Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 196: Not Completely Unaffected

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu and Chao Chao both widened their eyes.

Chu Xiu cried out, "Godmother, no!"

He didn't want to leave this home, and he didn't want to leave Chaochao.

If he leaves, then there will be absolutely no chance between them.

Chu Xiu had originally planned to give up on this doomed relationship yesterday, but a voice kept flickering in his heart, telling him that he must persevere.

Everything has its ups and downs, and love is no exception.

Upon seeing Chaochao injured today, Chu Xiu almost instinctively stepped forward to shield her.

Seeing her frightened and blushing face, he became even more certain that he had truly fallen in love with Chaochao, and at the same time realized that Chaochao didn't dislike him that much.

At least, she didn't immediately push him away in disgust.

He has a chance as long as she doesn't refuse.

But now, his godmother no longer recognizes him as her godson and wants to kick him out.

Chu Xiu felt like the sky was falling. Chaochao grabbed Li Ruru's hand and pleaded, "Mother, don't be like this. He really didn't do anything to me. He's innocent."

Li Ruru raised an eyebrow. "I didn't say anything. I just told him not to call me godmother anymore."

Chu Xiu asked anxiously, "Godmother, don't you want your godson anymore?"

Chu Xiu and Chao Chao grabbed Li Ruru's sleeves from both sides and cried their hearts out.

Li Ruru sighed and said speechlessly, "Xiu'er, if you call me godmother, then there's absolutely no chance for you two."

Chu Xiu, who was wailing in pain, was stunned. "What? What do you mean?"

"What could it mean? You can't understand human language anymore. Just call me Aunt Li from now on."

Chu Xiu realized at this moment that if he called Li Ruru his godmother, then he and Chaochao would become siblings.

How can there be love between siblings?

He said excitedly, “Godmother… no, Aunt Li, you mean… you agree to let me be with Chaochao…”

"Stop! I didn't agree to that." Li Ruru suddenly remembered something and asked with wide eyes, "What about Xiao Wu?"

"Xiao Wu? What does that have to do with him?" Chu Xiu asked, puzzled.

"Aren't you and him...you know...homosexual?"

"That's not true." Chu Xiu said angrily. "My sexual orientation is perfectly normal."

"But you said before that you never wanted to get married in your life?" Li Ruru raised an eyebrow and asked.

"That was before, now... I have someone else in my heart," Chu Xiu said awkwardly.

Li Ruru suddenly felt that her precious cabbage was about to be eaten by a pig, and her face was full of unhappiness.

But this pig was her godson, so she sighed and said, "It's not that I'm against you."

Chu Xiu's emotions went through a rollercoaster, and he said with bright eyes, "Thank you, Aunt Li, for making this possible for us."

Li Ruru waved her hand and said, "Don't thank me yet."

She patted Chaochao's head gently and said, "Chaochao, what do you think? Do you have any feelings for him at all? Tell me what's on your mind, don't be afraid."

Chaochao moved her lips, but remained silent for a long time.

Seeing this, Li Ruru said coldly to Chu Xiu, "See? She has no interest in you. You should just give up on her sooner or later. I'll have Yishan take you back tomorrow."

Seeing her mother so resolute, Chaochao quickly grabbed her and said, "No, no!"

"Not what?" Li Ruru asked patiently. Her eldest daughter was not good with words and had a very quiet personality, so it was really not easy to get her to talk.

Especially now that she's grown up, she still keeps quiet about matters between men and women and has never brought it up herself.

This couldn't go on like this, so Li Ruru wanted to provoke her and see if she would take the initiative to fight for it today.

Chaochao bit her lip and said shyly, "It's not that I'm completely indifferent to him."

It seemed as if those words had exhausted all her strength. She let out a long sigh of relief and felt a sense of ease she had never experienced before.

Li Ruru smiled and said, "It's not that I don't feel anything at all, it means I do feel something."

Chu Xiu's smug smile almost reached the sky. Sure enough, his feeling was right; Chaochao liked him.

He never expected that he would find his soulmate so early, and that the person was so close yet so far away.

He was overjoyed to have won Chaochao's favor. He immediately said, "I am also interested in Chaochao."

The thought of this boy potentially taking her daughter away in the future made Li Ruru inexplicably unhappy. She said irritably, "Who asked you? You talk too much."

Chu Xiu looked helpless and spread his hands, saying, "Aunt Li knows I've always been so talkative."

Li Ruru then asked, "When did you start having designs on my Chaochao?"

If Chu Xiu was only staying at her house because of Chaochao, she would think that he was too calculating and not suitable for Chaochao.

Chu Xiu said, "It's probably since we parted ways last time."

He didn't feel anything special when they worked, ate, and played together on weekdays.

Who knew that after the separation, his life suddenly became gloomy.

He stared blankly at the remaining cucumbers and tomatoes on the table several times, his mind constantly wandering to Chaochao.

I think of how skillful and efficient she is when she works, and the upturned corners of her lips and the flowing strands of her hair as she talks and laughs.

Several times, his dreams were filled with her image, but when he woke up, it was all gone, leaving him deeply disappointed.

Li Ruru breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this guy didn't have his eye on Chaochao from the beginning.

Suddenly remembering something, she said coldly, "Last time? You two were only separated for less than a week, weren't you?"

Chu Xiu said with a grin, "Aunt Li, have you ever heard a saying?"

"A day apart feels like three autumns?"

"Yes, that's the sentence. Auntie is so clever."

Li Ruru gave a helpless bitter smile. She couldn't do anything about Chu Xiu's sharp tongue, so she could only look at her own daughter.

Seeing Chaochao biting her lip with a worried look on her face, she squatted down and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

When Chaochao met Li Ruru's gentle gaze, she mustered her courage and said, "Mother, Master Chu and I are actually not very suitable."

Li Ruru asked in shock, "Didn't you say you were in love with him?"

Chu Xiu frowned deeply. Was his perfect marriage about to be ruined?

"Yeah, you just said you weren't indifferent to me."

Chu Xiu hung his head, like a wounded lapdog, waiting for someone to love him.

Chaochao tried hard to suppress her sadness and explained, "Master Chu, you are the son of a county magistrate, I am not good enough for you. I wish you will find a good girl of equal social standing soon."

She had dreamed about their future before, but that was just a dream, a longing.

Ever since she learned that Chu Xiu was the magistrate's son, she knew that there was absolutely no chance for them.

My feelings for him are real, and it's also true that they're not a good match.

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Ruru was the first to break down.

"He is indeed the son of the county magistrate, but besides his father, what does he have? If anyone is unworthy, I think he is unworthy of you."

Chu Xiu was thoroughly bewildered by what he was being said and was about to defend himself when Li Ruru said, "He's the magistrate's son, and your mother is quite wealthy. When things clear up, I'll go to the county town and buy a big house, right next to the county government office."

I'll buy a whole bunch of maids and servants, so you can become a rich young lady too.

Let his father, the county magistrate, see our family's wealth.

2000 taels of silver could probably buy quite a few houses.

For her daughter's bright future, what's a little money?

Chu Xiu lowered his head and chuckled to himself. Although Aunt Li's words were all belittling him, she was also speaking up for him.

It seems that calling her his godmother all this time wasn't for nothing.

Chaochao was stunned. Her mother actually looked down on her son, the county magistrate?!
They even want to spend money to buy a big house, just to impress the county magistrate?
Has Mother gone mad?

"Mother, I..."

"Don't talk, listen to me." Li Ruru interrupted her forcefully and said seriously, "Chaochao, don't underestimate yourself. You're not bad either. Be confident, don't be self-conscious."

You are exceptionally beautiful, kind-hearted, gentle, intelligent, and capable—you are perfectly suited to be the mistress of the household. What makes you unworthy of Chu Xiu?

Chu Xiu chimed in, "Yes, Aunt Li is right. Then I can..."

"No!" Li Ruru refused before he could finish speaking.

Chu Xiu muttered, "Why did Aunt Li refuse before I could finish speaking?"

Did she know what he was going to say?

(End of this chapter)