16. It's hard to choose

Putting down the phone, Shanshan let out a long sigh.

It's an ironclad fact, Maddie has a home in the Northeast, his wife is called, and they have been married for 7 years. They don't have children.

Shanshan knows: it's time for a showdown with Maddie.

The question is how to go to the showdown?

Shanshan and the old lady calculated the phone bill and left the phone booth.

Shanshan didn't go home right away, she went to church.

This is where Shanshan and Maddie got married.

When it is not a service, there is no one in the church, and the empty row of chairs shows the loneliness of the icon hanging on the cross in front of it. Shanshan was not religious, but she felt that the church was a sacred place by virtue of her good nature, so she arranged the place where she married Maddie in the church, just to make Maddie feel the sacredness of marriage, let him feel the constraints of this sacredness on him, and thus be responsible for her and their home.

However, Shanshan didn't expect that at that time, he had already taken the holy marriage as a child's play. He lied before God, he already had a marriage and a family, but he got married and had a family, and he would be punished by God.

Shanshan came to a seat in the front row and sat down, her hands clasped in front of her chest, her eyes closed, if someone came in at this time, she must think that it was a devout believer in repentance. Shanshan had to think hard about that sacred conundrum in this sacred place—what should she do after she finally discovers Maddie's scam?

- She can deal with this problem directly, talk to Maddie frankly, show the evidence she has, Maddie has to admit it, and then slap him in the mouth, let out this bad breath, make a big fuss with him, and then divorce and part ways......

No, no!

Shanshan thought: It's not appropriate to do this, the mistakes made by Maddie should be made up and redeemed by himself, why do I want to divorce, he and I are also legally husband and wife, and divorce is actually a punishment for me, because after the divorce I will have nothing. Why don't you let that woman in the Northeast get a divorce and give me Maddie so that I can continue to live my old life? Shanshan still loves Maddie, she is convinced that Maddie also loves her, and Shanshan thinks very traditionally in her heart: Man, how can there be no mistakes? It doesn't matter if he makes a mistake, as long as he changes it, the prodigal son won't change his money!

- She can go to the court to sue him for bigamy, go to the sue with the woman in the northeast, throw this blasphemous guy into prison, let him squat in it for three years and two years, and let him end up with no money and no money.

No, no......

Shanshan thought: This is not appropriate, it is certainly a punishment for him to get Maddie in, but I will stand in the courtroom with him, and the woman in the Northeast, this bizarre triangle bigamy case will inevitably attract the attention of the press, and the reporter will publish the photos of me and him and her and the scandal of the three of us in the newspapers and put it in the TV footage, and my reputation will also be damaged.

- Then there is only one way to endure it, to continue to let him deceive himself like this, and to continue to deceive, and to continue to let both families exist in the midst of double deception? No, no...... This can't be done in any case, even if Shanshan is traditional, after all, it is a modern woman, which modern woman can tolerate her husband's three wives and four concubines?

The church was filled with the sound of people moving, and when she opened her eyes, she saw an old priest coming to the icon, trembling and lighting the candle in front of the icon. The row of candles was lit, and the candlelight flickered, and it was in a trance. Shanshan doesn't understand, what candles are lit on a bright day in the church? Is it to prove the existence of gods?

The old priest left after lighting the candles.

Shanshan closed her eyes and continued to think:

To solve the problem, we must first understand the premise of solving the problem.

So, what is the premise of solving the problem?

The premise is that I don't want to give up on Maddie.

So, what is the essence of the problem?

The essence of the problem is that a man has two women at the same time, which is not legal, unconscionable and unreasonable.

But wouldn't it be legitimate and reasonable to subtract a woman from these two women to become a man and a woman?

It's as simple as a "3-1-2-2" arithmetic problem for elementary school students.

But who is this "L" minus?

Is it Shanshan?

Still is?

If you're willing to give up on Maddie, then things are much simpler.

If you are also like Shanshan, you are not willing to give up?

Then, the decision to subtract the "L" is in Maddie's hands.

Maddie's decision to subtract the "L" depends on which woman is important to Maddie, or which woman Maddie has a good impression of.

It doesn't make sense that the person in the dock still has a choice. But there is no way, because there are two women in Maddie's life at the same time, and he has a choice; And there is only one man in the lives of Shanshan and these two women, which leaves them with no choice.

Things in the world are really incredible, and things that were originally reasonable have to be considered by Maddie's likes and dislikes now.

Then Shanshan thought:

So, how to gain Maddie's favor, make yourself overcome, and finally be chosen by Maddie?

It depends on what the man likes most in this situation. What do you hate the most?

I like silence the most.

I hate being noisy the most.

Silence makes a man feel the merits of a woman, and is pleasantly surprised to find that there is a rare magnanimity in this person.

Noisy will make the man feel the weakness of the woman, and regret that the woman has not yet taken off a common small belly chicken intestine.

In this way, it is better to be silent. Just pretending not to know what to do, just act as if nothing happened, and still live with Maddie single-mindedly on the surface. This is definitely not a kind of endeavour, because there are two forces in this artificial silence:

On the one hand, isn't the woman in the Northeast also suspicious of Maddie? Then find a way to give her enough evidence to confirm that Maddie still has a woman and a family in Shenzhen, once the woman is confirmed, she will not give up, she will make trouble with Maddie, and if she makes trouble, the man will be annoyed, and it will destroy Maddie's good impression of her before, and she will abandon her in the choice and divorce her. Shanshan had the upper hand. Shanshan will wait patiently in silence, waiting for the fortress to be breached from the inside of the "enemy".

On the other hand, Shanshan will be doubly considerate and gentle to Maddie in silence, making Maddie feel good about herself, making Maddie reluctant to abandon her, and finally live with her wholeheartedly.

Of course, Shanshan also has a weapon. It's the secret, just tell him the secret. She should have told him the secret last night, but she didn't.

She's going to tell Maddie the secret at a critical moment.

And now is the moment of truth. Shanshan thought about it. She went to the phone booth outside the church and called Maddie. She knew which company Maddie was talking to this morning.

"Maddie, middle-aged let's eat on the street, okay?" Shanshan let her voice still maintain the tenderness of the past.

"Why? The other company has middle-aged arrangements. Maddie said.

"I'm going to tell you something important?"

"What's important? Say no at night?"

"Nope."

"Then let's talk about it on the phone now."

"You can't talk about it on the phone, let's talk about it when we meet."

"So mysterious. Okay, I'm putting this side of the equation away.

"Where are we meeting in middle age?"

"You say, you want to eat Cantonese food? Or Sichuan cuisine?"

"I just want to eat noodles."

"Isn't that easy...... Where did you say?"

Shanshan ordered a noodle restaurant.

"Okay, see you in middle age."

At noon, they met at the noodle shop.

The noodle shop was a small, mom-and-pop shop, with two rows of narrow but long dining tables flanked by small square stools that sat on either side, and the facilities were rudimentary but clean. Shanshan and Maddie find a place to sit down, and Maddie takes the recipe. This noodle restaurant is all about noodles, and it is a combination of Chinese and Western. Chinese noodles include large meat noodles, seafood noodles, lo noodles, fried noodles, and dandan noodles...... Western noodles include California beef noodles, pasta, ......

Maddie said to Shanshan, "What kind of noodles do you want to eat?" Point it. ”

"Yangchun noodles."

"The cheapest noodles? Order a few more dishes. ”

Shanshan said; "No, I can't eat it, I hate greasy now." While waiting for the meeting, Maddie asked impatiently, "Shanshan, what secret, tell me quickly." ”

Shanshan smiled and said, "Guess." ”

"Did the company give you a raise?"

"That's not right." Shanshan shook her head.

"What medicine did you get from Hong Kong again?"

"Nonsense!"

"What's that? You wait...... You just said you hate greasy ......"

Maddie looked at Shanshan and suddenly understood.

"You...... Got it?"

He's so smart.

Shanshan blushed and told Maddie, "Yes, I'm pregnant...... It's been three months, and it's been left over from the last time you came to Shenzhen. ”

She was visibly stunned when she saw him. It is surprise, and there is joy, too. He and no children, he wants a child.