Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Chapter 510 - 505: When I Beg You

Luo Zhiyong’s brows furrowed slightly as he looked at her, "I made myself very clear over the phone yesterday, didn’t you understand?"

"You..." Zhou Yunmei was at a loss for words.

Luo Zhiyong, looking directly at her, stated, "What I meant was I won’t contribute a single cent; whoever owes the money should pay it back."

After saying this, he glanced at Zhou Yunmei with a look of conviction, "Since you’ve come to the provincial city, Zhiming and the others must have come too. Let him deal with those loan sharks and clarify the debt repayment himself."

Upon mentioning Zhiming, Zhou Yunmei glanced guiltily at Luo Zhiyong and faltered, "Zhiming, he, he didn’t come, it’s just me. I thought I’d come here to help him gather some money."

"Mom, does it look like you’re here to gather money?" Luo Zhiyong knew Zhiming had come; according to their way of handling things, Zhiming might be hiding somewhere nearby now. But since Zhou Yunmei decided to take on everything herself, Luo Zhiyong didn’t bother asking further. He sneered, looking at her, "Or to put it another way, if I don’t help gather money, what do you plan to do?"

Zhou Yunmei glanced at Luo Zhiyong and then at Fang Pingying. She then abruptly sat down on the sofa in Fang Pingying’s living room, her demeanor full of defiance, "If you guys don’t give the money today, I simply won’t leave. From now on, I’ll make a scene outside every day like today. I’d really like to see if you sons and daughters-in-law can actually drive me away."

Pointing at her, Luo Zhiyong was so angry his face turned pale. But after all, this person was his biological mother. He had already said everything that should be scolded, and those that shouldn’t be said didn’t seem right to utter. He just kept glaring at her, speechless.

Seeing Zhou Yunmei behaving this way had completely discouraged Fang Pingying.

She repeated to herself, she didn’t blame Luo Zhiyong for being a dutiful son. Being dutiful wasn’t wrong, it’s just that she didn’t want to be another praised daughter-in-law outwardly when she herself was suffocating. She was tired and didn’t want to entangle with this family anymore.

She looked up at Luo Zhiyong, this time, very calmly she called him, "Zhiyong, let’s get a divorce. Then, you can take your mother away. Wherever she wants to make noise, let her be. She has always been this way, and not just I, the two children at home can no longer live peacefully. They were already scared today, I don’t want our home to always be like this."

"Pingying..." Facing Fang Pingying, Luo Zhiyong felt an unparalleled sense of guilt.

To speak of it, in his life, Luo Zhiyong had never felt he owed anyone, including family, including the people around him; he always tried his best to do everything he could.

Yet, he felt he owed the woman he deeply loved, who also loved him deeply.

In the more than two years they were married, he hadn’t given her a single peaceful day, bringing only endless pressures and hardships from all sides.

Perhaps, by releasing her, she could take the children and live a peaceful life.

At that moment, Luo Zhiyong truly began to consider the possibility of divorce.

Fang Pingying saw that Luo Zhiyong wouldn’t speak for a long time and thought he was as resolute against divorce as before. She gazed at him, her eyes flickering. Looking again at Zhou Yunmei who was always ready to argue, she almost begged Luo Zhiyong, "Zhiyong, we have been married for so long, I have never asked you for anything. Consider this as my request to you, for me and the children’s sake. Let’s divorce, take your mother away, and in the future, we’ll have nothing to do with each other. You handle the Luo family’s matters on your own, and I will take good care of the two children..."

Fang Pingying didn’t finish her sentence, Zhou Yunmei couldn’t bear to listen anymore, glaring at Fang Pingying she yelled, "Fang Pingying, stop trying to scare people with this talk of divorce. If you truly get a divorce, where could you find another man like my son, good-looking and a cadre, and earns a decent sum every month."

"Stop talking," Luo Zhiyong commanded in a stern voice to Zhou Yunmei, and then looking at Fang Pingying, he moved his lips slowly. The first few times, no words came out, it was only on the third attempt, he managed to say with difficulty, "Pingying, I agree."

Agreeing to divorce, not for anything else, nor because he stopped loving her or didn’t want to love her anymore, but simply wanting to give her a peaceful life.

He knew that he might never escape from such relatives, but Pingying could.

As long as they were not together, Zhou Yunmei and others would have no reason to seek out Fang Pingying.

Zhou Yunmei was stunned by Luo Zhiyong’s agreement, she did not expect Luo Zhiyong to actually agree to a divorce, she looked at Luo Zhiyong incredulously and asked, "Agree what, just agree like that?"

"Agree to divorce." Luo Zhiyong looked at her, his eyes somewhat sorrowful, yet his expression calmly looked back at her and counter-asked, "Now that a good home of mine has been torn apart by you, are you satisfied?"

After speaking to Zhou Yunmei, Luo Zhiyong turned again to Fang Pingying and said, "It’s late today, definitely no cars to go back now, we will go back tomorrow noon, I still need to submit a divorce report to the army."

At this moment, Fang Pingying’s heart was also boiling like boiling water, although she had always been shouting for divorce, Luo Zhiyong had not agreed, and in her heart, to some extent, they were still husband and wife.

Now, since Luo Zhiyong had agreed, it meant that they really would become unrelated strangers in the future.

At this moment, her heart felt relieved to escape from the Luo Family, yet also painfully heartbroken to leave someone she deeply loved.

But no matter how painful, Fang Pingying also believed that one day it would pass.

She nodded to Luo Zhiyong, "Okay, then we’ll go back tomorrow."

After Luo Zhiyong responded, he took a deep look at Fang Pingying.

This face, which he had seen every day in the past, he had never cherished, and perhaps there may not be many opportunities to see it again in the future.

Thinking this, Luo Zhiyong’s eyes suddenly blurred.

And so did Fang Pingying’s.

But since the decision had been made, there was no turning back.

Luo Zhiyong took a deep breath and turned to walk outside the house, noticing Zhou Yunmei still standing still behind him, Luo Zhiyong turned around and called her, "Mom, let’s go."

Zhou Yunmei had always thought their talks of divorce were just to scare her, she couldn’t believe they really divorced and asked Luo Zhiyong in a daze, "Where to?"

Luo Zhiyong looked at her, his tone light and said, "Didn’t you hear what we just said? We are getting divorced, we won’t have anything to do with here anymore, if you continue to linger here, people can call the Police Station."

Having said that, Luo Zhiyong then stepped out of the doorway.

Zhou Yunmei glanced at Fang Pingying, then at Fang Xiu who had been standing quietly beside the sofa, and finally followed Luo Zhiyong out of the door.

Downstairs, Luo Zhiyong irritably took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pulled out one and lit it.

He took a deep drag on the cigarette, turned around and just looked at Zhou Yunmei, without saying a word.