GBP Chapter 186 Deciding to Divorce
Chapter 186 Deciding to Divorce
Pan Xiaohua said, "I told you long ago that the city is different from the countryside. Your attitude of looking down on women doesn't work here. Why are you always belittling my sister-in-law and my niece?"
"What? Did I say something wrong?"
"Of course you're wrong. Their daughter is just as valuable as their son. If you talk to them like that, do you think they won't kick you out?"
"You brat, you're lecturing me now, aren't you? Do you even want to rescue Mother and your second brother?"
"Of course I do."
"You missed me without saying a word?"
Pan Xiaohua felt utterly exhausted and said helplessly, "How can I say anything? Should I help you or them?"
Pan Yi's lips twitched. "You want to help outsiders? Humph, of course you're helping me."
"Help you?" Pan Xiaohua laughed. "You've offended them so badly all by yourself, why would I help you? What if they hate me too, and our whole family gets hated? If that happens, there won't be any way to make amends."
"You still want to salvage the relationship?"
"Otherwise what? I didn't say anything nasty to offend her. Maybe after my second sister-in-law finishes her postpartum confinement, I can still say a few words to her. But if I were like you and offended her badly, I wouldn't even have the face to see her. What would happen to Mother and my second brother then?"
Pan Yi disagreed, feeling that the other party didn't take her, a mere girl, seriously at all.
See you again?
Hmph, before he came, this brat went so many times and never even got close to him.
……
Looking at the letter on the table, Fu Xingwei and his wife were at a loss.
"Should we give her this letter or not?"
If we say no, their manners tell us that it's not right.
I'm worried that if I give it to her, my daughter might do something foolish.
Does anyone know what's written inside?
"Why don't we open it up and take a look first, so we can give her our opinion?"
"This isn't right. Xiaoyi is so old, how can we peek at her letters?"
Yes, they respect the child's privacy.
Let alone believing her, they would never peek at her diary or the essays she wrote when she was in school without her permission.
At that moment, Fu Leyi came downstairs.
"Let's open it up and take a look together."
The two of them looked up at Fu Leyi, who was coming down the stairs.
"Xiaoyi, why did you come down?"
As she walked downstairs, she said, "I heard everything. I've been listening from the bottom of the stairs."
The two men frowned.
Fu Xingwei was silent for a moment, then asked her, "Now that you've heard it, how do you plan to resolve this?"
Fu Leyi sighed and said, "I feel like they're complete strangers to me."
She sat down on the sofa opposite her parents and said, "They are completely different from the people I used to know. They are so unfamiliar, so unfamiliar."
Fu Xingwei nodded and said, "If they want to fool you, they will definitely put on an act. Don't just talk about you, your mother and I were fooled by them too."
"Yes," Zhang Fangfang sighed, "Don't blame yourself too much. Just like I told you last time, your life has been too smooth, which is not a good thing. Now you've suffered a great loss, but it's still within the control of your father and me, so that's a good thing."
"If they really succeed, and your father and I are gone before you discover their secret, you won't be able to handle their whole family by yourself. That would be truly tragic."
Yes, it's a good thing that it was discovered early.
Fortunately, everything was in time.
"Let's get a divorce. Don't wait until I'm out of confinement, let's get a divorce now."
The two men exchanged glances, their gazes falling on her before settling on the letter on the table.
"Aren't you going to read the letter before you decide?"
Fu Leyi gave a bitter smile. "It doesn't matter anymore. What he writes doesn't matter. This marriage has to end."
The farther away this family is, the better, so that the parents don't have to worry.
After saying that, Fu Leyi picked up the letter on the table, glanced at it, and tore it in half without hesitation.
Zhang Fangfang and Fu Xingwei's expressions changed.
They just tore it up. Does that mean they're not going to watch it anymore?
Then I saw her stack the two halves together, tear them into four pieces, and throw them into the trash can.
"Dad, I'll write up a divorce agreement. Take it to Pan Hong at the detention center tomorrow."
Fu Xingwei looked at her for several seconds before nodding, "Okay."
He felt both relieved and heartbroken.
She grew up, but at such a heavy price.
……
The next day, Pan Hong received Fu Leyi's divorce agreement.
"My older brother went to look for you?"
"Hmm," Fu Xingwei said calmly.
Pan Hong gave a wry smile, as if it were something he had expected.
Her older brother went to see them, and she finally made up her mind to divorce him.
That's actually what he meant in his letter.
He wrote that he knew he was terribly wrong, that he didn't ask for her forgiveness, and that he would agree to a divorce if she wanted one.
I hope that ending this calculated marriage simply will at least make amends for my mistakes.
He didn't know that Fu Leyi hadn't even read the letter.
Unbeknownst to them, after Fu Leyi tore up the letter, threw it in the trash, and left, Fu Xingwei secretly picked it up, pieced it back together, and read it carefully.
It was precisely because of the contents of that letter that Fu Xingwei took a second look at Pan Honggao.
It's best not to get entangled; it makes things easier for everyone.
If both parties agree to divorce, the divorce certificate can be obtained in just a few minutes.
If they disagree, they'll have to sue, which is troublesome.
After signing the papers, Pan Hong asked Fu Xingwei, "Dad, what's the child's name?"
"Fu Shuran."
"Shuran? Clouds drift and unfurl, a charming smile. Good, a very nice name. Dad, thank you for telling me your daughter's name. I... I'm sorry to her."
They listened to the recording and learned that Pan Hong was actually not very willing to switch children.
But he was born into that kind of family, and he was exposed to many things from a young age. Even though he later read a lot of books, it was still difficult for him to change some deeply ingrained things.
He was unwilling, knew it was wrong, and refused verbally.
Unfortunately, in the end, he couldn't resist his mother's instigation.
If you make a mistake, you have to pay the price for it.
They arranged a time to get their divorce certificates and went to the Civil Affairs Bureau before the holiday.
Therefore, Fu Xingwei had the charges against Pan Hong dropped and released him from the detention center.
Because he handed the child to the child's grandmother, and the two of them agreed in the recording that he would return the child to them later, it wasn't that he wanted them to take the child away.
In his case, he wouldn't be sentenced anyway; at most, the case would just be dragged out a bit longer, and he'd be detained for a few more days.
He's been detained for over twenty days, that's about it.
Seeing that he wasn't making trouble and was willing to get a clean divorce, Fu Xingwei decided to let him go and reduce his detention time.
The day we got our divorce certificate was a Monday.
He waited at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, wrapped in a thick sweater, watching the Fu family's car drive up and Fu Leyi, who was bundled up tightly, get out of the car.