"Pah, want a divorce? No way. Qiu Hualan can only bear my Ye familyâs surname for her whole life."
"Is that so," Du Guangjun said, swinging an axe directly at Ye Weijunâs side, "Iâm not joking with you. If you handle this matter obediently, I promise youâll get your share of benefits. But if you act stubborn like a dead duck, believe me, Iâll make sure you canât leave S City in this lifetime."
"You... you, Du Guangjun, didnât expect you to be even more ruthless than me." Ye Weijun squinted his eyes, his once tense expression suddenly turned into a smile, "Du Guangjun, whatâs so good about her, Qiu Hualan? Sheâs just a slut. Youâve slept with her quite a few times too, havenât you? Havenât you noticed her seductive tricks?"
Listening to Ye Weijunâs filthy words, Du Guangjun frowned, "Our affairs are none of your concern. Today, I just need you to give me a straightforward answer."
"Du Guangjun, youâve been with her for so long, has she told you about her past when she was young? Hasnât she told you she was slept with by an educated youth when she was a young girl? Ha, did she ever think that as a rural woman, an educated youth would really fancy her? At most, they liked her looks, just playing around. Didnât expect her to be so flirtatious, throwing herself at them for pleasure. Truly dreaming of becoming like city folk. Shamelessly letting them have their way. Once they were done, they left without a second glance. Did you even bother to ask around the village? If it hadnât been for me willing to take her back then, she would have long drowned herself, never wouldâve survived to be with you today."
"I donât care about her past at all, and donât try to provoke me with these things. Sheâs with me today only because you forced her into it. If you had treated her slightly better, she wouldnât need to constantly avoid you. Believe me, if you donât divorce her, sheâll continue to avoid you resolutely. Even if we break up, sheâll still avoid you. Nationally, thereâs plenty of places to hide, sheâll make sure you never find her, and that wonât do you any good."
"You, you really donât care about her past? With her being that kind of cheap woman, whatâs there for you to like?"
"Enough with the nonsense. Are you divorcing or not?"
"Hmph, why should I listen to you? What good would divorce bring me?"
Du Guangjun squinted his eyes, sensing thereâs a chance, "What benefits do you want?"
"Getting a divorce isnât impossible, but at least, at least, give me this amount," Ye Weijun said, gesturing with his fingers.
"Five hundred?" Du Guangjun asked.
"Ha, youâre dreaming big, arenât you? Hereâs my fair-skinned wife disappearing just like that, and afterward, Iâll be a solitary person with no one to serve or cook for me. What can five hundred yuan do for me?"
"Five thousand? Why not just go rob it?"
"No, I wonât divorce without it. This five thousand already shows sincerity. Without this five thousand, even if you beat me to death right now, I wonât divorce. We might as well leave it at that, anyway, thereâs Li Xinghua, that little flirt at home. I donât lack women."
What he lacks now is unity. With money, what kind of women wouldnât come around? Pay Li Xinghua, that little flirt, twenty yuan, and she can be his for a year.
"Thereâs no five thousand, at most two thousand, or else not a penny. If you dare disagree, believe me, I can get you into labor reform tomorrow. After considering, that suits people like you best, food and shelter covered, no worries for your remaining life, and you can stay in the city daily."
"Du Guangjun, you think being a city person is something special, huh? Believe me, if I shout out now, claiming you are seducing my wife, I, being an outsider, am not afraid of disgrace. I donât believe youâre not afraid."
"Ha, go ahead and shout, do you see? Iâve smashed your door, and no one came by to check it out. Not a single neighbor around here doesnât know about my affair with your wife, take a look, none of them dare say a word to you. Do you know why?"
Ye Weijun was puzzled too, "Why?" Didnât expect that people around here knew about his wifeâs affair with Du Guangjun, yet not one person told him.
"Because theyâre all afraid of me."
"Why fear you?"
"You donât need to bother about that, Iâm just reminding you. I dare come in with an axe openly, not afraid of injuring you. Do you know what my son-in-lawâs profession is?"
"Whatâs his profession?"
"The one who executes gunshots in the prison, thatâs what my son-in-law does. I said it. If you refuse, I can have you sent âinsideâ not come out. Iâm not just bluffing."