Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 3153 - 3089: Struck at His Weakness

Jiang Xiao paused for a moment after hearing this.

If this is the case, then it’s not Cui Zhenyan’s fault, right? How did it become his leverage?

In that big environment at the time, there must have been many such things happening, many divorces; it wouldn’t be considered a stain, would it? Moreover, it was his wife who didn’t want to come back with him. This is a private matter between the two, couldn’t they just discuss and sort it out?

Meng Xinian, as if knowing what she was thinking, went on to say, "Cui Zhenyan did not agree to the divorce at that time because he seemed to really like his wife. But his wife wanted him to leave peacefully, so she came up with a plan to drive him away by getting involved with a childhood friend from the village, which Cui Zhenyan stumbled upon. At that time, Cui Zhenyan was filled with anger and did not realize it was her plan to make him leave. During an argument and scuffle with that man, the man accidentally knocked his wife down. Unexpectedly, she was already pregnant at that time, and the fall led to losing the child."

Jiang Xiao was stunned.

Meng Xinian continued, "At that moment, Cui Zhenyan did not know. After the conflict, he didn’t even look at his wife before leaving. It wasn’t until after the divorce and his return to the city, two years later, that he learned the truth of what happened that year, realizing he lost his first child that day. As for the woman, after that incident, her body was injured and she could no longer have children. She stayed in her hometown, dragging her weak body to care for two elderly parents, living a very hard and painful life."

"And later?"

Life is unpredictable; who knew what would happen later?

But at this point, although Jiang Xiao felt life was cruel for that woman, she didn’t feel that this could become leverage against Cui Zhenyan.

Even though it was quite brutal.

Meng Xinian continued, "By that time, Cui Zhenyan had already married Zeng Chunfen. He wanted to make amends to his ex-wife but couldn’t, so he started sending money and supplies to her anonymously."

"Zeng Chunfen doesn’t know about this, right?"

"Yes, Zeng Chunfen doesn’t know." Meng Xinian paused for a while and said, "What no one expected was that Cui Zhenyan’s ex-wife didn’t know the person writing letters and sending things to her for all these years was Cui Zhenyan. Because Cui Zhenyan fabricated a fake identity in the letters, claiming he knew her before and invented a fake name. His ex-wife gradually was moved by this long-term care and affection."

Huh?

Moved?

What does that mean?

Jiang Xiao was taken aback.

Meng Xinian sighed and said, "It’s exactly what you’re thinking. His ex-wife fell in love with him and even made a promise with him that once her parents passed away, she would leave everything behind and come to the city to find him. Cui Zhenyan probably hasn’t figured out how to deal with this matter."

So, this became his leverage.

If his wife found out, it would count as him cheating, and he would definitely face serious trouble at home.

As for Commander Cui and Madam Cui, they have remained innocent and have never done anything wrong to anyone, holding nothing against their conscience. If they knew their eldest son had caused such a mess, they would be infuriated too.

"Madam Cui would find it hard to accept if she knew about this. Cui Zhenyan didn’t dare take this risk, letting such a matter turn the whole family upside down. So, Gao Ming used this to threaten him, precisely hitting his weak spot."

For a moment, Jiang Xiao found herself at a loss for words.