Witty Wife, Better Life-Chapter 842 - 832 He Wants to Divorce Me

The caller was Li Xianghe.

When Qiu Shuping died, Sun Chengbin was for various reasons transferred to the R Province Military Region. He held the same rank of regimental commander, but the conditions there were nowhere near as flourishing as those in Z Province.

At that time, Sun Chengbin brought his wife and children to Li Hongjun’s home seeking a solution. He did not want to be relocated to a remote area, fearing that if he truly left, his career as a regimental commander could come to an end, and it wouldn’t be easy to be transferred out thereafter.

However, Li Hongjun had outright refused him then, stating that transfers were only made when necessary by the organization. As a qualified Communist Party member and an excellent officer, one must fully comply with the orders of superiors. "You are like a single brick in the revolutionary cause—wherever you are needed, you must resolutely go."

As for what Li Xianghe had said about familial affection, Li Hongjun had bluntly retorted her, "You couldn’t even bother to see your own mother for the last time, nor attend her funeral. What right do you have to talk to me about kinship?"

The situation had become very unpleasant then, with Li Hongjun insisting on not intervening and firmly supporting the leader’s decision. In the end, Sun Chengbin left with a gloomy face. Seeing her second brother so unyielding, Li Xianghe, pulling Niuniu along, stormed out, hurling fierce words as she left. Essentially, she declared that she would sever ties with her brother Li Hongjun, disowning him entirely.

Less than a month later, Sun Chengbin’s family of three moved away.

Perhaps Sun Chengbin had some integrity, or had come to understand that relying on his uncle would yield no benefits. Therefore, after being transferred from the Z Province Military Region, he had little contact with this side.

Li Xianghe, on the other hand, after moving there, would call two or three times a month, each time sobbing and crying.

Sometimes she complained that Sun Chengbin never came home, always on duty in the military, supposedly having an affair. Other times, she said that the family back home had sent letters asking for money, and without consulting her, Sun Chengbin would send money back directly, disregarding her as his wife. Or it would be that they were so poor they couldn’t afford meals, leaving their child crying from hunger at home.

Regardless, each call had different reasons but the same outcome: crying and complaining to Li Hongjun or Shen Yunfang on this end.

Shen Yunfang had been tormented for two years and had developed some immunity to it.

"If you have something to say, say it. If not, I’m hanging up."

"No, no, no, Sister-in-law, I really do have something. This time, you and my brother have got to help me, or I really won’t survive."

Shen Yunfang rolled her eyes, it was the same old repetitive talk.

She set down the phone beside her and picked up an apple from the fruit bowl on the coffee table, starting to crunch away. Who knew how long it would take before the other side got to the point.

Finally, just when Shen Yunfang was about to finish an apple, a loud "hello, hello" came from the receiver.

"What is it exactly, hurry up and say it. Otherwise, call back in a few days. Your brother is out on a mission now, probably won’t be back for another three to five days," said Shen Yunfang, picking up the receiver again.

"What, at this time, how can my brother go on a mission? I’m his biological sister, how could he..."

"Hey, stop, stop, stop, if you want to talk about that, then talk in a few days. I’m very busy. That’s it then, I’m hanging up." Shen Yunfang interrupted the person on the other end unapologetically, ready to hang up the phone.

"Don’t, sister-in-law, don’t. Sun Chengbin wants to divorce me."

The voice was loud, probably shouted from the other end; Shen Yunfang’s hand, ready to hang up the phone, couldn’t do it.

"What happened? Wasn’t everything fine before? Why does he want a divorce now?" Shen Yunfang picked up the phone again, not out of concern for her sister-in-law, but because she was puzzled.

You see, Sun Chengbin is a military man, and also a regiment commander, with very high standards both personally and for his family. Otherwise, Li Hongjun, being so outstanding, wouldn’t be here stuck unable to move, only able to undertake various missions tirelessly for military honors.

"Is Sun Chengbin being reassigned?" she thought Sun Chengbin couldn’t stay in the army any longer and wanted to be reassigned, hence no more reservations.

"No, he’s climbing higher branches now," Li Xianghe said bitterly from the other side.

It turned out that there had been a performance by the arts troupe in R Province Military Region, and somehow one of the dancers got involved with Sun Chengbin. After Li Xianghe found out, she specifically went to confront the woman, and even hit her. But before she could feel satisfied for long, Sun Chengbin came home furious and immediately told Li Xianghe he wanted a divorce.

At first, Li Xianghe thought Sun Chengbin was just speaking in anger, but in less than a week, someone from the military region came to their house to understand the situation. That’s when she realized Sun Chengbin was serious, and he had already filed for divorce.

"Sister-in-law, Sun Chengbin is inhumane; he has wronged me. If I had known he was like Chen Shimei, I wouldn’t have married him," Li Xianghe complained again.

"What’s the use of saying this now? If you really had that character, this wouldn’t have happened," Shen Yunfang retorted rudely. "You say Sun Chengbin has something with another woman, do you have evidence? Have you talked to the military region?"

This was important; if Sun Chengbin was truly at fault, even if they were to divorce, he wouldn’t get off easily.

"I did talk; why wouldn’t I have? But they don’t believe me. They even told me not to talk like this, or they would arrest me," Li Xianghe said, growing angry.

Listening to this, Shen Yunfang felt something was off, "You say Sun Chengbin is involved with another woman; do you have evidence? Or did you witness it, catch them yourself?"

"It’s obvious, why would I need evidence?" Li Xianghe seemed unconcerned.

"You’re talking nonsense! What’s obvious? Li Xianghe, you’ve lived in vain; don’t you know the saying ’to catch a thief, catch the loot; to catch an adulterer, catch them together’? You dared to confront that woman without catching anything; don’t you have a brain?" No wonder Sun Chengbin wanted to divorce her; anyone stuck with such a brainless woman would want a divorce.

"You... whose side are you on, why won’t you help me instead of Sun Chengbin?" Li Xianghe was offended by the scolding.

"Enough, enough, don’t talk to me about this mess anymore; I don’t want to hear it. I can’t do anything about it either. Wait a few days and call your brother," Shen Yunfang truly didn’t want to talk with such a person any longer, and simply, with a click, hung up the phone.

Then she sat on the sofa, fuming with anger. How could there be such people in the world, fools who don’t understand anything?

After a while, Shen Yunfang calmed down, pushed aside the mess with Li Xianghe, and went inside to think about her own farm business. Now that she was setting up a film company, once all the relevant paperwork and machinery were in place, she also had to prepare the business plan.

Thinking about the reality shows she had seen in her previous life, Shen Yunfang picked up her fountain pen and rapidly began to write on the manuscript paper.

By bedtime that night, the framework for the first episode of the show was complete; now, only the details needed to be added.