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

Chapter 34 I'll just hang myself from the roof beam!

"I won't make things difficult for you, I'll just hang myself from the rafters of our house!"

The second grandfather, who had been silent all along, stepped forward and patted his chest, indicating that he would take him along and hang himself with his elder brother.

Ruan Muhuai: "..."

Does it have anything to do with him? Has he said anything?

My great-aunt realized she had acted rashly in anger, and slapped her forehead in frustration, "I misspoke, that's not what I meant..."

“I know, Auntie,” Jiang Xia said calmly, then helped the old man sit down. “Grandpa, don’t be angry. It’s not a big deal.”

Just consider it as encountering another mad dog.

Similar things have happened many times before. For Jiang Xia, swallowing his anger is no exaggeration.

The Ruan family must have been cursed by some bad luck; from the great-aunt to the sister-in-law, none of them were kind-hearted.

The old man's expression softened somewhat, and he patted Jiang Xia's hand reassuringly: "Alright, your great-aunt is getting senile, you don't need to pay attention to her. We're not going back to the ancestral home until tomorrow, go upstairs and rest for a while, go ahead."

Her second grandfather also gestured to her, meaning that she didn't need to worry about these messy things and should go and find some peace and quiet.

Jiang Xia agreed under the pretext and then walked out of the living room.

Little did she know, as soon as she left, the old man's anger turned to Ruan Muhuai, "You're still watching the show? Seeing your aunt making things difficult for your wife, how can you sit still?"

Ruan Muhuai had been whispering to Lu Yunzhou, mostly about business projects, but he was multitasking and overheard his aunt's words.

Indeed...it was intentional that I didn't want to get involved.

"Otherwise what?" He sat up straight, elegantly crossing his legs, casually toying with an unlit cigarette. "Jiang Xia isn't a new bride. She's been married into the family for years. If she can't even handle her relationships with her aunt, mother-in-law, and my sister, isn't that her problem? What does it have to do with me?"

"If I, as her husband, have to step in for everything, then what am I supposed to do with her? Is it really true, as my aunt said, that all she's good for is giving birth?"

That was a sarcastic remark, quite venomous.

But every sentence makes sense.

Marriage is a matter between two families. If a wife can't handle the relationships between her husband and mother-in-law and sisters-in-law after being together for a long time, and she relies on her husband for everything, then what is she? She's just a useless coward.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

The old man was so angry that he wanted to grab the teacup and smash it, but his uncle stopped him and said with a smile, "Why would you hit me? Brother-in-law, it's not worth it."

"Go over there and act as a peacemaker!"

"Okay!"

After scolding his brother-in-law, the old man glared at Ruan Muhuai and said, "What kind of trash are you? I'm asking you, Jiang Xia came to our family not for money or profit, but for whom? For you!"

"She married you because she's going to spend her whole life with you! I've told you since you were little that if you don't cherish your wife when you grow up and get married, you'll be a bachelor forever!"

Ruan Muhuai listened to the same old cliché, raised an eyebrow slightly, and said with a hint of cynicism, "Just like you?"

The old man, who had become an old bachelor—no, a widower—was furious.

Without uttering a single word, the old man picked up a teacup and threw it. As Ruan Muhuai dodged it, the old man stood up and angrily shouted, "Are you trying to drive me crazy, you bastard! You dare to talk about me? How good my relationship with your grandmother was, are you blind? Your grandmother only passed away a few years ago, have you seen me remarry? Huh?!"

Madam Ruan and her husband were a devoted couple throughout their lives. However, Madam Ruan was in poor health, and she became bedridden the year Jiang Xia and Ruan Muhuai got married. Her husband took care of her himself until her death, without needing anyone else. After his wife passed away, countless people came to propose marriage, and even her uncle had designs on his brother-in-law remarrying, as it wouldn't do for her husband to be so depressed all the time.

But the old man was determined; he didn't want anyone else and would never remarry. He had only ever had his wife, the old lady, in his entire life. Since he had made up his mind when he was young, he would stay with her until his death.

Ruan Muhuai remained silent, while the old man was also furious.

“You and Jiang Xia already have a son. If you can’t raise him properly, bring him to me! I’ll discipline him for you for a few years!”

As if he had been waiting for these words, Ruan Muhuai immediately nodded upon hearing them: "Okay, I'll have someone send Ruan Yuanchao over in a couple of days."

Old man: “…”

Well, here we wait for him.

The great-aunt seized the opportunity to say, "Now that Xiao Bao has been delivered, you and Jiang Xia should go back immediately and have a second child!"

The old man glared at his sister, then looked at Ruan Muhuai: "Whether or not to have a child is not up to us. You should ask Jiang Xia what she thinks, listen to her, and let her make the decision! Husbands and wives should respect each other! If she wants to, then you should cooperate actively, and stop smoking! Quit it for me!"

Ruan Muhuai, who was about to light a cigarette: "..."

Under the old man's angry glare, he had no choice but to put down his cigarette.

"If she doesn't intend to have any more children, then we won't! It's fine with only Chaochao; at least the Ruan family line hasn't ended, has it? You should make an appointment with the hospital later to have a tubal ligation!"

"..."

Ruan Muhuai frowned speechlessly. If he wasn't Jiang Xia's biological grandfather, then he was definitely Jiang Xia's biological grandfather.

There was no point in saying more, so he got up and walked out of the living room.

"If you don't like it, then leave! Who taught you this? Is this how I used to teach you?" The old man was still roaring. "Where's Chaochao? Where did you put my great-grandson? Bring him back to me! Ruan Muhuai!"

No response was received.

The old man seemed to be performing a one-man show, and he was so angry that he pounded his chest and stamped his feet.

Grandpa smiled, decisively took back the prayer beads, and closed his eyes to begin silently chanting scriptures again.

Lu Yunzhou looked at his cousin's departing figure with surprise, then glanced down at Zhong Yue. The two looked at each other, their meaning very clear: the Ruan family really has a lot of trouble.

Zhong Yue clicked her tongue and whispered, "My aunt and uncle haven't arrived yet. When they do, they'll probably start picking fights with my cousin's wife again."

“Their flight is tonight, and someone has already gone to pick them up.” Lu Yunzhou reached out and took the baby from Zhong Yue’s arms. “I’ll comfort the baby. You go check on your cousin-in-law and try to talk to her. Getting angry is bad for her health.”

Zhong Yue had the same idea, so she nodded, got up, said goodbye to the elders in the room, and hurriedly left the living room.

As she walked through the corridor, Zhong Yue saw Ruan Muhuai standing in the front yard porch, answering a phone call. She wouldn't eavesdrop, so she tried to walk around to the top of the stairs, but after taking only a few steps, she caught a glimpse of a large and a small figure entering through the courtyard gate.

The smaller one is clearly Nguyen Nguyen Trieu.

But the person leading him was...

Xin Rou?!
Zhong Yue was surprised and had a bad feeling. She hurriedly ran upstairs.

"Sister-in-law! Something terrible has happened! Xin Rou has brought your son!" Zhong Yue's voice, which she had been suppressing, suddenly erupted the moment she saw Jiang Xia upstairs: "How come she's with your son? What's this woman up to now?"

(End of this chapter)