Back then, when fleeing from the famine, Ms. Hetian parted with He Erniu for half a year, and there still seed to be so feelings at that ti.
But after Ms. Hetian’s ’awakening,’ she suddenly realized that she only felt so guilt towards her husband, with no real attachnt or longing.
A decade has gone by, and even intense feelings would fade, let alone those that were never strong to begin with.
He Erniu, now known as Marquis Pingnan, He Guozhong, was nothing more than a stranger to Ms. Hetian.
The only thing that troubled Ms. Hetian was a remark she once heard from Qiu Zhaodi, "Even one’s biological father can play favorites."
It seems that in the many tragedies of Xiao Bao, He Guozhong, as his biological father, played a rather unpleasant role.
Xiao Bao is Ms. Hetian’s only child and her most cherished person.
Ms. Hetian does not want her son to suffer any harm, not even from his biological father.
After parting ways with the Tian Family, Ms. Hetian established He Village and gained so resources.
It was then that Ms. Hetian began to inquire about He Erniu’s whereabouts.
She learned from Village Chief Han that He Erniu had gone to Heyin, so she sent people to search for him.
After so investigation, Ms. Hetian indeed found out that He Erniu had changed his na to He Guozhong and married his superior’s daughter.
Ha, timing-wise, He Erniu remarried almost in the third year after being dragged to Heyin.
The following year, he had a new son.
No wonder in the original plot, He Erniu was biased.
On one side was his loathed ex-wife’s son, a disabled child separated for over a decade, and on the other was the healthy son born from his ’lucky’ spoiled wife who remained by his side. The already changed He Erniu naturally chose the latter.
As soone who once hard He Erniu, Ms. Hetian felt she indeed owed her husband.
But Xiao Bao was innocent; everything he suffered was not his fault.
He was the biggest victim, yet because of past experiences leaving him incomplete, he was despised by his biological father...
Just the thought of it broke Ms. Hetian’s heart!
Fortunately, she awoke and even dealt with that vicious old pervert.
But He Guozhong remarried anyway and fathered another son and daughter.
Ms. Hetian does not care about these things at all.
As Xiao Bao’s mother, deep down, he still harbors admiration and longing for his father.
However, He Guozhong is no longer just his father and will favor the son he raised himself.
So if tangled with He Guozhong again, Xiao Bao would undoubtedly be hurt.
Ms. Hetian didn’t know if she could hold out until Daqi was established as depicted in the original storyline.
However, seeing the fates of Old Lady Han and sister-in-law from the Wang Family, Ms. Hetian could make a reasonable guess.
Whether sold into slavery, becoming a poor peasant woman, or simply dying, all would likely make He Erniu feel ashad.
Having such a mother, He Erniu might despise Xiao Bao even more.
But now, Ms. Hetian has beco Prince Pingliang and is sworn siblings with Emperor Tiantai; how He Guozhong would choose, Ms. Hetian could not predict.
And no matter how that man handles it, Xiao Bao, trapped between them, would surely suffer grievances.
Ms. Hetian couldn’t bear it.
Unexpectedly, the issue troubling Ms. Hetian was resolved by Mr. Tian’s accidental stroke of luck.
"A letter of divorce? Written by He Erniu himself?" Ms. Hetian asked urgently.
Mr. Tian couldn’t tell whether Ms. Hetian was excited or upset, but he was still sowhat cautious, "It wasn’t written by him personally, but it had his private seal and was filed at the Magistrate Mansion!"
Thus, even if both parties were absent, this letter of divorce was valid and authentic!
Ms. Hetian was overjoyed inside.
She couldn’t help but think that if her biological father ceased to stir trouble from now on, she’d let bygones be bygones for this unexpected wise decision!
"What about Xiao Bao? Did he ntion the child at all?"
Of course, Ms. Hetian was thorough in everything she did.
The only person she worried about was her precious son.
"Oh, he—it’s actually a docunt severing parent-child relations written by the wife He Guozhong married later, done by a bookkeeper at the Marquis Mansion—"
Mr. Tian’s voice trembled slightly.
It was within his rights as a father to have his daughter dissolve her marriage with He Guozhong.
Although it was sowhat presumptuous, it wouldn’t be criticized.
But agreeing to have Lady Qin, a later wife, write a docunt severing parent-child ties on behalf of He Guozhong was... excessive.
Mr. Tian, although an elder to Xiao Bao, known as He Jue, was ultimately of a different family na. How could he ddle in the affairs of the He Family?!
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