Ding Nan started to get busy crazily when he was a quarter of the way into his second year of postgraduate studies. The project he was working on with his mentor and the previous senior sister," Study on the History of Chinese Medial Brush Painting ", needed to be completed urgently. The famous painter He ×× Art Chronicle, which he was working with the old researcher of the painting academy, Teacher Zhao, also needed to be sped up because the 100th anniversary of Old He's birthday would be held soon after the Spring Festival next year, and this chronicle had to be printed before then.
The school's projects required frequent visits to the library, related museum, and art gallery. In order to accurately and completely write the yearbook for the part-time job outside the school, he often went to Xi'an, where Old He had been active for a long time during his middle age, to find information. He also needed to interview and send information to several disciples of Old He in Beijing. At that time, Ding Nan rarely stayed in school, so his part-time job on Saturday morning was changed twice. Her roommates had also started to work part-time. Li Ying had also started teaching outside the school and tutoring. Zhang Lili was also working part-time at a design company. Other than the occasional night when they slept, they barely bumped into each other.
It was a rare free Friday evening. When it was 5:30 pm in the cafeteria, Ding Nan looked around the dormitory. The other three were not there. Li Ying, the Beijing girl, probably went home for the weekend as usual. The other two were not back yet. She had to take the meal card alone and take the kettle. She pressed the elevator and went downstairs to get water after eating.
It had been a long time since she had such a leisurely day. Even the setting sun of October that she had just watched from the balcony of the dormitory felt exceptionally warm and gentle. She stretched lazily and blinked her eyes. She really wanted to keep watching. It had been a long time since she had dinner at school and had not felt such a relaxed and peaceful time.
It had been a long time since she cried and missed Sun Guowei. She suddenly remembered. When she received his letter, she would think about it like crazy for a few days, as if parting was just yesterday, as if he had never gone far away. Moreover, whenever she thought of his words," Not being able to marry you will be the pain of my life ", she would feel like she was about to go crazy. She felt that her heart would always ache. However, most of the time when the letter was gone, she thought of him as indifferent, melancholic, and lost, even though he had always lived in her heart. Other than him, she had never let anyone else enter. However, she no longer cried.
She walked out of the elevator, humming a tune, carrying a kettle, and strolling towards the entrance of the cafeteria. Along the way, he met a few familiar graduate students from other faculties. They all looked like they were satiated and wandering around the campus. It made people want to praise the relaxed atmosphere of the university. After smiling and nodding at each other, she walked over again. When she was about to reach the entrance of the canteen, she heard someone calling her name from behind. He turned around and saw Chen Bo, who hadn't chatted for a long time. He was a teacher and a professional with Li Ying.
From afar, she saw Chen Bo walking over with his left arm in his hand. There seemed to be white gauze wrapped around his left hand. She widened her eyes and waited for him to come closer. She asked,"Where did you get injured?”
Chen Bo gestured for her to walk forward with his right hand. He shook his head and said,"It's fine. Let's go to the third floor to eat. There are fewer people on the third floor.”
The two of them climbed the stairs to the third floor. They each ordered a stone pot of bibimbap and found a table to sit down. Ding Nan used a spoon to stir the rice. He glanced at Chen Bo again, and his gaze naturally landed on his hand that was wrapped in white gauze. Chen Bo felt it. He raised his head and hid his left hand under the table. He deliberately rebuked with a smile,"If you keep looking, I can only hide my left hand.”
"Who's with who? What's there to keep a secret? Really." Ding Nan's gossipy nature came up. He just wanted to ask clearly. Among this batch of graduate students, Chen Bo was the closest to her. He was married and a few years older. Ding Nan liked to chat with him and could learn a lot of life experiences.
"If others heard what you said, they would think that we have some kind of relationship.”Chen Bo smiled.
"What relationship? Brother, a man is not afraid of a shadow. I have never been afraid. Are you afraid of gossip?" Ding Nan took out a pair of chopsticks from the basket on the table and picked out the vegetable stalks that she did not like to eat from the claypot. She glanced at Chen Bo and said.
"I'm not afraid. What's there to be afraid of? What a joke. Eh, I feel like I haven't seen you in a long time. Have you been busy recently?”
"Yes, I've been very busy recently. There are all kinds of chores. Where are you? Very busy too? I pass by your studio occasionally, but I don't see you.”
"Oh, during the National Day holiday, my wife brought my daughter over. I went home last week.”
"Yes, I heard from Li Ying that she entered your studio. She said that your wife is very beautiful and has a good temperament. She said that your daughter is very cute and gave them all the cucumbers you bought. Haha." Ding Nan said with a smile. She had heard Li Ying talk about this when they were chatting in the dormitory that night.
"How can she be called beautiful when she looks like that? My junior sister is really good at talking." Chen Bo said disapprovingly. He lowered his head and continued eating.
"Why do you sound so strange? It's an indescribable feeling." Ding Nan leaned back in his chair, stopped eating, and looked at Chen Bo.
Chen Bo also stopped and looked at her without saying a word. After a while, he pulled out his left hand from under the table and raised it up. He waved it and said,"You all think I'm very happy, right? Did you see that? It's from fighting. It's always like this."
Ding Nan's eyes widened. This was indeed something she did not expect. Although she and Chen Bo had gotten along very well previously, they had never talked about their feelings for each other. She stared at his left hand for a long time and asked in surprise,""Injured? It's said that it's common for couples to be at odds. Aren't you being too ruthless?”
"I was stabbed by a beer bottle fragment." Chen Bo looked at her and said calmly.
"A beer bottle?" Ding Nan cried out in shock. She immediately thought of the scene in movies where the underworld bosses and underlings would smash beer bottles as weapons. Just thinking about it was shocking.
"This is still good. There are still many times when I use a kitchen knife.”Chen Hua lowered his head to eat again, ignoring Ding Nan's surprise as if he was already used to it.
" Huh??" This time, not only did Ding Nan's eyes widen, but his mouth was also agape.
"Don't tell our other classmates, especially my junior sister Li Ying. It's not good to be under the same teacher. I saw that you needed to be more mature, and we talked a lot, so I said it.”Chen Bo reminded.
"Don't worry!" Ding Nan only came back to his senses after a long time and replied hurriedly. For a long time, the two of them did not speak and ate separately.
Finally, Ding Nan could not help but be curious again. She asked,"Why did our relationship end up like this? I've never heard of a modern married couple's relationship being so stiff. Isn't it too bad?”
Chen Bo raised his head with an excited expression and said,""I've never loved her. I get annoyed whenever I see her. Our relationship has never been good.”
"You don't love her? Then why did you get married?"
"At that time, I was considered an outsider in her city. Her family was quite well-off. All her family members were oil field workers. Someone introduced us to each other. In order to settle down, I married her. It had been less than three months since they met.”
"Your relationship has always been like this, and you guys haven't thought of improving it?”
"She's a stubborn donkey. She never gives in. I'm too lazy to change. I came to Beijing to escape that family.”
"Then what's the point? Why not?"
"We've already gotten a divorce once. We can't get a divorce again, right?”Chen Bo looked at her and said half-jokingly and half-seriously.
"Really? Is this your second marriage?" Ding Nan thought that she had heard wrongly. She could not express her surprise. She was simply shocked. She looked at him without blinking, unwilling to let go of any expression on his face, afraid that she would misinterpret his meaning.
"It's true." Chen Bo looked at her expression and became even happier.
"Really? I'll ask you again, don't joke around!" Ding Nan asked again. She did not smile and looked very serious. She thought that Chen Bo could still smile.
"It's true!" Chen Bo's smile gradually faded, and then a very sad expression appeared on his face. He glanced at her, then shifted his gaze to the window far away, looking very fleeting.
"What happened?" Ding Nan seemed to empathize with him. She deeply understood Chen Bo's sadness. Her motivation changed from curiosity to deep concern.
"We divorced two months after we registered our first marriage. We didn't even have a ceremony. Just because I gave her a slap when we had a conflict, she refused to forgive me and insisted on getting a divorce.”
"If it were me, I would also want a divorce. If there's a first time, there will be a second time. I can't tolerate you men! Do you regret it now?"
"What's the use of regretting? I went to look for her a few times, but she refused to forgive me. After that, she gave up, divorced, and got married again.”
"Have you ever loved the first one?"
"It must be much deeper than this one. I've never liked this.”
"Then you can't just make do with it for the rest of your life just because you've divorced once, right? Just thinking about it makes me feel very painful.”
"I've asked for a divorce many times, but she just doesn't want to get a divorce. Maybe she wants to drag me to death. I know what you women are thinking, hehe. She often used the child to threaten me, saying that if I got a divorce, I would never see the child again. The child is my life, do you understand?" Chen Bo said and looked at Ding Nan.
"I understand, I understand." Ding Nan said hurriedly. She looked at Chen Bo and felt very sorry for him. There was also a trace of heaviness and depression that lingered for a long time.
"Children are children after all. Most of the time, they are childish. However, did you know? Sometimes, I feel that it's very scary. Sometimes, she's too mature. It's no wonder. She grew up watching us fight. I know this is not good. Many times, I just can't help it. I can't control myself. The two of them are like crazy and often fight in front of the children. My daughter is eight years old this year. Last year, she told us that if we get a divorce, she will run away from home. But this year, she actually said that if we get a divorce, she will jump off the ninth floor. The first time she said that, I was stunned.”Chen Bo said slowly and looked at Ding Nan. His eyes were wide open, but his gaze was dull.
His words and expression frightened Ding Nan. Ding Nan sat there in a daze and could no longer speak.
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