Soon it was Wednesday, the day Si Mingda and Zhao Haitang had agreed to meet. Around 11:00 AM, after Si Mingda finished a business meeting with a client in Nanzuo City, he politely declined the client's offer of a meal. Instead, he drove straight to the building below Zhao Haitang's office and called her: "Haitang, I'm downstairs at your office."
"Okay, go straight up to the sixth floor and find the Begonia Psychological Counseling Room."
"Okay, I'll be right up as soon as I park the car."
Zhao Haitang's psychological counseling room is more than 200 square meters and is decorated in a white style, which looks warm and elegant. There are several pots of green ivy, lucky bamboo, succulents, osmanthus and other bonsai placed at the front desk. The warm color arrangement allows those who come for consultation and are unhappy in their marriages to feel the warmth as soon as they enter the door, so that they can calm down and accept Zhao Haitang's thoughtful consultation and guidance.
In her early years, she worked in administration for several years, came into contact with all kinds of people, and was good at understanding their psychological activities. Due to her personal interests and hobbies, as well as her unique gift for eloquence, she resigned six years ago and founded a psychological counseling room. Her business has been booming, far better than her income from working there.
As she herself said, her booming business shows that there are too many people with unhappy marriages in today's society, especially middle-aged women. Some of them have no jobs, no income, and are full-time take care of children at home. They are too disconnected from society. In addition, they do not take care of themselves and are despised by their husbands when they get old. Once they get divorced in middle age, they will have to face the problems of not being able to find a job, having no money, and losing custody of their children.
Having come into contact with too many divorced women, Zhao Haitang sympathizes with their plight. Therefore, in the mediation process, she would not instill in her daughters ideas such as "divorce if you can't live together, and women can live freely without men". She knows very well that these toxic chicken soups are just gimmicks used by some divorced women to instigate others to divorce. For women with financial ability, leaving men can indeed make them live more freely, because they are not short of money, and they don't have to worry about having no place to live, nor do they have to worry about not finding the next relationship. In this society full of money, whether men or women, as long as they have money, they will not have to worry about not finding emotional support.
For divorced women who have no source of income, once divorced they will fall into a situation where they have no place to live and their lives are often miserable, especially in their later years when they will be lonely and helpless.
Therefore, when facing women who came to mediate, Zhao Haitang always adhered to the principle of persuading reconciliation rather than divorce. No matter whether the women felt aggrieved or not, at least their basic life had to be guaranteed. As long as they did not divorce, they could get basic living security from men.
As for the current emotional entanglement between Wang Mudan and Si Mingda, although they are not short of money, divorce is definitely not a wise choice for Wang Mudan. In the face of huge property and the interests of her children, interests are definitely more important than face. Therefore, she decided to do her best to help her old classmate so that she can keep her marriage, property and the interests of her children.
Zhao Haitang's psychological counseling room is divided into a physiotherapy room, a counseling room, a lounge, a reception room, a conference room, and a small study room, which contains many books on psychological counseling. Although her counseling company is small, it has everything it needs and all the supporting equipment is available. It can be seen that Zhao Haitang is a person with delicate emotions, meticulous work and a sense of responsibility.
In addition to Zhao Haitang herself who is responsible for receiving clients and providing them with psychological counseling, she also has three assistants busy receiving clients. When Si Mingda entered, there were two middle-aged women waiting for their turn in the reception room. They were both dressed ordinary, with haggard faces and dull expressions. They looked like either resentful women abandoned by their husbands, or housewives without any source of income who came to seek psychological comfort.
In Simingda's opinion, these women are just too bored, so they develop mental illnesses. If they all have jobs and are so busy that they don't even have time to drink water, they won't have all these random thoughts and suffer from depression.
"Haitang, it's been a while, business is good." Si Mingda greeted Zhao Haitang with a smile.
"Haha, Si Mingda, long time no see. My business is different from yours. My good life is not a good sign. It means there are too many women who have been hurt in love. Men should be responsible." Zhao Haitang deliberately teased.
"Haha, those women are just bored. Let them work in the factory for a few days, or carry bricks on the construction site for a few days. I guarantee there will be nothing wrong with them." Si Mingda said disapprovingly.
"Haha, Simingda, you really know how to tell a joke. If everyone could be so carefree, there would be no worries, no quarrels, and no divorces in this world."
"That's unrealistic. If everyone thought this way, many businesses would have closed down."
"Si Mingda, you are always so humorous and funny."
"I'm a natural optimist. It's so tiring to live with a gloomy face all day long."
Zhao Haitang brought Si Mingda into the reception room: "Let's sit down and talk."
While busy brewing Kung Fu tea, she said, "Hey, I don't quite agree with your idea. Women's minds are more delicate than men's. We can't just analyze women's minds from a man's perspective. If men can show more care and concern for women and ensure their financial security, they may not suffer from depression."
"Haha, Haitang, are you hinting at me?" Simingda joked.
"You are a smart man. You should have guessed the reason why I asked you to come here, right?" Zhao Haitang asked with a smile.
"I don't have the delicate thinking of you psychologists. How can I guess why you are looking for me?" Si Mingda smiled deliberately pretending to be confused.
"Si Mingda, we are old classmates and we all know each other well, so I will be frank."
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