Chapter 956: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 956: This Marriage Has Truly Reached Its End

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Before long, afternoon arrived, and Huo Zhi Hui took the initiative to come find Liang Xinghua again.

He told Liang Xinghua that he agreed to give him a commission, and also agreed to let him supervise according to the standards set by the company.

Upon hearing this, Liang Xinghua was overjoyed.

After working for so many years, this was the first time he had achieved such a victory.

This played a very important role in boosting his confidence.

It let him truly feel that he was not the useless good-for-nothing his wife spoke of.

He merely lacked a platform to prove himself.

Now that Wang Erhai had given him this platform, he felt heartfelt gratitude toward Wang Erhai.

The sense of accomplishment he gained at work formed a sharp and intense contrast with the sense of defeat he suffered at home.

Sure enough, that very evening, just after getting off work and returning to the rental house, before he even opened his mouth to speak, he was subjected to another round of belittling and complaints from his wife Lan Menglian.

"Coming back this late every day, and I don't see you earning much money. Can't earn money, can't take care of the home — tell me, what use are you!"

Lan Menglian was huffing with anger; the words she spoke were extremely hurtful.

Their daughter Liang Ailan was already asleep, so Lan Menglian's voice was somewhat restrained, not fully shouted out.

Liang Xinghua plopped down onto a chair, lowered his head, and took out a cigarette to smoke.

He didn't bother to refute Lan Menglian.

He hadn't even told Lan Menglian yet that he had already secured a job with a monthly salary of eight thousand, plus the commission from Zhi Hui Human Resources Company — conservatively, he already had ten thousand or so a month!

He was already a man earning over ten thousand a month!

In this small county town, that was a rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns existence!

He didn't want to prove anything to Lan Menglian anymore, because he had already developed a deep disgust for her.

Whether psychologically or physiologically, he found Lan Menglian utterly nauseating.

"How many times have I told you, no smoking in the house!"

Lan Menglian knocked the cigarette out of Liang Xinghua's hand in one swipe.

Liang Xinghua's cigarette-holding hand froze in midair.

He looked up at Lan Menglian, a mocking smile on his face.

One couldn't tell if he was mocking himself, or mocking Lan Menglian.

"You hate smoking so much, why didn't you find a non-smoker back then? Picking someone you don't like and then delusionally trying to remodel them — don't you think that's laughable? Or was I simply your helpless choice from the start?"

Lan Menglian was stunned.

She felt that the man before her seemed to have suddenly changed.

The aura he exuded was different from before.

One can only say, this is the backbone that money gives a man.

Although Liang Xinghua was now working at Liguo Mountain and hadn't even received his first month's salary yet, this job had already given him the courage to stand up to Lan Menglian.

"Back then I was blind, that's why I chose to marry you!"

After a moment of stunned silence, Lan Menglian suppressed her throat and let out a low, angry roar.

Liang Xinghua remained calm and indifferent:

"You've said that many times already. Since you think it was a mistake, you should have divorced me long ago, instead of despising me on one hand and clinging on refusing to leave on the other."

Lan Menglian was infuriated by Liang Xinghua's words:

"Fine, fine, fine — divorce, we'll go divorce tomorrow! You leave with nothing!"

Liang Xinghua agreed without the slightest hesitation:

"Fine, I'll leave with nothing. I'll say it again: the money goes to you, the daughter goes to me!"

They had brought up divorce before, but a disagreement arose over custody of their daughter, which was why they had dragged on without managing to divorce.

But Lan Menglian said:

"On what grounds does the daughter go to you! The money goes to me, and the daughter goes to me too! The daughter was born by me, you have no right to take her away. Besides, do you know how to take care of a child? With you, the daughter would only suffer!"

Liang Xinghua's expression flickered with a slight stunned pause.

Although Lan Menglian's wanting-it-both-ways ugly face was nauseating, he had to admit that what she said really did have a few points of reason.

Liang Xinghua's parents had already passed away; if the daughter went to him, who would take care of his daughter? He still had to go to work during the day — he couldn't just lock the daughter in the house and feed her like a kitten or puppy, could he?

Liang Xinghua's gaze turned to his soundly sleeping daughter on the bed; he was unwilling to let his daughter follow him and suffer hardship, at least not at this stage.

So in the end Liang Xinghua yielded:

"Alright then, the money goes to you, the daughter goes to you too. I want nothing — I just want a divorce from you."

Lan Menglian's face immediately showed astonishment.

She completely hadn't expected that Liang Xinghua would actually be willing to give up everything just to divorce her!

"You'd better think it through! With a useless waste like you, once you divorce me, you won't be able to find another woman in this lifetime! Even a second-marriage, disabled, or mentally deficient one — none of them would get together with a good-for-nothing poor bastard like you!"

Lan Menglian once again unleashed her belittling technique, trying to make Liang Xinghua back down through disparagement and suppression.

If it were the past, this move of hers really would have worked.

Not only would it work, it would make Liang Xinghua become extremely inferior, acting timid and shrinking in everything he did.

But now, Liang Xinghua was no longer the Liang Xinghua of before.

"It's fine, I don't plan to look for another woman either."

Liang Xinghua was still light and dismissive.

This was the truth from him.

This marriage between him and Lan Menglian had already worn away all his spirit, making him hold no more illusions about marriage.

Lan Menglian was dumbfounded, unable to answer for a moment.

After a long while, she finally said angrily:

"You're just smashing the cracked pot!"

Liang Xinghua's face showed he didn't care:

"That's right, I'm just smashing the cracked pot, you stop the nonsense, do you want a divorce or not!"

Lan Menglian was so angry she gritted her teeth:

"Divorce, of course we're divorcing! But you have to give me child support for our daughter!"

Liang Xinghua asked directly:

"How much do you want, just say it straight."

Lan Menglian thought for a moment:

"At least two thousand a month!"

Lan Menglian believed that with Liang Xinghua's ability, he could earn three or four thousand a month, so at most he could only afford two thousand a month in child support.

Liang Xinghua agreed without a second thought:

"Fine, two thousand a month, starting next month, on the 1st of every month I'll transfer it to your account!"

After saying this, Liang Xinghua stood up and left.

"I won't stay here tonight, so my smoking won't bother you."

Liang Xinghua glanced at his daughter, reluctance in his eyes, but in the end he steeled his heart, went out and left.

Seeing Liang Xinghua leave so decisively, Lan Menglian couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.

Her gaze became somewhat hollow.

She actually didn't truly want a divorce.

Every time she shouted divorce, it was merely to vent dissatisfaction with life.

She was trapped in family trivialities, sinking deeper into the mire of poverty.

A mess of a life had accumulated too much negative emotion in her, she needed an outlet, that was all.

She never expected that this time, Liang Xinghua would no longer endure her.

Could it be she has to go find those men she met online?

Before, in the rural area, bored out of her mind, Lan Menglian didn't make few friends online behind Liang Xinghua's back.

The friends she made online were all the perfect type, handsome, sweet-talkers, and able to earn money.

Compared to her own husband, he simply had shortcomings everywhere, not handsome, couldn't sweet-talk, and couldn't earn money.

As the saying goes, without contrast there is no harm, this was also one of the reasons why she disliked Liang Xinghua more and more.

However, she had never met these friends offline.

They just said a few sweet words to her online, if they really met in reality, would they really treat her like that?

She wasn't sure anymore.

The only thing she could be sure of now was that her marriage with Liang Xinghua had truly reached its end.

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