Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 1040

Chapter 1040: Separation ( 2 )
“Sister, can our parents not get divorced?” Liu Qingran asked.

Liu Fuyan hugged her brother, patting his back gently, and asked, “Xiao Ran, do you like our mother that much?”

Liu Qingran thought for a moment and shook his head, “Xiao Ran doesn’t hate Mother, but Xiao Ran also doesn’t like her. She scolds and hits Xiao Ran. It hurts.”

“Then, Xiao Ran, you should also know that Father feels sad and hurt when Mother scolds and hits him too. Do you want Father to bear the pain forever?” Liu Fuyan asked again.

This time, Liu Qingran replied without hesitation, “No! Father is very good. Xiao Ran doesn’t want to see Father sad and hurt.”

Hearing her brother’s words, Liu Fuyan smiled and said, “Since Xiao Ran doesn’t want that, then you must understand Father’s decision. He has sacrificed a lot for us all these years, and he deserves to feel happy and loved.”

“Maybe you don’t understand it now, but in the future, you will. So, Xiao Ran, let’s support Father, okay?”

Liu Qingran was silent for a long time before he nodded, “Okay.”

“Good boy. Let’s have lunch first. Afterward, Sister will take you to forage for mushrooms. Tonight, we can make mushroom soup,” Liu Fuyan patted her brother’s head gently.

As soon as he heard this, Liu Qingran’s sadness faded, and his eyes brightened. He clapped his hands and said, “Sister, let’s get more for Father, Grandpa, and Grandma too.”

“Okay.”

While the children went to the kitchen to have lunch, Liu Pan looked at the scattered money on the ground and said, “Shi Qiwan, since you don’t want the money, then you can pack up your clothes and leave without a penny.”

After he finished speaking, he squatted down to pick up the money.

Watching her husband ignoring her, Shi Qiwan panicked. She clutched his arm and pleaded, “Husband, let’s not get divorced, okay? I was wrong before, please give me another chance. I promise I will change.”

Liu Pan pulled his arm free from her grasp and said, “Shi Qiwan, I have given you enough chances. You said the same thing just a few days ago. But what happened? You went back to your family to badmouth Ah Hua and even went to report Ah Piao!”

“That was a misunderstanding!” Shi Qiwan protested.

“Shi Qiwan, do you realize that what you did has ruined Ah Piao’s reputation? Because of your report, her chances of finding a good partner are now destroyed,” Liu Pan said angrily.

Hearing this, Shi Qiwan sneered and said viciously, “Wasn’t she engaged to Zhang Ermu before? Just let her marry him.”

The moment he heard her words, Liu Pan’s anger boiled and he shouted, “Do you know what kind of family Zhang Ermu has? Marrying him is like jumping into a pit of fire! She is my sister, how can you wish her to have a bad life? I must have been blind to marry such a vicious woman!”

With that, he grabbed Shi Qiwan’s arm and dragged her to the gate. Once there, he pushed her out while saying, “Shi Qiwan, from today on, we have nothing to do with each other. I will inform the village elders and Team Leader Han about our separation. Go back to your family and never appear in front of me or my children!”

When he finished his words, Liu Pan slammed the gate shut and locked it behind him.

Thrown to the ground, Shi Qiwan was stunned. She looked at the closed gate in disbelief and shouted, “Liu Pan, you bastard! How can you do this to me after I gave birth to your children?!”

Her shouting attracted the attention of the villagers and neighbors, who came to see what was happening. Seeing her make a scene, they shook their heads and whispered among themselves.

An old woman sighed and said, “Aiya, what sin did the Liu family commit to ending up with the eldest daughter-in-law like this? She is always running back to her natal family, spending money, and causing trouble for her in-laws.”

“Just because she gave birth to a son, she acts so arrogantly. No wonder her husband divorced her,” another woman muttered.

“What is so special about bearing a child? That is just her duty as a wife, but she acts like she made a great sacrifice for the Liu family. Which of us has not given birth to our husband’s child? Have we ever boasted about this?” a villager added with a sneer.

“Well, she is just foolish. She married into the Liu family and didn’t know how to cherish her husband and children at all. If I had a husband like Liu Pan, I would be smiling even in my dreams,” a young woman said shyly.

Hearing these comments, Shi Qiwan turned and glared at the villagers, pointing her finger angrily at the young woman.

“Who said she wants to marry my husband?! I’m telling you, stop dreaming! Liu Pan is my husband, and no one else can marry him but me!” she shouted.

Seeing her shouting like a mad woman, the villagers backed away, scattering soon after. Not long after, gossip about her spread through the village like wildfire. In less than two hours, everyone knew that Shi Qiwan had been thrown out and divorced by her husband.

When Lin Muai left the school, she was shocked to overhear the villagers talking. She gripped her bag tightly as she walked. Recalling the day she saw him wandering outside the village, she felt that something must be troubling him. She had assumed it might be about his sister’s situation, but it turned out to be something far more serious.

‘I wonder if he’s alright,’ she thought worriedly.

Although she was concerned about Liu Pan’s situation, Lin Muai knew she had no reason or right to visit him directly. For now, she could only keep an eye on him from a distance to avoid bringing any trouble his way.