While I was wiping my face with a towel, I heard my daughter's voice coming from the bathroom door.
After wiping his face and hanging the towel on the hook, Liu Changqing looked at the door of the bathroom and saw his wife and daughter holding hands with a proud look on their face.
Liu Changqing looked at their mother and daughter expressionlessly, his eyes passing over their faces, and then looking at An Yuanyao, Liu Changqing asked softly.
"She went to complain to you?"
"Xia Zhi cried very sadly just now. Why did you take all the child's lucky money..."
"It's not taking it away, it's keeping it for her."
Liu Changqing explained.
"The total New Year's money given to her by her parents is more than 10,000 yuan. I don't trust her for a ten-year-old child to receive so much money."
After hearing Liu Changqing's explanation, An Yuanyao didn't know what to say for a while.
My parents gave me too much.
When he was at home, Liu Changqing made a very clear plan for the daily expenses of his two children.
Liu Zhiyue, who is in junior high school, has fifteen yuan a day for food, and Liu Xiazhi, who is in elementary school, has ten yuan a day. They allocate it reasonably, save some money, and also give some pocket money.
but……
Thinking of this, An Yuanyao looked at Liu Xiazhi who looked expectantly beside her.
Being stared at by her daughter with such expectant eyes, it was difficult for An Yuanyao to agree with her husband's response.
Think for a moment…
"Then...then you can't take everything away...leave some for the children..."
Hearing An Yuanyao say this, Liu Changqing immediately responded.
"Didn't I leave a hundred yuan for her?"
"One hundred dollars is too little!"
As soon as Liu Changqing finished speaking, Liu Xiazhi, who thought she had found a backer, immediately took courage.
"Besides, my brother also received so much lucky money, why did he just rob me?"
"..."
After hearing what his daughter said, Liu Changqing walked out of the bathroom directly after ending his silence.
Standing in front of the mother and daughter, he rolled up his sleeves.
"If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten. Where is your brother?"
"in the room!"
Liu Xiazhi was stunned for a moment, then rushed to answer after coming to his senses.
Then he broke away from An Yuanyao's hand, ran to Liu Changqing's side, grabbed his father's hand, and turned into a guide.
He was still talking.
"Brother is hiding it, I saw him hiding it in his socks!"
After saying that, Liu Xiazhi no longer worried that all her new year's money had been taken away by Liu Changqing. Instead, she happily took her father to harvest her brother's money.
Watching the father and daughter leave, An Yuanyao, who was standing at the door of the bathroom, opened her mouth in surprise and silently watched them go away.
She... could never guess what her daughter was thinking.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is supposed to be a day for family reunion, but for Li Wanran, mother and daughter, it seems a little indifferent.
In the huge room, Li Wanran was wearing silk pajamas, holding a goblet, lying on his side on the sofa, his eyes just staring at the cup in his hand, as if he didn't see his mother sitting not far away.
Ye Rong noticed her daughter's dressing up.
His brows couldn't stop frowning.
"Is this how you dress at home?"
"This is my home... Also, if you plan to persuade me not to divorce Li Chongming, you can go back now. I will not agree."
"..."
Seeing her daughter's rude response, a look of disappointment flashed across Ye Rong's eyes. Although it was only for a moment, it definitely appeared on her face.
I pondered for a while and thought about my words carefully.
Ye Rong's tone became more relaxed, not as tough as before.
"Wan Ran...I am not here to advise you not to divorce him. On the contrary, I support your decision."
Stunned for a moment, Li Wanran moved his eyes away from the wine glass and looked at his mother not far away.
This was the first time she had looked at her mother since she came.
Li Wanran was obviously not expecting her mother, whose attitude was completely different from the day before yesterday.
Standing up gently, Li Wanran placed the wine glass in his hand on the small table beside him, and then asked in a somewhat puzzled tone.
"Then you come here this time..."
"I have already investigated and found that Li Chongming did cheat on me. I was deceived by his previous words at first... so when I talked to you on the phone the day before yesterday, I kept trying to excuse him."
"mom……"
"But you don't have to be so anxious. I have already found someone to draft a divorce agreement for you. After this year is over, you will go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to apply for divorce."
With a faint smile on her face, Ye Rong said these words. After she finished speaking, she took out the divorce agreement from her bag and gently placed it in front of Li Wanran.
He looked at her and said.
"Put your fingerprints on it."
"..."
Looking at the divorce agreement that his mother put on the table, Li Wanran reached out and took it over and started to read it.
As time went by, the cold face became even colder, and he threw the divorce agreement in his hand to the ground. With a trace of anger in his eyes, Li Wanran stared at his mother sitting not far away and asked
.
"What do you mean? Why should the joint property of husband and wife be divided in half?"
"That money is nothing to our family, just give it to him."
"No way, I told him, he can't even get a penny!"
"Can you be more mature? Do you think you are still at the age where you can act impulsively?"
"What does this mean? It was obviously his fault to make his daughter suffer this kind of injustice, but it made me lose face!"
"Li Wanran!!"
The mother and daughter quarreled.
Her speaking voice also gradually became louder. If her speaking voice was normal at first, by the time Ye Rong called out Li Wanran's name, it could be said that she was shouting.
After shouting her daughter's name loudly, Ye Rong stood up from her seat.
His face also started to look ugly.
As if gritting his teeth, he said every word.
"He has something for the company to use. If these are exposed, both of us will be finished!"
"So you don't care about my feelings at all?!"
Li Wanran felt a little sad.
She originally thought that her mother would choose to consider these issues from her own standpoint after knowing the truth of the matter.
But……
Looking at his mother with a serious face, Li Wanran continued.
"Besides, don't you also know what Li Chongming has committed? We also have evidence against him, so why should we be threatened by him!"
"This is different."
"What's the difference!"
"you!!"
Ye Rong was disappointed by her daughter's rebuttal.
This is the first time I have heard words that refute myself from my daughter. She has never been like this since she was a child...
Anger rushed into my heart.
Ye Rong's chest began to heave, and she strode towards Li Wanran until she came to her.
He raised his hand and slapped him hard.
"Snapped!!"
After a crisp sound, Li Wanran's face tilted to the side.
With her eyes wide open, after a while, she slowly turned back to look at her mother standing in front of her, breathing heavily...
With her palms trembling slightly, Ye Rong looked at Li Wanran.