Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle-Chapter 592: Republic Divorced Wife Cannon Fodder (6)

Luo Ning picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Only then did she leisurely look at Huo Sichen, raising an eyebrow, "It seems the Huo Family is not only well-mannered but also exceptionally skilled at distorting the truth."

"It was your dear sister who was rude to me first."

She sneered, "So are you blind? Otherwise, how could you claim that I bullied her?"

Huo Sichen’s eyes widened, not expecting Luo Ning to confront him like that.

Was she insane?

Huo Mu, the Eldest Young Madam, the Second Young Madam, and Huo Mingzhu also shared the same feeling.

Was she driven mad by the divorce?

Or was she trying to take a different approach by playing hard to get to win back Lao Wu?

Yes, it must be the latter.

Huo Sichen’s face darkened, angry at being called blind by a woman who had always been submissive to him.

Yet, he could find no reason to refute her, as it was indeed his sister who had spoken out first. Was he supposed to say his sister was right?

If that got out, the Huo Family would indeed earn a reputation for being ill-mannered.

He took a deep breath, "Fine, I won’t argue about this."

Luo Ning scoffed, "The truth is on my side. You don’t want to argue because you’ve got nothing. That’s all you amount to."

She truly despised this wretched man.

If he had never liked her from the beginning, then he shouldn’t have married her at all!

While studying abroad, he had already gotten together with the mistress, and still had the gall to cheat and have affairs under the banner of breaking feudal superstitions, utterly shameless.

Ran Yinyin was no different, fully aware that Huo Sichen was a married man, yet she couldn’t help but fall for him.

But even if it was true love, it didn’t change the fact that she shamelessly pursued a married man and aggressively demanded the original holder of the position to step down.

If Huo Sichen really despised the wife of his youth, why couldn’t he just divorce her first?

After the divorce, they could do whatever they wanted; both of them were disgraceful and disgusting.

Moreover, after the divorce in that lifetime, although Huo Sichen didn’t deceive the original holder along with Huo Mu on the surface, was he really unaware of what Huo Mu and others were doing?

If he really didn’t know, then why later, when the original holder truly wanted to leave, did he come running back with words that seemed to give false hope like, "If you want to stay, you can stay."

Truly, a whore playing the virgin.

"You!" Huo Sichen choked, never knowing Luo Ning could be so eloquent.

He snorted coldly, "No matter what you do today to divert my attention, I am determined to divorce."

Thinking it over, Luo Ning’s actions were clearly aimed at drawing his attention, implying she didn’t want the divorce.

Luo Ning nodded, "Fine! Then let’s divorce."

"When we got married, there wasn’t such a trendy word as divorce, so it’s not as simple as just saying let’s divorce."

Seeing Huo Sichen about to retort sarcastically, she spoke first, "Our marriage was secured by a matchmaker’s word, with a marriage certificate as proof."

"So if we divorce, let’s take the original marriage certificate to the government office to be annulled."

Luo Ning had experienced the underhandedness and shamelessness of the Huo Family through her memories.

If after the divorce, the Huo Family came knocking with the marriage certificate, claiming they were still related and causing trouble, then she would be at a complete loss.

In that lifetime, Huo Mu had often coaxed the original holder with the marriage certificate.

Implied the original holder was the daughter-in-law recognized by the Huo Family and the government office.

Yet, they didn’t tell the original holder that Huo Sichen and Ran Yinyin had registered their marriage at the new government office.

So now, it needed to be completely severed to avoid future entanglements.

Previously, marriage required a marriage certificate, which also had to be registered at the government office.

In cases of separation or a woman being divorced, both parties would also take the marriage certificate to be annulled by the government office.

Those trendy scoundrels who had studied abroad had it easier; they could just place a divorce announcement in the newspaper and consider themselves divorced.

Not only was the procedure simple, but it also carried a sense of superiority.

And to think abandoning one’s wife and child could be considered noble and prideful, he was nothing but a hypocritical scoundrel.

During the Republic Era, such men were not few, those who studied abroad or adhered to the new school of thought, seemingly taught only the arts of infidelity and neglecting family, which is utterly absurd.

Of course, not everyone was like this.

Most who studied abroad actually did so to learn advanced culture and technology for the rise of the nation; Luo Ning would not generalize just because of one scoundrel.

Huo Sichen hadn’t anticipated that Luo Ning, who had cried desperately and staunchly refused the divorce just yesterday, would agree so readily today.

Huo Mu’s expression changed slightly, "There’s no need to take this marriage document to the government office to annul it."

Luo Ning firmly said, "No way, if we are to divorce, then we must completely invalidate our marriage."

Then, with a sneer, she looked at Huo Sichen, "Fifth Young Master Huo, you agree, don’t you?"

"If the break isn’t clean, your future new wife will probably be unhappy too."

Yinyin was very jealous, as far as memories served, and she detested Luo Ning, the previous principal wife.

She often influenced Huo Sichen to find more faults with Luo Ning, instigating criticism or ridicule.

At first, she was very unhappy that Luo Ning stayed in the Huo Mansion, angrily demanding her eviction.

But for some reason, perhaps Huo Mu had said something, she actually agreed to let Luo Ning stay.

Afterwards, Yinyin rarely visited the old Huo estate and disregarded Huo Yunjie, the illegitimate eldest son.

Luo Ning could guess Yinyin’s thoughts; staying away from Huo Mansion meant no need for asserting dominance in front of her mother-in-law or showing filial piety and service.

And she wouldn’t have to be bothered by the illegitimate elder son.

Those chores were instead taken up by Luo Ning herself, which Yinyin happily found relaxing and amusing.

Indeed, although Huo Mu always claimed to treat Luo Ning as her own daughter,

over the years, she often imposed the mother-in-law’s authority to set rules.

While it targeted all five daughters-in-law, her treatment was not just lip service for the eldest and the second, but also extended to actions.

For Luo Ning, good treatment was only verbal; the rules still had to be followed, and services to the mother-in-law could not be few.

She was merely better off than the other mistresses.

Having been subjected to these rules and displays of filial piety for four years, Luo Ning had gotten used to them, so she hadn’t felt anything amiss later on.

Perhaps many would call Luo Ning foolish or berate her for not fighting back.

But after marrying into the Huo Family, no one told her this was wrong.

With Huo Mu and two sisters-in-law indoctrinating her up front and traitorous maid servants doing the same from behind, what could a teenage girl who had not experienced the world or understood the secretive manipulations of the inner house grasp?

After being brainwashed, she never realized what business did a divorced wife have to maintain such protocols?

The thought was laughable.

Indeed, the moment Huo Sichen heard this, he immediately said, "Of course it has to be cleanly severed."

"We’ll go to the government office today to invalidate our original marriage."

Yinyin certainly wouldn’t like him having any ties to Luo Ning, so this worked perfectly.

Huo Mu glared at Huo Sichen, "Go where? You’re not allowed to go."

"Luo Ning has done nothing to wrong you; if you go and invalidate the former marriage at the government office, aren’t you afraid of being ridiculed by others?"

Her surface excuse was defending Luo Ning, his wife, but in reality, she indeed harbored such thoughts.

Not going to the government office meant they could keep Luo Ning in the Huo Mansion with full justification.

Making a scene would expose the Huo Family to public ridicule.

Seeing the anger in his mother’s eyes, Huo Sichen couldn’t help but frown.

Recalling his father’s instruction that he should heed his mother in today’s matter, he was irritated but chose to compromise temporarily.

Otherwise, if his parents didn’t allow the divorce, it would be troublesome.

Just as he was about to agree, Luo Ning spoke first, "Not going to the government office to annul the marriage would be the real joke."