But the one who was probably the most sorry about Zhang Xiaohui was Zhang Xiaohui, herself. When she heard these words coming out of her daughter's mouth, Zhang Xiaohui felt like someone has sucker-punched her in the gut, right now when Lin Yunxi rushed towards her, Zhang Xiaohui thought that she was coming to stop her from getting a divorce or maybe she was going to declare her support to her finally but in the end, the daughter that she has raised for sixteen years actually said these heartless words. Zhang Xiaohui suddenly felt like she was the biggest fool in the entire world. The heavens can be her witness that she might have been lazy and selfish but for her family, she was willing to do anything, her world revolved around her husband and the two kids that she has given birth to, wasn't it for their sake that she - the lazy and fat Zhang Xiaohui picked up the hoe and headed to the fields?
When she was young, her father never asked her to go to the fields, the same could be said for her brother. Though they weren't exceptionally rich, her family's conditions were still better than the Lin family. Thus, she was raised with a lot of love and care, yet for the sake of giving her children a good life, even though she felt like her entire body was being crushed- she still worked in the fields and tried her best to earn money and when she got entangled in trouble, this was how they repaid her?
But before Zhang Xiaohui or the villagers could recover from the shock that Lin Yunxi just gave them, Lin Che who was obediently standing by the side immediately waddled over to his mother and just like Lin Yunxi opened his mouth and spouted off a bunch of nonsense without caring about how it will impact his mother. " That's right mother, why don't you leave your dowry to us? I am still studying, if you take the money then how am I going to study in the academy?"
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Another wave of shock washed over the villagers as they looked at Lin Che with shock full gazes. What did this guy just say? He wants to study in the academy? Then what about his mother? What exactly did he learn in all those years he spent in the academy?
The villagers were shocked but Zhang Xiaohui's heart have already turned cold, she glanced at her two children and lightly asked, " Then what about me? If I divorce your father, how will I survive if I don't take my dowry with me?"
Unsurprisingly, the two of them looked away immediately. Zhang Xiaohui waited for them to say something and neither of them disappointed her because she no longer had any hope for the two anymore.
" Mother, uncle dotes on you the most… he .. he will definitely treat you better. So you don't have to worry about anything."
" Yes, mother, with uncle around you will live a good life."
When Zhang Xiaohui heard these uncaring words about her children, her eyes turned cold and she snatched her hand back from Lin Yunxi as she coldly stated, " so in the end you want me to shamelessly become a burden to my brother who already has a family? Lin Yunxi, Lin Che - I underestimated the two of you. You two really are your father's children, for the sake of some benefits you are willing to abandon your mother. You two instead of supporting me, you are actually saying such heartless words to your mother one after the another? I was indeed blind to treat you two so well, but it's alright I will just take it as I have fed my milk to two white eyes wolves."
Hearing this Lin Yunxi's face turned pale, she suppressed the panic that was rising in her heart and nervously asked, " m…mother what do you mean by this?"
Zhang Xioahui only sneered as she coldly looked at her daughter who was becoming more like a stranger, " Don't you understand human words, it means that I will take my dowry with me no matter what! I have slaved for this family, gave birth to two unfilial brats like you, who support an outsider than their own mother for the sake of benefits! Shouldn't I get some compensation for it?"
With these words, Lin Yunxi and Lin Che's faces turned ashen.
This ….this sharp-tongued woman was their mother?
Lin Yunxi had never been scolded like this by her mother at first she was shocked before anger fuelled her furious heart even more. She looked at her mother and then with eyes that has gotten as red as a rabbit, she furiously yelled, " Why are you blaming us? We are only two kids! You were the one who couldn't control father and you were the one who failed to make him happy but now you are blaming us, what do you want us to do? Fight with father? It's fine if you don't want to hand down your dowry to us why are you calling us unfilial? What have we even done?"
Lin Yunxi had dramatically cried out to pressure her mother into giving in just like before but surprisingly her mother remained unmoved, Lin Yunxi sneered and wiped her tears, " Fine, you want to leave with your dowry right? Then leave, but do remember that from now on we have no relationship with you, you don't care about us so we won't care about you either."
Lin Che didn't speak but his stance was clear.
Zhang Xiaohui felt her heartache but she still nodded her head, she had to live under someone else's how can she go empty-handed there?
In the end, no matter how much Grandma Lin made a ruckus the divorce document was written in accordance with Zhang Xiaohui's will and Grandma Lin had to cough out those twenty taels and the gold jewellery that she has been hiding in her treasure chest. Throughout the entire time she cursed Zhang Xiaohui for being heartless and didn't even wake Lin Ze awake to print his thumb on the papers, she did it on her own by pressing Lin Ze's thumb on the divorce document. Once everything was done she threw the documents and the money at Zhang Xiaohui and snarled, " now get the fuck out of my house"
Then she turned to look at the crowd and was going to the same thing to them but then -
Lin Zhi who was sitting silently in the corner walked out and raised her hand and dropped another axe on Grandma Lin's neck, " Wait a minute, I want to leave this family too."