At the Qiao family old house, Qiao Yicheng said to Ye Xiaolang, "Stop making a scene. At this point, there's no point saying any of that anymore. Go back. We'll find time in the next couple of days to get divorced, so we can both have a good New Year."
"Qiao Yicheng, what exactly did I do wrong? Huh? Wasn't I just..."
Tears streaming down her face, Ye Xiaolang loudly insisted on her good intentions. She said she had not done it for money, repeated every reason Qiao Yicheng had given her, and said that ever since getting married, she had never taken much advantage of his family, and so on.
Her tears ruined her delicate makeup. Her shouting had made her voice hoarse, and her failure despite all her scheming twisted her features into something vicious. She was already on the verge of hysteria...
"Listening in, Aunt Wu?"
Hearing movement behind him, Aunt Wu, who had been pressed against the gate wall eavesdropping on the commotion, jolted and jumped in place. Guilty, she instinctively kept herself from crying out.
When she saw Wang Yan grinning, she slapped him on the arm. "Just keep scaring your Aunt Wu. If you scare something wrong with me, see if I don't squeeze you dry, you big boss."
"If Aunt Wu already says I'm a big boss, why would I be afraid of being squeezed dry?"
Aunt Wu rolled her eyes, then grabbed Wang Yan's arm. "Hey, Wang Yan, is Yicheng really getting divorced? I've been hearing them argue for over half an hour."
"Most likely. Sanli only just notified me, so I rushed back."
"That Yicheng's wife, honestly. She used to seem like such a decent person, and her job wasn't bad either. How could she be so dissatisfied? I listened for