A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

The conversation ended unhappily, and Shang Hua slammed down the phone.

Lu Congyue was in a gloomy mood all day. That night, after the children were asleep, he hugged his wife and talked about the matter.

Zhuang Qingxiang had long noticed Shang Hua's feelings for Lu Congyue, but he wouldn't listen when she told him.

Now that Shang Hua has brought it up directly, it's not surprising.

Her calmness made Lu Congyue uncomfortable, so he hugged her and asked, "Aren't you angry?"

"I've calmed down now," Zhuang Qingxiang admitted. "When you said I was overthinking things, I got even angrier. But thankfully, you were very sensible and knew I was worried, so you reduced the amount of time you spent alone with her."

Lu Congyue immediately backed down; he still remembered what he had been thinking at the time.

He felt that Zhuang Qingxiang was being unreasonable and jealous.

Although he didn't say it.

"Wife, I was wrong, your intuition was right."

Luckily, he was thick-skinned and could continue to cuddle with his wife, saying, "I'll listen to whatever you say from now on, and I'll never make you angry again."

Zhuang Qingxiang was annoyed by his clinginess and slapped him: "Aren't you hot? If you want to talk, can't you lie down and talk properly?"

Lu Congyue quickly let go, took a palm-leaf fan to fan his wife, and asked as he fanned her, "Wife, what should I do now? Uncle Shang has been kind to me, and Sister Shang has been very good to me, helping me a lot. I can't afford to fall out with them over this, can I?"

"There's no need to fall out, is there? You don't work or live together anymore, and you're so far apart. Just keep in touch the way you always have."

Zhuang Qingxiang hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Why did Sister Shang get divorced?"

Lu Congyue wasn't very clear about this matter either, only knowing that she was the one who insisted on getting married and also insisted on getting divorced.

"Shang Jie is older than you, and she's been married for so long without having any children? If she had a child, the two of them wouldn't have ended up getting a divorce..."

"I don't know much about her situation. Sister Shang is a very opinionated person, and even Uncle Shang can't make decisions for her," Lu Congyue sighed. "Don't you think I'm too indifferent? All these years, I haven't even cared about how she's doing."

Zhuang Qingxiang immediately glared at him: "If you keep showing her concern, she'll think you like her even more and won't marry anyone but you."

Lu Congyue was helpless. Apart from Zhuang Qingxiang, he couldn't figure out what the other women were thinking all day long. He was completely unaware of when Shang Hua had developed feelings for him.

"Actually, I don't think Sister Shang really wants to marry me. It's more like she's sulking with someone..." Lu Congyue pondered. "I feel like something's wrong with her. Qingxiang, I admit, I'm worried about her, but it's the kind of worry you have for your own sister."

"If you're worried, go and investigate." Zhuang Qingxiang wouldn't get jealous for no reason. Having experienced so much, she knew what kind of people Lu Congyue's biological father and stepmother were, and she understood even more how deep his feelings for the Shang family were.

If it could help Shanghua, she encouraged him to find out the reason behind the matter.

Hearing Zhuang Qingxiang say this, Lu Congyue was so touched that he kissed her twice: "My wife, you're so good to me."

Zhuang Qingxiang hugged him and whispered, "That's because you're better."

The two hugged quietly and intimately for a while, then Zhuang Qingxiang started complaining that he was too hot, pushed him away, and rolled to the side to sleep.

Feeling rejected, Lu Congyue felt an emptiness in his arms.

My wife is so comfortable to hug, she's soft and cool, and it's not hot at all in the summer...

"Haruka..." He shamelessly moved closer again.

After being told he was hot again, he quickly continued fanning himself: "I'll fan you, it's not hot, you can just sleep."

Helplessly, Zhuang Qingxiang was held in his arms, resting her head on his arm, and closed her eyes before falling asleep after a while.

Lu Congyue couldn't sleep because he was thinking about Shang Hua. He fanned Zhuang Qingxiang with a palm-leaf fan for half the night. Even though his arm, which was being used as a pillow, went numb, he couldn't bear to pull it away. He didn't know why, but from the first moment he saw her until now, he just wanted to be with her all the time...

The next day, Lu Congyue began asking around about Shang Hua's divorce.

She didn't look for anyone else, but instead went to Shang Hua's ex-husband, Ge Jiangtao.

He went to the Shang family with Shang Jianjun when he was seventeen or eighteen. He attended Shang Hua's wedding and met Ge Jiangtao several times.

In his memory, Ge Jiangtao was a very good soldier—sincere, down-to-earth, kind, and capable.

When Shang Hua decided to marry him, he was just a battalion commander from an ordinary family, while Shang Jianjun was already an army commander. The two families had vastly different backgrounds.

At the time, Shi Hua had many suitors, and any two of them came from families with better backgrounds than Ge Jiangtao.

But Shang Hua resolutely chose him, and when they got married, he promised to treat Shang Hua well.

So Lu Congyue was very surprised when the two divorced.

After calling Ge Jiangtao's unit and explaining who he was looking for, it took a long time before the call finally went through.

"Lu Congyue?" Ge Jiangtao was surprised to receive the call. He knew Lu Congyue, but the two did not have much contact and their relationship was not close.

"Why did you suddenly contact me? Is something wrong?"

"It's not really anything serious," Lu Congyue said in a deep voice. "I just wanted to ask, what exactly happened between you and Sister Shang? Why did you suddenly get divorced?"

Ge Jiangtao hadn't expected the call to be about such a private matter. He frowned and said unhappily, "This is between Shang Hua and me. You don't seem to have the right to pry into this, do you?"

In the end, he's just an outsider surnamed Lu, not a member of the Shang family.

"Don't misunderstand, I just think it's a pity that you and Sister Shang got divorced after being married for so many years. I just wanted to ask what happened and see if there's any way to get back together," Lu Congyue said quickly, his tone sincere.

Upon hearing this, Ge Jiangtao's tone softened somewhat: "I see... Shang Hua asked you to act as a peacemaker, right?"

Lu Congyue frowned.

For some reason, he sensed a hint of condescension in Ge Jiangtao's question.

"Actually, I didn't want to divorce Shanghua at first, but she was just too..."

Ge Jiangtao paused, then sighed, "You've lived in the Shang family for many years, so you should know her temper. She comes from a good family, has a bad temper, and is unforgiving when she's in the right. I can tolerate all of that, but she shouldn't bully my family members for no reason. That's my bottom line."

"What did you say?" Lu Congyue was shocked, then subconsciously retorted, "Sister Shang bullied your family? How could that be? Sister Shang isn't that kind of person."

"I wouldn't lie about something like this, you can ask her," Ge Jiangtao sighed. "But since she asked you to mediate, it seems she knows she was wrong. So please help me pass on a message: as long as she realizes her mistake and sincerely apologizes to my family, I'm willing to take her back."

Lu Congyue frowned more and more, subconsciously glancing at the receiver, even wanting to confirm whether the person on the other end of the phone was really Ge Jiangtao.

How did he manage to do that? He spoke of Shanghua with such a condescending and condescending tone.

It was as if he was taking pity on her by accepting her back.

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