"Why did you have to do that? Zhang Yang has changed. He's not the pushover he used to be. He can stand on his own now!"
Cheng Hai sighed and complained to Yang Su. He was trying to get on Zhang Yang's good side, but Yang Su's antics had undoubtedly damaged the fragile relationship he had just begun to build.
If Zhang Yang stopped coming to the Cheng Family home and ignored them altogether, Cheng Hai would never be able to rely on him. He would have to keep paying for his mistakes in the antiques trade.
"Changed? I'll expose his lies!"
Yang Su had her doubts now, too, but faced with Cheng Hai's criticism, she stubbornly talked back to save a little face.
"Fine. But I'm warning you, don't try to force them to divorce again. It won't happen."
Cheng Hai saw the situation more clearly than Yang Su did. Cheng Dongxue was set on staying with Zhang Yang for life, and Zhang Yang was just as set against divorcing her. Otherwise, they would never have made it this far.
The Cheng Family home finally fell quiet. With no one arguing, Lin Xiaofei found it strangely unsettling. She knew everything that had happened outside, but she had not even come out to make a token show of asking Zhang Yang to stay for Yang Su's benefit.
"If it were me, I'd probably have left this family long ago."
Lin Xiaofei supported both Cheng Dongxue and Zhang Yang. But without Zhang Yang, there was nothing left in the Cheng Family home to hold her there. She could choose a day to leave, too.
Her family could easily afford to rent her a place, or even buy one. She stayed with the Cheng Family only because Cheng Dongxue was there to