FSC [QT] Chapter 157.2

Unfortunately, it was too difficult to prove that she was unaware of Sheng Yuan’s debt because she had always trusted him too much. Some of the IOUs had her private seal. Even if they divorced in the end, the debt was shared by both husband and wife.

Jiang Mi thought that she would just regard it as taking her 20 years to see through a person clearly.

After finding Sheng Yuan, she would sell the two houses to pay off most of the debt.

She was an exceptional teacher, so as long as she opened more cram schools, her income would be considerable.

She would then rent a house to live in.

Her income would be enough to slowly pay off the debt while raising her son and to save money to buy a small house.

Sheng Yuan was really crazy. Jiang Mi couldn’t believe that he would change for the better.

If she kept dragging on and not getting a divorce, she was afraid that he would throw her millions of debts in a few years.

By then, she would be too old to teach students, and she and her son would be truly harmed by him.

By that time, her son, who would start earning money after graduation, would become her husband’s cash cow.

Although all this was just Jiang Mi’s worst speculation, she still didn’t want to put herself and her son in such a dangerous situation.

If she filed for divorce now, she might be accused of being birds of the same forest, but flying away separately when disaster strikes, but she still wanted to be selfish.

“Mom, how…how…”

When Sheng Chenglin heard his mother mention divorce, his expression suddenly became more flustered.

He wanted to say: How did it come to the point of divorce? Once his parents divorced, would he still have a home?

But when he saw the graying hair on his mother’s temples and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes due to her carelessness in recent days, he could not bring himself to ask such a hasty question.

He could not force a heartbroken woman to continue a disappointing marriage for the sake of her son.

In Sheng Chenglin’s memory, his mother has always been a very delicate woman.

Because she has a very high income, Jiang Mi uses thousands of big brands of skin care products. She regularly recharges her VIP card in many beauty salons with good reputations in Jiangcheng.

Jiang Mi does not have many clothes, but each one is made of silk and other high-quality materials, with high texture and design.

Every time she goes out, she puts on exquisite makeup and carefully chooses suitable jewelry to match her clothes. She often starts preparing two hours before going out.

Not only does she have extremely high demands on herself, but she also cares about the image of her husband and son. Sheng Chenglin’s clothes are all selected by his mother.

But now, this woman had a plain face and did not notice that she wore two different shoes when she went out just now.

In this matter, his mother did nothing wrong.

How could he have the face to let his mother pay for his father’s mistakes?

“You’re injured, so Mom will cook something nutritious for you… I forgot that I didn’t go to the supermarket to buy groceries today…”

Jiang Mi had seen the bruises on her son’s body and wanted to make some stew for him, but when she stood up, she realized that she had no energy to buy groceries and cook these days, and the refrigerator at home was empty.

“Tomorrow— Mom will go to the market tomorrow, so we can just order some takeout and eat something.”

The family savings had been emptied, but fortunately, Jiang Mi had hidden some private money, which was enough to cover the mother and son’s recent expenses.

“Yeah.”

Sheng Chenglin’s mind was in a mess. He wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn’t say it.

In the past, he was the child of other people¹*别人家 means “other families,” and 孩子 means “kids.” Literally translated as “other people’s kid”.

This term actually refers to those who have been excellent in many aspects (especially academic performance) since childhood and are often mentioned as role models by other parents to spur their own kids to work harder.

This expression jokingly reveals the fact that many Chinese parents are keen to compare their own children with other kids and are not very good at seeing the merits in their own offspring.‘s family in the eyes of other elders. Although Sheng Chenglin behaved very modestly, he was still a little proud in his heart.

But when such a big change happened in his family, Sheng Chenglin suddenly realized that he actually had no qualifications to be proud.

He was a crystal doll raised in an ivory tower, inseparable from the protection zone built by his parents. Once he experienced wind and rain, he would not last long and would break.

Just like now, as a man and a son, he should have sheltered his mother from wind and rain, but in the past 18 years, he was only interested in studying. Now that he encountered so many things, he could not do anything.

Sheng Chenglin felt annoyed and frustrated, and his mood became very low.

Back in the room, looking at the injuries on his body and the pile of exercise books in his school bag waiting to be solved in the evening, Sheng Chenglin suddenly lost the mood to study.

 

 

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