Chapter 21: The Unbearable Weight of Life
"Hey! I figured it out, and when my mother's birthday banquet was over, I would divorce Lee Seung-mi. ”
At the moment when his friend Zhou Mingyao connected the phone, Zheng Yucheng uncontrollably poured out all the depression he had accumulated for many years.
"Brother Yucheng, I did say that day that you have to decide your own life. But for the reason you just gave me, I think it's ridiculous! Sister-in-law, she is just between the two children, herself and you, and she chooses to protect the first two first. In fact, it is not wrong for her to do this, the body of newborns is immature, but if there is a little virus invasion, there is a chance to get a stubborn disease that is not curable. The eldest daughter is very nervous about her studies, and if she falls a little, she will plummet. In addition, my sister-in-law is a woman with both family and career, and she needs a healthy body, which is understandable. ”
"I agree with you, marriage is not child's play."
Zhou Mingyao's sluggish (sleepy) voice like a dead fish actually didn't make many waves in Zheng Yucheng's heart.
"But she can't always ignore me! If I die of illness tonight, and I don't even have a relative around me to collect my body, do you know how desperate I am now! Zheng Yucheng shouted loudly into the mobile phone.
"That's why I advise you to take care of yourself more! If you can cook and use a washing machine, you should be able to get sick a few times on the premise of being well fed and clothed. ”
What Zhou Mingyao and Pei Kemian said is of course the truth, but it still sounds so boring and boring to Zheng Yucheng, who is so sick.
"He said that he was my best friend, and he didn't understand my mood at all. It's not two pieces of cold wood. After hanging up the phone, Zheng Yucheng whined breathlessly and pressed the pillow tightly on top of his head.
"It's all dinner too, why can't steamed buns and noodles work! People who eat ready-made dishes are still picky about how to make dishes, and if they don't eat, they are not hungry enough! "I said that my time is very tight! Half of the clothes hanging in the closet are yours, why do you have to wear the one that hasn't dried, if you toss yourself out of illness, don't blame me for not taking care of you! "Are you blind?" You can't see how tired I am from walking around my children and customers every day! If you can't do it, don't do it, make the kitchen dirty, and in the end it's not causing me trouble! Get out! "What's the trouble? Give me a good home! And your meals are in the fridge, and the microwave will work for it! Give me one more plastic bag to try! ”
I searched everywhere, but I couldn't find even the shadow of the food remains. Looking at the neat but empty refrigerator, Zheng Yucheng really wanted to cry. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and the corners of his eyes turned red the moment he turned around.
"Senior Yucheng, the physical illness will be better after taking medicine. But the disease of the soul is not good, if you really can't sleep tonight, just send me a message. ”
Unlike Song Joo-hyun, who spoke softly, his wife Lee Seung-mi's phone was turned off all night, and Zheng Yucheng, who was buried in the quilt again, once again showed early in the morning, Lee Seung-mi held his wet high-end shirt with a red face and trembling all over. Gradually, his eyes were as heavy as lead, and Zheng Yucheng, who had fallen asleep again, looked quiet and peaceful. In his whispering, Li Chengmei, who had known him for the first time, was flushed, and the appearance of being red all the way to the root of his ears made his heart beat faster.
"Brother, I can be regarded as finding you, it turns out that we have always been alumni of the same school!" The acacia shrouded in the morning light is like a green mirror, Li Chengmei walks between the mirrors, and finally stands in front of Zheng Yucheng in a circle.
"Oh! Look at your eyes, you forgot about me, my name is Li Chengmei Electromechanical Class 2, that was in the bus a few days ago, and you helped me subdue the first wolf together! Can't you remember either? Li Chengmei, who reacted immediately, said proudly, and the classmates sitting on the bench followed her with their eyes for a while, and finally all fell on Zheng Yucheng.
"I have an impression, but how did you find me in such a big school?" Although she is wearing a ponytail and a goose-yellow knee-length dress today, she looks much more pure than yesterday, but Zheng Yucheng still has no good impression of her.
"That day at the police station, when you talked about the school and the department, my brother pricked up my ears to listen! Although I have been deliberately looking for you in various ways, I can bump into you when I walk peacefully on the playground, which is really a wonderful fate! Li Chengmei looked at the school emblem on Zheng Yucheng's chest and said mischievously.
"If you have fate! But what happened to you today! Let's say it's to testify, or to help you fight grievances! ”
I have to admit that Lee Seung-mei was indeed a good-looking, slender, assertive, chic girl, and a voice like a nightingale, but at that time, Song Joo-hyun was still Zheng Yucheng's rib on the tip of his heart. So his tone was a little impatient.
"Neither, because I'm the kind of Lisso character who doesn't like to owe favors! So I just wanted to treat you to a meal. Li Chengmei happily lifted the bag.
"No, I'm not in the mood to eat. So think you've already eaten it! By the way, I work part-time in the school cafeteria, in a small shop nearby. You'd better stop getting in the way of me with the excuse of repayment! Zheng Yucheng's voice was as cold as a nail, and Li Chengmei also seemed to be nailed in place.
"And your skirt isn't too short! Let's wear as long as possible in the future. Because next time, there will be no more people like me who don't dislike the excitement and don't dislike big things to come forward for you! For a girl with a distinctive personality, being ignored is simply a denial of the whole person, which is very extreme, but Li Chengmei's face is like a sponge absorbing water, and after being slightly stunned, she immediately reopened her smile and circled around Zheng Yucheng like a butterfly.
"Brother, please ask you, let's go have a meal together. I just wanted to thank you for what happened the day before yesterday. ”
Zheng Yucheng raised his leg to leave, and Li Chengmei hurriedly chased him out to surround him.
"I said no!"
Yu Cheng saw Chengmei's thoughts and replied coldly.
"Brother, I promise that after eating this meal, I won't be looking for you all over the world, okay?"
Regarding Li Chengmei's stalker-style chase, Zheng Yucheng has always been calm. If you are another girl, you will definitely be in a hurry to wipe off the dust that touches your nose, but Lee Seung-mi is that special case. It seems that the more clueless she is, the more she can stimulate her desire to explore, and in the process of repeated observation and continuous exploration, she quickly grasps the key and flexibly changes the direction between the two according to her own style.
"Brother, the main selection criteria for the ice cream shop to recruit part-time employees should be the strength of the arm strength and the coordination of the limbs. I don't think that brother over there is as easy as you when he digs ice cream balls, but his movements are more beautiful! Lee Seung-mi will dig ice cream and boast about it.
I have to say that Lee Seung-mi is a person who likes to make his own claims, and in order to create an outright rejection opportunity, Zheng Yucheng began to work hard to wash all the barrels that had just been emptied, and the sound was so loud that the floor shook.
"Oh my God! Brother, your arm must be very sore now, I see the green tendons on the back of your hand are jumping! After a while, Li Chengmei began to look at Zheng Yucheng with pitiful eyes.
"It's useless to see me, if you don't leave, I won't stop!"
Li Chengmei rolled her eyes at the ceiling, and then looked at the pock-faced schoolgirl who was always smiling inexplicably.
"Well, brother, are you free this weekend?! I'll ask you to go roller skating! As if with the intention of leaving, Lee Seung-mi grabbed the bag with both hands and stood directly opposite from the side of the counter.
"I'm afraid of falling."
"Oh! Then let's go to the movies. Zheng Yucheng walked from the front of the counter to the staff lounge at the back with his head held high. Lee Seung-mi pulled the curtain and squeezed in with him.
"I'm in tears, and I'm having intermittent tinnitus, so go yourself! By the way, the door over there says that idlers are not allowed to enter, so you'd better keep your distance from me. ”
"Oh! That's right. ”
Lee Seung-mi covered her mouth stupidly, but her voice did not stop.
"Then let's go to the park together, and I'll make up for the food I owe. You see Saturday and Sunday, which day is convenient for you?! Half a day or three hours is fine! Li Chengmei interrogated Zheng Yucheng like a reporter's interview, and Pei Kemian and the pock-faced schoolgirl went out to deliver food together as if they had discussed it with Li Chengmei a long time ago.
"Go to church on Saturday and go to the temple on Sunday. It's a full day trip! And a lot of food has to be abstained! ”
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Li Chengmei straightened her back nervously and frowned.
"Hmmm! If you calculate the time in this way, you can only go to the midnight movie and go to the late-night cafeteria! By the way, I heard that there is a newly opened toilet bento that you can eat while watching! Recently, there is a very good film, called Ace Driving! ”
"I've seen it."
It became more and more difficult to talk about, but neither of them would budge.
"Are you sure? It's just a poster, and it hasn't been released yet?! Li Chengmei's voice finally had a hint of jerkiness.
"For someone like me, who hates movies, even listening to the radio is a disaster."
From the melancholy eyebrows and eyes, it can be seen that Li Chengmei is very disappointed, but she soon rekindled her eyes with infinite longing and raised her head again.
"By the way, where is my brother's home, is it local to Anseong? My family lives at the mouth of Cheongdam Lane..."
"Hey! Girl! You've got in the way of my work, you know? If the boss finds out that I am chatting with customers, I will be fined, can you pay for me?! ”
Zheng Yucheng dug up the entire strawberry ice cream bucket and forced the last ball into Lee Seung-mi's hand and made a gesture to ask her out.
"How pitiful! If you always get caught by your boss when you talk to me, will he fire you?! ”
"Yes." Yu Cheng grumbled embarrassedly.
"Yes!
Li Chengmei's interest is getting higher and higher, especially the appearance of hitting the cup with a spoon and jumping to his feet, which makes Zheng Yucheng dizzy.
"I said, do you have a conscience, a fever that has nothing to do with you and has no enmity today, is about to be unemployed by you, and you are smiling so brightly! Really, I am! Now that I think about it, my intestines are about to turn green, and I wouldn't have helped you if I had known. ”
In front of the stalking, nagging girls, the only ones who want to cry without tears, speak incoherently, and even howl at the sky can only be men.
"Anyway, brother, how did you know I like strawberry flavor!" Looking at Zheng Yucheng, who was as rude as a drunken mania, Li Chengmei directly pretended to be a who was drunk and daring.
"You know what? How excited I was when I saw that you had chosen strawberry among the many flavors of ice cream! It's like you know me well. ”
As soon as Li Chengmei said this, Zheng Yucheng's face immediately showed a panicked look.
"It's not like that!" Yu Cheng stared at Chengmei for a long time, contrary to his usual coldness, and said shyly.
"Then if my brother is expelled, come to my house and be my tutor." Li Chengmei observed the words and looked at the way.
Zheng Yucheng couldn't help frowning, but there were sparks flashing in his eyes.
"Because I'm so uninterested in mathematics, I have learned a little bit since the fifth or sixth grade of elementary school, and by the time I recently took the university math exam, I completely became an elm head. My mom knows how important graduation is for graduation, and she's been helping me find a tutor all over the world lately. ”
"Tutoring? I'm only two years older than you, how can I give it to you..."Zheng Yucheng replied with her tone and tone.
"Brother, why are you always obedient and disobedient!" Li Chengmei, who was standing in front of the bookstall of the ice cream shop, silently flipped through the magazine twice, and raised her head to look at Zheng Yucheng from time to time. "Didn't I just tell you that the actual gap between us is not only two years! And as long as you want, brother, I can help you get double the salary. As soon as the words fell, Li Chengmei covered her face with a magazine and secretly winked at Zheng Yucheng.
"Double, are you sure it's double?" Zheng Yucheng's face suddenly became surprised, but he quickly recovered and scratched the back of his head with his fingers. "Oops, what a headache! If I want to do tuition, I'll have to review my homework again. ”
"Since my brother is feeling a deeper pressure, let's triple it. And there are two classes a week, each lasting one and a half hours. Brother, do you think this is okay? ”
Li Chengmei fixed her eyes on Zheng Yucheng's face, and Zheng Yucheng immediately nodded with a smile, as if to tell her that in the face of the easily obtained remuneration, the sense of alienation she had maintained in the past was worthless.