained, I won't hold the matter of you making me resign against you. But you said you'd give me compensation; you can't go back on that."

Zhang Sheng then said:

"Rest assured, I never go back on my word."

Yao Xueqin asked: "Speaking of which, what compensation do you intend to give me?"

Zhang Sheng answered:

"Give you fifty thousand yuan severance compensation; is that sincerity enough?"

Yao Xueqin however said:

"Only fifty thousand, do you take me for a beggar?"

Zhang Sheng countered: "Then how much do you say?"

Yao Xueqin thought a moment: "At least a hundred thousand!"

Zhang Sheng readily agreed:

"Good good good, then I'll give you a hundred thousand!"

Yao Xueqin felt some regret, feeling the figure she just proposed was low; if she had known Zhang Sheng would agree this readily, she should have proposed a higher amount.

But to go back on it now would seem like pushing one's luck, being unreasonable.

She wasn't a woman insatiable in desires like Liu Mei Qi, so she stopped while ahead.

Only asked:

"What do you want me to do?"

Zhang Sheng then said:

"I know you and Wang Erhai being together isn't pure; however I don't oppose you being together. I'm just sincerely advising you one sentence: if you really marry Wang Erhai in the future, then live your days well; no need to drain the pond to catch the fish. Do you understand my meaning?"

Yao Xueqin fell silent, not speaking, counting as tacitly acknowledging Zhang Sheng's guess.

Zhang Sheng continued: "You and Wang Erhai live your days well; Wang Erhai focuses on doing business and will definitely earn big money, able to provide you a good life without worries for the second half of your life. You're not young anymore; just stop thinking about those this-and-thats, and stop playing around so wildly. It's time to settle your heart and be a wife and mother."

Zhang Sheng's words count as kindly persuasion.

If after Yao Xueqin and Wang Erhai marry she can fulfill the role of a good wife, that would also be a situation where everyone is happy.

Wang Erhai gets what he wants, Yao Xueqin gets what she wants, and even Zhang Sheng gets what he wants.

The question is whether Yao Xueqin is truly willing to settle her heart and be a qualified wife.