20demayo Chapter 166: It's all for the sake of face
Chapter 166: It's all for the sake of face
Yang Huirong was still speaking up for Zhan Yanxun, but Jiang Qianhui realized something was wrong.
"Did Mom go to see him?"
Jiang Qianhui's brows furrowed tightly. Why did her mother go to see him?
This behavior is truly unacceptable to her!
"What did Zhan Yanxun tell you? He said he wouldn't divorce me for the sake of the Zhan family's reputation, right?"
Jiang Qianhui's words made Yang Huirong's expression slightly unpleasant.
“He has his own considerations and his own sense of responsibility. He is someone you can entrust your life to.”
Seeing Jiang Qianhui's indifferent expression, Yang Huirong completely lost her patience, and her voice involuntarily rose a few decibels.
"Sui Sui, I told you before. Marriage should be with someone you love in return, or at least someone who loves you, otherwise it will be very difficult. But you insisted on marrying someone you love. Have you forgotten how insistent you were on marrying him? Zhan Yanxun is not a man for love and romance. He is very clear about the responsibilities and missions he carries. He can't be with you in the idyllic spring and autumn. Because he is simply not that kind of man. I made that clear to you before. But you wouldn't listen, you insisted on talking to me, and now you want to divorce him. Why are you so disobedient, child?"
Her mother's words were like a heavy slap across her face.
When she wanted to marry Zhan Yanxun, her mother strongly dissuaded her.
She said that a marriage between equals is the most basic guarantee of happiness, but more importantly, it requires mutual affection. She could tell that Zhan Yanxun did not love her, so she did not agree to their marriage.
Back then, I was young and naive, and I yearned for love passionately, refusing to give up until I hit a brick wall.
He thought she would eventually become the leading lady in his world, but she accidentally became the villainous supporting character.
He felt utterly ridiculous at the thought of such a pitiful and pathetic fate as cannon fodder.
Ironically, now anyone who mentions his love for Zhan Yanxun, his sudden love, feels to her as the greatest irony in the world, the greatest joke in the world.
"Mom, I used to be so determined to marry him. I really know I was wrong."
Jiang Qianhui looked at Yang Huirong with red eyes. She was suppressing too many emotions, but she couldn't tell her mother the truth.
She longed to hug her mother and vent her grief.
She still wanted to ask, to ask her mother why, despite loving Zhan Yanxun so much, she ended up with her family destroyed and her mother shot dead by Zhan Yanxun. What did she do wrong?
Just because you loved the wrong person, does that mean you deserve to be doomed forever?
Jiang Qianhui's reddened eyes, which she tried to suppress, made Gu Xunjing feel heartache.
He stood in front of Jiang Qianhui and looked at Yang Huirong, saying, "Zhan Yanxun cares about the reputation of his Zhan family, and you want her to have both a successful career and a happy family, also for the sake of reputation. Are your reputations really that important? Do you really have to trap her for the sake of reputation?"
Jiang Qianhui was deeply moved; she couldn't deny that Gu Xunjing was right.
Zhan Yanxun didn't want a divorce because of the Zhan family's reputation.
Wasn't her mother also concerned about saving face?
She was worried about the damage to her reputation if she got divorced, and she was also afraid of losing Zhan Yanxun, whom she regarded as her son-in-law.
It's all about saving face!
“Aunt Yang, Sui Sui is your only daughter, and you've always doted on her. She's grown up now, and she's no longer the little girl who needs you to arrange everything for her. She knows how to choose the life she wants. Maybe you think divorce is bad because of societal norms, but as long as Sui Sui is happy, what do societal norms matter? Are they really that important?”
Jiang Che felt heartache whenever his sister frowned, let alone the way she was holding back her tears right now, which made him feel even more suffocated!
His sister deserves to live a happy life; there's nothing to make her sad. What's so great about Zhan Yanxun? He doesn't deserve to cause his sister so much suffering!
"You bastard son, it's not your place to teach me how to do things!"
Yang Huirong rolled her eyes, looking very impatient, but her gaze was also heavy.
She never expected that her daughter would suddenly admit her mistake, and that it was because she insisted on marrying Zhan Yanxun back then.
Does she really want a divorce?
"Sui Sui, marriage isn't that simple. Who knows how many women don't suffer any grievances in marriage? Mom knows you've been pampered since you were little. Zhan Yanxun's mother and sister-in-law have given you a lot of hard time, and Mom knows you've been wronged. But, a marriage can't end in divorce just because you're unhappy or have a disagreement. Yanxun is truly a rare good man. If you divorce him now, do you want to be alone for the rest of your life? Or stay with this playboy? If you stay with someone like that, you'll only suffer more in the future."
Yang Huirong was afraid that if her daughter got divorced, her future would be even more difficult. What if she was deceived by a playboy like Gu Xunjing? Her future would be even worse.
At this moment, Yang Huirong's words were like a slap in the face to Gu Xunjing.
He used to live a carefree life, racing cars and doing all sorts of extreme sports. He never thought about taking on any responsibility. His father tried every trick in the book to get him to come home and inherit the family fortune, but he refused.
But at this moment, he wanted to go back and tell his old man that he had won and that he should let him have his way.
He wanted to become someone worthy of Sui Sui.
Gu Xunjing did not refute Yang Huirong, silently bearing the stigma. He knew that some things could not be explained clearly, and only actions could convince people.
"Mom, do you think I'll ever want to love someone again?"
Jiang Qianhui was extremely disappointed; love was now the least important thing to her.
After a long silence, Jiang Qianhui said firmly, "Mom, I didn't mean to upset you. But I must get a divorce!"
"Why do you insist on getting a divorce? Why?"
Yang Huirong never expected that all her words would be of no use in the end.
"You disobedient child. I'm going to beat you awake today."
After Yang Huirong finished speaking, she slapped Jiang Qianhui. Neither Gu Xunjing nor Jiang Che expected Yang Huirong to actually hit Qianhui.
"She's your daughter, how could you bear to hit her?"
Gu Xunjing was absolutely furious. He felt that Sui Sui, who had hit him, deserved to be torn to pieces, but the key was that she was his future mother-in-law, so he couldn't lay a hand on her. He was so angry that he felt like his lungs were about to explode.
Jiang Che protected Jiang Qianhui and said, "Aunt Yang, Qianhui did nothing wrong. Even if she really did something wrong, it's my fault as her older brother. If you want to hit someone, you should hit me."
"And me too. If you want to hit someone, hit me, but don't hit Sui Sui."
Since Gu Xunjing couldn't help Sui Sui fight back, he decided to act as her punching bag.
"You two are really good actors, one playing the perfect older brother? The other playing a lovestruck man? Let me tell you, don't think I won't hit you. You're the ones who ruined my Sui Sui. I'll teach you a lesson!"
After saying that, Yang Huirong was about to find a suitable tool to give them a good beating.