Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle-Chapter 588: Republic Divorced Wife Cannon Fodder (2)

The child was raised by Madam Huo until he was four years old, and with some hidden manipulations, Huo Yunjie was taught to appear close and clingy to her original self, but was in fact closer to Madam Huo.

However, the original person did not know this and thought Huo Yunjie really depended on her, so she treated him even better.

Huo Sichen also had two brothers from the same mother, and two brothers from concubines.

A year later, Huo Sichen’s eldest brother suddenly died in battle, and not long afterward, the second eldest brother had an accident that caused him to break his leg.

After learning about this, Huo Sichen returned home for a while, stayed for a month, then went abroad, and switched from a medical university to a military academy.

His return was mainly to mourn his deceased eldest brother, and since he was observing mourning, he did not share a room with his original self.

Three years later, Huo Sichen graduated from the military academy with excellent grades and returned home.

At the same time, he used strong measures to suppress his two half-brothers and took over the position originally held by his eldest brother, becoming the Young Commander of the Huo family.

The original self thought that after waiting for four years, her hardships would turn into blessings.

Little did she know, when Huo Sichen returned, he announced that he would abandon the feudal and obsolescent arranged marriage and divorce his original self, an old-fashioned woman.

While abroad, he had already found his true love, a modern woman, Ran Yinyin, who also studied abroad.

Ran Yinyin was a classmate Huo Sichen met during his medical studies, and it was said that the two shared similar aspirations.

The original self learned that Ran Yinyin’s father was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Northern Government, highly valued by the Northern President.

Her eldest brother also worked in the Northern Government, serving as the director of an important department office.

Her second eldest brother had his own factory and was doing business, ranking among the wealthy of Beicheng and serving as the vice president of the North City Chamber of Commerce.

Her third eldest brother was the editor-in-chief of the largest newspaper in the North, wielding the power of public opinion.

Therefore, the family background of Huo Sichen’s true love was much better than that of his original wife, whose father had already passed away.

Commander Huo naturally took the Ran Family very seriously, thus he tacitly approved of his youngest son’s relationship with Ran Yinyin.

Huo Sichen wanted a divorce, but the original self naturally disagreed. However, it was useless; everyone in the Huo family stood on the side of Huo Sichen and Ran Yinyin.

In order to not sever ties with the Luo family and to avoid appearing ungrateful in the eyes of outsiders, Commander Huo had Huo Mu cajole the original self.

Though divorced, she still lived in the Huo family home.

Devastated by successive blows, the original self did not know what to do, and ran back to her parents’ home to complain.

She even harbored the impulse to return to her parents’ home after the divorce.

However, Old Master Luo disagreed; his stance was that one divorced daughter from the third family was already enough, how could there be another.

Of course, Huo Sichen’s actions also humiliated the Luo family, so Old Master Luo took his son to the Huo family seeking an explanation.

Following a profound discussion with Commander Huo, Old Master Luo emerged from the study and agreed to the Huo family’s approach.

The divorce could proceed, but it would not be announced publicly for the time being, and the original self still lived in the Huo family house.

The original self’s grandma, mother, and sister, however, supported her leaving the Huo family after the divorce, persistently persuading her to move in with her sister to have some support.

However, having been subtly brainwashed by Huo Mu over the past four years in the Huo family, her temperament had become increasingly meek. After marrying, a woman should regard her husband as the authority, as the husband is like heaven.

Therefore, the original self felt that a divorced woman going out not only loses face but also struggles to survive.

Especially since Old Master Luo forbade her from returning to her maiden home, the ladies of the first and second families came running to persuade and indoctrinate the original self.

Additionally, the original self genuinely loved Huo Sichen, could not bear to let him go, and held the belief that a wife should valorize her husband above all else, to the extent that she actually agreed to stay.

The former self stayed with the Huo Family, and Huo Sichen’s true love, Ran Yinyin, was naturally unhappy, which further fueled Huo Sichen’s resentment towards his former self.

Far from taking care, every encounter was filled with mockery and sarcasm, as if the former self couldn’t manage without a man and simply clung to the Huo family.

Within two months, Huo Sichen placed a notice in the newspaper announcing his divorce from the former self, who then became the laughingstock of Beicheng as a divorced wife.

Another half a year passed, and Huo Sichen once again placed a notice in the newspaper, this time ostentatiously declaring his love and proposing to Ran Yinyin.

He also received support and blessings from many scholars and so-called modernists.

With the guidance of Ran Yinyin’s editor brother, the affair between Huo Sichen and Ran Yinyin during his previous marriage was downplayed, making everyone believe the former self, a flawed wife, was the main problem.

This led everyone in Beicheng to think that Commander Huo could never marry an old-fashioned woman without a sense of self, only a modern woman like Ran Yinyin would be worthy of him.

The couple married just a month later.

This time, Huo Sichen was fully involved and even personally designed and decorated a grand wedding.

The young married couple soon moved out and established their new love nest.

Upon hearing this, the former self was furious, and hearing that the couple married so hastily because Ran Yinyin was pregnant only made her fall ill in rage.

Huo Mu continued to care for and manipulate her despite knowing this.

Unable to bear it anymore, the former self ran back to her maternal family.

Old Master Luo along with the first and second Luo households scorned her for disgracing them, but Grandma and her mother still protected her, once again urging her to leave the Huo family.

This time, she was persuaded, and upon returning, she asked to leave.

But Huo Mu disagreed, continuously persuading the former self, even having Huo Yunjie, whom the former self had lovingly raised for four years, cling to her, saying he couldn’t part with her.

However, Grandma, her mother, and her sister were firmly against it. Her sister even came over to convince the former self and berated the Huo family.

Just when the former self decided to leave the Huo family once again, Huo Sichen returned.

He met her once more, his attitude still cold, but his words conveyed one thing: if she wanted to stay in the Huo family, she could, and they wouldn’t drive her away.

His eldest son liked her so much, she could stay and be recognized by the ancestral temple as his mother.

The former self loved Huo Sichen and, thinking he couldn’t part with her, was again persuaded by Madam Huo and others to stay.

This further angered Grandma, her mother, and her sister, souring their relationship significantly.

Then, the former self stayed on in the Huo family mansion with the ambiguous status of a divorced wife, taking Huo Sichen’s place in caring for his parents and raising his eldest son.

Outwardly, people praised the former self as a paragon of virtue and chastity, since, despite the divorce, she still honored her in-laws and carefully raised her former husband’s legitimate son—a second like her could hardly be found.

But behind her back, they mocked her for being foolish.

Hearing this praise, the former self felt happy, thinking that her sacrifices were finally paying off.

She fell even deeper into self-deception and continued living this way for several more years.

Then, Huo Mu took the keys and codes of the bank safety deposit box left by her father from the former self.

Not long after, the former self contracted a serious illness.

The mother-in-law, who had always treated her as her own daughter, suddenly changed her attitude, becoming colder and even disdainful.

Because of this, the servants also neglected her care.

The meticulously raised Huo Yunjie, whom she sincerely treated as her own son, was very filial and took great care of her during her illness, making her feel her efforts had not been in vain.