In the days to come, her mother-in-law continued to make noodle soup, egg custard, and meatball soup for Wang Chu, but she was gone. When Wang Chu came home every day, she could always see the dishes hanging on the handle of the door, she did not refuse these foods, and Li Haoran's lunch was solved with the dishes sent by her mother-in-law.

Wang Chu calmly did a day's work, and from time to time the scene of her and Li Xiangyang walking out of the Civil Affairs Bureau with a divorce certificate flashed in her mind, and the breath exhaled from the free air instantly felt that all the fatigue and pressure on her body were gone, relaxed, and joy and ecstasy surged into her heart. But once she came to her senses, she was still struggling with this painful marriage, and she knew everything about the terrible price she had to pay to turn it into reality, and she was sure that it was not that simple.

Li Xiangyang sent a large bag of clothes to the door a week later, the clothes were bought for Li Haoran, and there was a watch inside, Wang Chu was angry and angry, "Here is this set again." She went downstairs, went to her mother-in-law's house, hung her clothes on the doorknob, and slipped home in less than a quarter of an hour.

In the following week, Wang Chu received three letters from Li Xiangyang in his mailbox, in which he thanked her for following him when he was at his most depressed, thanked her for honoring her in-laws and taking care of the children, and then felt guilty, guilt for not giving her a decent luxury and clothing, no more money for her to live a good life, and guilt for not being an intellectual for not being able to solve and deal with things in an extreme way like a real man, ruining the family and causing a shadow on the child's psychology. He wrote that in a small place, ordinary people would dress up in a boiling fashion when they divorced, and go to people they knew or didn't know to tell each other and greet each other. Divorce is confirmed to be the first headline of the place, and those who confront him will wake up laughing from their dreams and run to tell each other, and those who are waiting to see the joke will talk about it with relish, which becomes an enduring theme. The child will be crowded and ridiculed at school, and his personality will become withdrawn and ······, everything will be ruined in one fell swoop, what family and career will cease to exist, and years of struggle will be in vain, and what is even more funny is that he will become the laughing stock of others, and all people will come and step on it, and they will come over to say a few bad words, so that he has to find a mouse hole to get into ······.

The three letters add up to nearly 10,000 words, Wang Chu didn't reply a word, didn't even read the content of the letter carefully, glanced at it, her heart couldn't calm down for a long time, but those were not moved, but hate, disgust, hate, those words even brought her a sense of disgust, those words came out of his mouth, really trampling the meaning of Chinese characters. Later, after calming down, she felt that she could write whatever she liked in the letter, and she could talk about whatever she liked, and no matter how much she repented or apologized, it was useless.

On Saturdays and Sundays, Wang Chu went to Tumshuk, where she found the largest law firm, and the lawyer told her, "If you have enough evidence to prove that your husband has committed domestic violence, the child will be awarded to you if you have the financial means to raise the child." ”

"Thank you, lawyer."

After coming out of the law firm and returning home, Wang Chu turned out the photos and disability appraisal certificates that were left for evidence many years ago, and those clear pains seemed to appear in front of her eyes again, and the pain of those beatings on her body seemed to be repeated, making her cry in pain. She regretted that the later evidence could not be left in her hands, and the diagnosis list of eardrum perforation was not left behind, even this time, the eldest brother downstairs suggested that she report the case, she did not do it, and now, these photos and a disability appraisal are the only evidence at present.

When he went out to work, Wang Chu adjusted his mentality, put on a mask that could make others seem happy, appeared in the office, appeared in front of colleagues, talked and laughed with colleagues, talked and laughed, discussed work with leaders, and smiled in front of Li Haoran.

After the New Year, Wang Chu put the prepared evidence into the file bag, went to the court to file a case, she knew that there was no hope of divorce with Li Xiangyang by agreement, so she had to go through the legal process, the court staff told her, "The case will be heard in three months at most, determine the time, and we will notify you." ”

"Three months?" Wang Chu was surprised, "So long?" ”

"That's right, there have been a lot of cases recently, you can go back and wait for the notice."

Wang Chu had to leave and go home to wait for news, but a month later, Liao Ningyuan brought a red-headed document for personnel cadre adjustment, "Wang Chu, remove the position of water conservancy political worker and be appointed as the deputy instructor of water conservancy for a probationary period of one year." ”

When the sentence of the dismissal of the water conservancy administrator was read, Wang Chu was shocked, and she suddenly thought that the case handed over to the court had affected her work, but she was relieved when she came forward to appoint her as the deputy water conservancy instructor for a probationary period of one year.

"Wang Chu, congratulations, you have been promoted again." Liao Ningyuan said with a smile, but it was not difficult to see that he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, "You have been promoted to deputy instructor after two years of work, you and Director Li are very capable of working, and the leader is very optimistic about the two of you, and it is very likely that you will do a good job in the transfer agency." ”

"Thank you, Director Liao."

Wang Chu knew that Liao Ningyuan's dissatisfied language revealed a bit of weirdness, because he was a favor when he was named a special reporter, and he didn't thank him afterwards. Since the year when she first joined the work, after Li Xiangyang went to his office to get angry, she rarely asked him to revise the news, especially after being rated as a special reporter, the press release did not need to be signed by the section chief and sent to the fax, and the mailbox could be sent directly to the newspaper's mailbox, and she never entered Liao Ningyuan's office again.

The salary and position were improved, and at the same time, a chill welled up in her heart, Wang Chu locked herself in the office and didn't go out for an afternoon, Liao Ningyuan's sentence of "probation period of one year" kept asking for mercy in her ears, which meant that there could be no wind and grass and negative impact in this year, and this sentence was also instilled in her by Li Xiangyang.

"Chu Chu, don't think about divorce." Li Xiangyang stopped Wang Chu downstairs on the day of the announcement and said, "You have just been promoted, you are still on probation, and I am also going to participate in the middle and youth class, so no matter how much you hate me now and how much you want to divorce, you have to endure it, go and withdraw the divorce complaint, don't affect you, and it also affects me." ”

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Wang Chu asked, "Do you want to tie me up in this way?" Just like when I solved my job, let me stop divorcing you and settle things from now on, right? ”

"I didn't suggest that you promote the deputy instructor this time." Li Xiangyang explained, "It's the leader's opinion, but I really hope that you will consider the overall situation, for my work, and for yourself." ”

"You don't want to convince me with all kinds of rhetoric, I don't want to see you again for a minute." Wang Chu walked in the direction of home.

"Chuchu, listen to me." Li Xiangyang shouted, reaching out and grabbing Wang Chu's arm, "I don't want to go home to live." He explained, "However, you must not let anyone know about our conflicts, you have to show up at the dinner party for entertainment, you have to pretend that we are very affectionate in front of your leaders and colleagues, in short, you can't reveal the slightest rumor about our affairs." ”

Wang Chu didn't want to listen to Li Xiangyang's nonsense anymore, she let go of his hand, turned her head and went home, even locked the door, and stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom, this is an indescribable sadness and unspeakable pain, the kind of disappointment in her heart full of infinite turbidity and the uneasy longing in the depths of her heart lingered, and finally became trembling, could it be that she gave up like this? Quell? Reconciled? Waiting for the next time? Even if she doesn't live together, even if she socializes together, even if she pretends to be in love, she still feels like the end of the world is coming, so that she can't breathe, the breath flowing in the air will suffocate, and even after the last roaring sound, she will cut off the convulsions, despair and crying in the small bathroom, but after calming down, she finally cleared up the worst emotions and chose to go to the court to withdraw the divorce complaint.

Wang Chu accepted Li Xiangyang's opinion, the so-called appropriate appearance on various occasions, such as the wedding scene, such as the gathering between friends, and the smiling greeting in public, are just the result of his compulsion and inaction. She didn't like to appear on those so-called wedding occasions, which were the wedding of his best brother's daughter, the bride was called Xiong Jiaojiao, and the groom was called Wang Shu. This pair of talented and beautiful brides and grooms was made by her personally.

Wang Shu is a clerk of the Land Management Bureau of the organ, probably wanting to tie up with Li Xiangyang, so she pestered Wang Chu to introduce her to the object, she thought that Li Xiangyang's best buddy's daughter had just graduated, so she casually said that, and arranged for the two to meet in the hotel, but she didn't expect the two to become. At the scene of the talented woman, Li Xiangyang was the wedding host, and his fluent words won everyone's applause, and also made everyone at the scene frequently usher in envious eyes.

A woman in her fifties happened to be sitting next to Wang Chu, "Wang Chu, do you see how talented your Li Xiangyang is?" is handsome and handsome, or a leader, it is really face-saving to marry such a person. ”

"Isn't that right?" Another woman said, "I don't even know when Director Li got married, I also found someone to tell him the matchmaker, and told your husband about my girl, and now I regret not saying it earlier, this Director Li is a potential stock, and he will definitely be the leader's material in the future." ”

"You." The woman in her fifties said again, "It's late, it's still Wang Chu who is blessed, and if you find Director Li, you will be blessed in the future." ”

Wang Chu sneered in her heart when she heard this, she kept nodding and smiling, but she didn't know where the so-called happiness came from, this kind of occasion really caused her chest tightness, shortness of breath, and even the air was suffocating, so before the wedding was over, she slipped away.

Wang Pingping's husband Xu Zhuo celebrated his birthday, and once again gathered Yang Qiang, Xiaoju, He Ying, Zhou Yongdong, Li Xiangyang, and Wang Chu together, and the birthday banquet was chosen in the hotel. There was a small birthday cake in the center of the table, a few red candles, two bottles of sky blue for men, and two bottles of wine, which were specially prepared for women, and the round table was full of various dishes, as if waiting for Wang Chu to take a seat.

Wang Pingping's grinning personality remains the same wherever she goes, "Huh." Her eyes looked directly at Li Xiangyang, and then looked at Wang Chu who had just walked in with very strange eyes, "What's the matter with you two tonight?" ”

Xiao Ju got up and pulled out a chair beside Li Xiangyang for Wang Chu, knowing that she had to sit there in that position, her eyes met Wang Chu, and that gaze should hide pity and helplessness.

"That's right." He Ying interjected, "Why did you two split up?" Brother Xiangyang is here early, Sister Chu Chu, what's the matter with you? ”

Wang Chu sat down on the chair, warmed his cold hands, and pretended to be innocent with a calm face, "The unit is busy, it's not late to get off work." ”

"Are you as busy as Brother Li?" Wang Pingping didn't give up, "I saw with my own eyes, Brother Li even walks like a run in the agency on weekdays, when I enter his office, either he is working with his head down, or the office is crowded with people, or he is reporting to the leader, or he is bowing his head to write materials." That's really a favor, you have to care more about Brother Li. ”

"My family cares about me." Li Xiangyang grinned, "It's because I'm too busy to care about Chu Chu." ”

"Come on, come on." Yang Qiang couldn't listen to it anymore, got up and picked up a glass of red wine beside Xiaoju, "Come on, Xu Zhuo, it's not easy for our group of friends to get together, I wish you a happy birthday." ”

"Hey, what are you doing?" Xiao Ju got up from the chair in shock, and Yang Qiang had already eaten a glass of wine.

"Yang Qiang is allergic to alcohol." As soon as Xiao Ju finished saying this, Yang Qiang fell on the wine table, she stepped forward to support him and shouted anxiously, "Send Yang Qiang to the hospital!" ”

A birthday party ended like this, Xu Zhuo and Zhou Yongdong rushed over and helped Yang Qiang, "I'm going to drive." Li Xiangyang took the car keys and went out.

In the corridor of the hospital, Yang Qiang was sent to the emergency room, and the doctor gave him an infusion and a butt injection, "People with alcohol allergies are fatal to drink, don't let him drink in the future, how dangerous it is." The doctor said.

"I got the doctor." Xiao Ju said, "Thank you, doctor." ”

"You're welcome." The doctor walked away.

"What's wrong with Yang Qiang today?" Wang Pingping asked, "He doesn't drink alcohol on weekdays." ”

Xiao Ju was holding Wang Chu's hand not far away, staring at Yang Qiang, she was unwilling to answer Wang Pingping's words, but squeezed Wang Chu's hand tighter.

"It must be in a bad mood, so let's not ask." He Ying said, "Look, just look at my sister-in-law's face. ”

Two hours later, Li Xiangyang drove Yang Qiang and Xiaoju home, Xiaoju and Wang Chu sat in the back seat, and Yang Qiang sat in the co-pilot.

"Hey, bro." Li Xiangyang spoke, "You are allergic to alcohol, don't drink anymore in the future, your life matters, brother." ”

"It's fine." Yang Qiang said, not seeing the unhappiness in his heart at all, "I can't die, it's a big deal to go to the hospital." ”

"That's not going to work, listen to my brother, don't drink anymore." Li Xiangyang continued to persuade, "Xiao Ju, you take care of him in the future, don't let him drink again." ”

Xiao Ju was silent, and Yang Qiang said again, "Don't worry, I just drink every day, and I won't be crazy about drinking, and I won't be angry with women." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Ju immediately stopped it, "Yang Qiang......" Li Xiangyang's face became solemn, he looked at Wang Chu in the rearview mirror, and then concentrated on driving.

When she was separated from Xiaoju, she quietly asked Wang Chu, "It shouldn't be okay to go back today, right?" ”

"I'm fine, he's already moved to his mother's house, I'm not going to let him in." Wang Chu explained.

"That's good, Yang Qiang wants to use the strength of alcohol to vent your bad anger today, I don't want to give myself to the hospital, he is already allergic to alcohol, and I didn't think he would drink."

"I have already seen it, thank Yang Qiang for me, I am content to have friends like you and Yang Qiang."

"Don't say anything, Yang Qiang and I can't help you, you take care of yourself."

After leaving the door of Xiaoju's house, Wang Chu walked home alone, the distance between her and Xiaoju's house was less than five hundred meters, she first bypassed a row of façade houses, crossed the road by copying the path, and went downstairs as fast as possible, but was still blocked by Li Xiangyang's car.

"Come back." When he saw Wang Chu speeding up, Li Xiangyang shouted, he got out of the car and blocked her way, "What's going on today?" He asked.

"What's going on?" Wang Chu retreated.

"Yang Qiang has something to say, don't take me for a fool, I heard it."

"What's wrong with that?" Outdoors, the lights were bright, and Wang Chu was naturally not afraid of him.

"Didn't you tell you not to let anyone know about us?"

Wang Chu sneered, "Li Xiangyang, are you so afraid that others will know what you have done, so don't do it?" Do you know how hypocritical you are? Your hypocritical appearance is a wolf in sheep's clothing, which is disgusting to watch. ”

At this moment, Wang Chu's body was shaking unobediently, her teeth and lips trembled, although she attacked Li Xiangyang with the sharpest language this time, although she knew that he would not do it again outdoors, not to mention worried and afraid, but her whole body trembled unconsciously. She needed more time to stand on her feet, control her emotions, ease the shadows she had brought before, or hope that there would be no pedestrians around, but eventually a couple came and waited for them to pass her, and in that time, she turned and went upstairs and returned home.

In the next two months, Wang Chu rarely saw Li Xiangyang, as always, going to work, getting off work, picking up children, cooking, and staying at home on weekends, and even choosing to buy groceries when it was almost time to get off work and go home quickly. The office clocks in and out, and he often goes to work more than half an hour early, and the time of getting off work is decided according to whether the leader has something to do, half an hour and an hour late is a common thing, and there is no rest at all, and she can't answer the phone and send messages on weekdays, so it is a chance encounter, and it is difficult to meet her commute time.

One day, Wang Chu had to go to the organ to attend the cadre conference, and met Li Xiangyang in the corridor, which was a rare opportunity for him, but for her, it was a moment when she couldn't calm down. She wanted to pass by him like a stranger, but she looked at him with disgust from afar, but he smiled gracefully, and made a joke of her in front of everyone, "Hey, whose daughter-in-law is this, running to the agency?" ”

provoked the people next to him to look up and laugh, Cheng Ke accosted, "Hey, these little couples are really humorous, show their affection and show that they are here." ”

Li Xiangyang grabbed Wang Chu and put his arm on her shoulder, "Of course, how sentimental is this?" This humorous show of affection is also to enhance the relationship between husband and wife, this has been married for more than ten years, and the relationship has become the left hand touching the right hand, isn't it a little lubricant to reconcile the feelings of husband and wife? ”

"I can't see it!" Cheng Ke smiled, "Director Li looks serious and serious on weekdays, and he is so humorous in front of his wife. ”

"That's a must." Li Xiangyang deliberately raised his voice, but when he turned around, he found Political Commissar Fu standing behind him, "Yo, Political Commissar Fu ......" He smiled respectfully.

"The man who loves his wife is the most promising." Political Commissar Fu gave a thumbs up to Li Xiangyang's behavior, "I have also heard negative news between the two of you before, it seems that the gossip is not true, Director Li, come on, I am optimistic about you." ”

This made Li Xiangyang feel a full sense of confidence in his heart, this kind of change in his heart flying up and down on the branches, only Wang Chu can see clearly, his purpose of showing affection in front of the leader was finally achieved, after Commissar Fu and Cheng Ke left the conference room, he pulled his hand off Wang Chu's shoulder, and he also frowned with satisfaction, and entered the conference room, as for her emotions, she couldn't calm down the moment she saw him, her heart quickly accelerated, and she trembled, but it was difficult for outsiders to notice.

In the days to come, try to avoid meeting Li Xiangyang to avoid Wang Chu's emotions from going up and down again, and his heart is racing and trembling uncontrollably. At work, although she was promoted, she still did the same job, and the water conservancy unit was not equipped with a secretary, so all the work fell to Wang Chu. That year, she was so busy every morning that she didn't care about drinking saliva, and she had time to write two news articles when she got off work in the afternoon, but at the end of the year, she became the penultimate in the assessment, she knew that it was because Liao Ningyuan helped her join the special reporter and did not thank her in person, but also mixed with personal grievances between Li Xiangyang and Liao Ningyuan.

Li Xiangyang, as the deputy director of a department, is a person who has grown up in adversity, the more eye-catching, the more talented, he is like a climber who struggles to climb to the top of the mountain, and will exert all his strength to make himself an admirer of the attention of thousands of people. Even if the flaws in life seem to be just stealing things in the eyes of the leader, he will use excellent means at work and another way to eliminate the leader's perception of him, and he will do everything possible to win the hearts of his subordinates, so his desperate strength is famous in all the cadre teams, although Liao Ningyuan, as the director, has done a lot of tricks and feet in private, but he is still defeated under his shrewd handling pattern.

In fact, Li Xiangyang didn't want to make the relationship too stiff on the surface, and his rebuttal attributed Liao Ningyuan's various small actions, using two things as examples. At the end of that year, Liao Ning went on a business trip to the mainland, and when he came back, he drove a private car to pick him up. He also learned that Liao Ningyuan's birthday was on that day, so he bought a mobile phone as a birthday gift for his boss, and held a special birthday party for him.

Liao Ningyuan did not reject Li Xiangyang's birthday gift, and the dinner was also attended as scheduled, at the wine table, the boss mentioned that Wang Chu's special reporter was rated as scheduled with his help, and he also said, "Director Li, don't worry, I will help you with Wang Chu's affairs to the end, her ability is definitely competent for the work of any department of the agency, let alone a special reporter.......

The wine was strong, the smile on Li Xiangyang's face disappeared when he heard this, and instead he piled up a sense of vinegar, "Bang dang" A panda eye brought Liao Ningyuan, "Tell you Liao Ningyuan, even if you don't have you, my family's Chuchu special reporter can be evaluated, and she doesn't need you to worry about her work......."

When we met in the office the next day, Liao Ningyuan's panda eyes were particularly obvious, and Li Xiangyang was deliberately surprised in front of everyone in the company, "Yo, Director Liao, what's wrong with your eyes?" This is where I drank too much last night? ”

Liao Ningyuan's surprised facial expression almost distorted, but when he saw the colleagues looking at each other back and forth, he explained, "Oops, don't mention it, I accidentally hit the door frame." Then he went into the office with his head covered.

Li Xiangyang knew it and secretly sneered, and then, an unexpected thing happened, which made him give priority to the flop on the road of cadre promotion.

Every July, when the new reserve cadres are recommended, the party committee team selects three people as the recommended candidates for reserve cadres, and convenes the main leaders of each unit to vote for the election. One is Liao Ningyuan, the other is Li Xiangyang, and the other is Cheng Ke, the chairman of the trade union. After the vote, the scrutineers and tellers counted all the votes on the spot, and Liao Ningyuan's votes stood out among the three first.

The leader announced the voting results on the spot, and after the meeting ended, Li Xiangyang inadvertently found that there was a file bag under the table where the votes were counted. Everyone had already dispersed, and he immediately called out to everyone.

"Director Liao, how can there be a set of voting results here? The results of the vote count just now were fake. Li Xiangyang said.

"Everyone is staring at it so much, Deputy Director Li, you found the ticket under the table, could it be that we are the devil?" Liao Ningyuan denied it.

Li Xiangyang was sure that he didn't do it, so he suggested, "I propose." "The secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the political commissar Fu came forward to adjust the monitoring of the conference room."

"The recommendation of reserve cadres is a very sacred thing." Political Commissar Fu spoke, "How can you do something in the eyes of our leadership team? I agree with the survey monitoring. ”

The results of the monitoring investigation showed that a subordinate named Xiao Zheng changed the file bag under everyone's noses, and Liao Ningyuan and Xiao Zheng revealed all his whereabouts by comparing the body and mouth shape at the scene, and in the whole process, Li Xiangyang's position was quite far away from Xiao Zheng.

The final result of Liao Ningyuan's treatment was to let him go home to reflect on and write checks, and the office work was temporarily presided over by Li Xiangyang, and after being suspended for more than a month, Liao Ningyuan returned to the office smoothly, and also made a profound review at the cadre meeting and made a hasty review. At first, Li Xiangyang didn't understand that this kind of thing should be dealt with seriously, and it should be dealt with with by expulsion or at least demotion, but Liao Ningyuan only did a simple review and solved the matter.

After Political Commissar Fu finished Liao Ningyuan's review, Li Xiangyang's words made Li Xiangyang hear the voice, "Liao Ningyuan, our office director, as the middle-level leader of our organ, did a trick at the reserve cadre ballot meeting, and secretly changed the votes, this behavior has seriously affected the image of our cadre team and caused a very bad impact on the whole regiment. But considering that Director Liao has made indelible achievements in our propaganda work for more than ten years. Speaking of this, he had a little helplessness in his expression, "I also left the name of an excellent news and propaganda worker with the superior leaders, although the circumstances are serious this time, considering that he is a first offender, it has not had a direct impact on the votes, and the organization has taken leniency against Director Liao, but. He moved his eyes to Liao Ningyuan, "If something like this happens again, I don't care how many grades you have?" I hope that Director Liao will work hard and down-to-earth and cherish the opportunity given to you by the organization, and I also hope that this incident will give a warning education to the cadres of the organs present here, including the company commander and secretary of the company, and dismiss the meeting. ”

Obviously, anyone with brains can hear that Liao Ningyuan has found the leader of the higher-level department, and Political Commissar Fu doesn't want to be criticized, but he didn't pick out the words more thoroughly.

As a result, Li Xiangyang did not feel unfair to him, he performed well, worked hard to deal with all kinds of difficult problems in his work, offered advice for the leaders, concealed the history of separation, and the family discord that he heard about on the way successfully blinded the eyes of all the leaders, and was successfully promoted to the farthest border as deputy political commissar, and also successfully opened a distance of more than 300 kilometers with Wang Chu.

This is not good news for Wang Chu, when she learned the news from Wang Pingping, tears couldn't help but burst into her eyes, but this was definitely not because Li Xiangyang was promoted, but finally separated from him by nearly 300 kilometers, but in Wang Pingping's eyes, it seemed that it was the result of her crying with joy.