Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating
Chapter 339 - 340: Chen Shaowen’s Dish Goes Bad

Chapter 339: Chapter 340: Chen Shaowen’s Dish Goes Bad

Mr. Sun’s face beamed with an increasingly broad smile, looking at Xu Ying with satisfaction. How lucky he had been to have found such a good subordinate in his lifetime.

"Fine, I’ll go find the seasoning factory director after I finish eating."

"Director, remember to bring our food, it will be more persuasive that way." Xu Ying said, otherwise the other director might think their food factory was all talk and no substance.

Mr. Sun nodded his head, eating the hot pot greedily: "This potato is not bad either, it tastes better with the dipping sauce."

"Mmm, this tender bok choy tastes good just blanched in there too." Yang Nan’s mouth was red and swollen from the spice, but she still couldn’t help wanting more.

Zhou Yi preferred the mushrooms, which tasted even better boiled in the hot pot.

Having eaten his fill, Mr. Sun walked out of the factory with Xu Ying, with Secretary Zhang waiting in the car.

Just as Xu Ying’s foot was about to enter the car, someone grabbed her arm: "Yingying, please save your second uncle!"

Chen Shaowen was a mess of snot and tears, looking extremely wretched. He turned to the Director of the State-owned Restaurant, Director Hong, and said, "This is my niece, you can’t arrest me."

Director Hong looked at Xu Ying with a troubled expression: "Xiao Xu, we’re not trying to arrest your second uncle, it’s just that—"

"What happened?" Xu Ying asked suspiciously.

Mrs. Xu pulled her daughter aside and said: "If you can help, help them, but if not, don’t bother with them. I think your second uncle deserves what’s coming to him, to do something so unconscionable.

To have the cheek to run to their house for help, if not for considering her second sister’s face, she would never have come."

Director Hong’s face turned ashen: "When Chen Shaowen mentioned he was your second uncle and that his family was in trouble, hoping to sell vegetables to the restaurant, I helped him out for your sake.

Who would have known he’d sell the produce from their entire village? Even that was fine, as the restaurant can handle that much.

But your second uncle actually passed off bad vegetables as good ones, using who knows what harmful substances sprayed on the leaves to keep them fresh.

Yesterday, a customer got sick from eating them, and today they’ve come to make trouble. We found out it’s the vegetables your second uncle supplied that are the issue."

Zhang Guifang looked worriedly at Xu Ying, her voice timid: "Yingying, please help your second uncle.

If he gets arrested, what will I and your younger siblings do?"

Xu Ying gave her a cold look, angry at Zhang Guifang’s weakness: "Second Aunt, how can I help my second uncle.

Help him go to prison? Do you think the law is dead and that I can change it with just a word?"

Zhang Guifang’s eyes flickered, and she hung her head.

Mrs. Xu was indeed agitated: "Nonsense, serve his damned time in jail for him, I’d say, second sister, you’d be better off divorcing your second brother-in-law.

With or without him, it’s all the same, it’s still you who looks after the kids on your own.

He can’t help you with anything, might as well not have him at all."

Zhang Guifang raised her head and said tearfully: "But with him there, no one dares to bully us orphans and widow."

If her husband were gone, she, now a widow, would be bullied by the local ruffians.

"That’s right, if I’m here, I can protect Gui Fang from being bullied. Big sister, you’re too heartless. Even if you look down on us poor relatives and don’t want to help,

it’s too much to break up someone’s family. There’s a saying, ’better to destroy ten temples than to break up one marriage’. Aren’t you afraid of retribution for doing this?"

Mrs. Xu laughed in anger: "They say not to break up a marriage because men in those cases can actually do something. What about you? My sister has been stuck with a no-good like you.

Every day you’re not home, not working, leaving everything to my sister. Just look how much she’s aged these past years."

Mrs. Xu grew furious just talking about it.

She was older than her younger sister, but her younger sister looked even older than her. If that’s not from overwork, then what is it?

Chen Shaowen felt somewhat guilty; his eyes darted around, avoiding eye contact with his wife, yet he stubbornly insisted, "But I’ve been married to Gui Fang for decades, and we have children.

If she divorces me, she’ll never find another man for the rest of her life. Then, as a lone mother with no one to help when neighbors fight."

"Who says no one will help, are we not family?" Xu Ying finished speaking and looked at Zhang Guifang, thinking if she had some opinions of her own and wasn’t too foolish, there might still be some hope for her.

If her aunt was blindly infatuated with her husband and refused to see reason, Xu Ying wouldn’t help at all, otherwise it would only lead to an endless drain.

"Auntie, if you’re willing to divorce my uncle, you can come live in our village with my younger brothers and sisters.

You know I’m going to start a breeding farm and plant an orchard; I will definitely need to hire workers, and you can come work and earn money.

My uncle has broken the law, and I can’t help him with that, unless I go in. But why should I go to jail for him when we’re not even related?

Now you only have two choices: first, wait for my uncle to get out and continue living as before,

Or second, divorce and leave with the children, and have a job. Maybe you can even find a man who truly cares for you.

Auntie, even if you don’t consider it for yourself, you should think about the children, right?"

Mrs. Xu nodded, "Right, you have to save money for both your sons when they marry; if you stay with Chen Shaowen, forget about saving any money.

And think about it, do you want to stay with Chen Shaowen, but do your children want that?"

Zhang Guifang remained silent.

Her little daughter tugged weakly at her arm and whispered, "Mom, I don’t like Dad. He gets drunk and hits people. It hurts Niu Niu, and it hurts Mommy too."

"Mom, I don’t like Dad either," Zhang Guifang’s eldest son said with resolve in his eyes.

Without their father, they would definitely live better lives.

"Mom, without Dad, my brother and I will help you with work and protect you and our sister; we can definitely live a better life."

"Yes, Mom, I’ll protect you with big brother," the younger brother joined in.

Zhang Guifang, looking at her sons’ understanding demeanor, finally couldn’t help but burst into tears, clutching her sons in breakout.

She was too selfish, always thinking that a man can change, that he would become better for her, but what kept coming was abuse that worsened with time.

She thought she could just keep going, but she had forgotten to consider the children’s feelings.

Mrs. Xu watched her sister break down in tears, feeling a pang in her heart. She went over and hugged her sister tightly, patting her on the back, "Stop crying, big sister will take care of you just like before."

Zhang Guifang’s tears flowed even more fiercely, and she looked helplessly at her elder sister, wondering how she had ended up living a life like this. She had been too foolish.

"I want to divorce Chen Shaowen."

Hearing his wife’s words, Chen Shaowen instantly became enraged. He charged over and lifted his leg to strike Zhang Guifang’s back.

Zhang Guifang instinctively covered her head.

The children, protective of their mother, rushed over, wanting to shield her.

Xu Ying’s expression chilled, and she quickly ran forward, delivering a solid kick to Chen Shaowen’s leg.

Pain caused Chen Shaowen to grab his leg and howl miserably, "Ah, Xu Ying, you wretched thing, how dare you hit me?"

As he said this, Chen Shaowen raised his fist, but before he could act, Xu Ying quickly grabbed his wrist, and with a twist, Chen Shaowen immediately started screaming in agony like a pig being slaughtered.

"Aaaahhhhh!"

Once again, Mrs. Xu was stunned as she watched her daughter in awe.