Chapter 37: Hidden Dangers
Now Zhou Zhen is an ordinary middle-class American, with a beautiful wife and a stable life.
He has very normal hobbies, shooting, sports, which are the hobbies of the vast majority of Americans.
They meet up with friends again a week, go around the city once a month, and travel abroad twice a year.
Because of investing in Cisco stock, they are financially better off than the vast majority of people, which makes their lives stress-free.
Except for the children, it is their biggest regret.
However, they are only thirty years old, and they are not too disappointed to have no children at this age.
Zhou Zhen is also a high-profile prosecutor in the small town of Tallahassee, and is expected to become the town's youngest prosecutor general.
In the eyes of all, they are an enviable couple.
In order to cope with the temptation of Satan, Zhou Zhen has not had any bad habits for more than two years, and even when he sees beautiful women, he will withdraw his gaze.
This is simply unimaginable for Zhou Zhen, who is only 22 years old.
However, it is inconceivable that he was born in '95 and now lives in Florida in '99 at the age of 30.
He kept telling himself that this was a task, not a reality.
Everything is played.
This is his belief, and if he can't hold on to it, he'll go crazy.
After spending two leisurely days at the beach with Marianne on the weekend, Zhou Zhen first dealt with the case of four young men who had burglarized.
Zhou Zhen is a party and has no intention of pursuing it, although he is a party, he should not directly follow up on this case.
But in this case, because the four offenders were minors, the Juvenile Protection Association, the State Attorney's Office, and the police department easily passed the decision not to prosecute.
Four young people were sentenced to community service directly by the correctional center and did not go to court.
Then, Zhou Zhen's energy was focused on Barbara's case.
America is a paradise for children, a paradise for the elderly, and a hell for the young.
The United States has done a very good job in the protection of children, and any case against children is basically dealt with quickly and strictly.
Even so, the investigation and evidence collection work is still proceeding very slowly.
After four more children confided in the police that they had been insulted by Gedy, the middle school math teacher finally got his arrest warrant.
At this time, he began to panic, and after paying a bail of $3,000, he was released on bail, and then began to actively contact lawyers.
Such a beast teacher, even a lawyer, is very contemptuous. But for the sake of money, there are still many people who are willing to serve as his defense lawyer.
The defense lawyer he hired was Smith, a lawyer at a local law firm in Tallahassee and an acquaintance of Mr. Zhou.
This made Zhou Zhen very puzzled, because there was no shadow of John Milton found in it.
This Satan has never appeared, what the hell is he doing?
Did he know that he already knew his identity?
Marianne sits in her café, in the innermost window position, which is a semi-independent space with comfortable seating and a quiet environment that makes it the most popular location in the café.
It's morning, though, and there aren't that many people yet.
Marianne has a few books on spatial design in front of her, which is also the direction she has chosen for herself to study.
The space design can not only enrich yourself, but also use it if you want to open a café again in the future.
More importantly, it helps her to make her home more perfect.
A figure walked over, saw that Marianne had already occupied this position, hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Marianne, as the owner of the café, would you mind giving me this position?" ”
Marianne looked up at Professor Lomax, who was still charming, and said with a smile, "Hello, Professor Lomax, there are no classes this morning?" ”
"Yes, most of the psychology classes are in the afternoon, which also allows me to have more time to read." Her eyes looked at the books on the table and asked with a smile, "Are you interested in interior design?" ”
"It's just a hobby, this knowledge is a little too profound for me, I don't have a foundation, and I don't know many words."
Professor Lomax sat down across from her and placed the two books he had brought with him on the table.
Marianne noticed that she was holding "Paradise Lost" on the table, and "Paradise Restored" in her hand, both by the legendary poet John Milton.
Marianne laughed, "I didn't know you still had a hobby of poetry. ”
Professor Lomax stared into Marianne's eyes, but did not speak. This gaze made Marianne a little uncomfortable. "What's wrong?"
Professor Lomax shook his head lightly and said, "Marianne, what you need to enhance is not only the knowledge of design, but also the experience and experience of life. ”
"Why do you say that?"
"Paradise Lost is poetry, but it must not be seen as poetry. Together with Homer's Homeric Epic and Dante's Divine Comedy, it is called the three great epic poems......"
The other party's attitude was still gentle, with a smile on his face, but Marianne's face felt a hot heat, and her heart was extremely ashamed.
This is simply a clear statement that she doesn't learn and has no skills.
In normal times, she would be embarrassed to say goodbye and leave, but at this time, she was in the period of wanting to enrich herself, so not only did she not leave, but said frankly: "Professor Lomax, it is because I know my own shortcomings that I want to enrich myself. ”
Professor Lomax looked at her and smiled kindly and said, "Marianne, please call me Alice in the future." ”
Marianne's café is located at the State University, but she has always been a bit out of place with the school.
Among the students, she was popular, but she could feel that she was not the same kind of person to them.
Even the students looked down on her as a graduate of a community school, with only a pretty face, and a woman who was lucky enough to marry a prosecutor, let alone the professors at the school.
For more than two years of setting up shop here, she has been excluded from this ivory tower.
Today, in the face of the acceptance of this highly respected professor, Marianne is calm on the surface, but her heart is boiling and she cannot calm down for a long time.
It took a while for her to come to her senses and laugh self-deprecatingly, "Lomax...... No, Alice, I'm so excited, I've always had an inferiority complex in the face of college students, especially you professors. ”
Professor Lomax shook his head and said, "No, you're not telling the truth......"
Marianne froze for a moment, and the smile on her face froze. But I heard Professor Lomax say again: "Life should be a different way, you have never seen yourself clearly."
In the face of us, in fact, you are not inferior, although you only have a secondary school education, you used to be just a small broker. But you're married to a wonderful husband who graduated from Penn......
Your husband is handsome, versatile, and excellent, and is adored by countless people in this small town. If he wants to run for parliament, I am afraid that he will also be able to win the support of countless people.
But it's clear that he's enjoying his life and doesn't want too many things to disturb you. He enjoys his life with you and is reluctant to make changes.
Your husband is better than most of us, so you are not inferior to us, but it is your husband who really makes you feel inferior.
There used to be just over $1,000 a month and you had to pay your own insurance and pension. But now, you can make $10,000 a month, which is much higher than the vast majority of people in the United States.
You may not have noticed it yourself, but you still have a faint sense of superiority in the face of us.
It is only in the presence of your husband that you feel inferior, and you know very well that everything is brought by him. ”
It was the first time Marianne had been analyzed so clearly, and she was a little surprised and said, "I didn't know I was being seen so clearly by you......"
Professor Lomax smiled: "Don't think that I have secretly studied you, in fact, this is just the result of knowing you before and adding the observation just now. Marianne, would you like to hear my advice? ”
Professor Lomax's explanation surprised Marianne a little, admired a little, and the initial embarrassment was much lighter. "Professor Lomax, I have always wanted to be taught by a wise elder......"
"Thirty years old is an important turning point in a woman's life.
In the past, you could attract men by beauty, but when your face gradually ages, only knowledge and the charm of years can make a woman more confident.
Your family seems to be stable, but it is already in crisis, because the gap between you and your husband has not been narrowed, and more importantly, there are no children between you. ”
This is indeed Marianne's heart disease, they have been together for six years, and they have been married for three years. Both are in good health, but have never been pregnant.
Marianne said with a wry smile: "I don't know why, I have never had contraception, but I have no children." ”
"It's because of the fear in your heart, the insecurity that has been bothering you, and this depression is the biggest obstacle to you wanting to get pregnant."
Coming from a single-parent family and losing your mother as an adult, you can only struggle in society alone.
If it weren't for having a beautiful face and meeting Mr. Romez, a woman with no education and no ability, it would have been almost impossible to rise to the upper echelons of society.
Your subconscious mind is full of insecurity, insecurity, and these affect the arrival of your children. ”
Marianne couldn't help but ask, "Then what should I do?" ”
Professor Lomax smiled demagoguously, "It's a good idea to flesh out your plan, but it's obviously a bit prescient to aim for interior design. Interior design can only be a hobby, and it will not help you solve the problems between you or solve the crisis of your marriage.
The first thing you have to do is to make yourself a confident woman......"