strictlysupreme Chapter 809 Don't even think about killing the donkey after it has served its purpose.
Chapter 809 Don't even think about killing the donkey after it has served its purpose.
"That's good. You haven't let me down. You've done a great job these past few years."
"Don't say things out of anger. What exactly do you want from me?"
"Not so great. Just keep things as they are and don't fall behind on your living expenses."
"You..." These words stung him deeply. "Am I just an ATM to you?"
Lin Yuyao smiled, and that smile made him feel as if he were seeing her in her younger days.
"Yuyao, that's not what I meant..."
"You don't need to explain, that's what I mean."
Lu Jiangting: "..."
"You should be glad you're still somewhat useful. Quietly being an ATM is better for both of us."
Lu Jiangting wiped his face in despair, "How did we get to this point?"
Lin Yuyao chuckled, as if asking him, or perhaps asking herself.
"Yes, I'd like to ask the same thing, how did things get to this point?"
Seeing her pained expression, he felt distressed as well.
Lu Jiangting took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Since neither of us is happy, and since you still can't get over this hurdle after all these years, I might as well grant your wish. Don't you want a divorce? I... I agree to a divorce."
"What? Huh? Are you dreaming?" Lin Yuyao was amused by his words.
"Sixteen years ago I said I wanted a divorce, but you disagreed."
"Fourteen years ago, I brought up divorce again, but you still refused."
"Twelve years ago, I had enough of Fang Qing and her son's provocations, so I went to your workplace and made a scene. Under the coercion of your superiors, you wrote me a guarantee that even if you helped Fang Qing and her son, you would do so within your means. You said you would first ensure your own family's livelihood and only do charity when you had extra resources. But you only lasted for six months and then went back to your old ways."
Lu Jiangting: "That's because..."
"Alright, I don't want to hear your excuses. You have too many excuses, you have excuses for everything you do, as if you're never wrong."
Lu Jiangting was speechless.
Lin Yuyao took a deep breath and continued, "Ten years ago, I couldn't take it anymore and exposed your and Fang Qing's scandalous affair to the public. As a result, everyone scolded me for making a mountain out of a molehill and called me a shrew. Fine, I'm petty, I'm a shrew, then let's get a divorce? You still disagree, none of you agree."
Because you care about your reputation, you're afraid I'll really get a divorce, so you confirmed your affair with Fang Qing. You care about your reputation, yet you're holding me captive. Why? On what grounds?
Lu Jiangting exclaimed in shock, "What nonsense are you talking about? Fang Qing and I are completely innocent. Old Xu doesn't agree to our divorce because he thinks there's just some misunderstanding between us. After you left, he talked to me for a long time, telling me to be good to you, to care for you more, and to say good things about you in every way. You made such a scene, slandering the martyr's widow's innocence in front of so many people, and he only scolded you. But after you left, he not only scolded me, but also kicked me several times..."
Lu Jiangting still felt wronged when he talked about this.
"What kind of wife would disregard her reputation and make such a scene? Do you know how serious a crime it would be for you to slander someone's innocence in public if Old Xu hadn't covered it up?"
Lin Yuyao said with a wry smile, "Yes, yes, you have special identities, I can't do anything about you, I deserve to be bullied by you, okay?"
“I… Yuyao, you know perfectly well that’s not what I meant.” Lu Jiangting gritted his teeth and said, “I’m sorry, I’m setting you free now. I’ve made some money these past few years, it’s all… it’s all yours.”
"Pah!" Lin Yuyao spat directly in his face. "You wish!"
Lu Jiangting: "..."
"When I was young, when your parents needed to be waited on, when your children needed to be cared for..." Lin Yuyao said angrily, "Back then you wouldn't divorce me, you absolutely refused. Now look what's happened, your parents are gone, your children are grown up, and you want a divorce. Lu Jiangting, how can you be so shameless? You want to have it all, how can you be so naive? Let me tell you, Lu Jiangting, no way, I don't agree to a divorce."
Lu Jiangting was astonished. "That's what you think?"
Lin Yuyao: "That's what you did."
She didn't want to waste any more words with him and said bluntly, "Transfer the money to me every month. If you dare to shortchange me, I'll go to your workplace and cause trouble again. I'm going to ask your boss, 'When you dumped a bunch of burdens on me before, you refused to get a divorce no matter what. Now that you've taken care of your parents and raised the child, you're saying you want a divorce. What exactly do you mean by that?'"
Lu Jiangting didn't dare to mention divorce anymore, but he felt wronged because he didn't mean it that way at all.
After five years apart, he saw how haggard she looked and how unhappy she was.
He felt guilty for keeping her tied up for so many years, so he decided to let go, even though it hurt.
He is also willing to use his salary from the past few years as compensation.
But in her eyes, he was like a tool that had been used and discarded.
Why... why do they always misunderstand each other!
……
"Ah..." Lu Jiangting suddenly woke up, stood up abruptly, bumped into the roof of the car, and was forced to sit back down.
Fu Huaiyi, who was in the passenger seat, was awakened.
Yi Yunshuo glanced at him and hurriedly pulled the car over to the side of the road and stopped.
"Lu Jiangting, why are you making such a fuss? Your scream startled me."
Lu Jiangting's thoughts seemed not to have fully returned; he didn't hear his words and instead looked around in confusion.
Yi Yunshuo cursed, opened the car door and got out, then opened the back door and leaned half his body inside.
"What are you doing? Let me tell you, if you're sick, take your medicine right away. It's very dangerous if you go crazy while driving."
Lu Jiangting's thoughts slowly returned. He looked at Yi Yunshuo, then at Fu Huaiyi in front of him.
"I...I'm fine."
"Are you alright? Do you look alright? Eat, hurry up and eat."
Yi Yunshuo patted him all over, found a medicine bottle, took it out, poured out half a bottle of medicine, and stuffed it into his mouth.
Lu Jiangting took the medicine, ate only three pills, and put the rest back.
Yi Yunshuo was still complaining, saying that if he was sick, he shouldn't have come out and stuff.
Fu Huaiyi simply said, "Alright, stop nagging and drive the car to the service area ahead."
"Got it."
"Tsk, what bad luck."
As the car drove to the service area, he complained the whole way, even when he went to the toilet, he kept complaining to Fu Huaiyi next to him.
Fu Huaiyi was thoroughly annoyed by it.
"Now, either you go back, or you take him back. Or you go with him, and I'll go back."
Yi Yunshuo: "No, Brother Yi, look at how possessed he is, aren't you scared? I get chills down my spine when he sits behind me, I'm afraid he'll suddenly bite my neck."
"If you're afraid of even this, do you even deserve to be a successor to socialism?"
Yi Yunshuo: "..."