Chapter 6: Women's Expectations
The boy didn't care about the girl's glare, nor did he care about the strange onlookers around him, he looked indifferent and disdainful, and refused to bend down to help the girl, just stood by indifferently. But pedestrians are in a hurry, and no one cares about an argument between a couple on the street. In the capital, countless joys and sorrows, love and breakups are staged every day, just like the alternation of day and night.
The joys and sorrows of human beings are never the same.
Occasionally, a few kind-hearted aunts and uncles would pass by and ask the next question with concern, but the boy responded with silence, and they didn't bother to ask anything more.
Fang Shanmu watched from a distance, and suddenly felt infinite emotion in his heart, thinking that when he and Sheng Chen fell in love in college, he never let Sheng Chen suffer a trace of grievance. Of course, Sheng Chen is also very gentle and considerate, and takes care of him in every way. The college love of the post-70s generation is warm and moving, full of the taste of sharing joys and sorrows. I don't know what kind of mentality the post-90s love will be now?
"Help me!" The girl squatted on the ground and picked it up for a long time, but she didn't see the boy step forward to help, she was extremely angry, "Jiang Chengzi, if you are still a man, you bend down and give yourself a step down, I can forgive you for your rude behavior just now." ”
Jiang Chengzi coldly responded to Hu Pan's disdainful look: "Do you forgive me? Do you mean that I am still at fault? I'm sorry, I'm not wrong!"
Hu Pan was so angry that his chest rose and fell, so he simply didn't pack his luggage and stood up: "Do you have to say it again? You are a man, you don't have any responsibility as a man, you play games all day long, don't you go to work, you have no money to pay rent and are kicked out by the landlord, do you feel very honorable, proud and manly?"
Jiang Chengzi had an indifferent expression on his face, and smiled coldly: "Originally, paying the rent is a matter for two people, why do you have to let me bear it alone?"
"I work alone, and the money I earn is not enough to pay the rent for two people, and not enough for the two of us to eat!" Hu Pan was so angry that he kicked away half of the suitcase he had packed, "Jiang Chengzi, can you be mature, don't be a child anymore, you are 24 years old this year, playing games can't solve survival, and can't let us live the life we want!"
"Men are different from women, 24 years old is still young, there is no hurry. Jiang Chengzi smiled lightly, "Scientific research has found that the age of physical and psychological maturity of women is 32 years old, and men are 11 years later, that is, 43 years old, I am still a child, you can't always force me to work, make money, and support my family, people can't be burdened by life, or what's the fun of living?"
Hu Panqi smiled: "Are you 24 years old or a child?" Okay, giant baby, you continue to live the life you want in your own game, let's break up!"
"Break up?" Jiang Chengzi's eyes widened, as if he was shocked and puzzled, and after a while, his face slowly became playful and funny again, "Divide it, anyway, we have been in love for two years, and we have quarreled for a year and a half, and you always look at me in various ways, and it is good to separate, out of sight and out of mind." ”
"Okay, break up! Whoever regrets it is a puppy!" Hu Pan turned around and left.
"Wait, wait. Jiang Chengzi ran a few steps and stopped Hu Pan, "Before breaking up, there are two things that have to be made clear, one, I bought the suitcase, but it is all your things, you have to return my suitcase." Second, I paid for the meal last week, and you should also bear half of the cost, a total of 456 yuan, and half of it ......"
"Give you 300 yuan, don't look for it!" Hu Pan, who thought that Jiang Chengzi had changed his mind, was so angry that he didn't know how to describe his mood, so he took out three banknotes and slapped them on Jiang Chengzi's face, "Convinced, a big man is so calculating, I know you such a wreck when I am blind." ”
Three banknotes slipped off his face and fell to the ground, Jiang Chengzi bent down to pick them up, blew the soil on them, and smiled happily: "Thank you, it's so generous." If you have money in the future, remember to pay me back the previous meal money. ”
"Get out!" Hu Pan was overly angry, but smiled lightly, "Jiang Chengzi, don't forget, from graduation to now, I have always made money to support you, rent, food, and daily necessities are all my money!"
"During college, I also invited you to eat a lot, why don't you say it?" Jiang Chengzi was about to say something more, but was interrupted by a burst of laughter from the crowd around him.
Jiang Chengzi, who was coaxed and cheered, still looked indifferent, and he shrugged his shoulders in a very Western-style manner: "Don't think I'm too much, don't we all pursue equality between men and women now? Since we are equal, we must implement it instead of shouting slogans." The money is earned separately and spent separately, and the AA system is AA, if it is all men who invite women, it is a contempt and belittlement of women, right?"
"I'll give you a sentence you often say - whatever, anything, okay!" Hu Pan kicked the suitcase and turned to leave.
Are all young people so individualistic or a special case now? Fang Shanmu retracted his gaze and suddenly made up his mind to go home.
What should be faced must be faced bravely, if it is a man, he should bear the responsibility of a man, and the cold war between him and Sheng Chen should also have a result.
Northeast 5th Ring Road, central villa area.
The afternoon sun shines on the lush trees of the community, quiet and distant, as if time has stopped in a hurry, and deliberately stopped on an autumn afternoon. Fang Shanmu likes the environment of the community very much, the greening is good, evergreen in all seasons, the layers are distinct, in the north where the seasons alternate obviously, you can see the green and blooming flowers at any time, which is also a rare scenery.
Thinking that when he and Sheng Chen bought a house together, Sheng Chen thought that the townhouse was too expensive, so he had to buy a stack, he insisted on the view that the house would appreciate in the future, and gritted his teeth and bought one of the few townhouses. Although it was more difficult at that time, due to the large number of stacks and few townhouses in the community, after the later appreciation, the townhouses became a hot item.
If you sell the townhouse that you bought for 8 million now, you can make at least more than 8 million. But if it's a stack, it's good to earn three or four million. Or is his vision more long-term and forward-looking, why has it proved several times that he is more far-sighted and intelligent than Sheng Chen, and Sheng Chen admits that he is right afterwards, but once she encounters something again, she will still argue with him and stubbornly think that her decision is wiser?
Could it be that women are so stubborn and self-righteous? The more Fang Shanmu thought about it, the more angry he became, everything he had now, whether it was his career or investment, which time had not made the most correct and trend-oriented choice at his insistence? But Sheng Chen never saw his success and vision, as long as she encountered something again, she would still put forward her opinion and wanted him to obey.
As long as he didn't agree, she would quarrel with him, and even try her best to make him compromise by all means! After several times, Fang Shanmu was both tired and helpless, why did Sheng Chen have to control her and prove that she had more foresight and vision than him?
Standing at the door of the house, looking at the familiar house number and the red rope woven by Sheng Chen on the doorknob, Fang Shanmu suddenly felt a little timid and didn't want to go in. He also didn't understand why he was sometimes afraid of Sheng Chen, he was never afraid of anything at work, and when facing competitors, he would not flinch at all, and he would face all difficulties head-on.
Maybe it's because he and Sheng Chen have known each other for too long, from college days to the present, in his opinion, Sheng Chen is not only his wife, but also a witness to his growth, and a fellow traveler of his peers. In front of her, he has no mystery and prestige to speak of, nor does he have an aura of authority and success from above.
It is precisely because of this that Sheng Chen will turn a blind eye to his current achievements, and always thought that he was still a young boy and a down-and-out young man with nothing, no, he is not, he has grown up now, and he has long been a middle-aged successful man who is very mature both physically and psychologically!
Fang Shanmu instantly plucked up his courage again, he did not agree with Jiang Chengzi's statement that "a man will only be fully mature physically and psychologically when he is 43 years old", he is not a child, he has enough rationality and judgment to decide his life. He has always felt that he is very rational and mature, and even in college, he thinks that he is at least four or five years earlier than his peers.
Fang Shanmu has always thought that he is young and old, and he doesn't like others to say that he is small, because in his opinion, small represents childishness, and childishness is a manifestation of a man's immaturity. Immature men, will not succeed.
The moment he heard the door knock, Sheng Chen glanced up casually, then lowered his head again, and continued to sort out the documents and documents on the coffee table. As soon as the sound of the door lock turning, she knew that it was Fang Shanmu who had returned.
It's good to come back, although he doesn't have this home in his heart anymore, but everything must be decided. Sheng Chen habitually glanced up at Fang Shanmu, and saw that he had a calm face, still a common unfazed expression, and his heart was a little colder, heh, man, no matter what happened or when, he would always put on a confident look of control in front of his daughter-in-law, and he was not too tired? Who did he show every day with a stinky face that the world would not run if he left him? Do you really think that you are the central figure, and you have to revolve around him?
Fang Shanmu glanced at the things on the coffee table, understood a little in his heart, and smiled coldly: "Have you figured out how to divide the property?"
Sheng Chen was dressed in home clothes, the charm still existed, and he simply combed a ball head, indifferent as Qiu Ju. More than ten years have passed, and the class flower of that year still has not changed.
She stood up with a gloomy expression: "Fang Shanmu, you haven't been home for a few days, and you haven't had any news, aren't you going to explain what's going on?"
"You must already know what's going on, so there's no need for me to repeat it. Fang Shanmu believed that whether it was Jiangbian or Gu Hao, he must have told Sheng Chen everything that happened, he picked up the divorce agreement on the coffee table and glanced at it a few times, "The child and the two houses belong to you, and the car also belongs to you, and you have left me a house, yes, you have a conscience." ”