Witty Wife, Better Life-Chapter 806 - 796 Hurry Back

Li Hongjun could only watch helplessly as everyone in his family went back to their rooms to lie down, while he still had to sit here, listening to his old mother’s wailing over the phone.

He sighed, his wife was right. What can you do if you have a mother like that? Disowning her wasn’t exactly an option.

"Mom, have you cried enough? This is a long-distance call, and it’s not cheap," Li Hongjun kindly reminded the sobbing old mother on the other end, aware that even using the brigade’s phone, a few minutes still cost money.

His mother, not as shrewd as his older sister, would only call if she got his wife to hang up first and then call her back.

Qiu Shuping’s wailing suddenly stopped as she remembered the cost.

She really had no money right now, and the phone charge per minute was not cheap.

"You heartless thing! Your mother is living like this now, and you’re still making sarcastic comments? Are you trying to kill me?" Qiu Shuping cried out, beating her chest and stamping her feet.

Li Hongjun was resigned, "Alright, alright, pretend I didn’t say anything. Continue crying; I’m waiting." He had said too much. Could he not even stop talking now?

Now Qiu Shuping really couldn’t continue crying; she glanced at the time displayed on the phone screen, "Oh no, it’s already been four minutes and thirty-five seconds. Hongjun, the phone charges are expensive, and I have no money now. I’ll just be brief with you."

"Mom, go ahead," Li Hongjun was eager to hear this. Practical talking solved problems, not crying.

"Your dad, that old philanderer, wants to find you a stepmother, woo woo woo..."

Here we go again, Li Hongjun almost wanted to facepalm. frёeωebɳovel.com

"Yesterday, he and that woman ganged up on me and beat me. Son, you tell me, I’ve slaved away for the Li Family for so many years, raised children, managed the household; have I ever fallen short? Now, in my old age, your father dares to do such a despicable thing."

Li Hongjun didn’t really know what to say about this. If his dad listened to him, this situation would never have arisen, but he knew his mother was calling to get him to take a stand and seek support.

"Mom, are you certain about this? You can’t just talk nonsense about such matters," Li Hongjun said cautiously.

"How can it not be certain?" Qiu Shuping perked up when her son asked this way and stopped crying, "I caught them together in the house." What she meant was she saw old man Li at Xue Suqin’s place, but the way she put it could easily make one think she caught them in bed together.

Li Hongjun sighed, "So, Mom, what do you want to do about it?" There had to be some plan of action.

"What to do? Of course, make that shameless woman leave! I worked hard my whole life to build what the Li Family has now. Why should she just waltz in and take what’s ready-made? She wishes!" Qiu Shuping’s anger flared again. "Hongjun, you need to come back as soon as possible. Your dad is so enchanted by that woman now; he won’t listen to anyone. He’s completely focused on protecting her."

Afterwards, Qiu Shuping rambled on to Li Hongjun, going on about how shameless Xue Suqin was, and how disrespectful old man Li was behaving.

Li Hongjun endured his mother’s curses, but finally couldn’t help but yell stop.

"Mom, I get it, if things are really as you say, then it’s Dad’s fault. But if you still want to be with him, it’s best not to make too much of a fuss at home, or you’ll end up hurting both your feelings and Dad’s. Besides, this isn’t something I can solve by myself. When I have some time, I’ll discuss it with my older brother and sister and see what to do about it."

"There’s nothing to discuss, what’s there to discuss? You better take some leave and come home; Dad listens to you the most. If you talk to him, he’ll definitely come back around," Qiu Shuping calculated in her heart. When her son returned, she’d wear him down until he agreed to vacate the Capital house. Not to mention anything else, she just wanted to move in herself first and save it for her younger son.

"Mom, you’re wrong. Dad listens to you the most, and to Li Hongqi too. Why don’t you take Dad to visit Li Hongqi in prison? That might just solve everything. Alright, it’s late, I’m going to hang up now." Li Hongjun finished speaking and, with a clap, hung up the phone.

On the other end, Qiu Shuping was stunned as the busy tone beeped through the phone, "Hello? Hello? Hongjun, Hongjun?" She didn’t hear a response and shook the handset before bringing it to her ear, only to hear the persistent beeping.

Only then did she believe that her second son had hung up on her.

"That little bastard actually dared to hang up on me, heaven and earth have turned upside down," Qiu Shuping began to curse, uttering nothing but obscenities.

"Qiu Auntie, are you done with your call?" someone asked, poking their head in after hearing the commotion.

"No, no, I’m not done, I still have to make another call, just wait a bit longer," Qiu Shuping hurriedly picked up a piece of paper and dialed another number, one by one.

Although Li Hongjun had hung up the phone, he hadn’t gone far. When the phone rang again, he picked it up, "Li Hongjun, you sure are something, hanging up on your own mother. Are you even human? With your dad like this, you can treat me this way. I gave birth to you and raised you, and this is how you treat me..."

"Mom, just tell me what you really want, can we not beat around the bush. As a son, let me just say, whether you want to continue with Dad or get a divorce, I support you. Just make up your mind and don’t change it every day. As for solving this, it’s not just up to me, I don’t have any particular ideas, we need to discuss it with my brother and sister and decide together. Also, I’ve just finished a mission and don’t have time to come back to my hometown for now, so we’ll probably have to rely on my brother and sister-in-law to take care of it," Li Hongjun stated his stance clearly and the solutions he could think of.

But Qiu Shuping wasn’t satisfied, "Always busy, whenever there’s something happening, you say you’re busy with work. Is your work important or your mother’s matter?"

Li Hongjun remained silent.

"I don’t care, I won’t feel at ease unless you come back. Son, you have no idea how heartless your father has become..."

"Get to the point," Li Hongjun reminded her.

"If you don’t come back, this issue will definitely not be resolved," Qiu Shuping bluntly stated.

Li Hongjun fell silent and eventually said, "Mom, even if I do come back, the solution will remain as it should be. You know what I’m like—if Dad really has an eye for someone else, then if I come back, I will definitely insist on the divorce." Issues couldn’t be condoned, once established, they could happen again; just because something was pushed down once, it doesn’t mean it couldn’t flare up again. Of course, when he mentioned divorce, it was more to scare the old couple. He wasn’t up to date with the trend of throwing around divorce so lightly.

"You—you—you ungrateful wretch, your father and I are of such age, how could we divorce without losing face? You’re just hoping something bad happens between your dad and me, aren’t you? Stop the nonsense and hurry home. If you don’t come back, just wait to collect your mother’s corpse," Qiu Shuping angrily finished her sentence and with a snap, hung up the phone.

"Qiu Auntie, you done with the call? Let me calculate for you, plus what was used during the day, it comes to five yuan and forty cents. We can waive the forty cents, just give five yuan," said the other person.

"What, five yuan? Are you trying to swindle this old woman?"