Chapter 55: Furious to the Core

Mom, it is actually a good thing that she and Eldest Brother got a divorce. Her heart was never with Eldest Brother, and she did not care about the children. Why would anyone want to keep a person like that?!

Gu Fengji had just returned from a mission when he received a phone call from his mother. After listening to Madam Gu's tearful complaints, he was left utterly speechless.

Was this not a good thing?! Just as Lu Jiaojuer had said, keeping someone around for too long only breeds bitter resentment.

Did they really have to bring trouble upon themselves and invite their own misery?! Did they feel like they were living too comfortably and wished for overly long lives?!

From his perspective, his eldest brother getting a divorce was a blessing, not a misfortune.

What?! Cuckolded?!

Being cuckolded once was surely better than being cuckolded over and over, every single day, at every waking moment...!

Besides, what did his eldest brother do wrong?! Weren't his eldest brother and the children the most innocent victims in this entire ordeal?!

The jokes wouldn't be on his eldest brother, and the humiliation wouldn't fall on the Gu family. Shouldn't the ones being scorned be the Lu family and Lu Xiaoning?! What on earth was his mother thinking?!

How can you say that too? Your eldest brother has been laughed at to death, and our family is being mocked behind our backs. A divorce? No way, we won't let her go. We'll drag it out and make her miserable even if it kills her.

How could Madam Gu possibly reconcile herself to this?! It wasn't her own son who made the mistake, so why should she let Lu Xiaoning off the hook so easily?!

Mom, what good does dragging it out do for our family, for Eldest Brother, and for the kids?! Do you want her throwing tantrums at home every day?! Making the household restless and chaotic?! So Eldest Brother cannot recover in peace, or the children cannot study properly?! Do you think the house is too quiet and lacks excitement, or do you want a daily theatrical performance to be staged at home, since you refuse to send such a baneful plague away quickly?!

Gu Fengji was completely speechless at his own mother's words. Why did she always want both sides to perish together? Why fight a life-and-death battle over this?! Couldn't she just think of their own well-being?!

You... you are just like that woman! That country-bumpkin wife of yours somehow managed to win over your grandfather and your eldest brother. Now both of them obey her every word, and they even had the audacity to claim that my vision isn't as broad as hers!

Of course Madam Gu understood these principles; she simply refused to accept it. She was even more furious because her youngest son's country-bumpkin wife had actually managed to win the favor of both her father-in-law and her eldest brother.

That woman showed no filial piety to her parents-in-law, did not try to please her, refused to humble herself, and did not even take her seriously.

It was driving her crazy.

Gu Fengji: "..."

This was a bit too much information to process. What on earth had happened at home during this period?! How had Lu Jiaojuer successfully gained the grandfather's trust? And what about his wise and formidable eldest brother?!

Madam Gu's endless grievances left Gu Fengji completely at a loss for how to respond. You couldn't persuade her, and she refused to listen to reason.

Mom, your son just got back from a mission and is exhausted. For Eldest Brother's affairs, just listen to Grandfather, Eldest Brother, and Dad. They have their own judgment and considerations. Right now, it might look like our family is at a disadvantage, but the ones truly suffering the damage are the Lu family. As long as we live our own lives well and keep our noses clean, people will notice.

Sometimes, suffering a loss might actually turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Some losses are better swallowed quietly. A mutual destruction serves no purpose; it only brings ruin to both sides.

The family affairs were currently arranged well enough, and Gu Fengji felt he did not need to worry or concern himself with them. With Grandfather and Eldest Brother looking out for Lu Jiaojuer's side, virtually nothing could go wrong, so he felt quite reassured.

However, the fact that Lu Jiaojuer was able to resolve the divorce issue for his eldest brother showed that this young woman had remarkable insight and broad perspective. He decided he should send her some more money to express his gratitude for her help.

Lu Jiaojuer had no idea at that moment that her nominal husband was already preparing to wire her more money.