Her ex-husband, Lu Bo, often said that she was a stone in the gutter, cold and hard. He said that she was the most disobedient of his dozen women and that she did not know the benefits of obedience. When they were separated before the divorce, after the divorce, and even after he remarried for many years, this man with no principles and no moral bottom line wanted to have physical contact with her many times, but she ran away every time. As time went by, she had also gotten a feel for his habits and personality. As long as she was determined not to agree, he would not do anything to her.
However, there was once when he almost pushed her to the edge of despair.
That was during the divorce.
Eight years ago, in the middle of summer in June, in a taxi in Jiangnan City G.
Ding Nan rolled down the car window and looked out of the window. She did not say a word, but her heart was filled with mixed feelings. Today, she was going to go through the divorce procedures with Lu Bo.
That was Lu Bo's hometown. After all, a small city was a small city. Compared to Beijing, the roads were narrow and messy, and the traffic was noisy and congested. Wherever the vehicles passed, they would raise waves of dust, making people cover their faces. Although Beijing was also congested, it was always orderly, clean, and refreshing. She still liked Beijing back then. As the taxi drove on, her thoughts drifted away.
"Are you really going to get a divorce? Do you want to reconsider?" He asked from the side, his voice tinged with disappointment. He reached out and held her hand, but she immediately broke free without saying a word.
"Why don't you give me your son?" he added. She immediately smelled the hypocrisy in his words. It was like the occasional tobacco smell on him who did not smoke often, and it was also like the occasional perfume smell on him who did not wear perfume. She was too familiar with him and knew him too well.
If there was something called responsibility in his cells, why would he not go back to see his son for four years? What kind of man was this?
"Are you really going to get a divorce?" He asked again with some hesitation in his voice. Perhaps he was also thinking about it at a loss. Living with that woman called Qin Li might not be much better than living with this woman in front of him. It might be worse.
She turned her head to look at the man beside her, and her heart was filled with emotions.
When she was in university in Beijing, they met at a dance party held by her school. At first, he lied to her about his academic qualifications, saying that he was her schoolmate who had graduated long ago. Then, he lied to her about his finances and how he was successful. When she invested too much love in him, she realized that everything was empty. He had not graduated from high school. She was originally a woman who did not care much about worldly possessions. At that time, she was young and liked deep and mature men. He happened to be that type, so she could only give up.
When she graduated from university, they had already been in a relationship for three years. In order to love him, she gave up the opportunity to return to her hometown in central China to teach at a university. She followed him to his hometown, Jiangnan City G, to get married and have children.
However, the real marriage lasted less than a year, followed by a long separation. During the first two years of separation, she stayed at home alone to take care of the child while he fooled around in Beijing. He did not go back to see the mother and son for two years. At that time, when she called him on the weekend, he would no longer pick up the phone, or turn off his phone, or just hang up. Her heart was clear as a mirror and she gradually became cold towards him. She was too lazy to care about him.
In the third year, under the pressure of her parents, she went to Beijing to look for him. He picked her up at the station and placed her at a friend's place. After that, he disappeared. The phone was still on from Monday to Friday, but on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, it would never get through.
She would never forget the May Day holiday that year. She was at her classmate's place, crying and calling his phone over and over again. Then, she heard him hang up over and over again. Her outer ears felt slightly hot, and her eardrums began to go numb. She felt as if she was torturing herself. Was this sound exciting enough? That you have to listen to it over and over again? But she could no longer control herself.
After the 12th call, the other end must have been impatient to hang up. The voice finally changed to another cold prompt tone,"Sorry, the user you dialed has turned off his phone." She laid on the table and sobbed. At that time, the pain was already numb, and what was left was humiliation, hesitation, and helplessness.
On the Monday afternoon after the long holiday, before he got off work, she found his office at the address he had occasionally sent money to over the past three years and waited for him in the lobby on the first floor.
At half past five, the elevator in the lobby opened silently. A group of men and women who were laughing and laughing came out. They were all holding pens and notebooks in their hands. They walked towards her while laughing and laughing. Their target seemed to be the door on her left. She saw him following behind the group of people with a smile on his face. Obviously, she had not seen him yet.
She stood up and looked at him. The group of people also saw her. He also saw her, and his face was full of surprise.
"Looking for you? Lu Bo. Then we'll go over first." Those people followed her gaze and greeted him.
"Come with me." His face quickly changed to a cold expression. He turned around and walked toward the stairs.
She followed him up the stairs and stopped at a corner on the second floor.
"If you make a fuss with me, I'll leave this unit and change my phone number so that you can never find me.”he said coldly, turning sideways to face her, his eyes looking elsewhere, his arms folded in front of his chest.
"You have a woman?" She asked. She had already confirmed it in her heart and just wanted to confirm it from him.
"No, I haven't. She was too tired from the weekend and was sleeping. The signal in the dormitory is not good."
"Who would believe that? Do you think everyone else is stupid?"
"Think whatever you want."
She couldn't hold it in anymore and started crying. She felt very lost and helpless. If he really did what he said and left this place, changed his phone number, and made her unable to find him forever, there was nothing she could do.
"What do you want?" She stopped crying and asked him coldly.
"Go back first. I'll give you the child's living expenses every month. That's all for now." After he finished speaking, he turned around and left. She stood rooted to the spot for a long time.
Three months later, she accidentally found out about that b * tch.
That time, she couldn't contact him for a long time. From Monday to Friday, his phone couldn't be connected. She found a landline number that he had accidentally called back when she was at home and called it.
"Hello, who are you looking for?" A female voice answered the call.
"Hello, please help me find Lu Bo.”she said. He just wanted to give it a try. He wasn't sure where this number came from.
"Lu Bo, he resigned a long time ago and started his own company. Don't you know? Who are you?" The other party asked.
"Oh, I'm from his hometown. I haven't contacted him for a long time, so I'm not too sure.”She quickly said. She was glad that she reacted quickly and did not say that she was his wife. Otherwise, wouldn't it be very strange?
"Oh, I see. His girlfriend is still here. Why don't you call her and ask?”The other side said.
"His girlfriend?" she asked, feeling a strange sensation in her heart.
"Yes, his girlfriend is called Qin Li. She's also here with us. I'll give you her phone number.”the other party said enthusiastically.
She silently memorized the number and thanked him repeatedly.
She paused for about two seconds before dialing the new number. Soon, the call went through.
"Hello, who is it?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little lazy.
"Hello, I'm looking for Qin Li." she said calmly.
"I am. Who are you?" The voice was a little more energetic.
"You're Lu Bo's girlfriend?" She asked, thinking about what to say next. She regretted not giving more time to think about her motive for looking for this woman before making the call.
"Yeah, who are you?" The other party's voice suddenly became very high-pitched and a little domineering.
"I'm the mother of his son. Who do you think I am?”As she spoke, she cursed in her heart. Shameless b * tch, how dare you steal someone else's husband?
The other party hung up the phone.
After that, when they met again, he chose to acquiesce and no longer defended himself. He even started to mention divorce.
"Let's get a divorce. There was no point in doing this.”He said he wouldn't look at her.
"I don't agree." She looked at him and said in a calm tone, but her eyes were filled with hatred, and her heart was in turmoil. She felt like there was a ball of fire in her chest that was about to burst out. A sharp voice almost cursed, Damn slut! The adulterous couple! I'll drag you to death even if I have to! There was a saying that " the depth of love is the depth of hatred." In fact, when there was no love, there could be hatred! Besides, she hadn't thought about it yet. She couldn't explain it to her parents. There was also her son. He was still so young. What was he going to do in the future?
Looking at the man in front of her, she really wanted to ask,""Are you happy in love after giving up your responsibility?”After thinking about it, he didn't ask. What was the point?
"If you don't agree, I can get a divorce. I've consulted a lawyer. Those who have been separated for more than two years can be divorced as long as they file a lawsuit in court. When the time comes, send the complaint to your parents.”he said, half seriously and half threateningly. He knew her weakness and understood that she did not want her parents to know and worry about this.
"Alright, do as you please." His words stunned her. She was a little panicked, but her face remained calm and her tone was calm.
After that day, he didn't send the lawsuit, but he also stopped giving the child living expenses. The two of them had a cold war for another year.
When she agreed to the divorce, it was already the fourth year of their separation. At that time, her parents had already understood their situation and advised her to be open-minded. This was not good for both parties. It was better to end it as soon as possible and go find new happiness. She also decided to cut the Gordian knot and quickly end this mess that had been in a stalemate for six years so that she could focus on something else. At that time, she was already preparing to take the postgraduate entrance examination.
Therefore, in a sense, it was this betraying man who made her, who made her independent, who made her even better. If it weren't for his betrayal, she, who only knew how to protect her small family and live in harmony, would never have the perseverance to take the postgraduate exam.
Hence, she called him, who she hadn't seen for a long time, and said,""Long time no see! I've thought it through. Let's get a divorce!"
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