Chapter 1140: Chapter 1141: The Fate of Zhao Fang 2

Even though he had mailed the money he owed to the third brother’s family some time ago, that incident would remain indelible for the rest of his life.

He knew how much the third brother’s family had sacrificed, but he had no money, couldn’t stand tall, and didn’t want to burden the children with more debt–he had consciously denied owing that money.

All these years, their parents, for his sake, had also struggled to face the third sister-in-law.

He still remembered how the third sister-in-law once praised his intelligence, but over the years, he had been the biggest fool.

He hadn’t managed the brotherly affection with his third brother properly.

Nor had he handled the marital bond between husband and wife properly.

After a long time, Yun Lei finally uttered, “There’s no going back, no going back at all.”

Those scars were there, never able to be undone.

Zhao Fang started to panic; she had been convinced that upon seeing her, Shitou might change his mind if she spoke kindly to him, certain she could return.

“Shitou, you don’t know, my current man, he beats me, beats me, despises me for not birthing a son for his family.”

Yun Lei looked at Zhao Fang with irony.

Taking her blessings for granted in the past, he remembered that when Xiaofang had a daughter, the parents didn’t mind, but Xiaofang claimed they did. During her postpartum confinement, the mother helped out. At that time, the older sister-in-law had already given birth to two sons. It was because the older sister-in-law had two sons that Xiaofang felt somewhat constrained, but they had already been living separately, not under the same roof. He had advised her until after Minghan was born, things got better.

“It has nothing to do with me.” Yun Lei’s heart hardened instantly; Zhao Fang was no longer related to him in any way, how she fared now was no concern of his.

When he first married Xiaofang, he knew she was stingy, but she was decent to him and the children. However, he had never imagined it would end this way.

In fact, after the third brother’s incident, he had thought to ask himself a question–if one day something happened to him, would his wife care for him as the third sister-in-law had cared for her husband? But at the time, it felt like he was cursing himself.

They say that spouses are like birds sharing the same forest, which fly separately when disaster strikes. Yet, when he faced his toughest time, Zhao Fang abandoned him and the children without a backward glance or a word of farewell.

They had been husband and wife for over a decade.

Zhao Fang was taken aback–had she really not expected Shitou to respond like that?

Could he really not forgive her?

“Shitou, I was wrong, I will truly live a good life with you from now on.”

At that time, marriage certificates were rare, most marriages were merely celebrated with a banquet, and few bothered to obtain a marriage certificate.

After Zhao Fang remarried, she had not bothered with a marriage certificate either.

But she had no way out now.

She had aged.

Yun Lei gave her a cold glance, “It’s no longer needed, not needed anymore.” Was she needed when she was not there, and now that she wasn’t needed, she came back?

It was too late.

And why should he want a woman who could abandon them once? Once there’s a first time, there could be a second.

“Shitou, do you still refuse to forgive me?”

Forgive?

What forgiveness?

Why should he forgive?

After all these years, had she just secretly visited the children during holidays, he might have softened his heart, but she hadn’t. She had completely forgotten that she had two children.

“I will not forgive you. If you’re not happy with your life now, you can leave, just like you left me, without telling me in person.”

These barbed words pierced Zhao Fang’s heart, but she knew they were true, and Shitou wasn’t wrong.