Chapter 332: What can’t be grasped is the human heart
Su Man smelled a hint of gossip.
In fact, Su Man had no romantic feelings for Qiao Shiyan, nor did she have any possessiveness towards him. It was simply that her woman's radar was triggered.
Not only Su Man, Qiao Shixin also felt it.
She was originally concentrating on eating, but she raised her head, her eyes rolling back and forth between her sister-in-law and brother, especially on Qiao Shiyan's face, trying to figure out what kind of expression and tone her brother had when he talked about his female colleagues.
After lunch, Qiao Shixin used the excuse of taking Su Man for a walk by the rockery pond in the back garden and left Qiao Shiyan's sight. Qiao Shixin secretly said to Su Man, "Sister-in-law, I think there's something wrong with my brother's female colleague, that Nana."
"Oh? What do you mean?" Su Man asked knowingly.
Looking at the little girl's serious look, Su Man couldn't help but want to laugh.
"She was very attentive when she was studying under my brother. Now she actually gave up her big backer at Hongyuan, resigned, and came to my brother's unknown firm, taking such a big risk and jeopardizing her career prospects. Why? I don't believe that she has no ulterior motives. Now she is eager to give you such an expensive gift, saying it is an apology. This move is really green tea!!" Qiao Shixin scolded.
Then, she frowned and analyzed, "Also, why are they in such close contact privately?"
Su Man teased her: "Maybe they are just ordinary colleagues, communicating normally."
"Nonono, sister-in-law, many cases of infidelity develop from this kind of so-called 'daily communication'. How does love arise? The desire to share. They're colleagues, so it's fine to just talk about work. Why are you talking about trivial daily matters? This is only the case in love, right? As a husband, his desire to share isn't with his wife, but with other women. Isn't that strange?"
"It's very strange." Su Man nodded in agreement.
"Sister-in-law, you have to be more vigilant. Where a person's desire to share is, there is their heart. Don't let my brother's heart run away."
Qiao Shixin was very serious, her eyes widened a little.
Su Man couldn't help but continue teasing her: "But, where a person's heart is is not something I can control."
"That's right. People's hearts are like a handful of sand. The more you try to hold on to it, the faster it leaks out." Qiao Shixin suddenly became like a deflated ball, and there was no light in her eyes.
Arm in arm, the two walked around the corridor and stood by the pool.
Looking at the reflection of the rockery in the pool, Qiao Shixin was filled with melancholy and felt a knot in her stomach. She suddenly opened her heart to Su Man and wanted to talk to her:
"Some time ago, I also saw on Song Lin's mobile phone that he frequently shared his daily life with a female colleague in their unit. The number of chats they had in a day was more than the messages Song Lin sent to me in a week. They said good morning and good night to each other, and even took pictures of what they had for lunch and shared them. They would also recommend their favorite songs to each other. After work, they would make appointments to watch movies and listen to concerts together..." Qiao Shixin stared at the pool water in a daze, her eyes broken.
"Before, because Song Lin pursued you before, I still resented and envied you in my heart. Even though you were with my brother, I still felt a hurdle in my heart when I faced you. But after discovering how frequently he interacted with that female colleague, I suddenly felt relieved. I let go of all the resentment and jealousy I had towards you in the past, and all those childish emotions."
Su Man was shocked and felt sorry for Qiao Shixin:
"Song Lin's feelings for me before... I thought they were completely immature feelings of a grown boy. I was thinking that after he married you, he would gradually understand the true nature of love and fall in love with you as they spent every day together... But I never expected... he would do such a thing!"
Song Lin was her student, and she was almost mad at him!
"Oh," Qiao Shixin laughed at herself, "He did fall in love with a specific person, but that person wasn't me. He can love anyone, but not me."
Her eyes were red.
Su Man felt so distressed that she put her arm around the girl's shoulders.
Qiao Shixin choked up and said, "Sister-in-law, I can't live like this anymore. I want a divorce."
"...Have you thought it through? It's so hard for two people to come together and become husband and wife."
"Why should I hold on to someone who doesn't love me? Since he will never fall in love with me, if I let him go, I will also be freeing myself."
Su Man sighed, "I'm not saying this to persuade you to be patient. Instead, I'm telling you to think clearly about your future and future plans and protect your own rights. Divorce is no small matter, and your brother is a lawyer. You should let him know about these things."
Hearing Su Man say this, Qiao Shixin suddenly couldn't help it, hugged Su Man and cried.
Su Man could see that Qiao Shixin was still reluctant to let go.
Can't bear to give up Song Lin.
Can't bear to be separated from Song Lin.
After all, Song Lin was the neighbor boy she had admired since childhood. How could she break up with the person she had finally fallen in love with just like that?
Qiao Shixin had probably been holding this matter in her heart for a long time, and finally she released it. Her emotions were like a dam bursting, and from the suppressed sobs at the beginning, she slowly turned into loud crying.
The little girl cried for a long time, and Suman stayed with her for a long time.
Qiao Shixin was tired of crying and finally stopped, but because she had been crying for too long, her eyes were swollen into two big "walnuts" and there was a light red around them. Qiao Shixin was worried that her brother would notice something, so she was reluctant to go back to the house.
Suman sat with her outside for more than an hour.
As the sky gradually darkened, Qiao Shiyan found the back garden:
"I was wondering where you guys were going and why you were staying here for so long?"
When Qiao Shixin saw Qiao Shiyan, she immediately put her brother in Song Lin's shoes, and her resentment suddenly rose to a peak. "I'm sitting here saying bad things about you! Why are you so close to that female colleague of yours? If you dare to do anything to let down our teacher Su, I will never reconcile with you."
"What nonsense are you talking about, you little girl! You are irreconcilable. I'm going to give you a slap on the head first." Qiao Shiyan stretched out his hand and pretended to hit his sister on the forehead.
Qiao Shixin hid behind Su Man and poked her head out, "Sister-in-law! Look at him! So fierce!"
Qiao Shiyan said, "Did you forget something? We have to celebrate your sister-in-law's birthday tonight. Where's your cake? Shouldn't you take it out of the refrigerator?"
"Oh! Damn it!" Qiao Shixin jumped up and hurriedly warned, "Brother and sister-in-law, wait a moment, I'm going out for a while and will be back soon! Don't rush to eat the cake in the refrigerator!"
After saying that, he walked out in a flash.
Su Man was puzzled: "Where did she go?"
"She failed to make that cake. She said that if she celebrated her birthday tonight with that dark dish, she would be depressed, so she urgently ordered another cake. I guess she has gone out to get it now." Qiao Shiyan was both amused and helpless.
After saying that, he remembered what Qiao Shixin had said just now, and couldn't help but explain to Su Man: "Don't listen to that stinky girl's nonsense, there's nothing between me and Luna."
"I know."
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