"Your big brother went to the company, your mom went to find a lawyer," Grandpa Shu said, sipping his porridge. He seed to be lost in thought, and as he helped Jiaojiao with so side dishes, he casually asked, "Sweetheart, if your mom and dad get divorced, who will you stay with?"
Regarding Ruan Jianguo, Grandpa Shu used to turn a blind eye for Shu Jiao’s sake, as long as Shu Jiao was willing. But now that Shu Jiao wanted to divorce Ruan Jianguo, he was all for it, raising both hands in agreent. After all, his daughter from the Shu family had the confidence; she’ll only live better after the divorce.
He could easily find a bunch of young n for her to choose from, and any random one would be a thousand, ten thousand tis better than that oafish Ruan.
Last night, Jiaojiao supported Shu Jiao’s every decision, but today she couldn’t bring herself to say the sa to Grandpa Shu. She pursed her lips and chose to act as if she hadn’t heard.
Grandpa Shu chuckled and began his coaxing tactics: "Look, these are all your favorites, these soup dumplings, these crab roe buns, Grandma Liang made them specially for you at my request this morning. Delicious, right? If you stay with your mom, you can live with Grandpa here and have them all the ti."
Jiaojiao’s response was to stuff a crab roe bun into Grandpa Shu’s mouth and urged Gu Zichen to hurry up and join them for breakfast.
Grandpa Shu took the bun out, still wanting to persuade Jiaojiao to stay with her mom, but Jiaojiao had already turned to chat with Duan Xi, appearing busy, leaving Grandpa Shu no choice but to sulkily munch on his bun.
Once breakfast was over, Jiaojiao swiftly pulled Duan Xi outside for so fresh air, kicking the pebbles on the ground while sighing uncontrollably.
Though she verbally supported Shu Jiao, deep down, she didn’t want them to divorce.
But she didn’t want to wrong her mother either, and now she was really in a dilemma.
Jiaojiao stayed at the Shu family’s until nearly noon when Ruan Hao and Shu Jiao returned from outside.
Shu Jiao had reverted to her usual self, making Jiaojiao wonder if last night’s Shu Jiao was just a fignt of her imagination.
"Is the divorce agreent ready?" Grandpa Shu asked.
Shu Jiao nodded, took the agreent out of her bag and handed it to him. Grandpa Shu imdiately fetched his reading glasses from the drawer, and began reading it intently, nodding from ti to ti.
Jiaojiao hadn’t expected Shu Jiao to actually print the divorce agreent. Just last night she’d spoken of the divorce, and by this morning the agreent was ready, leaving Jiaojiao with no ti to react.
She stared blankly at the divorce agreent in Grandpa Shu’s hands, her eyes suddenly turned red, and tears stread down without any warning.
Everyone was taken aback.
Shu Jiao quickly responded, hugging her and saying amusedly yet sowhat exasperatedly, "Yesterday you said you’d support any decision mom made. Why the tears today?"
Jiaojiao didn’t want to cry, but she couldn’t control her tears. She looked up at Shu Jiao, tears still falling.
She just felt an ache in her heart, an indescribable pain.
She knew that even if Ruan Jianguo and Shu Jiao divorced, she would still be their child, they would still love her the sa.
But one would be here, and the other there, the family split in two, and just the thought of it made her terribly sad.
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