I quietly slipped into the bathroom and answered the phone.
As soon as the call was connected, Wang Yanshu said to him, "Guan Hongjun, you are enjoying a leisurely life with your wife, while I am being criticized by my leader here. I am so angry that my lungs are about to explode."
I quickly comforted her: "Wang 꺶덿任, which leader is so blind as to get angry at you? Besides, hasn't the work in our development zone always been in good order? Why are they being picky for no reason?"
Through her narration, I finally understood the whole story. It turned out that on the seventh day of the first lunar month, the county held a "County-wide Investment Promotion and Important Project Promotion Conference", and the county party secretary Liu Keji criticized Wang Yanshu by name at the meeting. He said that as the vanguard of the county's investment promotion, the development zone should have set new records on the basis of maintaining the steady progress of existing projects, but there was no progress at all, and not even a single investment intention was discussed.
Liu Keji's words were quite stern, and Wang Yanshu, who was so concerned about her reputation, naturally felt humiliated in front of all the county officials. She was so angry that she called me to complain and vent her anger.
I hurriedly said, "Sister, don't be angry. The leader is just being too harsh on us. He has high expectations of us and that's why he demands so much. We have a clear division of labor in the development zone. You work inside and I work outside. If the investment promotion work is not done well this time, I have no choice but to take responsibility. I brought Qingwan here to relax, not just to enjoy the world of women. I am taking care of both public and private matters and looking for opportunities while walking. Once I find a suitable project, I will immediately start investment promotion work. Don't worry, I will never let you down. When I go back, I promise to bring back at least two projects, and they are all the best, and I will definitely win your favor."
On the other side of the phone, Wang Yanshu chuckled: "I'm just complaining, I'm not forcing you to do anything. You should focus on accompanying your sister Qingwan. If there is a chance, it would be even better if you can lead the sheep."
After that, she hung up the phone. I stood in front of the bathroom mirror and looked at myself carefully. Suddenly, I found that I seemed to have aged a lot. My family and work were not going well, and my mood became a little depressed.
I groped my way to the bed in the dark, but before I lay down, I heard a cold voice: "Okay, now you're avoiding me when you call me."
This sudden sound made me shudder and my heartbeat accelerated instantly. I responded dissatisfiedly: "Aren't you asleep?"
She snorted coldly, her tone carrying obvious displeasure: "Sleeping doesn't mean you're dead, won't I wake up?"
I sighed helplessly and explained, "Look at you, you're thinking the wrong thing again. I mean..."
But she interrupted me before I could finish, "Am I thinking the wrong thing? What's the point of saying she's inside and you're outside? They're going to live together, and I can't even ask? Just tell me, am I a hindrance to you? There's nothing I can do about it, Guan Hongjun, just give up on this idea. I won't divorce you. If you still have a conscience, just bear with it for a while. After I die, you can live with whoever you want."
Her unreasonable behavior makes me feel very irritated. It's okay once or twice, but if it happens so often, I can't stand it.
So I flipped on the light.
The strong light blinded her instantly, and she quickly covered her eyes with her hands. I took the opportunity to say, "Zhu Qingwan, stop being unreasonable. I was just calling Wang Yanshu to discuss work, and you are making such random suspicions. If you keep going like this, I will also collapse."
Seeing that I was really angry, she started to cry like a child who had been wronged. I wanted to comfort her, but when I thought that if I didn't correct her willfulness, such things would happen again and again, I hardened my heart.
She cried for a while, then when she saw that I ignored her, her crying turned into sobbing. Then, the sound became louder and louder. I guess she fell asleep.
Looking at her sleeping, I felt mixed emotions, helpless and distressed, but I knew that sometimes, a proper cold war might help both of us calm down.
The next morning, after I washed up, I went to the hotel restaurant alone to have breakfast, still feeling resentful.
I deliberately slowed down my pace, thinking that she would follow me as usual, but I looked left and right, but there was no trace of her.
An inexplicable sense of uneasiness welled up in my heart.
I ate a few mouthfuls hastily and hurried back to my room. However, the moment I opened the door, the scene before me was like a bolt from the blue, and it scared me to death in an instant.
She was standing tremblingly on a chair in the hotel, with her feet raised and her body leaning forward. In front of her neck was a ring made of stockings wrapped around the central air conditioning system.
I immediately understood her intention. She was preparing to hang me! My heart suddenly tightened, and I rushed over without thinking. I grabbed her legs and used all my strength to hold her down on the bed.
Her once lively eyes were now filled with despair and she stared at me quietly, not uttering a single word.
I stood up, hurriedly closed the door, and pulled the stockings. I didn't expect that this seemingly solid fence was pulled down by my violent pull. I couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking: Even if she really put the neck in, this fragile fence would throw her to the ground heavily.
However, I still felt a lingering fear in my heart. I knew that I couldn't let the conflict escalate any further, or else she would do the same thing again, and the consequences would be disastrous, and I would definitely regret it for the rest of my life.
I slowly sat down on the bed and held her tightly in my arms again. She didn't struggle at all, and completely obeyed my actions, like a puppet that had lost its soul.
At this moment, she had once been on the verge of life and death, and must have been frightened by what was happening before her eyes.
I couldn't imagine that she had made the decision to commit suicide and was so determined.
I knew that I had to have a heart-to-heart talk with her and try to resolve the knot in her heart. No matter what happened in the future, I couldn't let this "hotel horror" happen again and watch her step by step towards the abyss of despair.
I whispered softly, "Qingwan, let's calm down and have a good talk to see what the problem is between us. If you have any problems in your heart, just open your heart and tell me. I will listen carefully, reflect on it, and actively correct it. If what happened today is really irreversible, how can you let me live in the future? To be honest, if possible, I would rather die than let you suffer this."
She remained silent, but tears were quietly falling from the corners of her eyes. It seemed that she had slowly recovered from her fear just now.
I continued, "I know you're struggling with two things: your concerns about the disease and your unclear boundaries with other women. Am I right?"
She snuggled in my arms, letting her tears flow freely, but nodded slightly to indicate that I had spoken her mind.
I continued to comfort her: "Regarding your disease, we have to look at it objectively. Although it is indeed serious, it is not as terrible as you think. Science is constantly improving, and medicine is also developing rapidly. The medicine you are taking now will soon be approved for sale in the United States. These are all positive signals. Think about it from another perspective. Even if this disease is really serious and may endanger your life, you can look out the window and see that there are people coming and going on the road. Maybe someone will suddenly be hit by an oncoming car. Life is unpredictable, and no one knows which accident will come first. Every morning, I don’t know how many people will never see the rising sun again. So, you can’t always think about this matter over and over again in your heart. Relax yourself."