What Wu Wei said shocked Director Wang.
Everyone longs for a love that lasts until death.
However, that's too illusory; it seems to not exist.
What exists is merely a wishful thinking about love that lasts until death, a fantasy of romance.
In modern society, although we have broken away from old feudal ideas and arranged marriages based on parental orders and matchmakers, does free love guarantee happiness?
Marriages arranged by organizations, for work purposes, or on a whim are commonplace.
This confirms the policies that say that taking too long to discuss marriage, looking at a woman too much is considered immoral, and dating without the intention of marriage is also immoral. Regardless of the type of marriage, are there any couples who are truly happy and fulfilled?
Director Wang asked himself honestly, his marriage to his lover was a work requirement, and mutual respect was a kind of happiness, but it seemed bland and dull compared to what Wu Wei said about her mother's love for Zheng Daotong.
This prompted Director Wang to comfort Wu Wei, who was crying uncontrollably, saying, "Alright, stop crying."
Tell me how your mother is doing now?
"What else can I do but lie in bed and wait to die? My mother will only be able to pass away peacefully when I marry Zheng Ya."
"I'm just hanging on by a thread, what am I supposed to do?" Wu Wei didn't know what to do.
Especially when she thought about how Zheng Ya disliked her every word and action, she felt like she was being pricked by needles and was about to explode. Why did she have to dislike her?
If anyone should be complaining, it should be Wu Wei who complains about Zheng Ya.
Director Wang could tell that this was an extremely arrogant and conceited woman, and couldn't help but sigh, "To be honest, I don't know how to help you in this situation."
"You need to understand Zheng Ya's relationship with his mother, Tian Juan, before considering marriage."
"It's just a fake marriage, a document and message for me to repay my mother for raising me. What loss has he suffered?"
"If I get divorced after marriage, I'll be the one who suffers the loss!" Wu Wei was furious at the thought of getting married and then divorced, and being labeled as divorced.
These days, widows and divorced women are people that people avoid, to avoid getting into trouble.
There's always gossip around a widow's door; divorced women are never good.
Those are just the opinions of people in this era.
Whatever the truth may be.
Rumors and gossip are the most hurtful.
There are always some jealous people who spread rumors and gossip, inevitably causing trouble.
After all, there were very few entertainment options available in this era.
How can people get through the day if they don't chat with each other to pass the time?
Since we're chatting, let's talk about some new topics.
No matter who it is, they become the subject of gossip, and divorced women inevitably become the focus of attention, something that cannot be avoided.
Therefore, Wu Wei hated Zheng Ya with a passion because she thought about how he would be ridiculed in the future.
Wouldn't it be better if Zheng Ya didn't exist, or if he had died young?
Even being born as a girl would be nice, right?
This way, Wu Wei won't be put in a difficult position.
Director Wang was amused by her arbitrary argument: "Your attitude is criminal, playing with marriage, treating it like a game."
Do you know what kind of impact this will have on society?
"What can I do?" Wu Wei sat up straight and asked, which stumped Director Wang. How could he answer?
We can't criticize Wu Wei for getting a fake marriage to fulfill her filial duty in order to let her mother pass away peacefully, can we?
A daughter's filial piety cannot be denied.
Director Wang shook his head and sighed: "Well, I can't really say what to do about this."
Before we go on, let me tell you about Zheng Ya's relationship with his mother.
His mother, Tian Juan, raised Zheng Ya for only six months before joining a secret mission. She could only visit her family a handful of times and had no contact with Zheng Ya.
Tian Juan gave birth to her youngest daughter and raised her with her side, a decision made after careful consideration, showing that she and her child were not very close.
Furthermore, regarding Zheng Daotong's sacrifice and Grandma's death from poisoning, our neighborhood office called Tian Juan to inform her, but the security guard who answered the phone only said that he would inform Tian Juan and then there was no further response.
Do you know how much of a blow this was to Zheng Ya?
At the time, I advised Zheng Ya to think more positively, because the better the living live, the better it is for the deceased relatives.
But these words struck a nerve with Zheng Ya, who cried out that he was the only one left living in the family, and that it would be better to die! Director Wang said, his eyes welling up with tears, and he realized something was wrong.
At the time, Zheng Ya mistakenly believed that Tian Juan's indifference to her husband Zheng Daotong's sacrifice and her mother-in-law's death caused him to be resentful, act petty, and shout a few words to vent his anger.
Young people, it's normal for them to say what they're angry about.
But now, looking back, Director Wang realized there was a problem. Thinking about Zheng Ya's tearful complaints about being bullied and having his things stolen, he realized he had treated Zheng Ya like a child.
Oh no, this could be a really big problem?
Being misled, misled, or misjudged could be a serious dereliction of duty!
If what Zheng Ya said was true, Director Wang dared not think any further. The thought of Zheng Ya calling him "sister" made him feel ironic, and he no longer had the secret joy he had felt before.
That's Zheng Ya implying that she's mentally challenged, unfit to be an elder, too old to be a younger sister, and too demeaning to be an older sister—that makes sense.
This made Director Wang increasingly anxious, and he wished he could rush to courtyard number 95 immediately, call Zheng Ya out, and ask him for clarification.
Wu Wei didn't know what she was thinking. Realizing that Zheng Ya's dislike for her stemmed from Tian Juan, she exclaimed in surprise, "How could this be?"
Wait a minute, didn't the mother and son call each other to keep in touch?
"Uh, it seems not. Can you tell me why Tian Juan didn't go home to see her husband and mother-in-law off?" Director Wang wanted to know the answer to this question the most, because he felt that Tian Juan was too heartless.
The husband sacrificed his life, the mother-in-law passed away; instead of going home to see them off, wouldn't it be easy to make a phone call?
But not a single phone call?
Zheng Ya was quite angry during that period. Director Wang was too busy with work to notice Zheng Ya's psychological problems until now, when he felt guilty.
Just as Director Wang and Wu Wei were having a heart-to-heart talk, an unexpected guest arrived at the Zhengyangmen Tavern.
The tavern owner, Xu Huizhen, was startled when she saw the newcomer. She stepped out from behind the counter to greet her and asked, "Extraordinary woman, what brings you here at this hour?"
"You even brought a child and some belongings, what happened?"
"Please call me Xu Qi. Xu Qi is long dead, thank you!" Xu Qi is her real name. She settled in Xu Family Village, but people mistakenly thought she had the surname Xu.
Since their surname wouldn't attract rejection, Xu Qi and his father tacitly accepted that the Xu family had mistakenly heard about the surname Xu.
Not many people knew about this, but Xu Huizhen was one of them. She was slightly surprised and led her to the backyard, away from the noise of the tavern patrons drinking and chatting. They sat side by side on the lounge chairs in the backyard and chatted: "What happened? Can you tell me about it?"
"Ha, it would have been better if you hadn't mentioned it. It makes me furious. I was humiliated like a withered flower by those unmarried men in the village."
They said I was bewitched by a pretty boy and was planning to elope with him, that I was shameless, and that they cursed me with all sorts of swear words.
"Do you think I can bear the insults they've imposed on me?" Xu Qi thought back to the morning when she saw Zheng Ya off and returned to Xujiazhuang, only to be insulted by a group of unmarried men. She was so angry that she tried to get the old village chief to control them, but to no avail. Instead, she was insulted by them in a very offensive way. She was furious.
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