The night was deathly silent.
The pitch-black night sky evokes a sense of dread; the gentle moonlight can no longer touch the earth, as distant as the countless loves that cannot be fulfilled in the world.
Zhang Fengxia left, and the bottle of emotions in her heart was completely overturned. Shame, embarrassment, and disgrace surged into her heart in an instant, and she felt so wronged.
With one hand driving and the other wiping away tears, she wanted to help Jiang Xiaoyan, she really wanted to lend a hand to this unfortunate woman, to loosen the shackles in her heart, and to stop her from suffocating herself.
She sympathized with Jiang Xiaoyan, who grew up in the rural environment, experienced domestic violence, and then Lu Feng rose to prominence, and was unable to conceive. In fact, Zhang Fengxia had wanted to tell Jiang Xiaoyan about it for a long time.
Don't live like a vine.
She always needed to rely on others to move forward, and she was always dependent on Lu Feng. She didn't know how to live if she left him, but she didn't say it out loud.
She was Lu Feng's appendage, and everything revolved around him. She needed to protect the family for him, and she needed to have a child, a boy, to inherit the family business. It seemed to be her mission, like a vine clinging tightly to a big tree.
Now she couldn't care less about Jiang Xiaoyan, and she didn't even know what to do tomorrow. She parked the car on the side of the road, and feeling the pain in her body, she buried her face in the steering wheel and cried bitterly.
Zhang Fengxia is not a vine. She can admire someone, but she will never be someone's appendage. She can like someone, but she will never be humble. Right now, she feels extremely humble. If the Zhang Fengxia of a few years ago saw herself like this, she would definitely slap herself twice without hesitation.
Are there still people in this world you can't let go of?
Bullshit!
Regardless of whether one is a man or a woman, in Zhang Fengxia's mind, people should live autonomously and independently, rather than constantly accommodating and compromising for someone else.
"Enough of all these years, really enough!" Zhang Fengxia raised her head, wiped away her tears, and muttered to herself.
Jiang Xiaoyan returned to the room, looking dejected. She sat on the edge of the bed without saying a word. Lu Feng lay on the bed and said, "Untie my hands and feet."
Untie her hands and feet, Jiang Xiaoyan lowered her head and said, "It was my idea. The child... the child is gone. I can't get pregnant anymore. As a woman, I'm useless. I'm sorry to your Lu family. I thought you and Fengxia were a good match, so I wanted to trick her into getting pregnant first, and then I would die. I never expected it to turn out like this. Hit me!"
As Lu Feng listened to her sobbing words, his chest tightened. He couldn't imagine how much self-reproach Jiang Xiaoyan must feel to come up with such an absurd idea.
"Go ahead and hit me!"
Lu Feng reached out and grabbed her wrist. Jiang Xiaoyan lowered her head, ready to face whatever came her way.
"Why are you torturing yourself like this?" Lu Feng asked, grabbing her wrist. "The problem isn't with me. I've never told you that you absolutely have to have a child. The problem is in your heart. You can't stand other people's criticism and the way people look at you."
“I’m useless! Don’t tell me you never asked me to give birth. You’re pitying me like you’re pitying a sick person.” Jiang Xiaoyan raised her head and stared at Lu Feng, saying, “Just beat me up and kick me out of the house.”
"Why bother? I didn't... I really didn't." Lu Feng wanted to explain, but suddenly realized that all his words were so pale. In her world, everything was what she thought and what she felt.
"Go ahead and hit me!!"
"Are you even a man?!"
Jiang Xiaoyan suddenly raised her voice and shouted at Lu Feng, "Your woman can't have children, you're a barren old hen, and you still speak so...so gently? Is this you? In the village, you would have been slapped across the face and kicked out long ago! Go ahead and hit me!!"
Looking at her hysterical state, Lu Feng asked, "You're trying to find an excuse to leave, aren't you?"
Jiang Xiaoyan stood there blankly for a while, like a deflated balloon, then turned around and left the house. She locked herself in another room and didn't come out again.
Lu Feng got dressed and knocked on the door several times, but she didn't answer.
It was already late at night, and the house was brightly lit. Lu Feng sat alone in the living room smoking. There was a faint rumble of thunder outside. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
Jiang Xiaoyan originally wanted to give Lu Feng a good future. She knew that Zhang Fengxia liked him, and the two were a good match in terms of both life and abilities.
And what about myself?
It's nothing. Even if Lu Feng says he doesn't care about having children, she's seen some childless couples in the village who eventually drifted apart.
She thought she had everything arranged, but she never expected it to end like this.
Being locked in a room was like hell for Jiang Xiaoyan. She wanted to talk to someone, or even have a good cry, but the only person she could talk to was Zhang Fengxia. But now she had lost her only friend.
Picking up the phone in the house, Jiang Xiaoyan still called home.
"Who is it? In the middle of the night!" Song Xuemei asked on the other end of the phone.
"Mom, it's me!" Jiang Xiaoyan said, her voice choked with emotion.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Xiaoyan recounted the story, but Song Xuemei was different from Jiang Xiaoyan. She was always very decisive, and upon hearing this, she immediately said, "Let's get a divorce!"
"I...I can't bear to part with it...Waaah..." Jiang Xiaoyan cried.
"What's this talk of being willing to give up or not? You've lived this long, and your biggest failure is this bullshit relationship. What's that worth? Let me tell you, he's just not over it right now. Once he's back to his old ways, you won't get a single penny. Now you need to ask for your money, understand?" Song Xuemei scolded.
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