Chapter 390: Chapter 390

The library had long since closed. Shen Bin knew he wouldn’t find anyone, but seeing the tightly locked doors still brought a pang of disappointment. He decided to come back the next day and then returned to the Li Family.

Over at Bai Xue’s place, after finding her daughter, she remembered her swollen face. But it was too late; she had already attracted a lot of attention. Ye Qian had been furrowing her brows as well. She took her mother to a secluded spot before asking, "Mom, did Dad hit you?"

Seeing her mother , she couldn’t think of anyone else who dared to lay a hand on her other than her father.

"Your dad wants a divorce." Bai Xue blurted out angrily, "It’s all because of that damned girl."

"Mom." Ye Qian was at a loss for words. From the way things looked, she had long given up. "Mom, I know Dad’s temper. He wouldn’t be this angry if you hadn’t done something. Go home and apologize to Dad. He’ll forgive you."

"Your dad moved out." Bai Xue was now subdued.

Ye Qian stood dumbfounded for a while; she hadn’t expected things to escalate to this point. "What did you do to make Dad so angry?" Thɪs chapter is updated by novel✦fire.net

Bai Xue avoided her gaze, "What could I have done? I just saw that damned girl come back with Xiang Weilai and told her not to be with him, that he’s engaged. Do you think I was wrong to say those things? Your dad just happened to overhear and thought I was giving that damned girl a hard time. He immediately talked about divorce, and after a few words of argument, he said he wanted to divorce me."

"Mom, with everything that’s happened, why won’t you tell the truth?" Ye Qian also resented Ye Ling, but every time she heard her mother call her a damned girl, it annoyed her.

What kind of person is her father? He wouldn’t get angry over a few words. It must have been something more. Seeing her mother’s swollen face, knowing her father rarely hit anyone, Ye Qian deduced that her mother must have really provoked him.

"Mom, I don’t know what to do." Ye Qian spoke blandly, "You should go back and talk to Dad properly. He’ll forgive you soon enough."

Her position at the company was unstable. Although she relied on the Liu Family, it was evident that the Liu Family didn’t like her. Aunt Wu wasn’t as close to her as before, which made Ye Qian anxious, but she couldn’t get any help from home; she had to rely on herself.

Bai Xue saw her daughter’s indifference and said urgently, "Qianqian, it’s true this time. Your dad really wants a divorce, and I’ve thought it through. If we don’t get divorced, my life won’t be any different from being divorced. We’ve been separated for years. But look at you now. If your dad and I really divorce, what will you do? Ye Ling has found a good family and won’t have to worry in the future. But you? Your job isn’t good, and now your parents are getting divorced."

"You might not realize this now, but one day you’ll find that someone looks down on you because your parents are divorced, and by then, it will be too late." Seeing her daughter was moved, Bai Xue added.

Ye Qian looked at her mother with some sadness, "Mom, if you’ve thought this through, why can’t you get along with Dad? Now you tell me this; what do you want me to do? Do you want me to go to Dad and cry like before, begging him not to abandon this family?"

"If Dad is truly determined, it won’t help no matter how much I beg." Ye Qian looked at her mother but couldn’t say anything more, "Mom, go back. There are still things to do in the unit, I can’t stay long."

"Qianqian." Bai Xue now had only her daughter to rely on, but seeing her daughter wasn’t concerned, she was at a loss for what to do.

"Mom, go back." Ye Qian turned around and walked away without staying even a moment longer.

Bai Xue watched her daughter walk away, not knowing what to do. All she could do was watch until she disappeared from sight. In the darkness, she didn’t know where to go. When she got home and saw the pitch-dark house, for the first time, she felt how cold and empty it was.

Thinking about what she had done earlier that day, she regretted it. If she had apologized and not gotten so worked up, would things have been better?

No, that’s not it. Back then, Ye He Ping didn’t intend to keep her, which is why she acted out.

But sitting in the cold room, realizing her younger daughter didn’t care for her anymore, Bai Xue covered her face and wept. The next day, she went early to the land bureau to find Ye He Ping, where she ran into Shen Bin, who was also there looking for him. Seeing Shen Bin made Bai Xue think of everything she had suffered the day before, so she called Shen Bin aside to talk alone.

"Is Ye Ling dating you or that boy from the Xiang Family? Yesterday, I saw the Xiang family boy bring her back. I asked her a question, and she talked back to me. My Old Ye saw it, then mistakenly thought I did something wrong and wanted to divorce me. Shen Bin, after all these years, I won’t say much else, but consider if someone who could cause her parents to divorce is really someone you should marry." Bai Xue appeared aggrieved, pouring out her bitterness, "Look at how our life was before, and look at it now. It all changed after she came back. Do you really think it has nothing to do with her?"

"I understand." Shen Bin didn’t say much, "I need to go in and see Uncle Chang Ye, so I’ll head in first."

With those words, Shen Bin walked into the house.

Bai Xue saw Shen Bin’s clear disinterest in what she had to say and chased after him, "Shen Bin, listen to me. With your conditions, you should find someone better. After all, this would be your second divorce; if things don’t go well again, what would people say?"

"Shut up." Ye He Ping’s voice came from behind.

Bai Xue’s body stiffened, and the entering Shen Bin also stopped, turning back to see Ye He Ping standing there with a look of anger, his eyes on his wife as if wishing to tear her apart.

Ye He Ping didn’t acknowledge his wife, but first spoke to Shen Bin, "You’re here for Lingzi, right? I rented a house in the back, the third one in the first row. You should go there."

He was clearly trying to send Shen Bin away.

Shen Bin nodded, "My family wants to have dinner together tonight, please be prepared."

Hearing that he was to meet an old leader, Ye He Ping’s face lit up with a smile, "Alright, I’ll definitely be there."

After seeing Shen Bin off, Ye He Ping looked at his wife, "It’s just perfect that you’re here. Let’s go get a divorce right now; the introduction letter has already been approved. I just went to find you at home, and here you are."

"I won’t divorce you, Ye He Ping, you won’t divorce me." Bai Xue shouted hysterically, her eyes red, "You’re trying to leave me to live a good life on your own, but I won’t let you have your way."

"Not even for five hundred yuan?" Ye He Ping’s voice was indifferent, yet this caught Bai Xue off guard, and she went quiet.