Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

"Tomorrow at eight o'clock, we'll get a divorce at the neighborhood committee office. The day after tomorrow, we'll go to the school to complete the property handover. If either of us doesn't show up, we'll see the police!"

Li Xiuhe stood up and kicked the door open with a bang.

Wu Guifen also threw the fire stick in her hand at Wang Guidian in the corner.

Lu Weiguo was the last to leave, and he sighed as he looked at the two of them.

"Heaven is watching what people do; you two better watch yourselves."

Since it wasn't his own business, Lu Weiguo remained relatively calm throughout.

After the four people left, the room returned to deathly silence.

Sun Guihua picked up the clothes from the ground and put them on haphazardly.

After she finished dressing, she intended to leave, but after standing for a moment, she sat back down in front of Li Xiuhe's dressing table.

For no apparent reason, I picked up a comb and slowly tidied my messy hair in front of the clean mirror.

The room was in complete disarray, with scattered bedding and a broken dressing mirror.

And there were wood chips scattered all over the room.

Wang Guidian was in excruciating pain all over his body, and at this moment he didn't even have the strength to put on his clothes.

Looking at the mess in the room, I wanted to speak, but my mouth was stuffed with air and my throat was hoarse.

In the end, all that could be left were a few roars.

After Sun Guihua finished tidying her hair and wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

It was as if he had returned to his former self.

It was as if only by maintaining such dignity could one forget what had just happened.

He turned around, stood up, and walked straight to the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed).

Looking at this spineless man, I was filled with emotions—not guilt, not malice, but the feeling that I had chosen the wrong person.

"What should we do?"

Sun Guihua's voice trembled, but her back remained ramrod straight.

This was her last shred of dignity.

"My child and I can't be without a place to live." Sun Guihua's voice returned to calm, as if she were narrating the most ordinary thing: "You have to take responsibility. You signed the document, you said you would take care of the child, and you were the one who took off my clothes."

The promises you made in bed were also oaths you swore afterward. Now that you're divorced, if you don't take responsibility for me...

I'll fight you to the death, I won't let you get away with this.

Same threats, same rhetoric.

This time, however, Sun Guihua's momentum overwhelmed Wang Guidian.

Wang Guidian made his promise for a few seconds.

He raised his head and looked at the woman in front of him by the moonlight.

He always thought that Sun Guihua was different from Li Xiuhe; she was a woman who could understand him, take care of him, and be considerate of him.

He is a woman who makes him feel like a man again when he is with her.

He looked so calm, even in this environment he didn't go crazy or make a fuss, and we started negotiating terms with him.

He inexplicably felt that this woman was so cunning, even more terrifying than Li Xiuhe.

"Me~~"

Wang Guidian opened his mouth, wanting to leave and calm down after everything was over before talking further.

But looking at Sun Guihua's cold face...

Wang Guidian dared not say anything.

Wu Guifen had completely shattered his courage.

courage?

What is this?

That will never happen to him again at this moment.

They paused for a moment.

Wang Guidian forced out a single "hmm" from his throat.

"Okay, I'll take that as a yes. I've lost my house, so I'll move in tomorrow with the kids."

After things are finished the day after tomorrow, we'll get our marriage certificate. From now on, I'll collect my salary from your school. We'll have subsidized meals, and I'll bring it back for lunch so we can eat together.

You can take whatever your ex-wife says she wants, but I want the exact same set.

You can't spend a single penny of your salary; if you need money, you'll have to find a way yourself.

Sun Guihua acted as if she were commanding a dog, giving Wang Guidian no chance to argue.

He, who had been huddled in the corner, finally came to his senses at that moment.

Is it too late?

From the moment Li Xiuhe entered, his fate seemed to have been sealed.

Is Li Xiuhe assertive?

However, I can take care of his daily needs, though it will be a bit more work.

But he could still spend his own money, otherwise he wouldn't have the money to fool around with Sun Guihua.

And this Sun Guihua.

It completely tied his neck.

The chain had become an inescapable knot around him, and could not be untied.

He recalled the look in Li Xiuhe's eyes when she left.

After all, even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. Besides hatred and disgust, there is also a trace of pity.

He remembered Li Xiuhe once jokingly saying, "Only women truly understand women. Women always approach you with an ulterior motive, so don't be blinded by them."

She said this to warn him not to look at her sister, Li Xiulian.

Li Xiulian was afraid that raising two children alone would become a burden to her own family.

But at that moment, he understood completely.

Li Xiuhe probably saw through Sun Guihua's true colors long ago.

Only then did I feel a sliver of pity.

After a long silence, Wang Guidian nodded in agreement.

He took out half a pack of cigarettes from under the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), not caring about the draft in his mouth.

But after holding it in his mouth, his hand was shaking so badly that he couldn't light a match.

Seeing this, Sun Guihua went up to the kang (a heated brick bed), squatted down in front of Wang Guidian, and took the match to light it for him.

Wang Guidian had just felt a sliver of warmth and thought that this kind of life might not be so bad, since he no longer had to worry about anything.

But what he said next plunged him into despair.

"Don't smoke this cigarette anymore. I'll get you some dry tobacco. It's cheap. There are free newspapers at school. Collect a lot and roll them yourself."

Wang Guidian's hand holding the cigarette trembled.

He stared at the woman in front of him in disbelief.

Sun Guihua, however, acted as if everything was normal and got up from the kang (a heated brick bed).

I started tidying up the messy house.

They even found a few of Li Xiuhe's old clothes and compared them to their own.

He picked and chose from the clothes rack, keeping all the expensive ones and hiding them away.

"You guys used to live so well, buying all your clothes, never doing anything yourself," Sun Guifen said sarcastically. "I never imagined you'd have no savings at all."

But it's alright, even if I have savings, I'll give them all to others.

"Oh, and go back home and bring your mom's sewing machine. Since we can't sell the tofu, I can still sew clothes. Go back to school and find some work; you've already lost face anyway."

"You don't have any children, but I have a son. He has to call you 'Dad,' and we'll have to save some money for him in the future."

Wang Guidian just listened blankly.

They didn't dare utter a single word of refusal.

Time passed little by little.

Gradually, the sky began to lighten with the pale light of dawn.

Inside the tenement building, rustling sounds began to rise.

Many people took their thermos flasks and basins and went out to wash up.

Sun Guihua stopped pretending at this point and put on a hat to cover most of her face.

She put on one of Li Xiuhe's woolen coats and told Wang Guidian that she was coming to pick up the child.

He simply pushed the door open and left.

Many people recognize this tofu beauty and are curious as to why she came out of Wang Guidian's house.

The widow, without any shame, boldly admitted that this was her home.

She casually mentioned that she could sew clothes, and waved goodbye with a smile.