Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

"Li Zhuangsheng and Hu Mengdie must get a divorce!" Li Xiuyu said solemnly.

"You called us home so early for this?" Li Minghua asked, his expression puzzled.

Li Xiuyu nodded solemnly: "Yes, they can't get along right now. Forcing them will only make them both unhappy!"

Chen Lanying frowned, her face showing displeasure: "Xiuyu, what nonsense are you spouting all of a sudden?"

“I’m not making this up. Can’t you all see that Hu Mengdie doesn’t like Li Zhuangsheng at all right now?”

“Girls are all pursued, and your brother and sister-in-law weren’t always a good match.” Li Minghua frowned. “Did your sister-in-law cheat on you?”

“Based on my investigation, there’s an 80% chance there was no actual infidelity.” Li Xiuyu’s expression remained unchanged. “But I still think they’re not suitable to be together. Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t like Hu Mengdie, and Hu Mengdie doesn’t like Li Zhuangsheng either.”

"How do you know your brother doesn't like her? Did he tell you himself? Haha, he even said before that he would never get married in his life!" Li Minghua teased with a smile.

He didn't think Li Zhuangsheng would dislike Hu Mengdie. After so many blind dates, Li Zhuangsheng always acted like nothing had happened afterward, never initiating contact with the women. If pushed too far, he'd just send a "Happy Holiday" message on a recent holiday, as if that was enough—what a joke!

He spends all day posting nonsensical comments in the family group chat, and he always finds out some isolated cases, like cases of cheating on dowry or rape... It makes him so angry that he's wanted to kick his son out of the happy family several times.

However, Li Zhuangsheng had a complete epiphany the moment he met Hu Mengdie. He stopped saying those stupid things and stopped forwarding all that nonsense. Not only did he become full of motivation and strive for improvement, but he also actually won the girl's heart. Doesn't that say something?

Therefore, even though Li Zhuangsheng told Li Xiuyu that he didn't like Hu Mengdie, Li Minghua just thought he was being stubborn and arrogant. Hu Mengdie is so beautiful, how could any boy not like her?

“Young girls are all shy, you have to chase them and coax them. Your brother is still a child, he doesn’t know how to chase girls yet, you should help him more!” Chen Lanying glanced at Li Xiuyu and snorted coldly, “Aren’t you very good at flirting with young girls? Now’s your time to show your skills. This is your only chance to contribute to the family!”

"I've always been the one pursued, never the one who pursued anyone!" Li Xiuyu shook her head. "I know Li Zhuangsheng better than you do. There's no way he and Hu Mengdie can be together now. Let them get a divorce. If they're truly meant to be, they'll be together again in the future!"

Chen Lanying glared at her: "Why did you have to make them get divorced? I think you just have a problem with your sister-in-law. When they were together, you always had a long face on your face!"

“But at least I didn’t stop them back then,” Li Xiuyu slammed her hand on the table. “The problem now is, if they continue to be together, Li Zhuangsheng will suffer a lot! Just because he’s not your biological son doesn’t mean you don’t care about him, right?”

"What are you saying, you brat!" Chen Lanying roared, twisting Li Xiuyu's ear hard. "I'll make a will right now, and all my property will go to your brother after I die. Then you'll know who I care about!"

"Alright, Xiuyu, stop fooling around." Li Minghua stopped him with a wry smile. "Let's wait and see about your brother and sister-in-law's situation. Even though they have amnesia, they are still husband and wife. Divorce is no small matter; it can't be decided lightly!"

Li Xiuyu said angrily, "The longer this matter drags on, the greater the harm to Li Zhuangsheng will be!"

Chen Lanying stared into Li Xiuyu's eyes, her gaze revealing a hint of doubt and a strange depth of meaning. "Why do you want your brother to get a divorce so badly?"

Li Xiuyu felt a chill run down her spine under that gaze. Almost instinctively, she turned her face away and said resentfully, "I didn't want to say it, but you forced me, so I had no choice!"

As she spoke, she took out her phone and showed the two photos she had taken at the restaurant earlier.

The couple leaned closer and saw Hu Mengdie and a strange man sitting at the same table, clearly having a meal together.

"Who is this? When did you take this picture?" Chen Lanying asked in surprise.

Li Xiuyu sneered: "Your daughter-in-law's boyfriend from high school, let me think how many years they dated. They started dating in their second year of high school and continued until they graduated from university... well, at least five or six years."

"Are you sure?" Li Minghua asked. "Just find someone from Xingpeng High School, from our year, and see if anyone doesn't know him? Or I can call Zhang Qixiang over to my house and you can ask him!" Li Xiuyu said impatiently.

The couple were stunned, staring at the photos on their phones, and remained silent for a long time.

Seeing this, Li Xiuyu picked up her phone and called Zhang Qixiang directly: "Hey, Zhang Qixiang, are you free right now? Come to my house..."

"No need to come!" Li Minghua finally spoke up.

"Oh, it's nothing!" Li Xiuyu hung up the phone.

The couple looked at each other. Although Li Xiuyu was unreliable, he wouldn't lie like this in this situation.

When did you take this photo?

"On the night they lost their memory, it must have been not long before they lost their memory."

Another brief silence followed. At least the two of them thought they should know why Li Zhuangsheng had been coming home so often those two days, and why he seemed hesitant to speak.

Li Minghua took a deep breath: "Your sister-in-law... she really cheated on me?"

Li Xiuyu said calmly, "I don't want to wrong her. Anyway, I haven't found any evidence, but I feel that there was at least no actual cheating. However, it is a fact that she had dinner with her ex-boyfriend."

Chen Lanying licked her lips, her expression turning serious. She pondered for a moment and said, "...But you have no evidence. All you can prove is that they ate together. Maybe they're just ordinary friends now..."

Her voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, suggesting that she herself felt her argument was not entirely convincing.

"Have you shown this photo to your brother?" Li Minghua asked Li Xiuyu, looking tired.

“How could I dare show it to him!” Li Xiuyu exclaimed. “He’s seen even more intense ones, how could I dare to provoke him again?”

"More powerful?"

"A video of Hu Mengdie and Qi Haoyu together in high school."

"What?" Li Minghua slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

"Don't misunderstand, it's just a video of them hugging and kissing normally, even though they're clothed," Li Xiuyu couldn't help but explain.

"Oh...ohhh."

Li Minghua sat down again, thinking to herself, "You brat, you can't just make things clear from the beginning!"
Chen Lanying glared at him, annoyed, and then said, "Well, it's not that special, is it?"

Li Xiuyu frowned slightly, but then thought that this was indeed difficult to explain to the two of them. It wasn't just a matter of generation gap; sometimes people simply couldn't understand each other. Just like they didn't understand why Li Zhuangsheng didn't want to be in a relationship.

"Have you all forgotten that Hu Mengdie only has memories from her high school days?" Li Xiuyu said. (End of Chapter)