The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

Chapter 258 Moving Out of the Gu Family

Back at the Gu family home, Gu Cheng finally returned home. He slept at Xie Yao's place before heading back.

"Yun Shu has explained everything to you, hasn't she?"

Upon hearing this, Li Meng was filled with rage and wanted to pounce on her and bite her to death. However, reason told her that Yun Huan had not yet been released, and she could not afford to break ties with this man.

"Gu Cheng, how cruel you are! You conspired with Yun Shu to harm my daughter and me! Are you even human?!"

"If that's what you're going to say, I'll leave. I don't mind if Yun Huan is locked up a few more days," Gu Cheng said coldly. He knew that the Gu family had come to Li Meng to finalize their divorce.

"You... never mind, you win. I don't want to say anything more. I accept my fate!"

"Hmph! That's more like it. Come over and sign this divorce agreement. In a few days, after the procedures are completed and the divorce certificate is issued, you and Yunle will have to move out of the Gu family home."

"You've gone too far! At least let us stay until the end of the month! Let me find a place first, otherwise are the three of us, mother and daughters, supposed to live on the main street?"

"Sign it. Gu Cheng doesn't want to waste words with her."

Li Meng had no choice but to obediently walk to the table. Looking at the large words "Divorce Agreement," her heart felt like it was being stabbed and bleeding. She never thought she would get divorced, especially at such an awkward age of over forty. How could she not be sad?

She signed her name with trembling hands. Of all the years she had written her own name, this was the time she was most reluctant and felt the most pain.

After Gu Cheng saw her sign the papers, he felt a sense of relief, picked up the divorce agreement, and left the Gu family home.

Li Meng watched as the man she had loved for half her life passed by her expressionlessly. She would no longer be his wife. All her years of perseverance and waiting had only resulted in divorce. Was this marriage worth all her years of sacrifice? She had given him two daughters, but in the end, they divorced. Gu Cheng hadn't given her a penny and even hoped they would move out as soon as possible, so that they would have nothing to do with him and the Gu family.

Li Meng was too heartbroken, and coupled with her worries about Yun Huan and her sadness about her marriage in the past few days, she finally couldn't hold on and fainted.

Gu Cheng took the divorce agreement and went out to have someone process his divorce. After the paperwork was completed, he applied for early retirement. He hadn't lied to Yun Shu when he told her; he was tired and wanted to retire early to recuperate, otherwise he doubted he would live more than a few years.

Yunle returned home and looked at the empty house, sighing. She had come back late tonight to look for a place to live, and she found a decent two-bedroom apartment to share with a female college graduate.

Yunle also plans to go back to school. After she married into the Sheng family, she only studied for two years in college and did not graduate. She still has two years of leave to go back to school. She plans to start in the second half of the year, otherwise she will not be able to find a job if she does not graduate from college.

The servants at home said that her mother hadn't eaten dinner, and after fainting and waking up, she was locked in her bedroom. They were worried that she might do something rash, so they had to go and check on her.

"Mom, I'm coming in!" Since her dad wasn't home, she didn't hesitate to push open the door to her mother's bedroom and go straight in.

Li Meng stood in front of the French windows in her bedroom, looking at the starry sky outside. It's unclear how long she stood there.

"Mom, are you okay?"

After a long pause, Li Meng replied, "Gu Cheng and I are divorced. We signed the divorce agreement this afternoon."

"Really? Hmm, it's good to leave here. Although life will be tougher in the future, it will be much freer than living in the Gu family. Isn't it good to be able to decide what kind of life I want to live? Besides, I've already rented a place today, so whether I stay in the Gu family or not is no longer important to me."

“You don’t care, but what about Huanhuan? She doesn’t know anything. If she leaves the Gu family, with her personality and lifestyle, how can she stand it?”

"No one is born knowing everything. It's Mom, Mom, you've spoiled her. Can't she go to work like me? When are you going to help her? Are you going to support her until she's old?"

"I...I...I don't have much money left..."

“That’s right. Even if we’re in the Gu family, Dad doesn’t care about us anymore. There’s no point in staying here. If Dad doesn’t support us, we have to rely on ourselves. So Mom, let’s rely on ourselves from now on. If we become stronger, we’ll make Dad stop looking down on us.”

“Lele, Mom hasn’t done anything in her life, what can she do when she gets old…” Li Meng felt a little better after hearing Yunle’s words, but she was still very confused.

She's lived a comfortable life for half her life. If you ask her to go out and work, will people laugh at her? Besides, she doesn't know what she can do. She usually goes out to play cards or go to beauty salons. That's how people in the rich circle live. The few strong women are just spice in the ridicule behind their backs. Men are no good, so women are so capable.

Now she has nothing left, only enough money to buy a house, and her future livelihood is in doubt. She can't rely on her family, and she has sold both of her shops. She has nothing left to make a profit.

Thinking about the house, and considering how hastily Gu Cheng kicked them out, she needed to buy a house as soon as possible.

"Lele, help Mom find a house to buy. Gu Cheng said we have to move out by the end of the month. There are only two weeks left until the end of the month. We need to buy it as soon as possible, otherwise we won't know where to live."

“Mom, I’ve already rented a place. It’ll be small enough for you and Lele. The city center is definitely out of the question, it’s too expensive there! This area is no good either, everyone here knows us. Mom, you’re afraid of being ridiculed after your divorce, so it’s better to live further away. How about this, the area I’m renting now isn’t too expensive, it’s not too far from the city center or this area. Let’s buy a place over there, a two-bedroom apartment will be enough.”

"Okay, you've always been smarter than your mother, so you can decide. By the way, this card has 50 yuan in it, that's all the money I have!"

"Only 50... Mom, you and Yunhuan are such spendthrifts. A two-bedroom apartment costs at least 40. And that's not even the price of a house in the city center. It can't even buy a place in the second ring road. It's only enough to buy a place in the third ring road. You don't have jobs or stable incomes, so you can only buy a smaller place outright. As long as it's livable, that's fine."

"Really? Mom doesn't know the current situation. After buying the house, there's no money left. She really has to go out and find a job."

"Mom, I'm not trying to criticize you, but all these years you haven't bought any financial products or built up any family fortune. All you do is squander money with Yunhuan. Even Xie Huixin is better off than you. She owns a store and several houses in the city center. Even if Huainan's father doesn't support her, she can still live a good life."

Yun Le sighed, rubbing her forehead. She really didn't know how her mother had managed to live all these years; the phrase "sitting around and eating away at her savings" best described her. Even the richest person will only have less and less money if they don't work to earn more, let alone support Yun Huan, that spendthrift. Like mother, like daughter. Fortunately, she wasn't completely like her mother, otherwise she would be worried about what to do in the future.