Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling had a heated argument in the guest room of Xie's family. When the Xie Huayuan family downstairs heard the commotion, they all looked at Wang Gang.
Wang Gang had no choice but to run to the guest room to break up the fight.
But before breaking up the fight, Wang Gang first approached Zhuang Xiaoting and asked her about her attitude towards her parents' divorce.
"Brother, I don't care who you live with. Anyway, I live with my mother." Zhuang Xiaoting was very decisive and didn't even mean to persuade her parents to reconcile.
"Have you really thought about it?" Wang Gang pulled his sister to sit down and asked.
"It's not just once or twice that my parents have had such a quarrel. I've already had a hunch that they would have to leave sooner or later." Zhuang Xiaoting said calmly: "
Although I don’t want my family to be broken up, I also want my mother to be happy.”
Wang Gang touched Zhuang Xiaoting's head and sighed: "You have grown up."
Zhuang Xiaoting asked weakly: "Brother, if my mother and I came to Shanghai to join you, would you agree?"
Wang Gang smiled and said: "Silly girl, even if my parents divorce, you are still my sister. Can I ignore you?"
Zhuang Xiaoting said happily: "That's OK."
Xiang Pengfei also interrupted at this time: "Brother Tunan, will you take care of me?"
Wang Gang said angrily: "Go, why are you here to fill in the mess?"
After sending the two children away, Wang Gang went directly to the guest room to stop his parents from arguing anymore.
"Mom and Dad, when you are talking about divorce, should you also ask Xiaoting and I for our opinions?"
Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling shut up at the same time. Zhuang Chaoying thought that Wang Gang did not want his parents to divorce. When he was about to speak, Wang Gang said:
"Xiao Ting and I agree to your divorce. Anyway, I'm already in college and you won't have to take responsibility for me in the future. Xiao Ting is willing to live with her mother."
Zhuang Chaoying opened her mouth wide, feeling as if she had eaten a fly.
"Tu Nan, you really want me to divorce your mother." Zhuang Chaoying yelled strangely.
Wang Gang shrugged and said, "Aren't you tired after fighting for so many years? If you and your husband can't get along, just break up! So as not to get tired of each other."
Zhuang Chaoying sat down on the chair dejectedly and murmured to herself: "I don't understand. I ask myself how I have treated you, mother and son, so well, so why did you end up like this?"
Wang Gang sneered: "Dad, it's already this time, why do you need to pretend to be confused anymore?"
Zhuang Chaoying raised her head in surprise and said, "Why am I pretending to be confused?"
Wang Gang first asked Huang Ling to sit down, and then said: "It's not that you don't know the injustice my mother has suffered from my father and mother-in-law for so many years, but you always pretend to be confused. It is your attitude that makes my mother sad the most.
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Huang Ling held Wang Gang's hand in emotion and said with red eyes: "Son, you understand me better than your father."
Zhuang Chaoying frowned, but there was still a bit of annoyance on his face.
"I don't understand why you are so resentful towards my father and mother-in-law. They are the elders after all. Why do we, the younger generation, suffer a little loss?"
Wang Gang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's your business if you want to suffer a loss. Why do you ask your wife and children to suffer a loss too? Have you asked us for our opinion?"
"Tunan, my father and mother have liked you since you were a child and have been kind to you. Are you feeling guilty for saying this?"
Huang Ling protected Wang Gang and said, "If you have any anger at me, don't embarrass the child."
Zhuang Chaoying said helplessly: "I didn't want to embarrass the child, I just wanted to reason with him."
Wang Gang asked his mother to get out of the way, and faced Zhuang Chaoying alone: "Dad, you must be tired of being sandwiched between my mother and my father-in-law these years!"
Zhuang Chaoying was stunned, and felt a little warm in his heart, thinking that his son still cared about him.
Wang Gang continued: "Since you are tired, just leave. Xiaoting and I have made a choice. We will visit you during the holidays in the future."
Zhuang Chaoying opened her mouth in shock and said foolishly: "Why, I ask myself that I am a qualified father and have never treated you brothers and sisters badly. Why do you want to abandon me?"
Wang Gang shook his head and said: "Xiao Ting and I did not abandon you, but between you, Xiao Ting and I both chose mother."
Zhuang Chaoying was so shocked that she leaned back in her chair and couldn't say a word at this time.
Wang Gang continued: "Dad, don't be surprised by our choices. People are all self-interested. Following you, Xiaoting and I will inevitably be influenced by our father and mother-in-law, and we will even be forced by you to be filial to our father and mother-in-law.
Kidnapped by family affection.
But my mother is different from you. We are more important to her than anything else, even her own life. Whether it is for herself or for my mother, we will not choose you."
Zhuang Chaoying opened her mouth with difficulty and asked, "Do you and Xiaoting hate me so much?"
Wang Gang sighed and said, "You are our father. Of course we don't hate you, but we are closer to our mother."
Zhuang Chaoying felt as if she were mourning for her heir, completely speechless.
After some words were said, it meant that there was no room for change. Seeing that her children all supported her divorce, Huang Ling felt more confident.
Zhuang Chaoying didn't want to lose everything, so he chose to escape, rushed out of Xie's house, and fled back to Suzhou alone.
Naturally, Huang Ling couldn't just leave. She apologized to the Xie family before returning to Suzhou with Zhuang Xiaoting and Xiang Pengfei.
Wang Gang sent the three of them to the station and then gave Huang Ling a thousand yuan.
"Mom, no matter what decision you make, I will support you. If daddy and grandma go too far, you can hide in Shanghai. I will always be your strong backing." Wang Gang said:
"I have decided to buy the house next door to Xie's family."
Huang Ling was surprised and said: "Didn't you say that buying that house involves risks?"
Wang Gang said confidently: "Don't worry, I can handle it."
Huang Ling gritted her teeth and said, "Son, I don't think you need to buy such a good house right away. Why not buy a smaller one first?"
Wang Gang held his mother's shoulders and said seriously: "Mom, just keep your heart in mind. You protected me before, and I will protect you in the future."
Huang Ling was so moved that she reluctantly said goodbye to Wang Gang.
After returning to Suzhou, Huang Ling discovered that Zhuang Chaoying had not returned home, so she asked Xiang Pengfei to go to her father and mother-in-law to call Zhuang Chaoying back.
As soon as Xiang Pengfei left, Wu Shanshan from the Wu family next door came to the door.
"Aunt Huang Ling, have you gone to Shanghai to visit Brother Tunan? Why didn't he come back during the summer vacation?" Wu Shanshan saw that Huang Ling was a little shy.
"Shanshan! Tunan has to work part-time and won't be back during the summer vacation. I brought some things from Shanghai. You can take some home later." Huang Ling took out a pack of Shanghai-style pastries from her luggage.
Wu Shanshan took the cake and said slightly disappointed: "I thought Brother Tunan would come back this time? I can see him."
Zhuang Xiaoting smiled and said: "My brother has to tutor sister Lingling during the summer vacation and has no time to come back."
Wu Shanshan was shocked when she heard this and asked: "Who is Sister Lingling?"
Huang Ling explained: "Lingling is the daughter of Tunan's landlord, and Tunan usually helps her with her homework."
Wu Shanshan felt a little uneasy in her heart.
"Sister Shanshan, let me tell you, Sister Lingling's home is quite big. There are four or five rooms alone, and there is a flush toilet."
Zhuang Xiaoting excitedly told Wu Shanshan what she had seen in Shanghai, but she didn't notice that Wu Shanshan's face was getting worse and worse.