Li Ming, who had been prepared all along, quietly followed behind.
Li Qingge followed An Fenglan and watched as she arrived at a courtyard, knocking three times on the door.
“Creak…”
The old wooden door opened, and a sleazy-looking man poked his head out. The moment he saw An Fenglan, his eyes lit up. He pulled her inside and bolted the door behind them.
“Baby, why are you so late? I’ve been missing you to death!”
The sleazy man groped her all over as he spoke.
[Look at how practiced these two are—who knows how many times she’s cuckolded that scumbag dad of mine. Heh heh, too bad he’s not here to see it, or he’d probably be coughing up blood from rage, right?]
Li Ming, who had followed them, saw An Fenglan embracing a middle-aged man as they entered the house. When he heard Li Qingge’s thoughts, he was so furious he nearly passed out.
That bitch had actually really cuckolded him.
Li Ming climbed over the wall directly into the courtyard. Before long, shouts and commotion erupted from inside the house. No one knew what the three of them discussed, but not long after, he came out dragging a disheveled An Fenglan by the hair.
[What a shame they didn’t get into a fight. That wasn’t entertaining to watch at all.]
Hearing Li Qingge’s thoughts, Li Ming twitched the corner of his mouth speechlessly.
He couldn’t help but recall another thing she’d said—that Li Huan and Li Le weren’t his biological children. Hatred burned in Li Ming’s heart.
He couldn’t tear into An Fenglan right now, but he’d deal with her when they got home tonight. He already had leverage on her, so he could make that bitch leave with nothing but the clothes on her back.
Besides, that male lover was a department head at the same factory as him, and he’d already promised to promote Li Ming to team leader in a few days. That counted as turning misfortune into a blessing.
The three of them returned home one after another.
Li Qingge washed up and went straight to sleep.
In the middle of the night, she heard crying and shouting coming from the next room.
Li Ming first stuffed a rag into An Fenglan’s mouth, then rained down punches and kicks on her.
He tore the rag from her mouth, his eyes bloodshot as if he wanted to devour her.
“Tell me, whose children are Li Huan and Li Le really?”
An Fenglan was trembling all over from the pain. She felt as if she were surrounded by bone-chilling cold, like being trapped in the dead of winter.
She couldn’t admit it. She absolutely couldn’t admit it.
“Wuwuwu, the children are yours!”
Li Ming didn’t believe her at all. He let out a sinister laugh. “Fine, you won’t admit it? Then I’ll beat it out of you.”
His fists fell again like raindrops. An Fenglan had two teeth knocked out. Blood and tears mingled together, streaming down her neck. Her eyes blacked out from the beating, and she nearly thought she’d go blind.
She couldn’t take it anymore and shouted, “I’ll talk, I’ll talk! The children belong to that man from today!”
Upon getting his answer, Li Ming flew into an even greater rage. He raised his foot and kicked An Fenglan viciously several times.
“We’re getting a divorce tomorrow. You leave with nothing. You bitch, you’ve been cuckolding me for so long and made me raise their kids for you—you really had it all figured out.”
An Fenglan nearly choked on her breath. She looked up at him pitifully. “We can’t divorce. Ming-ge, please, don’t divorce me.”
Li Ming spat on her. “Not divorce? Fine. Tomorrow I’ll spread your little secret to everyone. Let’s see if the factory will still keep a morally bankrupt woman like you.”
An Fenglan fell silent. If the factory found out what she’d done, they’d definitely fire her.
She could only say in a low voice, “Fine, I agree.”
“Get the hell out!”
Li Ming kicked An Fenglan out of the bedroom. Lying on the living room floor were Li Huan and Li Le, who had also been kicked out by Li Qingge.
The mother and daughters were now in the same miserable boat.
[Seeing that scumbag dad angry makes me happy. Serves him right for being blind. He deserved to be cuckolded, and he abused me too—this is all karma.]
Just as Li Ming was about to go to sleep, he heard Li Qingge’s thoughts again. A mouthful of old blood got stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down.
This rebellious daughter really wanted to anger him to death, didn’t she?
…
Li Qingge: Li Huan and Li Le, those two ungrateful wolves—they watched their own mother get bullied and didn’t even help. How selfish and self-centered can they be?
The three in the living room tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. Li Qingge, meanwhile, slept like a baby.
Just as dawn was breaking, An Fenglan had finally started to doze off when Li Ming kicked her awake.
She crawled up from the floor, rubbed her sore and aching waist, and glared hatefully at the man before her.
Li Ming glared back. “Are you a pig? It’s already light out. Go make me breakfast. After we eat, we’re going to get divorced.”
With her weakness in his grip, An Fenglan was like a wilted radish. She used her uninjured left hand to cook a pot of porridge.
After eating, Li Ming went to the factory to request leave. When he came back, he grabbed An Fenglan and dragged her out the door.
Because his strides were too long, An Fenglan stumbled twice and slammed into the doorframe.
Li Ming just watched coldly. All these years, he’d doted on his wife and two children. And what did he get in return? An Fenglan’s conscience had been eaten by dogs—she’d actually cheated behind his back. Hah.
As for those two bastards, he had already planned to find them husbands and marry them off within the next few days. Regardless of whether the men were old, sick, or disabled, as long as the bride price was high enough, he would agree. This could be considered repayment for raising them all these years.
Once he had money, what kind of wife couldn’t he marry?
Watching the two figures walk away, Li Huan and Li Le didn’t dare to breathe loudly. They had overheard their parents’ conversation the night before—so the two of them weren’t their biological children.
After calming down for a moment, the two hurried toward their grandmother’s house. In their desperation, they would try anything. With their parents like this, they had no other options.
Li Qingge took out a sandwich and a glass of milk from the Dimensional Space and ate breakfast. Then she locked the door and began rummaging through the house.
Her first target was the bedroom where her scumbag father and stepmother slept.
With the Gossip System’s help, she quickly found where her scumbag father hid his money.
Li Qingge counted—there was a full thousand yuan in large bills, along with various grain coupons, bicycle coupons, cloth coupons…
“Xiao Gua, is all the valuable stuff here?”
The Gossip System nodded. This Host insisted on naming it Xiao Gua, and it could only reluctantly accept.
Li Qingge stored the money and various coupons into the Dimensional Space. Passing through the living room, she also collected the family’s only electrical appliance—the radio.
Two hours later, Li Ming and An Fenglan had already finalized their divorce and returned.
They had just entered the house when An Fenglan’s grandmother came hobbling in on her bound feet right behind them.
As soon as she entered, without even catching her breath, she urged Li Ming: “Son-in-law, you can’t divorce! Married couples always fight in bed but make up at the foot of it. What hurdle can’t you get over?”
Li Ming shot her a disgusted look: “Shut up. Keep yapping and I’ll spread the word about your daughter’s adultery for everyone to hear. Then we’ll see if your precious grandson can still find a wife.”
An grandmother fell silent as if struck dumb. After all, her daughter was an outsider—she couldn’t let this affect her precious grandson. Fine, let them divorce. If needed, she could find another man for her daughter to marry.
Without An grandmother making a fuss, An Fenglan packed a bundle and followed her mother away dejectedly.
Li Huan and Li Le stood there silently like gourd dippers with their mouths sealed shut.
Li Ming gave the two a cold look, then turned and walked out the door. He needed to strike while the iron was hot and find husbands for these two bastards.