Chapter 28
Under the dual pressure of career and wife, the father finally couldn't help but explode. He had a big quarrel with his mother and didn't go home for several days. He hoped that his mother would calm down, think about what he said, and love herself more while loving him.
My father is a pragmatic man, down-to-earth and hardworking, with a strong sense of responsibility, and he just wants to live a good life.
But the mother obviously doesn't think so. She needs a husband who pays attention to her all the time and has only her in his life.
The conflict between the two could not be reconciled until the mother found out that she was pregnant.
During that time, no matter how late my father was busy, he would go home to accompany my mother and prepare meals for her that day.
It was fine at first, but later her mother's morning sickness became more and more severe. The eldest daughter couldn't take care of her own life at all, let alone her own emotions.
Her father tried his best to coax and enlighten her.
During that time, my father was exhausted, but he was unable to change my mother's mentality.
Zhong Miao was born when her parents were exhausted. With Zhong Miao, her father had the motivation to make money. He wanted to give his daughter the best.
But the mother's crazy possessiveness of her husband made her treat her infant daughter as an imaginary enemy.
After Zhong Miao was born, her father became even busier, and her grandmother also came home to help her mother take care of the child.
Grandma's arrival immediately upset the mother's mood. She felt that both grandma and the child were there to compete with her for her father's attention. Her love was too selfish and could not accommodate anyone except her father. During that time, the family was in chaos.
These contents were written nakedly in my mother's diary. My mother had seen my grandmother crying alone many times, but she did not sympathize with her and only felt that she had won.
When Zhong Miao was one and a half years old and could walk and talk, her grandmother left their home.
When she was four years old, her father felt that his daughter was becoming more and more silent. By chance, he discovered that his daughter's body was covered with bruises. The pressure of these years and the injuries on his daughter's body made him completely explode. He went to question his mother, but his mother could not get away with it, so the two started arguing again.
This time, my father was heartbroken. He sent my mother back to her parents' home, whom he had not contacted for several years, and was determined to divorce her.
My grandparents didn't like my father in the first place, and they missed their daughter after not contacting her for a few years, so of course they agreed.
But they still wanted their mother to marry into a good family, and Zhong Miao's child was not recognized. From then on, Zhong Miao lived with her father.
When Zhong Miao was seven years old, his grandparents found his father and brought him the news that his mother had passed away.
When Zhong Miao was nine years old, her grandparents often came to visit her, as if they wanted to find the shadow of their daughter in her, as if they had completely forgotten how they abandoned the child.
Afterwards, a drama of a wealthy family recognizing their relatives was staged, but neither Zhong Miao nor her father bought it. At that time, her father had a successful career and could give her a good life. Zhong Miao also gradually became lively under her father's love.
Zhong Miao has memories from the age of four onwards, and even has memories of being beaten and scolded by her mother when she was two or three years old. It can be seen how much of a shadow this caused to her.
These memories and my mother's diary link my parents' unhappy marriage.
Haha, Zhong Miao sneered in his heart, what an absurd yet true story.
Love can make a mother give everything, but it is not what Zhong Miao pursues. She can fall in love as a spice of life, but she has no longing for marriage.
She was so lucid that she had never thought about getting married. She also believed that her love partner must be of the same social status and have the same cognition and environment.
But she and Pei Ze, let alone being a good match, were simply from two different eras, which made Zhong Miao never optimistic about this marriage.
Besides, how could there be such a passionate love that truly seeks nothing, like her mother's? That was not seeking nothing, she sought something even more terrible.
In fact, Pei Ze is not as simple as he appears. There is much more in his eyes than what he shows, such as the gradually fermenting possessiveness, and occasionally the darkness that wants to swallow her up. Those things make Zhong Miao feel suffocated.
She doesn't want to divorce for the time being because she hasn't figured out the root cause of her mother-in-law's accident. She will probably divorce once she has avoided these risks.
Emotions are not so easy to separate. Mother-in-law and An An like her more and more, but mother-in-law is an elder and An An is a child. They can't be with her forever. Even if they divorce, it doesn't matter. They can still get along like relatives and friends.
But Pei Ze, probably not.
His expectations of her were beyond what she could accept, and to her, it was a burden.
What should Pei Ze do when he finds out that he can’t get what he wants?
Zhong Miao didn't forget that this supporting male character would turn evil.
Fortunately, his feelings were not necessarily that deep. He had been single for so many years and just happened to meet someone he liked. The novelty of it made him intoxicated. It was just a momentary enthusiasm. After all, love has a shelf life.
Zhong Miao thought that Pei Ze was dissatisfied with the arranged marriage at that time and was also not satisfied with her, a village girl as his wife. When he found out that this village girl was as educated and capable as him and could live without relying on him, it was inevitable that he would change his mind about her.
Zhong Miao knew that she had had a great impact on Pei Ze. She and the original owner were two completely different people, and she could not understand the original owner's brain circuits, behavior and thinking. Of course, it was different from the original owner Pei Ze married. Perhaps these were the reasons why he fell in love with her so quickly.
Being too calm and realistic meant that she didn't have strong emotions and couldn't give him what he wanted. When his passion wore off, love and marriage might not be that important anymore.
She didn't dislike Pei Ze. Since they were already married, she shouldn't refuse his closeness.
Her body is integrated into this era and this family, and she looks at the world more from the perspective of an observer.
Zhong Miao turned sideways and looked at the sleeping Pei Ze in the moonlight. He was handsome and smart, considerate, hardworking and able to endure hardships. As long as he didn't become evil as in the original text, and he and his mother-in-law got rid of that bullshit plot, they could live a good life.
As for her and her father, they were not originally characters in the book, and they would not live like the original owner.
Their future will be good.
Zhong Miao reached out and touched Pei Ze's brow, nose bridge, cheeks, and chin with a hint of pity. Yes, she felt a little pity for him.
Actually he is a good person, but he chose the wrong person.
Would she soften her heart and accept the marriage arranged by fate just because she was liked? That was definitely not the case.
From childhood to adulthood, there are many people who like her, but no one can influence her decision except her father.
Pei Ze felt light-headed, and the touch on his face woke him up, "Huh? Wife, are you awake?"
"It's okay, I just woke up, go back to sleep."
"Yeah." Pei Ze turned over and buried his head in Zhong Miao's hair. His hot breath sprayed on her face, and he fell asleep again.
Well, let's just take it one day at a time and wait until he gets over the novelty of it.
The end of the year is approaching, and the furniture factory needs to be cleaned up first. Changes will be made after the new year, and there are many things to do. No matter how busy Pei Ze is, he will go home at night. Sometimes when he comes back, Zhong Miao is already asleep, and when he goes out in the morning, Zhong Miao is still not awake.
Zhong Miao stayed at home peacefully these days, painting and teaching An An how to paint.
As the New Year is getting closer, Pei Ze has finally finished his work and can rest until after the New Year.
"Wife, I brought this sweater back for you. Try it on." Pei Ze opened the bag, took out the clothes and handed it to her.
"Yeah." Zhong Miao was in a bad mood.
"Why are you unhappy?"
"My dad never came back."
"I will be back. There are still several days before the New Year. Don't worry."
"Um."
Zhong Miao hadn't seen her father for a while, and she couldn't help feeling a little anxious, but she didn't know where her father worked, so she could only wait at home.
Zhong Miao absentmindedly put on the sweater, "Does it look good?"
"It looks good." Pei Ze felt that Zhong Miao looked good in whatever she wore, even in a sack.
Ever since Pei Ze went on vacation, the mother-in-law no longer needed Zhong Miao's help with the housework, and the mother and son cleaned the house very well.
All the work that needed to be done was done before, and the couple was very idle in the morning. Zhong Miao suddenly thought of Li Hongmei.
Li Hongmei came twice to chat with Zhong Miao some time ago. She is the village's intelligence collection system, very versatile, and she also told Zhong Miao a lot of gossip.
Li Hongmei is a girl who works quickly, is straightforward and reliable, and treats people warmly. Zhong Miao had some ideas.
"Hey, don't you need someone to help you manage the factory? What do you think of Li Hongmei?" Zhong Miao leaned back on the kang, looking bored.
"Li Hongmei? Can she do it?"
An An's little gloves were unraveling, and Pei Ze was sewing the opening with needle and thread. This little brat was too naughty, and the clothes he wore often had holes and unraveling.
"I think she's good, but I don't know if she's willing to do it."
Zhong Miao looked at Pei Ze. When he used the needle and thread, he looked a bit like a bear embroidering. It looked clumsy, but the effect was quite good and very interesting.
"It's fine as long as you think it's okay. Go and ask her when you meet her." After hearing what Zhong Miao said, he also felt that Li Hongmei was a good girl, better than her brother.
"Well, I'm a little curious. Why do you use Erwa instead of Li Guodong? Your factory is so short of people. It would be easier for you to have more reliable people."
Zhong Miao was not familiar with Li Guodong, she was just purely curious.
"Haha, silly wife, you haven't met Li Guodong many times. His personality is not suitable for business. In this matter, he is really not as good as his sister."
"Then tell me, what's his personality like?"
"He's a down-to-earth guy, but he's quick-tempered, stubborn, and a bit self-righteous. He looks down on people who do business. If I hadn't helped him, he'd probably look down on me too. Erwa is patient, tactful, and open to suggestions. He's the exact opposite."
"Ah? I really didn't realize that. Li Hongmei isn't like that at all. Although she's impatient, she's smart and listens well. She knows what's good and what's bad. She's tactful, and she even has a good foundation in gossip. Haha, if she can't do that, she'll learn it after hanging out with Erwa for a few days."
"Well, my wife is pretty good at judging people."
"I'll talk to her after the New Year."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Pei Ze bit off the thread and put the needle and thread into the cabinet. "You should get up and pack up too. Let's go buy New Year's goods."
"Where can I buy it? It's too late to go to the city now."
"No need to go to the city, I'll take you to the market."
"Okay." Zhong Miao quickly sat up and got up to tidy herself up. She had never been to the big market before and was quite curious.
Pei Ze found her adorable and reached out to pinch her cheek, "You can't sit still when you hear about food, just like An An."
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