The 99th Divorce

“Hmph!” Old Captain Li’s had a smug, know-it-all expression as he said, “The television broadcasts it all the time! What with the three-minute painless abortions and eight-minute hymen reconstructions...”

Li Jinnan was exasperated. “Oh my god. You need to stop watching all those trashy television ads! Not only are they teaching kids the wrong thing, they’re teaching grandpas all around the wrong thing too!”

Captain Li Xun replied, “In any case, I don’t believe that a woman who was married before never engaged in relations. Do you treat your grandfather as an idiot?”

“No... Grandpa, I already told you that it was a marriage for show,” Li Jinnan said. “It was just for show. In actual fact, the man has some problems with that aspect and needed a wife as a cover-up. That was all.”

Captain Li looked astonished. “Really?”

Li Jinnan knew that he was getting some headway with his grandfather. As for whether or not Shen Luo’an really had an issue with that aspect, that was none of his business at all.

Captain Li’s expression turned to one of compassion as he said, “That’s quite unfortunate.”

“Most importantly, as you’ve taught me since I was young, I have to be a responsible man. She gave her first time to me, so I have to take responsibility for her,” Li Jinnan declared with a somber face.

“How would you even know if it was real or fake?” Captain Li still had his doubts. “How could it be that coincidental? Furthermore, if you knew she was a divorcee, why would you still get involved with her? Isn’t that thuggish of you?”

Li Jinnan was smacked twice more, but he didn’t try to dodge it. With a deadpan expression he said, “I didn’t know she’d been married before at that time...”

“Just because you didn’t know, was that an excuse to play around blindly?” his grandfather asked. “You rascal...”

“Well... I knew her at that point in time, so it wasn’t exactly playing around blindly,” Li Jinnan said.

His grandfather had no rebuttal. With a sigh, he said, “It’s fine as long as you aren’t getting scammed. What matters is that you’re happy. You’re old enough to decide for yourself. I won’t get involved in it!”

“Thank you, Grandpa!” Li Jinnan held Captain Li’s hand and smiled angelically.

Old Captain Li harrumphed and said, “Let’s go. Take a walk with me by the lake.”

“Alright.”

“But, don’t be happy too soon. I may be fine with it, but how do you think your mother will react to having a divorcee as a daughter-in-law? And, you still have your father and two brothers...” As he spoke, his temper started to get the better of him. He pinched Li Jinnan on his hand and said, “In the past, I was always worried that your brothers wouldn’t be able to differentiate between what was good and bad, so I arranged a marriage for your Second Brother. Now, it turns out that I managed to keep your second brother in check, but you, on the other hand, have decided to go the unorthodox route. How could you go for that sort of woman?”

“What do you mean by that?” Li Jinnan asked. “Divorce isn’t a crime. Furthermore, she’s a good lady, and she’s pretty.”

The most crucial factor is that we are very compatible, so to speak.

“Hmph. When do you intend to bring her back and let me take a look?” Captain Li walked on. “I don’t have much time left. My greatest wish now is to come up with the names of your children before I pass on. That way, everyone in that generation will have been named by me.”

Captain Li laughed with an open mouth after he saying that before he continued, “I’ve already come up with a name for the child in Qianci’s belly. It’ll be Li Moyun. The name can be used regardless of whether it’s a boy or a girl. What do you think?”

“Moyun?”

“Yeah... That child, Mosen, still feels that we aren’t truly his family. If Qianci’s child has a name with Mo in it as well, Mosen might have a greater sense of belonging.” Old Captain Li gazed into the distance as the sun shone brightly and the grass swayed in the wind. “I mustn’t allow Lao Tang’s line to end.”

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Author’s comment: I just realized that the guy with the highest sex drive is Ou Ming while among the women it’s Ye Youyou.