Hou Liangping arrested a hawkish general, and his father-in-law panicked

But, some things have to be given up.

……

In Zhong Zhengguo's study, the air solidified into a heavy block of lead, making it hard to breathe.

After he hung up the phone, he seemed to have lost all his strength and slumped down in the big mahogany chair that symbolized power.

The cold voice of Zhao Lichun on the phone just now was still echoing in his ears.

"I'm afraid your son-in-law...will become the first victim."

Victim.

What a precise and cruel word.

Zhong Xiaoai walked out from the shadow of the bookshelf, her face pale as a bloodless stone.

She looked at her father's tired and empty profile, and her heart felt like it was being tightly gripped by an invisible hand, hurting so much that she couldn't breathe.

Zhong Zhengguo didn't look at her, his eyes were still fixed on a certain point in the void.

After a long time, he slowly spoke, his voice hoarse and dry, like a rusty gear turning.

"Xiao Ai, go and negotiate a divorce with Hou Liangping."

A light sentence exploded like a bomb in Zhong Xiaoai's mind.

She almost thought she had heard it wrong.

"Dad...what did you say?"

Zhong Zhengguo finally turned his head and his eyes fell on his daughter. His eyes were full of struggle and pain, but more of it was a determination that did not allow for questioning.

"I say, divorce. Right now."

He emphasized his tone, each word weighing like a nail. "Draft the agreement, have him sign it, and then go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to complete the paperwork. The sooner the better."

"why?"

Zhong Xiaoai's voice was trembling. She took a step forward, holding onto the edge of the desk, her nails digging deep into the wood. "Just because of a phone call from Zhao Lichun? Just because the Zhao family wanted to sacrifice the car to save the driver, they had to push Liangping out as a shield?"

She is very smart and she knows everything.

It is precisely because I understand that I feel even more desperate.

"shield?"

Zhong Zhengguo gave a bitter smile, a smile uglier than crying. "Xiao Ai, you are too naive. He is not a shield, he is a sacrifice to be killed as a warning to others! Do you know what a sacrifice is?!"

His voice suddenly rose, and he roared uncontrollably, "Hou Liangping captured Zhao Yuanchao and used some tricks against him. This incident is the source of everything!"

The study fell into dead silence.

Zhong Xiaoai's lips moved, but no sound came out.

Her father's words were like a cold scalpel, cutting open the bloody reality and revealing it to her.

Yes, how could she not understand?

The divorce is not to protect Hou Liangping, but to protect the Zhong family.

This was so that the Zhong family could jump off the ship in time and avoid being sucked into the whirlpool before Hou Liangping's destined ship completely sank to the bottom of the sea.

It was to make a statement to everyone, especially the Zhao family and the even more terrifying Zhao Yuanchao: Hou Liangping's behavior was his personal act and had nothing to do with my Zhong family.

We have drawn a line with him.

How ridiculous and cold.

The son-in-law who was once a source of pride, the young talent who was once praised in front of relatives and friends, became a piece of trash that had to be thrown away immediately when the real storm came.

"dad……"

Zhong Xiaoai couldn't hold back her tears anymore and slid down her cheeks. "Liang Ping... he just wanted to investigate the case. He didn't know Zhao Yuanchao's identity... he was not wrong!"

"He's not wrong?!"

Zhong Zhengguo slammed his hand on the table, causing the pen holder on the table to jump up. "You still think he's not wrong? He almost killed a lieutenant general, and you still think he's not wrong?"

Zhong Zhengguo angrily slapped Zhong Xiaoai in the face!

The study became quiet.

"Xiao Ai, listen to this."

Zhong Zhengguo's tone softened, but it sounded even more powerless. "Now is not the time to let emotions get the better of us. Divorce is the only thing we can do to protect you and our Zhong family. We can't let him drag us down, absolutely not."

He looked at his daughter's pale face and felt a pain in his heart like a knife.

But he had no choice.

Zhao Lichun has made it clear that the two families are tied to the same rope.

If he is unwilling to sacrifice Hou Liangping, then the Zhao family will not hesitate to push the Zhong family out in order to protect themselves.

By then, everything will be lost.

"At this time,"

Zhong Zhengguo spoke each word with an irresistible authority in his voice, "Don't let Zhao Yuanchao catch you with anything!"

Any evidence that can link the Zhong family and Hou Liangping must be cut off.

Marriage is the thickest and most conspicuous one among them.

Zhong Xiaoai stared at her father in a daze, looking at his familiar yet unfamiliar face.

She suddenly felt that the person in front of her was not her father, but a cold-blooded politician who was weighing the gains and losses on a scale.

Her husband, her family, and her love are the weights placed on the other side of the scale, destined to be abandoned.

"if……"

She used all her strength to squeeze out a few words from her throat, "What if I don't leave?"

Chapter 91 Zhong Xiaoai! Once you leave this door, never come back!

Zhong Zhengguo closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, there was only cold calmness in his eyes.

"Then you are not my daughter, Zhong Zhengguo."

The tear marks on Zhong Xiaoai's face had dried, leaving behind a series of cold marks.

She slowly raised her head, and there was no moisture in her eyes that were originally moist, only a kind of clarity after death.

She looked at her father, the man who weighed everything on the political scale, the man who personally pushed her marriage and her husband to the altar.

A soft spot deep in my heart was completely broken.

The sound of shattering was so clear that it drowned out the suppressed breathing in the study.

She suddenly smiled. Her smile was very shallow, but it was like the cracked ice on the lake in winter, bringing a biting chill.

"Not leaving."

Her voice was not loud, even a little hoarse, but every word was like a nail, hammering into the fortress carefully built by Zhong Zhengguo.

Zhong Zhengguo's face, which was tense with anger, was stunned for a moment.

He had anticipated his daughter's crying, begging, and even hysteria, but he had never expected this terrifyingly calm rejection.

"What if I don't leave?"

The question that was asked with a tearful tone just now still echoed in the air.

And now, she has given her own answer.

"I will not divorce Hou Liangping!"

She spoke these words almost word by word.

The voice suddenly rose, no longer the whisper just now, but a resolute declaration.

Those clear eyes looked straight at Zhong Zhengguo, burning with a fire he had never seen before. It was the resistance after being forced into a desperate situation, the stubbornness of not turning back even if it meant death.

She stood up, and the chair rolled back with a sharp sound.

"Liang Ping is my husband. If he makes a mistake, I will shoulder it with him. If he is wronged, I will seek justice for him."

She walked towards the door, her back straight as a spear that would never bend. "Dad, you taught me to distinguish right from wrong, but you didn't teach me that when disaster strikes, I should discard my loved ones like garbage."

When her hand grasped the cold door handle, she paused without looking back.

"I will definitely use my own strength to rescue Hou Liangping."

After saying that, she opened the door and walked out without hesitation.

The heavy study door slowly closed behind her with a dull thud, as if sounding the death knell for a father-daughter relationship.

In the study, Zhong Zhengguo was trembling all over, and the muscles on his face were twisted with extreme anger.

He suddenly grabbed the purple clay teacup on the table and smashed it hard on the ground!

"You...you rebellious girl!"

After the crisp sound of shattering, there was dead silence.

After a long time, he roared with all his might towards the closed door.

"Once you leave this door, never come back!"

The voice passed through the door and followed Zhong Xiaoai's back, but it didn't make her stop for a moment.

Zhong Xiaoai walked quickly through the familiar living room. The mahogany furniture that once symbolized warmth and status now only looked cold and depressing in her eyes.

She didn't even glance at her mother, who was sitting on the sofa, pale and at a loss.

She walked straight to the entrance, picked up her car keys, changed her shoes, and opened the heavy door.

The wind in the capital late at night blows in my face with a chill.

She got into her white Audi and started the car skillfully.

The roar of the engine was the only sound she could hear at the moment.

She had no destination, only one direction - Handong.