CHAPTER 346: CHAPTER 346: SO ASHAMED

"Mom, is it the same?"

Hearing his mother sounding unreasonable, Yuan Zhaodi felt he couldn’t communicate with her anymore.

Why is it that no one is willing to listen to him?

"How is it not the same?"

Mrs. Zeng glared at Yuan Zhaodi, "How many years have you been married to your wife?"

"Do you even understand your wife?"

"Just because she has some faults now, you want to abandon her? Do you think that’s right?"

"I..."

Yuan Zhaodi found himself at a loss for words.

"Old Four, don’t say I’m biased towards your wife. In this matter, you are the one in the wrong!"

Mrs. Zeng wasn’t partial to Yuan Zhaodi just because he was her son. Likewise, she wasn’t especially partial to Mrs. Xiao Li just because she was pregnant.

"Back then, when your wife favored sons over daughters and treated Jiaojiao poorly, did you know?"

"I... knew!"

When Mrs. Xiao Li mistreated Yuan Bao, Yuan Zhaodi had seen it. At the time, he didn’t think much of it and didn’t want to confront her, choosing instead to let things slide, wanting to keep the peace at home.

As a result, Yuan Zhaodi hadn’t expected his daughter to be truly exceptional.

She chose to run away from home just because she was aggrieved.

"See, when your wife made mistakes back then, you knew. What did you do?"

"When Jiaojiao was just born, wasn’t anyone in the Yuan Family telling you our traditions?"

"When you were in Shiqu Village, the two of you left Yuan Bao behind once. It was chaotic back then, so I can consider it a lapse on your part!"

"But after what happened later, I realized it wasn’t just your wife who didn’t care about Jiaojiao; as her father, you didn’t consider Jiaojiao either, right?"

"Don’t you dare deny it!"

Mrs. Zeng laid everything bare in front of Yuan Zhaodi.

Yuan Zhaodi fell silent.

Some things, when nobody mentions them, he could deceive himself into thinking they didn’t exist.

But now, with his mother laying it all before him so plainly, he could no longer continue lying to himself.

"Mom, I realize my mistakes!"

"Please say no more!"

Yuan Zhaodi felt utterly humiliated as his mother laid bare his faults.

"If you know your mistakes, why haven’t you changed?"

Mrs. Zeng scoffed, "Do you think that simply separating from your wife will let you pin all the blame on her?"

"Yuan Zhaodi, you’ve really disappointed me!"

"Since you were young, I’ve taught you brothers not to fear making mistakes, but to fear knowing your mistakes and not correcting them."

"Look at you, you’ve erred, yet you don’t want to admit it!"

"Honestly, I’m embarrassed for you!"

Mrs. Zeng looked at Yuan Zhaodi with frustration, "You want to shirk responsibility and blame everything on your wife. Tell me, what kind of man does that make you?"

"Mom, I really know my mistakes, I won’t separate from Shouhu’s mother!"

"I’ll go back, I’ll change!"

Yuan Zhaodi could only honestly admit his faults.

Even though, when he separated from Mrs. Xiao Li, he didn’t think about all of this. But the problem was, what Mrs. Zeng said, Yuan Zhaodi had considered.

"Not only you need to change!"

"You also need to manage your wife well!"

"Couples are bound to quarrel, how can you talk about splitting up at the slightest issue?"

"Old Four, I hope this is the first and last time!"

"Your father and I are at this age, can’t you let us live a few peaceful days?"