Reborn in the 80s: My Whole Family Secretly Hears My Thoughts and Goes Wild with Success! - Chapter 109

“Brother-in-law!”

Li Zhiqiang enthusiastically grabbed Yue Mingde’s arm. “Brother-in-law, come on, let’s go inside!”

“Zhiqiang, I’m here to talk to your sister about something. I won’t stay long,” Yue Mingde said, shaking him off.

“Brother-in-law, even though you and my sister are divorced, you’ll always be my brother-in-law,” Li Zhiqiang declared earnestly. “Even if my sister remarries in the future, I’ll still—”

“What? Your sister’s getting remarried? That’s wonderful news!”

Yue Mingde cut him off loudly, striding over to Li Yan in an instant. “Li Yan, congratulations!”

Li Yan was baffled. “Yue Mingde, what nonsense are you spouting?”

“Don’t hide it from me. This is a good thing—why be shy about it?”

“Li Yan, you really should’ve told me sooner about something this big.”

“Are you having a celebration? If you’re throwing a banquet, you’ve got to invite me. I’ll give you a big red envelope!”

Yue Mingde deliberately raised his voice so everyone in the courtyard could hear.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, people started gathering around, curious.

“Er-Yan, you’ve already found someone new right after the divorce? Is it that man who brought you home the other day?”

“Since when were you divorced, Er-Yan? I had no idea.”

…

While Li Yan was busy fending off the neighbors, Yue Mingde walked over to Li Zhiqiang and patted his shoulder. “Zhiqiang, don’t say things like that from now on. Your sister’s about to remarry—if your new brother-in-law hears, he might take it the wrong way.”

Li Zhiqiang was completely thrown. Did he really have a new brother-in-law? How come he didn’t know?

Yue Mingde wheeled his bicycle out of the courtyard and waited for Li Yan at the alley entrance. He knew she’d come after him.

“Yue Mingde, what the hell are you spouting? Who said I’m getting remarried?” Li Yan panted as she rushed up to him.

“Wasn’t that what Zhiqiang said?”

“Was that what he meant?” Li Yan pointed at him, seething. “You did this on purpose!”

Yue Mingde sneered. “If that’s not what he meant, then what was it? He still calls me brother-in-law—does that mean I’m still responsible for bailing him out when he gets into trouble?”

After dealing with Li Zhigang and Li Zhiqiang for so long, he knew exactly what they were scheming the moment they opened their mouths.

The Li brothers were troublemakers—harsh to outsiders, even harsher to their own family. If they were being polite, it was only because they needed something from him.

Usually, Li Zhigang wanted money to pay off gambling debts, while Li Zhiqiang needed him to clean up after some fight he’d started.

Before, out of consideration for Li Yan, he couldn’t just ignore them. But now that they were divorced, he had no reason to help.

Besides, he still remembered what Ya-Ya had revealed—Li Zhiqiang would eventually cross paths with a dangerous man. If he got involved, it would only drag him and his kids down.

“Yue Mingde, Xiao-Qiang still called you brother-in-law for ten years. Even if he didn’t outright say it, if he asked for your help, what’s the big deal?”

“Instead of helping, you go around spreading lies about me remarrying—what’s wrong with you? Are you just eager for me to remarry so you can run off with Shen Zhiqiu?”

“Yue Mingde, you and Shen Zhiqiu make me sick!”

Hearing this, Yue Mingde was speechless. He wanted to crack open Li Yan’s head and see what was inside.

What kind of person jumps to wild conclusions without a shred of evidence?

“Li Yan, you’ve truly lost your mind.”

At this moment, that was the only thought Yue Mingde had about her.

Li Yan screamed hysterically, “I am crazy—and you drove me to it! Yue Mingde, I never thought you could be so despicable! I must’ve been blind to marry you, turning myself into a laughingstock!”

The fight she’d had with Shen Zhiqiu at the department store hadn’t just spread through the neighborhood—it had reached her school, too.

These past few days, she felt like everywhere she went, people were whispering about her behind her back.

And it was all Yue Mingde and Shen Zhiqiu’s fault!

Their shameless behavior had ruined her reputation!

“Yue Mingde, don’t think I don’t know why you came here today. Shen Zhiqiu must’ve complained to you, and now you’re here to confront me!”

“You still claim there’s nothing between you? If that were true, why would you defend her so fiercely? That vixen knows exactly how to seduce men!”

“And you men are just as vile—one look at a pretty woman, and you forget your own name! Shen Zhiqiu is your brother’s wife! If she has no shame, Yue Mingde, do you have none either?”

Twisted by jealousy and hatred, Li Yan’s face contorted into something ugly.

Ever since Ya-Ya’s one-month celebration, Yue Mingde had begun to realize he’d never truly seen Li Yan for who she was—until now.

Li Yan, on the other hand, had always looked down on Yue Mingde, thinking him weak and incompetent. But after the divorce, she started seeing him in a new light—realizing just how good he was, in every way.

She regretted divorcing him. And seeing him laugh and chat with Shen Zhiqiu filled her with rage.

“Li Yan, you’re beyond saving.”

Suddenly, he didn’t want to argue anymore. He didn’t even want to look at her.

Yue Mingde turned his bike around to leave, but Li Yan grabbed him. “Yue Mingde, where are you going? To see Shen Zhiqiu?”

“Li Yan, we’re divorced. We have nothing to do with each other anymore.”

He tried to pull free, but she clung to his arm.

“Yue Mingde, let’s get back together. I know Shen Zhiqiu seduced you—I’ll forgive you for your mistake. Just promise you’ll never speak to her again, and we can start over. I won’t tell Xiao-Xin or Xiao-Hui—I won’t ruin their image of you as their father.”

“Li Yan, I won’t remarry you. Believe what you want, say what you want.”

He yanked his arm free. Li Yan glared at him, eyes red with a mix of resentment and hurt.

Before, seeing her like this would have made him feel guilty. But now, it only annoyed him.

He was tired of her tantrums, her baseless accusations, her endless complaints about how he never did enough for her family.

“Li Yan, divorcing you wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision. I’d thought about it countless times before.”

“And the moment I finally said it out loud was when I couldn’t take it anymore.”

He knew she wouldn’t listen, but he still wanted to say it.

“If you keep making trouble, I won’t tolerate it. You’d better think carefully.”

Yue Mingde rode away. Li Yan watched his retreating figure, her gaze filled with nothing but hatred.

She understood his warning—if she dared bother Shen Zhiqiu again, he wouldn’t let her off easily.