Chapter 1765: Debts Disappear with Death (Patreon)

Chapter 1765: Debts Disappear with Death

However, even if Tao Shi couldn't make up her mind, the impact on their two children wouldn't be negligible if they didn't divorce.

In any case... a choice had to be made.

Meng Xiaoshu's words, though, hit Tao Shi like a heavy blow, leaving her rigid, her face pale, and her expression blank.

Over the years, Tao Shi had never been one to hold back her opinions, even though she didn't misuse her power.

Due to the Meng family's favorable conditions, returning to her parental home had also been an experience of being pampered. Her life had been rather smooth.

She had never imagined that her husband would bring up the word "divorce."

Tao Shi's legs went weak, and she ended up sitting on the ground, tears streaming down her face. "Husband, you, you, I..."

Her lips quivered, her mind went blank, and she couldn't put her thoughts into words.

Meng Xiaoshu sighed and looked at the equally shocked and dazed Meng Qi and Meng Han. "Help your mother out of here. Let her calm down and think it through. We can talk once she's ready."

Meng Han's eyes were moist; she didn't want her parents to divorce. This situation was clearly her uncle's fault, and her grandfather's fault. Even though she often resented her mother's impartiality and tendency to listen to her younger brother, she didn't want their family to really fall apart.

Shu Yu pulled her slightly. "Help your mother out first." She felt that both Meng Qi and Meng Han needed time to mentally prepare and digest this news.

Meng Han wiped her tears and stepped forward to help Tao Shi up.

Supported by her two children, Tao Shi was practically half-carried out of the room. Meng Qi accompanied her to a nearby room so that she could rest.

They sat in silence, not saying a word. None of them knew what to say.

Tao Shi had left, but Zhang Shi was still there.

Upon hearing the word "divorce," she, too, was in disbelief.

The situation had developed beyond her expectations, and it was becoming more and more serious. Zhang Shi really wanted to escape from the scene now.

However, Meng Xiaoshu had already looked at her. "You've heard what I said earlier. Normally, with my temperament, if Tao Feili had betrayed me—even though he was my brother-in-law —I would've settled the score with him. But he... is dead."

Zhang Shi raised her head abruptly, her face turning ashen.

What had she just heard? Did Meng Xiaoshu say that her husband was dead?

Although she had heard the same words at the Meng family's escort agency, she had always firmly believed that Shu Yu had deliberately said it to disgust her. She didn't believe it at all.

But why would Meng Xiaoshu say the same thing?

Zhang Shi and Tao Qin almost crawled and stumbled as they rushed into the room.

Meng Pei directly blocked their way, and Meng Xiaoshu continued, "... debts disappear with death. Let's end it here. I only hope that in the future, you won't come to the Meng family for anything. We..."

"You're lying to me!" Zhang Shi shouted, interrupting his words. "You're lying to me. How could my husband die? How did he die? What will we do if he's dead? What will happen to us, the three of us?"

Meng Xiaoshu looked at Zhang Shi's flushed eyes and calmly spoke, "He died of fright."

With a loud "bang," a sound of impact came from the adjacent room. The people subconsciously turned their heads, knowing that it was Tao Shi, who had been resting there, hearing the conversation.

Shu Yu thought that the soundproofing between the rooms was really poor.

She got up and walked to the adjoining room and indeed found Tao Shi fallen off the chair, lying on the ground unconscious. Meng Qi had gone out to fetch a doctor.