Chapter 89 Is your marital relationship made of plastic?
In a private room at a club late at night.
Li Moyang looked at Jin Changyu, who was sitting there dejectedly.
"Didn't you set a curfew for yourself at night after your pregnant wife was born?"
Why did you run out tonight?
Seeing him drinking alone in silence, Li Moyang leaned closer to examine him. "Were you kicked out by your pregnant wife?"
Jin Changyu looked at the empty wine glass in his hand, remained silent for a long time, and then said, "I only found out tonight that before the divorce, she thought I was cheating on her."
"puff."
Li Moyang almost spat out his drink, staring at him with wide eyes.
Cheating?
"You're such a busy person who's always so busy you wish you could stretch your time out of your schedule, and you still can't figure this out even though she's a woman. Where did you get the idea of having an affair?"
Jin Changyu said sullenly, "She thought Zhou Yunshuang was my ex-girlfriend, and that I didn't want her because of Zhou Yunshuang."
"ah?"
Li Moyang looked at him in surprise, "You didn't tell Zhou Yunshuang that the rumors about you were false?"
Jin Changyu looked at him and shook his head silently.
"No, you two haven't discussed this topic in the past two years?"
Jin Changyu stared blankly and shook his head.
"You didn't say anything?"
Jin Changyu shook his head again.
"She didn't ask her either?"
Jin Changyu shook his head again.
Li Moyang broke out in a sweat: ...
"I'm saying... is your marriage made of plastic?"
Don't they know how to communicate?
Jin Changyu's eyes darkened, his fingers gripping the wine glass tightly, and he said in a deep voice, blaming himself, "It was my negligence."
He never took Zhou Yunshuang seriously.
To him, she was just a former marriage partner; once the marriage was called off, they had no further connection.
He had never had any romantic involvement with Zhou Yunshuang, so he felt there was nothing to explain.
Moreover, during their first meeting, Grandma explained the situation to Sang Qian: the Jin family and the Zhou family had canceled their marriage alliance, and he and Zhou Yunshuang had no further relationship.
Grandma told her not to worry, and she replied, "Don't worry, I understand. The past is over, I won't dwell on it, I'll only look to the future."
Grandma asked her, "Would you be willing to marry my Changyu?"
She blushed, glanced at him, nodded, and said softly, "I'm willing."
She said she only looked to the future, so he assumed that she, like him, didn't take Zhou Yunshuang seriously at all.
He didn't do a good enough job; he should have taken the initiative to explain the past to her.
That way, she won't misunderstand.
"So she divorced because she thought you cheated on her?" Li Moyang asked.
Jin Changyu ran his thumb along the rim of his wine glass, recalling the changes in Sang Qian's behavior before and after the divorce. Although she didn't admit it, he thought that overhearing his conversation with Jin Ningxi and misunderstanding that he liked Zhou Yunshuang was the direct cause of their divorce.
Seeing that he acquiesced, Li Moyang filled his glass with wine. "That's easy. You explain things to her, clear up the misunderstanding, and you can make up, right?"
Jin Changyu's eyes were filled with melancholy and sadness. "It's not that easy."
This was just one crack in their marriage, not the only reason for its breakdown.
He once thought his marriage was harmonious and that he and his wife were amicable, but that was only because Sang Qian had always catered to and tolerated him.
He was the beneficiary.
Every crack that appeared in the marriage was mended by Sang Qian through her compromises and concessions. As the beneficiary, he was unable to see the cracks and thus comfortably enjoyed all the benefits that the marriage brought.
He never tried to understand her difficulties, her concerns and anxieties in the marriage; he also failed to provide what she hoped for in the marriage.
What she was given were things she didn't care about.
When the party who has always been at a disadvantage stops making sacrifices, their marriage will inevitably break down, completely exposing all the cracks in their relationship.
By the time he realized what was happening, it was too late to save him.
Jin Changyu downed the glass of wine in one gulp, the spiciness burning his insides, so much so that his words were tinged with bitterness, "She won't give me a single chance now."
Looking at his heartbroken and distressed expression, Li Moyang asked, "So you still don't want to let go and want to win her back?"
"I thought I could do it."
Jin Changyu's eyes held a hint of melancholy and intoxication as he said softly, "She said she'd had enough of me and wanted a divorce. I thought I could let go and give her her freedom, but later I realized... I simply couldn't do it."
It turns out that when he came home and couldn't see the woman who always had a smile on her face, he felt so sad.
No matter how hard or tiring his work was, seeing her smiling face when he got home always made him feel happy and relieved.
During their cooling-off period, when he returned home, the huge house was cold and deserted, and his heart felt empty, as if something had been lost.
Countless nights, he lay alone on the bed where they had once shared countless passionate nights, staring blankly at the ceiling. As a pang of regret welled up inside him, he would even think, in a despicable way—
Why did he agree to the divorce?
If he were a little selfish and stubbornly refused to leave, wouldn't the person still be by his side?
Once the thought popped into his head, his regret and reluctance intensified.
At first, he was able to use reason to suppress his out-of-control emotions and resist the urge to go to her. But as the days went by and the day they were about to get their divorce certificate approached, he began to feel restless and confused all the time.
Later, unable to resist any longer, he shamelessly followed her to her hometown in the countryside to find her.
Fortunately, he went to the countryside with her, which allowed him to unexpectedly discover that she was pregnant.
At that time, he was secretly delighted.
He thought that if they had a child, she would change her mind and come back to him.
Unexpectedly, Sang Qian was willing to give up the child in order to get a divorce.
Left with no other choice, he resorted to a despicable act, secretly taking measures to keep her and the child by his side.
"If you don't want to give up, then pursue her wholeheartedly and make her fall in love with you."
Li Moyang said, "Didn't you buy yourself ten months? You've kept her here. If you pursue her well, why are you afraid you can't keep her heart too?"
He poured Jin Changyu another glass of wine and clinked glasses with him, saying, "You've managed to make such a large family business thrive, so why are you worried about not being able to handle a young girl?"
Jin Changyu thought to himself: Pursuing her is much harder than doing business.
Fortunately, he now understands where the problem lies between them, and the direction he should take in pursuing her has become much clearer.
Jin Changyu downed the wine in his hand in one gulp, his eyes becoming clear and deep.
*
Sang Qian, who has always slept well since becoming pregnant, is having trouble sleeping tonight.
The dim light from the floor lamp made the room seem even more empty, and she just stared blankly at the ceiling.
Only when her eyes felt sore and tired, and her vision became increasingly blurry, did she slowly close her eyes and force herself to fall asleep...
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