Chapter 2 – If this is my fate, then I accept it!

Just as she was about to start acting, someone came from outside!

“Yun Yun, are you home? Open the door!”

“……”

As soon as Su Luyun heard the voice, how could she not know who it was? It was her mother.

She had no choice but to push down her emotions. However, when she opened the door, her eyes were still slightly red.

Wang Guifen immediately noticed her daughter had suffered a great grievance. She grabbed her daughter’s hand and said: “Your cousin rushed over in a panic and said Changdong was carried back…they told me he’s unconscious?”

Her parents’ home wasn’t too far from her in-laws’.

One was in Chengdong, the other in Chengxi. But with the bus, it only took about an hour.

But that wasn’t the point. The point was—the mother of this original owner looked exactly like her own mother!

From memory, her father and her older and second brothers also looked the same, even their personalities were practically identical!

After all, her cousin had written the novel using her own family as the template!

So Su Luyun’s sense of immersion was too strong—she felt no discomfort at all.

She just treated the whole family as if they had all transmigrated into the book too. The only difference was that she had awakened memories, but her family hadn’t!

After collecting herself a bit, Su Luyun began her performance.

She dabbed at the corners of her eyes without saying a word and brought her mother into the room to see Zhou Changdong.

“Where are your in-laws? With Changdong like this, why aren’t they here?” Wang Guifen’s heart sank to rock bottom at the sight of her son-in-law and asked this directly.

“They just left not long ago.” Su Luyun replied.

How could the Zhou family not react when their youngest son was carried back like this?

Her mother-in-law couldn’t bear the shock and fainted on the spot. Someone had to press her philtrum to wake her up. A neighbor even went to help call people.

They fetched her father-in-law Zhou Quansheng, who was still at work, along with Zhou Changdong’s older brother and his second brother, who was currently in college. They all rushed back.

After seeing what had happened, the whole family went back to the ancestral house to discuss countermeasures.

“What did the comrades who brought Changdong back say? Is he curable?”

“They said that with good care, there’s still a chance he might wake up!” But even a fool could hear what that really meant.

Wang Guifen had lived long enough—how could she not know those were just empty words?

Originally, she had hoped this son-in-law would have a promising future so her daughter could live a good life. That’s why, even after waiting for him for three years, despite her daughter’s many complaints, she still told her to wait patiently—there would be a day when the clouds would part and the moon would shine through!

But who would’ve thought that when the son-in-law finally came back, he’d be in such a state!

But now that things had come to this, Wang Guifen didn’t hesitate at all and said: “Get a divorce!”

If the son-in-law had a chance of recovery, she would’ve been willing to let her daughter take care of him. After all, divorces didn’t sound good in this day and age. Unless it was absolutely necessary, who would willingly get divorced?

But with the son-in-law like this, there was clearly no hope!

And her daughter was still so young—how could she let her daughter sacrifice her whole life like this?

So, divorce it was!

“Divorce?”

Su Luyun looked like she was utterly shocked by her mother.

Before coming over, Wang Guifen had already heard about the situation from her niece who came to deliver the news, so she had made up her mind along the way.

“We only accepted a token amount for the betrothal gifts back then. You’ve spent quite a bit over the past three years of marriage, but it doesn’t matter. Our family can return everything to the Zhou family, not taking advantage of them in the slightest!”

She originally thought her daughter would pack her things immediately and leave with her. But unexpectedly, Su Luyun didn’t follow the script.

“What? Mom, you actually want me to get a divorce?”

Wang Guifen froze for a moment and said: “What? You don’t want a divorce?”

She gave birth to this daughter—how could she not know her character?

Seeing her son-in-law brought back like this, she must have felt like the sky was collapsing. She was clearly waiting for her mother to come and take her away.

But Su Luyun suddenly changed completely, not caring at all whether her image would collapse. She cried and said: “How could this be? How could this be?”

Wang Guifen was completely confused. What was this girl acting out now?

And the next line almost made Wang Guifen’s jaw drop!

Su Luyun threw herself onto Zhou Changdong and cried: “I’m not getting a divorce! I will not divorce Changdong!”

Zhou Changdong, who had shown no reaction at all until now, suddenly had a line of text appear on his forehead: 【She actually doesn’t want a divorce?!】

The question mark implied confusion—he was already in this state, and yet she didn’t want a divorce?

The exclamation mark suggested a hint of astonishment—could it be that this wife truly had feelings for him, and didn’t see him as just a meal ticket?

While Su Luyun sobbed, she snuck a glance and immediately knew she had guessed right. Though he was unconscious, his awareness was clear!

Wang Guifen was completely stunned!

The first thing she did was feel her daughter’s forehead, to check whether she had a fever that fried her brain.

“Mom, what are you doing?!”

“I’m checking if you’ve been possessed by something unclean!” Wang Guifen said as she scrutinized her.

Su Luyun: “……” She had a look of utter speechlessness.

Wang Guifen was just letting off steam. Wasn’t this her own daughter? How could she not know her temperament?

This kind of delicate and dramatic performance wasn’t something an ordinary person could pull off!

Wang Guifen was about to say something else.

But Su Luyun beat her to it. “Mom, you don’t need to say anything. I won’t leave Changdong. Since I’ve married into this family, I belong to Changdong!”

“I married a chicken, I’ll follow a chicken. I married a dog, I’ll follow a dog!”

“If this is my fate, then I accept it!”

“……”

After saying all that, this drama queen once again threw herself on the man and sobbed pitifully.

On Zhou Changdong’s forehead appeared only one line: 【She’s truly this loyal and unwavering?!】

Peeking at that, Su Luyun felt completely satisfied. Of course, she thought, I’m steadfast and devoted!

Wang Guifen was utterly frozen! “What are you even saying…” She reached out to pull her daughter over for a serious talk.

This was practically like she had become a completely different person!

Saying things like marry a chicken, follow a chicken; if this is my fate, I accept it?

What tragic romance drama was this line from?

But before she could finish speaking, people arrived outside.

It was the Zhou family—father-in-law Zhou Quansheng, mother-in-law Chen Aihong.

And also Zhou Changdong’s older brother Zhou Changping, second brother Zhou Changan, and the eldest sister-in-law He Yuling, second sister-in-law Lin Fang—everyone had come.

Once they heard from a neighbor that Wang Guifen, the in-law mother, had arrived, they came over immediately.

Everyone knew that the Su family was probably here to bring up divorce.

And the Zhou family had no reason to keep someone else’s daughter. So, if they wanted a divorce—fine!

But the Zhou family wouldn’t be giving any compensation!

The benefits for the third son being discharged from the army, the compensation money, and the wages for the past three years—any money brought back this time by the third son’s comrades must all be left behind, not a single cent less!

As for the living expenses of the past three years, the Zhou family could let those go.

After all, the Su girl had been held up for three years.

Wang Guifen saw them coming but her expression didn’t change.

Even though she had come alone—her husband and both sons were still at work and she hadn’t had time to inform them—Wang Guifen wasn’t afraid at all!

And she believed that the Zhou family wasn’t the kind of unreasonable, clinging household either. Everyone knew the hardship of the other side.

So once they came in, Wang Guifen sighed and said: “In-laws, I’m truly sorry for what happened to Changdong…”

Hearing Wang Guifen’s tone, the Zhou family immediately understood the direction things were heading.

Zhou Quansheng and his sons, Zhou Changping and Zhou Changan, all fell silent.

But Chen Aihong’s face looked quite sour. As for the sisters-in-law, He Yuling had a mocking expression while Lin Fang looked indifferent.

Wang Guifen took in all their reactions but didn’t care at all.

There was no need to beat around the bush. She directly expressed the wish to divorce, given that her daughter was still young.

“In-laws, you sure know how to turn your back on people.” He Yuling sneered. “They say a couple should share hardships. Third sister-in-law has been living the good life these past three years, and now that something’s happened to Changdong, you want a divorce? So when life’s good, you stay. When life gets hard, you leave—is that it?”