Preface: Related to the main text, contains important plot.
-1-
Tragically, this strange, very sick anonymous phone call was not the end.
After saying "Please call the police" and hanging up the phone, Ms. Yangguang soon received a second anonymous call.
——That night, at 3:08 a.m., the call was transferred directly from her office landline to her mobile phone.
The source number displayed was the anonymous customer at around ten o'clock this morning.
After Ms. Yangguang hung up the call, she immediately noted the customer as "brain disease", so she knew it as soon as the screen lit up.
-2-
Considering the thick stack of tips, Ms. Sunshine answered the phone, her eyes too sleepy to open: "Sir, it's three o'clock in the morning..."
"Oh. Is she really a woman?"
——A young girl's voice instantly woke Ms. Sunshine's mind.
"I thought he was secretly contacting some weird candy company behind my back. I didn't expect it was a woman. So, are you his extramarital affair partner, or his divorce lawyer?"
-3-
At that moment, Ms. Sunshine, a brilliant lawyer at the top of her field, quickly reeled from her thoughts, recalling everything that had happened that morning and grasping the key information: this woman was an extremely dangerous psychopath, capable of threatening to murder her husband before a divorce and even shooting gamblers in a casino. Now, she had traced her husband's call records late at night and tracked down this phone.
Ms. Sunshine quickly jumped out of bed and said in a serious voice, "No, ma'am, you misunderstood. I'm just a marriage counselor. Your husband is feeling some pressure in his marriage to you and wants to better reflect on himself and build a healthier and deeper relationship with you on our seventh anniversary—that's why he contacted me this morning."
"……is that so?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Hmm~"
The young woman on the other end of the line chuckled. Her laugh was truly sweet, reminiscent of jelly beans, just as the customer had described.
-4-
But as Ms. Sunshine listened to this laughter, the back of her silk pajamas was completely soaked.
Combined with the vague information revealed by the customer that morning, hearing such a laugh was like playing Kayako alone on a surround sound system in the middle of the night.
-5-
Ms. Sunshine could almost imagine a madman with a sweet smile, covered in blood, and holding an axe.
…Help! It’s scary enough when a normal woman starts to suspect her husband of an affair, but what will a lunatic do if he suspects his husband of an affair?
-6-
"That's what I said. There's no way a guy like him could be popular with women, let alone have an affair."
But miraculously, the girl's tone relaxed. "Forget women. He can't even handle a hen. As for a divorce lawyer... Oh, how could that be possible? I said everyone else's advice was just a fuss... Whether it's U or R... Sorry to disturb your rest."
Ms. Sunshine was flattered.
As a seasoned divorce lawyer, this was definitely the most soothing partner she had ever met.
-7-
In most cases, once the client's spouse realizes that the other party has consulted the industry's top divorce lawyer, they will immediately call, rush into the office, and become hysterical.
Sometimes, even when nothing is confirmed and they just vaguely see a business card or a call record, these partners will collapse and yell.
They suspect that the other party has had an affair, that the other party wants to plunder their property, and they will collapse and question everything, and have all kinds of violent reactions.
It was as if all the pressure, emotions, and dissatisfaction accumulated in daily life erupted through this time of doubt.
Ms. Sunshine has never met anyone who dares to say that their marriage is "problematic."
Maybe it's because those with unprecedented confidence in their partners would never walk into a divorce law firm?
No, Ms. Sunshine doesn't believe in this survivor bias. She believes that problems and doubts will always arise in marriage, the only difference is how to communicate and resolve them.
But this client's wife...she's so easy to talk to.
She sounded too confident and sure, as if she had never worried about things like "affair" or "divorce". She treated "her husband having a woman outside" and "her husband preparing for a divorce" as a pure joke.
-8-
Logically speaking, there should be some dissatisfaction and pressure in a seven-year marriage between two people.
Fresh love will always fade, hormones cannot blind the eyes of both parties forever, and daily life is boring, tasteless and without novelty.
——But this girl didn’t.
Not at all. She was extremely confident. Even when faced with the excuse made up by the strange woman with the unknown number in her husband's phone, she did not have the slightest doubt.
He called me late at night, seemingly just out of curiosity, wanting to play a little prank.
-9-
It's like...
She was absolutely certain of her husband's love and fidelity.
In this marriage, the other party gave her 100% confidence.
Therefore, even if it was a strange woman, even if it was an unknown call, even if it was information she had never told her - she still would not have any doubts.
-10-
And the other one?
Even if he was preparing for a divorce, he wanted to give all his property to her.
Ms. Sunshine had never come across this type of couple before.
She sat on the bed clutching her phone, took a few deep breaths, and then, as if surviving a catastrophe, a certain emotion—the desire to gossip about this unprecedented mentally ill couple—immediately shook her mind.
"Really, ma'am, are you so sure? When I was consulting with my husband about divorce... well, how to better establish a relationship with you... he didn't sound very sure... He even had some suspicions that you suspected he wanted a divorce..."
And he sounded pretty sure he was going to divorce you.
"What? Divorce?"
The girl burst into laughter. "Ahem, ahem, sorry... That's too funny. Will he ask for a divorce? Him? Someone like him?"
-11-
"Do you know how long he chased me, how clingy and stubborn he was?"
She scoffed, "That love-brained kid. He likes me so much that I'm sick of him. He wouldn't even think of divorcing me even if the world falls apart... I really hope he'll divorce me one day and leave me some peace. I'm so fed up with him."
Ms. Sunshine: “…”
Huh.
-12-
"So, you want a divorce..."
"Of course. Who wants to be stuck in a marriage with a clingy, nagging kid? It's annoying."
The lady's words were filled with so much disdain that Ms. Sunshine could practically hear her rolling her eyes. "God knows why I've been stuck with a guy like him for so many years... We were dating for almost eight years, and now we've been married for almost seven... Ah, I really hope to get rid of him soon. He's clingy and nagging, and aside from his good looks and skills, he doesn't have any other advantages..."
Good job.
"So, uh, you've actually been..."
"I've often asked him for a divorce. Whenever he starts nagging me, I tell him I want a divorce. And yet, I've been stuck with him all these years... He's just as fond of me as a puppy. Tsk. You know, it's easy to get rid of humans, but it's impossible to get rid of puppies. So, there's nothing I can do... I just have to keep going like this."
...Good guy.
-13-
It turns out that you are the one who mentions divorce from time to time.
No wonder that gentleman said, "My wife is the type who will never indulge in a relationship" and would rather consider falling in love with Marshmallow again than consider you.
-14-
Ms. Yangguang was greatly shocked and felt that the amount of information in this passage was enough for her to chew on for a long time.
"I see, haha, then I'll hang up..."
"But," the girl said thoughtfully, "he's been a little strange lately."
"Ah, speaking of which, you're a marriage counselor, right? And he's already paying you handsomely?"
"...Yes, ma'am."
"That's perfect. I've been having some issues lately... No, not really. What kind of issues could he possibly cause me... Just, small questions... I remember you marriage counselors are very good at resolving these kinds of small questions..."
The person on the other end of the line hummed. "He's been refusing to have sex with me lately. It's been... half a year now. Even when I take off my clothes and hug him, his attitude is a bit cold. How do you think this little problem can be solved?"
Ms. Sunshine: “…”
-15-
This is no small matter, ma'am.
Even though I'm not a marriage counselor, I know this - if your husband, who you've been married to for almost seven years, doesn't want to have intimate contact with you for six months, it usually means he's either having an affair or wants a divorce.
...This could also be classified as a "recent minor problem", you have a really big heart.
"It's really a small problem~" The girl said cheerfully, "Anyway, no matter how much he refuses, he'll agree if I put the tip of the knife against him. He can only refuse verbally if he refuses to sleep with me."
“…”
"But seriously, he's not a woman. He's been playing this game of half-heartedly accepting and rejecting for the past six months, which is really boring. Even if I enjoy the bed, I still find him unpleasant. He even has to force me to have sex with him—even though he knows I only come to him for sex. And yet, for the past six months, every time we're done, he refuses to talk to me. Isn't that annoying?"
“…”
-16-
Help.
Ms. Yangguang thought with blank eyes: Can men also be forced to have sex in marriage?
…Help! This psychotic couple has caused such a strong impact on our worldviews!!
Why could she taste the old-fashioned flavor of a scumbag man and a bitch woman from the relationship between a weird and mentally ill couple? !
-17-
"And what makes me most dissatisfied," the girl sighed, "is that he hasn't been clingy lately."
"...I thought what you hated most was..."
"Yes, of course, I'm annoyed. But you have to understand, he's been annoying me for so many years... so many years... I've gotten used to it even though I didn't want to... He wants kisses and hugs, and he'd cling to me even when watching TV... Do you know how much effort I put into forbidding him to kiss me? We clearly agreed not to kiss, but after we got married, he tried to kiss me in every way he could."
“…”
Ms. Sunshine no longer has the energy to complain.
Never seen it before.
The couple, who had been dating for nearly eight years and married for nearly seven, had a relationship so good that there was no suspicion of infidelity or divorce, and they had never kissed.
-18-
Never seen it before.
…And that man’s reason for divorce was “I want to fall in love again” instead of “She’s been too much, she’s let me down, I’m tired of her and don’t love her anymore”?!
So, does that man think this relationship is perfectly fine? Is he trying to end the marriage because, like almost every other scumbag, he's "chasing love"?
What a weird train of thought.
Could it be that he also enjoyed it before and had no objection?
...too psychotic.
-19-
"So, even though it annoys me, I've gotten used to it. But lately, he hasn't tried to kiss me anymore, and he rarely says he likes me anymore... A few days ago, I deliberately came home from get off work and pretended to be asleep on the sofa, leaving him a perfect angle for a sneaky kiss—he could just lower his head and get close to my cheek. I was waiting to catch him—but, he just came over, covered me with a blanket, and then went back to mopping the floor."
The girl snorted coldly: "Do you know how outrageous this is? It's really inexplicable... mopping the floor..."
Ms. Sunshine was a little confused: "So, uh, you actually want to... kiss..."
"No. Of course I'm not interested in this. After all, we're not seriously in a relationship, so why would we kiss?" She seemed a little angry as she spoke. "But since it's almost our seventh anniversary, I can turn a blind eye and let him sneak a few kisses. But he turned a blind eye—he just kept mopping the floor!"
“…”
"So he's been annoying me lately. Super annoying. His attitude, his tone, his hesitation to speak out, it's just... weird. I really don't understand. If I just say what I want, why is he dithering? I always want to just say it directly, and if he doesn't give it to me, I'll just pull out a knife and demand it!"
“…”
-20-
That's right, ma'am.
He wanted to find a new partner and start a new relationship, ending his marriage where "there was no serious relationship."
...Can you say this kind of thing directly, especially to a psychopath who would pull out a knife when asked to have sex?
The overload of information gave Ms. Yangguang a splitting headache and she was in great pain: "So, you want to use the consultation to let him express himself more directly..."
"No, that's too complicated." The girl yawned. "Anyway, no matter how much he nags or nags, I just threaten him with divorce and he'll be silent... I don't really care... Mainly, well, I just want him to change his bad habit of refusing to have sex lately. Be more clingy and passionate... I saw a movie recently where there was a clothes-ripping scene... But with his attitude lately, I'd have to use the barrel of a gun to force him to unbutton his shirt. Ugh, so annoying."
"...You really value, uh, the intimate life of a couple."
"What else?"
The other person sounded very surprised: "I've been dating him for nearly eight years and married for nearly seven. Isn't it just so that I can have sex more legally? Otherwise, why would I compromise and perfunctorily deal with him when I'm so annoyed with him?"
“…”
-twenty one-
Is there a possibility.
You have been sleeping with the same person for nearly fifteen years, you are particularly concerned about his attitude and thoughts, and you are constantly trying to pull him in new ways to find new passion - it's not just because you want to have sex.
-twenty two-
Could simple hormones or sexual attraction have sustained two mentally ill people for fifteen years and kept them together as a couple for so long?
-twenty three-
...Ms. Sunshine held her head in grief.
She is a seasoned divorce lawyer, and her job is to persuade couples to break up, but she feels that this couple can only reconcile.
Although this lady claims that she "just wants to have sex", God knows what she will do when she finds out that her husband is planning to have a "serious relationship" with someone else.
Yes, he didn't care. He took out his phone at three in the morning and found the unfamiliar calls to scare her.
-twenty four-
It's the "indifference" in the logic of mental illness.
-25-
The next day, in the morning, 8:10.
The anonymous customer called again and started by apologizing.
"I'm sorry to bother you... I didn't expect her to come back early from her business trip last night... And I didn't expect her to go through my phone... She rarely stayed overnight at my place in the past."
"Haha. So, sir, instead of divorce proceedings, would you consider marital mediation?"
"…What? Mediation?"
The client was also somewhat puzzled: "My wife and I have a good relationship and we have no conflicts of interest. There is no need for mediation."
-26-
"I just want a peaceful divorce, end my relationship with her, and then have a romantic relationship."
Ms. Sunshine: "...Is there a possibility that you can find a way to have a relationship with your own wife instead of getting a divorce?"
An extremely cheerful and light laugh broke out from the other end of the call.
…The customer laughed heartily for a long time before he said, “Ah!” and asked, “Are you kidding?”
"……no."
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... cough, cough, eh? Isn't this answer a joke?"
“…”
Ms. Sunshine hung up the phone sadly.
-27-
There's no hope.
These two are idiotic psychopaths who both tacitly believe they are not in a relationship.
-28-
Should she call the police in advance?
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