CHAPTER 388: CHAPTER 388 DIVORCE

A loud bang erupted, and Tang Chuxia almost screamed, but fortunately, she reacted quickly and covered her own mouth.

She turned her head to look at Tang Jianbing.

Tang Jianbing pointed inside the house, where that loud noise came from, obviously something was smashed.

"What a waste!"

Tang Chuxia made such a comment, and Tang Jianbing agreed.

This was their grandfather’s house, and anything broken was also his property, didn’t it need to be replaced?

However, the siblings were thinking differently, Tang Jianbing worried about the waste, while Tang Chuxia was concerned about the noise being too loud.

It was simply giving people something to hold against them.

"What are you going crazy about?"

Inside the room was Tang Jianguo’s scolding voice. He held onto his child, covering the child’s ears, afraid to scare him.

The elder sister-in-law had already collapsed; she sat on the bed and started crying, "I’m going insane, why don’t you guys believe me?"

Tang Jianguo opened the door, handed the child to the anxiously waiting Ah Duo at the doorway, and then turned around to close the door.

Ah Duo wanted to say something to persuade them, but ultimately she said nothing.

She was also very afraid of Tang Jianguo.

Ah Duo, holding the child, walked over to Madam Tang, hoping she could persuade them.

Madam Tang asked her to take good care of the child, as for the young couple’s marital life, she couldn’t manage, nor did she want to anymore.

"What’s all this about, can’t things be talked out properly?"

Ah Duo couldn’t understand it; although Madam Tang wasn’t the wicked mother-in-law type and actually took great care of her daughters-in-law, this daughter-in-law simply wasn’t someone who could communicate properly.

Father Tang said with a cold face, "If it doesn’t work, then divorce, why all the fuss each day?"

He thought he would get the support of his wife and Ah Duo, but instead, he saw Madam Tang throw a shoe at him, hitting him right in the chest.

"Just shut up, let the young couple sort it out themselves, the worst is when others meddle and fuel the fire. What? Even if the daughter-in-law has made a mistake, isn’t she forgivable? Do you really want your son to divorce that badly?"

Madam Tang looked at the little one in her arms, thinking if her son and daughter-in-law divorced, then her eldest grandson would be from a single-parent family, and no matter who he ended up with, he would suffer in the future.

Importantly, if her son remarried, her eldest grandson would be even worse off without the care of his birth mother.

Another reason was that Tang Jianguo and his wife weren’t splitting up due to a lack of love or family issues, but purely because of differing views on how to treat their child.

They say teach your child openly and your wife quietly, if the wife makes mistakes, just teach her slowly, who doesn’t make mistakes?

Madam Tang was annoyed by Father Tang’s constant desire to assert his role as the head of the household.

After a thorough scolding from Madam Tang, Father Tang’s face turned beet red, and he dared not say much more, only managing to fling his sleeves and state, "Unreasonable, a summer insect cannot discuss ice! I’m going to find uncle to talk!"

Father Tang ran off.

Madam Tang then said to Ah Duo, "See? Men simply don’t understand women!"

Ah Duo responded with a smile, "Auntie, Uncle Tang is still okay, at least he doesn’t hit people, and he doesn’t argue with you!"

In Ah Duo’s eyes, a man who doesn’t beat his wife is already commendable; even if his wife scolds him in his face and he gets angry, he doesn’t argue; this is far better than her scumbag ex-husband.

Madam Tang sighed, "Let’s not talk about them anymore; let’s get the little ones to sleep!"

She told Ah Duo to take the little ones to sleep, and Madam Tang pressed her brows and sighed.

When will these troublesome days end?

What Madam Tang didn’t know was that at this moment, Tang Jianguo and his wife were still at an impasse.

Because the child was taken away, the elder sister-in-law’s emotions became unstable again, and she became very sensitive.

She kept crying, and Tang Jianguo was overwhelmed by her tears.

What on earth was a woman crying about?

"You tell me clearly, what do you have to cry about? The child almost died because of you, and for just a spit-up of milk, you wanted to see the ’divine woman’. If he had a fever, wouldn’t you know to see a doctor instead of seeking talisman water from the ’divine woman’?"

Tang Jianguo became more agitated as he spoke. If he hadn’t been tightly clenching his fists, he might have hit her by now.

The elder sister-in-law cried even harder, and she didn’t know what was wrong with her, just that she didn’t dare to explain it to Tang Jianguo.

"If you think we can’t continue like this, then let’s get a divorce!"

Tang Jianguo finally blurted it out.

The elder sister-in-law turned pale, her crying stopped, and all that was left was her body shaking uncontrollably.

"I know you’ve never thought highly of me, thinking that all these years I just managed to get to where I am now. You said you didn’t want to come back to take care of my parents, but I thought since my parents are still young and my brothers and sisters are also at home, we wouldn’t be needed, so I agreed to let you follow the army. You said your family was having difficulties, so I agreed to give money to support your family every year."

Tang Jianguo let out all of his frustration over the years.

"You never dare to say how much you took to your parents’ home; I thought that was your own salary, so I didn’t ask about it. As long as you were happy, it was fine. But when I buy something for my siblings, you feel aggrieved, demanding gifts for your siblings too. Well, that’s fine, since caring for them is your business, but you shouldn’t blame me for not treating everyone equally, right?"

Only then did the elder sister-in-law realize that Tang Jianguo must have had a lot of complaints about her over the years.

"You told the wives in the military camp that I didn’t treat you like family, and because of this, I was called in for talks by the logistics leaders several times. Then, when you finally got pregnant, I thought we could finally become a family."

Tang Jianguo slammed the table forcefully, "But what did you do? In your obsession to have a son, you completely disregarded the child’s health. Did you think that having a son would make me completely obey you?"

The elder sister-in-law suddenly burst into tears.

"I didn’t, I never thought like that!"

She felt so wronged.

Tang Jianguo yelled, "You didn’t? Then what are you doing? You have a child, and my unmarried sister helped you deliver, even seeking help from so many people to save your life. Do you even remember the favors we owed for that?"

The elder sister-in-law shivered. Tang Jianguo pointed at the door and roared, "For your sister’s wedding, you disregarded the child in your womb, insisting that your sister needed to take care of you during your confinement, bringing her home. But did you realize this was a slap on my family’s face? Was my mother too malicious to you? Or was I too careless, allowing you to humiliate our family like this?"

Perhaps truly angry, Tang Jianguo’s voice even cracked.

"But my mother said you were pregnant and needed to be in a good mood for the baby’s sake, so she catered to your whims. Even if our spoilt younger sister obeyed everything you said, what did you and your sister end up doing?"

The elder sister-in-law was terrified; this was the first time she had seen Tang Jianguo in such a rage.

"You were having a baby, but your sister went on a date instead. After your child was born, our whole family took care of you, letting Ah Duo and Licorice look after you. Did we spoil you too much? Don’t you know your place at all?"

Tang Jianguo kicked the table and bellowed, "Once you’re out of confinement, I’m filing for a divorce, you get the hell out!"