Good Man Operation Guide

Outside, Lin Shiheng was asking Shen Yunqing questions one by one after hearing what he said.

“You said you disliked Sister as soon as she married you? Then, why didn’t you mention annulment at that time? Oh, yes, there was no such thing as annulment at that time… What about divorce? There’s always divorce… A letter of divorce, for a talented man like you, Young Master Shen, isn’t it very easy!”

Shen Yunqing was provoked by his aggressiveness, and his eyebrows frowned with anger, “It was still the old days. If I abandoned Fang Licheng, what would she do?”

“Heh.” Lin Shiheng sneered unceremoniously, “Hehehe, that’s really funny. According to your statement, aren’t you divorcing her now?”

“That’s natural.” Shen Yunqing looked tense, “In the old days, only men divorced women, but women couldn’t divorce men. Now, divorce can be brought up by both men and women. Husband and wife could break up peacefully. There’s no such thing as abandonment or non-abandonment, just unsuitability.”

“Fine, break up peacefully. Now, our Fang family isn’t willing to let you break up peacefully. Would you agree?”

Shen Yunqing was speechless for a while. He certainly wouldn’t agree.

Lin Shiheng sneered a few more times. He flung open his sleeves, and amplified his volume. “Since you don’t like my Sister from the start, you either shouldn’t marry her, or let her go as early as possible after discovering that you don’t like her. Now, my Sister is detained in the Shen residence to serve your parents for 5 years, and has now given birth to a baby. But you’re saying that you want to break up peacefully? Where does your peace come from, and where is this equality that you mention?!

People like you, you talk in a high-sounding manner, saying that you should respond to the new society and not be blinded by the customs of the old society. But what you are doing now is no different from those men who abandoned their wives in old society. Only by replacing the abandonment with divorce, you could righteously drive away your wife who had never done anything wrong for 5 years, one who even had a child with you. You are just a beast with human skin!”

Father Shen listened as his veins popped out on his forehead. If he let Lin Shiheng go on like this, if it went out, Shen Yunqing’s reputation would be utterly destroyed.

“Good nephew, you don’t have to say that much. I have already stated that Li Cheng will always be the daughter-in-law of our Shen family.”

“Father!!!”

Shen Yunqing, who was flushed, shouted sharply, but was reprimanded by Father Shen, “Rebellious son! Shut up!!!”

“Uncle Shen’s kindness is appreciated by our Fang family, but I already know why Young Master Shen wants a divorce.”

Lin Shiheng didn’t intend to listen to Father Shen. He just leaned slightly and looked down at Shen Yunqing, “When Young Master Shen was abroad, you liked to bring your girlfriend to parties, right? That talented girl, who has been studying poetry since childhood, is called Ren Fuling, right?”

Shen Yunqing, who had been holding on to his pride, immediately turned pale, “Don’t be ridiculous! I am the one who proposed a divorce, it has nothing to do with Fuling!”

“Fuling? Already calling her so affectionately?”

Lin Shiheng sneered, “Fine, I believe in Young Master Shen. As long as you promise our Fang family that after divorcing Miss Fang, the woman you will marry next won’t be Ren Fuling, on behalf of the Fang family, I will comply with you.”

Shen Yunqing’s face turned blue and white. His mouth opened and closed, but he couldn’t say a word. Watching him, how could Father Shen and Mother Shen not know why he suddenly asked for a divorce? Father Shen was livid, and Mother Shen almost couldn’t catch her breath, clutching her heart, and with trembling hands pointed to her son.

“How could I have a son like you!! Licheng has been married to our family for 5 years, filial to her in-laws, and takes care of the family. Even after you came back after 5 years, she never complained. You… You want to divorce Licheng for that little demon outside!”

“Mother! Fuling is not like that. She is a very talented woman with a gentle temperament. She-“

“Shut up!!!”

Mother Shen took the teacup on the table and threw it on the ground, shaking all over. “Seducing a married man, how could she not be a demon?! I’m telling you, you can’t let that b*tch into this family and ruin my Shen family’s virtues!!”

Father Shen was also angry, not that his son had a woman outside, but that he had to abandon his family for the sake of the woman outside. Even if he wasn’t very satisfied with Fang Licheng’s family lineage today and felt that he couldn’t help his son, that was an outside mistress. How could she be a madam of the Shen family? Seeing Shen Yunqing still opening his mouth to argue, he went up and directly kicked his son to the ground.

“Corrupting the family virtue, I’ll have to beat you to death today!”

Seeing that Father Shen was ready to fight, Lin Shiheng stretched out a stick and directly stopped him from hitting Shen Yunqing’s hand.

“Whether Uncle Shen wants to discipline his son, it’s your family matter. My Fang family isn’t in a position to watch. Since the reason why Young Master Shen wants a divorce has already been identified, today, we came to ask for an explanation.”

He stood firmly with a smile on his face, yet his eyes were ice cold. He shouted to the people behind him, “Smash it for me!”

The Fang family people were waiting on standby on the road. Hearing this, they immediately went forward and smashed all the vases and porcelain to the ground, and the paintings hanging on the wall were also torn off and thrown out.

The Shen parents were both shocked by this sudden change. “Good nephew, what are you doing?!”

“I hope Uncle Shen knows, this man married our Miss and abused her like this. Even if my family isn’t as good as it used to be, we will never go down in disgrace quietly.” Lin Shiheng turned around and leaned on his stick. At 15 years old, he looked like a member of a family that had a long history and prestige, and his casual words revealed a threat.

“Today, if the Shen family wouldn’t let our Fang family take revenge for our Miss, you can drive us out. But from then on, if there’s your Shen family, our Fang family won’t be there, and if there’s our Fang family, your Shen family won’t be there!”

(TNote: if your there I won’t be there. If I’m there, you won’t be there = It’s a saying, in short it means “we shouldn’t meet or someone would die.” or a declaration of a family blood feud.)

These words carried the meaning of a deadly feud. Father Shen looked at Lin Shiheng who had a smile on his face, and his heart thumped. Once upon a time, he didn’t think much of this boy, but looking at his mannerism today, this boy actually had some skills. If he didn’t let them vent their grievances today, later, even if they get a little bit of progress, he would step on their Shen family to death.

He was older and cautious by nature. Thinking of this, his face somewhat softened, as if he didn’t see the Fang family people who were smashing things around, and squeezed out a smile, “My good nephew, why bother to make such a mess? Don’t worry, in the future, I will definitely make this rebellious son treat Licheng well, and there will never be a second time.”

Shen Yunqing, who was kicked to the ground before, also had a slightly pale face from shock. But once he heard this, he still stubbornly climbed up and reluctantly said, “Father, I’m really unsuitable to be with Fang Licheng…”

“Shut the hell up!!!!” Father Shen was suffocating. He finally endured it but watched his son undermine his efforts. He was so angry that he kicked him over again.

Shen Yunqing was a scholar. When had he ever suffered like this? As he was kicked to the ground again, he covered his chest and coughed.

Lin Shiheng looked at the scene with cold eyes, accompanied by the background of the smashing going on around him, he faintly said, “Since Young Master Shen insists, my Fang family won’t cling to it. Just so Young Master Shen knows. Today, it is our Miss Fang who is divorcing you. Later, when she goes out of the door, I will go to the newspaper and publish it, so that Young Master Shen would be able to fulfill his wish, and grow old with that Ren Fuling.”

Shen Yunqing’s eyes brightened up, ignoring his parents’ ugly faces, he coughed and agreed, “Thank you, Brother Heng, for making this possible.”

Lin Shiheng looked at him coldly, brushed his sleeve, went to the inner room according to memory, and knocked on the door. The little girl opened the door. Because the Miss had just given birth to a child, the veil to block the wind wasn’t lifted.

Inside, Fang Licheng braced herself with a pale face, “Is it Brother Heng?”

“Sister, it’s me.”

Lin Shiheng’s tone wasn’t as cold and tough as it was outside. He softened his voice and said, “I’m here to take you home.”

With just one sentence, Fang Licheng, who hadn’t shed a tear since waking up from the coma, had a sour nose and spoke with a sobbing voice. “Okay, let’s go home.”

“Where’s my little nephew?”

Fang Licheng turned sideways with difficulty to look at the child lying in there. He was just born, his face was still red, his hands and feet were small, and he was asleep without knowing what was going on.

At the thought of parting from the child, tears fell in her sour eyes.

“In my room. Wait, I’ll change my clothes, then you can come in and see him.”

“Okay, Sister should change clothes first, and let the maid in your room tidy up your things. I hired a small palanquin, they will come directly to the house to carry Sister away.”

He spoke softly to Fang Licheng in the house, completely opposite to his harsh words to the Shen family outside. Even after seeing that the house was almost all smashed to bits, he pulled out a list and gave it to a literate boy.

“This is Missy’s dowry list. After a while, you will carry all the things on it away. They got the divorce, don’t leave something for them to take.”

“Yes.”

Soon, the Shen family’s face turned blue. Watching this group of people smash and take their belongings, but hindered by their own shortcomings as well as the Fang family crowd, they couldn’t say anything. When Fang Licheng had changed clothes inside, the little palanquin was called over, and went directly into the house. It was good that the Shen residence’s door was quite large. The little girl supported Fang Licheng onto the palanquin.

Meanwhile, Lin Shiheng guarded from the sidelines. When they were ready, he went into the room and carried her baby out of the bed. “Sister almost forgot little nephew. Hold him quickly, and don’t let him get affected by the wind.”

Fang Licheng was stunned. She first looked at him and saw Lin Shiheng nodding as he looked into her eyes, and only then, with red eyes and shaking hands, did she hug her child. At the moment when the curtain of the palanquin was put down, she immediately put her face on the swaddling clothes carefully, biting her lip to prevent herself from crying out loud.

When Mother Shen saw that the baby was actually carried into the sedan chair, she immediately became anxious, “That’s my Shen family’s flesh and blood, you can’t take him away!”

She wanted to rush up, but Lin Shiheng waved his hand, and a group of boys with sticks blocked her.

The 15-year-old boy stood on the side of the palanquin, the corners of his lips mockingly hooked up, “Young Master Shen has a sweetheart, so there will naturally be more of Shen’s flesh and blood. There’s no way that our Fang family’s Miss, who struggled to give birth to a child only to be thrown out later, would leave the child for you to keep. There is no such thing in this world.”

“You!”

Father Shen was also anxious. “I can tolerate you smashing my house today, but my Shen family bloodline is not something you can just take away!”

“The Shen family bloodline? What did your Shen family do? You wasted my good Miss Fang for 5 years, let her divorce just after giving birth, and now you want to keep the child? Keep dreaming! Someone, escort Missy back to the house!”

A group of people immediately responded, “Yes!”

Lin Shiheng walked at the back, looking at Shen parents anxiously chasing them out. He sneered and whipped the stick in his hand straight onto a pillar, and the stick broke in two.

“Today, you and I are like this. A clean break, no more contact!”

Many people of the Shen family were knocked out by his hits before, and Fang family members all held sticks in their hands. Even if the Shen parents cried out for servants to stop them, no one could stop them. They could only watch a group of people leave the Shen residence carrying furniture and a palanquin.

The few dandies who had been carefully hiding quietly emerged from behind a tree and breathed a sigh of relief.

“I really didn’t expect that there would be such a person among my fellow classmates.”

“Just now, my back was sweating. Let’s hurry up and go. It wouldn’t be good if the Shen family returns to their senses and catches us.”

“Yeah, go, go. I’ve seen a big show today, I have to go back and properly educate my buddies.”

Lin Shiheng left the Shen residence, and when he saw that no one was catching up, he knew that the Shen family didn’t dare to stir up more trouble for fear of losing face. With a sneer, he went to the window of a small palanquin and spoke to the curtain, “Sister, you go back to the house with the group first. Aunt is waiting. I will go to the newspaper office to publish the notice. Shen Yunqing, after doing such a thing, will surely try to cover it up. I want to show the dirty skin under his face to the people of the world!”

(TNote: Back in those days, divorce was simply a matter of letting society know that you are no longer married, and had it dated. So, publishing the news on newspapers was enough to make it official.)