After dinner, Zhao Huanhuan washed the dishes and chatted with her parents who were sitting in the living room, asking them what kind of people could live in the military compound.
My parents said they didn't know. They said that no one knew where the people living there were from. They rarely saw any family members coming or going. Most of the people there were soldiers and military vehicles.
After listening, Zhao Huanhuan said "Oh," realizing she had been overthinking things.
The next day, Zhao Huanhuan got up early to prepare breakfast for her parents, but they were almost done. They said they had steamed buns, so they made rice noodle soup. After the family finished eating the soup, her parents went to work, and she had to go to the station to catch her train.
When they parted, she told her parents that she would come back on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so they didn't need to prepare so many New Year's goods, and that she would cook for them every day when she returned.
The two elders agreed and went to work.
It's impossible not to make New Year's goods during the Spring Festival. Since their daughter has come home so often, they want to cook something delicious for her.
Coincidentally, Zhao Huanhuan ran into one of Lin Yuan's male classmates on the train. He had attended her and Lin Yuan's wedding years ago. Zhao Huanhuan remembered that his name was Hu Zhijun.
Moreover, there was a female comrade with Hu Zhijun.
Zhao Huanhuan assumed it was Hu Zhijun's wife, but she didn't call her "sister-in-law" rashly. She just smiled and nodded at her.
The woman smiled back at her, nodded, and asked Hu Zhijun, "Old classmate, who is this?"
Hu Zhijun glanced at her and said, "This is the wife of our old classmate Lin Yuan."
Then, he said to Zhao Huanhuan, "Comrade Zhao, this is Zhao Fang. She is my classmate and Lin Yuan's classmate. We met on the train just now."
"By the way, Zhao Fang was Lin Yuan's old deskmate back in school. They were classmates for three years, and they were deskmates for more than a year." Hu Zhijun introduced her to Zhao Huanhuan with a smile.
Zhao Huanhuan smiled and nodded again at Zhao Fang. So she was a classmate. Luckily, she didn't call her sister-in-law.
Upon hearing that she was Lin Yuan's wife, Zhao Fang immediately scrutinized Zhao Huanhuan with a look of condescension, even displaying a hint of superiority. She nodded slightly and then turned her head away.
Zhao Huanhuan raised an eyebrow. This female classmate didn't like her. Could it be that she and Lin Yuan hadn't gotten along well after three years of being classmates?
However, she didn't think much of it; it was just that Zhao Fang had left a deep impression on her this time.
Because Zhao Huanhuan met them in the aisle, after greeting them, she said she was going to find her seat, waved goodbye, and left their sight.
After Zhao Huanhuan left, Zhao Fang watched her retreating figure and suddenly said to Hu Zhijun, "When did Lin Yuan and she get married?"
"It was April two years ago, I think. I heard the child was born last year and is one year old this year. But Lin Yuan wasn't here, so there was no first birthday celebration, and we didn't invite any old classmates." Hu Zhijun finished speaking and sat down.
Zhao Fang responded with an "Oh!"
"Is your divorce completely over? Didn't you say your husband wouldn't divorce you?" Hu Zhijun continued their previous conversation.
Zhao Fang nodded, "We're divorced. He's keeping another woman outside, but that woman's husband died, and her mother-in-law won't let her remarry, so they can only stay together like that. He still wants to keep me in this marriage, it's disgusting."
"So you're not going to Kyoto anymore?" Hu Zhijun also felt that this kind of man was really a scoundrel. He looked down on Zhao Fang's rural background and her status in Kyoto, but in order to get an apartment from his work unit, he hurriedly married Zhao Fang.
However, after marriage, he still looked down on her because she was from the countryside, poor, and had many relatives. He then had an affair with a woman from Beijing who worked at his workplace, and eventually they became lovers. Afraid of being discovered, he used Zhao Fang as a shield every day.
The man is taking advantage of Zhao Fang's Beijing residency and house; he definitely won't dare to divorce her.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Fang was exhausted by the torment of this marriage during her years in Kyoto and decided to leave Kyoto and return to her hometown. Even if she had to work as a temporary worker in a small factory, she didn't want to suffer in Kyoto anymore.
But before she leaves, she wants a clean divorce.
Divorce was not common in this era, and even if it did happen, people would say it was because the woman was not obedient.
So it took her more than two years to completely resolve her divorce. It was only after she was domestically abused by her husband that she ran away, went to the police station, had her injuries examined, and it was confirmed that it was domestic violence. After that, a case was filed, which brought to light her husband's affair with other women and his philandering with women at his workplace.
Now, both of them have lost their jobs because of their conduct and bad reputation, and they've been dealt with terribly.
Zhao Fang got divorced, but thankfully she had no children. She said goodbye to her aunt's family and prepared to go home.
Her aunt introduced her to this marriage through a matchmaker, but unexpectedly, she was beaten by the man, who was also having affairs. Her aunt felt sorry for her and made her go back home.
Hu Zhijun boarded the train at the stop before Yuancheng and coincidentally ran into his old classmate. The two of them switched seats and sat together to chat.
Zhao Fang only told Hu Zhijun about her situation after he asked her about it.
Hu Zhijun could only express his sympathy and say that now that he was back, he should spend time with his parents and hope that he would meet someone better in the future.
Zhao Fang sighed and nodded.
She had initially harbored some feelings for Lin Yuan, believing that he would never have an affair.
Who knew that by the time her divorce was finalized, her child was already a year old.
Therefore, after learning that Zhao Huanhuan was Lin Yuan's wife, she immediately became even more upset and gave her a cold look.
In fact, seeing that the other person was prettier than herself immediately aroused her competitive spirit. She even thought, "So what if she's pretty? She's still just a country girl."
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