Han Feiyu and Han Shutao came home from get off work and saw a small notebook on the coffee table with the word "Divorce Certificate" printed on it in three large silver characters. Then they looked at their silly old man who looked as if nothing had happened, and the brother and sister looked at each other in disbelief.
It had only been a short time since their old man started threatening to divorce, but he actually got divorced. Wasn't it just a fuss as they thought? No one knew better than them how much the old man loved Hu Xialan. After all, they were the victims of the old man's love for Hu Xialan.
Han Shutao hesitantly picked up the small book and flipped it open. It was indeed the divorce certificate between the old man and Hu Xialan. She was surprised and asked, "Dad, are you really divorced from Aunt Hu?"
Han Ze nodded slightly, looking relieved: "We are really divorced!"
Han Shutao stared at him for a few seconds, and finally sighed. She advised: "Dad, if you are sad, you can go out and travel to relax."
Don’t keep everything in your heart, or you will get sick.
Han Ze looked at her in confusion and said, "Why are you sad? The Hu family deceived me for more than ten years and played me like a fool. After the divorce, I feel so relieved. There is nothing to be sad about."
Han Shutao asked: "You have been together for so many years, you must have feelings for each other, don't you feel reluctant to let go?"
Han Ze's smile was a little cold. He sneered, "Do you think that can be considered love? I'm an old man, I have filial children, I don't lack anything, how can I be reluctant to part with a few liars?"
Han Shutao thought about it and realized that the old man in his family had a bad temper. When her mother passed away, he was sad for a while, but he got married not long after. He even ignored them and tried to please Hu Xialan and her son. Now that he knew that Hu Xialan and her son had cheated on him, he immediately abandoned them without any adverse reactions. He didn't know whether to say that he was kind-hearted or that he was inhumane.
Han Feiyu smiled and asked, "Dad, how did you get Hu Xialan to agree to divorce you?"
Han Ze smiled slightly and said, "An tooth for a tooth."
Han Shutao and Han Feiyu looked at him curiously. Han Ze smiled and said, "Liu Mingda and Liu Mingkai are Hu Xialan's weak points. Since Liu Mingkai threatened me to find him a job by divorcing his mother, I will threaten Hu Xialan that if she doesn't agree to divorce me, her two sons won't be able to work peacefully."
Han Feiyu raised his peach blossom eyes and said, "Hu Xialan values her two sons more. If you threaten her like this, she will definitely be fooled."
Han Ze smiled and said nothing.
Han Shutao asked, "Dad, if Hu Xialan doesn't fall for it, you won't really make it so that they can't work peacefully, right?"
Han Ze glanced at her, sighed and said, "Obviously, after so many years of getting along, Hu Xialan doesn't know me as well as she thought, but I know Hu Xialan very well. She will definitely lose her sense of proportion when it comes to her two sons. She will definitely agree to divorce me because of my threat."
Han Feiyu looked at Han Ze. When his old man was confused, he was really confused. When he was smart, he was really smart. No one could plot against him. But when he was ruthless, he was really chilling.
...
Liu Mingda coaxed Wang Peining for two days and finally made her calm. On the weekend, he took Wang Peining back to Boya New Garden. When Hu Xialan saw Wang Peining, she did not enthusiastically give her fruit as usual. She just glanced at her lightly and went to pack her luggage.
Since she has divorced Han Ze, she will not stay in this house. Not to mention that this house belongs to Han Shutao, that girl is ruthless, if she refuses to move out, she might ask someone to drive her out, she doesn't want to lose face. Besides, her neighbors don't know about her divorce with Han Ze, she doesn't want to be laughed at by others, so she plans to move out secretly, to a strange place, where no one knows her and no one will laugh at her.
Liu Mingda looked at the large packages in the living room and asked in surprise, "Mom, what are you doing?"
Hu Xialan glanced at him and said in a strange tone: "Didn't you ask me to divorce Lao Han? Now it's as you wish. We are divorced."
Liu Mingda looked at her in disbelief, wondering if he had heard it wrongly: "When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Tell you? There's not even a shadow of a person in sight, how can I tell you?" Hu Xialan sneered, "After Lao Han and I divorced, I lost my source of income, so I decided to ask you and Mingkai to give me 1,500 yuan each per month for retirement."
Liu Mingda hadn't recovered from the news of his mother's divorce from his stepfather when he heard his mother's words. He subconsciously said, "Mom, you are only in your fifties, you are still young. Even if you divorce Dad, you don't have to take care of the family. You can go out and find a job."
Hu Xialan couldn't believe that her eldest son would say that and looked at Liu Mingda angrily. Liu Mingda didn't think he was wrong. He would provide for his mother in her old age, but his mother was young now, so why couldn't she go out to work
Hu Xialan glanced at Wang Peining next to her. Wang Peining was confused by her look and couldn't help but said, "I didn't say anything."
Hu Xialan snorted coldly, "You have taken all the benefits, so of course you don't have to say anything."
"Aunt, what benefit did I get? Your family doesn't even have a house, and I didn't say anything." Wang Peining argued aggrievedly.
Hu Xialan pointed at her and said, "How dare you ask for a house? Mingda has spent all the money he earned over the years on you. What qualifications do you have to ask for a house?"
Thinking about how Mingda had given all his earnings to Wang Peining and her parents to buy expensive things, and now he was reluctant to pay 1,500 yuan for their retirement, and even suggested that she go to work, she became more and more disgusted with Wang Peining. She had taken great pains to please Old Han, and had raised her son, but had it been in vain
Besides, whether in her hometown or in Huacheng, she had never worked in her life. What kind of job did Mingda want her to work as a cleaning lady
Wang Peining paused and admitted that Mingda had bought many expensive gifts for her and her parents, but he also bought many luxury items for himself, such as his briefcase, his watch, and the mobile phones they often exchanged. With a salary of more than 10,000 yuan, it was not forbidden to use them.
She taunted, "Aunt, you don't have to mock me. The money Liu Mingda spent on me, when we buy a house, I will pay for it. You don't have to worry about wasting the money."
Liu Mingda was willing to buy gifts for his girlfriend and her parents, but he was still moved by his girlfriend's willingness to pool money with him to buy a wedding house. He said, "Mom, let's not talk about buying a house for now. You and Dad are divorced now, where are you going to live?"
Hu Xialan paused, glanced at Wang Peining and said, "Didn't Peining rent a house outside? I'll move to her place first."
Wang Peining's eyes suddenly widened. She didn't want to live with Mingda's mother now. Even if she cooked delicious food, she didn't want to face her sharp mouth like firecrackers every day. No one should be bullied. She said, "Aunt, I only rent one room in the house shared with my friend. You have nowhere to stay if you go there."
She is now very glad that she chose to share the house with someone else, otherwise she would not be able to get rid of Hu Xialan.
Hu Xialan turned her mouth downward and said to Liu Mingda, "Look, look, Wang Peining used to come home every day and said nice things to me as if they were free. But now I just tried to test her a few times and she showed her true colors. It turns out that she doesn't really like me as her future mother-in-law. Seeing that I am useless, she wants to throw me away.
Wang Peining's face was very ugly. She found that Hu Xialan was not an open-minded mother-in-law at all. She was just an unreasonable old lady. She glanced at Wang Mingda and said angrily: "Liu Mingda, we are not married yet. It is not appropriate for you to live with me. My aunt is divorced now. You should stay with her. I will go back first."
After saying that, he glanced at Hu Xialan, opened the door and walked out.
Liu Mingda had no idea what was happening before his girlfriend got into the elevator and left.
Hu Xialan pointed at the door and said angrily: "Mingda, look at her, she has such a bad temper. I haven't said anything yet, but she's already lost her temper with me. If I really said something, wouldn't she eat me?"
"Mom, what do you want to do? Are you willing to make me and Pei Ning break up?"
Liu Mingda angrily accused his mother of being gentle and virtuous, although she was pretending. But in his heart, his mother was different from those gossipy old ladies. At least his mother was sensible and could distinguish right from wrong. But now it seemed that this was completely not the case. In just a few days, she seemed like a different person, scolding whoever she caught. Even Pei Ning was scolded by her twice. What was the difference between her and those unreasonable old ladies
Hu Xialan was silent. Wang Peining had been in love with her son for nearly ten years. Not only did her son not break up with her, but she was also unwilling to do so. Why? Mingda spent all the money he earned on Wang Peining. Mingda got nothing, unless Wang Peining returned the money she spent on her to Mingda.
Seeing her mother's look of "I'm not wrong", Liu Mingda said with a headache: "Mom, even if you don't like Pei Ning, I won't break up with her. At most, you can see each other less often."
Liu Mingda's words once again made Hu Xialan feel that her eldest son had forgotten his mother after getting married, and her dislike for Wang Peining increased to a new level. She said bitterly: "For so many years, I have served you food and drink, and this is how you repay me?"
"Mom, I'm talking to you reasonably. Not to mention that Pei Ning did nothing wrong, even if she did, she has been with me for ten years and I can't abandon her. What's more, we are already talking about getting married. If we really break up, why do you think that I can find a good girlfriend with my current conditions where I have nothing? Mom, can you understand my difficulties and put yourself in my shoes and think about me?" Liu Mingda pleaded bitterly.
Hu Xialan curled her lips, her face full of resentment: "After all, you just can't bear to leave Wang Peining. I don't know what kind of drug she gave you to make you so obsessed that you don't even recognize your mother."
Liu Mingda frowned tightly. If this wasn't his mother, he would have turned around and left. But this was his biological mother, and he couldn't just ignore her. He sighed and said weakly, "I won't say any more. Aren't you going to move? Have you found a house? Where do you plan to move to?"
Hu Xialan had a stern face. Seeing her son change the subject, she knew that he didn't want her to slander Wang Peining. She was angry but didn't dare to say anything. There were so many packages in the living room that she, a woman, couldn't move them without Mingda's help.
She said with a fierce face, "Why would I move if I haven't found a house yet? Do you think I'm stupid enough to live in the home of my future daughter-in-law who hasn't even moved in yet? There are still Wang Peining's things here. She left in anger, and I don't know if she still wants these things."
Liu Mingda's face was gloomy. He didn't understand what his mother was thinking. Since they had found a house, why did she tell Wang Peining to move in with her? Was it interesting to test the waters between relatives? Was she satisfied if everyone left in a bad mood
"What else is there to pack? Pack it up together." Liu Mingda didn't respond to her and asked, "Have all Dad's things been moved out?"
Hu Xialan said with a bitter face: "Old Han's things have been moved a long time ago. Alas, Old Han is too heartless. He divorced me when he said he wanted a divorce, and he didn't leave me any room for maneuver. I have lived in this house for more than ten years, and he asked me to move out when he said he wanted me to... He didn't even think about leaving anything for me."
Liu Mingda said impatiently: "You're already divorced, what else are you still thinking about? Move out quickly."
Hu Xialan looked at the house reluctantly. If she didn't move out, what else could she do? The men she met were either gangsters or heartless people.
Liu Mingda called a truck and moved all the things in one trip. When they arrived at the place where Hu Xialan rented a house, Liu Mingda looked at his mother suspiciously and asked, "Mom, the rent here is not cheap, right?"
Hu Xialan said proudly: "It's not cheap, more than 3,000 a month."
Liu Mingda rubbed his brows, feeling very annoyed, and asked, "There are houses nearby that cost more than a thousand a month, why do you have to rent for more than three thousand?"
Facing her son's questioning, Hu Xialan's face fell. She said unhappily, "There are cheap houses, but those are dirty and gray, and I can't get used to living there. Although this house is a bit more expensive, it is in a high-end community with very good security. Although the house is not as big as Boya New Garden, it is enough for us to live in."
What an uncomfortable place to live!
Is his mother still thinking of the time when she and his father were still together? His mother was really spoiled by his stepfather. He said in annoyance: "Mom, if you insist on living here, then you have to pay the rent. I need to save money to buy a house, and my living expenses are high. I can't afford such a high rent."
Thinking about it this way, his mother really shouldn't have divorced. If she hadn't divorced, at least she wouldn't have to rent a house. His mother wouldn't have to go out to work, and her stepfather would have given her living expenses. It was really a mistake.
Hu Xialan shouted, "Where did I get the money? You've saved money for so many years, but you haven't bought a house yet. Do you think I'm Old Han and let you fool me?"
Liu Mingda choked. Originally, he lived and ate at home under the pretext of saving money to buy a house, but now he really needed to save money to buy a house. He was over 30 years old and didn't even have a house. He was embarrassed to tell others about it.
Hu Xialan glared at him and said, "I don't care. You have to pay the rent whether you want to or not."
Liu Mingda was really at his wit's end, so he said, "Okay, I'll pay the rent, but I have the final say on where to rent the house."
He can't afford to live in a house that costs more than 3,000 yuan a month.
Hu Xialan looked at him with dissatisfaction, and Liu Mingda said quickly: "Mom, if you keep making trouble, I will have to move in with Pei Ning, and you can live alone."
Hu Xialan said no more, but she was very unwilling in her heart. She said, "I paid three months' rent, so I should live here for the rest of the three months, right?"
Liu Mingda looked at her and asked, "Where did you get the money?"
Hu Xialan said angrily: "When we divorced, I asked Lao Han for it, and he gave me 20,000 yuan."
Liu Mingda frowned: "Then why don't you ask him for more?"
Hu Xialan glared at him: "You have to ask him to give it to you too. He said he raised you and trained you to be talented. He didn't treat us unfairly. The family property is all before the marriage. We have no property disputes. He can give me 20,000 yuan, which is good enough. What else do you want?"
Do you think she doesn't want it? The key is that Lao Han is now hard-hearted towards her, so if she wants it, it's useless.
Liu Mingda asked her, "So, you rented such an expensive house with 20,000 yuan? Mom, you are really capable."
Hu Xialan was unhappy: "It's my money, I can spend it however I want, you have no right to interfere."
"Okay, I can't control your money." Liu Mingda nodded. He couldn't control her money, but he should be able to control his own money. From now on, when his mother lived with him, he would only give her money for buying groceries, and he wouldn't give her any extra money.
Three months later, the lease on the house expired, and Liu Mingda quickly rented an old house for only over a thousand yuan.
Hu Xialan looked at the dark and damp house, feeling extremely uncomfortable. She said angrily, "Give me a few hundred dollars, I'll go buy some seafood. Even though the house is not good, we're moving, so we should celebrate."
Liu Mingda didn't move. He looked at her and said, "Didn't you just return the deposit? Why are you asking me for money?"
Hu Xialan snorted coldly, feeling sad. Three short months were enough for her to see through her son. It was clear that in his eyes, money meant nothing else, except Wang Peining. But she was his mother, so he had to support her, otherwise he would be unfilial. She said, "That's my money, I want to save it. I used to support you, but now it's your turn to support me, so give me the money."
Liu Mingda said unhappily, "Okay, okay, stop nagging me. I'll give you money." He took out a hundred yuan from his wallet and handed it to her. After a pause, he said, "This is two days' living expenses. You should use it sparingly."
Hu Xialan held the hundred yuan in her hand and looked at him in disbelief: "What can you do with a hundred yuan? You actually told me it was two days' living expenses? Lao Han gives me at least three hundred yuan a day for living expenses. Now it's just the two of us, so it should be at least a hundred yuan a day, right? What can you do with fifty yuan? I can't even buy some meat or vegetables. I don't even have money to buy fruit."
Liu Mingda looked at her and said, "Mom, you also said that it's just the two of us, so let's eat simple. One pound of meat can last at least two days. As for fruit, just buy some apples, and buy cheap vegetables. As long as we can fill our stomachs, don't be too picky."
Hu Xialan stared blankly at the son she raised. Is he still the filial son? With red eyes, she asked, "I am your mother."
Liu Mingda sighed: "Mom, I know you are my mother, but you have to understand my difficulties. It's not easy for me either. It's okay to suffer a little. As long as I buy a house, everything will be fine."
He is his biological mother and he doesn't want to do this, but she spends money lavishly and has no restraint. If she doesn't change her old habits, it will be them, the brothers, who will suffer.
...
Hu Xialan spent her days after the divorce in chaos, calculating money with her son. However, Han Ze's life after the divorce was quite enjoyable. He would practice Tai Chi with the elderly in the community in the morning, or contact old friends and make plans to go on trips.
After several months, Hu Xialan finally waited for Liu Mingkai to graduate, but he did not return. He chose to work in the city where he studied. Hu Xialan collapsed. Her eldest son was unfilial, and she did not expect that her most beloved youngest son would also abandon her and ignore her.
Faced with her eldest son who was becoming more and more stingy, Hu Xialan couldn't stand such a hard life anymore, so she found Han Ze, who was playing chess with an old man in the community. When he saw her, he was stunned. Hu Xialan looked at him pleadingly: "Old Han, I have something to talk to you about."
Han Ze stood up and said, "Let's talk over there."
The two found a secluded place to sit down. Han Ze showed no emotion. Hu Xialan was nervous. Han Ze asked expressionlessly, "What do you want from me?"
Facing Han Ze's calm eyes, Hu Xialan swallowed the words of pleading that were about to come out of her mouth. She said vaguely, "No, nothing happened."
Han Ze looked at her and stood up: "Since there is nothing else, I'm going home."
"Wait, Lao Han."
Hu Xialan shouted hurriedly when she saw him about to leave.
Han Ze was a little impatient: "What's going on? I have something else going on at home."
Hu Xialan's mouth was full of bitterness. She had something going on at home, and she still had the time to play chess? It was obvious that he was trying to evade her and didn't want to talk to her. She originally wanted to beg him to remarry her, but when she came to her mouth, she said, "Old Han, can you lend me some money? For the sake of our long-term relationship as husband and wife, can you lend me some money?"
Han Ze paused. He was a little amused, but his face was calm: "Are you sick?"
Hu Xialan shook her head.
Han Ze asked again: "Did you encounter any problems?"
Hu Xialan still shook her head.
Han Ze sighed and said, "Since you are not sick and have not encountered any problems, and we are already divorced, it is better not to get too involved in money. If you don't have living expenses, let Mingda and Mingkai give it to you. They have education and jobs, so it's just a little living expenses, so they can afford it."
Hu Xialan laughed at herself, Mingda's salary was high, but he was unwilling to use it for her as a mother. Mingkai had a high degree, but he didn't come back. Thinking about it, she was only enjoying the best time in her life when she was with Lao Han. She regretted it. If she could do it again, she would not scheme against Lao Han, and would definitely think about him and his children sincerely.
But even if she regretted it, it was too late.
"Mingda wants to save money to buy a house, he..." Hu Xialan said this, met Han Ze's calm eyes, and could not say any more.
Han Ze looked at her indifferently and said, "If you have nothing to do, go back. Otherwise people in the community will see you and gossip about you."
Hu Xialan was very disappointed. Old Han really had no feelings for her. With red eyes, she handed him the note in her hand: "You seem to have changed your phone number. This is my current address. If you want to find me, please find me at the address on the note."
After saying that, she looked at Han Ze again, turned around and walked away.
Han Ze raised his eyebrows as he looked at the note in his hand. There was a trash can next to him, and he raised his hand, and the note flew into the trash can.
...
Time flies, and more than a year has passed. Han Feiyu got a girlfriend some time ago, who is said to be his assistant. After he brought her back to Han Ze, the girl had a round face and round eyes, like a cute doll. Han Ze thought she was underage at first, but after asking, he found out that she had graduated from college two years ago. Han Ze was relieved that his son did not abduct underage girls.
As for Han Shutao, she had not made any move, and Han Ze had never seen her socialize with boys. Regardless of whether she had made friends or not, Han Ze had no time to care about her for the time being, because Liu Bingshen was released from prison and found him.
Liu Bingshen was in his fifties, but because of his time in prison, he looked no different from a man in his sixties, with a crew cut. He looked at Han Ze with a sinister look, mixed with ill intentions.
Han Ze raised his eyebrows, stepped forward and grasped his hand, as if he had found a fellow sufferer. He said, "You are Liu Bingshen, Brother Liu, right?"
Liu Bingshen was stunned by his action. He struggled to break free from Han Ze's hand and said impatiently, "I am Liu Bingshen, Hu Xialan's ex-husband."
Han Ze sighed and said with a sad face: "Brother Liu, we are really brothers in distress."
Liu Bingshen frowned, not knowing what this person was talking about.
Han Ze continued, "Hu Xialan deceived me so badly for more than ten years. I fed her well and provided her with everything. I didn't expect that woman to be so heartless and lie to me. She even told me that the reason you divorced was because of you..."
Having said that, he glanced at Liu Bingshen.
Liu Bingshen looked at him gloomily: "What did that woman say?"
Han Ze stuttered, "She said, she said the reason you got divorced was because you were not doing the right thing and fooling around outside."
Liu Bingshen gnashed his teeth and said, "This damn woman is out there ruining my reputation all day long."
Han Ze nodded with deep understanding: "Brother Liu, I know this best. If she hadn't described me as so pathetic, I wouldn't have married her. She even tricked me into driving my two biological children out. She ruined my reputation and that of my children. My children still resent me now. I was really hurt by her..."
The look in Liu Bingshen's eyes when he looked at Han Ze changed. Although this man married his woman, he raised his child. Considering that they were both harmed by Hu Xialan, he temporarily spared him.
He said, "Since we are both victims, I will not settle accounts with you. I will go to Hu Xialan. Do you know where she lives now?"
The reason why he was able to find Han Ze was because he went to Boya Xinyuan, where someone knew Han Ze and told him that Han Ze lived there, otherwise he would not have been able to find Han Ze.
Han Ze shook his head: "I don't know. How about this, I'll give you the address of Mingda Company, and you go find him."
Liu Bingshen got Liu Mingda's address, said nothing, looked at Han Ze with disdain, turned and left. In his opinion, Han Ze was the sucker who raised his son. He was not worth talking to or dealing with.
Han Ze looked at his back, raised his eyebrows and smiled. He was not afraid of him and had many ways to punish him, but he was the father of Liu Mingda and Liu Mingkai, and also the ex-husband of Hu Xialan. They were a family and should be together.
After all, in the original body's life, after Liu Bingshen was released from prison, didn't they let him move into the original body's house on the grounds that the family should live together
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