Chapter 2079: Chapter 2080: Old Mrs. Zhang Reborn in the ’70s Remodels Her Ingrate Children

Wei Jiang and his wife knew that the old couple were going on a self-driving trip. Although they were envious and jealous, they had no other thoughts.

When Li Juan heard the news, she angrily cursed at home, "Look at your parents, they’d rather spend money buying a car to have fun than lend you a hand."

"If they had paid for Xiao Ming’s house back then, he wouldn’t have left." Li Juan cursed continuously in the house, angry.

Wei Jiang and his wife quietly listened. They envied Wei He for earning money by writing, but they really couldn’t understand why he would rather keep money in the bank than buy a house when he clearly had money on hand.

Savings do earn interest, but can interest keep up with the rise in housing prices?

"They claim to be a family of scholars, but they’re just calculating." Feng Xia sneered, "The clothes she’s bought over the years could’ve paid for two houses."

"The son needs a house to get married, but she, as the mother-in-law, wanted a new house for herself and made Wei Ming break up with his partner." Feng Xia really couldn’t understand.

Through Wei Jiang’s mouth, Zhang Yu naturally heard Li Juan’s cursing, but she didn’t care at all. To her, it was just like dogs barking.

She was happy because she and her husband had just obtained their driver’s licenses. When Granny Jiang heard about it, she and others joined in, turning the originally three-person travel team into a seven-person, three-car journey.

Since they were all retired workers living a financially free life, they just happily traveled around, enjoying themselves thoroughly.

After Wei Xuan retired, she also bought a van to follow them. Over the years, she had three or four properties in her name. Just before retiring, she luckily got a welfare assignment for a two-bedroom house, which made her very happy. With some minor renovations, it became her future retirement home.

Currently, she just wanted to travel behind Zhang Yu and the others so that she could conveniently take care of her parents.

After experiencing so much, she realized how unfilial she had been before. Now she just wanted to make up for it. As for caring about her parents’ assets, she no longer minded. She had her retirement pension and monthly rental income, living comfortably.

Most notably, all the properties she worked so hard to secure would eventually benefit Gao Kai and the others, and she couldn’t be bothered to fuss about it.

As for Wei Xuan joining, Zhang Yu neither drove her away nor welcomed her, simply ignoring her.

After Wei Jiang retired, he discussed it with Wei Xuan, and they both decided to ride with her, following the elder couple on their travels, having a lot of fun.

When Li Juan heard about this, she of course started her rant again, "All you know is writing every day. Look at Wei Jiang and Wei Xuan."

"They’re both just sucking up to those old folks. You’ll see, their money and houses will go to them." Li Juan used to feel great seeing Wei He busy in the study because it meant money was coming in.

But now seeing him in the study typing and reading, her irritation boiled over unconsciously, erupting directly.

Looking at Li Juan, who wouldn’t stop talking, Wei He wondered why he even liked her in the first place, why he thought she was the destined one.

Ever since he married her, nothing seemed to go right. "Why should I go with them? Our son has gone to another city, and he only visits once a year."

Although they knew their son had gotten married to his girlfriend, bought a house out of town, and already had a grandson, they really knew nothing about the city he worked and lived in. If this wasn’t estrangement, what was it?

"Even when he comes back, he just stays in a hotel and has a meal with us."

"When our grandson sees us, he’s overly polite." Although he calls them Grandpa and Grandma, it sounds mere formality.

"Our daughter, after graduating from college, studied abroad, stayed there to work and live, and only informed us about her marriage."

"Since she had the baby, all we’ve seen are photos." When Wei Lan married abroad, she returned with her husband once. That’s it. Now she has two kids but hasn’t been back.

Wei He really couldn’t understand why his life turned out like this; it wasn’t supposed to be this way. When living in the old house, he would envy Wei Chi and his siblings visiting with their kids every weekend.

"I’m just a lonely person; why should I work so hard?" Didn’t Wei He want to go traveling?

Of course, he did. Going out more, experiencing different customs and cultures, would also benefit his writing.

However, he couldn’t go out. If he did, Li Juan would undoubtedly make a fuss to go along. Her bad temper made Wei He certain that no one could tolerate it. Their already fragile relationships with their children and grandchildren would shatter at any moment.

"Li Juan, let’s get a divorce." Wei He suddenly felt life was utterly meaningless, especially waking up every day to Li Juan’s non-stop complaints and dissatisfaction. He wondered if she was tired of it; he certainly was.

Li Juan was dumbfounded. What was going on? "You, you actually want to divorce me?"

"Yes." He thought it would be hard to utter those words, but once he did, he immediately felt relieved.

"I’ll leave this house to you." Wei He said decisively.

"You know you haven’t contributed to the family all these years." Wei He got up to pack his things. "Since you think I’m useless, go find someone you think is capable."

Divorce is a big deal, especially since Li Juan didn’t want a divorce. So, of course, she cried and called her parents, hoping they could intervene.

Li Mu and Mr. Li didn’t want to deal with this mess, but they couldn’t ignore it. At their age, why were they even talking about divorce?

Wei He wasn’t surprised at all by the elders’ arrival. If the Li family didn’t show up for such a big matter, it would indeed be unusual.

He calmly narrated all the events of these years at home, leaving Li Juan’s parents truly shocked.

They knew about Wei Ming’s unhappiness with the family over his marriage and move south. Privately, they thought Wei Ming was too heartless.

But who would have guessed that it wasn’t Wei Ming being heartless; rather, Li Juan had hurt him, and hurt the parents too.

Not to mention Wei Lan. Li Mu was very upset, "How could she be like this? She’s my daughter; did I ever treat her poorly? How could she?"

Li Juan’s parents harshly reprimanded their daughter, then pitifully turned to Wei He, "Xiao Ho, you two are also at this age; there’s no need to get a divorce."

"I just can’t bear it anymore, Dad. If Mom woke up every day and kept saying you were useless, constantly nagging until you went to bed, how would you feel?"

"Li Juan has been married to me for so many years and has never done any housework, nor cooked."

"Even now, no matter how busy I am, I still have to cook. She never gets involved and spends her days either shopping or going out with her girlfriends and colleagues."

"Honestly, having such a wife feels no different from not having one."

"Actually, without a wife, at least there wouldn’t be incessant nagging."

Wei He knew why they didn’t want him to propose a divorce. "Mom, Dad, don’t worry. I’ll leave the house we’re living in now for her."