The moving company's car made a screeching sound and stopped not far from Lin Xiangwan. The dust on the ground was kicked up by the wheels. She sat indifferently on a tightly wrapped cardboard box and looked at the workers in trance.
Busy in a tense and orderly manner.
In order to pack these things, she had not slept for three days.
She never thought that her home, which was not very big, actually had so many things hidden in it, and that it took so many cardboard boxes to sort them out.
After packing the last carton, Lin Xiangwan's hands no longer had the strength to lift them up. Her fingers were trembling slightly, and the scissors and tape that she couldn't hold fell onto the beige-yellow tape-covered carton together with her crystal teardrops.
Things can be taken away in cardboard boxes, but what about her feelings? What about her ten years? How should she pack it up?
"Madam, Mrs. Chu, there are eighty-six boxes in total. Please sign." The staff handed over the list.
Lin Xiangwan took the order and signed his name in the blank space.
"It's not Mrs. Chu, it's Miss Lin."
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Zhong Yue received a call from Lin Xiangwan and immediately rushed to her newly rented apartment.
The apartment was as messy as a battlefield, and Lin Xiangwan was unpacking boxes.
She wore a plain white shirt and army green trousers, and her half-length hair was tied loosely behind her head.
Time seemed to be particularly generous to her. She didn't look much changed from when Zhong Yue first met her. Her skin was fair and firm, and there were no traces at the corners of her eyes. It was just that there was a little more maturity and charm between her eyebrows that she didn't have when she was a girl.
It's so beautiful that it's hard to look past.
"Have you thought about it?" Zhong Yue moved the obstructing box aside, took out a document from his briefcase and handed it over. "This is the first draft. Take a look at it. If there is anything you don't like, I will discuss it with you.
Let’s discuss with Chu Di’s lawyer.”
"No need to read it, give it to me and I'll sign it." Lin Xiangwan stretched out his hand, but Zhong Yue stepped back from the document, "Have you really thought about it?"
She and Chu Di had been together for ten years. Although Zhong Yue had not watched it from beginning to end, she knew how deep their relationship was. She was afraid that Lin Xiangwan would regret it.
"You want to persuade me to continue to be with him?" Lin Xiangwan said softly without raising his eyelids, "You know this is impossible."
"But……"
"No but, Zhong Yue, ten years is indeed not a short time, but if nothing unexpected happens, I can live for another ten years or more... I don't want to spend the rest of my life... living in deception! Put the divorce agreement
Give me the book. If you can't do it, I don't mind changing to another lawyer."
Seeing her determination, Zhong Yue had no choice but to sigh and hand over the document, "No matter what, you'd better take a look first."
She hesitated to speak, "Awan, you still have children... I hope you won't regret this decision."
"Regret?" Lin Xiangwan wanted to laugh, but her eyes couldn't stop feeling sore. She said coldly, "If Liang Cheng did such a thing, would you endure it for the sake of your child? What would you do? In order to maintain a so-called perfection
Family, pretend nothing happened?!"
Her question left Zhong Yue speechless. Lin Xiangwan clutched the divorce agreement tightly, "I, Chu Di, have been together for ten years, not ten months, not a year and a half, but a whole ten years! One
How many decades does a person have in his life?! He knew best what I couldn’t stand, but he still did it. Since this is the life he wants, then I will make it happen for him."
"He is tired of the ordinary life and tired of me. We have made it clear." Lin Xiangwan said, closing his eyes, raising his head, and letting tears slide silently into his long hair, "I let him
Go and give him freedom. If there is anyone who regrets between us, it is definitely not me."
Zhong Yue didn't know when he left, and Lin Xiangwan sat in the empty living room, unpacking the cartons one by one.
There was a sharp stabbing pain in her hand, and the origami knife left a long and narrow wound on her finger. Blood spurted out. Lin Xiangwan put her hand in the pool, and the cold tap water washed the wound, staining the white washbasin.
into red.
But it's strange that she didn't feel any pain at all.
Her whole body seemed numb and she felt nothing.
I will never forget the scene I saw with my own eyes a week ago. Perhaps because my heart hurt so much, all the pain in my body was weakened.
What kind of pain can be worse than heartache?
It rained heavily that day and a typhoon made landfall. Chu Di's secretary wanted to come to the house to pick up some clothes. Lin Xiangwan hung up the phone and decided to deliver them in person.
Chu Di has been very busy these days. He leaves early and comes home late every day, and occasionally stays up late at night. Lin Xiangwan never asks him about his work matters. She knows that the current economic situation is not good and he is already under a lot of pressure. She doesn't want to let it go anymore.
Chu Di was in trouble.
But when she rushed to the office, she saw a scene she would never forget.
In the dark office, on the spacious boss's desk, two men and women were intertwined like wild beasts. They kissed so passionately that they even forgot to lock the door.
Lin Xiangwan stood at the door like a fool, looking at the man who slept on the same bed with her and had children with her. At this moment, he was doing something familiar to another woman, but now she felt that
Very disgusting action.
The rain fell down her face, and the cold feeling pierced from her skin to the bottom of her heart.
There were countless voices shouting in her heart, but she couldn't even utter a word. Her lips were trembling, and her whole body was like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind.
Until the woman under Chu Di discovered her presence, she screamed and pulled Chu Di's suit to cover herself. Chu Di turned around and saw Lin Xiangwan.
Even at that moment, Lin Xiangwan still didn't believe that this man would do such a thing behind his back after seeing it with his own eyes.
She watched him walking towards her step by step, and she said with difficulty, "You didn't mean it...were you drugged? Or something else happened?! Chu Di! Just tell me! As long as you are drugged?
If you say it, I will believe it!"
Even if he lied to her, she would believe it. As long as he could give her a suitable reason, she would be willing to forgive him, but...
"Ah Wan, I'm tired." Chu Dichi's naked upper body still had a woman's lipstick mark. The bright red mark was like a ruthless big mouth, silently mocking Lin Xiangwan.
"What do you mean... you're tired?" Lin Xiangwan clasped her chest with her hands, where her heart was, with great force, as if she was afraid that her heart would break if she let go.
"The days with you... I feel tired. I am tired of living with you. There is nothing new every day. It is always about children and parents. You haven't noticed how long it has been since we last met.
Have we made love? I love you..."
"Pah!" A clear and loud slap fell heavily on Chu Di's face.
Lin Xiangwan took back her hand, her palms felt hot and painful.
He didn't go home at all when he was at the company every day. She had to take care of the three children at home. Occasionally he came back early and Lin Xiangwan wanted to have a word with him, but he would refuse him because he was tired. Now he is better
, put all the mistakes on her!
What hurts more than my hands is my heart.
Lin Xiangwan never imagined that the man he once loved so deeply would have such a heartless and unjust side.
At this moment, Chu Di was as cold as a stranger.
They survived the seven-year itch, but not the tenth year.
She had used all her strength in that slap just now, so much so that she could hardly stand now. Chu Di's face was flattened to the side by her. He turned his head and said coldly, "Lin Xiangwan, this slap
, I can repay you the love I have gained over the years. From now on, we will go back to each other, and you will stop pestering me."
Persuading him? Lin Xiangwan smiled softly, "Okay, bridge to bridge, road to road, Mr. Chu, you said it very well. If you want to separate, it's no problem, but what are you going to do with the children? Three children,
How do you want to distribute it?"
She straightened her back, clenched her fists hard, and her nails carved bloody marks on her palms. She didn't care, and let the pain force her tears back.
Chu Di was stunned, as if he didn't expect that she would mention the child. He frowned and said impatiently, "I haven't thought about this matter yet. I will give you an answer when I think about it."
"There is no need to think about it. The children belong to me. We can't let them block your way to freedom, Mr. Chu, right?" Lin Xiangwan smiled slightly, and she cast her eyes on the woman behind Chu Di, "If
This is what you want, so I can only say that Chu Di, your taste is really bad. I feel very lucky to be separated from you."
She raised her hand and threw Chu Di's clothes out of the window. The blue and white striped men's shirt quickly disappeared outside the glass window.
She was as proud as a queen, with her back straight and her steps firm and steady. She did not look back or linger, and did not let anyone see her face full of tears.
Chu Di looked at her leaving figure, pursed her lips tightly.
The woman who had just put on her clothes came up from behind as softly as if she were boneless, "Young Master Chu, do you want to continue?"
"Get out!" As if she was stained by something dirty, Chu Di swung her hard, causing the woman to stagger and fall to the ground.
She looked at the tall man with resentment and timidity, lowered her eyes, blocked the unwillingness in her eyes, and ran out of the office quickly.
Chu Di walked to the window. His office was on the 26th floor, several hundred meters above the ground. Through the pouring rain, he still recognized Lin Xiangwan.
She stumbled out of the building, and the umbrella in her hand had been thrown away. She ran at first, then walked, and then stopped.
She looked around like a lost child in the rain. Then she slowly squatted down and curled herself up into a small ball, letting the rain beat her mercilessly.
Chu Di couldn't stand it any longer, turned around, and walked to the desk in silence.
A few seconds later, there was an earth-shaking loud noise in the office, and the mahogany desk was overturned to the ground. Chu Di was sitting aside, covering his face with his hands, and no one could see his expression clearly.