He said coldly, "I didn't do this on a whim."
"I sold my job and will be self-employed from now on."
She pointed to the tricycle with only woven bags left. "Look, I used the money I earned from selling my work to get some clothes from other provinces through a friend. I didn't expect them to sell so well."
"Not only did I not lose everything, but I actually made a lot of money."
Lin Jun was a little stunned by her sudden news: "You sold your job?"
"Yes, it's sold. What's there to be unbelievable about?"
"My company's performance is not good right now, and I don't know how many months of salary I can still pay. I can still earn some money if I sell my job now."
"If this goes on any longer, until the company can no longer provide funding, am I going to be laid off and starving?"
She turned the tricycle around and pushed it home. She knew without looking back that Lin Jun must have followed her.
Sun Miao said indifferently: "We are getting divorced soon, so I have to earn some money on my own to at least support myself."
Lin Jun said anxiously: "Then you can't do this to support yourself!"
"Do your parents know? Do they allow you to do this?"
Sun Miao: "My parents will find out sooner or later. There's no need to give in. I earn my own money and I'm not doing anything shameful."
"If they knew, they would only be proud of me. If my elder brother and sister-in-law knew, they would also think that I have grown up and become sensible, and no longer rely on my parents for help when something happens."
Lin Jun reached out and grabbed the frame of the car, sweating all over his forehead in anxiety.
"No, Xiao Miao, you can't do this. It's too hard."
Sun Miao slapped his hand away, his emotions unchanged, his voice still cold and indifferent.
"Whether it's hard or not is my business. If I don't feel it's hard, then it's not suffering."
"Besides, what is hardship and what is not hardship? I'm not carrying heavy bags. I'm just selling clothes in bulk. How can that be considered hardship?"
Lin Jun: "I'm not arguing with you about this. You know what I mean."
"If you don't want to do your previous job anymore, you can ask your parents-in-law to find you a more leisurely and serious job."
"If you run into someone you used to know while doing this, with your temper..."
"What's my temper?" Sun Miao pushed the car hard. "Lin Jun, what do you think my temper is?"
"Speak!"
"Or do you think I'm too proud and vain? If someone I know saw me selling clothes at a stall, I'd be embarrassed?"
Lin Jun was at a loss: "Xiao Miao, that's not what I meant. I just think you don't need to suffer this."
"I don't need your opinion. I'm a grown-up with my own brains and ideas. I don't need you to decide anything for me."
She emphasized: "Including those things you think are good for me."
After saying that, he reached out and pushed Lin Jun, pushing the perfume bottle in Lin Jun's clothes.
Sun Miao took out the bottle with his backhand and curled his lips: "Lin Jun, do I care about face or do you care more about face?"
"At least if I'm doing it for myself, I'll do it openly. For example, with this tricycle, I'll lock it up under my building when I get home. If anyone asks me what I'm using it for, I'll tell them straight away."
"I won't be like you, hiding it. I want to make money but I'm afraid of losing face if people I know see me. So I'm being secretive and hiding it."
"What's there to be ashamed of? When you have nothing, even acquaintances might not even bother to talk to you. Why would you still care what others think of you?"
Lin Jun's face turned red. He reached out to take the perfume back but felt powerless under Sun Miao's sarcastic gaze.
He was holding onto the bicycle frame, feeling more embarrassed than ever before.
"Xiao Miao, you don't understand."
"I don't understand? What don't I understand?"
Lin Jun: "Since you know I'm selling perfume, then you should know what happened to me. I... don't want to drag you down."
It was indeed what he said. Sun Miao wanted to kick him.
Throwing the perfume in his hand back into Lin Jun's arms, Sun Miao said calmly.
"Lin Jun, I know what happened to you, and I also know why you have been acting so abnormally lately."
"Isn't it just that I'm going to be unemployed? That seems like a good enough reason."
"But in my opinion, this is not a reason for you to separate from me."
Lin Jun said anxiously: "I'm really doing this for your own good. I don't want to burden you. Look at my age. If I lose my job, I'll have to start all over again..."
Sun Miao interrupted him: "So I am proving to you now whether I can start over after losing my job at our age."
"Maybe you think I'm childish for doing this, but I just want to prove to you that I, Sun Miao, am not the kind of person you think is only able to live a good life and cannot endure hardship."
"Isn't it just starting over? Both our parents are healthy, and there are no troubles or bad debts at home. It's just that we have encountered difficulties in our own lives."
"Without any burdens, you were actually defeated by the words 'start over'. You even tried to move yourself by saying you'll shoulder the responsibility alone by saying you're divorced."
Sun Miao's eyes were filled with disappointment: "Lin Jun, you really disappoint me."
"I think what I said just now is quite right—it's not that I can't save face, but that you can't get over the hurdle in your heart."
"You think I can't stand the hard times, that I'd be embarrassed by you, so you want to let me divorce?"
"Oh."
"Lin Jun, don't you feel ashamed of what you did? Who do you think of me, Sun Miao?"
She pointed at Lin Jun's heart.
"Ask yourself, is it because I can't bear the blow, can't live through hardship?"
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