Chapter 5: A Sad Marriage
Peng Jiangming looked at Zhang Xiaoyue and continued: " And Joey, you know, at the beginning, she just took a fancy to my father's position, and could help her father evade taxes, so she wanted to be with me alive and dead, and the power of my family made her feel very face-saving, and she would do whatever it took to hurt you in order to achieve the goal of breaking us up, the second year after graduating from college, at the request of both parents, I married her, she successfully entered a TV station as a reporter, the reporter's work is more extensive, she is always very busy every day, maybe it is the influence of the work environment, a few years later, she has been arrogant and conceited since she was a child, and she has become even more invincible, as long as she is at home, she is always arrogant to me, and her vision is getting higher and higherAt first, for the sake of my son, she didn't do anything to me, since my father's accident, she looked down on me more and more, plus her mother's family immigrated to the UK, she thought that being with me was a loss of identity, so she filed for divorce and immigrated to the UK, but she had a good relationship with my sister, and they both lived in London. β
"What, are you divorced from Joey?" Zhang Xiaoyue was surprised when she heard this result, and she couldn't help but think of the scene when Joey sneered at her in order to break her up with Peng Jiangming.
"Yes, it's been five years. Peng Jiangming replied lonely.
"Jiang Ming, you are childhood sweethearts who grew up together, how can she be willing to give up?" Zhang Xiaoyue asked puzzledly, knowing that Joy had worked hard to get Peng Jiangming's love back then.
"In the face of interests, the so-called childhood sweethearts, the so-called feelings are all illusory, and only money can truly measure human nature and love. It can be seen that after more than ten years of social training, Peng Jiangming has a thorough understanding of human nature: "The current Joey is no longer the Joey when we were classmates, she has become very strange, and I can't understand her anymore." β
"Jiang Ming, I really didn't expect that you would come to this point. Zhang Xiaoyue sighed, in life, too many bodies can't help themselves.
"Society is changing, the environment is changing, and people are changing. Peng Jiangming smiled bitterly.
"How can Joey be willing to leave her child?" Zhang Xiaoyue asked sadly, she is also a mother, in her eyes, children are more important than everything, there is no reason for a mother to abandon her child and go away to another country.
In her eyes, personal pursuits trump everything, but she loves her son very much and calls him every month. When it comes to his son, Peng Jiangming's face finally showed a comfortable smile, the love between father and son is thicker than water, the marriage is broken, and it is the child who is hurt after all.
"Jiang Ming, it's hard for you, think about the good in everything. Peng Jiangming and Joey's sad marriage change, as the former "victim", Zhang Xiaoyue did not gloat, on the contrary, the mood was very heavy, the emotional entanglement between the three of them was well known, who would have thought that after more than ten years of changes, none of the three parties lived happily, why is all this?
"Maybe it's God's retribution for me. Peng Jiangming laughed at himself.
"Don't say that, maybe God has only given you and Joey a few years. Zhang Xiaoyue comforted softly.
"Back then, because I hurt you too much with Joey, and then my father had an accident, one was because of guilt, in addition, I also took care of the so-called face, so in Ningzhou over the years, I have never been in contact with any classmates, I am afraid of being accused by them of being snobbish, negative, and also responsible for others gloating and laughing at my family changes, after divorcing Joey, I am even more reluctant to let others know my recent situation, and I don't have the courage to ask others about your news, I originally planned to live the rest of my life with self-blame and thoughts, I didn't expect God to let me reunite with you, and finally let me have the opportunity to say sorry to you in person, but I regret this lifeγ β
"Alas, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. β
Fifteen years have passed, the so-called emotional entanglements, right and wrong, grievances, with the death of several parties and the departure of several parties, all disputes have come to an end, only they cry and sigh side by side.
After listening to Peng Jiangming's story about his sad marriage, he and Zhang Xiaoyue both fell into silence with heavy thoughts, fifteen years have changed too much, and now it is not what it used to be, and things are gone, leaving only endless regrets and long sighs.
After a while, Peng Jiangming seemed to remember something, and said: "Xiaoyue, do you know? In the years we have been apart, in several important days related to you every year, including your birthday, the anniversary of our acquaintance, and the day we broke up in Wuzhou, I will write a few poems to record the past when we got along, the important thing is to remember my thoughts about you, I can't see you, but I hope you can feel in your heart that somewhere far away, there is someone who has been deeply concerned about you. β
"Jiang Ming, why are you doing this?" The secret told by Peng Jiangming made Zhang Xiaoyue both moved and distressed.
"Xiaoyue, maybe you will think that I am a bit hypocritical in doing this, after all, it is true that my family hurt your parents, but what I want to express today is that my love for you is also true, I hope you can understand. β
Peng Jiangming's confession from the lungs made Zhang Xiaoyue's heart mixed.
"When I went to Wuzhou to find you, in addition to saying sorry to you, I mainly wanted to save our feelings, but after your teacher told me the news of that male classmate, I no longer had the courage to face you, so I could only bless you in my heart, and not long after returning to Ningzhou, I married Joey. β
"Jiang Ming, there are too many misunderstandings between us. β
"Yes!" Peng Jiangming continued: "Out of my thoughts of you, and in order to express my repentance, on those important days every year, I will write a few poems to record my thoughts about you, whenever I am tired and tired, I will take out those poems and look at them silently, as if I have seen your shadow, as if I have returned to the bank of the Dongqiao River, only in this way can I find true happiness." β
The past is vaguely difficult to dream, Wuzhou is sad a few times, the love has passed away, and the tears are hanging down when the dream returns to the riverside.
"Jiang Ming, it's really hard for you for so many years, I don't deserve your hard work, even if Joey is gone, you should have a new life, you can't always live in the past. β
"Since I met you on the banks of the Dongqiao River, I can no longer hold a second person in my heart. Peng Jiangming held Zhang Xiaoyue's hand again and said: "I think you should guess that the main reason why Joey left me so resolutely is that she knows that I have always had you in my heart, she has always been arrogant, and she must not be able to swallow this breath, and later what happened to my father made her feel even more ashamed, so she made up her mind to part with me." β
"Did she see the poem you wrote for me?"
"Yes, and the manuscript of the Riverside Poems, she has seen it all, and all this is the knot in her heart, and it is destined that my marriage will not be happy. Looking at the vast night sky, Peng Jiangming let out a long breath.