Chapter 447: 447: Six Human Lives
Chapter 447: Chapter 447: Six Human Lives
Tang Chuxia said the word “divorce,” and Dangdang’s crying grew even louder.
Gu Beihuai sighed.
The elder sister-in-law, grinding her teeth, said, “Why should we? To marry and then divorce, people will only mock Dangdang. We haven’t done anything wrong, why should we suffer all this?”
Tang Chuxia looked at Dangdang, “The decision is yours. If it’s only because of your mother-in-law, then go have a chat with Wu Haipeng. But if you think you can’t get along with Wu Haipeng either, then divorce. After all, you’ve only just got married, you’ve only been upset for a couple of days!”
Dangdang looked blankly at Tang Chuxia.
She didn’t want to get divorced.
Because she truly had feelings for Wu Haipeng.
Gu Beihuai reminded Tang Chuxia, “Stop causing trouble. Now if you break up their marriage, they’ll blame you if anything happens later!”
That’s precisely the reason why it’s said, “Better to demolish ten temples than to destroy one marriage.” No matter what the reason, if a couple has a disagreement, unless they willingly want to divorce, no one should advise them to separate. Those who want to leave don’t need advice, those who do need advice still have second thoughts.
Who knows if they’ll reconcile? Once the couple is back together, the one who urged the separation is the jerk.
It’s that unreasonable.
So at any time, it’s fine to listen, but do not meddle and ruin someone else’s marriage.
Tang Chuxia remembered this too, and already feeling somewhat tired, it now seemed even more pointless.
“I’m tired, I’m leaving first!”
Tang Chuxia’s sudden departure threw Dangdang into a panic, and she reached out to grab Tang Chuxia but was held back by the elder sister-in-law.
“Dangdang, you can’t have it both ways in life. You need to think about your own marriage, others’ opinions are just that—others’.”
The elder sister-in-law didn’t want her younger sister-in-law to misunderstand her own sister, so she could only awaken Dangdang to this reality.
Fortunately, at this time, Wu Haipeng arrived, preventing Dangdang from speaking out.
The elder sister-in-law heaved a sigh of relief and vented all her anger towards Wu Haipeng.
Wu Haipeng indeed realized his mistake and apologized profusely.
In the end, he earned a chance to talk alone with Dangdang.
“It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have let you endure those things at the wedding.”
Having said this, Wu Haipeng took Dangdang’s hand, “Rest here today. I’ll go back and arrange everything. We won’t live with my parents in the future!”
Dangdang suddenly looked up, tears falling non-stop.
Wu Haipeng felt very bad, “Can you trust me one more time?”
Dangdang was soft-hearted after all and nodded her head.
Wu Haipeng kissed the top of Dangdang’s head and then went home to deal with the situation.
Actually, before Wu Haipeng came to the Tang family, he had been called over by his uncles.
Near his home, he met his uncle, who hoped Wu Haipeng could persuade Father Wu not to divorce Mrs. Wu. They were both of an age, and a divorce at this time would look bad for everyone.
Wu Haipeng was delayed by his uncles’ long talk. When he returned home, he didn’t see Dangdang and learned from the four little ones that Mother Wu had scolded Dangdang away, so he immediately set out to find her.
Back at home, Father Wu had also returned.
He beckoned Wu Haipeng to come to the study for a talk.
“Dad, let’s just talk here. I’m making my stance clear today. I can’t and don’t want to get involved in your affairs with mom. You better settle it yourselves, but don’t bully my wife!”
Father Wu was stunned; he turned his head to look at Mrs. Wu.
Of course, Mrs. Wu didn’t dare look at Father Wu.
“What’s happened?” Father Wu had been with Beihuai’s uncle, trying to find out what Wu Haipeng had really been up to, never expecting trouble at home.
Dangdang certainly wouldn’t dare speak, and Mrs. Wu remained silent too; it was actually the old lady who could speak out.
“You married a fine concubine, plotted the death of your former wife and her children, but you don’t stop there; now you want to pin all the blame on your daughter-in-law. It seems she’s the only good person in the whole world!”
After the old lady finished her mocking rebuke, Father Wu could roughly guess what was happening.
If he could, Father Wu would like to give Mrs. Wu a good beating right now.
He never knew the person beside him could be so vicious.
“Divorce!”
That was all Father Wu said.
Mrs. Wu immediately knelt before Father Wu.
She adamantly refused.
Wu Haipeng looked at his disheveled mother, deeply troubled.
What in the world was going on?
Dangdang was just shielding the four kids, who were also terrified.
The old lady’s cane thudded on the floor: “Enough, you all have no shame, but I do. Look at what you’ve done, you’ve scared my great-grandchildren!”
Father Wu then fell silent and gestured to his four grandsons, who, unfortunately, were too afraid to come near him.
This hurt Father Wu deeply.
“Dad, the boys are already suffering enough, why add to it? What are you trying to do? I just got married, you ruined my wedding, and that’s that. Can’t you act like human beings? Couldn’t you have spared Dangdang from this?”
Wu Haipeng turned to the old lady: “Grandma, I know you’ve all suffered a lot and endured many hardships, but couldn’t you at least not be so heartless during my wedding? I’m willing to take my share of responsibility, but I didn’t expect you to ruin it!”
The old lady indeed felt guilty.
Wu Haipeng was the most innocent among them.
They chose to have nothing to do with Father Wu back then, making their own decision. At that time, Wu Haipeng was still an infant.
Now, she had ruined Wu Haipeng’s wedding, and the guilt made it hard for her to breathe.
Wu Haipeng, noticing the old lady’s distressed state, hurried over to help her catch her breath.
“Grandma, don’t scare me!”
The old lady also knew that if she died now, the four great-grandchildren would lose their support, and Wu Haipeng would hate her for the rest of his life.
“I’m fine, didn’t mean to scare you!”
Wu Haipeng sighed, his feelings complex.
“Grandma, I’m not scared; it’s just that I still don’t know the full story. Everything was told by you and Uncle Tiegen; I haven’t even asked my dad. What exactly happened back then? Shouldn’t we sit down and talk it over?”
Wu Tiegen hadn’t left yet; he needed to ensure the safety of the old lady and the children before he could leave with peace of mind.
He was also at the scene.
“Let’s talk, everyone should speak up. It needs to be made clear!”
Wu Tiegen’s words made Mrs. Wu’s face turn even uglier.
It was unclear whether she felt regret or had some other thoughts.
Honestly, the biggest bastard could only be Father Wu.
If it weren’t for his irresponsible actions back then—marrying a wife and not taking responsibility, showing interest in Mrs. Wu without solving the problem, and forcing Mrs. Wu to act—then he would be utterly despicable.
Father Wu rubbed his face: “What’s there to talk about concerning the past?”
He was reluctant to reminisce.
Wu Haipeng exploded: “Whether there’s something to say, don’t you really know? Six lives; don’t tell me you think that just because we didn’t call the police, this has nothing to do with you?”