Her home was clearly very close by, but she couldn’t go back. The feeling was truly unbearable.
Her husband and her parents never got along; they were always at odds with each other. If her parents found out about the grievances she was suffering now, they would surely cause trouble for her husband.
Caught in the middle, she would be even more troubled.
She had no one to share her sufferings with. Since she started dating Wan Dongcheng, he hadn’t allowed her to associate with her former classmates and friends. They spent every day glued to each other, and over time, she had lost touch with her friends.
As a result, with nowhere to go, she wandered around the neighborhood for a long time before ending up here.
"You were fine this morning, but you became so sad after going home, you must have quarreled with your brother-in-law, right?" From the last incident at the vegetable market, it was clear that Wan Dongcheng was a man with very strong male chauvinistic beliefs.
To put it bluntly, he was a combination of a typical man with traditional beliefs, a man who rose from the bottom, and a mama’s boy.
Such a man, before getting married, would treat his wife like a goddess, pampering and coddling her. But after marriage, when reality differed from expectations, he would gradually reveal his true nature.
In this day and age, divorces are rare. Plus, with Li Julin being a professor and Li Shiping having a soft temperament, Wan Dongcheng became even more brazen, and his true nature was exposed rather quickly.
With the Wan family being unreasonable on top of that, it was no wonder Shiping’s life was difficult.
Perhaps it was because she had been suppressing her feelings for too long, finally finding someone she could confide in, Li Shiping nodded slightly. Before she could speak, her eyes reddened again. Holding back her tears, she said with a hoarse voice,
"Mianmian, why can a person change so much? After getting married, Dongcheng became a completely different person. He used to say that he was with me because he liked me, not because of my parents’ status. But after the wedding, he quit his job assigned by the state over a small grievance, and since then, he has been blaming my parents for not arranging a better job for him, and he keeps accusing my family of looking down on him."
He always talked about relying on himself, about making others respect him, but the actions he took were anything but respectable.
Her eyes weren’t blind; she could see Wan Dongcheng had changed, but the memories of the past were painful. She hoped he could become the Dongcheng he used to be.
After all, he was her first love, the only person she had ever liked, and they were married with a child.
"Sister Shiping, have you talked about these things with Aunt Xu?" Shen Mianmian probed on purpose, as it was Li Shiping’s family affair. She still wasn’t clear about her thoughts and was afraid that speaking too much too soon might lead to misunderstandings, having the opposite effect.
"No," Li Shiping shook her head. "If I told my family, they would certainly have an even worse opinion of Dongcheng, and then they would like him even less."
Shen Mianmian sighed inwardly; Li Shiping clearly hadn’t given up on Wan Dongcheng yet. This update ıs available on 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱
But she could understand. Women of that era took marriage very seriously, seeing divorce as something disgraceful. Unless there was no other choice, few would consider it.
Moreover, Wan Dongcheng hadn’t yet resorted to domestic violence, nor did he have a mistress outside. He was just complaining about the Li family’s disdain for him.
If she wasn’t mistaken, Dongcheng was probably the type who would deliver a slap and then offer a candy, a tactic commonly used by scoundrels.
"Sister Shiping, what are you planning to do? Just endure it?"
"What else can I do?" Li Shiping’s eyes were filled with confusion.