Chapter 53: The Cold War
Zhou Xiaolan did not go home with Yuan Man this time. The matter has come to this point, what kind of home to go back to? Will you go back to suffer domestic violence? Zhou Xiaolan is not a masochist, and she will divorce her marriage no matter what.
Qin Guizhi left her daughter to live at home for a few days, but Zhou Xiaolan was unwilling. She really couldn't see her father's gloomy face, and she couldn't hear her mother's sighs repeatedly.
"Then where are you going to live?" Qin Guizhi said worriedly, "Are you going back to your home? If you can't go back, we won't let you go back." You're going to be beaten again when you go back. Let's live at home. ”
No matter how much she makes mistakes, the mother is always the most concerned about her daughter.
But Zhou Xiaolan shook her head, "Mom, I'm embarrassed for you." I don't have the face to live at home. ”
"What are you talking about?!" Qin Guizhi said, "Where do you live if you don't live here?" Do you really want to live with that old thing?" As soon as he talked about Zhu Chaoyang's old thing, Qin Guizhi was angry, "Don't wrap yourself with him anymore, good daughter!"
"Mom, don't worry. I don't live here, but I won't live with him. Zhou Xiaolan said.
"Then where are you going to stay?" asked Qin Guizhi.
"Mom, don't worry! Your daughter will have a way to stay in the bridge cave. Zhou Xiaolan said, with a reluctant smile on her face.
Lin Shanshan knew that Zhou Xiaolan and her family were getting a divorce, so she scolded Zhou Xiaolan first, and then provided Zhou Xiaolan with a place to live.
"Lanzi, I'm talking about you!" Lin Shanshan said, "What kind of divorce is it, it's not good for you." ”
"Now, what if you don't get a divorce?" Ms. Zhou said.
"Alas, I told you not to be real with that old Zhu, but you just didn't listen and fell into it. Lin Shanshan sighed and said, "If you can, you won't leave." The breakdown of the family really has a big impact on her child. ”
"I still don't want to leave. Zhou Xiaolan said faintly, "But he won't forgive me." ”
"That's true. Lin Shanshan said, "The most unbearable thing for a man is to be cuckolded." ”
"Forget it, I don't want to do that. Zhou Xiaolan said, "Let's take a step at a time." ”
"You can stay here first. Lin Shanshan said, "When it comes to work, you can rest first." ”
When Zhou Xiaolan lived outside, Qin Guizhi called every day to ask where she was. Zhou Xiaolan said at a friend's house. Qin Guizhi asked vigilantly if it was at Lao Zhu's house. Zhou Xiaolan hurriedly reassured her mother that she would not have anything to do with Lao Zhu again.
Since the fight with Yuan Man, Lao Zhu has completely lost contact with Zhou Xiaolan. Without any news from Zhou Xiaolan, Lao Zhu's heart was like a cat scratching, people were going crazy, and people were a lot haggard.
Zhou Xiaolan and Yuan Man have been separated for a while, and there is no sign of reconciliation. This made Yuan Man annoyed, how early he got up every day to clean up his son and send him to school. I have to find time to pick it up in the afternoon. This greatly shortens the sleep time, which is extremely detrimental to his condition and body. Qin Guizhi suggested that she should take Zhouzhou, but Yuan Man was very tough and didn't let her bring her son. I wanted to call my mother to help, but my sister-in-law wouldn't let me go, so Yuan Man had to bring it himself. Although she regretted letting Zhou Xiaolan come back, the knots in her heart really couldn't be eliminated, so she had to drag it out day by day.
"Man baby, for your sake, call your buddy back. Brother Peng said, "Don't delay for a long time." It's hard to solve the problem if it drags on for a long time. ”
"Paralyzed! She steals people and cuckolds Lao Tzu. Yuan Man said indignantly, "How can you call it back." In fact, he still wanted Zhou Xiaolan to come back in his heart, but for the sake of a man's face, he didn't want to show it in front of Brother Peng.
"Or go vent tonight. Brother Peng said, "Just shoot it." ”
A shot? Nima did not control the lower half of his body in Chongqing and fired a shot, which caused today's situation.
However, now that Zhou Xiaolan is not around, she can indulge it. But what if it does, and isn't it getting worse?
"Brother Peng, forget it, your body doesn't allow it. Yuan Man found a very good reason to refuse.
"A few handfuls. Brother Peng said, "It's just a little older, and the body is not good." ”
"Can you go out and get a pedicure?" asked.
"Go back and say hello. Yuan Man said helplessly.
"Give your son to your mother-in-law. Brother Peng said, "You are a man who is not easy to lead." ”
And that is. It is not safe to take the child back from kindergarten, put it in a restaurant, and put it at home. A few times, Yuan Man came home from work and saw that his sons were asleep, with tears on his face. Shake my son awake, my son's sleep was interrupted, and he cried endlessly. made Yuan Man very angry and helpless.
"However, I was adamant not to let her touch the child. Yuan Man said, "Now let me say good things to her?"
"Then what else can I do?" asked Brother Peng.
Yuan Man really couldn't think of a way.
But she cries like this every day, Yuan Man really can't bear it, so she can only call Zhou Xiaolan.
"Hey, what the hell do you care?" asked Yuan Man, angrily.
What Zhou Xiaolan wanted was not that Yuan Man borrowed her son to question her and oppress her. What she wants is for Yuan Man to tell her to go back, even if she is angry and asks her to go back. But Yuan Man didn't have anything else to say except for this menacing sentence. This made Zhou Xiaolan very disappointed.
"Aren't you able to manage your son well?" Zhou Xiaolan mocked angrily.
"What are you talking about?" Yuan Man's tone was quite unfriendly, "If it weren't for my son asking for my mother every day, Lao Tzu wouldn't have called you." ”
As soon as she heard that her son missed his mother every day, Zhou Xiaolan's heart softened suddenly.
"Okay, okay. Zhou Xiaolan said, "I know." ”
"Then you can pick up your son later. Yuan Man's tone also softened.
"I can't pick it up. Zhou Xiaolan said, "I called my mother to pick it up." ”
"You're not coming to pick it up?" Yuan Man had some questions, and was a little angry, "Paralyzed, are you with that old miscellaneous hair again?!"
"It's your business!" Zhou Xiaolan replied unceremoniously, "You don't care who I'm with." ”
"You are paralyzed!" Yuan Man roared angrily, "Lao Tzu hasn't divorced you yet, don't go too far!"
Do you mean divorce or no divorce?
After a while, Qin Guizhi came to Yuan Man's house.
Zhou Zhou was crying in the house.
"Oh, my good grandson. Qin Guizhi was very distressed, "Why are you alone at home?"
Seeing his grandmother coming, Zhouzhou choked for a while before stopping.
"Good grandson, have you eaten?" Qin Guizhi asked.
Zhou Zhou shook his head, "Grandma, I'm dying of hunger." ”
"Oh, oh," Qin Guizhi coaxed, "Grandma will make you something to eat right away." What are you going to eat?"
"KFC. Zhou Zhou said, "I want to eat KFC." ”
"How can there be KFC at this time?" Qin Guizhi said, "It's all closed." Tomorrow Grandma will take you to eat. ”
Zhou Zhou was still clamoring to eat.
"What time are you?" Qin Guizhi pointed to the time and said, "It's almost 10 o'clock, why hasn't your father come back yet?"
Qin Guizhi called Yuan Man and asked him why he hadn't gone home yet.
"Yuan Man, why haven't you gone home yet?" Qin Guizhi asked with some concern.
"Ah, Mom. Yuan Man said, "When I was about to get off work, a table of customers came. The other chefs left, and I made a table of dishes. Where are you?"
"At your house. Qin Guizhi said.
"Did you forget your key?" asked Yuan Man, "I'll be back soon." ”
"Nope. Qin Guizhi said, "I didn't forget to bring the key, I entered the house and was with Zhouzhou." Zhouzhou wants to eat KFC, when you come back, see if KFC is closed. ”
"Okay. ”
"Ride slowly. Qin Guizhi instructed.
"Got it, thank you, Mom. ”
When Yuan Man returned home, he thanked Qin Guizhi again.
"It's all a family, thank you?" Qin Guizhi said, "I'll pick you up tomorrow." ”
This time, Yuan Man never rejected Qin Guizhi again. He instructed Zhouzhou, "Listen to grandma, don't make grandparents angry." ”
"Look at you. Qin Guizhi turned on the nagging mode, "No woman cleaned up, like a dog kennel." I'll clean it up for you tomorrow. ”
Although Yuan Man said that he was embarrassed, his heart was still warm, and he thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Qin Guizhi took Zhouzhou away, and Yuan Man was a little stunned. Why did you get into the way she is today? Could it be that she usually cares too little about Zhou Xiaolan and makes her feel empty? Or is it that she can no longer satisfy her physically? Or are there too many trivial things in life that have consumed the love between the two?
In fact, what Yuan Man didn't expect was that the two had different interests in life and dreams. This is the root cause of the rift between them.
For example, Zhou Xiaolan likes to sing, and Yuan Man likes to be quiet. Zhou Xiaolan has quite a dream of being a singer, although it is a little unrealistic, but she always laughs at her dreams, which also makes her very sad. After living in marriage for a long time, I have no appreciation for each other, and I can't see the advantages of each other at all, and all I see are the shortcomings.
It can be said that the failure of their marriage is due to time and their different attitudes towards life.
And Zhu Chaoyang can understand and support Zhou Xiaolan's dream of singing to the greatest extent. And Zhu Chaoyang treats feelings more delicately, although he is nearly fifty years old, but in love, he is so young. Zhou Xiaolan appeared, Yuan Man slowly showed impatience, and Zhu Chaoyang was very excited. Women need the appreciation and perfection of men, not blows and accusations.
Yuan Man couldn't understand why their marriage had changed like this, because he didn't realize it at all. But Zhou Xiaolan is thinking about these problems every day, constantly comparing and weighing in her heart.
Yuan Man is loyal and very good to his parents, and treats his own father and mother as well. The main thing is that he is the father of his own son. However, Yuan Man has been very vulgar recently, and he has spoken with a handle in every sentence. I used to like to use foul language, but it may have been influenced by the band's environment. Since she was with Zhu Chaoyang, she rarely said foul words and talked with words. In the face of vulgarity and elegance, Zhou Xiaolan still yearns for elegance. But Zhu Chaoyang is too old, so he is not suitable and embarrassed. In addition, Zhu Chaoyang's dedication and devotion to love, and his gentleness and thoughtfulness to Zhou Xiaolan made Zhou Xiaolan undecided.
With comparison, it proves that the mind is unsettled. In the depths of Zhou Xiaolan's heart, her balance seems to be more inclined to Zhu Chaoyang. She even thought that if Zhu Chaoyang could accept her son, she would also consider getting together with Zhu Chaoyang, and at that time, she would no longer care about the strange eyes and gossip of others.
But her idea was strongly opposed by Lin Shanshan. There are still two reasons for opposition: the problem of Yan'er and the problem of Zhu Chaoyang's age.
"Is age really that important?" asked Zhou Xiaolan.
"There's a lot of age difference, Grandma. Lin Shanshan said, "It's about the same age as your father." How do you make your parents accept it?"
"Isn't that who is more than 50 years older than that?" Zhou Xiaolan gave an example to prove the correctness of her love.
"Grandma, that's not an ordinary person. Lin Shanshan said, "We are ordinary people, the grassroots class, and we can't stand those gossips." ”
"What does it matter to other people when I live my life?" asked Zhou Xiaolan.
"Don't oversimplify things. Lin Shanshan said, "There is always a big gap between ideals and reality. Don't think about those unrealistic, hurry back and apologize to Yuan Man, save it, it's not interesting to make trouble. ”
Just as Zhou Xiaolan and Yuan Man were persuaded by Lin Shanshan and Qin Guizhi respectively, they had the meaning of relaxation. But one day Zhou Xiaolan met Zhu Chaoyang on the street, and everything changed again.
Zhu Chaoyang's face was withered, his eye sockets were deep, and his beard was unkempt, so he lost the elegance and wisdom of the day. Dressed in dirty, ill-fitting clothes, he sat by the flower bed of the square, staring blankly at the people coming and going in the square, motionless, as if his body and mind had stagnated together. Others don't know and won't care about this frustrated middle-aged man, but Zhou Xiaolan is really distressed when she sees it. Isn't it all caused by their bad fate?
Zhou Xiaolan looked at him with concern not far away. Maybe there was really telepathy, and Zhu Chaoyang, who had been stunned for a long time, actually turned his gaze to Zhou Xiaolan.
Seeing Zhou Xiaolan, Zhu Chaoyang didn't immediately shout excitedly. He burst into tears, his mouth kept moving, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. After a long time, he said with a crying voice, "Where have you been all these days?"
Zhou Xiaolan walked over, hugged his head, and also sobbed in a low voice, "I'm at my friend's house." ”
"Then why don't you ignore me? Why don't you answer my phone? Why don't you reply to my WeChat?" A series of questions made Zhou Xiaolan not know which one to answer first.
"How did you become like this?" Zhou Xiaolan asked distressedly.
"As I said, the day you leave will be my destruction. Zhu Chaoyang said, "I've been looking for you for a whole week." I said to myself, if I can't find it today, I will jump into the Yangtze River and disappear from your life forever. ”
"Why are you so stupid?" Zhou Xiaolan cried, "How can you not want your own life for a woman?"
"Without you, I have no hope, no reason to live. I can't think of anything meaningful other than death. Zhu Chaoyang cried and said.
Seeing this pair of men and women with such a huge age difference, hugging each other and crying bitterly. After passing by, everyone cast strange eyes, but still no one watched.
Yuan Man can also open his mouth to scold, proving that his heart is still very strong. But Zhu Chaoyang is different, he suffered a blow both mentally and physically for the sake of love, which is distressing. Zhou Xiaolan thought about it again and again, but decided to ease Zhu Chaoyang's excited emotions first. If she really dies because of her, she will not be at peace for the rest of her life.