Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Chapter 509 - 504: Raising a Ruckus

Zhou Yunmei’s loud shout frightened Ruirui and Yaoyao so much that they both trembled and then kept burrowing into Luo Honglan’s arms, crying loudly.

Initially, Luo Honglan was also startled by Zhou Yunmei, but once she regained her composure, she hurriedly embraced the two little ones, glaring at Zhou Yunmei as she said, "What are you trying to do, always wailing all day long, what exactly are you wailing about?"

Ever since Luo Honglan left home last time, it seemed like she had completely severed ties with her family—no phone calls, no letters, completely ignoring any requests for money from home.

Zhou Yunmei had asked Luo Zhiyong several times to relay a message to Luo Honglan to call home, but there was no response, and when Luo Honglan did answer the phone, she would hang up immediately upon hearing her voice.

Seeing Luo Honglan now, Zhou Yunmei was infuriated and pointed at Luo Honglan, furiously scolding, "You ungrateful girl, you think you can disregard your parents just because you found a man, I’ll see the day you get abandoned by a man."

Zhou Yunmei’s ferocious demeanor frightened Ruirui and Yaoyao again, causing them to cry even louder. Seeing this, Luo Honglan immediately led the two children back inside while calling for Fang Pingying, "Sister-in-law..."

Fang Pingying might tolerate Zhou Yunmei going overboard with her, but continually scaring her children, making them cry incessantly, made Fang Pingying furious.

She strode over, blocking Zhou Yunmei from heading towards Luo Honglan, pointing towards the door and demanded, "Leave immediately, right now, or don’t blame me for being rude."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunmei sneered, showing a defiant look, and plopped down on the closest sofa, as if challenging, "I won’t leave; let’s see what you can do about me."

Fang Pingying, too angry to talk anymore, decided to take action. She almost wanted to throw Zhou Yunmei out, but lacking the physical strength, she called Fang Xiu instead, "Xiu’er, come help."

Fang Xiu, quick on the uptake, immediately understood Fang Pingying’s intention and hurried over to Zhou Yunmei’s side.

Thus, the two of them each took one side of Zhou Yunmei, disregarding her struggles, and forced her out the door.

Finally, Fang Pingying shut the door firmly.

Outside, Zhou Yunmei started causing a commotion right at their doorstep, saying all sorts of nasty things, drawing a crowd from the same building.

The onlookers, unaware of the situation inside, naturally only heard Zhou Yunmei’s side of the story, with those uninformed supporting Zhou Yunmei, criticizing Fang Pingying for being unfilial, criticizing how she wouldn’t allow her mother-in-law who came from such a far place to enter the house.

Some of the hotheads even started knocking on the door, wanting to bring justice for Zhou Yunmei.

Unable to bear it, Fang Xiu opened the door and went out to explain what had transpired.

Fang Pingying didn’t have the patience to explain to others, but feeling extremely agitated, she thought for a moment and suddenly rushed into the house to look for her marriage certificate with Luo Zhiyong.

If Fang Pingying had hesitated about divorce before, this time she was utterly determined, with such in-laws she would rather stay single for life than stay with Luo Zhiyong.

She searched in the cabinet for a long time and finally found the marriage certificate, then went to the living room and dialed Luo Zhiyong’s office phone, and this time Luo Zhiyong had returned.

Since the person who answered the phone before had already left work and didn’t pass the message, he was still unaware of the ongoing issues. Upon hearing Fang Pingying’s voice, he was joyously oblivious. "Pingying, are you looking for me?"

"You come here; we are getting a divorce right now," Fang Pingying gritted her teeth, suppressing her anger as she added over the phone, "Immediately, we’re getting divorced right now."

Luo Zhiyong was completely bewildered on the other end. After a moment, he asked softly, "What happened? Wasn’t everything fine yesterday?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Pingying couldn’t hold back anymore and yelled, "How was it fine? It has never been fine. Your mother is causing a big scene at my doorstep right now."

Worried Luo Zhiyong wouldn’t believe her, Fang Pingying even held the phone towards the door and said, "Listen to this."

Although it was through the phone and muffled by the door, Luo Zhiyong indeed heard a commotion.

A moment later, Fang Pingying took back the phone and said to Luo Zhiyong who was on the other side, "Did you hear the noise outside? It’s your mom causing the trouble. Come over now."

After saying that, she didn’t forget to add specifically, "Bring your ID card; we’ll go file for divorce right away."

This marriage had to end; Fang Pingying couldn’t stand another day of it.

"My mom?" Luo Zhiyong automatically ignored Fang Pingying’s mention of divorce, he frowned and asked, "She came to the city?"

Fang Pingying responded coldly, "Yes."

Luo Zhiyong didn’t know what to say and quickly said, "Then don’t engage with her; I’ll be right there."

Luo Zhiyong arrived promptly, in about half an hour, and Fang Pingying soon heard his voice outside, first dispersing the crowd of nosey neighbors, then arguing with Zhou Yunmei.

Then, the door opened, Fang Xiu came in and said to Fang Pingying, "Elder sister, your brother-in-law is here."

Fang Xiu opened the door, and Fang Pingying naturally saw Luo Zhiyong standing outside.

She walked a few steps toward the door and asked coldly, "Can we go and file for divorce now?"

Looking at the marriage certificate and ID cards on the coffee table at home, Luo Zhiyong’s heart sank, knowing Fang Pingying was serious this time. He didn’t know what to say; even calling out Fang Pingying’s name felt weak, "Pingying."

Indeed, he had broken his promises to Fang Pingying time and again. He didn’t know what to say, especially when he saw the neighbors blaming Fang Pingying upon arrival, he felt heartbroken.

At this moment, he was also wondering if getting a divorce would make her much happier than she is now.

Whether it would certainly bring happiness he wasn’t sure, but he could affirm that recently, when they were not together, her life had been very peaceful and she seemed to enjoy that tranquility, not lacking anything in her life.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yun hadn’t waited for Luo Zhiyong to complete a sentence to Fang Pingying when she incredulously screamed, "Getting a divorce? You really dare to go through with it?"

Just inside the house, Luo Honglan heard Luo Zhiyong’s voice and immediately came out, puzzled, she said, "Big brother, why are you back? Weren’t you supposed to be on a business trip?"

"Honglan, take Ruirui and Yaoyao inside," Luo Honglan went inside, then Luo Zhiyong called everyone in and asked Zhou Yun, "Mom, come in, let’s talk about this money matter."

Zhou Yun came for this matter and was naturally willing to talk.

She challenged Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying, saying, "Zhiyong, your wife says she won’t pay a dime for Zhiming’s affairs this time. What do you say about that?"