Chapter 3: Struggling in their own lives
"If you have a lot of money, what do you want to do the most?" This is Su Qing and Sun Lili's favorite question, at different times in their lives, they have fantasized about the answer to this question, sometimes they can think seriously for a long time, and even make a plan, and then they are excited, as if they really have some money. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 The reassuring thing is that as best friends, they always come up with almost the same answers: in middle school, they decided to travel the world together and then meet Prince Charming; in college, they fantasized about starting a business together and becoming successful, and they never had to worry about eating and drinking; after work, they think they should invest well, buy a house, buy a car, buy stocks, buy a fund, and let the big money give birth to a lot of small money; now, they are all married and have their own families, if they have a lot of money, what should they do? Miraculously, they have the same answer: divorce.
People get married for roughly the same reasons, while divorce has different reasons.
"To be honest, I really don't understand why you want a divorce!" Sun Lili wiped her tears with a tissue, still a little choked in her words, she had a long talk at Su Qing's house today, and she had just finished talking about her miserable experience in the past few days. Chong's attitude towards her mother-in-law that day, her husband Qin Dabao naturally defected without accident, and now the Qin family almost does not support her to give birth to a second child except for Linglong.
"Look at me, what's the difference between having a husband and not having a husband? Love my mother! Foolish and filial! Don't consider my feelings at all! If I fall into the water with my mother, don't ask who to save first, if there is a chance, he will definitely let his mother step on my head and climb ashore first!" She listed Qin Dabao in one breath.
"I'm hot, I'm not divorced yet, you divorce?!Don't think!" Su Qing's situation is indeed much better than her, in her eyes, Su Qing and her husband Zuo Anyuan are a perfect pair: Su Qing likes a steady and mature old man, Zuo Anyuan is eight years older than her; Su Qing has no heart and lungs, thick branches and leaves, Zuo Anyuan is careful and thoughtful, steady and down-to-earth; Su Qing likes to sit back and enjoy his success, Zuo Anyuan will take care of all the big and small affairs in the family, from investment and financial management to water, electricity and gas, Su Qing doesn't have to worry about anything. The worst thing is that Su Qing doesn't love children, and Zuo Anyuan is willing to be a dink with her.
"You just stepped on the ****, what kind of **** luck did you take to meet a man like Zuo Anyuan who is completely compatible with you, and you want to be rich and good-looking, and the key people are still good to you, what are you doing blindly?" Sun Lili was obviously very envious.
Su Qing sat lazily on the sofa, she sighed, raised her eyes and looked around her and Zuo Anyuan's home: typical American style, delicate but not luxurious, comfortable and not exaggerated, coffee and off-white tones, clean atmosphere, but also warm taste, everything is what she likes. She is very glad that she has found a life partner like Zuo Anyuan, just like Sun Lili said, what a couple they are, everything is like made in heaven, from the three views to the decoration taste is exactly the same. However, recently, Su Qing's obsessive-compulsive disorder often attacks, this kind of perfection always makes her feel uneasy, if her life is like a piece of beautiful jade, then there must be a flaw in a certain part of this jade, and the better this flaw is hidden and modified, when it is exposed, the more lethal it must be!
"There must be something that doesn't match, there must be something that I can't get along with him, and this place must be fatal. Su Qing said to himself.
What is the place? Su Qing felt that this flaw was like a pair of eyes hiding in the dark, it was always peeping at her life all the time, and one day, it would be unguarded, jumping out when she was the happiest, and scaring you to turn your back. Thinking of this, Su Qing lowered her head in pain, how many sleepless nights, she was tormented by this uneasiness, as if a prisoner who had been sentenced to beheading, just waiting for the moment when the butcher's knife fell.
"You're so worried! Obviously everything is so good, but you have to have nothing to do, what do you think. Sun Lili didn't understand what Su Qing was suffering, she was obviously so happy, ten thousand times better than herself!
It's a sunny afternoon, a few marshmallow-like white clouds in the blue sky, on the lawn of this five-star hotel, the fifth anniversary of the marriage of the female doctor Su Qing and the businessman Zuo Anyuan is being held, not many people come to the party, they are all close friends of the two, a total of twenty or thirty people, but the atmosphere is extremely warm, because the two did not hold a ceremony when they got married, legend has it that today's party has the meaning of making up the wedding, so everyone is looking forward to it, in the commotion of a group of people, Su Qing and Zuo Anyuan slowly stepped onto the stage。
"Everyone, please be quiet, today's guests are the relatives and friends of Mr. Zuo and Miss Su, today is also the fifth anniversary of their marriage, to be exact, this is the day they registered their marriage, today, Mr. Zuo carefully planned this party, not only to celebrate, but also to make up for the regret that the wedding was not held that year, we ask Mr. Zuo to say a few words for us, do you think about it?" After speaking, the master of ceremonies handed the microphone to Zuo Anyuan.
The audience applauded thunderously, and then immediately quieted down, everyone wanted to hear what this successful and low-key businessman would say today?
Zuo Anyuan took the microphone with one hand, and still held Su Qing's hand tightly with the other. "You are all our dear relatives and friends, and you should know how we met. That's right, Su Qing and I got acquainted in the hospital, she is a doctor, and I am a patient. This thing is not glorious to say, I was overworked and caused myocarditis, my life was hanging by a thread, it was Su Qing who pulled me back from the line of death, I had a serious illness and found a lover, I am very grateful to God! Today is the fifth year of our marriage, the reason why I held this party is to let all relatives and friends be a witness, I want to make a future appointment with Su Qing. Zuo Anyuan knelt down on one knee as he spoke, only to see him take out a ring from his arms and say, "Su Qing, you are my best life partner and soul mate." When you married me, you didn't want a ring or a ceremony, I always felt too wronged by you, today I want to make up for what I owe you in the past, and then make a wish for the future!"
Su Qing has been dizzy, today Zuo Anyuan just said to hold a party, invite good friends to have a dinner together to celebrate, but all kinds of signs in front of her show that this is no less than a small wedding! Her face was flushed with happiness, her heart was pounding, this unexpected joy caught her a little off guard and excited, she pursed her lips to prevent herself from crying, and then nodded hard.
Zuo Anyuan continued: "First covenant, I gave my life to you five years ago, and my life will still be yours five years later, I swear, I, Zuo Anyuan, will always only love you Su Qing alone, I hope that we will never abandon this life, and grow old together." "Wow, the love is sincere, you and I are nong. Su Qing nodded.
"The second covenant, you used to be busy and I was busy, although we are husband and wife, we don't always have much time together, in the future, I am willing to change for you, at least one meal a day, at least once a year to go on vacation, I want to spend more time with you, I am willing to accompany you, do everything you love to do. Because you are more important to me than any job. The audience applauded, and Su Qing continued to nod.
"The third covenant, Su Qing, we will all grow old, one day when we are going to leave this world, will anyone still remember that we loved each other so much? In the past few years, I suddenly wanted to have a child, you and my child, the girl is like you, the boy is like me, they are the continuation of our lives, the proof of our love. They will be happy because of our love, and our love will be perfect because of them!"
This time Su Qing didn't nod, her heart seemed to be suddenly pinched by something, her expression froze on the last smile just now, that smile gradually stiffened as if it was frozen, and finally crackled like an ice cube. At this moment, the spectators in the audience stood up one after another, some of them were applauding Zuo Anyuan's wonderful confession, some were shouting "Promise him, promise him!" and the emotional lady had already taken out a tissue from her bag at this moment and gently wiped the corners of her eyes.
Zuo Anyuan was waiting for Su Qing's final nod, according to his preset procedure, his confession had ended at this moment, Su Qing would take the ring in his hand with tears in his eyes, and then the two hugged each other tightly, and in the band accompaniment, the whole party would usher in its climax.
But now, Su Qing was like a statue in front of him, and there was no expression on his stiff face. Her soul seemed to have flown away from her body. Zuo Anyuan's hand holding the ring was still held high, but it had begun to tremble slightly, neither up nor down, and the excess really wanted to be taken off and thrown away. A fine layer of sweat oozed from his forehead, and the woman did not respond to him, which made him very embarrassed, and the audience seemed to begin to sense that something was wrong, and the cheers and applause began to fade down.
"It's so touching, Miss Su is already speechless with excitement, Mr. Zuo, please bring a ring for Miss Su!" Seeing this, the master of ceremonies immediately came out to the rescue. Zuo Anyuan seemed to hear the spell to dissolve the magic, he immediately lowered his arms, moved his legs, which were already a little numb, slowly stood up, put the ring on Su Qing's finger, who was not possessed by his soul, and then pulled her into his arms. He nodded at the emcee with great gratitude, thinking, this gold medal emcee is worth it!
The emotions in the audience were ignited again, and everyone began to scream and applaud with the sound of music, and at this moment, only Sun Lili knew that something had happened to Su Qing.
After a while, the joyful crowd gradually dispersed and began to enjoy the delicious food provided by the host, Zuo Anyuan also pulled Su Qing to the corner, he asked with concern: "Su Qing, what's wrong with you?"
Su Qing raised her eyes to look at Zuo Anyuan, tears flashed in her eyes, and she asked after a while: "You said you want to have a child?" When we got married, we reached a consensus, and you are willing to dink with me. ”
"Five years ago, we were both young and so busy, I did think Dink was fine, but Su Qing, people will change, I'm forty, and I suddenly want to have a child of my own. I ......" Zuo Anyuan was a little choked.
Will people change? No, she Su Qing has never changed her original intention, "not to have children" - this is the agreement between the two of them before marriage, Su Qing has repeatedly confirmed with Zuo Anyuan, Zuo Anyuan swore that back then, he repeatedly emphasized that he was willing to dink, did not want to be burdened by children, he enjoyed the two-person world with Su Qing, and did not want to be disturbed by children. But today, why can he say that he will change? Why can he make this decision public, so that she is in a dilemma in public? She closed her eyes in annoyance, and suddenly, a thought crossed her mind.
"You love children, don't you? You actually love children from the bottom of your heart, and you want children, right?" When he met on the street, as long as there was a child, he would be happy and patient, and the smile on his face was so thorough and pure, everyone could see that he loved the child deeply, only Su Qing had always thought that it was a kind of polite perfunctory, it was her, and she was the only one who was blinded by the original agreement, and she couldn't even see the obvious truth! The deep uneasiness in Su Qing's heart that had been in her heart for a long time began to drill out quickly like a spring bud.
Is it that she can't see it or does she not want to see it? In fact, Su Qing already had the answer.
"Su Qing, it's not that I deliberately deceived you, you insisted on not having children after marriage, if I don't agree, I can't be with you, but I love you too much, I can't lose you! I know that many young girls will have this idea, I think time and love can change everything! I just want to give you time, let you feel my love and sincerity, I believe that one day you are willing to become a mother." Zuo Anyuan couldn't wait to explain to Su Qing.
Su Qing only felt that his head was swollen, and there seemed to be a hundred flies buzzing around his ears. "I want to be quiet, let me be quiet. She shook her head painfully and said weakly as she broke free from Zuo Anyuan's hand and turned to leave.
The party goes on, and almost no one notices that the protagonists of this party are going through one of the worst trials and disagreements in their emotional lives. Only Sun Lili silently followed Su Qing away, and she knew that her good friend might really need her very much at the moment.
Su Qing left the scene of the party, her makeup was on, black tears left embarrassing marks on her face, she trotted all the way, as if a deserter was eager to escape from a nightmare. Sun Lili was afraid of alarming the other guests, so she didn't dare to call her loudly, but just quickened her pace and silently followed behind her. The staggering back in front of her made her feel a kind of despair and loneliness that she had never felt, the owner of this back was Su Qing, who once made her envious and jealous, when she was struggling in her seemingly boring and ruthless marriage, she always couldn't help but envy Su Qing's life, this wish came true, everything went well, she had Sun Lili's unattainable, as if she had opened a life, and what she saw today turned out to be Su Qing's pitiful appearance struggling in her life but no way out, a kind of surprise and surprise came to her, and at the same time, Sun Lili actually found an unprecedented sense of balance, "It turns out that we are all struggling in our respective lives." Sun Lili suddenly realized that she was silently reciting in her heart.
The sky began to gradually darken, the clouds in the east became gloomy and dark because they were far away from the sun, and in the west, there was a sunset as strong and blazing as fire, golden and colorful, this was a picture of the sunset that was unusually beautiful in the eyes of others, but Sun Lili felt a desolate and helpless taste like the end of the world at this moment.