Inner Thoughts Exposed: Reborn General's Farming Daughter Has a System

Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Dog Skin Plaster

Zhou Shuran’s heart was gripped with shock the moment she heard the topic her parents were arguing about.

Her father was going to divorce her mother!

Although she felt complicated inside. She knew it was already expected judging from the way Zhou Wenzhi distanced himself from Chen Huayun and always avoided her.

As if her presence alone already made him unhappy.

Just as she hadn’t recovered from her shock, Chen Huayun actually dropped another bomb.

She... her own mother, was accusing her of putting some kind of drug in Xiao Qingya’s milk to aid a kidnapping plan?

Zhou Wenzhi was truly enraged this time. "Just get out, I will send the letter–"

Before he could finish, Zhou Shuran’s soft voice came from the side. "Mother... did you really put a dangerous drug in the milk I brought for Little Ya some months ago?"

She was trembling, but still forced herself to walk toward them. In an anguished voice, she asked Chen Huayun, "Why?"

Her voice was soft, like a wounded little animal.

Chen Huayun froze when she saw Zhou Shuran’s watery eyes. Tears already pooled there and slid down her cheeks silently.

Zhou Shuran was trying hard to hold back from sobbing.

She could still forgive Chen Huayun when the latter ruined her marriage prospects, which earned her the reputation of an old spinster no one wants.

However, hearing it from Chen Huayun’s own mouth that she had used her to hurt Xiao Qingya and also, going as far as to pin the blame on her... Zhou Shuran’s heart shattered to pieces.

She really couldn’t recognize her mother anymore; she didn’t know what she had become.

"I mean... I mean..." Chen Huayun tried to find an explanation, but her mind remained blank.

She hadn’t expected her youngest daughter was also hiding behind the door. Originally, even if Zhou Wenzhi and Zhou Anran thought that it was Zhou Shuran who did it, they would definitely still forgive her, and then...

Act as if nothing happened.

Her youngest daughter wouldn’t feel hurt that much and her marriage was also saved.

But... seeing Zhou Shuran’s tearful face, she actually panicked. Vaguely, she could feel something shattering between them, just like her relationship with Zhou Wenzhi. After she saw his insistence and stubborn face, she knew he was serious this time.

"It wasn’t Shu’er, not Shu’er..." She repeated some words a few times, the words stuck in her throat.

"Just get out of here. I will send you the divorce letter in a few days," Zhou Wenzhi sighed.

Zhou Anran went forward and hugged her younger sister. Zhou Shuran couldn’t hold back her sob anymore. She cried as she hugged Zhou Anran.

"No, no," Chen Huayun desperately shook her head. "Husband, Shu’er, listen to my explanation. I was also forced into this! We really need money to get an official position for Ming’er!"

"If Ming’er becomes an official, it will be easy for him to get the youngest daughter back. If we all support him–" Chen Huayun staggered back, nearly falling down as Zhou Wenzhi tried to pull his hand from her grasp.

He took her hand and dragged her toward the door, and yet, before she could step outside, she latched back to Zhou Wenzhi’s feet.

Snot and tears ran down her face. The old woman was quite hysterical, crying so loud that the ground shook slightly.

"H-husband... don’t abandon me... wuwuwu..." she cried loudly. Her grip on Zhou Wenzhi’s feet tightened and unwilling to let go.

Her voice was so loud that it wouldn’t be long before the neighbors were attracted to the commotion in their house.

Zhou Wenzhi’s face flushed. Shame creeped to his heart, and he was also truly angered. He raised his voice. "Let go!"

"No, I won’t let go!" Chen Huayun insisted. "Take back what you just said about divorcing me first and I will let go!"

A deep frown marred his forehead. Chen Huayun’s request was absolutely impossible to fulfill.

His decision was final this time. He didn’t want to keep falling back to the same hole again. He could see that it was best for them to live separately.

He would live with his two daughters, and Chen Huayun could deal with Zhou Shiming, her treasured son, and also his wife, Liu Hua.

"Husband! Wuwuwu...." Chen Huayun suddenly cried loudly again. Zhou Wenzhi’s veins in his temples throbbed.

He already guessed what she wanted to do; attracting people’s attention and using them to pressure him into withdrawing his decision.

"What are you doing crying so loudly?" He scolded.

Chen Huayun was like a dog skin plaster, so hard to get rid off. He couldn’t even pull his legs from her vice-like grip. She was gripping his legs as if her life depended on it.

"Don’t abandon me..." Chen Huayun continued to sob, making Zhou Wenzhi feel incredibly embarrassed. Especially when his grandchildren were peeping at them.

"What are you doing?" He muttered helplessly. "It’s not enough to humiliate yourself in front of the kids and now you want to invite the neighbors?!"

He really didn’t have a face to stay at this village anymore!

His guess really came true. Neighbors like Aunt Dong, Aunt Li... all sorts of people who liked to gossip appeared.

Zhou Wenzhi’s face turned dark.

"Uncle Zhou, what’s wrong with Aunt Zhou?" One of them began, scrutinizing Chen Huayun with undisguised curiosity and excitement for a new gossip.

"It’s nothing." He cleared his throat, and suddenly crouched down, muttering to Chen Huayun. "Stop it, let’s talk later."

He also started to feel desperate. His two daughters were busy consoling each other, and his grandsons... one was sick, still needed assistance even just for walking.

As for the other grandchildren and even the Sun family’s sons, they seemed to enjoy the watching so much that they didn’t notice his plea for help.

"Husband... don’t abandon me..." Chen Huayun started again, starting to sound like a broken record.

Zhou Wenzhi could only use his last ultimate move.

He gasped and clutched his chest, and then passed out, startling everyone present into a flurry of panic.