This woman isn’t one to stay put; she has caused countless troubles over the years, yet he always felt that, as a couple for so many years, things shouldn’t have come to this point. At the same time, for the sake of the children, he didn’t want them to become kids without a mother.
But now, this woman was getting more and more outrageous. Up to this moment, she had shown no remorse for her actions, instead, her mind was full of jealousy and hatred, without a trace of repentance.
He realized by now that this woman’s nature had twisted, and was something that could never change for a lifetime.
"You... you actually want to divorce me?" Liao Zhaoji took a while to find her voice, her eyes full of disbelief.
She had borne three sons for the Ruan Family!
He actually wanted to divorce her over such trivial matters?!
"I don’t agree! Ruan Jiandang you’re heartless, you ungrateful brute, you’ve forgotten all the hardships I went through marrying you all these years, how I managed the household for you, how I bore you three sons, and this is how you treat me!" Liao Zhaoji pointed at him and screamed hysterically, her face one of someone looking at Chen Shimen in disdain.
Ruan Jiandang knew that he couldn’t communicate with this woman, and upon hearing her, said nothing. He just pulled up the blanket, turned his head, and closed his eyes.
But how could Liao Zhaoji give in? She threw herself on him and beat him like a madwoman.
In the past two days at the Ruan family’s place, she had endured nothing but contempt, even her own sons ignored her. Her husband wouldn’t seek justice for her or make decisions on her behalf, and now he wanted to divorce her? Why should she accept that?
"Ruan Jiandang get up, explain to me clearly! Why on earth do you want to divorce me, in what way have I wronged the Ruan Family!"
Ruan Jiandang got pounced on and hit several times by her, the pressure on his legs causing a painful sensation. In a moment of anger, he threw off the blanket, gave a hard push, and shoved Liao Zhaoji off the bed.
Liao Zhaoji stumbled and fell to the ground, her face covered in bloody scabs and tears, looking utterly pitiful.
Ruan Jiandang pointed at her and roared, "Liao Zhaoji, you still don’t know what you’ve done wrong at this point. Let me tell you, if Jiaojiao hadn’t come back yesterday, if anything had happened, I would’ve killed you immediately to apologize to my older brother!"
Liao Zhaoji was frightened by his outburst.
She looked at him in a daze, then after a few seconds, started wiping her tears, her voice quavering, "What does anything happening to Ruan Jiaojiao have to do with me..." As she spoke, even she sounded uncertain, her voice getting quieter towards the end.
Ruan Jiandang looked at her, finding it tiresome to say another word.
Pointing at the door: "I don’t need your care here, get out, go back to the Liao family!"
"Dad..." Liao Zhaoji pleaded as she got up from the floor.
"Get out!" Ruan Jiandang roared, his eyes bloodshot.
A few people had gathered at the door, looking in curiously.
Crying pitifully, Liao Zhaoji slowly walked towards the door. Just as she reached it, she heard Ruan Jiandang shouting from behind, "Wait."
She turned around immediately, her eyes lighting up.
"If you still care that you’re the mother of several children, then bring back every single penny you took to the Liao family, that’s their tuition fee!"
At those words, Liao Zhaoji burst into louder sobbing and ran off.
Ruan Jiandang closed his eyes wearily in the hospital room.
Liao Zhaoji left the ward and lingered in the corridor for a while, contemplating. She figured the reason Ruan Jiandang wanted a divorce must be the money she had taken back with her.
She wiped her tears, turned, and ran off. She would get the money back, and then Ruan Jiandang wouldn’t go through with the divorce.