My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 426 The Biggest Straw

In any case, Wei Dong's goal was to prevent as many people as possible from becoming victims of the times.

Don't let yourself get hurt in there.

In the evening, they played ball at the free market. Dong Xueying also accompanied Rang Weidong to his old boss's place to report on his recent work, which was quite unusual, before returning to the riverside villa to rest.

It was quite unusual for the couple to spend half the night in a shed they had built on the third floor, watching the crescent moon before the Mid-Autumn Festival and chatting romantically. Instead of busying themselves with homework, they ended up doing homework, which was a testament to traditional virtues.

Wei Dong believed it was due to the environment, but Dong Xueying insisted that it was because of the lack of a child.

They slept in each other's arms until the sun was high in the sky the next day, and then indulged in a day of pleasure before finally getting out of bed.

For more than a year, the couple had been busy fighting in the midst of war and chaos, and they rarely had time to relax and be lazy.

Wei Dong was also thinking about driving around the sanitary napkin factory to avoid being caught by Li Erfeng. He planned to patrol and observe the construction site again during the day, and then go out of the city to travel to the countryside there, the same towns they had visited the year before when they were harvesting citrus.

We had a farm-style lunch, and in the afternoon we found a shady spot by a stream to relax and while away the time.

As expected, Dong Xueying did not have the kind of restraint that Shen Cuiyue had mentioned. She cooperated with Wei Dongxing in every way, and was indeed gentle to the core.

As evening approached and the sun began to set, the small restaurants near where they had paid their taxes in town were closed, so the two had no choice but to return to the city to find something to eat.

After building the sanitary napkin factory with her own help, Dong Xueying laughed and said that there was no need to avoid Erfeng. There were so many people in Jiangzhou watching, so it wouldn't make a difference if she ate at the canteen.

Since we're already here, it wouldn't be right not to inspect the sanitary napkin factory.

As soon as the two parked the car in front of the cafeteria, Wei Dong deliberately held her hand, not worried about what Li Erfeng would think if she saw it.

But what he saw right in front of him was his parents, staring in disbelief at the entrance of the private room in the cafeteria, their sharp gazes almost melting their clasped hands.

Dong Xueying instinctively tried to break free and avoid it.

Wei Dong, without giving it much thought, firmly grasped the opportunity, still feeling he should ask, "When are you going back to Shangzhou?"

He kept silent.

But Mom frowned and asked, "Dong family's eldest daughter, are you dating Weidong?"

The tone was very unpleasant.

This led Wei Dong and Dong Xueying to completely contradict each other: "Yes!" "No!"

Hearing his wife's reaction, Wei Dong was unusually annoyed: "How can it not be? It's our own business, why are you bothered by other people's opinions!"

Turning to her parents, she said firmly, "We're definitely not dating. We got together last year when we came to Jiangzhou. We haven't registered our marriage, but we're already husband and wife, and she's your daughter-in-law."

Looking back, I realize that this was probably the biggest straw that broke the camel's back.

Wei Dong felt it was like straw, not heavy.

But it completely crushed Dong Xueying's last remaining hope.

Even those who rarely spoke up muttered, "No."

My mother almost burst into tears, and if she wasn't afraid of making a scene and losing face, she would have definitely yelled, "Sister, what you're doing isn't fair! You said back then that your daughter was a perfect match for Weidong..."

Wei Dong spotted Li Erfeng following behind and became angry with her as well.

He pointed into the distance and said, "What do you mean by 'authentic' or 'unauthentic'? My affairs are none of anyone else's business. If we don't see eye to eye, I won't argue with you. Let's just leave it at that and not run into each other."

After saying that, he put his arm around Dong Xueying's shoulder and walked out, because he could clearly feel his wife's legs going weak and sliding to the ground.

Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. She tried to apologize to the elderly couple, but Rang Weidong covered her mouth and carried her out.

They put it in the car and drove off.

Even so, Dong Xueying didn't burst into tears, but rather sobbed silently with great restraint.

Wei Dong was puzzled by the fact that his parents had developed a mindset forty years later: "What's so great about this? Living together is a matter between the two of us. My parents have traditional thinking, and I don't blame them. Filial piety and family harmony are two different things. If you don't deal with them, you'll save yourself the trouble of dealing with your mother-in-law."

Dong Xueying simply shook her head silently.

She even shed a string of tears.

This also annoyed Wei Dong.

In fact, he has definitely changed a lot in the past two years.

His smooth sailing in his career has made him accustomed to keeping his word.

Look at the people he met in Lianjiang Prefecture and Shanghai, and even the Apple boss listened to his every word.

They're used to being in control of everything, yet they can't seem to control things at home?

He couldn't help but growl in a slightly irritable voice: "What do you want! I've given you my whole heart, why are you always so hesitant, I..." At his age of sixty, aside from that instinctive impulse, it was really hard for him to lose his temper.

They've managed to control themselves and haven't said anything offensive.

Dong Xueying slowly shook her head and said, "I really can't take it anymore. I work day and night, and even in my dreams, I think I'm not good enough for you. I can't help you, and I'm ashamed to face anyone, not even your parents. It's not like that. You shouldn't have chosen a woman like me. The pressure on me is too much. I... I really thought we were just doing a small business, selling cooked food, living a simple life. Now you've made something of yourself, and I don't even dare to stand next to you at the company, afraid of people gossiping behind my back. I'm divorced with a child, wow..."

She finally burst into tears.

It was a truly heartbreaking and poignant experience, filled with genuine emotion.

In the 1980s, divorced women in county towns might be the subject of gossip and pointing fingers throughout the entire town.

This difference in perspective is something that even women themselves might agree on.

Unlike forty years later, being divorced and raising a child can actually be a plus.
Wei Dong was so frustrated that he scratched his head, almost pulling his hair out. In his mind, Shen Laosan's words were churning, and he could even vaguely recall the words that the old ghost had reminded him of.

Shaking his head vigorously to clear his mind of these distracting thoughts, he said, "Let's move to another place... Not many people in Jiangzhou know about this divorce and raising a child. Even if I don't care, it won't solve anything. You insist on making a fuss about this. You're really being stubborn."

Honestly, if a woman who understands women were to hug and coax her like this, she might have gotten over it.

But Wei Dong insisted on reasoning with him.

Dong Xueying continued to wallow in her own despair: "Let me go... I'll go by myself. You and Xiao Qing can live together. I told you you'd get married, and I'll take care of the household for you. I really can't do any more. I just want to do nothing and relax completely for a while."

What Wei Dong actually thought was, "Have you been doing 'that' too frequently lately, and it's making you tired?"

It feels like Zhang Lanzhi was also driven away in the same way last time.

Dong Xueying shook her head vigorously: "I like being with you, but I'm just too tired and I want to rest."

Wei Dong could understand: "Then take a break and go on a trip. Ask Xiao Qing to go with you."

Dong Xueying shook her head again: "I'll walk around by myself. I know I have a mental illness, and I'll see if it can be cured."

She was really stubborn; she left without a second thought. She hadn't even had dinner yet, and it just so happened that the late-night ferry was passing through Shangzhou. She asked Weidong to drive her to the dock, and then she randomly picked a passenger ferry, bought a ticket, and returned to Jiangzhou.

She felt too ashamed to stay with the couple for even a second longer.

This forced Wei Dong to turn around and make a long-distance call to his sister-in-law.

Dong Xueqing was so anxious that she stamped her feet: "How could this happen? How... what about you? Are you all alone in Shangzhou?"

Wei Dong thought she was upset that he hadn't come along: "She was crying so hard, I thought it would be good for her to calm down and get some rest. She can go to Jiangzhou tomorrow morning. You can pick her up at the dock. It's Dongfanghong No. 23. If you can persuade her, do so. If you can't, take her on a trip to relax. I told her not to care about what my parents think, but she insists on taking other people's opinions to heart. I feel so frustrated!"

Dong Xueqing managed to squeeze out, "Mom and Dad aren't strangers... Take care of yourself. Do you want me to call someone to come and keep you company? Oh, there's Sister Erfeng here."

This made Wei Dong laugh in anger: "What am I, some kind of scoundrel, that I can't live without women? Fine, that's it!"

After hanging up the long-distance call, he looked across at the middle school across the street where students were still having evening self-study sessions, and surprisingly chose to go to the teahouse next door, owned by the transportation company, to play cards.

It's really easy for men to relax, so it's hard to understand why they would get themselves stuck in a rut.

Moreover, at this time, Wei Dong didn't even think about whether it would affect his business or property; he just wanted to play cards and put the matter out of his mind.

Surprisingly, even though some recognized him as Rang Ge'er, who brought a lot of people with him, the laborers and drivers of the transportation company still didn't treat him like some important outsider.

A funny sticker game of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).

They played until after midnight, leaving Wei Dong with a somewhat blank mind, a result of his wild partying.

I drove to the construction site and stayed there until the early hours of the morning to get a general understanding of the situation before finally going to my car for a quick nap.

Try to tire yourself out so you won't get caught up in the little things at home.

But I called Dong Xueqing's office at the computer R&D center again after 10 o'clock, and she wasn't there.

No one answers the phone at home.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he still didn't call Shen Laosan. He even felt like cursing this troublemaker; wasn't it all her fault...?

But then I wondered if I was taking my anger out on others to shirk responsibility.

Isn't the key to a relationship between two people?

How can this kind of thing keep happening?

Having not been in a relationship for sixty years, Rang Weidong was quite bewildered over the past two years.

So I didn't want to go anywhere else, and decided to drive to the cliffside park in the city to visit that crazy Taoist priest.

(End of this chapter)