After understanding animal language, the villainous girl is guaranteed to become a heartthrob.

Chapter 701 I Didn't Get a Divorce Because of You
"Gao Mingjiang!" Gao's mother said angrily, "Is this how you talk to me calmly? You're questioning me!"

Gao Mingjiang sighed again, trying to speak in a calm tone: "Mom, I'm not here to argue with you. I really want to discuss this with you. Can you tell me why? Why did you seem to like Ranran so much before, but now you hate her so much?"

“How could I dislike her?” Gao’s mother retorted. “Every day I help her feed that sheep, do housework, and cook…”

She had originally intended to offer to cook for her, but remembering that her son had just thrown the plate into the trash can, she swallowed the words back.

Gao's mother's eyes immediately welled up with tears, and her tone became more aggrieved: "Go ask around outside, how many mothers-in-law can do what I do?"

Gao Mingjiang: "..."

For the first time, he felt that communicating with his biological mother was a very difficult thing.

Gao Mingjiang ran his hand through his hair a couple of times and sighed, "Mom, can you tell me the truth? I really love Ranran and don't want to be separated from her."

Hearing her son's words, Gao's mother's face grew even more unpleasant. "I didn't force you to separate, did I?"

"Mom, I'm your own son, right?" Gao Mingjiang continued to press, "Why did you treat my wife like this?"

Mother Gao's face was ashen, and her tone was displeased: "You want your wife but not your old mother, is that it?"

Seeing that she was reluctant to answer, Gao Mingjiang felt there was no need to continue the conversation.

He covered his eyes with his hand, his voice devoid of emotion, "Mom, then forget it. Since you like living here, you can stay in this house. I'll look for a place tomorrow and move Ranran out."

After saying that, he strode towards the room.

"What do you mean by this?" Gao's mother caught up with him and grabbed his arm. "Now that you have a wife, you're going to abandon me, aren't you?"

Gao Mingjiang didn't say anything more, letting her sway him.

Gao's mother cried her heart out, wailing, "Gao Mingjiang, how could you be so heartless? How could you be like your father?"

Gao Mingjiang frowned. "Why are you bringing up my dad out of the blue?"

"You and your son are both here to collect a debt from me. Your father is dead and can't anger me anymore, so now you've inherited it, right?" Madam Gao cried, tears streaming down her face, and babbled incoherently.

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Gao Mingjiang asked helplessly.

Mrs. Gao clutched his sleeve tightly, her face flushed with excitement: "Didn't you want to know why I used to be so good to your wife, and why things are different now? Fine, I'll tell you today!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Mingjiang stared intently at her.

"Let me tell you, this is absolutely not my fault!" Gao's mother said through gritted teeth. "If anyone's to blame, it's her mother. Blame her for bewitching your father back then!"

Back then, she fell in love with Gao Heng and mustered up the courage to confess her feelings, but he rejected her, saying that he already had someone he liked.

Gao's mother was unwilling to give up and tried every means to have a relationship with Gao Heng. Later, she got pregnant as she wished and used the child to demand that he marry her.

Gao Heng was indeed responsible; he married her, but he didn't have her in his heart.

Over the years, he has never forgotten that woman.

"I never imagined fate would play such cruel tricks on people," Gao's mother sobbed, tears streaming down her face. "Your wife is actually that person's daughter..." Gao Mingjiang stared in astonishment. "Mom, you..."

When he was little, he felt that his parents were different from other people's parents. They were not close to each other at all. He has always slept in separate rooms since he can remember.

He asked why, but his mother always brushed him off with the excuse that it was an adult matter and children shouldn't ask.

Later, when I went to university, I had a heart-to-heart talk with my father over drinks and learned about my parents' relationship.

Gao Heng told his son that they got married because he had made mistakes when he was young, and that getting married was paying the price for his mistakes.

His momentary lapse in judgment changed the fate of three people.

If he hadn't done something wrong, he would probably have married the woman he loved and had a happy and warm family.

It was on that day that Gao Mingjiang learned that his parents' marriage was not based on love, and that his father had always had another person in his heart.

It was because of that conversation that Gao Mingjiang became more serious and earnest about relationships.

But he never expected that the person his father had loved for so many years was actually his mother-in-law.

Gao Mingjiang was still processing the shock of this incident when he heard his mother uttering vicious words.

"It's a good thing your father died early, otherwise you might not have been able to get married. We should be drinking your father's and that vixen's wedding wine!" Gao's mother said sarcastically.

"Mom, how can you say such a thing?" Gao Mingjiang said with displeasure. "Over the years, my father has never done anything to wrong you."

Even though he didn't love his mother, he always upheld his duties as a husband, behaved with propriety, and never did anything out of line.

"Hasn't he wronged me?" Mrs. Gao said angrily, her eyes red. "He married me, but he never wanted to sleep in the same room as me! He lived under the same roof as me, but his heart was always with other women. Isn't that wronging me?"

"Mom!" Gao Mingjiang thought she was being completely unreasonable. "You know better than I why you and Dad got married."

Gao's mother gripped her son's clothes tightly and shook him violently, almost frantically, "Did he tell you about that? How could he tell you?"

Gao Mingjiang calmly said, "My father has mentioned divorce to you more than once, but you disagreed."

"I disagree, why shouldn't I agree? Isn't it all for you?" A reproachful look appeared in Gao's mother's eyes. "I endured it all so that you could grow up in a healthy family, no matter how cold your father was to me or how heartless his words were! I didn't get a divorce because of you!"

After hearing these words, Gao Mingjiang suddenly laughed, his eyes gradually glistening with tears. "Mom, actually I've always felt very tired. You always impose your own ideas on me."

"What did you say?" Gao's mother stared wide-eyed at her son. "Do you want me to divorce your father?"

Gao Mingjiang did not answer, but murmured, "My father's death is not necessarily a bad thing. For him, it may have been a relief."

These words provoked Gao's mother, who suddenly roared like a madwoman, "Gao Mingjiang, what did you say! You heartless bastard! Did I raise you for nothing? How could you treat me like this?"

Gao Mingjiang gave a mocking smile and slowly said, "Mom, do you know? My dad is dead, and you've transferred all your control over him onto me. I'm forcing myself to accept it because I'm your son, and you've been kind to me."

He closed his eyes and continued, "But Ranran isn't your child. Without me, you'd be a stranger to her."