The reason their marriage lasted for eight years was entirely because Chen Fengxia took the initiative to pay for him.
After all, they had both been in the Great Northern Wilderness for years, working and living in the same company. Everyone could see how much Chen Fengxia loved Ruan Yuping. Not only did she take care of all of Ruan Yuping's daily needs, serving him like a nanny, but she also gave all her earnings to Ruan Yuping for him to spend.
For Ruan Yuping, having a woman at home who does laundry and cooking during the day and serves him comfortably in daily life, and on whom he can vent his excess emotions and animal desires at night, is simply the perfect tool.
In addition, with the company commander and the women's director watching over them from outside, and the children at home to maintain their relationship, they could still make do. There was no need for Ruan Yuping to divorce.
Once the policy of allowing educated youth to return to the city was implemented, everything became different.
Compared with returning to the city, Chen Fengxia and everything about her became a burden that Ruan Yuping couldn't wait to get rid of.
And everything related to Chen Fengxia, even the two children she gave birth to.
Even though he is also the father of the child.
When a man doesn't love a woman, even her giving birth to a child will be an eyesore.
These things were probably because Chen Fengxia had been holding them in for too long. After meeting Yun Qiao, she could hold it back at first, but as she spoke, she couldn't hold it back anymore, and she told Yun Qiao everything that had happened over the years without hiding anything.
"Yun Qiao, you have no idea how heartless this person named Ruan is."
"When we divorced, he didn't want either of our children. He left them all to me, asking me to raise them alone. That would have been fine. I gave birth to a child, and he didn't want it. I asked for it, but he refused to pay child support. I wrote to him, but he didn't reply. I tried to get someone to find a public phone near his house, and finally I was able to contact him. He lied to me, saying he had no job, no money, and couldn't afford child support."
"But he actually has a job. He married the daughter of the director of the Hangzhou City Cultural Center the second month after returning to the city. After the wedding, his current father-in-law arranged for him to work at the district theater, where he earns at least fifty or sixty a month."
"The child support I asked for wasn't much, just five dollars a month for each child, or ten dollars for two children. But he wasn't even willing to give me that. He didn't consider at all how the two children would survive with me, an unemployed mother."
"Yun Qiao, how can there be such a person in this world?"
"It doesn't matter if he's cruel to me, because I know he's been fed up with me for a long time. He's been putting up with me for so many years, and it must be painful for him, so I don't blame him."
"No matter what, these two children are his. He's the father, how can he completely ignore them?"
"What's wrong with these two children? Just because they were born from my belly, does that mean he hates me and the two children as well?"
"This is so unfair to the two children."
Chen Fengxia started crying as she spoke. Yun Qiao felt very complicated and thought she was... quite difficult to judge.
Ruan Yuping is certainly not a good man, and you, Chen Fengxia, are also a fool.
What's wrong with the two kids?
The two children are at fault for having to deal with you, a pair of irresponsible parents.
One woman knows that a man doesn't love her but still insists on marrying him. The other woman doesn't love the other, but they still go to bed, sleep together, and have a child.
Even after giving birth to one child, it is not enough, and they continue to suffer by giving birth to a second child.
Having two children is like a catastrophe from the moment they are born.
Yun Qiao hates being in love, and even more so, he hates being in love even after a divorce.
Yun Qiao took a deep breath, patted Chen Fengxia's shoulder, and comforted her, "Fengxia, it's come to this. There's no point crying anymore. The two children still rely on you. If you don't be strong, what will happen to them?"
"It's only for the sake of my two children that I gritted my teeth and persevered." Chen Fengxia wiped her tears with her hand and said with red eyes, "Otherwise, I would have hanged myself with a rope before returning to the city."
"?" Yun Qiao's eyes widened in shock. "Fengxia, you shouldn't say that. Love is precious, but life is even more precious! Being alive is more important than anything else!"
Chen Fengxia gave a bitter laugh: "You're the only one who would tell me that. My family thinks my divorce is shameful and they wish I would die in the Northeast and never come back."
"How could that be?" Yun Qiao comforted her, "Your family may have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. They may be very disappointed with you, but they certainly don't want you to die. Don't dwell on it."
Chen Fengxia shook her head. "It's true. My family doesn't want me to come back at all. I've been back in the city with my two children for six months now. I've been to their home several times, but they've always kicked me out. They really don't welcome me at all. They just think me and my two children are an eyesore."
After hearing what Chen Fengxia said, Yun Qiao didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.
Then he asked, "Where do you live now?"
"At my aunt's house," Chen Fengxia said. "My aunt was widowed early in life and has only one daughter. She got married and moved out last year. Although her house only has one room, my aunt is kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see me and my two children living on the streets, so she cleared out her balcony and let me and my children stay there temporarily."
Yun Qiao nodded: "That's good."
"It's quite good," Chen Fengxia said, forcing a smile. "My aunt's life isn't easy either. Although my child and I can only sleep on the balcony, I'm satisfied that we have a place to stay in Shanghai and don't have to sleep on the streets."
Yun Qiao patted her shoulder gently: "Take your time, it will get better one day."
"Make a wish." Chen Fengxia curled the corners of her mouth, but she had no hope at all in her heart. She felt that this would be her life.
She sniffed and choked up as she said, "Right now, I just want to raise my two children well. When they grow up, get married and have children, I'll have accomplished my mission in life. I don't want to think about anything else..."
Yun Qiao couldn't help but say, "Feng Xia, don't be too pessimistic. You're still young. You're not even thirty this year, are you? You still have a long life ahead of you, and the future holds infinite possibilities. Your whole life depends on your future."
It’s not that Yun Qiao has any prejudice against Chen Fengxia.
But based on her understanding of Chen Fengxia, it was impossible for her to raise two children by herself.
Chen Fengxia is a somewhat weak person, lacking some tenacity. They say a mother is strong, but it has been half a year since Chen Fengxia returned to the city, and she is still stuck in the past and can't get over it. She is depressed and can't help crying and complaining endlessly after just a few words.
Obviously, she has not become "strong" yet, and it is not certain that she will become "strong" in the future.
Such people have no opinions of their own, are easily influenced by others, and easily go along with what others say.
There are many educated youth returning to the city now, and the city's single young people of marriageable age are not yet looking for women like her to take care of children.
After a while, when most of the unmarried female educated youth who returned to the city were married, a matchmaker would probably come to her and introduce her to a divorced or widowed man.
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