Chapter 731 - 693: Divorce

Chapter 731: Chapter 693: Divorce

Mrs. Xiao Liu extended her hand and moved a stool closer to Wen Wan, putting some distance between herself and Lu Yanbin.

Lu Yanbin frowned directly, "Why are you sitting so far away, are you still afraid that I’ll bite you?"

Wen Wan retorted mercilessly, "Eating people isn’t scary, hitting people is. Everyone says not to hit someone in the face, especially not a woman. If you hit too hard, you might even ruin someone’s looks."

Lu Yanbin was left speechless.

Wen Wan instructed the maid to bring the wine jug to him, "You’ve misspoken several times today, I have to punish you, drink three cups quickly."

Drinking was no issue for Lu Yanbin, he immediately picked up the jug, poured himself a glass, and drank it down. As he was about to pour a second glass, he noticed Mrs. Xiao Liu’s glass was empty in front of her, so he reached over and filled it.

Mrs. Xiao Liu looked at him expressionlessly.

Wen Wan snapped, "Why don’t you ever learn? I just said Shuyuan isn’t well and can’t drink, and here you are giving her more, just trying to irritate her, aren’t you?"

Hearing this, Lu Yanbin curled his lips slightly, turning his head to Mrs. Xiao Liu, "Can’t drink?"

Mrs. Xiao Liu said nothing.

Lu Yanbin replied, "If you can’t drink, why not just ask me, I’ll drink it for you."

Wen Wan’s mouth twitched fiercely, what kind of person is this?

Mrs. Xiao Liu didn’t have any hopes to begin with, hearing Lu Yanbin’s disrespectful remarks one after another only made her more annoyed. She simply got up and stood by the window, her gaze casually resting on the river warmed by the sun, feeling slightly more at ease.

After finishing his self-imposed three cups, Lu Yanbin also drank the glass he had poured for Mrs. Xiao Liu.

While others were talking, he too went to the window, standing next to Mrs. Xiao Liu.

Mrs. Xiao Liu moved to another window, Lu Yanbin followed, leaning out to look down as well.

As Mrs. Xiao Liu moved again, Lu Yanbin followed once more.

Frustrated, Mrs. Xiao Liu asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"

Lu Yanbin looked at her with a half-smile, "If you’re going to throw a tantrum, there should be a limit, count on your fingers, how many days have you not been home, do you really need me to bring a sedan chair to take you back?"

"I didn’t ask you to come." Mrs. Xiao Liu faced him coldly, "And clarify, which is my home?"

"What, you’re so eager to clear things up with me, yet you haven’t even received the Divorce Letter yet?"

Mrs. Xiao Liu sneered, "You were the one who insisted on marrying me with three matchmaking proposals and six etiquettes, and now you want to divorce me too. Even if you want a divorce, you should at least ask my parents’ opinion."

"Liu Shuyuan, stop making trouble and come back with me." Lu Yanbin’s patience was worn out, these past few days he couldn’t go anywhere, staying home dealing with those trivial matters, no matter how serious he was, every day there’d be some mistakes. He spent all his savings on Su Dai, leaving only a little over a hundred taels now, if mistakes keep happening, in three days he’ll be penniless.

Facing this man’s hysteria, Mrs. Xiao Liu remained unmoved.

Lu Yanbin looked at her cold demeanor, his anger grew, but remembering the household doctor’s words, he forced himself to suppress it, "That day was my fault, no matter how angry, I shouldn’t have hit you. I apologize, don’t take it to heart, after watching the dragon boat race, come home with me. What are you doing hanging around at the Song family?"

"I said I’m not going back." Mrs. Xiao Liu was resolute.

"Don’t push it!" Lu Yanbin’s gaze turned icy.

"I’m not some toy, you want it when you want, and hit when you don’t. Going home with Sister Wan was my own decision, and it was agreed upon by the old lady. How long I stay, I decide, no one else has the right to interfere."

"Heh! No one else?" Lu Yanbin’s lips curled with a mocking smile, "To you, am I no one else?"

"Why don’t you admit that to you, I’m less than no one else." Mrs. Xiao Liu’s eyes questioned him, "Three years of marriage felt like prison. Lu Yanbin, have you ever thought about how you treated me all these years? If you saved just a little space in your heart for your wife, we wouldn’t be where we are today."

"At first, I was forced," Lu Yanbin said, "If it wasn’t for the old lady forcing me, I..."

"You were forced, what about me?" Mrs. Xiao Liu finally asked the question she held back for three years, "You vent all your frustration and hatred on me, let me live a widow’s life for three years. Was I meant to marry you, was I meant to be coldly treated by you? Do you think you were the only one forced?"

These words hit Lu Yanbin like a thunderbolt.

"You didn’t want it, I wanted it even less!" Mrs. Xiao Liu’s sharp nails dug into the window frame, "But you’re a man, you can keep the woman you love in your courtyard, make every effort to make it up to her, but me? My whole life is wasted at the Lu Family, possibly enduring your domestic violence forever. You think fate is unfair to you, who’s ever been fair to me?"

These words, Mrs. Xiao Liu had never said before, in Lu Yanbin’s mind, she was always a submissive and weak woman, even if occasionally stubborn, never daring to challenge male dominance, but just now, what did she say? She said this marriage wasn’t just forced on him?

Lu Yanbin burned with anger, "Even now, you still think of that man named Pan, planning to leave me and reunite with him?"

Mrs. Xiao Liu didn’t understand why this man always ignored the main point, focusing on irrelevant issues.

"Lu Yanbin, let’s divorce."

Wen Wan said he would definitely come to reconcile today.

But Lu Yanbin’s behavior was entirely different from what Wen Wan described, he wasn’t here to reconcile, just to assert his ownership, telling her that even if she wasn’t appreciated, she would be tied to him for life.

Heh!

How foolish was she to think he would be good to her for the sake of their child?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xiao Liu became more determined to abort the child and divorce him.

"Dream on!" Lu Yanbin squeezed out the words between his teeth, his eyes filled with fury.

If it weren’t for the old lady sitting over there, Mrs. Xiao Liu would almost suspect he’d choke her to death without hesitation.

"You refuse a divorce, then I won’t let you discard me," Mrs. Xiao Liu said, "Let’s just live separately, as long as you won’t agree to a divorce, I won’t return to the Lu Family."

Lu Yanbin asked her, "Are you so eager to leave me because that Pan fellow came to find you?"

Mrs. Xiao Liu frowned, "What madness are you on about?"

"Speak, was it him?"

"I have no reason to talk to you," Mrs. Xiao Liu was filled with resentment.

In the early stages of pregnancy, her emotions were already sensitive, and his antics made her feel a slight pain in her lower abdomen.

"What are you two talking about? Let me hear too."

Wen Wan’s voice sounded from behind, she noticed the tension in their conversation, worried Lu Yanbin would lose control and get physical again, so she appeared in time.

Indeed, they couldn’t come to an agreement, and from the look of things, the situation seemed worse than before, with only resentment in their eyes, no joy in their reunion.

"Sister Wan."

Both called out simultaneously.

Wen Wan noticed that Mrs. Xiao Liu seemed unsteady, she asked quickly, "Are you feeling unwell again?"

Mrs. Xiao Liu nodded.

Wen Wan supported her, "Go inside and rest for a while."

"Okay."

Ignoring how Lu Yanbin reacted, Mrs. Xiao Liu followed Wen Wan directly.

Inside there was a canopy bed, draped with light pink curtains.

Wen Wan helped her lie down, worriedly asking, "Did you two end the conversation badly?"

Mrs. Xiao Liu was still angry, "That man is scum, there’s nothing to discuss with him."

"Tell me in detail what was said."

Mrs. Xiao Liu recalled and realized she was so angry, she forgot most of what she’d said to that scum, but a few lines stuck in memory, "He said I came to your family to have secret meetings with another man."

"What did you say?"

"What could I say? He is that kind of person, never willing to listen to others explain. What he believes to be true is the only truth, no matter how much I say, he just thinks I’m making excuses."

Upon hearing the word "divorce," Wen Wan’s heart jumped with worry, "Did he agree?"

"No."

Mrs. Xiao Liu sighed, "So we ended up arguing."