Siheyuan: After becoming a traitor, first let the Huai Ru River overflow its banks.

He suddenly realized that Lou Xiao'e had suddenly become smarter.

After Lou Xiao'e finished speaking, she wiggled her hips and went into the house, leaving Xu Damao dumbfounded.

"I said... what's going on with you?"

Xu Damao finally understood that Lou Xiao'e was using him as leverage to demand a birth certificate issued by the hospital.

He won't agree.

"Fine, if you don't want a divorce, then let's see who can outlast whom."

Lou Xiao'e is not so easily fooled.

If Xu Damao keeps dragging his feet on getting a divorce and keeps having affairs, he'll only end up hurting himself.

Lou Xiao'e spoke first.

"Let me make this clear first, Xu Damao. You can choose not to divorce me, but you can't restrict my personal freedom. I can't do whatever I want."

Xu Damao was speechless. This Lou Xiao'e had now learned to push her luck.

This is completely different from how he used to be.

"Lou Xiao'e, are you out of your mind? If I can't restrict your personal freedom, does that mean I can't interfere if you have affairs outside?"

Lou Xiao'e spat directly onto Xu Damao's face.

"Go to hell! Do you think everyone is like you, so shameless, going out and having affairs?"

"I know that's illegal. Take your things home and I'm going for a walk outside."

It was already getting dark, and it was almost eight o'clock.

After finishing their meals, some residents of the courtyard house would go outside to cool off, while others would rush up to watch the spectacle.

The argument between Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e has many people waiting to see them make a fool of themselves.

"Xu Damao, Lou Xiao'e tells you to go to the hospital for a checkup, so just go. Don't you want a divorce?"

Another person chimed in.

"Didn't you see that Xu Damao didn't dare to go? He's definitely chickened out. I bet Xu Damao is infertile."

Several older women, who were just watching the spectacle, didn't mind making things worse and kept pushing the issue to its extreme.

Xu Damao glared at them.

"Is there something wrong or not? If not, go home and cool off somewhere else. Don't gossip here."

Everyone knows that Xu Damao's favorite thing is to retaliate, so those aunties and grandmas quickly waved their fans and walked away.

But they were muttering to themselves after they left.

"What's so great about you? Lou Xiao'e doesn't want you anymore, and you don't even dare to go to the hospital to check and prove your innocence. You're just infertile."

On the surface, they dared not say anything. But the moment they turned their backs, they began gossiping.

Lou Xiao'e was very satisfied with this.

Watching Xu Damao take his things home, Lou Xiao'e slowly walked out of the courtyard.

To be honest, although he had a big argument with Aunt Xu just now, he has been married to Xu Da Mao for so many years.

Having been kept in the dark for so many years, Lou Xiao'e was indeed feeling terrible.

At this moment, Li Jianjun also came out for a stroll after finishing his meal. He saw Lou Xiao'e walk out of the courtyard gate, looking very lonely.

Li Jianjun followed.

Li Jianjun hurried to get started and caught up with Lou Xiao'e's pace. At this time, Lou Xiao'e had already reached the outside of the courtyard.

"Sister-in-law Xiao'e, wait for me."

Li Jianjun caught up from behind.

Lou Xiao'e turned around and saw Li Jianjun. She quickly greeted him.

"Brother Jianjun, you're out for a stroll too?"

"Yes, I just finished eating and came out to digest."

The two started chatting. Li Jianjun could tell she was in a bad mood, so he tried to comfort her.

"Sister-in-law Xiao'e, I actually admire you quite a bit. You dared to marry Xu Damao?"

Lou Xiao'e gave a wry smile.

“His mother used to be a maid in my house. My mother valued his mother’s character, but I never expected that Xu Damao would be so unlike his mother and have such a low character.”

"I must thank you again, Brother Jianjun. If it weren't for you, I might have had to live with someone like him for many more years."

Li Jianjun kicked at the pebbles by the roadside.

"Don't thank me anymore, Sister Xiao'e. I only did this because I saw you were kept in the dark, and I felt sorry for you."

After Li Jianjun's words of encouragement, Lou Xiao'e felt much better.

"What is lost on one front may be gained on another."

"Life is just so strange. I'm grateful to Jianjun for his guidance today."

Lou Xiao'e, as expected of someone who has been educated, spoke eloquently.

Now, she has an extremely good impression of Li Jianjun. He's a low-key person, and he always helps when he can.

Lou Xiao'e felt that Li Jianjun was a rare find among all the young men in the courtyard.

Moreover, with the added allure of his sexuality, Lou Xiao'e increasingly felt that Li Jianjun possessed a mysterious quality that attracted her.

She scratched at the air with her little hands for a long time, but was still too shy to shake hands with Li Jianjun.

In this era, relationships between men and women were not as open as they are in later generations.

Just like now, if the two of them are out late at night, others might say they have an improper relationship.

Chapter 62 The Deaf Old Lady Locks the Door

The two strolled around for a while, then returned to the courtyard house one after the other, without attracting anyone's attention.

Li Jianjun went home.

According to his understanding, since Lou Xiao'e and Xu Damao were not divorced, she should naturally go back to her home.

Lou Xiao'e dawdled, unwilling to go back to that home. Seeing Xu Damao's appearance made her furious.

After entering the courtyard, I unknowingly wandered to the front of the deaf old lady's house.

The deaf old lady was sitting in front of her house, smiling at Lou Xiao'e.

Lou Xiao'e saw the old lady sitting there alone, fanning herself with a palm leaf fan in the sweltering heat, so she went over to chat with her.

Fortunately, she doesn't want to go home now, and it's good to have someone to chat with.

"Grandma, it's so late, aren't you going back to your room to sleep?"

Lou Xiao'e walked up to him, climbed up to the deaf old lady's ear, and spoke.

The deaf old lady smiled broadly.

"Older people sleep less. Even if they go to bed early, they still can't fall asleep, so they just go outside to cool off for a while."

"Xiao'e, why aren't you home yet, it's so late?"

The old lady asked Lou Xiao'e with concern, knowing that Lou Xiao'e was a kind-hearted woman with a simple mind.

The old lady saw Lou Xiao'e and Xu Damao arguing about their divorce in the courtyard.

However, due to the distance, she had no idea what Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e were arguing about.

"Grandma, Xu Damao and I are getting a divorce."

This was originally a sad topic, but Lou Xiao'e has come to terms with it.

But after hearing this, the old lady clapped her hands.

"Divorce is great, divorce is wonderful."

The old lady finished speaking, looked around again, and then called out to Lou Xiao'e.

"If you don't want to go home, come and sit at my place."

Lou Xiao'e knew that the deaf old lady was a lonely elderly woman, and she couldn't wait to chat with her inside the house.

The old lady was a woman, and she was a woman too. Even if she rested in the old lady's room, no one would say anything.

Lou Xiao'e followed the old lady into the house.

Only after the old lady sat down did she tell Lou Xiao'e the truth.

"Xiao'e, I've known for a long time that Xu Damao is no good."

The old lady's words made Lou Xiao'e feel even more that she had made the right decision to divorce Xu Damao.

The old lady is quite old; she must be very good at judging people.

"Oh dear, you're right, old lady. I was just blind to have fallen for such an ingrate."

The two chatted until almost 11 p.m.

Seeing that it was getting late, the old lady arranged for Lou Xiao'e to stay.

"I can't sleep in three rooms by myself, Xiao'e, why don't you sleep in the room next to mine?"

"Anyway, you don't want to see Xu Damao when you go back."

Lou Xiao'e nodded, her heart filled with gratitude towards the deaf old lady.

Little did she know that the deaf old woman had her reasons for doing so.

After arranging for Lou Xiao'e to stay, the deaf old lady also returned to her own room.

Seeing that the light in Lou Xiao'e's room went out after a while, the old lady nodded in satisfaction.

"Xiao'e is a good girl, but when I think of my dear grandson Zhuzi, who married that old woman Jia Zhangshi and has no descendants, my heart aches."

"How about we match up Sha Zhu and Lou Xiao'e tomorrow, and have Lou Xiao'e have a child with Sha Zhu? At least Zhu will have his own offspring."