Chapter 84 - 083: Yielding (Second Update)
Bai Xue’s word "divorce" made Ye He Ping, who was pacing back and forth in the living room, stop and look straight at her. Bai Xue lost her confidence but still stubbornly met his gaze.
She didn’t want a divorce, but seeing Ye He Ping scold her like this, she couldn’t swallow her pride. Besides, isn’t it usually the woman who mentions divorce, and the man gets scared and comes back to coax his wife? Unconsciously, Bai Xue calculated in this way too.
Time seemed to stop at this moment, so quiet that Bai Xue could hear her own heartbeat.
For a long while, so long that Bai Xue could hardly sit still, she heard the voice she both hoped for and feared, "Do you really mean it?"
No shouting, no questioning; such a calm voice made Bai Xue realize things weren’t going as she had planned. Staring blankly at the man before her, he didn’t even try to keep her. Could it be that the feelings over the years meant nothing to him?
The grievance and anger in her heart made the usually sharp-witted Bai Xue refuse to lower her head at this moment, "Yes."
"Fine, it seems we can’t continue living like this. If we both don’t want it, then let’s not do it. Tomorrow I’ll file a divorce report, and we’ll get divorced. You don’t like the older child, so she will stay with me. You take Ye Qian, and I’ll give you ten bucks a month for living expenses," Ye He Ping laid out the details directly.
Bai Xue’s face turned as white as paper, "Fine."
Ye He Ping took large strides towards the East Room, not wanting to stay any longer, which fiercely pierced Bai Xue’s heart. Tears fell like rain. The door to the West Room was flung open, and Ye Qian rushed out with red eyes and a tear-streaked face, her voice sharp, "Dad, don’t divorce Mom. Don’t leave Mom and me. It’s all my fault. If it weren’t for me, none of this would have happened, and sister wouldn’t have been wronged and ran away in anger."
As she spoke, Ye Qian reached the door of the East Room and hugged her father from behind, "Dad, Mom was just angry. For years, Mom has given so much for this family wholeheartedly, and you’ve seen it too. Whenever I and Mom are home, Mom would always apologize to Grandma, hoping that one day when the family’s situation improves, we could bring Grandma and sister here. Mom always said she didn’t dare say these things in front of Dad, fearing it would upset you more."