A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

Chapter 308 Firmly Opposes Divorce

Jin Guilan left happily after receiving the gifts, saying that the dowry for her daughter was almost ready and they were just waiting for her daughter to get married.

Time flies, and the two little ones turned one year old and Jin Guilan's youngest daughter got married one after the other.

Turning one year old seems to be a magical threshold. After crossing it, the two little ones suddenly started calling out "Mommy" and "Daddy". They could only stand up while holding onto their strollers before, but overnight they suddenly took their first brave steps.

This made things even more difficult for the children, as Zhuang Qingxiang had to keep a close eye on them to prevent them from falling.

She could only rest when Lu Congyue and Xiao Luyue returned.

Lu Congyue felt sorry for her and asked if she wanted to find a nanny to help, but Zhuang Qingxiang refused.

She hadn't forgotten that Jin Lili insisted on coming to her house as a nanny, so who knew if the nanny she found at this time would be an honest person?

"By the way, how is Jin Lili now?" Zhuang Qingxiang hadn't seen Jin Guilan for quite some time, and knew nothing about Jin Lili.

"She's still involved with Li Weixing," Lu Congyue said disdainfully. "She's already given her job to her sister-in-law, so if she wants another job, she can only rely on Li Weixing. She won't break up with Li Weixing easily."

In fact, Li Weixing had wanted to break up with Jin Lili for a long time, but Jin Lili disagreed. When she was pushed too far, she threatened to report Li Weixing to his workplace, which made Li Weixing very regretful now.

It wasn't that she regretted having an affair with Jin Lili, but that she regretted finding such a greedy person, and that she regretted how she could have been so blinded by greed to write a guarantee to Jin Guilan.

He wanted to go home and find the guarantee to burn, but Jin Guilan was like a demon. Whenever he went back, she would make a scene, disturbing the neighbors. Later, when his superiors talked to him, he had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being.

"Sister Jin invited us to her wedding banquet. After the banquet, I guess she'll start talking about divorce with Li Weixing." Zhuang Qingxiang frowned slightly. "I wonder if they'll actually get divorced."

Lu Congyue couldn't say for sure about this.

Although Jin Guilan has always appeared resolute, they have been married for over twenty years and have grandchildren. She is afraid that her children will not agree to such an undignified thing as divorce.

Jin Guilan has always loved her child very much, and it is very likely that she will not divorce for the sake of her child.

Lu Congyue didn't care whether the two of them divorced or not; he just wanted Li Weixing to be preoccupied with his own troubles so he wouldn't have time to cause trouble behind his back.

For the past two months, he has been harassed by Jin Lili's family and verbally and physically abused by Jin Guilan, so he has no time to think about any shady ideas.

Finally, the day of Li Meihua's wedding arrived, and Jin Guilan, for the first time ever, allowed Li Weixing into the house.

When the son-in-law comes to pick up the bride, the father can't be absent.

As Li Meihua rode on the back of her son-in-law's bicycle away from home, she waved to Jin Guilan, her eyes brimming with tears.

She knew that after she left, things would change drastically in this family.

Jin Guilan didn't give Li Weixing any face either; as soon as her daughter left, she chased her away with a broom.

Li Weixing was so angry that he started cursing at the door, saying that she was unreasonable.

"I'm being unreasonable because you forced me to," Jin Guilan said coldly. "Li Weixing, I'm not arguing with you today for Meihua's sake. Please take leave and come back tomorrow morning. I have something to say to you."

"What's wrong?" Li Weixing couldn't help but ask.

Jin Guilan: "You'll find out tomorrow. Now get out of here! I don't want to see you!"

Li Weixing was so angry that he yelled at his two sons, "Look at her attitude! You two need to do something about her!"

Li Weixing left, cursing under his breath.

Li Chao and Li Wei exchanged a glance, their faces dark with anger, and both stayed.

"Mom, what do you want Dad to do by coming over tomorrow morning?" Li Chao asked.

Jin Guilan frowned and said irritably, "What did you say? I want a divorce!"

"No way!" Li Chao and Li Wei objected in unison.

Jin Guilan frowned as she looked at them: "What do you mean? You know what kind of person he is, and you still want me to continue living with him?"

"Mom!" Li Chao called out, his face not looking too good. "No matter what kind of person he is, he is still the biological father of me, Li Wei, and Mei Hua. If you don't get a divorce, at least on the surface we can still look like a normal family, and we can maintain appearances."

"Yes, Mom, I don't agree to your divorce. If outsiders find out, I'll be too ashamed to face anyone," Li Wei complained. "Look at all the good people getting divorced. You're both so old, aren't you ashamed?"

Jin Guilan was somewhat angry that they couldn't distinguish right from wrong. Her face was cold as she said, "What do you mean? He's not ashamed at all for messing around with a woman younger than his daughter, but I'm ashamed just for getting a divorce? And ashamed of you all? Aren't you ashamed to have a father like that?"

"You can't say that," Li Chao said, pacing back and forth in frustration. "Others don't know about his affair, so no one will gossip. But if you two get divorced, everyone will talk behind our family's backs."

Li Wei chimed in, "Mom, I know you're upset, so you can do whatever you want to Dad. My brother and I are on your side. But you can't divorce Dad! Mom, just treat him like a decoration, like a wooden stake. Just leave him there, let him hold the title. Isn't it good enough as things are now?"

"Besides, you also have to consider the actual situation." Li Chao followed up patiently, "This house was allocated to Dad by the Commerce Bureau. If you get divorced, you won't be able to continue living in this house, regardless of whether the Commerce Bureau takes it back or not. Where will you live then? Although you have a job now, your salary is not high. I've never heard of state-run restaurants allocating housing to their employees. These are all just troublesome matters."

Jin Guilan's face grew colder as she listened.

In the end, it wasn't about her feelings at all, but about saving face.

She remained silent, letting them talk until their throats were dry, until they finally tired of talking, then she asked, "Just for your sake, you expect me to endure this?"

Li Chao and Li Wei were both extremely agitated.

Dad is a troublemaker. He's been entangled with Jin Lili lately, and they're already fed up with each other. I never expected Mom to become so troublesome too, getting divorced at her age.

Seeing that persuasion was futile, Li Chao steeled his resolve: "Mom, I don't agree to a divorce. If you insist on going your own way, then don't blame me for disowning you!"

Li Wei looked at Li Chao in shock.

Li Chao was the eldest son and was favored by his mother from a young age. In his parents' eyes, his status was much higher than theirs.

But for him to say something like "disowning his mother" is just too much!

"Brother, you..."

Li Chao glared at him and then gave him a wink.

Li Wei received the message promptly and immediately turned to Jin Guilan, saying, "Mom, I support my brother's decision in this matter. If you really divorce Dad, then I...I...I won't acknowledge you anymore!"

He even hummed after saying that, but the sound didn't seem very confident.