Be in low spirits

"Xiao Li, you don't have to be polite. Let's eat. How are your parents doing recently?" Kong Jianping could see his son-in-law's awkwardness. "Xiao Li?" Kong Zhixi looked around and finally saw Li Li sitting next to her. Her eyes instantly fell and she stopped smiling, leaving only disappointment and impatience. "Well, it's pretty good. We stopped doing the business at home and moved here temporarily. Zhixi went to pick them up two days ago." He tried not to care about her attitude.

"Shut down the business? What do you mean? Haha, why didn't you invite them to come over for dinner?" Kong's mother asked a series of questions, which made her confused. How did she have to take on the responsibility? "She's busy recently, and my mom and the others have to pack their things. They'll come over to visit after they're done." Li Li made up her mind. Meng Yiran tapped her elbow and asked in a low voice, "Is this your husband?"

She frowned, not knowing how to answer. She just lowered her head and asked quietly, "Are you going to the old neighborhood to watch a movie later? I haven't seen Uncle Qiao for a long time."

Kong Zhiting could feel the tension throughout the meal. Her parents didn't talk to each other, her sister and brother-in-law treated each other coldly, and even Meng Yiran seemed to be involved. She was the only cannon fodder.

After dinner, Kong Zhixi washed the dishes. Meng Yiran wanted to help, but Li Li was one step ahead of her. He picked up the gloves, took the bowl from her hand and said, "I'll do it."

She stood by the sink, holding the kitchen paper, took the dishes he had washed, wiped them one by one and put them back in the cabinet. Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. "Are you going to keep silent about this?" He asked out of the blue, breaking the original balance.

"Um...are your parents planning to live here permanently?" She still felt a little awkward, as if two strangers were being forced to chat by their elders. "Yeah, I'm considering moving to a new house." He's been under a lot of pressure lately, whether it's family, work, or physical pain.

"It's better to change it, huh." She just felt that there were too many dishes tonight, and she could never finish washing them. "Have you always lived in the institute?" Looking at her thin appearance, he felt a little distressed. "No, I come back to live most of the time."

"Mom and Dad...don't they ask anything?" He was a little afraid to bring it up, but also a little bit expecting her to come up with a silly excuse to convince him, just like when she agreed to marry him. "Just make up a random excuse, my dad knows it anyway." She said it so casually, easily dispelling the little hope in his heart.

"Haha, your dad and I are going out for a walk. You can take Yi-ning back when the time comes." Kong's mother shouted at her at the kitchen door. During dinner, the two of them obviously didn't get along, but now they started walking together again. "Xiao Li, you can just take her back when the time comes." Kong Jianping also said. Li Li looked at Kong Zhixi. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know who to explain to first. She could only say, "Well, being on duty is not bad."

"Okay." Li Li didn't expose her, but just agreed. After the two elders left, Meng Yiran lay at the kitchen door, poked his head out and asked, "You haven't finished washing yet? Didn't you say you were going to the old neighborhood to watch a movie?"

Kong Zhixi took the plate from him and wiped it clean, "I'll be there soon."

"No!" Li Li took off his gloves, grabbed her wrist, and refused. "Ah?" She didn't understand what he was going to do? Was he really going to take her back with him?

"Brother-in-law, I'm a woman, don't be jealous." Meng Yiran thought that her husband was jealous and explained shamelessly, although she really liked his wife.

Li Li saw her intention and did not intend to let go, "I know, that won't work either."

"We haven't seen each other for a long time, just catching up." Her wrist was a little red from being pinched by him, and she wanted to break free, "We haven't seen each other for a long time." The more he looked at Meng Yiran, the less he liked her. "Ah, then how about I come back another day?" Meng Yiran was not afraid at all, and still had a shameless smile on her face.

"Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute, let me go first." She didn't understand what the two men were going to do. One was holding on to her and the other was trying to leave. Kong Zhiting felt that the situation was not good, so she could only step in and smooth things over. "How about I take you back first?"

"Okay." Although Meng Yiran said this to Kong Zhiting, her eyes were always on Li Li. "No, don't leave yet, Li Li, let me go. I'm just catching up with my friend. What does it have to do with you?" She was really annoyed. If these two people left, wouldn't she be in greater danger?

Of the three, one was struggling, and two of them exchanged glances several times, sparks flying in the small kitchen. "Ms. Meng, walk slowly."

Kong Zhiting had no choice but to pull Meng Yiran away. Seeing them leave, Li Li let go of her hand. "What are you doing? We are just chatting. It's not against the law to chat!" She rubbed her wrist, walked angrily to the living room, and sat down on the sofa.

"You haven't talked to your husband for a long time. Don't you want to chat?" He stood in front of her, blocking all her light, looking down at her condescendingly, with no expression on his face, but his tone was terrifying.

She raised her head, looked straight at him, and said, "What are you talking about? Divorce?"

When she said those two words, he deflated: "Do you really want to divorce me?" The words she uttered almost with her back teeth were as heavy as a thousand pounds in his heart.

It seemed like she was getting so angry at him for the first time. She stiffened her neck and refused to admit defeat: "There is no marital property, no disputes, just get a divorce certificate, it will be as easy as when we got married. No, we had to steal the household registration book when we got married, but we don't have to this time."

Li Li frowned, his eyes darkened, and his black pupils gradually became colder. He didn't speak for a long time, his eyes stayed on her face until the door rang and Kong Jianping and his wife came back, "Hey, what happened?"

He quickly averted his gaze, picked up the clothes behind Kong Zhixi, and said, "I'm going back to the team to be on duty. Zhixi will sleep here tonight. I'll pick her up another day." Then he walked out the door.

Kong Zhiting also followed him back home. The three of them surrounded Kong Zhixi. She rolled her eyes and said guiltily, "I'm going to take a shower and go to bed. You guys chat." Then she slipped back into her room.

Kong Zhiting took a shower and secretly opened her sister's door. Seeing that she was still awake, she smiled and said, "Sister, do you want to chat?"

She lay on the bed, flipping through a book, and responded, "What are you talking about?"

"Let's talk about your brother-in-law." She also lay on the bed and asked closer. "Your brother-in-law is on duty, what can we talk about?" She closed the book, turned over, and lay flat on her back.

Kong Zhiting also turned around and asked, "Did you have a fight with my brother-in-law?"

She thought about it for a while, but still felt that there was no need to say it. "No."

"Didn't you see? Brother-in-law is jealous of Sister Yiran today. Isn't it because you two had a fight and Brother-in-law is taking advantage of it?"

After hearing what my sister said, it seemed possible. "No way, he's not an unreasonable person, right?"

"Then why didn't he let you and Sister Yiran go out to see a movie today?"

"Speaking of which, let me ask you something. If you marry someone who everyone around you is happy with, but you don't know if you really like him, will you continue with this marriage?"

Kong Zhiting was very surprised, "Oh my God! If you don't like your brother-in-law, why did you marry him?"

"Speak a little quieter, I'm afraid your parents can't hear you." She covered her sister's mouth, signaling her to speak in a low voice.

"Then why did you get married?"

She no longer wanted to find out the reason. "It's a long story. Just tell me whether you want to continue or not."

"You and my brother-in-law don't have that, do you?"

"Tsk, I just asked you if you want to continue, why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"No, you said you didn't know whether you liked him or not, but you got married, and now you want a divorce. Aren't you kidding me? I used to think you wouldn't get married, but you did, and now you're asking me if I want a divorce. How can I not be shocked?"

"In fact, getting a divorce at this time seems a bit like taking advantage of someone's misfortune. His parents just went bankrupt, and I'm divorcing him. It makes me look like a mercenary."

"My parents won't agree." The two of them lay on the bed and thought about this problem together.

"How about I find an opportunity to borrow your brother-in-law's seed without letting him know, and then divorce him. This way, your parents will focus on their grandson and won't have time to worry about the divorce?"