After the divorce, my ex-husband and son lined up to pursue me.

Chapter 14 Abandoning Husband and Son
Jiang Xia knew he had misunderstood.

But this misunderstanding is too absurd.

She had no time to explain and simply said, "Didn't you see the divorce agreement I left behind?"

It's better not to mention it, but once it's brought up...

Ruan Muhuai's face darkened with anger in an instant. He strode over, grabbed Jiang Xia's arm, and slammed her onto the sofa. He knelt down beside her, pinching her cheek almost angrily: "How dare you mention that?"

"You're just going to throw away a perfectly good life like this? You don't want a single penny, not even Chaochao! Jiang Xia, what's wrong with you?!"

He only glanced at the divorce agreement drafted by Jiang Xia before tearing it to shreds.

Jiang Xia tried to break free, but no matter what she did, she was no match for Ruan Muhuai. Helpless, her pent-up resentment instantly flared up!
"I'm crazy?" Jiang Xia sneered, "Yes! I'm crazy! Are you satisfied now?"

Ruan Muhuai let go of Jiang Xia's hand, looking at her with a smile, his voice filled with such heartbreak, as if he were about to collapse.

His brows furrowed in confusion: "What's wrong with you? Have I shortchanged you? Or are you lacking food or clothing? Buy whatever you want, isn't that enough?!"

Ruan Muting told him countless times, "Jiang Xia is a vampire! She does nothing all day but take care of a child, and you haven't seen how well she's raised Chaochao! She eats and drinks your food all day long, and you're just raising a parasite like this!"

Ruan Muhuai never thought that way.

"Jiang Xia is my wife. If I don't support her, am I supposed to support another woman?"

"Besides, she gave birth to my son, giving you a nephew. You should shut up and stop targeting her."

He always spoke up for Jiang Xia.

He always felt that supporting his wife and children was a man's duty. Not to mention that Jiang Xia didn't like to spend money, even if he spent money like water, he still wouldn't care.

But it seems that money still can't satisfy a woman's heart.

Jiang Xia closed her eyes weakly, feeling exhausted even to say another word. After a long while, she finally said, "Think what you want. Chaochao is surnamed Ruan, so she should follow you. I don't want anything. I'll leave with nothing."

She didn't have much time left, and all she wanted was relief.

Husband and son... are like sand slipping through my fingers.

Then let's just release it.

"Divorce?" Looking at her listless appearance, Ruan Muhuai felt that she was like a dead pig that doesn't fear boiling water. He gritted his teeth in frustration: "I don't want anything, you just want to leave with nothing and abandon your husband and children!"

He roared out the last syllable, a sound he rarely makes.

It also brought out his deep resentment and confusion!
"Jiang Xia!" He grabbed Jiang Xia's arms, forcing her to look at him. "Do you think marriage is child's play? You think you can just decide to get married and then walk away if you don't want to? Have you thought about our son?!"

"Have you considered how much impact and harm a single-parent family can have on a child? Chaochao is already six years old; he understands everything!"

Jiang Xia endured the pain in her arm and suppressed the agony in her heart. She forced back the tears welling up in her eyes and said only, "Chao Chao doesn't like me..."

Ruan Muhuai was taken aback.

“He’s wanted to change mothers for a long time, and I’m granting his wish. Isn’t that a good thing?” Jiang Xia controlled her trembling voice and took the opportunity to push Ruan Muhuai away.

She stood up, supporting herself on the sofa, feeling dizzy and her vision blurring. She bit her lip and said, "Didn't you also regret marrying me? If we could do it all over again, you and Chaochao could both get what you wanted. What's wrong with that?"

Chaochao is still young, and sometimes what he says may not be what he really means. Even if he does, Jiang Xia has the time and opportunity to gradually bring his son's thinking back to normal.

But... a sudden illness struck, and death had already raised its scythe against her.

Jiang Xia had no time left, and no way to bring her son back to the right path, so she had to force herself... to be ruthless.

"You can have Chaochao. I don't want anything. Consider it child support for Chaochao. Ruan Muhuai, if you still have any sense of humanity, then..." Jiang Xia felt extremely dizzy, and the intense and unstable emotions also gave her a splitting headache.

She forced herself to continue, "Raise Chaochao well. If you have other children in the future, they can inherit everything from you, but you must ensure that Chaochao succeeds in his studies and becomes a kind and good person."

She's a mother, after all...

What mother could bear the thought of a piece of her own flesh falling off her body, separated from her flesh and bone?

Jiang Xia forced her brain to work as fast as she could, "Ruan Muhuai, he's your first child, no matter what..."

"Shut up!" Ruan Muhuai snapped out of his daze, his even more gloomy gaze icyly enveloping her. "Jiang Xia, what on earth are you doing?!"

Jiang Xia ignored her and continued speaking desperately, as if giving her last words, so she forced her brain to say as much as she could think of.

"Don't take your anger out on Chaochao because of me. He's your own flesh and blood. Don't be too harsh or cruel to him..."

A stepmother will inevitably lead to a stepfather.

If you can't rely on men, leaving your children with them is a huge mistake.

But Jiangxia had no choice.

"I told you to shut up!" Ruan Muhuai strode forward and grabbed Jiang Xia's chin, slamming it shut. "Jiang Xia! You..."

Before he could continue, he was suddenly interrupted by a soft, weak child's voice—

"Mother?"

Suddenly, Chaochao appeared at the stairwell.

No one knew what Chaochao had heard. His high fever hadn't completely subsided, his little face was flushed an unnatural red, his breathing was rapid, and his little mouth was slightly open as he listlessly looked at Jiang Xia: "You... don't want me anymore?"

Jiang Xia was suddenly taken aback.

Ruan Yuanchao stumbled over, her weak little legs struggling, and quickly ran to Jiang Xia's side, hugging her tightly: "You really don't want me anymore... but you're my mother..."

"There's only one mother in the world who's good; a child without a mother is like a blade of grass..."

"The little cabbages turn yellow in the field, they lost their mothers when they were just two or three years old..."

The nursery rhymes he learned in kindergarten instantly echoed in Ruan Yuanchao's mind. His feverish mind was clouded, and he couldn't care less about Aunt Xinrou, whom he missed dearly. At this moment, he had only one thought: he couldn't be a child without a mother.

Otherwise, people will laugh at you.

Born of a mother, but raised by one...

Aunt Xinrou hasn't agreed to be his mother yet, and besides, she's not his biological mother. He doesn't want to be laughed at by the other kids.

Ruan Yuanchao's eyes reddened as she thought about it, and with a "waah," tears streamed down her face like a burst dam, unstoppable.

"Please don't abandon me, Mom. I was wrong... Please don't abandon me..."

(End of this chapter)