Further studies
"Ma Aili, what are you talking about?" Zeng Shiwen almost laughed out loud when he heard this, but then he was frustrated and angry. "Actually, you're right. Why did you marry me? Of course it wasn't because you loved me. And I've given you everything I deserve. I didn't expect you to have so many complaints."
"Forget it, I don't want to say anything more. You and I have never been able to reason. I asked you to come back today because of something else." Ma Aili calmed down and handed him a document. "If you think it's okay, just sign it. I don't want anything else, just Zeng Mu."
"Are you crazy? Do you know what you're talking about?" He waved the document away, and several papers slowly scattered between them, landing on the paper on the coffee table. He could clearly see her signature. He stared at her signature intently, and after the anger subsided, he felt powerless.
Zeng Shiwen didn't know what was going on. Although the company had been growing over the years, his shares and prestige had been fragmented bit by bit. And his wife, the person he wanted to protect, was asking for a divorce at this time when he was in the most difficult period.
He always thought he was very successful. When he was young, he worked hard with several brothers to create a company, married the woman he loved most, and had a happy family and a successful career. He never thought that he would see this day.
"I'm completely clear-headed. I don't want your stinky stuff anymore. You never trusted me anyway. Everything you gave me came with conditions and deadlines. You can take it back any time you want." Ma Aili picked up the thin pieces of paper that marked the final outcome between her and him, sorted them out, and placed them on the coffee table. "Also, the one who should get used to the gap shouldn't be me, but you. Mr. Zeng, cherish the time you still have while you can still give orders."
"What do you mean by that?" He was now dejected, his eyes bloodshot. He no longer had a trace of his former high-spirited demeanor.
"Like you said, you no longer have any power in the company, so my brother probably won't see you again. You're no longer on his list of friends to keep. As his sister, I no longer need to be the wife of a worthless man." She paused, then continued with a tone that seemed both pity and sarcasm. "You still have some money now, so keep it for your retirement."
Someone slammed the door and left with a loud noise, but fortunately there was no one in the building at that time.
Ma Aili sat back in her original position and stayed there motionless for a long time. She seemed to have won, but she was not as excited and happy as she had imagined.
She was silent with her eyelids lowered, but she was not thinking or in a daze. Scenes from the past flashed through her mind.
Love or not, it no longer matters. They have come to this point today. She broke her promise and was the first to regret it. She admitted it.
She looked at the time. It was not too late, but she hadn't gone to buy groceries yet.
When she walked outside the kitchen, she saw the pots and pans that had not been washed yet, and remembered that she had forgotten to wash them after lunch.
I don’t know what she did that day, but most of the time passed in the blink of an eye.
She hurried out with her bag to buy groceries. If she didn't go now, it would be too late.
After that, she mechanically did her housework as if nothing had happened, prepared dinner and waited for her son to come back.
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On the way home from school a few days later.
"You two have been very quiet lately." Qin Yichuan asked with some surprise. Unlike other students on the street who were carrying backpacks in a proper manner, he was carrying his pitifully light schoolbag in one hand, looking relaxed.
"Because they're going to take the high school entrance exam." Zeng Mu said nonchalantly. "During this period, they definitely won't quarrel at home."
All parents are like this, thinking they have covered it up well, but even elementary school students wouldn’t believe their poor acting, Zeng Mu thought to himself.
"Don't talk about this anymore. Are you confident about your admission to higher education this time?" Zeng Mu didn't want to talk about this matter any more. Thinking of the upcoming high school entrance examination, he asked Qin Yichuan, and he became more curious about this question.
"It's not difficult, right?" Qin Yichuan looked nonchalant.
"Have you changed your mind?" Zeng Mu had noticed his recent changes a long time ago. After all, they were neighbors he had known for such a long time and they spent most of their time together. It would be strange if he still didn't notice it.
He always knew that Qin Yichuan would go abroad to visit his mother in the UK every holiday to take the courses prepared for him, because he planned to go to school in the UK in the future. He said that the academic performance of the schools here was neither good nor bad, and they all maintained a delicate line.
Zeng Mu had heard Qin Yichuan mention the original plan before, that he would go to the UK to study in high school in the future.
This was also decided by Uncle Qin and Aunt Lan a long time ago.
"I knew a long time ago that I would go study abroad in the future. I used to get used to hearing them talk about it every day, but now I suddenly feel that there is nothing much I look forward to abroad. I stay there for a while every year, and it feels so-so. It's actually the same wherever I am." Qin Yichuan thought for a while and said that he had sorted out his thoughts in the past few days.
"Before, it was mainly for my mother. I felt that she was alone there and I should go to accompany her. But recently she found a partner and she has a new life. I wonder if going now will disturb her." Qin Yichuan said this, feeling a little lost.
"Actually, we haven't been a family since a long time ago. We all have our own lives now. My dad has met someone he likes. I'm not disappointed, but I feel like I'm the only one who still holds on to unrealistic expectations, thinking that I'm the only one who can keep them together."
"The world will still keep turning even without anyone. I'm not as important to them as I thought, and they're not as important to me as I thought. Everyone is moving forward. Why should I stay where I am and keep the promise I made all those years ago?"
“Zeng Mu, I may not go abroad.”
Qin Yichuan turned to look at Zeng Mu and spoke seriously.
"Oh, congratulations." Zeng Mu said without any emotion, as if perfunctorily.
"Why do you say that?" Qin Yichuan asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"I'm glad that you finally figured it out. You finally learned to use your brain to think."
"Hey, who are you looking down on? Explain it to me clearly!"
"Hasn't what I said been clear enough? It's you who has been lacking self-awareness."
"Stop and don't run."
The two of them seemed carefree as they played and joked along the way.
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