Chapter 677: Divorce

“I… I…” Sister in law Liu looked ghastly.

She had mentioned apologizing earlier, but it was just lip service. She had no real intention of doing so.

If she actually went to Fu Mingxue’s home to apologize, how could she ever show her face in the family compound again?

When Liu Gui saw her expression, his own face grew even darker.

“Are you going or not? If you don’t, then you can pack your bags and go back to your hometown tomorrow.”

Hearing this, the color drained from Sister in law Liu’s face, her eyes wide with disbelief.

“You’d send me back to my hometown for *her*? Liu Gui, have you no conscience? Or is it… have you taken a liking to that little slut—”

She hadn’t even finished her sentence when a heavy slap struck her across the face.

The force of the blow snapped Sister in law Liu’s head to the side.

Liu Gui’s face was ashen with fury. “Are you fucking trying to get me killed? It was one thing when you were just brainless before, but how dare you say something like that now? Do you want our entire family to be kicked out and sent back to the countryside?”

But Sister in law Liu didn’t even hear him; her ears were ringing from the slap.

Once the ringing subsided, she glared at Liu Gui, her anger uncontrollable.

“Liu Gui, you… you dare hit me! I’ll kill you—”

She lunged forward, trying to scratch his face.

Normally, Liu Gui would have just let her.

But this time, she had made him far too angry.

So, as her hand reached out to claw at him, he slapped her again.

Sister in law Liu saw stars, stumbling and falling to the ground.

She never imagined Liu Gui would actually hit her so hard.

Just as she opened her mouth to wail and start cursing him out…

Liu Gui spoke first. “If you keep making a scene, I’m filing for divorce this afternoon. I’d rather we go our separate ways now than let you destroy me and this family.”

The curses that were about to spill from Sister in law Liu’s mouth died on her lips. She stared at him, utterly shocked. “You… you actually want to divorce me?”

“That’s right. If you keep this up, I’ll be sent back to the countryside sooner or later. It’s better to just be done with you now. Our Liu family doesn’t need a woman who does nothing but stir up trouble.”

“Liu Gui, you heartless bastard! I bore you children, and now you want to divorce me for an outsider? I’m going to talk to your commanding officer—”

Liu Gui wasn’t afraid in the slightest. He sneered, “Go ahead. Go right now. It’ll be the perfect opportunity for me to tell them everything you just said. Let’s see who tries to talk us out of divorcing then.”

Sister in law Liu’s wailing stopped abruptly.

This time, Liu Gui paid her no more mind and stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

Sister in law Liu hadn’t expected her husband to just leave like that.

Now, she was stuck, not knowing whether to cry or not.

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The sounds of the Liu family’s argument had been quite loud. Plus, Qin Wenhao had been seen leaving their house earlier.

And now, Vice Commander Liu had stormed out of his home in a rage.

The other women in the family compound could easily put two and two together.

The women who had been gossiping about Fu Mingxue that morning were now panicking.

‘What do we do?’

‘What if Commander Qin goes to our homes and tells our husbands?’

At that moment, they were filled with a deep sense of regret—truly regretting their loose tongues that morning.

After all, what the hell did it matter to them whether Fu Mingxue had children or not?

Why had they even gossiped about her in the first place?

They knew full well how fiercely Commander Qin protected his wife, treating her like the apple of his eye.

So why on earth had they run their mouths again?

Fu Mingxue, however, knew nothing about any of this.

But as she sat in her room reading, she could faintly hear the sounds of crying and arguing from outside.

She listened closely—she couldn’t make out anything specific, but she did recognize the voices.