A lonely, unlucky military officer with a stubborn fate insisted on marrying me.

"Huizhi, I know it was my fault. I will never let her into our house again."

To show his determination, Li Jianjun suddenly reached out and shoved Zhou Haimei next to him.

He was quite forceful, and Zhou Haiming was pushed so hard that she stumbled, staring at Li Jianjun in disbelief.

She never imagined that Li Jianjun would actually lay a hand on her in order to keep Lin Huizhi!

Does he think that he is not as good as Lin Huizhi, who cannot even have children?

Zhou Haimei was both angry and anxious. She had spent a lot of money and several months planning chance encounters and creating opportunities to get close to Li Jianjun in order to get close to him. How could she let all her efforts go to waste like this!

With a change of heart, Zhou Haimei simply went with the push and fell to the ground with a cry of "Ouch!"

Instantly, he put on an expression as if he had suffered a great injustice.

She looked up at Li Jianjun, her eyes reddening, "Jianjun, how could you push me like that?"

Yesterday, when we were having lunch together in the cafeteria, you said you felt sorry for what I was going through.

"I..." Li Jianjun was at a loss for words when the topic of yesterday's lunch came up.

He did indeed run into Zhou Haimei again in the cafeteria yesterday at noon. She took the initiative to bring him food, serving him dishes and soup, and mentioned her situation. He comforted her with a few words.

Li Jianjun hurriedly looked at Lin Huizhi and urgently explained, "Huizhi, I... please don't misunderstand me..."

"Alright, stop arguing and stop acting!"

She stepped forward, her tone calm yet carrying an undeniable force: "You may leave!"

As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed Li Jianjun's arm, pulling him out. She then bent down and pulled Zhou Haiming up from the ground, shoving the two of them out of the room.

With a "click," the latch was closed, and Lin Huizhi leaned against the door panel, her chest rising and falling slightly.

The composure I had been putting on finally crumbled a bit; my fingertips turned white from the effort, but no tears fell.

Old Mrs. Li's voice rang out from outside the door: "What's going on?"

This was immediately followed by Zhou Haimei's delicate, tearful lament.

After hearing this, Old Mrs. Li's voice became shrill with joy: "Lin Huizhi wants a divorce?"

That's fantastic news!

"Good riddance! Without that barren jinx, my Jianjun can find another fertile and wonderful wife!"

Li Jianjun stood there, stunned, still recalling Lin Huizhi's words. He was deeply annoyed by what Old Lady Li had said, and coupled with Zhou Haiming's crying beside him, he felt an urge to hit someone!

"Jianjun!" Zhou Haiming tried to argue further, but Li Jianjun interrupted her fiercely, "Get out of here!"

He threw out a sentence and walked away.

Zhou Haimei froze, startled by his shout. She glared at him angrily, stomped her foot, and turned to leave.

Just as he stepped out of the Li family's courtyard, he bumped into Lin Yinyin, who was hurrying back.

Zhou Haimei was already seething with anger and had nowhere to vent it. Seeing Lin Yinyin blocking her way, she snapped angrily, "Why are you stopping me? I have nothing to say to you!"

Lin Yinyin crossed her arms and looked her up and down with a half-smile: "Comrade Zhou, did you come from the Li family?"

Judging from your appearance, you must have suffered some injustice inside?

Zhou Haimei's face turned pale and then red. "Stop talking nonsense!"

Lin Yinyin felt contempt. This woman's feelings for Li Jianjun were blatantly written on her face.

Too lazy to beat around the bush, she went straight to the point: "Zhou Haimei, have you taken a liking to Li Jianjun?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhou Haimei's expression changed drastically, and she subconsciously retorted.

"Stop pretending." Lin Yinyin scoffed.

"Since you want it, it's not like I can't give it to you. But I have to ask, how much do you think a man like Li Jianjun is worth?"

"Say it again?" Zhou Haimei was taken aback by the sudden transaction.

"You heard me right, name your price, and Li Jianjun will give it to you!"

"Would your sister agree?" she quickly asked.

"You know my sister, she's been bullied by Old Lady Li for so many years and never said a word. She's a person without her own opinions."

I'm in charge of things in the Lin family. If I make a scene again, my sister will definitely get a divorce!

Zhou Haiming nodded in agreement, recalling Lin Yinyin's troublemaking prowess.

Lin Yinyin then pretended to be troubled and said, "To be honest, my sister still has feelings for Li Jianjun, and Li Jianjun can't live without my sister, his capable wife. It would actually be quite difficult for him to leave—unless…"

"Unless what? How much do you want?" Zhou Haimei interrupted her hastily, afraid that she would change her mind.

Lin Yinyin held up five fingers.

"five hundred?"

Zhou Haimei agreed without hesitation, "Okay! I can raise the money, but they have to get a divorce within ten days? I need a definite answer!"

"..." Lin Yinyin was stunned.

Five hundred? She originally meant to say fifty!

Back then, Lin Xiulan sold her, a young and unmarried woman, for only fifty yuan.

In those days, a worker's monthly salary was only twenty or thirty yuan, so five hundred yuan was an astronomical figure!

Sure enough, she was narrow-minded!

But he remained composed on the surface: "Okay, but pay three hundred first, and two hundred in ten days."

"Okay." Zhou Haimei breathed a sigh of relief; she still had some self-awareness. Lin Huizhi was indeed beautiful, and if Li Jianjun insisted on judging her solely by her looks, there was nothing she could do.

She also needs to maintain a good image and not be too pretentious, so Lin Yinyin is indeed more suitable for this role.

Besides, she really doesn't have time.

Zhou Haimei added, "However, don't let me see Li Jianjun and your sister being all lovey-dovey again these next few days." She wanted to be prepared for both scenarios, acting as a caring older sister to Li Jianjun during his period of distress.

"Sure, no problem!" Lin Yinyin readily agreed.

"Let's make the transaction at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow," Zhou Haimei suggested.

"no problem!"

After the two reached an agreement, Lin Yinyin returned home in a very good mood.

Although she didn't find a house today, she sold her brother-in-law for 500 yuan!

It's worth more than her 300 jin of pork!

Lin Yinyin thought to herself happily that this money would be enough for her sister to live on for several years.

"Sister, I'm back!"

When Lin Yinyin returned, she saw Lin Huizhi writing something. "Sister, what are you writing?"

"Divorce application!" Lin Huizhi said calmly, as if she were talking about something perfectly ordinary.

"Oh, that's great. Do you need us to polish it up for you?"

For example, adding that Old Mrs. Li had been abusing her daughter-in-law for years, constantly beating and verbally abusing her, and that Li Jianjun was completely blind to reality and a mama's boy, etc.

"You!" Lin Huizhi was amused by her cleverness.

"That's good enough, just make sure things are clear."

Lin Yinyin sat down at the table and tilted her head to look at her: "Sis, why aren't you sad at all? I thought you were going to have a good cry."

Lin Huizhi picked up the water glass on the table, took a sip, and stared at the setting sun outside the window, her eyes expressionless.

My heart is dead, and my tears have all dried up.

I've suffered enough grievances in the Li family these past few years; now that it's come to the point of divorce, I just feel a sense of relief.

"That's true! Once we leave that awful family, we'll definitely have a better life!"

Lin Yinyin changed the subject abruptly, leaning closer mysteriously, "Sis, I have some good news and some bad news to tell you. Which do you want to hear first?"

"Let's hear the good news first, so I can share in the joy."

"Great news! I sold Li Jianjun for 500 yuan!"

"You...killed him?" Lin Huizhi's face turned pale instantly.

"Sis! What are you thinking!" Is she really that bad in her sister's eyes?

Lin Yinyin, afraid that her sister would worry, quickly recounted how she stopped Zhou Haiming at the gate of the courtyard, exposed her thoughts, and then deliberately said that she could "give up" Li Jianjun. She had originally intended to ask for fifty yuan, but Zhou Haiming readily agreed to give her five hundred yuan.

After hearing this, Lin Huizhi hesitated, then swallowed her words. After repeating this several times, she finally shook her head.

That's enough! Let it be!

Let bygones be bygones. What matters is the present and the present.