An Fu, ashamed and unable to show his face, glanced at his wife Mrs. Gong and then spoke the truth, "I resigned from the rice shop job on my own. After I divorced Xiao Lan, and considering An Jing is her friend, I felt it wouldn’t be right to keep working at the rice shop, so I discussed it with my parents and resigned."
Mrs. Gong was stunned, dazed, and completely unable to react. Her husband, actually not taking her side, but standing by an outsider?
Once An Fu said this, the onlookers started looking at Mrs. Gong in a different light.
An Fu couldn’t bear to stay any longer, giving Shi Xiaolan a complicated look before pulling Mrs. Gong to go home.
However, Mrs. Gong flung his hand away and hysterically screamed at him, "You actually wouldn’t support your own wife, but you help an outsider? An Fu, be clear, your wife now is me! Not Shi Xiaolan! Shi Xiaolan has been divorced by you! What, are you still entangled with her, is that why you’re siding with her?"
The moment Shi Xiaolan heard these four words, she was completely infuriated.
She had been divorced due to being childless but still maintained a good reputation. If it were rumored that she was still entangled with her former husband after the divorce, acting dishonorably, then regardless of the truth, her reputation would be utterly ruined.
If her reputation was ruined, with a mother known for being ’dishonorable’, her daughters Yu Yu and Niuniu, even if raised by her, wouldn’t be able to marry well.
Even if not for herself, she had to protect her daughters Yu Yu and Niuniu from this slander!
"Mrs. Gong!" Shi Xiaolan, furious, stepped forward and gave Mrs. Gong a hard slap.
Everyone was completely taken aback as the usually submissive Shi Xiaolan slapped Mrs. Gong, leaving them stunned.
An Jing was also momentarily shocked, but then her eyes filled with gratification. A mother is strong for her children, her friend was indeed commendable.
Xiao Changyi remained expressionless, only concerned with his wife An Jing. Everything else was none of his business.
Mrs. Gong didn’t expect Shi Xiaolan to slap her so hard, and was dumbfounded there and then. When she finally snapped back to reality, she wanted to claw Shi Xiaolan’s face in revenge, but An Fu pulled her back.
At this moment, An Fu felt both embarrassed and conflicted. He hadn’t anticipated Shi Xiaolan would take action.
Being held back by An Fu, unable to take her revenge by disfiguring Shi Xiaolan’s face, Mrs. Gong could only scream at Shi Xiaolan, cursing, "You shameless woman, you are still entangled with my husband! See, my husband is still pulling me back to prevent me from dealing with you!"
But Shi Xiaolan raised three fingers, declaring each word forcefully, "As the divine is my witness, I, Shi Xiaolan, since being divorced by An Fu, have completely severed ties with An Fu. If there is any entanglement, if people do not punish me, I will punish myself; if I do not punish myself, let the heavens punish me; I refuse to live a debased life!"
Seeing Shi Xiaolan , An Jing merely smiled. Her friend was, after all, emulating her.
There are divine spirits above us, and since Shi Xiaolan dared to speak such words before the divine, it was evident that she had no entanglement with An Fu, and all these claims were mere slanders by Mrs. Gong.
Mrs. Gong didn’t care whether everyone now thought she was spouting nonsense; she continued to shout various nasty things at Shi Xiaolan. In the end, An Fu couldn’t stand it anymore and also gave Mrs. Gong a hard slap to snap her out of it, to sober her up, to calm her down.
At the same time, An Fu angrily said, "If you truly can’t stand our poor life, I can divorce you, so you can be free from my family!"