My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Crazy Beauty
Chapter 196: Divorce?

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: Divorce?

As departure time loomed, Dangdang disagreed with Tang Chuxia accompanying her back home. Her reasoning was, "Aunt and Uncle need to go to work, and only Xiaxia has time to accompany my sister. If I go back, what will happen if my sister goes into labor?"

Madam Tang said she could take time off work to stay home with her elder sister-in-law.

"The real issue here is mine. I just need to go back and explain it to Dad and Mom. Besides, Haipeng has promised to accompany me back. We just need Second Brother to be a witness for me!"

Dangdang was very insistent, and with no other options, Tang Chuxia could only stay behind.

Tang Jianjun assured them not to worry, with him and Wu Haipeng accompanying Dangdang back, there definitely wouldn’t be a problem.

Tang Chuxia wasn’t worried about them getting into trouble, but she feared Second Brother acting impulsively, beyond even what Haipeng could stop.

After everyone had left, Tang Chuxia glanced again at the telegram. It didn’t contain many words, just a brief message:

"Dad critically ill, Dangdang come back!"

Of course, there were no punctuation marks; after all, they charged by the character.

Her elder sister-in-law still worried; not understanding how her parents, who were fine before she left, had suddenly become critically ill.

He pieced it together with the request for Dangdang to come back and could guess at what might have happened.

"If I say this isn’t such a difficult matter, we could go ask the Hu Family!" suggested Tang Jianbing, but he wasn’t referring to the familiar Hu Mingcheng. Instead, he meant Hu Kai’s family.

It was surely Hu Kai’s meeting with Dangdang and whatever results that might have been conveyed back home that led to this. Dangdang’s parents probably were overwhelmed by the situation and that’s what caused the incident!

However, these were all their speculations; they still needed to verify it.

Tang Chuxia also thought it was a good idea to ask.

She had coincidentally run into Hu Mingcheng that day and was quite upset with the Hu Family.

But Madam Tang said, "You kids shouldn’t intervene in this. The adults need to handle it!"

Madam Tang looked towards Father Tang, who sat silently to one side.

Feeling his family’s gaze, Father Tang realized they expected him to investigate. Though reluctant, especially after the revelation of his secret savings had caused his standing in the family to plummet straight down.

Especially now that he truly had no money, he could only be an invisible presence at home each day.

When Madam Tang assigned him this task, he was not only without complaints, but also somewhat excited.

Perhaps being ignored for so long, he was eager for an opportunity to be needed and to demonstrate his worth.

Father Tang still valued his pride, showing his agreement to inquire, but warned them not to expect too much.

After pushing him out the door, Madam Tang complained to Tang Chuxia, "Your dad, he really does have a lot of little schemes!"

Tang Chuxia, linking arms with her mother, asked, "Then, should we get a divorce?"

Madam Tang patted her shoulder, "Don’t talk nonsense!"

Madam Tang would never initiate a divorce, something Tang Chuxia had now come to understand. She could only sigh at the fact that as long as Father Tang didn’t do anything outrageous, his life was still somewhat secured for the second half.

Returning to the elder sister-in-law, her concern for her father naturally made her restless. But with everyone just gone and no quick way to get news, Madam Tang simply had Tang Chuxia stay by her elder sister-in-law’s side.

Feeling guilty, the elder sister-in-law suggested, "Then how about I model for you?"

Tang Chuxia pulled out a sketchbook and began to draw.

In those days, there wasn’t the practice of taking pregnancy portraits, and many women, fearing bad luck, wouldn’t even dare to look in a mirror while pregnant, much less leave behind memorabilia.

But knowing Tang Chuxia’s excellent drawing skills, the elder sister-in-law readily cooperated.

They chatted, and as Tang Chuxia’s brush moved, the elder sister-in-law gradually relaxed and, perhaps due to lying on her side in bed, even dozed off.

Tang Chuxia closed her sketchbook, covered her sister-in-law with a blanket, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She was genuinely afraid for the elder sister-in-law’s well-being.

Madam Tang watched her come out and, knowing the elder daughter-in-law had fallen asleep, sighed with emotion, "Your elder brother can’t come back, and if something bad happens, what are we going to do?"

Tang Chuxia assured her to take it easy.

Since she didn’t need to follow along, she reconsidered her original plan to visit Aunt Hong and finally decided to visit Qin Zhan’s mother instead.

Madam Tang prepared some things for her, "You go ahead, I’ll stay home with your elder sister-in-law today!"

With Madam Tang taking over the care of her daughter-in-law, Tang Chuxia was able to go to the hospital with peace of mind.

By the time she arrived at the hospital, Qin Zhan’s mother was already up and about. Seeing Tang Chuxia visiting, she was very excited and kept talking to Tang Chuxia.

Qin Zhan was somewhat surprised to see Tang Chuxia there.

"Does Brother Huai know you’re here?"

Qin Zhan cautiously probed, Tang Chuxia waved her hand, "What does it have to do with him?"

Qin Zhan rubbed his hands, "It doesn’t matter?"

Tang Chuxia: ...

Qin Zhan, who frequented the hospital daily, was somewhat abreast of the latest developments.

Tang Chuxia then inquired about Liu Meijuan’s brother’s situation.

Qin Zhan actually knew something.

"That guy has no problems at all; it’s just a minor cut, but he just refuses to leave the hospital. Many people in the hospital have heard about it."

Since Qin Zhan and the others knew Liu Meijuan, they naturally knew Old Guan’s son too. After learning about the incident, they had helped to investigate and naturally understood what was going on.

Tang Chuxia wanted to help Old Guan, but at the moment, she couldn’t think of a good way to do so.

They were talking outside the ward when they bumped into the nurse from last time. The nurse greeted Tang Chuxia, asking if she wanted to go to Mrs. Gu’s office.

"Sister, I’m not here to see Aunt Hong today!" Tang Chuxia, with her sweet mouth, linked arms with the nurse, "Sister, could you do us a favor?"

She suddenly thought of a way to make Liu Meijuan’s brother appear to leave the hospital on his own.

The nurse, who was already fond of Tang Chuxia, had a soft spot for the good-looking girl – after all, Tang Chuxia always called her ’sister’.

She just couldn’t resist!

The dazed nurse was somehow persuaded by Tang Chuxia.

It wasn’t until she was standing in the ward that she realized, how did she get commanded by a young girl?

Hiding in the corner, Tang Chuxia waited for the opportunity, but instead of seeing the nurse emerge, she saw someone unexpected appear.

Liu Meijuan and Hu Mingcheng walked by together.

Hu Mingcheng’s mouth was still swollen, looking particularly disheveled, and his forehead was also bandaged.

The two of them were talking as they walked, both looking quite agitated.

Tang Chuxia had a hunch they were up to something, so she followed them.

Though she kept her distance, her enhanced five senses were enough for her to overhear their conversation.

What she didn’t expect was that their talk would involve her.

"Are you stupid? You can’t even handle this small matter?"

Hu Mingcheng was very impatient.

Liu Meijuan’s face turned pale, but facing Hu Mingcheng’s wounded face, she could only hold her breath, "And you’re just as embarrassed, aren’t you? Didn’t you say Tang Wanqiu would listen to everything you say? A country bumpkin, and you can’t even handle him?"

Hu Mingcheng growled lowly, "Nonsense, Wanqiu is already with me, she won’t mess up. But can you stop messing around? Forget about your brother’s issue this time!"

Liu Meijuan was not having it.

"Why should I? Why should my brother suffer for nothing? If Old Guan’s son doesn’t get into trouble, how can we bring Tang Chuxia down?"

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