Ten Miles of Spring Breeze on the Road to Remarriage

For twenty-five years of marriage, Li Mingxia devoted herself to supporting her husband, raising their daughter, and caring for the elderly. She was the picture of a virtuous wife and loving mother.

She had thought her family was happy and her life complete. Then, at fifty, she discovered that her husband had spent millions on a second home, where he kept a young, beautiful mistress dressed head to toe in designer labels and a ten-year-old illegitimate son.

For all twenty-five years of their marriage, Li Mingxia had lived in the old apartment her parents had given her as a dowry, wearing clothes she had bought back when she was a girl.

Worse still, her in-laws knew about her husband's second home and affectionately called his illegitimate son their “precious grandson.”

Only after discovering the truth did Li Mingxia understand that the happy life she had so carefully built had been nothing more than a dream she alone believed in.

“Let’s get divorced,” she declared without hesitation.

Her husband sneered. “All you know how to do is cook and wash clothes. What else can you do? You’ll be a beggar if we divorce.”

Her mother-in-law snapped back, “You gave birth to a worthless daughter, and now you dare throw a tantrum? You’re old already. What’s the point of getting divorced? Aren’t you afraid people will laugh at you?”

Her family and best friend tried to talk her out of it too. “After all these years, married couples should just keep each other company. Turn a blind eye and let it go.”

Put up with it? She was already fifty. Why should she keep compromising? For the rest of her life, she would live for herself!

She plunged into the workplace alone, and her career took off. Love came along when she least expected it. Her second marriage was full of joy and beauty.