Zhang the Second glared at her angrily, "Why didn’t you tell me these things earlier?"
Lin Juhua turned her head and pouted. Could she even say it?
—He’d be the first to accuse her of stirring up trouble!
"That’s why I say she’s got a screw loose! Who spoiled her? You don’t know, at the time, I felt like yelling at her. But then I thought, why waste words with an old hag like her.
This time when I go over, I’m telling Xiao Wu, if big brother doesn’t want this wife, I’m supportive. Anyway, the kids have their own families, so it doesn’t have to be my brother who suffers."
Lin Juhua was dumbfounded hearing this.
She didn’t want her loose tongue to cause the elder couple to divorce. Had she known, she wouldn’t have said anything. If her mother-in-law found out, she’d tear her apart!
Lin Juhua quickly chuckled awkwardly twice, "Oh? It’s not that serious. Don’t act rashly, we’re not young anymore, we can’t be reckless."
Zhang the Second immediately glared again and patted his chest, "Who’s not young anymore? My parents aren’t even old yet!"
Lin Juhua heard this and her mouth twitched. Was that the focus of her words? Why grab hold of this issue? If there was really a divorce, it would be a huge disgrace!
"Just last year when I went to the provincial city, people still called me big bro when asking for directions. I went out with Shi Tou, and strangers thought we were biological brothers."
"Yes, yes, you’re still young." Lin Juhua nodded repeatedly. Sigh, why so concerned with age like a woman? "There are even people who say you look like my brother when we go out together."
Zhang the Second burst into laughter, "That’s not quite it. My wife is still quite good-looking."
Lin Juhua touched her face and sighed with lament, "Will you abandon me when I get old? In ten years if you’re still youthful, what do I do?"
"Hahaha... So you better take good care of your man."
Lin Juhua raised her eyebrows, "If you abandon the wife who’s been with you through tough times, I won’t let you off!"
Zhang the Second looked at her with a half-smile, "If a man truly loses interest, can a woman hold on? Alright, stop putting on airs! When I married you, I never thought of leaving you halfway."
Lin Juhua’s face instantly changed, revealing a smile.
"But there’s one thing you can’t forget, it’s the word ’duty’." Zhang the Second never misses a chance to remind his wife, "I, Zhang the Second, don’t ask my wife for great talents, just to be filial to parents-in-law and look after the home."
"Look at Huang Cuilan, even my brother—if it were me, I’d have sent her back to her mother’s family eight hundred years ago. It’s just my silly big brother, always owing his father-in-law a favor.
Nonsense favor!
Not to mention my silly little brother kept sticking to the Huang family, just speaking of my parents’ character, would they mistreat relatives? Otherwise why would they later involve Shi Tou and my parents didn’t object?"
Lin Juhua got what he meant. It was all because there was no separation back then, and the in-laws worried they’d cause a fuss, so secretly helped out.
"My brother’s a fool, he can’t think straight, and Xiao Wu, he’s even dumber. If I hadn’t stopped him from sending meat to your family, he’d probably be entangled by your parents.
So, the bond between us three brothers is different from other families. If anyone makes my brother or my younger brother unhappy, I’ll make sure their whole family is unhappy.
If Huang Cuilan wants to sow discord between my brothers, then she can leave. I’m not worried about having no sister-in-law as long as I have my brother. I’m not boasting, but my brother could easily marry a young girl right now."
Lin Juhua was silent for a moment upon hearing this, "It’s not that simple. Not only would the parents and kids be hurt, but she might also not be able to cope."
Zhang the Second pouted, "What’s so hard to cope with? She’s already half an old woman. In the future, she can live with whichever son she wants; we won’t restrict her."
Lin Juhua knew that men couldn’t understand one thing: when a couple really divorces, which daughter-in-law would want to take care of her mother-in-law? But she also knew if she said too much, he’d dislike it.

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