She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

“I envy you, you get to see your mom and dad every day. I don’t know when my dad will come back, and my mom is gone.”

When Chen Lingling saw that her good friend was upset, she immediately comforted her.

"Lingling," Chen Xiangnan called out to her.

“Dad.” Chen Lingling stood up, smiling.

"Take this and eat it. Leave some for your grandparents. Yingying can eat some too."

Hu Yingying cheered up again. This was peanut brittle, very fragrant and delicious.

"Thank you, Uncle Chen."

"You're welcome."

Chen Lingling hesitated for a moment, then looked up and asked, "Dad, when is Mom coming back?"

Chen Xiangnan: "It will take a while, so don't go to the hospital during this time."

Chen Lingling nodded, feeling down. "Okay, I don't want to go either. My mom doesn't like me."

In the evening, members of the Chen family gradually returned home from get off work.

After returning from the hospital, Chen Xiangnan sat by the window, lost in thought, seemingly pondering something.

Chen Xianghong had already cooked the meal, and they could eat as soon as they sat down.

Recently, one thing after another has happened to their family, and busybodies who want to watch the drama have all come up to ask questions.

Grandma Xia basically ignored them, only telling Grandma Yin about her own family affairs to avoid making her worry.

However, the old woman refused to believe that she had stood up for herself and was no longer the person who used to be a slave to her family.

She closed the door, scooped water to wash her hands, and then sat down.

"Is Chunmiao alright?" Grandma Xia asked.

Although she was the kind of person who would rather die than give up helping her family, she was still one of their family members, the wife of the second son.

She looked down on the other woman and was angry that she was trying to drag Lingling down with her. But since the woman was already in the hospital, if they ignored her, outsiders would always think they were too cold-hearted.

Chen Xiangnan put down his chopsticks. "Mom and Dad, I want a divorce."

The dining table was eerily quiet, the atmosphere so frightening that even a little boy like Baoyuan didn't dare to eat.

"Divorce?" Old Chen's eyes widened. "You want a divorce?"

Chen Xiangnan sat up straight and said, "Yes, I want a divorce. I can't live with her anymore."

"This..." Old Chen was extremely annoyed. "It would be so embarrassing if word got out that we were getting a divorce. Everyone would come and laugh at us."

Chen Xiangnan: "We've made quite a few jokes out of each other now. Look at Lingling, such a young child is being dragged out to work every other day, adding new injuries to old ones. If we don't get a divorce soon, I'm afraid Lingling will..."

"Moreover, all she cares about is her family and having a son. These two things are the most important to her. Lingling is her daughter, and she treats her family like a donkey. I am her man, and she treats me as a tool to have a son."

“I’ve been married to her for so many years, has she ever mended my clothes or made my shoes? Whenever she has free time, she runs to her parents’ home. I just gave her my salary, and she immediately gave it to her parents’ home. I work hard for a whole month, and in the end, it all goes to her parents’ home.”

Old Chen said in a low voice, "Your salary isn't much to begin with, it's not even a fraction of mine."

Chen Xiangnan: "Dad! Is this what I'm talking about? No matter how little my salary is, she can't give it all to her family. If she takes it all, how will the three of us starve?"

Old Chen: "Oh, so you haven't starved either, have you? You're a family of three eating our food."

Chen Xiangnan: ...Is his dad alright? Is he getting old and his brain is failing him? The point he made was that Dong Chunmiao doesn't care about him or Chen Lingling, it's not about who eats his food or spends his money.

Mad!

Chen Xiangnan: "I really want a divorce, Dad, please stop making things difficult."

Old Chen's eyelids drooped, and he secretly kicked Old Lady Xia with his foot, causing his eyebrows to twitch.

You should try to persuade him too.

Grandma Xia ate her meal in silence, pretending not to notice.

Old Chen coughed tactically, "Old woman, what are you thinking?"

Grandma Xia had no choice but to raise her head and say, "It's their life, it has nothing to do with me, I don't want to think about anything."

In her past life, something similar happened; she was used as a pawn by Old Chen. Old Chen didn't want them to divorce, so he made her oppose it. She opposed it fiercely, even to the point of threatening suicide, and used filial piety to suppress the second son, preventing him from divorcing.