Chapter 811 - 279: I Want to Divorce Him

Li Axiu felt a surge of joy. She was more than happy to see her daughter go looking for her son-in-law. When Yaru was in the hospital, Jing Er had taken care of her with all his heart. However, after her discharge, he had been nowhere to be seen. Li Axiu and Old Lin had a lot of opinions about this, but they had forced themselves to swallow their dissatisfaction, not wanting to upset their daughter.

During this time, they had sought out Director Jie. Director Jie suggested letting the two young people have some quiet time apart. Once they confirmed that Jing Er returned to the house assigned by the machinery factory every day, they felt a little relieved.

"Yaru, you and Jing Er are husband and wife. Whatever happens, you should discuss it together. As for the matter of children..." Li Axiu’s expression filled with regret. She took a deep breath and continued, "Jing Er has Jie You. As for you, the Lin family feels deep regret, but since things have come to this, there’s nothing we can do. Yaru, stop throwing tantrums. Live a good life with Jing Er and treat Jie You as your own. Your father and I will also love Jie You just like our own biological grandson."

Lin Yaru fell into deep thought.

Li Axiu mistakenly thought her words had gotten through to her and struck while the iron was hot. "Yaru, how about this? Discuss it with Jing Er and see when you can go to the Xu family’s home to bring Jie You back. If you don’t have time to take care of him, I can help you. Jie You is still young, so you can slowly cultivate a bond with him. At first, he definitely won’t accept us, but I believe that as long as we treat him with sincerity, over time he’ll be moved by us, and you can build a deep emotional connection."

"Mom, I’m going to find Jie Jingwei to talk about getting a divorce." Lin Yaru’s voice was calm, as if divorce were a trivial matter.

"What?" Li Axiu screamed, her eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

"I want to divorce him," Lin Yaru enunciated, every word clear and distinct.

"Are you crazy?" Li Axiu yelled hoarsely.

"I’m not crazy. I’m very clear-headed." In contrast, Lin Yaru was much calmer.

However deep her obsession with Jie Jingchen ran, her determination to divorce was just as fierce.

The pity Li Axiu felt for her daughter instantly transformed into infuriated frustration over her foolishness. "Divorce? Do you have any idea what a divorce means for you?"

"It means freedom. It means I can pursue my true love again," Lin Yaru replied. As long as she divorced, she would be reborn. She would earn the right to pursue her true love. The shackles of marriage had suffocated her to the point where she couldn’t breathe. If she didn’t throw them off soon, she would die of depression.

"Freedom, my ass! Lin Yaru, do you really want to anger me to death?" Li Axiu threw her basket on the ground and grabbed Lin Yaru’s wrist. Ignoring her daughter’s struggles, she forcefully dragged her into the main room and slammed the door shut.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Lin Yaru struggled but couldn’t break free. Getting desperate, tears welled up in her eyes.

"Yaru, listen to me. You cannot get a divorce right now. Even if it kills you, you can’t," Li Axiu insisted.

"No, I want a divorce." Lin Yaru’s attitude remained stubborn.

SLAP! Furious, Li Axiu struck Lin Yaru across the face.

"Mom." Lin Yaru held her stinging cheek in disbelief. "Mom, you actually hit me."

"Yes, I hit you, and I’ll keep hitting you until you wake up!" Li Axiu couldn’t bear to hit her daughter, but seeing her act so foolishly, she truly wanted to beat some sense into her.

Lin Yaru felt wronged but tried her best to suppress the temper threatening to erupt.

Li Axiu sighed and said, "Yaru, stop making a scene. We cannot let this divorce happen. With your current situation, a divorce will do you nothing but harm, while for Jing Er, it won’t matter at all. Yaru, you are my daughter. I wouldn’t harm you for the world. If you get a divorce and can’t have children, who would want to marry a barren divorcee?

"Jing Er is different. He already has a son, and with the Jie family’s status, there are countless women eager to marry into their family. Forget about anyone else—Jing Er’s ex-wife, Xu Chunyan, is already eyeing him like a hawk. If she remarries him, how humiliating would that be for you? How would the Lin family ever hold our heads high again? We’d be gossiped about behind our backs for the rest of our lives."

Lin Yaru stayed silent for a long time before looking up at Li Axiu. "Mom, I’m going to marry Jing Si."

Li Axiu gasped. "Marry Jing Si? Do you even deserve him?"

"I do," Lin Yaru replied, confident and resolute. "I can’t have children, and neither can Jing Si. We won’t despise each other. We..."

"Shut up! Is your inability to have children the same as Jing Si’s?" Li Axiu interrupted her.

"Neither of us can have kids. How is it any different?" Lin Yaru demanded, unconvinced.

"Look at Jing Si’s background, and then look at yours. Let alone the Qiao family, even the Jie family is far beyond the Lin family’s reach," Li Axiu said.