"The three words 'I divorce you' undoubtedly struck a nerve in Madam Lu, and she rose slightly before pouncing down with such force that nearly flattened Zhou Xuennian's internal organs."
"'Divorce me? Pah! Zhou Xuennian, do you still think you're the honorable scholar, Scholar Zhou, of high status? Every thread on you belongs to this old lady. On what grounds do you divorce me?' Madam Lu shouted angrily, 'That title of Scholar was obtained with money I shamelessly borrowed for you. You want to divorce me? Fine, give back the two hundred taels of silver from my family, and I won't wait for your divorce. I'll leave on my own. Go ahead, Zhou Xuennian, and eat the Northwest wind!'"
Madam Lu truly felt both rage and a chilling disappointment, realizing that her man was truly unreliable.
Had she really been deceived by his pretenses all those years before she discovered this after more than a decade of marriage?
