Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 173 Returning to Her Side

Chapter 173 Returning to Her Side
Separated by a door.

The mother and daughter maintained this delicate standoff.

Lin Wanran's position by the door blocked Chen Lan's possibility of entering the room.

Without trying to wake her daughter, Chen Lan simply waited quietly.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Wanran, who had been leaning against the door, finally stood up unsteadily. Her departure allowed Chen Lan, who had been blocked outside the door, to push it open and come in.

Lin Wanran gently closed the door behind her, watching Lin Wanran leave with her head drooping, leaving only her back to Chen Lan.

Her daughter's appearance broke her heart as a mother, but looking back now, all she could do was silently stay by her side.

Chen Lan first picked up the cell phones that were scattered on the ground.

After carefully inspecting the area to ensure there were no signs of damage, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I tried putting the battery back in, closed the cover, and turned it on.

Only when the screen lit up again and Chen Lan realized that her phone wasn't broken did she hurriedly put it back in her pocket.

"Liu Changcun told me..."

Chen Lan did not speak first.

Lin Wanran, who had been hanging her head the whole time, spoke first.

When the mother and daughter are together, it is always Chen Lan who takes the initiative to speak. It is very rare to see the daughter speak first like this.

It was as if they were confiding something.

After reciting those words, Lin Wanran slowly began to narrate in a low voice.

"He's with An Zhaoran..."

"He's actually dating An Zhaoran..."

She said the same thing twice.

As Chen Lan watched her daughter's retreating figure, she suddenly felt that letting Lin Wanran know about this wasn't such a bad thing after all.

After all, Lin Wanran, who has lost her job, has been staying at home.

Don't go out of the front door and don't go out of the back door.

They seem to want to completely cut off contact with society.

Over the past few days, Chen Lan had witnessed everything Lin Wanran had done. Although she wanted to persuade her, she was not well-educated and didn't know which direction to take.

Although her daughter took the initiative to divorce Liu Changcun, Chen Lan felt that the lingering affection between the two could never be completely severed because of the child.

Lin Wanran kept saying that she no longer liked Liu Changcun.

But when the other person finally let go of her and started to embrace a new life, she started to show signs of being anxious and insecure.

In Chen Lan's view, this seemed more like her daughter reverting to her bad habits.

Even though she felt remorse, she couldn't face the mistakes she had made and could only shift the blame onto others to find solace.

Lin Wanran still has feelings for Liu Changcun.

Such feelings do not disappear because of divorce.

After all, in Lin Wanran's mind, no matter what she did, Liu Changcun would eventually choose to forgive her magnanimously.

However, Lin Wanran was wrong this time.

And it's so wrong.

Conflicts and contradictions in marriage do not disappear with the passage of time; they only accumulate until they lead to divorce.

The key to ending a marriage is separation.

Since the decision to divorce has been made, all hope is now gone.

Lin Wanran made the wrong judgment, mistakenly believing that even if she filed for divorce, even if she really chose to divorce Liu Changcun, he would still stay in the same place, waiting for her with his two children at home.

However, this phone call shattered all her hopes.

Instead of waiting for her as initially expected, Liu Changcun embraced a new life, reconnected with An Zhaoran after many years, and eventually reached this point.

Lin Wanran could not accept this outcome.

She couldn't accept it.

Lin Wanran could accept Liu Changcun being with other women, even with Wen Yunwei who took her job.

However, she simply couldn't accept the outcome of Liu Changcun and An Zhaoran being together.

Wen Yunwei is indeed better than her in design.

However, their family backgrounds were not much better than hers, who grew up in a single-parent family.

If Liu Changcun gets together with his senior, she can still deceive herself into thinking that Liu Changcun won't be able to find a partner with a good family background after leaving her.

However, An Zhaoran was different.

She has never had children, and she has never even been married.

Her father was the director of a television station, and she herself held an important position in the station.

Whether it's family background or appearance, An Zhaoran is far superior to Lin Wanran. Yet, it is precisely this woman who has gotten together with Liu Changcun, which is something that Lin Wanran, as his ex-wife, simply cannot accept.

If it were someone else, she could find all sorts of excuses to deceive herself.

But she knew An Zhaoran too well.

She knew her so well that after meeting her, not a single day went by that she didn't want to replace her.

Lin Wanran was jealous of An Zhaoran. She even dreamed that she was the daughter of the TV station director, instead of a pitiful child who had never even met her biological father.

"How could he do this..."

Lin Wanran muttered to herself again, as if she were blaming Liu Changcun, as if her ex-husband was the one who caused all of this, not her.

"You promised... you'd never abandon me..."

Just as Chen Lan knows her daughter.

Even after learning that Liu Changcun had started a new life, her daughter, Lin Wanran, still blamed Liu Changcun for everything.

This made it impossible for Chen Lan, who had been silently watching from the side, to remain quiet any longer.

Looking at her daughter with her back to her, and at Lin Wanran who was hanging her head and talking to herself.

"You abandoned him first."

“You not only abandoned him, but you also abandoned the children…”

Chen Lan frankly revealed the truth, and now she hopes that her daughter can cheer up again and embrace a new life like Liu Changcun.

Instead of wallowing in self-pity and blaming others for everything, as we are doing now.

Seeing that Lin Wanran didn't respond at all, Chen Lan hesitated for a long time before finally choosing to gently persuade her, "It's not too late now, as long as you repent and let the children see your change..."

After a pause, Chen Lan continued.

"What people hope for in life is fulfillment."

"Your eldest son is tall and handsome, and your younger daughter is beautiful and lovely. As long as you can change their bad impression of you, one day..."

"We will accept you back."

Lin Wanran heard her mother's words.

With her back turned, Chen Lan couldn't see her expression.

Slowly walking forward, Chen Lan, who had been waiting for a long time, finally came to stand in front of her daughter, stepping past her to stand directly opposite her.

Looking at Lin Wanran with her head drooping, he gently cupped her face in his hands.

Just like when we were children, gently lift them up.

"As long as you work hard... things will eventually get better. Don't hide at home anymore; you should find a new job."

"How could he... do this to me?"

Lin Wanran's answer silenced Chen Lan.

She knew very well that Lin Wanran hadn't listened to her words at all.

It's like being stuck in a dead end, knowing you can't get through, but still trying to squeeze in.

"When we got married, he swore that he would never leave me, no matter what I did..."

"..."

Chen Lan wanted to argue with her daughter.

I really want to yell at the other person.

She rebuked her daughter for blaming Liu Changcun for her mistakes, telling her that it was Lin Wanran who initiated the divorce and betrayed their marriage agreement.

But the words she wanted to say remained buried in her heart, until Chen Lan saw Lin Wanran's reddened eyes.

Looking at her daughter, whom she held in the palm of her hand...

In that instant, Chen Lan felt as if she had returned to the time when she had just given birth to Lin Wanran. At that time, she was also lying exhausted in bed, watching the crying new life appear in her life.

All the words... were stuck in my throat.

Ultimately, Chen Lan was unable to fully express her feelings.

Looking at Lin Wanran's aggrieved expression, and at his beloved daughter whom he had raised since childhood.

Looking at her... this stubborn woman who still hasn't realized her mistake.

Chen Lan slowly lowered her hands, which had been cradling the child's face, and sighed deeply with her eyes closed.

When she opened her eyes again, it was as if she had gone against her original intention.

He spoke softly.

"Do you know that Changcun doesn't value you at all now?"

"..."

Lin Wanran was puzzled when she heard her mother's question.

"Because of the way you are now..."

"Do you remember the day he brought me home? You had messy hair and didn't even have time to put on your shoes before you chased after him..."

"It's true that men like women, but they wouldn't like a barefoot woman who looks like a crazy woman."

"Besides, you were the one who brought up divorce first, so Changcun still harbors some resentment towards the child."

"Only when you are determined to change will he notice you again..."

"..."

Chen Lan's words reached Lin Wanran's ears without missing a single one. It wasn't until she heard her mother's words that she, who had lost her way, suddenly came to her senses.

They remained silent for a full half minute.

"If I change... will he still treat me the same way as before...?"

"Whether or not, his feelings for you...wouldn't be like this now."

Lin Wanran's thoughts were cleared by her mother's answer.

I thought of Liu Changcun.

I thought of An Zhaoran.

I imagined seeing the two of them interacting intimately on television.

Lin Wanran thought of An Zhaoran.

She... was unwilling to admit her failure, and even more unwilling to accept that Liu Changcun would choose to be with An Zhaoran.

Perhaps, as her mother said, once she pulls herself together, Liu Changcun will see the changes in himself...

Perhaps she will reminisce about her marriage of more than ten years and become passionate about herself again.

At this moment.