Chapter 699 - 729: Why He Got Divorced
Seeing Qin Jiao fall silent, Qin Xiaolan grabbed her hand and pleaded, "Sis, you have to help me think of something. I wasn’t worried before because I just graduated not long ago. I figured Mom wouldn’t rush me on this. But I never expected that she’d not only ask Second Aunt to set me up, but she’s also getting other people to introduce me to guys. I just can’t take it anymore."
A lot of parents are like that. When their kids are in school, even college, they don’t support them dating. Some even forcefully forbid their children from being in a relationship.
Then, the moment their kids graduate from college and get a stable job, they can’t wait for them to get married on the spot and pop out a grandchild the next second.
Qin Jiao said, a little apologetically, "To be honest, the reason your mom is in such a rush probably has something to do with me."
But Qin Xiaolan was very clear-headed. She shook her head and said, "Sis, it has nothing to do with you. It’s all my mom’s competitive nature. She just doesn’t want to fall behind others. Honestly, if she wasn’t against it, I’d be willing to marry my boyfriend right away."
However, Qin Xiaolan knew full well her mother would never approve.
Qin Jiao thought for a moment and asked, "So how did you and your boyfriend meet? What kind of person is he?"
A failed marriage only represents the past.
In Qin Jiao’s personal opinion, what mattered most was a person’s character.
The reason for his previous divorce was crucial.
Qin Xiaolan had been hoping for Qin Jiao’s help, so she recounted the whole story. It turned out she had met him before she graduated, through work-related matters. He worked at the Bureau of Education.
"He’s thirty this year, and his daughter is three. The little girl is very pretty and well-behaved."
"He and his ex-wife divorced because she wanted him to quit his job and go into business—to go abroad—but he refused. Later, his wife got together with a businessman, divorced him, and then followed that businessman overseas."
Qin Jiao took a bite of chestnut cake and said, "An ex-wife can be way more destructive than an ex-girlfriend. But, if she’s left the country and is staying abroad, then it might be okay."
’The worry is with the ones who are always hanging around.’
’The kind who use visiting the kid as an excuse, maintaining an ambiguous relationship—divorced in name but not in practice.’
Qin Xiaolan nodded. "Exactly, exactly. She’s been gone for two years now. Ugh, so heartless, leaving when her child was only one."
Qin Jiao said, "Have you spent time with the little girl? Some kids have their own little tempers."
"I’ve met her a few times. I bought her some small toys, and she was always very polite, saying, ’Thank you, Auntie.’"
From the sound of it, there weren’t any major problems for now. Qin Jiao listened as Qin Xiaolan happily recounted all the little details of their relationship. The man seemed, for lack of a better word, rather refined and gentle.
That was also the type that a young woman like Qin Xiaolan, just starting out in the world, would be drawn to.
Professionally, one worked at the Bureau of Education and the other was a teacher, which was a decent match.
Besides, Qin Xiaolan was twenty-three and the man was thirty. A seven-year age gap wasn’t too large, either.
Of course, everything Qin Jiao currently knew about the man came from Qin Xiaolan. Since she was in the honeymoon phase, she was definitely seeing him through rose-colored glasses. It wasn’t just a question of the man’s character, either. There was also the child, and who knew if she was truly as well-behaved and sensible as Qin Xiaolan claimed.
Qin Xiaolan also knew that Qin Jiao couldn’t solve her problem immediately, but she needed a listener—someone to hear her out.
She also wanted to know that if she really ended up clashing with her mother later on, she would have someone on her side.
"Whew, I feel so much better now that I’ve gotten that off my chest." Qin Xiaolan took a sip of tea.
𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
Qin Jiao asked casually, "Does he know your family might be against it?"