Li Guozhi bit her lower lip. She truly had no other options left. Perhaps it was fate’s way of opening her eyes, letting her run into her most successful niece, Li Si.
At that mont, a girl was about to enter the restroom. Li Guozhi quickly pushed the cleaning cart aside, making space for her.
After the girl entered the won’s restroom, Li Guozhi spoke through her tears, "Li Si! It’s not convenient to talk here. Could we go sowhere else to talk?"
The restroom was a busy place, and she really didn’t have the face to bring up those unfortunate matters here.
On top of that, all these service workers were shrewd; they judged people based on appearances. She didn’t want to be looked down upon or bullied.
Li Si stared intently at her haggard expression, at her grievances, and couldn’t help but let out a sigh. After all, this was her father’s biological younger sister, her own aunt. Seeing her reduced to this state stirred a deep sense of unease in her heart.
"I still have friends waiting for . I can’t go outside. Let’s find a quiet place here to talk!"
In these critical tis, how could she recklessly go sowhere with soone?
Li Guozhi nodded gratefully and led Li Si to a small utility closet next to the restroom—a place where their tools were stored and where they perhaps rested briefly.
At that mont, the room was empty. Li Guozhi invited Li Si to sit down.
Li Si glanced around the surroundings but didn’t sit. She remained standing, glanced at her watch, and said, "Go ahead. But keep it short, I don’t have much ti!"
She’d been away for a little while now. If she didn’t return soon, Leng Mochen would likely co looking for her any mont.
However, she had already signaled to the bodyguard in the shadows earlier, so they knew her whereabouts.
Li Guozhi wiped her tears haphazardly and said in a low voice, "I really have no way out. It’s purely by chance that we ran into each other today! I know you hate us. Back then, I was blinded by foolishness, doing so many heartless things!
Now, isn’t it karma coming for ? Wu Dachuan lent money to soone, and that person died in a car accident! Not only can’t we get the money back, but he also..."
"What about him?" Li Si asked.
In her past life, although Li Guozhi lived a difficult and miserable life, she hadn’t encountered sothing like this.
Did sothing happen to Wu Dachuan?
Li Guozhi struggled to get the words out in front of Li Si, but thinking about how rare this opportunity was, she clenched her teeth and let out an anguished growl: "That bastard even shalessly hooked up with that whore! They’re having an affair!"
Li Si was dumbfounded. This was far from what she’d expected!
Wu Dachuan was having an affair, even now?
Once that was out, the rest of Li Guozhi’s words ca more easily: "Later, I found out about it by accident. Initially, I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it. Wu Yue had just gotten her college entrance exam results, which weren’t very good. She barely got into a second-rate college in Beijing, and she was already in a low mood."
Recalling that mont, she couldn’t help but sob a few more tis.
Noticing the flash in Li Si’s eyes, she quickly sniffled and continued, "My plan was to wait until Wu Yue went off to college, then confront him and sort it out properly.
Who would’ve thought Wu Dachuan would be so utterly heartless, insisting on divorcing no matter what? His mother even sided with him, saying it’s my fault I couldn’t give birth to a son. Who else can I bla? Not only did they harp on this endlessly, but they also accused of not being able to earn money.
They even said, if not for thinking about Wu Yue, they would’ve brought this all out into the open long ago!"
At this point, Li Guozhi’s forehead veins bulged, and her cries beca even sadder.
For half her life, she had toiled and endured, pouring her heart and soul into that small family. And yet, in the end, what had it brought her?
"And then?" Li Si felt a surge of anger bubbling in her chest. The Wu family mother and son had gone too far. And how could she have been so weak?
Faced with sothing like this, how could she let them be the ones to bring up divorce?
So what if she didn’t earn much? Did Wu Dachuan make that much more money all these years?
The fault clearly lay with him, yet she beca the one being picked apart!
Li Guozhi sensed the coldness in Li Si’s voice and quickly composed herself before sighing: "After that, there were daily fights at ho. They even ca to my workplace to make trouble. Wu Yue told that I might as well end it if things were this unbearable.
That woman, barely widowed, had already started an affair with Wu Dachuan! She’s just a slut!
Every day was yelling and fighting. Later, I truly couldn’t take it anymore. I ca to terms with it—what’s the point of staying tangled up with him my whole life?
It’s better to rely on my own hands to make a living."
The more Li Si listened, the angrier she beca. This absurd drama was infuriating her to no end.
If you don’t plan for the future, you’ll invite trouble. Won who don’t love themselves first, sacrificing everything for n, what can they possibly gain in the end?
And what about her own life?
Was her whole life ant to be spent living for others?
If the man had a conscience, it might be bearable. But when it ca to soone like Wu Dachuan, whose entire family was heartless, what could she possibly gain other than poverty, illness, and scars?
And in the future? When she was old and unattractive, was she supposed to continue living a sordid, pathetic existence?
In a flash, Li Si thought of many things, and she made up her mind: "What do you want to do to help you?"
She decided to follow her instincts and help Li Guozhi this once, even if people called her a saint or a pushover for it.
The pitiful yet detestable woman before her was, after all, her father’s biological sister!
She knew that if her father were still alive, he wouldn’t just sit back and do nothing!
But it would only be this once! From here on out, it would all depend on Li Guozhi’s own efforts.
Li Guozhi’s heart leapt with joy. She knew that Li Si, deep down, was still a kindhearted person and wouldn’t ignore her plight.
At the sa ti, guilt for everything she had done in the past swept over her.
She spoke timidly, "This job only pays twelve hundred a month. When we divorced, I didn’t even get a share of the house. Back then..."
At this point, Li Guozhi choked up once more. Middle-aged, divorced, and practically left with nothing—it was as if she had walked out of the marriage completely empty-handed.
As it turned out, when they transferred ownership of the house, the property deed had been in Mrs. Wu’s na. At the ti, Li Guozhi didn’t fight over it, thinking that when the old lady passed, wouldn’t the house automatically belong to them?
Little did she know that such a drastic change would happen!
The house had nothing to do with her, and neither did any of the renovations or appliances in it. She didn’t get even a single penny.
All she had were a few old, shabby clothes she’d worn for years. She left that house desolate, with Wu Yue crying as Wu Dachuan forcibly pulled her back inside—an image seared into her mory.
When Grandma Li heard about what had happened to her, she was furious and sobbed, scolding her for being useless!
Why hadn’t she spoken up earlier? Why wait until she was divorced and penniless before coming to cry about it?
After giving her a harsh lecture, Grandma Li had no choice but to give her two thousand yuan.
Afterward, she wanted Li Guofu to step in and stand up for Li Guozhi.
When Li Guofu heard about it, he was livid. He couldn’t believe Wu Dachuan had the gall to bully their family mber to this extent.
His first thought was to go beat Wu Dachuan up, but Zhang ihua managed to talk him out of it.
In the end, recalling everything that had happened before, Li Guofu simply went to find Wu Dachuan and berated him harshly, then left it at that.
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