After finishing several cases that have attracted attention from all parties, Dongfang Siyi is ready to start hearing the case of the plaintiff Zhao Ermei v. the defendant He Xiangdong for a dispute over child support, which has been in his hands for several months. The reason why it has been postponed until now is that the plaintiff Zhao Ermei has always hoped that the trial process of this case will not be carried out by means of public notice, and she wants the defendant He Xiangdong to appear in court to respond to the lawsuit.

Dongfang Siyi understood Zhao Ermei's thoughts, she had a lot of words in her heart, and if she had nowhere to say, she had to find someone to talk to.

Who to look for? First of all, of course, those men who have had various emotional entanglements with her, Yao Dabao must be, He Xiangdong must be. She wants to confide in them about the hurt in her heart, and she wants to prove to them that she is always a good woman, always a woman who does not depend on others for her life. However, Yao Dabao will not come to listen, he has long forgotten many things that have nothing to do with money. He Xiangdong won't come to listen, he has long been like he has evaporated from the world, and there is no such person.

Faced with such a party with some special circumstances, and in the face of this seemingly excessive request she made, Dongfang Siyi decided to meet her as much as possible. Therefore, it was postponed several times, but it has not been able to get in touch with the defendant He Xiangdong, and Zhao Ermei has not been able to provide more new information about He Xiangdong. If He Xiangdong still cannot be contacted, he can only use the method of public notice service to hear the case in absentia.

If the case is heard in absentia, it is important to learn more about the parties involved in the case. Therefore, Dongfang Siyi transferred the case of Zhao Ermei and Yao Dabao's divorce, as well as the file materials of Zhao Ermei's divorce case with He Xiangdong, mainly in the hope of finding the agreement on the child support between Zhao Ermei and He Xiangdong or other evidence materials when Zhao Ermei and He Xiangdong divorced. In order to make a correct judgment in a timely manner after the formal trial of this case.

Dongfang Siyi spent an afternoon flipping through a few dossier materials, looking at the thick stack of dossier materials, facing the papers that had begun to turn yellow, he remembered the last time Zhao Ermei came to talk to him.

Zhao Ermei talked about some of her past experiences, and the expression on her face was complicated, with sadness, awakening, and a faint inexplicable nostalgia, but also a deep confusion.

Dongfang Siyi knows that she has too many things in her heart that she refuses to let go easily, and these things can only be like tripropes of all sizes, which will make her constantly touch them in her future life, making it difficult for her to have a relaxed life.

There's a pop song called "Love Around the Corner", and for her with so many triplines, she might "Corner Meets Tripline". She also understands this, and she also wants to let go completely, in her own words, she wants to say it, she wants to let go of them completely, and whenever she has the opportunity to say it, she forgets them completely.

Zhao Ermei came back five or six times, and in front of Dongfang Siyi, who listened patiently, she was always a very rational visitor. Seeing that Dongfang Siyi is busy, she will consciously avoid it, but as long as Dongfang Siyi has a little free time, she insists on telling Dongfang Siyi about her marriage, her love and dreams, and her loss and confusion.

Every time Zhao Ermei finished telling one of her stories, she would tell Dongfang Siyi again and again: "I'm not Xianglin's sister-in-law, I'm really not Xianglin's sister-in-law." Xianglin's sister-in-law is just because she lost her only son, I have lost too much, but I am not Xianglin's sister-in-law. I used to be an advanced worker, a model worker, a model worker in the factory, and a model worker in the county. If it weren't for the change, if it weren't for the bankruptcy and closure of our cotton mill, I might still be rated as a provincial model worker, and model worker is my glorious title. So, I'm definitely not Xianglin's sister-in-law! ”

Zhao Ermei is particularly concerned about what others say about herself: "Xianglin's sister-in-law is just a persecuted old-fashioned woman who has no hope of her own, the era in which she lives is the feudal era, and I live in an era of reform." After she lost her son, there was no hope, but I have been living with all kinds of hope. I know that some people call me Xianglin sister-in-law behind my back, I don't care about those long-tongued women, and I don't care about those negative men. I don't know why, but I care about what you say about me, President Dongfang. I know you will never be like them, and you will also treat me as Xianglin's sister-in-law! I trust you to say these words to you, I know you understand me, and now, only you can understand me. ”

Dongfang Siyi believed what she said, he knew that when Zhao Ermei was young, she was indeed an excellent woman. She has been rated as an advanced worker of Xinfeng Textile Factory many times, and was elected as a model worker of the factory, and has also been rated as a county model worker by the county federation of trade unions. As Zhao Ermei said, this is indeed a glorious title.

Zhao Ermei has reason to be proud of her past achievements, and also has reason to let others know her efforts and achievements, she once had her own values and pursuits that can comfort her life, and her own dreams of the times when the mainstream of society coexists. Therefore, every time Dongfang Siyi receives Zhao Ermei, he will listen to her patiently, and Dongfang Siyi shows his appreciation for her past from the bottom of his heart. Let Zhao Ermei feel that she has indeed gained a kind of respect from Dongfang Siyi, and it also makes her feel and regain a long-lost self-esteem, which is her indispensable spiritual support, and she needs such a spiritual support very much.

Zhao Ermei also had the love she cherished in her heart, of course, this is not the kind of ambiguity that happened with Fang Fatzi, that ambiguity is just an occasional impulse between men and women, it is a privacy that has little connection with emotion, and it is an episode in a life that Zhao Ermei tries her best to forget.

She mentioned this matter to Dongfang Siyi in order to forget, she said that some things can't be kept in her heart for a long time, otherwise it's like a stone stuffed in a corner. If you find someone to say it, you may never think about it again, never mention it again, and let it go completely.

Who could she talk to about these secret and unspeakable old things? She thought: this person must be a person who can be absolutely trustworthy, in addition to absolute trust, should also be a person who has nothing to do with herself, which is actually a very contradictory question. If you want to be absolutely trustworthy, and you have nothing to do with yourself, where can you find such a person? Who has nothing to do with them would want to listen to her stories?

Zhao Ermei naturally never found such a person. Therefore, this matter has always been in my heart and blocked in my heart. I want to forget but can't forget, I want to let go but can't let go, this has become a heart disease for her, a demon that has been entrenched in her heart for a long time.

After many conversations with Dongfang Siyi, she finally found that Dongfang Siyi was someone she could definitely trust in her eyes, and it could be said that she had nothing to do with herself. He's just a judge, if you talk to him today, he may listen to you, and if you don't appear in front of him tomorrow, he won't think of you again. That's why she thought about telling this old thing that had been buried in her heart for a long time, as calmly as she told someone else's story.

Dongfang Siyi saw her calmness, and also saw that she was trying to let go. For Zhao Ermei, letting go of these emotional old things is also letting go of all her past, which is the beginning of her real separation from the past, and she needs a new beginning.

That stormy night left an indescribable memory in Zhao Ermei's heart. She wanted to forget about it completely, but she couldn't do it for a long time, it was like unintentionally passively doing a tattoo on her body, staining her body with a stain that she couldn't wash and wipe off, as long as she thought about the stain, she would have an allergic reaction in her heart that she couldn't tell what it felt.

Because Zhao Ermei was defenseless, she passively had something to do with Fang Fatzi, although she was very reluctant, she did not insist on resisting, and did not firmly refuse. In fact, Fang Fat Man didn't get his wish that day, because after that burst of thunder, Fang Fat Man couldn't lift it anymore, and it seemed that he had completely lost his interest.

The rain soon stopped, and Fang Fat said apologetically, "If you want, I'll send you back." In the middle of the night, it was raining again, and I, the trade union officer, should also care about the female workers. ”

Zhao Ermei has recovered from the initial embarrassment and embarrassment, so she said "um" and agreed. Halfway through, the two of them also had some supper at the night stall, the wontons at the night stall were her favorite food, and sometimes when she came back from the night shift, if she felt hungry, she would sit down and rest and eat a bowl.

Fang Fatzi is also a gentle and considerate man, except for some lustful rumors, there are no other aspects of evil. Most of the female workers had a good impression of him, at least they didn't dislike him, so Zhao Ermei didn't object to Fang Fatzi sending her, and they also had supper with him at the night stall. Zhao Ermei insisted on paying the bill herself, which can be regarded as forgiving Fang Fatzi. Fang Fatzi felt a little frightened, and never dared to look at Zhao Ermei's eyes head-on.

Zhao Ermei knew very well in her heart that these things that happened between her and Fang Fatzi were neither love nor friendship, but could only be regarded as an accidental ambiguity between men and women. If it was a kind of sexual harassment, she neither recognized nor wanted to deny it.

She also has some affection for the fat man because he has helped her a lot. For those things that need help from others, only he can help her, and only he is willing to help her, so she feels that she owes him a favor. Therefore, when he reached out to her to ask for it, she felt that she could not refuse without mercy.

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