7th Story 4
The Xu family’s departure came three months after Xu Wenxuan and Li Yueran divorced. At that time, Li Yueran was in a state of desperation looking for relationships with people and wanted to move to Hong Kong. Now she misses the days when Cheng Nuo was around, with him around, she doesn’t have to worry about anything. But thinking of the system, Li Yueran cheered up again, she had to work hard!
After Li Yueran finally settled in Hong Kong, she began to think about what she would do in the days to come. The money she had on her was enough for her to live comfortably in her life, but she had to find something to do. A lifetime is so long and without Cheng Nuo by her side, she had to find something to pass the time. Li Yueran thought that the original owner was very talented in doing business, combined with her own experience, she decided to open a clothing store, let’s do it step by step! She is not very familiar with Hong Kong, and everything has to be done from scratch, but she believes that she can do it. Thinking about what the system said before, besides love, there are many things she can do. She can’t do on the battlefield, but if conditions permit, it’s still possible to subsidize it secretly. When Li Yueran was busy looking for a storefront, recruiting people, designing the store, and designing clothes for opening, she suddenly saw a statement in the newspaper of her’s and Xu Wenxuan’s divorce statement and also the statement that he and Xie Fangfei were about to get married. Li Yueran frowned, because of Xu’s father and Xu’s mother’s insistence, this did not appear in the book. This is also the reason why the Liu family did not know about the divorce between Xu Wenxuan and Liu Qinghan. Moreover, Xu Wenxuan and Xie Fangfei didn’t get married so late in the book. Li Yueran smiling when she remembered that many things were different from before. It seemed that Xu Wenxuan and Xie Fangfei were not doing well, so she felt relieved. It doesn’t make sense that I’m struggling to make a living here, but you are a happy couple over there.
Li Yueran thought well, the life of Xu Wenxuan and Xie Fangfei was indeed not very good. The reason lies in the promise of the father and the mother. Although Xu’s father and Xu’s mother did not live with them but since they were both in the capital, it was inevitable that they would sometimes be together. First of all, Xu’s mother made a request to visit Xie’s house. Xie Fangfei was a little unhappy. She was a concubine, and her biological mother was gone. Although her father loved her, the aunt was in charge of the inner house. The aunt had always disliked her. She felt that she had robbed her own daughter limelight. Xie Fangfei felt that staying in that decadent feudal home was about to suffocate, so she boldly proposed to her father to study abroad. The aunt was so happy that she wouldn’t see her anymore so she agreed. Now Xu’s mother proposed to visit Xie’s house, which made Xie Fangfei not so happy. Xu Wenxuan was caught between his mother and his lover, so he had no choice but to tell Xu’s father and Xu’s mother about Xie Fangfei’s situation. Xu’s mother was immediately upset, “So she is a concubine! Our Xu family can be considered a famous family, you great-grandfather was the governor. The daughter-in-law of our Xu family can’t be a concubine no matter what!”
“Mother, it’s the Republic of China now, can you stop talking about the feudal society?” Xu Wenxuan frowned. He was a little glad that Fang Fei didn’t come back with him today because of her temper. Otherwise, if she woul heard this. It is estimated that she will be angry and leave on the spot. “Although Fangfei is a concubine, she has been loved by her father since she was a child. Otherwise, Uncle Xu would not have let her study abroad. Mother, I love Fangfei, and it has nothing to do with her family background.”
Xu’s mother did not agree and not very happy, “Don’t you need to go through both parents to get married? What about three media, six hires, and recruitment? None of them?”
Xu Wenxuan said seriously: “Fang Fei and I are both educated in Western style. When we get married, we follow each other’s hearts, we don’t need these things! We have discussed it. When we get married, we don’t hold banquets, don’t accept gift money, and don’t mobilize people. Find a small church and invite a few like-minded friends to hold a small western-style wedding. That’s fine. If parents want to come to participate, we welcome you both with both hands. We have already agreed with Uncle Xu, and Uncle Xu also agreed.”
Xu’s mother was angry, “What about the dowry? There is no dowry isn’t it?”
Xu Wenxuan was helpless and said: “Mom, I’ve said it several times. Now it’s the Republic of China, and the feudal society is no longer practiced.”
Xu’s mother was anxious, “Since we entered Beijing, let’s not talk about the expenses on the way. We bought two houses. It took nearly a thousand dollars. She bought things and spent hundreds of dollars back and forth. I think she is to decorate your home, so I just let her go and did not worry about it. Y ou hold a banquet every now and then, talking about poetry and painting, so many people eat and drink without spending money? Since we came to Beijing, she has not earned a penny, but she has spent a thousand dollars. If she spends her own money, I don’t care about her anymore. But since she came back, she didn’t go to work, she spent all day sitting and eating, all s did was to spent the money of our Xu family! Your father and I have a life savings of 100,000 yuan. Are you going to spend it all on her?”
Xu Wenxuan felt that Xu’s mother only had money in her eyes, which was extremely vulgar, but he would not blame his mother, but only thought it was influenced by Liu Qinghan, so he was very angry. In addition, in order to make Xie Fangfei happy, he issued a statement in the newspaper.
The Liu family is a well-known wealthy businessman in Shandong. The family has been in business for generations and has rich assets. Or maybe they were in the business, so the Liu family especially admired scholars. This generation of the Liu family had four descendants, four males and one female, all of whom were married to scholars. Among them, the husband-in-law of the youngest daughter Liu Qinghan is the most talented and promising. This has always been the pride of the Liu family. But on this day, when the Liu family was having breakfast, Liu Wen, the eldest brother of the Liu family, came in with a newspaper angrily, “Father, mother, it’s not good, Wenxuan suddenly published a statement in the newspaper, saying that he and my younger sister has already divorced!”
Mother Liu dropped her chopsticks on the table, “What did you say? Divorced? What’s going on?”
Liu Wuhan, the second child of the Liu family, grabbed the newspaper and read it hastily, “What else can happen? Xu Wenxuan went abroad for a trip, he likes the new and dislikes the old, so he looks down on our little sister! In addition to the divorce statement, there is also a marriage statement, he is going to marry the daughter of the Chief Justice’s family!” he immediately patted the table and said: “What I did I said at the beginning, Xu Wenxuan is not a good match! You did not listen, now it’s over! What can my little sister do?”
Mother Liu cried: “Qing Han is really , is just a woman, why can’t she tolerate it! Wenxuan has been abroad, studied and seen the world, so he should be attracted to women. How could she agree to a divorce!”
Liu Yuhan was angry, “Mother, we just out, Xu Wenxuan and younger sister divorced half a year ago! For such a long time, younger sister has been alone and has not returned to Shandong. Are you not worried about my younger sister? This is clearly the Xu family’s ungratefulness and treachery and you are still partial to the Xu family. Are you Xu Wenxuan’s mother or the younger sister’s mother!”
“Third brother, why did you talk to your mother like that?” Liu Wenhan glanced at Liu Yuhan and shouted.
“I said at the beginning, don’t rush to marry the younger sister, let her go abroad to study and gain knowledge. You just say that she’s just a girl is from a family, and it is important to marry the talents according to their duties. Now, Xu Wenxuan is being raped by outsider, the world has lost its eyes and looked down on my little sister, so he divorced her. You are not worried about my little sister, but instead only blame her for not getting Xu Wenxuan back! My little sister has been soft-tempered since she was a child, and you don’t know what bullying did Xu family has done. As relatives of my younger sister, it’s fine if you don’t make decisions for her, but instead blame her! Are you worthy to my younger sister?” Liu Yu said angrily.
The fourth brother Liu Shuhan sighed, “Third brother, we don’t care about my little sister, it’s just that we are in a hurry and haven’t thought about it. The little sister is our only sister, the heart of our parents, how can we not love her.”
Liu Yuhan said with a sneer, “Yes, you feel sorry for my little sister. But what you feel even more distressed about is the loss of Xu Wenxuan, a good son-in-law and a good in-law!” As he spoke, he stood up and left, not forgetting to take her wife along with her.
“Third, where are you going!” Liu Wenhan shouted.
“I’m going to find my little sister! If I can’t find my little sister then I won’t come back, so you all have the right to pretend that you don’t have me and my little sister!” Liu Yuhan said.
“This third child!” Liu Wen said angrily.
“Okay!” Father Liu patted the table and said, the third son of the Liu family immediately sat upright in silence. “Get Qing Han back first, and we’ll talk about the rest later.”
“Yes, Father!” said the third son of the Liu family.
Mother Liu wiped her tears, “You said, she has such a big thing but Qing Han didn’t say a word. She kept quiet, didn’t tell the family, what is she going to do? This world is so chaotic, How can she protect herself! Why is this child so ignorant!”
“Enough! What do you want Qing Han to say, how to say! From top to bottom, each of you has this face, how do you ask Qing Han to tell you! I think what the third child is right, you wish Xu Wenxuan was yours son not Qing Han!” Father Liu said angrily! Liu Qinghan was his daughter when he was nearly forty years old, even though she from a concubine daughter. She was well-behaved and sensible since she was a child, and Liu’s father loved her very much. Even after adding a few concubine daughters, Liu Qinghan’s position in his heart could not be weakened. The reason why he agreed to marry Liu Qinghan to the Xu family was because his sons strongly admired him, and the second reason was because he was kind to Xu’s father, thinking that the Xu family would treat Qing Han well for his sake. Hmph, who knew something like this would happen.
“From now on, the Liu family and the Xu family will break off ties. If anyone of you was discovered by me to be in secret contact with the Xu family, get the hell out of the Liu family! What’s wrong with my Liu family, who has been a businessman for generations and can’t be compare to the Xu family? If you are disdainful of being a businessman, then get out of the Liu family and find another noble family who is educated to be your son!” Father Liu got angry this time.
The brothers and Liu Wenhan hurriedly knelt down, their wives and children also knelt down behind them, overwhelming the crowd, “Father, my sons don’t dare to think about it, we know that we are wrong.”
“Get out of here! If Qing Han doesn’t come back for a day, you don’t show up in front of me for a day! Get out!” Father Liu slammed his bowl angrily.
“Yes, yes, yes, my sons will send someone to pick up my sister!” Liu Wenhan hurriedly left the kitchen.
