Gu Xin smiled and said, "Sometimes fate is really helpless. I heard about a story about defying fate. Do you want to hear it?"
The group looked at Gu Xin.
Gu En said, "Third Sister, there's no way I haven't heard the stories you've heard! I don't seem to have heard any stories about defying fate!"
Gu Xin said, "I've heard countless stories in the West over the past two years. Can I tell you them all?"
Gu En: "Um... okay, Third Sister, you go ahead."
Gu Xin began to tell a story she had heard in the West.
In the western region, the customs are even more open than in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Men can marry wives and take concubines, and women can divorce and remarry without any gossip.
The story is about a very loving young couple who have been married for many years and have a deep affection for each other, but they have never had children.
The wife thought it was her own problem, and the husband thought it was his own problem, but neither of them went to see a doctor.
When she was twenty-six, some changes occurred in her family. Her husband could no longer be home often, as he had to travel to various Western countries to do business. The family business was then handed over to his wife to manage.
At this time, the wife met a kindred spirit.
The couple had minor conflicts over their child in the past two years. Although they hadn't reached the point of divorce, the wife was very emotionally exhausted.
Before her husband left, the two had a big argument because of the child.
Before they could reconcile, the couple separated due to family matters, and the wife remained unhappy.
The new shop assistant was younger than his wife. He was a reserved and shy man, but he was tall and kind-hearted. In the West, where most men were quite rugged in both personality and appearance, this assistant stood out.
When the wife was minding the shop, the shop assistant was also there.
At first, the two didn't talk much, and they talked about things in the shop.
One time, the wife drank too much in the shop and was still there when the shop closed. Coincidentally, the shop assistant lived in the backyard of the shop.
Knowing his identity, the waiter did not help his wife into the house. Instead, he cooked a bowl of soup to help her sober up and brought it over. He then sat down beside her and gently woke her up.
If he couldn't wake her, he patted her.
The wife was someone who was averse to being touched by any man other than her husband, but on this day, when the guy patted her, she didn't show any aversion.
After she woke up, she drank some hangover soup, thanked the doctor, and went home.
Nothing happened that night, and the wife didn't notice anything amiss. She wasn't bothered by the man's touch and was still immersed in her grief.
This time, her husband had been gone for several days without sending back a single letter. She was worried and angry, so she started drinking again, feeling anxious and distressed.
One day, my wife got so drunk that even hangover soup couldn't help.
The weather in the West is often hot during the day and cold at night. The shopkeeper was worried that his wife would catch a cold and get sick, so he carried her to a room in the backyard of the shop.
There is a room there for wives and husbands to take a nap during the day when they are at the shop.
The staff were very well-behaved; they covered the person with a blanket and then came out.
The next morning, when his wife woke up, she found food by her bedside. It wasn't the beef or mutton she disliked, nor was it a heavy, meaty meal. It was just simple, light, green vegetables.
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