Chapter 427: Seventies: The Mature Husband 27

However, after returning at noon following the rice transplanting, he heard Sixth Uncle Chen shouting Chunsheng's name throughout the village.

The village Party secretary's heart immediately sank.

He hurried over and asked, “Old Sixth, what happened?”

“Brother, Chunsheng is missing! We clearly locked him in the house before we left.” Old Sixth's expression was frantic.

Hearing this, the village Party secretary thought, Oh no.

Could Cheng'er really have been right?

He quickly said, “Kids are restless and love playing in the water. Go check by the river. Maybe he went there to play. I'll help you look too.”

Then he hurried toward the pond.

What made his heart pound was that he actually saw a child floating in the water.

“Old Sixth! That looks like Chunsheng in the pond!” After saying that, he immediately jumped into the pond to retrieve him.

But it was already too late.

For a time, heart-wrenching cries rang out around the pond.

Seeing this, the village Party secretary felt somewhat regretful.

If only he had warned them that morning.

But after this incident, the village Party secretary also became completely convinced that what Chen Cheng had said was true.

……

After Chunsheng's accident, Chen Cheng said, “Dad, wasn't I right?”

Hearing this, the village Party secretary let out a deep sigh. “It's all my fault! If only I'd warned them.”

Chen Cheng immediately said, “Dad, this has nothing to do with you. Who told him to run off and play in the water? It was simply his fate.”

Then she continued, “Now you know that everything I dreamed about is true, right? I want to divorce Huo Shaoting right now. I can't take it anymore!”

Having to wipe his body and wash his feet every day, while having no more married life, was something she couldn't stand!

After hearing this, the village Party secretary thought for a moment before nodding. “Dad understands. Once the busy farming season is over, I'll go to the Huo family and discuss this. Yours is a military marriage, so you can only get divorced if Huo Shaoting agrees.”

Hearing this, Chen Cheng felt relieved, then snorted. “Does he dare refuse?” If he refused, she would make a scene!

……

At this time, Tang Wan was helping Huo Shaoting find the old Chinese physician who had sold Chen Cheng the medicinal cosmetics formula.

In the original plot, the old Chinese physician was highly skilled in orthopedics and acupuncture, but his grandson had fallen seriously ill and urgently needed money, so he had been forced to sell his family's ancestral beauty formula.

Huo Shaoting had once saved her life, so she should repay him at least once.

With Little Cutie's help, Tang Wan successfully found the old Chinese physician's residence. She then gave him one hundred yuan and asked him to make a trip to the Huo family.

“Doctor Zhou, that man was injured because he was trying to save his comrade. Please do everything you can to heal his legs.” Tang Wan spoke sincerely.

Of all the male protagonists she had encountered across several worlds, Huo Shaoting was the only one she truly considered upright. His life shouldn't be ruined just like this.

Doctor Zhou nodded after hearing this. “I'll certainly do my best. Don't worry.”

“Thank you! If he asks about me, just tell him that I once owed him a favor.”

“Okay!”

……

When Doctor Zhou arrived at the Huo family home, the village Party secretary happened to be there to discuss the divorce with Huo Shaoting.

Seeing this, Huo Shaoting glanced at Chen Cheng expressionlessly, then answered without the slightest hesitation, “I agree! Let's get divorced!”

When Chen Cheng had treated him with tenderness and affection after he had first returned from the army, he had thought she liked him.

But now that he had become disabled in both legs, she despised him.

If that was the case, why should he cling to this marriage?

Seeing that he agreed, the Chen family also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although divorce was nothing to be proud of, Huo Shaoting was in this condition now. They couldn't possibly expect Cheng'er to spend the rest of her life suffering alongside him, could they?

Then, afraid that he might change his mind, they hurriedly issued the divorce certificate.