Chapter 276: A Mother-In-Law Who Drives Fiercely
Mu Jingzhe and Shao Qihai slept in separate rooms, but they took care of the children together. Unlike other couples, they didn’t have any responsibilities as husband and wife. This actually made things easier for them.
Shao Qihai was obedient. Although he sometimes wanted to hand her the bank card of his savings account, he didn’t force her to do anything, nor did he have any physical contact with her. She wasn’t affected at all.
Li Zhaodi clicked her tongue. “This is what you don’t understand. You’re still a young lady and you still don’t understand. Men don’t think that way. He may be able to tolerate it now, but he won’t be able to tolerate it in the future. It’s only because you haven’t had s.e.x yet. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to tolerate it either. Men and women are all like that. They all have needs.”
Mu Jingzhe blinked. ‘Oh my G.o.d. You’re driving[1] again, and it’s a little fierce.’
However, Li Zhaodi seemed to be right. “Mom, what you’re saying seems to make sense. It doesn’t seem fair to Shao Qihai to drag this on. He must… have needs.” In that case, they indeed should get a divorce as soon as possible.
“That’s right. If you weren’t strong, I wouldn’t be at ease leaving you here.” After saying this, Li Zhaodi suddenly changed the topic. “But Jingzhe, tell me honestly. Has Shao Qihai really never touched you?”
Mu Jingzhe looked embarra.s.sed. “He really hasn’t.”
“That’s strange. It’s been so long. He’s really good at holding it in, huh. Is he afraid of you, or is he not interested in you? Is he no longer potent?”
Shao Qihai, who was bringing tea for his mother-in-law and had stopped at the door, accidentally heard this, as his hearing was really good. The ceramic vat nearly slipped from his hand.
Why wouldn’t he be potent? He was very potent. It wasn’t like he wasn’t interested either. It was just that Mu Jingzhe wasn’t willing.
While Shao Qihai was shocked, Mu Jingzhe was just as shocked. She’d never had a mother in the past, so she didn’t know that the topics of conversation between mother and daughter could be so explosive.
“Mom, let’s not talk about this anymore.”
“Feeling shy? I know you are shy. Don’t you want to get to the bottom of this? If he’s not interested or isn’t capable of doing it, you’ll definitely have to get a divorce. This concerns your happiness for the rest of your life. But he can probably do it. After all, he already has five children. He must be enduring this.”
Li Zhaodi was direct with Mu Jingzhe. Mu Jingzhe also knew that Li Zhaodi was doing this for her own good. She thought for a moment and said, “So, getting a divorce earlier would also be good for Shao Qihai, right?” So that he wouldn’t have to endure this any longer.
Shao Qihai almost couldn’t help but speak up. No, it wouldn’t be good at all. He didn’t want a divorce. Although Mu Jingzhe wouldn’t accept his money or let him get close to her, he felt that the way they were living was good enough.
It wasn’t like he absolutely had to do that. He wasn’t a beast who thought about those things all day long. He could count the number of times he had seen a girl in a year in the past. Hadn’t he gotten through just fine all these years?
As Shao Qihai was struggling, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the kitchen. Feeling that he’d been eavesdropping for too long, he quickly turned back.
Shao Dong b.u.mped into Shao Qihai at the kitchen door. Realizing that he was still holding the ceramic vat and looking at it strangely, Shao Qihai quickly explained, “Dust was blown in.”
Shao Dong nodded and carried the honey that he wanted to give to Li Zhaodi to Mu Jingzhe’s door. Just as he was about to push the door open and enter, he heard Mu Jingzhe say, “Mom, what I’m worried about are the children. After the divorce, I have to leave this family. It’s impossible for me to take them away…”
If she really could take them away, she would probably have divorced him long ago. Thanks to this delay, the bond between them would only deepen.
Mu Jingzhe was very troubled. Shao Dong stopped in his tracks and seemed to be lost in thought. In the end, he didn’t push the door open and went back with the honey.
This honey had been collected by the people who raised bees in the village. It was pure honey. It wasn’t like the commonly-seen fake honey in the modern era, which was mixed with sugar water. It was collected twice a year. Honeycomb honey tasted very fragrant and sweet.
Mu Jingzhe liked it a lot, and so did Shao Dong and the others. The villagers probably knew that their family had felt terrible yesterday, so they’d kindly brought them some sweet stuff to eat, hoping that it would cheer them up.
The quant.i.ty wasn’t big, so they had finished the rest. This had been specifically reserved for Li Zhaodi and the others.
“Grandma and Mommy are talking. I’ll give it to her later.” After Shao Dong sat down, he saw Shao Qihai s.p.a.cing out. Sigh, why wasn’t Daddy better-looking? If he were better-looking, Mommy might perhaps like him a little more.
Although the family had been very happy living together up until now, they often hoped that this would always be the case and their mother wouldn’t ask for a divorce. He wished they could continue to be this happy.
However, one couldn’t be too selfish. They couldn’t keep Mu Jingzhe to their side just for their own happiness. They couldn’t stop her from leaving or getting a divorce.
Although they were reluctant to part, their opinion hadn’t changed. If their mother wanted a divorce, they would still support her. However, it was unrealistic to say that they would just leave with Mommy. Leaving Shao Qihai alone seemed too cruel.
Shao Dong looked at Shao Qihai, feeling very troubled.
Although very few people divorced nowadays, because Mu Jingzhe wanted to get a divorce, Shao Dong and Shao Nan specifically went to find out about it. Usually, when a couple divorced, they would split up their house and money, and those who had kids would share custody of the kids as well.
Sometimes, the children would go live with the mother and sometimes with the father. This differed from case to case.
If they were an ordinary family, they might have to be separated too. After all, five children were too many. They couldn’t just follow one person.
However, the problem was that the five siblings didn’t want to be separated. Besides, the characteristics of other families didn’t apply either. Mu Jingzhe wasn’t their biological mother. They had never heard of a stepmother taking the child after a divorce.
Thus, if they really got a divorce, they would definitely be given to Shao Qihai, although they couldn’t bear to part with Mommy either.
This was difficult. Too difficult. So why couldn’t Daddy make Mommy like him?
Shao Qihai was initially thinking about what Mu Jingzhe had said, and his expression was uneasy. When he sensed Shao Dong’s gaze, he raised his head. “What’s wrong, Little Dong?”
“Nothing.” Shao Dong shook his head, but he continued to stare at Shao Qihai. Shao Qihai felt uncomfortable being stared at. “What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?”
“No.” Shao Dong shook his head. He couldn’t think of a solution either.
As he felt troubled, Li Zhaodi and the rest entered the room after speaking. Shao Dong immediately stood up. “Grandma.”
Shao Qihai also stood up. “Mom, come in and sit. Have some tea.”
At the thought of what he had just heard, Shao Qihai felt a little uncomfortable and didn’t dare look at Li Zhaodi. However, Li Zhaodi’s gaze kept landing on him, moving from his shoulders to his waist and lingering a while longer when it landed on his abdomen.
Shao Qihai’s entire body stiffened. He wished that it was all his imagination, but he had trained himself to read these gazes and knew that it wasn’t.
At that moment, Shao Qihai didn’t know where to put his hands.
He could roughly guess why Li Zhaodi was looking at him like that. She probably wanted to see if he was potent or not.
This was very awkward. Shao Qihai wanted to say something about what he had heard, but when Li Zhaodi glanced at him, he froze. He stopped talking and didn’t even dare move.
[1] talking about s.e.xual matters