My Wife Longs for Divorce Every Day - Chapter 688

Chapter 688: 688, true love is with the opposite sex!

The headline read: “Chu’s young master attends the family banquet with his daughter, showing great affection even as he consoles his ex-love…”

The article contained several photos, one of which showed Chu Xiuhuang patting Lu Chenyu on the shoulder, seemingly comforting him.

Soon enough, fans were leaving comments:

User A: [Actually, Brother Fire Emperor and Lawyer Lu are the real lovers, right?]

User B: [Support Emperor City CP! That Secretary Shi must be a cunning woman!]

User C: [This woman managed to snatch Young Master Chu from Lawyer Lu! She must be of high rank!]

User C: [Homosexuals for procreation! Heterosexuals are the true love!]

User D: [Emperor City girls never admit defeat!]

User E: [I can keep shipping Emperor City CP for another hundred years!]

Of course, besides these gossips, other coverage was very positive, all expressing congratulations and envy.

Meanwhile, at the Shi Family residence in the northern part of the city.

Madam Shi, dressed in a lake-green embroidered cheongsam, asked, “Yulin, how do I look in this dress?”

“Mom, are you…”

“Tonight is the Chu Family’s family banquet. Go change into something more decent and come along with me,” she demanded.

Qian Yulin was surprised, “We’re attending their family banquet?”

“Of course. Huanhuan is my darling granddaughter, Luoluo is her daughter, which makes us part of their family,” replied Madam Shi as she adjusted her cheongsam. “This cheongsam I am wearing was custom-tailored by a master craftsman in the south city when I was thirty, using Suzhou’s double-sided embroidery. It has been preserved well over the years and it still looks as good as when it was new…”

“But Mom,” Qian Yulin interjected, “The Chus did not invite us over.”

“We’re all family now, there’s no need for an invitation,” Madam Shi said, feeling very good about herself. “Quickly, get changed. We don’t want to be late.”

With no other choice, Qian Yulin obeyed and changed into another outfit. She then shared a taxi with Madam Shi to the Huashang Hotel.

By the time they arrived, the banquet was reaching its climax.

Roars of cheer and applause could be heard from inside, the sound alone was enough to rouse excitement.

Qian Yulin, having lived to a considerable age, had never seen such an extravagant event. She held onto Madam Shi, lively and eager to enter, but then…

“May I see your invitation, please?”

An invitation?

Qian Yulin looked at the security guard, “We don’t have one.”

The guard immediately replied, “I’m sorry, but no one is allowed to enter without an invitation.”

Madam Shi glared, “What invitation? I’m here to see my granddaughter!”

“If you’re looking for your granddaughter, go to the police station. This place is booked for a private event tonight, not a place you should be,” retorted the guard, “Move it!”

Madam Shi was infuriated, “My granddaughter is Shi Huan! The daughter-in-law of the Chu family! Tell her to come out now!”

The guard looked at the two women.

Compared to the guests at the event, these two women undoubtedly appeared to be of a lower class. Losing his patience, he insisted, “I already told you, no entrance without an invitation, now please leave! If not, I’ll call for help!”

Madam Shi panicked, “Yulin, call that ungrateful girl and let her come out to meet us.”

Qian Yulin took out her phone and dialed Shi Huan’s number, which was quickly connected.

“Mom?”

A somewhat guilty Qian Yulin asked, “Huanhuan, can you come out?”

“What do you mean?”

Qian Yulin whispered, “Your grandmother insists on attending the family banquet, but we were not invited hence we can’t get in. Can you come get us or else your grandmother is going to be very angry.”

“Ha,” Shi Huan chuckled over the phone. “Mom, you never visited me in the hospital, so you wouldn’t have known that I’m still there recovering from my injuries. How am I supposed to go to the family banquet?”

“…”

Qian Yulin paused in silence.

Over the past couple of days, it wasn’t as if she didn’t want to visit the hospital. But each time, Madam Shi managed to stop her with various excuses.

Once when Madam Shi was taking a nap in the afternoon, she snuck off to the hospital. However, she was not allowed to enter the elevator due to lack of a relatives’ card.

Plus, after Shi Minyan got divorced, he moved back home and stayed busier, leaving her even less time to visit the hospital.

She had assumed that Shi Huan had already recovered when the banquet was organized. She did not expect…

“Huanhuan, I’m sorry, I thought…”

“You don’t need to apologize, I’ve gotten used to it over the years,” Shi Huan replied calmly.

“Huanhuan, what should we do now?”

Shi Huan answered, “You should go home.”

“”Going back?”

“Yes. Don’t embarrass yourself.” After saying this, Shi Huan hung up the phone.

“What did that damn girl say?” Granny Shi asked urgently.

All Qian Yulin could do was tell the truth, “Mom, Huanhuan is still in the hospital recovering, so let’s go back first.”

“What do you mean? Still recovering? How is that possible!” Granny Shi simply couldn’t believe it, “She’s doing this on purpose! How can she, her own mother, not be present at the acknowledgment banquet?”

“Mom, Huanhuan is really badly hurt. Why don’t we go to the hospital and see her?”

However, Granny Shi said, “Then call the Chu family and ask them to send someone to pick us up.”

Qian Yulin was completely taken aback.

The Chu family?

“Why are you standing there stunned! Go ahead and call!”

Qian Yulin said, “I don’t have their number.”

“Then ask that damn girl for it! Or wait, Minyan probably has it too. Hurry up and call him!”

Qian Yulin was speechless.

Shi Huan wasn’t on the scene, and the Chu family didn’t inform them at all. Anyone with a shred of understanding of social conventions would know that the Chu family didn’t want to acknowledge them as kin at all.

“Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear me tell you to call?” Granny Shi slapped her daughter-in-law on the arm.

In pain, Qian Yulin reluctantly picked up her phone and reluctantly dialed Shi Minyan’s number.

At this moment, the security officer at her side suddenly spoke, “Miss.”

Granny Shi looked up and cheerfully greeted, “Miss Chu.”

Qian Yulin immediately hung up the phone and also greeted her with a smile.

Chu Jingyi, elegantly dressed in red, walked over with grace.

Her burgundy long wavy hair was pulled to one side, her red lips prominent, her eyes proud.

She didn’t plan on coming here at all tonight. Forced into coming over by a phone call, she found two filthy things upon her arrival!

She asked, “Are you Shi Huan’s family?”

“Yes, I’m Huanhuan’s grandma.”

Qian Yulin added, “And I am Huanhuan’s mother.”

“So why are you here?” Chu Jingyi sneered, “Because your daughter has become a phoenix by flying onto a tall branch, your whole family is rushing over to climb up the relatives?”

Granny Shi frowned, “What kind of talk is that? Huanhuan is my granddaughter and Luoluo is my great-granddaughter. Our two families have become in-laws, aren’t I as an elder supposed to come and join the celebration?”

“What a joke.” Chu Jingyi looked at Granny Shi disdainfully, “What tricks did Shi Huan play to marry Ahuang? Don’t you know what’s going on? And you still dare to come here?”

Qian Yulin was stunned.

Granny Shi was also somewhat taken aback.

Chu Jingyi continued, “Wasn’t the incident back then planned by the Shi family? First, let Ahuang get Shi Huan pregnant, give birth to a child, then let Shi Huan work as Ahuang’s secretary for five years to develop feelings between them. Finally, arrange an opportunity for my grandfather to do a DNA test. Wow, your plan was really brilliant!”

“My daughter is not that kind of person,” Qian Yulin couldn’t help but speak up. “She was also a victim back then…”

“A victim?” Chu Jingyi’s laugh was incredibly sarcastic, “At 18, she get pregnant, and it was rumored that she was defiled by an old man. You, as her elders, why didn’t you advise her to abort the child? Why did you let her give birth to the child? With no other motives in mind, is this something a family member would do?”

Qian Yulin’s face turned pale.

While Granny Shi nervously clutched her walking stick.

“Did I hit the nail on the head? Do you have nothing to say?”

After saying this, Chu Jingyi turned her gaze, “Ahuang, you’re here at the right time. Your two relatives here have been chattering away, giving me a headache. You sort this out.”

After she finished, she arrogantly walked away.

When Qian Yulin turned her head, she saw Chu Xiuhuang coming over.

He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, tall and straight, looking cold and aloof, and was followed by several bodyguards dressed in black.

Granny Shi had a look of joy on her face.

But Qian Yulin had a bad premonition.

Bringing so many bodyguards, they couldn’t possibly be here to pick people up.

And indeed-

“You guys, send them home.”

At these words, Granny Shi’s face turned pale, “Master Chu, I am Huanhuan’s grandmother and Luoluo’s maternal grandmother. How dare you drive us away?”

Chu Xiuhuang looked down at Granny Shi from above, his thin lips curling up. There was a hint of gloom in his eyes and an arrogant smile on his face, his tone was mocking and blunt, “In the past five years, have you fulfilled your responsibilities as a grandmother? Apart from making my wife earn money and pay debts, feed you, and squeeze her dry, what else have you done? Huh?”