1. Prologue: Let's get divorced

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The clerk behind the counter was old, her eyebrows were very thick, and she was inverted, which made Xia Zhi feel a little inexplicably happy, but fortunately, the curve of her nose was still soft, and she had a pair of oval-shaped black-rimmed thin-rimmed glasses on it, which slightly diluted the funny on her face.

The clerk looked up at them, his gaze moving down with the posture in which they had been seated.

"Have you thought it through?" The clerk asked, her voice dry and emotionless.

"Think it through." The answer was the summer solstice, the man leaned back on the curved back of the chair, his right index finger clasped the philtrum, he didn't look at the summer solstice, and the summer solstice didn't look at him.

"Do you have children?"

"Nope."

"Is there any objection to the property?"

"Nope." When I bought the small two-bedroom apartment with decoration, I wrote the name of the summer solstice, and the down payment and monthly payment they gave together were said to be left for the summer solstice.

"Is the agreement ready?"

"Ready."

"Agreement, ID card, household registration booklet, marriage certificate, and two one-inch photos." The clerk read it familiarly, like reading a supermarket shopping list.

Xia Zhi threw the backpack into his arms from behind him, unzipped it, took out an A4-sized document bag inside, and arranged the materials neatly on the smooth counter with black marble surface according to the clerk's request.

After the summer solstice was completed, he took the corner of his eye and crossed the man.

He didn't speak, watching Xia Solstice's performance with the clerk as if he didn't care about himself, until he came into contact with Xia Solstice's sight, he moved like clockwork, and took out the household registration book and wallet from the inner pocket of his suit jacket.

He casually threw the household registration book on the counter, opened his wallet, and pulled out his ID card and photo inside.

The clerk raised her eyes to look at the man through the top of the frame, and for some reason, Xia Zhi felt that there was a little disdain in that look, and this illusion made her feel a little happy. The clerk took the documents and gave them a form.

Xia Zhi glanced at the bold black Songti characters with the title: Declaration of Application for Divorce Registration.

Oh, and she still has to fill out the "Declaration", she thinks that it will be enough to have a "Divorce Agreement". Instead of using the pen on the counter attached to the plastic base with rolled cord, which usually doesn't go well, she pulled out her zebra rollerball.

Xia Zhi quickly filled in his own content, signed his name in the "declarant" column, and then pushed the table to the right to the man.

The man just used the pen on the counter, and sure enough, after writing a few words, he saw him scratching back and forth on the two pieces of waste paper next to him.

Deserve. Xia Zhi thought, his lower lip pushed up slightly, almost imperceptibly expressing pleasure. She wouldn't lend him her pen.

The man finally gave up, reached over to her, grabbed the pen she didn't use, straightened the glue line and dragged it in front of him.

The man handed the completed form to the clerk, who took out the freshly typed "Examination and Processing Form" from the printer beside him.

"Signed, handprinted." The clerk pointed to the two boxes below the form and said to them.

She didn't know when she grabbed a box of square red stamp pads in her hand, and put it between them with a "click", and when she moved her hand away, she had already lifted the lid. Xia Zhi thought that her action was very chic.

Signed, stamped with a handprint. Signed, stamped with a handprint. Signed, stamped with a handprint. Signed, stamped with a handprint.

Xia Zhi counted his four names, and the next thing was to wait. She hoped that this time would not be too long, she turned her head to look at the man and woman next to her, they had a bitter face and hatred, which made Xia Zhi suddenly want to laugh.

But she couldn't help it, what's so funny, in the eyes of others, aren't they like that?

She deliberately didn't look at the man, and she was very uncomfortable when she heard the squeak of the chair and his cough when he changed his sitting position.

Fortunately, the clerk soon returned and returned their respective documents to them.

The agreement was retained by one person, the marriage certificate became a divorce certificate, and on the household registration book, the red seal of "married" was crossed, the word "divorced" was re-stamped, and the date was signed.

"That's it." The clerk concluded with a professional remark that her service had come to an end.

They went downstairs one after the other, the divorce registration was on the second floor, the marriage registration was on the first floor, and passers-by could see the happy smiles on the faces of the couple lined up through the open door.

They passed through the pleasures of others and came to the great road.

"Summer solstice, I'll send you back."

Xia Zhi heard the man's scream coming behind her, she deliberately ignored him and walked forward on her own. She thought he was dumb today, but it turned out that he could still speak.

There was a bus stop right outside the marriage registry, but the summer solstice didn't stop and continued to walk. She kept walking until she had crossed two intersections, turned a corner, and walked far enough until she felt safe—he probably couldn't see her......

As soon as this thought came to her, she immediately scolded herself, of course he couldn't see her, he must have been unable to see her for a long time, and after he didn't get a response from her, he definitely turned around and walked to the parking lot immediately.

Did she still think that he would stand there stupidly and look at her back in a daze?

They divorced, and she had nothing to do with him anymore.

Xia Zhi's heart lightened, she opened her left hand and mouth, her thumb and the other four fingers each pressed against the corner of her mouth, and pressed it up.

She stopped in front of the window of a clothing store on the side of the road, looked at the window glass and reflected her own smiling expression, and didn't know what to do for a while.

She wanted to make herself happy, obviously this was the divorce she had filed, and she finally got her wish, why did she feel so empty in her heart?

"Beauty, do you want to come in and try it?" The clerk at the clothing store pushed the door open and half-leaned out to look at her.

She was like a primary school student who cheated on an exam and was caught by the invigilator on the spot, shook her head in a panic, lowered her chin and hurriedly ran away.

She didn't want to stop. The sourness in her nose rushed from her nasal cavity to the Heavenly Spirit Cover, and she had to rely on the expansion of her lungs to suck in more air and push the sourness down.

She ran past a mother and son who were arguing, the child was about ten years old, and he complained loudly that his mother had caused him to be criticized by the teacher;

She ran past a helmet-wearing delivery man straddling an electric car, his face a mixture of anxiety and exhaustion;

She ran past a stall of pancakes and fruits that smelled of green onions, and the vendor spread the dough with a shovel while sweeping the street with his afterglow to prevent the appearance of the chengguan......

Everyone is living like this, but they are all trying to hold on to life. The midday sun shines brightly, shining on everyone, and also on the summer solstice. However, she was still cold, and obviously she was also working hard, as hard as everyone else.

She is really serious, she has been the kind of child who is very honest and responsible since she was a child, she never takes shortcuts, never lies, never lazy, she doesn't want much, she just wants a long stream.

She is so humble that she feels distressed, but why is she still unhappy?

She slowly stopped, her feet numb from running, her chest heaving sharply, and she almost lost her breath.

She leaned her back against the trunk of a mango tree by the side of the road. In southern cities like Nanzhou, mango trees are the most common greening tree.

She inhales with her nose and mouth, ignoring the indifferent or curious or concerned eyes of passers-by.

Looking up at the high-rise buildings sandwiched by the road on both sides, each grid represents a person's unremitting struggle in the past, and they are just one of the duckweed that decorates the prosperity of the city.

The same goes for the summer solstice. It took her ten years to take root in Nanzhou, which is known for its prosperity. She used to think that if she had one of the cells in those tall buildings, she would have a home, but she still couldn't.

She still lacked a pair of hands to hold her.

Two years of marriage, a piece of paper. Ten years have passed, and I am alone.

Her best years began to have a different color from the hot summer of 2006......

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