The Sweetness of the Seventies-Chapter 1188 - 1157: Accusation, Hatred

Zhu Zhitao’s words were nothing but gibberish to Mother Zhu!

"What?" Mother Zhu sneered, "How could that be okay? That’s clearly yours!"

"Heh, what’s the problem with that? Xiao Xiao is my child, why can’t she inherit my things? Besides, my salary isn’t even enough to cover your living expenses, let alone the household expenditures, which Yuan Hua handles. I don’t have the face to fight over it," said Zhu Zhitao, and this time, he really understood.

If he couldn’t correct his attitude and continued to muddy the waters like before, the divorce was certain.

Now, the only way to save his marriage was to straighten up and properly handle things with his parents.

"What do you mean you have no face to fight? Even if you get divorced, you still must fight," Mother Zhu said. "Xiao Xiao is the child of the Zhu Family. We’ll fight for custody, and then all that property will still be ours, the Zhu Family’s."

His mother was determined to beset him with divorce.

"That is Xiao Xiao’s, not the Zhu Family’s," Zhu Zhitao said. "Don’t think about taking things away from Xiao Xiao to support my younger brother’s family; I don’t agree. Even if I get divorced, I won’t fight for Xiao Xiao’s custody. I am at ease with Xiao Xiao staying with Yuan Hua, but not with you. You talk about the child stealing food. Did you not feed Xiao Xiao for a whole day? What’s wrong with eating a couple of cookies? What’s wrong? Isn’t it okay to eat what’s in her own house?!"

Zhu Zhitao had come to a realization after watching the video recordings from home yesterday.

He was so disappointed with his mother.

It was always his fault, always appeasing his mother without speaking out, and that had turned into indulgence.

"I... I wasn’t feeling well, was I?" Mother Zhu tried to justify herself, showing no guilt for not loving her granddaughter, but instead trying to seize control of the narrative.

"Heh, you weren’t feeling well?" Zhu Zhitao scoffed. "I took you for a check-up today. We checked everything and found nothing wrong with you. You’re just faking it. It’s bad enough that you’re being dramatic yourself, but you also drag your son into it. Seeing your eldest son’s family fall apart gives you peace of mind, makes you happy..."

Father Zhu came in from the outside and heard his son and wife arguing.

"Zhitao, what are you saying? No matter what, that’s your mother," Father Zhu said. "Apologize to your mom, now!"

"Apologize?" Zhu Zhitao sneered. "My mom was wrong, and you think you’re right? When Xiao Xiao was hungry and being punished, as her grandfather, couldn’t you have said something? But no, you just sat there drinking tea, fine tea bought by Yuan Hua. Didn’t you feel guilty drinking it?"

Father Zhu was stunned; he hadn’t expected his son to be so angry.

Facing the anger that had been boiling up inside, now hearing his son say this, he didn’t know how to continue.

After all, he truly hadn’t shown care or love for Zhu Xiaoxiao, so when his wife mistreated Xiao Xiao, he had turned a blind eye and hadn’t taken it to heart.

But his son wasn’t at home, how could he know!

"How did you know?" Father Zhu asked, somewhat surprised.

"Heh, how did I know?" Zhu Zhitao scoffed. "We’ve got video cameras in the house! Yuan Hua has never been a weak woman; she tolerated you all because she respected you as elders. But you kept on hurting her and Xiao Xiao, over and over again. And you still want to split the property under Xiao Xiao’s name that belongs to us as a couple; there’s no chance of that happening. Just based on how you’ve treated Xiao Xiao, with that kind of video evidence, you won’t get a penny. To have you as elders, the judge would have to be blind to grant the child’s guardianship to a useless father like me."

As Zhu Zhitao said these words, his eyes turned red. He couldn’t hold back any longer, and tears streamed down his face.

The more he spoke, the more he felt that Yuan Hua wouldn’t forgive him!

Because Yuan Hua was always a woman of her word.

Perhaps the divorce agreement wasn’t just for show.

Father Zhu and Mother Zhu looked at each other, at a loss for what to do.

Especially Mother Zhu, who was utterly confused, asked, "What video? Where is it?"

"The videotape is in the study," Zhu Zhitao said. "After watching it last night, I understood why Yuan Hua was so angry, and why she didn’t want to be with me anymore. Are you happy now?"

After speaking, Zhu Zhitao left in a daze, arriving at his workplace with the divorce agreement in his hand, which he hurriedly placed inside his briefcase.

He Tiantian came over for training and saw Zhu Zhitao looking unnatural.

But He Tiantian didn’t ask much, as she believed that Yuan Hua could handle it well.

In the evening, Zhu Zhitao went home.

Mother Zhu said triumphantly, "I’ve hidden those videos. That woman Yuan Hua won’t find them, and then she will have no evidence."

"Heh, those were just the backups," Zhu Zhitao said. He had once thought his mother was a rather astute person, but now he realized she was a woman who was too clever for her own good.

"What?" Mother Zhu was taken aback. "What do you mean by that?"

"It means that the copy here at home is a backup; Yuan Hua has an even more complete copy," Zhu Zhitao explained. "Up to now, all you think about is destroying the evidence, not feeling any guilt. You really are ruthless!"

After finishing his words, Zhu Zhitao drove away to the Jin Hua Residential Area, to see if he could get inside.

After her son left, Mother Zhu was stunned for a moment, then cursed: "That Yuan Hua is a little slut with deep schemes!"

"I told you not to go too far, but you just wouldn’t listen," Father Zhu said. "Now Yuan Hua is serious, and we will definitely not gain any benefits. If Yuan Hua really divorces Zhitao, he will hate us for a lifetime."

"I am his birth mother!" Mother Zhu said indifferently, "No matter what, he won’t deny his own mother."

"You should not be so confident. I think this time our son already hates us," Father Zhu replied. "And you, when the child was young, giving her some food was not a big deal, yet you were so against her."

"If you favored her, why didn’t you say so earlier? Where were you then?" Mother Zhu retorted with a cold laugh, showing an indifferent attitude as she went to the dining room to eat, not caring at all.

Now back to Zhu Zhitao who had arrived at the Jin Hua Residential Area.

It was with some difficulty that he reached the door of his house, where he knocked on the door.

Yuan Hua, Father Yuan, and Xiao Xiao were having dinner.

Hearing someone knocking at the door, Yuan Hua got up to open it.

Upon seeing Zhu Zhitao, Yuan Hua did not show any intention of letting him in but gently said, "Have you finished reading the agreement?"

Zhu Zhitao’s eyes became sore and he choked up, "Yuan Hua, can’t you give me another chance?"

Yuan Hua shook her head gently and said, "I have given you many chances, but you have never cherished them. Everything that needed to be said has been said. You understand me, I mean what I say. We’ve been married for so many years, and despite all the grievances, I never mentioned divorce because I felt I could bear it. But now, I can’t bear it anymore, and ever since two years ago, I haven’t felt any happiness from our marriage. I don’t see the need to continue our marriage."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhitao’s beliefs were further confirmed.

"It’s me who has let you down," said Zhu Zhitao. "It’s me who, for the so-called family harmony, neglected your and Xiao Xiao’s feelings."

Yuan Hua’s voice turned acidic at this, her nose felt sour. She didn’t want to see it end like this either, but she had to take the step.