The man truly loved Zhang Chunxue and ultimately compromised. It wasn't a big deal to have a son-in-law take their surname in the future.
It seemed that the matter was settled, but soon after Zhang Yiyi was born, her congenital ear defect was discovered.
The man's family stirred up trouble again, suggesting that Zhang Chunxue should send the child away so that it wouldn't interfere with the couple having a second child.
Zhang Chunxue naturally disagreed with having her own child call another woman "mother," after carrying the baby for ten months.
This issue completely drained the couple's relationship of over twenty years and became the catalyst for their divorce. On the day Zhang Yiyi turned one month old, Zhang Chunxue, without her family or her husband knowing, processed the divorce at the Civil Affairs Bureau.
From that day on, Zhang Chunxue saw clearly that marriage was nothing but an invisible shackle, binding those who did not conform.
