On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 495 "This is impossible! This can't be real! I don't believe it!"

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Li Wangtian felt something explode in his brain, making his ears ring.

Qin Tao... his Tao Niang... the woman he had longed for day and night for eight years, actually... remarried to someone else!

She's pregnant again!
"No...this is impossible..."

Li Wangtian shook his head violently, shouting hysterically, "You're lying to me, you're lying to me... You're lying to me, aren't you?"

Looking at Li Wangtian's appearance, even if he wanted to agree that what Li Wangtian said was a lie, how could he bring himself to say it?

"This is impossible!
This is not true!
I don’t believe it!”

Manager Jin gestured for Li Wangtian to calm down, but Li Wangtian was completely oblivious to what he was being told.
At the beginning, when Manager Jin said that after he left home, Qin Tao had an affair with his cousin Li Wangren and had a child, she even got involved with Li Wangguang for the sake of the child!

Li Wangren is his cousin. Although he is not a close relative of Li Wangguang, he is a good brother to Li Wangguang's brother-in-law, Li Wangzheng!
Back when they were in Lijiacun, Henan, Li Wangtian had quite a few interactions with Li Wangguang.

At that time, Li Wangtian greatly admired Li Wangguang. After all, it was not easy for someone to be able to read and write, and it was even more impressive if they could take the imperial examination and become an official!
but!

What did Li Wangguang, this seemingly respectable scholar, do?
And there's also his cousin, Li Wangren!
They deserve to die!

They deserve to die!

Upon hearing Manager Jin say, "That bastard is dead, Li Wangguang fell into the sea, and Li Wangren is also dead," Li Wangtian felt happy!
His wife, his Qin Tao, his Tao Niang, finally belonged to him alone again!

but!

What did Manager Jin say this time?
He said—Qin Tao remarried to a silk merchant and became pregnant with his child!
Li Wangtian suddenly felt his vision begin to blur, and Manager Jin's face split into several double images in front of him.

At the same time, he felt that the room had suddenly become unusually stuffy and hot, and sweat was streaming down his back, soaking his worn-out clothes.

"Brother Li, are you okay?"

Li Wangtian felt as if Manager Jin's voice was coming from a very far place.

He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but no sound came out.

Li Wangtian felt his legs suddenly lose all strength, and he felt as if his bones had been removed, and he just collapsed limply to the ground.

In the last moment before Li Wangtian lost consciousness, he saw Manager Jin rushing towards him in a panic.

Then everything went black before his eyes, and he fell straight forward.

Manager Jin reacted quickly, supporting Li Wangtian's heavy body and calling loudly for the servant standing outside to come in and help.

Manager Jin and his servant worked together to lift Li Wangtian onto a soft couch. Manager Jin pinched Li Wangtian's philtrum while telling the servant to quickly call the doctor from upstairs.

When Li Wangtian opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on an unfamiliar low couch, with sunlight casting dappled shadows on him through the window lattice.

For a moment, Li Wangtian thought he had just had a terrible nightmare.

He blinked, and memories flooded back like a tide. Li Wangtian felt as if several large stones were pressing on his chest, making it very difficult to breathe.

"woke up?"

Manager Jin's voice came from the side, "Would you like to get up and have some water?"

Li Wangtian was helped up from the low couch by a clever servant. He mechanically took the teacup, and the warm water slid down his throat, but it could not extinguish the burning anger and pain in his heart.

Yes, Li Wangtian's heart, no, his whole being, was filled with both anger and pain.

His hands were trembling so badly that he could barely hold the teacup, which he had only taken a sip of, in his excitement. The remaining tea spilled onto his clothes, leaving dark stains.

"I...I'm going to find them!" Even though he was half-sitting, Li Wangtian's body was still swaying. "I want to ask Tao and Qin Tao in person why she did this to me!"

She is my wife!

"She's my wife!"

Manager Jin was afraid that Li Wangtian would get into trouble again. The doctor had just said that Li Wangtian could no longer be angry or sad!

Manager Jin stepped forward and pressed down on Li Wangtian's shoulder, "Brother Li, calm down."

Where can you go in your current state?
you."

"Eight years! Eight years!" Li Wangtian's voice suddenly rose, trembling with sobs, "It's eight years!"

"Shopkeeper, I have been fighting on the battlefield for five solid years!"
When I broke my leg, it didn't utter a sound!
Just for... just for

He couldn't continue, and a whimper, like that of a wounded beast, escaped Li Wangtian's throat.

Manager Jin mentally completed what Li Wangtian hadn't finished saying—"Just to live and see my loved ones again!"

"Why."

Li Wangtian muttered to himself, "Why?"

Manager Jin looked at Li Wangtian, who lowered his head and covered his face with his hands. Manager Jin then slowly said, "I know this is hard to accept, but running away is not the solution."

After sighing, to avoid upsetting Li Wangtian who was about to cry, Manager Jin got up and walked to the window, leaving the low couch.

"Brother Li, there are some people in this world who are not worth your sadness."

Li Wangtian put his hand down, wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, and looked down at his rough hands.

These hands had held hoes and long knives, but they never saw their loved ones come to them.

Li Wangtian thought he was fighting for his family, but little did he know that the family he thought he had was already falling apart.

"What else do I have?" he asked softly, but it sounded more like he was asking himself.

Li Wangtian raised his swollen eyes, followed Manager Jin's retreating figure, and looked out the window.

Even though it was already evening and snow was still falling, the streets were still bustling with people.

He lowered his head, covered his face again, and his shoulders began to shake violently.

Manager Jin then tactfully left the room and gently closed the door behind him.

Manager Jin knew that Li Wangtian needed time alone to process the truths he had learned from him that afternoon, truths that were enough to overturn his life!

One by one, the lights outside the window were lit up, but the room remained pitch black.

Li Wangtian curled up on the low couch, his mind a jumbled mess.

Eight years, eight years!

Eight years of longing and yearning have yielded this kind of news!

The only good news for Li Wangtian among all this news is that his wife, no, his former wife Qin Tao, his daughter Li Chunli, and his son Li Shigui are all still alive!

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