Chapter 1080: A Few Years Or Longer
Lin Miao hesitated for a moment, her mind racing.
"Gong Zhan has been transferred to the Imperial Military District?" she muttered to herself in disbelief.
That didn’t make sense. This never happened in her previous life. This had to be a lie!
Gong’s family was trying to deceive her, she thought. Unwilling to accept it, she pressed her mother-in-law further. "Mom, Gong Zhan is the only son of the Gong family. How could you let him go to the Imperial Military District? This doesn’t make any sense."
Madam Chen’s tone was laced with mockery. "Oh, look at you, speaking as if our family has a throne to pass down," she sneered. "What era are you living in? And you’re a college graduate with such outdated thoughts. Lin Miao, I don’t need to lie to you. Gong Zhan is indeed no longer in Guangcheng. Going to the capital was his own choice. His father and I had no say in the matter. As his wife, you have no choice but to accept it. If you’re unwilling to wait for him, then divorce him. It’s as simple as that."
Madam Chen had always been reluctant to let Gong Zhan leave, shedding tears even in the dead of night. Now, with Lin Miao arriving at her doorstep, Madam Chen couldn’t suppress her growing irritation.
She didn’t care for etiquette or decorum anymore. If this was the kind of woman Lin Miao was, she would play the role of the "evil mother-in-law" to get rid of her once and for all, so that she wouldn’t keep pestering them for their son.
Lin Miao stood frozen, her mind spinning. Was it true? Gong Zhan had really left for the Imperial Military District? Why?
She persisted, asking Madam Chen, "Mom, when will Gong Zhan return? I won’t divorce him—I’m willing to wait for him."
As Madam Chen showed Lin Miao the door, she replied coldly, "If you’re willing to wait, then go back to the Gu family and wait there, whether it’s for a few years or even longer. I don’t know. And please, stop calling me ’mom.’ Just because you married my son doesn’t make me your mother. I haven’t even shared a cup of tea with you, so what gives you the right to call me that? Now, please leave."
Madam Chen ushered Lin Miao out with no hesitation, closing the door behind her with a sense of finality. She even regretted opening the door in the first place, having not properly assessed who was at the door.