Qi Taiguo was preaching to Chen Shouwang on this side, while at Chen Shouwang’s home, Cheng Su and others were also trying to console the crying Hualing.
"He’s just a poor boy with nothing, and I didn’t despise marrying him. Now he’s getting angry and even dares to hit me? This life is unbearable, divorce, let whoever loves whoever go, living this cursed life might as well stop, boo hoo." Hualing was wiping her tears with a handkerchief, her voice filled with accusation.
"Look at you talking in anger. Platoon Leader Chen just lost his temper for a moment, how could he hit you? Just because a couple quarrels, you want a divorce—that’s not so easy. Not to mention that we’re already married and don’t divorce easily, soldiers even less so. Calm down a bit!" Chunhua advised.
"How could we not get divorced? It’s just a matter of filing a report, there’s no law that says you can’t divorce." Hualing wiped her nose, "Is it just about quarreling now? He’s even dared to lay hands on me, what if he goes further and kills me someday?"
"Tsk tsk, you’re just scaring yourself." Chunhua said helplessly, looking at Cheng Su with eyes that said, I can’t handle her anymore.
Cheng Su coughed once and said, "Hualing, don’t overexaggerate things. Platoon Leader Chen didn’t really lay hands on you."
Hualing raised her head and glared fiercely, "Now you just enjoy watching my embarrassment."
Cheng Su rolled her eyes and said, "How am I laughing at you? Aren’t all the jokes caused by your own commotion?"
"You..."
Hualing was furious. Was she here to comfort her or to add fuel to the fire? Was this the way to comfort someone?
"What do you mean ’you’? Did I say something wrong? Have you ever thought about why Platoon Leader Chen wanted to raise his hand to you?" Cheng Su looked at her with a cold smirk.
"When a couple fights, doesn’t everyone do it behind closed doors? Who brings it out into the open for the whole street to know? Is that something to celebrate? It’s not a good thing, but what did you do?"
"Not only did you make it known to everyone, but you also trampled on your husband’s dignity, you know?" Cheng Su scoffed coldly. "Men, which one doesn’t have a strong sense of self-esteem? Let alone something relating to fertility. Your starting point was right, after all, if there’s a problem, it’s better to treat it early. But where you went wrong was in publicizing it."
Hualing was stunned, "I..."
"You keep saying you’ve checked and there’s no problem, asking him to get tested. It’s fine to say it nicely, but you did it so arrogantly and let everyone know, isn’t that saying he’s impotent? Not to mention him, even I would feel humiliated," Cheng Su snorted with a mocking laugh.
Which man wouldn’t feel uncomfortable and ashamed if they couldn’t father a child?
And Hualing just had to spread the word, like using a megaphone to announce: "Married for two years without a child, I’m not the problem, it’s him, that’s why we can’t have a baby."
"You were a bit in the wrong here," Chunhua said cautiously, "Men all care about their face."
Hualing was caught in a breath of anger, "Do you think I wanted this? I originally spoke to him kindly and asked him to get a checkup. He just kept insisting he was fine and got annoyed when pushed, that’s how the fight started. Isn’t all this for the sake of Old Chen’s family?"
As she spoke, she felt an overwhelming sense of grievance.
"But you can’t just explode in anger like that. Look, is there any room left to recover now? If we talk too much and it spreads, how will Platoon Leader Chen face anyone? By then you won’t have to mention divorce, I estimate he’ll want to divorce you himself," Cheng Su said.
Hualing’s face changed, and she looked at them defensively.
"I won’t talk nonsense," Chunhua said quickly.
"Now that you’re scared and know about it, think about how you’re going to recover the situation!"
Hualing mumbled and stubbornly said, "What’s said is said, and what’s spilled is spilled, if we’re going to divorce, so be it, who’s afraid of whom!"