Free Web NovelChapter 159: Chapter 159: Got Drunk
Before Tang Yuanxiao could answer, Yu Le quickly answered his own question. ’True, if it were me, I’d be ecstatic too.’
"The supervisor heard about it too and even specifically asked me about it."
What Yu Le didn’t know was that when the supervisor and Aunt Chang heard the news from everyone, they were more shocked than anyone else.
Because they knew Tang Yuanxiao and Su Li were getting a divorce.
When the supervisor heard about Tang Yuanxiao’s plan to treat everyone to dinner the next day, he was utterly speechless.
’Some divorce... *This* is what they call a divorce...’
He felt like he couldn’t keep up with the times or the thinking of these young people anymore.
While everyone was gossiping about it, he lamented about it with his wife, Aunt Chang.
"No wonder Su Li wants a divorce. As a university student, she has a bright future ahead of her."
Aunt Chang disagreed. "This has nothing to do with her being a university student. Even if she wasn’t, she’d still get a divorce. You men... you just don’t get it."
The supervisor, who his wife had been calling a "darn man" for half his life, huffed indignantly.
"Yuanxiao is a pretty good kid!"
"As a person, he’s certainly not bad," Aunt Chang affirmed.
"You think... Tang Yuanxiao will invite us to the banquet? He probably won’t, right? It’d be so awkward if he did," the supervisor said, quite curious.
"If you’d be embarrassed, then don’t go. I’ll go," Aunt Chang shot back immediately.
She hadn’t been able to attend Su Li and Tang Yuanxiao’s wedding banquet. If they invited her to this, she would just treat it as their wedding banquet.
Yu Le was thinking the exact same thing as Aunt Chang. freewēbnoveℓ.com
"I never even made it to you two’s wedding banquet. Tomorrow, I’m just going to treat it like one and eat my fill."
Yu Le chattered on cheerfully for a while before even he finally noticed something was off.
Tang Yuanxiao’s... expression was so heavy.
"Uh, you don’t seem very happy that your wife got into university. What’s wrong? Afraid she’ll look down on you?"
Then Yu Le remembered the question Tang Yuanxiao hadn’t answered earlier. "Where did your wife and Momo go?"
Tang Yuanxiao glanced at Yu Le. "They’re in the Imperial City. Su Li rented a place near the university."
Yu Le understood. "That makes sense. It’s more convenient to live in the Imperial City for school."
Looking Tang Yuanxiao up and down, Yu Le was puzzled. "I’m telling you, Old Tang, are you really afraid your wife will look down on you? She’s not that kind of person..."
Tang Yuanxiao cut him off. "We’re getting a divorce."
Yu Le didn’t quite catch that at first. "What did you say?"
"We’re getting a divorce," Tang Yuanxiao said with a bitter smile.
Yu Le: "..."
He was stunned.
The news that Su Li had gotten into university was shocking enough. Tang Yuanxiao had just hit him with something even more shocking.
Yu Le shot up stiff as a board.
"I need a minute to process this."
After a long moment, he finally collected his thoughts. "Is this for real?"
He recalled Su Li’s polite yet distant smile when he went to pick her up...
"What exactly is going on? Tell me everything."
Tang Yuanxiao briefly told Yu Le everything he could, holding nothing back, not even his emotions.
For a moment, Yu Le didn’t know what to say.
"So... what are your plans now?"
Yu Le wasn’t blind. How could he not see how Tang Yuanxiao felt? And because he knew, it made him feel even worse.
"Calling off the divorce is impossible now, but a divorce doesn’t mean it’s the end," Tang Yuanxiao said, his eyes filled with determination.
Yu Le clapped Tang Yuanxiao on the shoulder. "I support you. Don’t worry, I’ll help you. I’ll make sure you win your wife back as soon as possible."
Yu Le pounded his chest.
Tang Yuanxiao: "..."
He thought about Yu Le’s previous actions and wasn’t sure if his friend’s enthusiasm was a good thing.
"You don’t have to worry so much..." Tang Yuanxiao began tactfully.
"How can I not worry? What are friends for? Don’t worry, I’ll definitely do my best to help you!" Yu Le cut him off.
Tang Yuanxiao: "..."
Meanwhile, in the Miao Family’s apartment in a different building within the same residential compound, the atmosphere was even heavier than at the Tang Family’s.
Mr. Miao looked at Miao Zhi, who had finally returned, feeling both angry and heartbroken.
Because Yang Xiangyun had brought Miao Zhi home, Mr. Miao forcefully suppressed his anger and managed to thank her.
"Thank you for your trouble, Nurse Yang."
Yang Xiangyun was a little surprised. Mr. Miao used to call her Xiangyun. She suppressed her confusion and gently tried to placate him.
"Uncle, Miao Miao already knows she was wrong..."
Mr. Miao politely saw Yang Xiangyun out, then stood facing the door for a while. He didn’t start yelling as Miao Zhi had expected, but instead let out a long sigh.
"Miao Miao, tell me, why were you acting so strangely today?"
Miao Zhi’s body stiffened. "...I just don’t like her."
Mr. Miao shook his head. "Answer me honestly. Who were you standing up for this time?"
He doted on his daughter and had been too protective of her. As a result, she had developed a fiery, straightforward personality. Whoever she was friends with, she treated as her own, often standing up for them regardless of who was right or wrong.
Full of fiery passion and fierce loyalty.
Mr. Miao liked this sense of loyalty, but it was also a headache because his daughter frequently got into trouble.
Not only that, but she was also extremely trustworthy. If someone told her something was a secret, she would guard it with her life. Unless she impulsively let it slip, she’d die before she said a word.
Just like now. "I wasn’t standing up for anyone," his daughter retorted stubbornly.
"You..." Mr. Miao sighed, unable to bring himself to scold her when he saw her eyes, which were swollen beyond recognition from crying.
"You’ve embarrassed yourself enough for one day, haven’t you? From now on, think about today before you act impulsively. Tomorrow, you’re coming with me to apologize to Su Li. Captain Tang is also hosting a banquet for her, and we... have to go."
Mr. Miao knew they were in the wrong. Even if he had to swallow his pride, they had to go.
Miao Zhi reacted fiercely. "I won’t go."
"You dare refuse? You have to go, and you have to apologize. You were in the wrong today." Mr. Miao didn’t back down either.
Miao Zhi’s face was full of reluctance, but she didn’t dare say anything more.
That’s just how she was. Her impulsive personality sometimes got the better of her judgment, but when she realized afterward that she was wrong, she wouldn’t refuse to admit it or apologize.
Mr. Miao knew she would go tomorrow, and she would apologize.
Seeing Miao Zhi with her head hung low, he sighed and patted her head.
"You silly child. That banquet was supposed to be a celebration for you. A perfectly good banquet, so much money spent, and you had to go and ruin it. You..."
Miao Zhi burst into tears. "Dad, I didn’t do it on purpose..."
Mr. Miao comforted her for a long time before finally speaking.
"You won’t say who you were standing up for, and Dad won’t force you or make you break your promise. But... my dear little Miao Miao, you need to be more discerning!"
"From now on... from now on, hang out with your classmates more. Stop bothering your Sister Yang all the time. She’s a working adult now."
Miao Zhi didn’t understand her father’s tough love. A flicker of guilt crossed her eyes, but she didn’t agree.
"Sister Yang is a very good person!"
Mr. Miao sighed and stopped himself from saying more.
The next day, Mr. Miao dragged Miao Zhi along to Su Li’s celebratory banquet.
Some people were missing, like Nurse Yang Xiangyun, who was busy. Others had been added, like Yu Le.
Once again, they took two buses, heading off in a lively group.
Su Li and Little Tang Mo arrived at Youjing Restaurant a little early.
That evening’s banquet, though the atmosphere was a bit awkward at first, ended without a hitch on a lively note.
Everything went smoothly.
Well... it was smooth for everyone else. For Su Li, it wasn’t quite so smooth, neither during the event nor at the end, when Tang Yuanxiao got drunk.
