"Dad, I know I was wrong. I used to disobey, and now I’m getting what I deserve," Li Shiping cried as she admitted her mistake.
As soon as Xiu Min saw her daughter crying, she couldn’t help feeling heartbroken and scolded her husband, "The damage is done. What’s the point of saying all this now? Our daughter is already suffering enough. Why do you keep saying these things? It’s not like it’s flesh off your back. You don’t care, do you?"
"You’re just spoiling them," Li Julin angrily retorted, but he didn’t continue to blame her.
He looked at Li Shiping and firmly asked, "What are you thinking now?"
Although his daughter was distressed, she hadn’t brought up divorce, so as a father, Li Julin felt it wasn’t his place to say anything.
"I..." Li Shiping bit her lip, unsure of what to say.
She wanted a divorce but didn’t know how to broach the subject. She feared Li Julin wouldn’t be able to handle it and would feel disgraced.
She also worried about the child’s future without a father.
"Shiping, have you still not given up on Wan Dongcheng? After everything he’s done, what is there left to cling to?"
Li Yue thought Li Shiping was still unwilling to get a divorce and was so furious he was about to explode.
If it hadn’t been for everyone being there, he surely would have sent Wan Dongcheng to the hospital.
"It’s not that," Li Shiping shook her head, looking at Li Julin with some worry.
Understanding her intention, Li Julin snorted coldly. "Back when you got married, you didn’t listen to me. Now, I can’t control you either. Do whatever you want."
Though his words seemed to dismiss concerns for Li Shiping, they also made clear his stance on her divorce; he had no objections.
Li Shiping hadn’t expected Li Julin not to be angry or to oppose.
She had thought all these years that her father harbored resentment against her, but in reality, he still loved her.
She was disobedient back then, and for such a man, she broke her father’s heart.
"Dad, I’m sorry. I really know I was wrong."
Li Shiping knelt on the ground and hugged Li Julin’s legs.
Xiu Min turned her head away, sobbing softly.
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Li Julin’s eyes were red too, but over the years he had gotten used to acting the stern father. Faced with his daughter’s remorse, he too was deeply pained.
How could a father truly hold a grudge against his daughter?
He had forgiven her a long time ago.
He just couldn’t bring himself to admit it.
Keeping a stern face, he huffed, "You’re a mother yourself, yet here you are, kneeling on the ground and crying. How does that look?"
"Would it kill you to say something gentle to your daughter?" Xiu Min reproached her husband, then bent down to help her daughter up, "Shiping, get up. Your dad isn’t mad at you. He’s just stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside."
Li Yue disliked this kind of sentimental atmosphere and changed the subject. "Sis, tell the truth. Do you really want to get a divorce?"
"I just can’t bear to part with the child," Li Shiping revealed her true feelings.
"The child is your flesh and blood, part of the Li family. If you get divorced, the child stays with us. I’ll treat her like my own daughter and won’t let anyone bully her," Li Yue promised.
Xiu Min also chimed in, "Shiping, you don’t need to worry about the child at all. Your father and I have no issues with you wanting to keep the baby. From now on, we’ll raise the baby by our side."
After speaking, she nudged her husband, signaling him to express his stance.
Li Julin kept his face stern. "Make sure you think this through. If you divorce, you must cut ties with the Wan family completely. Don’t start acting a few days later as if nothing ever happened."