306 You can’t wake up someone who’s pretending to be asleep
"You looking for me?"
Ouyang Yan turned around when she heard the voice. She had a fashionable perm, wore light makeup, and a long skirt.
The last time Gao Qinghe saw her, she was still wearing an apron and her hair was tied into a bun.
It seemed that when Mrs. Zhong celebrated her 55th birthday last month, Zhou Zhenghua, who had been transferred to the Lin County Taxation Bureau, also came back. Ouyang Yan, who had been separated from her husband for half a year, had no intention of dressing up when she saw her husband come back.
"I heard you're moving to the provincial capital?"
Ouyang Yan patted the skirt that was blown by the wind. The lake green gauze skirt shimmered and sparkled in the sunlight. She felt that she was in a very good mood today.
But the sunlight seemed to favor Gao Qinghe in particular. As soon as Gao Qinghe, dressed in homespun pajamas and pants, appeared, the sunlight above her head tilted towards her.
After so many years, Ouyang Yan finally realized that some people are born to be dazzling.
Even though she has become someone else's wife and mother, she still leaves an indelible mark in her husband's heart.
Gao Qinghe and Jiang Baohai were indeed preparing to move out. They had taken back one of the two houses they had rented out in the provincial capital and had renovated it at the end of last year. They would move in before school started in September.
Jiang Qiyue is old enough to go to kindergarten.
Jiang Qiyue, who had been taken by her mother to the kindergarten gate to watch other children having fun since she was a child, was very excited.
Gao Qinghe nodded and politely asked Ouyang Yan, "I heard that Section Chief Zhou's company allocated an apartment. Are you planning to move to Lin County?"
Ouyang Yan smiled in a way Gao Qinghe couldn't understand. It seemed like contempt? Or perhaps it was self-mockery?
"We're moving, and my mother-in-law is also planning to move with us. My son has made it big, and as a mother, I want to enjoy the good life with him."
Gao Qinghe was not interested in her family's affairs, but Ouyang Yan's resentful look made her uncomfortable.
Her mother-in-law likes to stick to her son, what does it have to do with her?
"What on earth do you want to talk to me about?"
"Qing He, can you help me persuade Zheng Hua?"
This was a strange thing to say. Gao Qinghe crossed his arms and asked doubtfully, "What can I say to him?"
Ouyang Yan said to herself, "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. My husband now spends every day with my best friend Hao Huaping. He says they are close friends and he has never done anything to let me down. But I know he no longer cares about our family."
"You two grew up together as childhood sweethearts. So many years have passed. Although he hasn't said anything on the surface, I know that he still has you in his heart. You are very special to him, so if you are willing to persuade him, he will definitely listen to you."
Ouyang Yan looked at Gao Qinghe expectantly, "Please help me. He will definitely listen to you. Just think of it as pity for Xiaocao and me. You have a daughter too. Can you bear to see her standing at the door waiting for her father to come back, only to be disappointed and never see him?"
There were only two words in Gao Qinghe's mind - ridiculous!
She didn't know why Ouyang Yan came up with such a ridiculous idea. She actually asked another woman to help persuade her husband to change his mind and go home?
"You took the wrong medicine today. I'll pretend I didn't hear your nonsense."
Gao Qinghe turned around and prepared to go home, but Ouyang Yan quickly grabbed her arm and said excitedly:
"You have to promise me! Only you can convince him!"
Realizing that she was too fierce, Ouyang Yan immediately showed a twisted smile and said:
"Isn't it enough for me to give you money? Just tell me how much money you want, and I'll give it to you!"
Two lines of turbid tears crossed his smiling face. Gao Qinghe frowned and used force to shake off the hand on his arm.
Ouyang Yan was thrown and staggered two steps. She was not paying attention and fell to the ground.
"Mother!"
A little girl rushed out and pulled her mother up with all her strength, but how could a three-year-old child pull an adult?
Ouyang Yan hugged her daughter, buried her head in her shoulder, and sobbed.
The little girl patted her mother's head, just like when her mother was comforting her, "Mom, don't cry, it won't hurt anymore, huhu~"
The little girl blew hard on her mother, her eyes full of concern for her mother.
"Today is Mom's birthday, Mom, please don't cry, okay?"
When three-year-old Zhou Xiaocao saw her mother crying, she started crying out of fear.
The little person suddenly clenched his fists and sobbed, "Daddy is bad, we don't want Daddy anymore, Mommy, don't cry..."
"stand up."
Gao Qinghe walked back with a speechless look on his face, first pulled Zhou Xiaocao away, and then pulled Ouyang Yan up.
It takes some effort to pull up a 130-pound person.
Gao Qinghe was glad that he did aerobics whenever he had time, and his body was in good shape, otherwise he would not have been able to pull Ouyang Yan who refused to get up.
"Is it your birthday today?" Gao Qinghe asked tentatively.
Ouyang Yan sneered but did not deny it.
He was acting crazy on her birthday, which was a happy day for her. Combined with what the child said, Gao Qinghe guessed that the couple must have had an unhappy day.
"What happened?"
Ouyang Yan smiled soothingly at her worried daughter, wiped away the tears of fear on her daughter's face with her fingers, sniffed, lowered her head and said:
"He said he wanted to celebrate my birthday, so the three of us happily went to the restaurant. I casually asked if he and Hao Huaping often ate at this restaurant, and he said I was overthinking it and that I was ruining the atmosphere."
"Finally, I couldn't help it and started arguing with him in front of the child. He then left us and went back to work."
Gao Qinghe said angrily: "If you are upset, why don't you chase him and cause trouble for him? Why do you come to me?"
Ouyang Yan now realized how ridiculous she was. She apologized to Gao Qinghe, picked up the child and returned to the Zhou family yard. She quickly packed the luggage of the mother and daughter and left on the afternoon bus.
"He treated me like this, I will never let them be together openly!"
This is what Ouyang Yan said before leaving.
Looking at her unwilling and resentful expression, Gao Qinghe knew that she was completely trapped in the swamp of marriage.
There are only two possible outcomes.
Or the two of them will fall into it together and struggle in the swamp forever until they die.
Or one of them would step on the bones of the other and crawl out of the swamp covered in mud.
At least one will die.
If he had to choose between the two, Gao Qinghe would of course hope that Ouyang Yan would be the one to crawl out.
But you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, unless she wants to wake up herself.
"Sister, what happened to Ouyang Yan?"
Gao Qingya heard the crying of the mother and daughter outside the yard. Seeing her sister come back, she asked in confusion.
Gao Qinghe would not talk about other people's affairs unless necessary. He glanced at his younger sister and signaled her not to be so gossipy.
I picked up my daughter who was eating watermelon on the sofa with her mouth full of watermelon juice, and went to the bathroom to flush her.
She scooped up some water and wiped it directly on the dirty little face. Jiang Qiyue's cry of "Mom" was instantly drowned out. He quickly closed his mouth and eyes and accepted his fate of having his mother wipe his face with water.
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