Scumbag Chapter 216 My Reborn Ex-Wife is Clinging to Me (02)

When his aunt refused, Mingting stubbornly kept his hand outstretched. Seeing his persistence, Zhang Qiang sighed again.

Seeing him so stubborn, Zhang Qiang sighed.

"Just take it!"

Only after her husband spoke did the aunt reluctantly accept the money.

Mingting thanked them repeatedly, then went home to get the baby clothes, diapers, and a basket of eggs he had prepared earlier, delivering them all to his uncle’s house. He couldn’t possibly expect them to care for the child without providing anything.

Seeing that his aunt was about to return the eggs, Mingting stopped her.

"I originally saved these eggs for Du Juan to eat during her confinement period, but since she doesn’t care about the child, please let Cousin have them instead. Nursing two babies is hard work… she needs the nourishment!"

Hearing that the eggs would otherwise go to Du Juan, his aunt accepted them.

On his way home, Mingting ran into some villagers who asked where he’d been. With a bitter smile, he explained the situation at home.

The rumors about the Zhou Family had been circulating, but now that the man himself confirmed Du Juan’s demands for divorce, and that the baby had no milk, forcing Mingting to send the child to his uncle’s, many sympathized with him.

"Does your wife really want a divorce?"

In these times, divorce was a rare thing. It was only because of Du Juan’s tantrums that the villagers even knew such an option existed.

"Yes! She wanted to go back to the city and looked down on rural people." Mingting’s eyes reddened as he wiped the corner of his eye, "She calls me uncultured, a bumpkin, says I’m practically illiterate since I barely know any characters…"

"She even despises me, saying I reek of manure from the fields..."

Those words struck a nerve with the rural people!

‘What was wrong with being rural? Rural people worked hard, tilling the land to provide food for the cities… wasn’t that serving the people too? Besides, how much education did anyone really have in these times?!’

Besides, who can be so educated in this era?

"As if her own family background is anything to boast about!" Someone complained annoyedly.

"Manure in the fields makes the soil fertile! If she thinks it stinks, then she shouldn’t eat any grain… it’s all grown with manure!"

"Exactly! She’s the one with all kinds of bad habits, yet she looks down on us. The Zhou Family is just too kind, and Mingting is too soft-hearted..."

Amid the villagers' indignant complaints and sympathy, Mingting walked away, leaving behind a desolate figure.

Among them were several gossipy aunties. Once they started chattering, Mingting was sure the whole village… no, the entire region, would soon know about Du Juan’s disgraceful behavior.

When Mingting returned home, he heard Grandma Jiang gently urging Du Juan to eat something, only to be shouted at in return.

He stepped inside and took the food from Grandma Jiang’s hands.

"Granny, no need to cook special meals for her from now on. As long as she doesn’t starve, that’s enough."

Mingting's attitude had done a complete 180, leaving Du Juan stunned.

Just earlier, he had been begging her tearfully, saying that the child w is still so small, so they could not divorce, and they should wait at least until the child was three years old.

‘How long has it been? This was how he acted now?’

"Oh, so now that I’ve given birth, you’re showing your true colors!" Du Juan pointed at Mingting, "So all that honesty and kindness was just an act! How could I have been so blind to marry a man like you?!"

Du Juan burst into tears as she spoke.

"Juan’er, don’t cry during your confinement, it’ll hurt your eyes!"

Grandma Jiang hurriedly tried to comfort her.

"Don't bother me!" Du Juan waved her off violently, and Grandma Jiang was almost pushed down, but fortunately, Mingting managed to steady her in time.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Mingting said coldly, "If you keep spewing nonsense and disrespecting Grandma again, I swear I’ll leave you without food for two or three days!"

"Y-You… the Zhou Family is bullying me…"

Du Juan wailed loudly, "Zhou Mingting, you bastard! I’m still in confinement, and this is how you treat me? You’re inhuman!"

But her theatrics, like crying, making a fuss, and threatening to hang herself, didn’t faze Mingting in the slightest.

"Grandma, just ignore her. Let her cry."

After coaxing Grandma Jiang to leave the room, Mingting grabbed a stool, sat down with a handful of sunflower seeds, and smirked. "Go on, cry! Let’s see how long you can keep it up. If you’ve got the stamina, cry all day!"

Seeing him like this, Du Juan actually raised her voice and sobbed even louder.

Mingting paid her no mind and began reviewing the plot of this small world.

This is a rural village in the 1970s. Zhou Mingting was the Male Lead of this world, and Du Juan was the reborn Female Lead.

In her first life, Du Juan had abandoned her husband and child to take the college entrance exams. She was admitted to the provincial technical secondary school and went to the city. After being introduced, she met a widowed soldier with children, and the two got married.

But the stepson and stepdaughter brought by her husband were not easy to discipline. After Du Juan became pregnant, her stepson pushed her, causing a miscarriage that left her infertile.

When her husband later passed away, his stepson and stepdaughter took away the property he left behind, so Du Juan could only live in the school's staff dormitory.

Years later, as an old woman, she saw her ex-husband, Zhou Mingting, the man she had once despised, on television.

At this time, Mingting had become a renowned agricultural entrepreneur. The younger brother-in-law Du Juan had dismissed as a burden was now a celebrated physicist, and the sister-in-law she had ignored had become a famous surgeon.

The son she had abandoned had grown into a handsome, successful man. He has become the CEO of a gaming company worth hundreds of millions.

Du Juan really regretted it.

‘If I hadn't divorced Zhou Mingting and abandoned my child, I would be the one who was called Mrs. Zhou now!’

At that time, Du Juan had cancer and had no money for treatment, so she reached out to her ex-husband.

Zhou Mingting had forgiven her and paid for her medical expenses. Even her son also visited her once.

Later, Du Juan was reborn, and she was reborn when she was just admitted to the technical secondary school.

It was a little late when she came back after rebirth, as at that time, she had already divorced Zhou Mingting.

But this time, Du Juan was determined to make amends, to cherish Mingting and their child properly.

Seeing this, Mingting nearly vomited.

‘Make amends? Or was she just trying to skip the hard work and land herself a devoted, successful husband and a life of luxury?’

‘Covering greed with a flimsy veil of repentance… how laughably self-deceiving!’

T/N:
Sorry, But I'm dropping this Novel...
It doesn't seem to be popular, and I've been swamped with work recently, so i chose to drop this novel.