The two of them didn't say much before Zhou Yunwan left with an excuse.
Shen Yanxiang was the only one left by the window again.
He fiddled with the edge of his cigarette box, intending to smoke one more cigarette before returning to his room, but he felt inexplicably irritated and didn't even feel like smoking.
After having a child, he rarely smokes.
But recently, my smoking urge has been aroused again. I smoke one pack of cigarettes after another, even more heavily than when I was young.
Chen Yanxiang stared at the dark sky in the distance, his eyes as dark as ink, filled with gloomy and obscure emotions.
He and Wu Yi got together accidentally because they were drunk.
When they first met, Wu Yi was still a young college graduate. Although she was immature and her professional skills were not particularly outstanding, she was very good at reading people's expressions, so he kept her.
What he didn't expect was that Wu Yi would fall in love with him.
...
...
The young girl's thoughts were all written on her face, and he could almost see through her love for her at a glance, even though she thought she had hidden it well.
His first reaction was trouble.
But at that time he was at the peak of his career and he didn't want to spend time looking for and training a new secretary.
It just so happened that she was using it quite well, so he chose to ignore her feelings, but he didn't expect that this would happen a year later.
At that drinking party, all the people were smooth and sophisticated old foxes in the officialdom.
One of them saw that Wu Yi was young and beautiful, so he kept trying to get her drunk. He was too busy to do anything and wanted to just leave it alone, thinking that drinking a little more was no big deal. But she just looked at him with her watery eyes, as if silently begging him.
He thought he was as hard as a rock, but at that moment, he seemed to be bewitched by something and took the initiative to block glass after glass of wine for her.
It is clear that it is the secretary's duty to stop people from drinking.
The consequences of his lack of calmness can be imagined. He got drunk for the first time.
Having sex after drinking seems to be a natural thing.
Wu Yi was obviously sober, but she did not stop the loss in time. Instead, because of her own selfish desires, she took the initiative to kiss him, climbed into his bed, and became pregnant with his child, forcing them to get married.
To be honest, he had some resentment towards Wu Yi.
So after marriage he deliberately distanced himself from her, and he didn't want to give her anything other than the basic duties of a husband.
Wu Yi was such a perceptive person that she must have seen through his attitude and tried her best to cooperate with him and be a good wife who didn't ask any questions.
Seeing Wu Yi working hard for the children and devoting herself to the family, he was moved, so when he was deciding whether to go to Hai City, he specifically asked her what she thought.
As long as she said that she didn't want him to go so far away, even if she had to use the child to restrain him, he would not go. But she didn't. Instead, she sensibly and politely expressed her support for his career.
After the separation, he devoted all his energy to his career and climbed up step by step to his current position.
Money and power, all of it.
But the family is facing disintegration.
At first he thought the other party was being unreasonable and that if he humbled himself and coaxed Wu Yi she would come back. After all, Wu Yi liked him so much. How could she let go of her love for him so easily after nearly ten years?
And how could she leave him? Money, status, and children...
But this entanglement of nearly a year made him realize clearly that she really didn't like him anymore and didn't want him anymore.
She left him, and things got better and better. She shined in the field she loved, and even found someone she truly loved...
Thinking of the man who accompanied her, Shen Yanxiang suddenly crushed the cigarette box in his hand, twisting and turning, gradually becoming hideous and terrifying, just like his current expression.
He clenched his teeth, his black eyes behind his gold-framed glasses were tightly closed, and his fingertips were trembling unconsciously.
I don’t know how much time passed, but he suddenly laughed at himself.
It turns out that when all the chips in your hand become invalid, all the means will become so ridiculous.
Wu Yi has given so much for him, if he keeps holding her back, he would be a real jerk.
Divorce was the best decision for her.
The cold winter wind was blowing and whistling, hitting the windows that were not closed tightly.
There was no one by the window, only a wisp of remaining cigarette ash.
*
Time flies, the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month is a good day for a wedding.
The family compound became bustling early in the morning. The Shen family's house was surrounded by relatives and guests inside and outside, clamoring to catch a glimpse of the bride, but no one could get in because the bridesmaids were guarding outside the door.
"Scatter, scatter."
Xing Zhaoling, wearing a pink bridesmaid dress, pushed through the crowd and squeezed through the gate. She was let in only after exchanging secret signals with the people inside.
The people outside the door didn't even see the hem of the bride's skirt, and they couldn't help but sigh in regret.
Xing Zhaoling walked into the room breathlessly, greeted Sun Manting, and then said to the person sitting in the bedroom with a smile, "Don't sleep anymore, Brother Shen and the others will be here soon."
Zhou Yunwan blinked her tightly closed eyes, yawned and said, "Really?"
Xing Zhaoling looked at her with sleepy eyes and teased her, "I have only seen brides who were so nervous that they couldn't sleep, but I have never seen a bride who dozed off at her own wedding. Wanwan, only you can do such a thing."
When Sun Manting heard this, she covered her mouth and laughed.
"Isn't it because I was too excited last night?" Hearing this, Zhou Yunwan pouted aggrievedly, and then she yawned again: "Ah, no, I'm really sleepy."
Xing Zhaoling said: "Can't you sleep again at night?"
Zhou Yunwan opened her mouth and was about to speak when Zhao Tong added, "Lingling, please be considerate of her. I'm afraid she won't have time to sleep at night."
Zhao Tong is also married. When Zhou Yunwan said this, her cheeks turned red and she immediately understood what she meant. That's right, she has to spend the wedding night at night, so how can she have time to sleep?
People who have experienced this could understand Zhao Tong's joke, but Xing Zhaoling and Sun Manting had never been married, so they couldn't understand it at all. They all had puzzled expressions on their faces, and some even asked what Zhao Tong meant.
Zhou Yunwan couldn't help but glared at Zhao Tong: "Don't lead the child astray."
Zhao Tong stuck out her tongue and made up a lie to get by. Suddenly she saw something and reached out to help her straighten the big red flower on her chest. On it was Zhou Yunwan's name written in black on red paper.
Zhou Yunwan followed her movements and looked down at the ugly, tacky big red flower on her chest. This was a feature of that era, a decoration that the bride and groom had to wear when they got married, symbolizing joy.
The meaning is good, so it doesn’t matter if it’s ugly.
Zhou Yunwan was thinking this, and when she looked up, she found Zhao Tong staring at her intently. After a while, she heard her say with a smile: "What I said before was right, Wanwan, you are really the most beautiful bride I have ever seen. Won't you charm your Professor Shen to death later?"
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