Chapter 208: Melon Eating – Daily Melon Eating at the Sickly Aunt’s Courtyard

Chapter 208: The Gossip Chronicles - The Daily Life of the Frail Young Woman in the Compound

"Anyway, it's because of everyone that I was able to focus on handling my family matters this time." Li Heying's smile showed genuine relief, no longer the forced grin she used to wear.

Lin Qing was a little curious about what exactly had happened.

Since Li Heying usually came to work, they usually avoided talking about her in the department to keep her from feeling uncomfortable.

Lin Qing only learned from Fu Huihui and Wang Jiaojiao that Miss Li had gotten a divorce. None of the kids wanted to stay with her, so she left alone the place where she had lived for over a decade.

They didn’t know the full story.

By noon, Lin Qing and the other two were chatting about Miss Li again.

"I found out! I found out!" Fu Huihui hurried over with her lunchbox.

"What did you find out?" Lin Qing asked, looking at her panting figure.

"Yeah, what took you so long today?" Wang Jiaojiao also asked.

"Whew! I’m wiped out," Fu Huihui sighed as she sat down.

She had officially moved out of her family home. She moved into the factory's single dormitory, where several workers lived together. Her eight-bed dorm had five people in it.

And to move out, she had to strike a deal with her family. First, she didn’t want to be pushed into marrying young, and second, her family didn’t want to give up the monthly allowance she gave them. So to move out, she agreed to some rather unequal conditions.

After moving out, she still had to give her family ten bucks a month for "support," though her parents wouldn’t publicly call it that, only saying it was to repay the money spent on finding her a job.

Of course, after being deeply hurt by her family, Fu Huihui didn’t care what name they used to ask for money, as long as she could get away from them.

However, Fu Huihui wasn’t just letting them take advantage of her. She capped the payments at two years, including the salary she had handed over in the first two years, and the 240 yuan for the next two years, totaling about five or six hundred yuan.

When the political movement was in full swing, Fu Huihui was grateful to her parents for finding her a job and letting her stay, so she paid them back generously without causing a fuss.

"Spill it! What did you find out?" Lin Qing and Wang Jiaojiao looked at her eagerly.

"Cough, wait a minute, let me have a drink first." Fu Huihui picked up her water bottle, took a sip, and after catching her breath, she began to speak.

"Weren't you always curious about what happened to Miss Li's family in your department?"

"You found out?" Lin Qing and Wang Jiaojiao said simultaneously.

Fu Huihui nodded.

Although she had moved out of her family home and was a bit slower in catching up on the factory's residential area gossip, her outgoing nature helped her make friends fast. She buzzed around and picked up all the gossip. This time, she learned the truth about Miss Li's family from a friend in the dormitory.

"So, why did Miss Li divorce her husband?" Lin Qing asked urgently.

Before Fu Huihui even started, she looked disgusted. "Let me tell you, Miss Li’s husband is just awful. He always looks so put-together, more particular than many people, but that creep is just awful!"

So what exactly did he do to make Fu Huihui curse him like that?

Lin Qing and Wang Jiaojiao were full of questions.

When Fu Huihui got angry, her voice rose, but seeing the many people around eating, she quickly dropped her voice and spoke in a tone only the three of them could hear. "Do you know? That creep is into guys."

What the...?

Lin Qing and Wang Jiaojiao were stunned, they nearly dropped their chopsticks.

Lin Qing looked at Fu Huihui in disbelief, "You... what you said... is it true?"

Fu Huihui stuffed a big mouthful of rice into her mouth and nodded, "What I said is true. If it's not true, may I be struck by lightning."

"No, no, no, no need to be so serious," Lin Qing quickly stopped her from swearing.

"What I said is absolutely true. This matter has already spread around their neighborhood. I heard that that scumbag was caught by Miss Li from your department while he was being intimate with another man."

Holy crap! That’s wild!

Lin Qing and Wang Jiaojiao couldn't help but gulp, processing the bombshell.

After a while, Lin Qing finally managed to speak, "When was he caught? Why is it only getting out now?" Miss Li only seemed to be doing better today.

"He was caught the day before yesterday."

"The day before yesterday?"

"Yes, the day before yesterday. After he was caught, Miss Li made up her mind to divorce him, so didn't word get out about her divorce yesterday?"

Lin Qing and Wang Jiaojiao nodded. They indeed only learned about Miss Li's divorce yesterday.

"Miss Li also gave her two children a choice, to stay with their father or their mother, letting them decide. But the children's grandparents are unwilling to let the two children go with Miss Li, and the two children have a strong bond with their grandparents and don't want to leave with their mother. They even tried to persuade their mother not to divorce, saying that things are not so bad now." Fu Huihui felt sick talking about this.

Lin Qing felt sorry for Miss Li, "I guess the children's grandparents will definitely not let the children leave. After all, they know that their son probably only has these two children in his life. If they are taken away by their mother, the family line would end."

"..." Fu Huihui and Wang Jiaojiao nodded, finding it very reasonable.

"I just feel sorry for Miss Li. These are her children, she gave birth to them and raised them. She worked just as hard as the children's grandparents. Just because she is usually busy with work and doesn't spend all day at home with them, they don’t value her as much. How sad Miss Li must be!"

"Actually, this can also be considered a good thing! Miss Li didn't take the children with her when she divorced. If she meets the right person in the future, she can remarry without baggage.

Of course, I'm not saying that Miss Li must remarry, just that if she wants to remarry, it won't be as difficult."

"Indeed!" Fu Huihui and Wang Jiaojiao nodded.

After Miss Li's divorce, she’s in a pretty good place. She is in her thirties, has a job, and doesn't have to worry about food or clothing. These conditions put her ahead of a lot of people.