In this day and age, there were two common phenomena regarding marriage. There were many leftover men and women, and the divorce rate was high. These two phenomena seemed unrelated, but they could actually explain the same problem: It was very difficult to find a suitable person! It was difficult for ordinary people, but it was even more difficult for single-parent women with historical problems. There were always times when he was powerless. Life, love, and even the imagination of all beautiful things could only become desolate visions.
When Ding Nan was online on QQ that day, there was an image jumping in the lower right corner. She clicked on it and saw that it was Hu Yu. The two of them chatted and asked each other about each other's situation. Hu Yu said that she had gone on a few blind dates through a high-end matchmaking agency after the Spring Festival. She had met one of the Chinese Americans three times and felt that it was not bad. However, the communication was not smooth. That man grew up in the United States and his Chinese was not good at all. She herself was not good at English and could not communicate, so she had to give up. The other person was from Singapore. He had met him twice and was alright. Unfortunately, he spent too little time in China every year and couldn't get used to it. He could only forget about it. Now, she was interacting with an Italian Chinese man. She asked Ding Nan to help her advise him. After that, she sent over two photos.
Ding Nan took it and opened it. It was a man in his fifties. He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes. He looked smart and capable, and he had some temperament. The background of the photo seemed to be a venue. Rows of tables and chairs were neatly arranged from far to near, and banners could be vaguely seen in the distance. She took a closer look and sent a message: "It looks good. What's the situation?”
Hu Yu quickly replied,"Italian Chinese, half of the time is spent in Italy and the other half in Beijing. Divorced, no children. She's nine years older than me."
"You met through matchmaking again?" Ding Nan teased.”
Hu Yu replied,"Yeah, we can't pay so much money for nothing." Besides, the membership information of that place had been verified, so it was more reliable.”
Ding Nan sighed in his heart. She was really fast. He felt that she was in a good mood. He hoped that she could find the person she was looking for this time and get the life she wanted.
On a Saturday morning about a month later, Hang Hang went out to play with his classmates. Ding Nan was tidying up the house at home when she received a call from Hu Yu. She asked if she was free and wanted to ask her out for a walk and chat. She agreed.
Ding Nan waited at the agreed bus stop for a while and saw Hu Yu get off the bus with light footsteps. She was wearing a spring and autumn dress, long riding boots, a bag on one shoulder, and a gray coat on her arm. She looked very good, and her elegant and confident temperament had returned. "Sis, you're so early today. You usually come out in the afternoon." Where did you come from?"
Hu Yu smiled as he walked up to her and said,""I came from Old Li's place."
"Old Li?" Ding Nan asked in surprise.”
"I forgot to mention it last time." Hu Yu explained. Old Li is the Italian Chinese I showed you the photo last time.”
Ding Nan replied with an "oh" and asked again,"It's the weekend. Why didn't you spend it together? Why did you come out alone?”
"He has something on," said Hu Yu. Someone called him and he went to the office.”
Ding Nan turned around to look at her and asked with concern,"What about this person? How are you getting along?"
Hearing this, a faint layer of worry appeared on Hu Yu's face. She sighed slightly and said,"I don't know. I feel a little uneasy. There are often other women calling him, and I think it's a little ambiguous. This morning, a woman from his unit called him. He said that she was an accountant and needed him for something. Then, he drove me out. After I got out of the car, he picked up the woman. I felt that the woman was looking at me strangely.”
Ding Nan thought for a while and analyzed." If her taste is weird, based on my intuition as a woman, I can think of two possibilities. One possibility is that this woman has the same identity as you and is one of Old Li's lovers. You are both judging each other and are not sure about each other. This man is taking advantage of your uncertainty to be so brazen. The other possibility was that this woman was very familiar with Old Li. She often saw or had seen Old Li with other women.”
" I've analyzed it too." Hu Yu nodded." Based on my intuition, it's not the first possibility. It should be the second possibility."”
Ding Nan stopped and looked at her worriedly. He reminded her,"You have to be careful with this man! Open your eyes and see clearly! Don't be fooled by him!"
"What can he lie to me about?" Hu Yu laughed. I have nothing now."
Ding Nan said directly,"I'm lying to you. In this era, there were many men who had lost their morals. They liked the new and hated the old. They often changed people or found several at the same time.”
Hu Yu glanced at her and asked,"But the people in the matchmaking agency are all aiming for marriage. He wouldn't waste so much time and energy, right?"”
Ding Nan nodded." Yes, at his age, he might not waste time and energy. But perhaps he's having a few women at the same time precisely to save time and energy. This was not impossible. You have to be careful."
Hu Yu seemed to be unable to accept this explanation and asked,"I'm not a young girl anymore. With his conditions, he can find a young woman. Why waste his time on me?”
It seemed that love could lower a woman's IQ. Ding Nan looked at Hu Yu's helpless appearance and said with a smile,"Every man has different tastes. Maybe he likes mature women, or maybe he likes mature and young women. "Of course, I'm just analyzing it. In fact, it might not be the case. It's just a possibility. I'm reminding you to be careful in the future.”
Hu Yu didn't say anything, but his expression became even gloomier.
After that, the Italian Chinese, Old Li, whom she had fallen in love with, hurt her even more thoroughly.
To Hu Yu, Wang Bo was a good man. He just didn't earn money, disappointed her, and never hurt her with his feelings. Then, this Old Li was a complete playboy. He was already in his fifties, but he still didn't change. He often called other women to flirt in front of her and often disappeared. He didn't show up for a few days, and his phone couldn't be reached. Once, she even found a few long strands of hair on their bed, while Hu Yu herself had short hair. Another time, he asked her to leave for two months. Hu Yu understood that an important woman must have returned. Two months later, that shameless man contacted Hu Yu again. It was often like this, but Hu Yu would silently endure it every time.
"Why don't you leave?" This was a topic that Ding Nan had asked her many times.
"Because other than that, he's been very good to me in other aspects. He even promised to marry me and take me to Italy. I know what I want. For this, I will endure anything. " When I first found out, I might have felt a little uncomfortable, but as time passed, I got used to it," Hu Yu said with a bitter smile. Then, she added," Ten years ago, when I was your age, I was already calm when I encountered such a thing."
"Then do you still feel pain in your heart?" Ding Nan asked her.
"A little. I'm already used to it.”she said calmly. Perhaps, this was just the calmness on the surface. If that was really the case, why would she confide in others?
"You're so shameless. Even if you get the life you want, will you be happy?”Ding Nan asked again, puzzled.
"If that's the case, it can be considered balanced.”She did not answer the question.
"Do you have a bottom line? Where is your bottom line?" Ding Nan almost wanted to lament her misfortune and be angry that she did not fight for it. She frowned and asked again.
" As long as they didn't do it in front of me," she said, then corrected him." Even if they did, I might just get up and leave. I wouldn't mind."
Ding Nan was speechless. She didn't know if Hu Yu's behavior could be considered to have reached a certain realm. He knew what he wanted. In order to get what he wanted, he could endure any kind of suffering and humiliation. A few years later, when Ding Nan thought of this matter again, for some reason, he actually thought of the historical story of Han Xin being humiliated under his hips. Then, he suddenly thought of Zhang Liang's comment on Han Xin being humiliated under his hips in the animated film The Legend of Qin, which he had watched with his son during the Spring Festival. When a person had a higher mountain in his heart that he wanted to climb, he would not care about the swamp under his feet. Only then would he be able to face the pain that ordinary people could not bear in the calmest way!
He did not know if there was any comparison between the two. She always felt that their spirits were the same.
A few months after that, Hu Yu called her again and asked her to go shopping at the nearby Wan Family's premium discount store. She waited for Hu Yu on the road in front of the shop. It was almost autumn, but the sun was still scorching. From afar, the woman with an extraordinary temperament came over with a parasol.
Ding Nan glanced at her parasol and smiled.""Eh? What a coincidence. It looks exactly like my umbrella.”
Hu Yu looked up from under the umbrella and said disdainfully,""I didn't use this kind of umbrella in the past. They were all very good umbrellas. This umbrella was just a free gift.”
Ding Nan smiled and didn't mind. He asked,"How have you been with Old Li recently? Did it get better? You couldn't bear to leave him, so I advised you to leave long ago.”
Hu Yu's face was filled with joy as he said with a smile,""He said that he would get married after the National Day holiday and take me to Italy to experience a new life in winter.”
"I really didn't expect that. That's really not bad!" Ding Nan said in surprise. You've finally finished your hardships and the grievances you suffered in the past are worth it.”
Hu Yu nodded and glanced at her. He said emotionally,"Yes, I am. Don't be stupid like me and wait until the child is older before you start looking for her. You're already in your forties. How can you find a good woman?”
These words made her heart skip a beat. For some reason, she felt a little uneasy and flustered, but she soon felt relieved. She smiled and did not say anything. She still believed in that saying. Only when you were strong could you find someone stronger. Only when you became better could you be worthy of someone better. Therefore, in a sense, how good the person you were looking for was completely dependent on how good you were.
The two of them walked around the second floor. A short double-breasted jacket with a simple design attracted Ding Nan's attention. She walked over and touched it. Hu Yu followed and said,"At your age, you should buy some high-quality clothes. Buy one piece at a time and stop looking at these fancy ones.”
Ding Nan nodded and said," I think so too. But the ones here should be okay. Those who are not branded probably won't enter here."”
"There are good and bad brands, but the quality of the famous brands is better," said Hu Yu.”
The two of them went to a few more shops and took the escalator to the third floor. When they stood on the stairs and slowly went up, Ding Nan asked,"Which year is our son studying? Shouldn't you be in your second year of graduate school?"
Hu Yu's face instantly turned red as he stammered,""I thought he would be admitted to graduate school, but he didn't get in before the Spring Festival. Now he's working as a teacher in our local middle school.”
Ding Nan's eyes became slightly round, but they quickly returned to normal. He was very emotional. This woman, who pursued quality in life and love, mistook vanity for a vision, or could it be that she could no longer distinguish between reality and illusion and lived in an illusory world of longing. If one day, everything he wished for would burst like a bubble. At that time, his vision would make reality look so bleak and unbearable.
Ding Nan could only pray for her.
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