"Like you said, because I've been through it, I understand that kind of pain better. It's not just the physical pain, but also the emotional pain of being betrayed and hurt by your loved one. Although I haven't looked up any information, I can imagine how helpless someone who has experienced domestic violence feels. Hua Er and I were married through arranged marriage, but we also had a free love relationship. Before we got married, he showed me how much he loved me."
At this point, Ms. Zhuang's tone slowed, her eyes wandering, as if lost in some memory, but she quickly regained consciousness. "But after we got married, he changed. He no longer said he loved me every day, he no longer shared his daily life with me, and he was slow to reply to messages, sometimes not at all. When he was pursuing me, he would always tell me where he was going. After we got married, he often left me alone at home with his entire family, both elders and juniors. When I called to inquire about it, he accused me of being naive and interfering with his work. Ha, men."
Ms. Zhuang sneered and asked the waiter for a bottle of wine.
"Ms. Zhuang, your injuries haven't healed yet, so it's not suitable for you to drink, right?" Li Xi felt that Ms. Zhuang was quite emotional and was a little worried.
"I don't drink. I just smell it. I drink my saliva while smelling the wine, and I'll pretend I've drunk it. I can get drunk." Zhuang Tianxin smiled at Li Xi. It was a beautiful smile, but Li Xi felt heartbroken. Her old videos showed that she used to be a confident, calm, and bright girl. Now, she's a broken rose, a beautiful face with a shattered soul! Damn this domestic abuser! Damn this deceitful scumbag!
"Pfft, I'm not angry, why are you angry?" Li Xi's face was full of anger. Seeing Li Xi like this, Zhuang Tianxin's heavy heart suddenly relaxed a little, and she rarely smiled.
"I just think it's abhorrent to deceive people's feelings. They pretend to love deeply when they clearly don't, tricking people into opening their hearts, and then in turn making fun of them for being so love-brained."
"Yeah, wasn't I just lovesick?" Ms. Zhuang laughed self-deprecatingly. "Looking back now, Hua Er's so-called 'love for me' was actually very superficial. He said he was proud of my career, but other than Jiang Cheng, he never took the initiative to come see my performances. He said I was his muse, but he never painted a picture for me. He always said he missed me, but never once put down what he was doing to fly over to see me. So why did I think he loved me so much?"
"rhetoric?"
"Indeed, he's very good at coaxing people. I don't know how many young girls he's coaxed with him in the past. Haha." Ms. Zhuang picked up the wine the waiter brought, filled a large glass, put it under her nose, and took a big sip. Then she picked up the teacup and gulped down the entire glass of water. After finishing, she put the cup heavily on the table and sighed, "Great!"
Seeing Zhuang Tianxin's cheerful look, Li Xi thought this was a good way to relieve stress. Following Zhuang Tianxin's example, she gulped down a large glass of water. "Comfortable!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
"Hahaha."
"Well, let's talk about Hua Er." After laughing, Zhuang Tianxin's mood was obviously much better. When she talked about Hua Er Shao again, she no longer had the melancholy she had before. "I actually only discovered that he didn't love me later. Although his attitude and behavior were different before and after marriage, I just thought he neglected me after getting married and busy with his career. I didn't doubt that he didn't love me. After all, I was in love at the time. Later, he started hitting me. The first time, I was really angry, but I couldn't bear to hit him back. I just wanted to wait for him to sober up and have a good talk with him. In the end, he cried and knelt to apologize, and swore that he would never do it again. How sincere is that relationship? Even if I wasn't in love at the time, I would have believed and forgiven him without hesitation. You see, the reason why domestic violence is difficult to eliminate is not only because it is difficult for outsiders to control it, but also because of the victim's indulgence."
"Relatively speaking, girls are more likely to be soft-hearted." Li Xi nodded, speaking the truth. Indeed, in many domestic violence cases reported in the news, the arrogance of the perpetrators was actually fueled by the victims themselves. Fear is one thing, and forgiving again and again is another.
"I was soft-hearted at first, so I didn't confront him or tell my family. This led to him hitting me again and again. His attacks weren't particularly harsh, so every time he apologized tearfully, saying he didn't mean it, that he was hurt by his father and couldn't control himself, I forgave him again and again. In the end, he only became more aggressive."
"To gain sympathy and soften your heart."
"That's right." Zhuang Tianxin nodded, drank another glass of "wine", and then cursed in a "drunk" state, "Hua Er, that black-hearted bastard, not only did he deceive my feelings, he also beat me and imprisoned me. I was blind to fall for him in the first place, and let him do whatever he wanted! This kind of man deserves to have his intestines pierced and his heartless lovelessness! I curse him to be a widower and lonely for the rest of his life! If he gives birth to a son, he won't be able to have sex!"
Li Xi tensed up as she listened to Zhuang Tianxin's "filthy language." She was a lady from a wealthy family, yet she used all sorts of words when cursing. Regardless of whether it was appropriate or not, it was a bit too dirty.
Li Xi was so surprised that she forgot to stop her and let Zhuang Tianxin "speak the truth after drinking". Zhuang Tianxin pretended to be drunk very well, cursing people and occasionally slurring her words, making Li Xi forget that she had just drunk water and only sniffed the wine.
By the time Zhuang Tianxin had finally vented enough, Li Xi had also recovered from her shock. "Ms. Zhuang, could you please calm down first?" she said, pouring Zhuang Tianxin a glass of water.
Zhuang Tianxin smiled and thanked him, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. I've been feeling really frustrated lately. When I was being held captive by Hua Er, I was completely in a daze, my mind wasn't very clear, and I was very depressed. Later, my family took me home and I recuperated for a while. My mind has cleared up, but seeing how concerned my family is about me, I can't show my anger. I don't want to worry them too much. I've already caused them too much trouble."
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