He felt an increasing sense of discomfort and oppression.
Li Zhengguo quickly spoke, "Hello, my name is Wang Weijun. And you are?"
As soon as he said this, the sky seemed to grow higher, and the air felt fresher.
'Tian Jing' scrutinized him, "You're not Li Zhengguo?"
Li Zhengguo tried to maintain a stern expression, "You're not the first person to say that. Do I really look that much like Li Zhengguo?"
"Can you please ask him to come out? I have something to discuss with him, about my wife."
'Tian Jing' was surprised, "Your wife?"
"Yes!"
Li Zhengguo suppressed his heartache. Tian Tian, under the "Li Zhengguo's" company, had actually suffered such injustice.
It wasn't that Tian Tian had an opinion of his mother upon exiting the formation; he had one too, and a very strong one at that.
...
In the east room, Li's mother could do nothing with her stubborn youngest son, who stood by the kang and remained silent.
"Zhengguo, can't you at least appease Xiaoyun? She's carrying your child."
'Li Zhengguo' glanced sideways at his mother, "Mom, do you wish for my family to fall apart, is that it?"
"I already gave her the abortion medicine, why is the fetus still safe after six months?"
"I told you long ago that this woman set me up. A shameless and scheming woman like her, you'll never outsmart her."
"You dismissed my words as mere wind. Now, she just says her stomach hurts, and you trick me into coming back."
"Don't you want a grandson or what? You're fixated on the one in her belly?"
"Fine, then you can have this one grandson. I plan to become a live-in son-in-law. If Grandpa is willing, I'll change all three children's surnames to Xiao."
Li's mother's expression changed.
Li Min quickly nudged her younger brother, "Little brother, how can you talk to Mom like this? You can't just listen to your sister-in-law about everything."
"Get lost!"
'Li Zhengguo' shoved his sister aside and turned to leave the east room.
"Oh dear~" The woman on the kang clutched her stomach and cried out softly.
Li's mother anxiously grabbed her younger son, "Zhengguo, Mom is begging you, just..."
Li's mother's words were interrupted by the person who entered the main hall, "Zhengguo?"
'Li Zhengguo' also saw himself.
However, in his own eyes, he saw only contempt.
"Hello, my name is Wang Weijun. I have some matters to discuss with you."
His clear and standard Mandarin brought Li's mother back to her senses.
She looked at her youngest son whom she was holding, and then at the person opposite her, "You? You're not Zhengguo, who are you?"
Li Zhengguo's eyes were filled with unfamiliarity, "Auntie, you wouldn't be so confused as to mistake your own son, would you?"
Li Min also came out of the east room. Seeing Li Zhengguo at the entrance of the main hall, her voice rose.
"Little brother? You, you, who is our little brother?"
'Li Zhengguo' pulled his mother's hand away and pushed his bothersome sister aside. "Let's go talk at the quadrangle courtyard in the east of the village."
Li Zhengguo turned first, "Let's go. I demand an explanation."
"Zhengguo?"
Li's mother anxiously grabbed her younger son, "That person, could he have a problem? I saw hatred and resentment in his eyes."
"Hmph."
'Tian Jing' outside the door couldn't help but speak, "Someone else is here to find his wife. A wife can run away, because a wife can be remarried."
"But one's own child must be kept. It's a pity, some people had their joy in vain."
'Li Zhengguo' once again pushed his mother's hand away.
"Mom, I will no longer tolerate it. No matter what that person just asked me for an explanation."
"Regardless of the situation of the woman in the house, and no matter how much you cherish the grandson in her belly."
"I will tell you honestly again, as long as Grandpa is willing, all three children will have their surname changed to Xiao."
"From now on, don't use any excuses to call me back, unless it's to come back for a funeral."
These words were undoubtedly cruel, and Li's mother staggered back, unable to bear it.
Li Min quickly supported her mother.
"Little brother!"
'Li Zhengguo' turned to stare at his sister, his eyes cold.
"Li Min, from now on, I have no younger sister, and you have no older brother. If we meet in the future, don't even greet each other. I fear I might not be able to resist strangling you."
The coldness in her little brother's eyes and the words he spoke also overwhelmed Li Min.
"Little brother, there are plenty of women in the world, why are you only fixated on Tian Jing?"
'Li Zhengguo' also wanted to know, "Li Min, Tian Tian has never treated you poorly. She treated you like a sister. Sometimes, she was even better to you than I was, so why are you doing this to her?"
'Tian Jing' outside the door also wanted to know.
"Why?"
Li Min chuckled, "Heh, why? Tell me, why wasn't anyone held accountable for Grandpa's death, not even Suozhu ge?"
'Li Zhengguo' didn't understand, "Accountable to whom? Tian Tian? Chen Yaoming was at fault, what does that have to do with Tian Tian?"
"Of course it does!"
Li Min shouted hysterically, "He is her biological father."
'Li Zhengguo' sneered, "Is Grandpa Chen your biological grandfather? Don't speak so righteously, state your own reasons."
"Alright, my own reasons."
Li Min nodded, "She knew very well how attractive her appearance was. Even if she didn't flirt, men would flock to her. Yet she still flirted with Suozhu ge."
"On the day Grandpa died, the day she made Chen Yaoming kowtow."
"She asked her father, what if the person for the exchanged marriage was Chen Suozhu? Her father said it had been over thirty generations, so it was fine."
"Suozhu ge clearly found something suspicious about the cause of Grandpa's death. He came back to find you once, and then said he wouldn't pursue it anymore."
"Why? Wasn't it because of her? Wasn't it because of that one sentence she said, that Suozhu ge had a hypothesis and hope in his heart?"
"Slap! Slap!"
'Li Zhengguo' raised his hand and slapped his sister twice.
"Get out! Without knowing who was talking nonsense in front of you, you believed it. You're so stupid, you shouldn't have been born human."
"With one hypothesis, you wildly suspect. Then after you break me and Tian Tian apart, will you divorce Suozhu? And let them be together?"
"Impossible!"
Li Min covered her face, "I would rather die than divorce."
"If you don't divorce, I will."
A pained voice came from outside the door, "I will divorce. You've become so unrecognizable, and it's all because of a hypothesis."
"Tian Jing is of my Chen family lineage. No matter how many generations apart, she is my Chen family member."
"It was just a hypothesis of incest. That's what Tian Jing meant at the time."
"You believed it when it was said by someone with ill intentions."
"Your way of thinking and behavior is too terrifying. I'm afraid Xiaofu and An'an will be corrupted by you."
"I don't want you anymore. I'd rather raise the children myself than have them have a mother as stupid as you. Divorce!"
"No, no, I won't divorce," Li Min shook her head. "Xiaofu and An'an are my sons, they can't leave me."
Chen Suozhu brought his two dirty sons forward with a clap of his hands.
"Look, these dirty children are the ones who can't leave you? Aren't you ashamed to say that?"
"What you give to the children, I can also give with some time. You can go play cards with peace of mind, and gossip with those gossips."
"What I say, I never take back. If you don't divorce, we'll see you in court."
Chen Suozhu left with his two sons, and Li Min collapsed on the ground.
"Harm others and you end up harming yourself."
'Li Zhengguo' glanced at her dismissively, then turned to his mother again.
"Mom, four years ago, you said you've eaten more salt than we've eaten rice. Having eaten so much salt, did you ever think your daughter would be divorced by her son-in-law?"