"What?" Mr. Gao stared at his wife in disbelief.
"Let's get a divorce," Mrs. Gao said, enunciating each word clearly.
Mr. Gao fell silent, his deep eyes filled with disappointment. They say a husband and wife are like birds in the same forest—when disaster strikes, they fly their separate ways. The Gao family was ruined, and he had thought his wife would share the hardships with him. It turned out he was wrong. The wife with whom he had weathered thick and thin for over twenty years wanted to divorce him the moment he fell from grace. How could he not be disappointed?
"Divorce her! Eldest, divorce that jinx! With my connections, after you divorce her, I'll find you another match of equal social standing... a widow." Grandma Gao spoke the last word in a whisper. Her son was already middle-aged, and with the Gao family in ruins, finding someone who had never been married was unrealistic.
Mr. Gao remained silent.
