"You're being ungrateful. You married a daughter-in-law so beloved by Grandpa. Shouldn't you be proud of yourself?"
"Stinky girl, it's you I'm looking at, right?"
"Hehe, of course I'm proud! Look at my husband, he's over 40, but he's getting more and more handsome, and he still makes me fall for him at first sight."
"Girl, are you telling the truth?"
Shen Xiaobei said this jokingly with a giggling look on his face, but Duan Xichuan's expression suddenly became serious.
They have been married for more than ten years. Ever since Shen Xiaobei went to Beijing to attend university in 1978, the two have been living apart.
We can only see each other once or twice a year.
We don’t see each other often, but it’s okay when we are both busy.
Whenever they visited their relatives, Duan Xichuan always felt that his feelings and longing for Shen Xiaobei, as well as the debt in his heart, could not be expressed enough no matter how he did it.
Although he understood Shen Xiaobei's character, he knew that she was independent, generous, and open-minded.
But as a husband who didn't spend much time with Shen Xiaobei and a father of four children, he was actually still a little worried that this long-term separation might have already fostered some resentment in Shen Xiaobei's heart.
Are you too embarrassed to express your complaints to him or to your unhappy marriage?
Seeing Duan Xichuan’s expression suddenly become so serious, Shen Xiaobei immediately put away his jokes.
I looked into his soulful eyes very seriously and replied with a smile, "Of course. Feel my heartbeat and see if it's beating fast."
Shen Xiaobei lifted one of Duan Xichuan's palms and gently placed it on her chest, allowing him to feel her heartbeat at the moment.
At this moment, both of them seemed to have returned to the time when they were in love more than ten years ago.
Even when you are middle-aged, have been married for more than ten years, and have a group of children, you can still feel the heart-pounding love with your partner.
With such a marriage and such a lover, how could Shen Xiaobei have any complaints in his heart?
What we have is cherishing, being touched, and lasting love.
The harmony of this brief reunion with her lover is enough for her to savor until the next brief reunion.
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