There was a moment of silence in the Circuit Court's office. The clerk Xiao Wang and the bride Ling Yuan finished the interrogation transcript, and Dongfang Siyi crossed his hands in front of his forehead, thinking about how to deal with this somewhat strange divorce dispute.

Ling Yuan stared blankly out of the window, she felt like she was lying on the grass with a gentle sun, but suddenly encountered a violent storm that split her head and covered her face for no reason, and the beautiful life that was about to start was turned into a bubble in the sudden wind and rain, and she was devastated, leaving only a mess all over the ground.

She was puzzled, and then couldn't help but tell Dongfang Siyi about some trivial things before and after her marriage with Du Shaoyou, wanting to find the answer from it. However, the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't understand it.

There was another noisy shouting and scolding outside the courtroom door, and Dongfang Siyi was about to go out to see what was going on, only to see another group of people pouring into the office. A burly middle-aged man scolded and shoved a young man with his hands tied by a rope and walked straight in, the young man's face was full of panic, and there was a strong smell of alcohol all over his body.

As soon as the middle-aged man entered the door, he saw Ling Yuan's father standing on the side, and hurriedly gave up his hands in a panic, and said with a guilty face: "Old Ling, I'm sorry for your brother, I never dreamed that this evil beast would be so cheap, it's really hurtful." I brought him here, you can do whatever you want, I won't say a word, my old Du family's face has also been lost by this evil animal. ”

If this incident happens in the countryside, according to the traditional rules of behaving and doing things that the common people often say, punish the person who has made a mistake, as long as there is no vicious intentional injury incident, as long as the act does not constitute a criminal offense, no one will take care of it, and no one will pursue anything. But this is in a courtroom with the national coat of arms hanging high, and Dongfang Siyi must not be indifferent to this kind of behavior, and he will not allow a person who has not been determined to have broken the law in a big way.

Dongfang Siyi looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Are you his father?" ”

The corner of the middle-aged man's mouth twitched and nodded, then shook his head again, and said with an angry face: "I don't dare to be his father, and he is not worthy of being my son." My old Du family has always behaved upright, I have been innocent all my life, how can I have such a shameful son? ”

Dongfang Siyi looked at the room full of people, and then said to the middle-aged man: "What I want to say is, whether he is your son or not, and whether he is worthy of being your son or not, now please loosen the rope on his body first." In any case, he is still a legal citizen, and whether you are his father or not, you can't just kidnap him like this. Your family law is not a place, this is a court! Here, everyone must abide by the laws of the country and cannot act in violation of the law. ”

The middle-aged man also came to his senses, realizing that this was not at the home of the forest farm, so he pushed the young man in front of him fiercely, and then he reluctantly loosened the rope tied to his hands and body, and looked at Dongfang Siyi helplessly and said, "You are the president, right?" I'll listen to you now, and I'll leave this brute to you. ”

Dongfang Siyi looked at the young man and asked, "You are Du Shaoyou?" ”

The young man nodded with a guilty face, and glanced at Ling Yuan, who was sitting on the side wiping tears, with indescribable embarrassment and uneasiness on his face. He opened his mouth, but he didn't say a word, and now he couldn't tell what had happened last night, even with his mouth full. He looked silently at the bride with an angry face, and then at the room with some uneasiness, and bowed his head in confusion.

Dongfang Siyi looked at the relatives and friends of both sides in the small office again, cleared his throat, raised his voice and said to everyone: "I understand everyone's emotions very well, this was originally a great happy event, but now there is a dispute that should not happen, and everyone does not want to see this scene in front of them." In order to deal with this case as quickly as possible, I would like to mediate between the two parties first. Considering that this case involves personal privacy and the office space of the circuit court is too small, I would like to ask you to leave the courtroom first, and I hope that you can give your understanding and support. ”

The middle-aged man glared at the young man in front of him fiercely: "If you are still a man, you must take responsibility for what you have done. You can do it yourself, Lao Tzu will treat you as if you are dead in the future, and you will be without your son. Take care of this matter, you can go back and pack your things, and then get out of the house for me, I will never admit that you are the son of my old Du family in the future!" ”

The middle-aged man lowered his head and squeezed out, Ling Yuan's father also followed out with a gloomy face, Ling Yuan's eldest brother and second brother blushed and kicked Du Shaoyou alone, and then walked out one after another with some reluctance.

Du Shaoyou was kicked and sat on the ground, looking at the people who walked out of the office in frustration. It wasn't until the clerk Xiao Wang closed the door of the office that he stood up with the bench next to him, glanced at Ling Yuan who was sitting on one side with an angry face, and carefully moved to the edge of the chair on the other side and sat down.

The cursing of everyone was stopped outside the door, and Du Shaoyou looked up at Xiao Wang, the clerk who was about to take notes, and lowered his head to think about his own thoughts. He didn't seem to be fully awake yet, holding his head in his hands and remaining silent.

Dongfang Siyi got up and poured two glasses of water, handed one to Ling Yuan first, and then walked up to Du Shaoyou and put the water cup on the table next to him. Dongfang Siyi smelled a strong smell of wine, he looked at Du Shaoyou and asked, "Have you drunk?" How much did you drink? Did you drink it yesterday, or did you drink it today? ”

Du Shaoyou let out a bit of a trance "um", stared at the water cup placed next to him, thought for a while and replied, "I drank it last night, how much did I drink?" I can't remember it myself. Dongfang Siyi asked again: "Did you drink liquor last night?" Du Shaoyou said "um" again. He hesitated for a moment, then took the glass of water on the table and drank it dry, wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand, and licked his lips again.

Dongfang Siyi looked at Du Shaoyou, who was anxious to be tossed by the residual alcohol, and took another bottle of mineral water from the cardboard box behind him and handed it to him: "Is it enough?" Not enough for here. Du Shaoyou hurriedly stood up and took the bottle of water, and bent down gratefully towards Dongfang Siyi: "Thank you, thank you, I'm so thirsty, my throat is dry and about to smoke." Thank you. ”

Dongfang Siyi looked at Du Shaoyou and asked seriously: "I want to know now, is your brain awake at this time, do you know where you are?" Do you know what's going on in this place? ”

Du Shaoyou sighed and said, "I'm sorry, I know." I've come to my senses, I'm completely awake now, and I'll be responsible for what I've said now. When my father found me, I was sober, and when he saw me, he slapped me a few times and threw up all the alcohol I had drunk last night. I don't know what I did last night, I drank a broken pill, and I can't think of anything. I know this is the court because I did something wrong, and Yuanyuan sued me and wanted to divorce me. ”

"Do you agree to a divorce?" Dongfang Siyi looked at the photo of the two of them snuggling affectionately on the marriage certificate, and then looked at the scene in front of him, sitting on one side of the face, one was a bride with tears on her face, and the other was a groom who was embarrassed and covered with wine stains.

Du Shaoyou picked up the bottle of mineral water and twisted it but couldn't unscrew it. He felt that his hands were a little weak, so he breathed a breath, twisted it hard, finally opened the cap, and drank a sip of water greedily, only then did he come to his senses and spit out a few words: "I don't want a divorce." ”

Ling Yuan scolded indignantly: "Are you embarrassed to say this now? Do you still have the face to say this? Do you still have a conscience to say this? You swore that you weren't afraid that you would really be hit by thunder and thunder? Is there a man like you? Is there a groom like you? Now you make it clear in front of the judge, where did you go on your wedding night? Have you ever heard of such a joke that the bridegroom is not in his own cave room, but goes to another woman's bed? Now the whole forest farm has seen such a joke, it was you who performed this funny and beautiful farce, and you made this joke! Your Du family has become famous since then. It's okay if you want to be famous, don't pull me! I have no grudge against you, why do you humiliate me like this? ”

Ling Yuan's red and swollen eyes couldn't stop shedding two lines of tears: "You don't want to marry me?" Can you tell me plainly, why did you hurt me like this? We've been playing together since we were kids, and it turns out that you've been lying to me all along. Tell me, why are you doing this? What reason do you have for this? What reason do you have to do this to me? Is it me who has an enmity with you? Or is there a feud between our family and yours? ”

Listening to Ling Yuan's heart-wrenching question, Du Shaoyou lowered his head weakly, and no longer dared to raise his eyes to look at her. Dongfang Siyi looked at the embarrassed Du Shaoyou and asked, "Can you tell me where you went last night?" Did you do something? ”

Du Shaoyou lowered his head and was silent, then drank a few more sips of water, and finally raised his head slightly, secretly looked at the angry Ling Yuan opposite, and tried to recall some details of what happened last night: "At the beginning of the wedding banquet last night, I drank a little wine with a few middle school classmates, Ling Yuan knew it, and I hadn't drunk much at that time. Later, when Ling Yuan and her best friend were talking beside her, a few friends who usually play together very well came to ask me to drink with them, so I drank a little more......"

When Du Shaoyou said this, he blushed as if he was stuck in his throat, and after taking a breath, he continued: "Then, I saw her coming, and I couldn't hide if I wanted to, so I could only say hello to her." ”

Dongfang Siyi patiently asked, "Who did you see?" Who is she referring to? Be clear and specific. Why do you want to avoid her? ”

Du Shaoyou seemed to be stuck in his throat by something, and he snorted for a long time, then glanced at Ling Yuan again and said, "Ling Yuan knows." Ling Yuan replied angrily: "I don't know, if you want to talk about people, you can say people, if you want to talk about ghosts, you can talk about ghosts, you say your good, don't get involved with me from now on." ”

Du Shaoyou said helplessly: "Her name is Yi Songjuan, and she is also a worker in our forest farm. ”

Ling Yuan snorted, with a mocking smile on the corner of her mouth, looked at the embarrassed Du Shaoyou and said, "You better tell the truth in front of the judge, she is also the lover of your dreams, right?" However, she is not the only lover of you, how many can you rank? ”

Du Shaoyou was stunned for a moment, didn't dare to look at Ling Yuan anymore, lowered his head and thought about it before continuing: "According to the rules and habits of the forest farm, she is here to send congratulatory gifts with the elements. Everyone is an employee of a unit, and they don't see anyone looking up. Besides, they were all guests, and she wanted me to toast, and I couldn't be disrespectful, so I drank a small glass of wine with her. ”

Du Shaoyou felt a little dizzy when he thought of this, but he still remembered some of the details: "She suspected that I was drinking water, and I said that I would never use water instead of wine, let alone rely on wine." She tapped her finger in my glass, then took her finger under her nose and sniffed it, and then she said with satisfaction: 'Well, it's really wine, and you're not bad this time.' Then she drank the wine from her glass, and I drank the wine from my own glass. ”

"Don't beat around the bush, just tell me how she seduced you, and when did you get into her bed!" Ling Yuan couldn't help but sneer again.

Du Shaoyou knew that he had no way to defend himself, but now, some issues had to be explained clearly, although he himself was a little confused, and some things couldn't even be remembered. As long as he thought about some things carefully, his mind felt like a few large cups of paste, and his head felt very heavy, and he immediately felt like a pain in his heart.

Du Shaoyou finally remembered the other things that happened last night: "A few friends who live far away are leaving, and they have to walk a long way up the mountain, so I went out to see them off out of gratitude, and I sent them all the way to the entrance of the village." When I walked back, I didn't expect to meet Yi Songjuan again. I didn't want to talk to her anymore, so I thought about going around, but when she saw it, she sarcastically said, 'Ouch, when you become the groom, you don't recognize the sister, so you don't want to pay attention to the sister?' I said I didn't mean that. ”

Ling Yuan snorted coldly, "Then what do you mean?" Do you want to recognize her, you still want to pay attention to her, and you still want to go to her bed? It's funny! ”

Du Shaoyou looked at Ling Yuan and said, "What she said is the same as what you said, she asked me what I meant." I said I didn't mean anything. She scared me and said, 'You go with my sister now, my sister wants to give you a gift, if you don't want to, I will go back now and tell the people in the whole forest farm, tell your bride, you Du Shaoyou have been to my bed.' I said, 'You're really boring,' and she said, 'Sister is just boring, you can go if you want, and if you don't want to go, you won't go, and Sister won't embarrass you.'" I was afraid that she would do something to make me embarrassed, so I went with her. ”

Du Shaoyou also wanted to make some things clear: "She deliberately walked the path, did not meet anyone, I thought she was taking care of my face, so I didn't say anything, followed all the way to her house, as soon as she entered the house, she tied the door tightly, handed me a glass of water with a smile on her face and said: 'Drink some water first.'" I was also very thirsty, and when I took her cup and drank it, I couldn't remember anything, and I fell asleep on her bed. It wasn't until this morning that my father came to the door and slapped me twice, that I was completely sober. ”

Ling Yuan faced this man who she had been familiar with since she was a child, and a cold breath soaked into the bone marrow was revealed in her heart: "I asked you not to go to her, but you still went, not only went, but also went to her bed." She is a woman who can be a husband, and since you like her so much, you should marry her. I can't control you, and I won't have an opinion. It's just that why are you lying to me? Why do you want to harm me? ”

Du Shaoyou explained guiltily: "I know it's useless to say anything now, and you won't believe me if you say anything." I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean to, I admit to hurting you, but never intentionally. She asked me for a favor and asked me to go to her house to get the herbs, and I went, and I had no control over what happened next. I really shouldn't have gone to her house, but it's too late to regret it. I really didn't think about it that much at the time, so I went in a daze. After I went, I couldn't control myself. ”

As long as Du Shaoyou remembered that he went to find Yi Songjuan that evening, an inexplicable panic surged up from the bottom of his heart. When he walked into the courtyard of Yi Songjuan's house, he seemed to lose his sense of direction in an instant. It wasn't until he left in a daze, as if he had suddenly woken up from his sleep.

That evening, Du Shaoyou walked into Yi Songjuan's house, and he smelled a strong and peculiar smell of medicinal herbs, which was a kind of medicinal herb that he had never seen before, it looked as if it had just been picked not long ago, and the faint blue flowers blooming on the branches and leaves of the medicinal herbs still maintained a bright color.

Du Shaoyou asked Yi Songjuan with some curiosity: "What kind of medicinal herb is this, I don't seem to have seen it in the mountains." ”

A smug smile appeared on the corner of Yi Songjuan's mouth: "What you can see is not valuable, what you haven't seen is precious." This medicinal herb is not for sale, and I don't want to tell you what kind of medicine it is now, you can help me bring those baskets of medicinal herbs into the city and sell them. If you do my sister a favor, my sister will not treat you badly. ”

Du Shaoyou only stayed in Yi Songjuan's house for a while, and he felt that fantasies kept appearing in his mind, and looking at Yi Songjuan shaking in front of his eyes, he had a desire to have a more intimate move with her. Yi Songjuan squinted at him, smiled and took his hand and said, "Let's go, I'll show you those flowers planted in my backyard." Her breath made him seem to lose his mind in an instant, and he couldn't help but hug her tightly.

"I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean to, I really didn't know what I was doing." Du Shaoyou muttered.

Ling Yuan turned her face away, she didn't want to see the man in front of her anymore, the courtroom fell into silence, and Du Shaoyou's father's curse came from outside the court: "I'm going to pick the skin of this beast, he is not worthy of being a man, he is not worthy of ......"

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