C21

"Ah Ying, I really do love you." Xie Zongming hugged me as he spoke, and I tried to struggle free.

I know that Teng Wan hates me and Xie Zongming, because in her opinion, it was the two of us who lost her child.

However, this was her retribution.

"Xie Zongming, I rarely speak soft words." "Did you see my face?"

Xie Zongming didn't notice the red mark on my face until now.

"You … "What's going on?" Xie Zongming asked me.

"It's the work of your lover." "No," I said.

Xie Zongming looked at me and asked, "What else did she do to you?"

"She got someone to hit me." I said, "I've already said that Teng Wan is not a good person."

I leaned on the side of the bed, acting pitiful. I knew that Xie Zongming's question just now was asking me if I had been hurt in any other way, like being raped.

A man like him would rather have been killed than raped me.

He treated the woman who had married him as his property and did not allow anyone else to get their hands on her.

Why didn't I see him clearly until now?

After Xie Zongming heard what I said, his gaze clearly relaxed. He looked at me and said, "Sorry for making you suffer."

He smiled and said, "Take a rest first. I'll make you anything you want to eat, so don't mention the divorce anymore."

I didn't say anything. In fact, I didn't intend to divorce him.

"I want seafood congee."

Xie Zongming replied and went out.

I sat on the bed in the guest room and took out the painting Zhou Jin had given me from my handbag. I gently caressed the woman on the painting and put it in a drawer, intending to buy a frame to hang up.

I lay in bed and decided to sleep.

"Ah Ying, wake up." As I was sleeping soundly, I was shaken awake. When I opened my eyes, I saw Xie Zongming wearing an apron and holding a porcelain bowl in his hands sitting beside me with an expression of waiting to be praised.

I sighed in my heart. "Put it down. I can't eat right now."

"Eat a little before you sleep." Xie Zongming advised.

"I want to sleep." My tone hardened a little.

Xie Zongming was startled for a moment, then awkwardly smiled at me, and said, "Alright, let's eat later."

I waited for a while, thinking that Xie Zongming would go out, but he held onto his bowl and didn't leave, as if he had something to tell me.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

Xie Zongming hesitated for a moment, then said, "You don't feel very well, do you need to bring your mother over to take care of you?"

I looked up at him, trying to read his expression.

The mother he spoke of could not possibly be my mother. My mother absolutely could not come and serve me.

As for his mother, that woman who held Xie Zongming at the tip of her heart, after suffering for her entire life, finally managed to nurture a university student like Xie Zongming. She naturally thought that no woman in the world was worthy of him.

I still remember the first time Xie Zongming and I went to his house, his mother showed me her face, and told me to wash the dishes with bone-piercing ice water. Even if his house was in a ravine and didn't even use water or electricity, even if Xie Zongming's performance in university wasn't good, even if he could only rely on me in this city.

But because I am a woman, because I am unable to have children, Xie Zongming is still a head taller than me.

Xie Zongming was still waiting for me to reply. Seeing that my expression wasn't good, he added, "I know that my mother is not used to it, but she has been suffering for so many years, and even raised me and my sister. When I was young, she always said that after I married my wife in the future, I must be filial to her.

I rolled my eyes inside.

Your mother has brought you up, not me. She is your mother, not my mother. What do you mean, marry a wife and filial piety?

And your mom worked so hard to raise you and your sister, what about your dad? Your father didn't do anything in the process of parenting. Your father died?

I grumbled in my heart, but I didn't want to say it out loud, so I just said, "Your mom always said she didn't like me because I didn't have a child, so she came to see me. She should be angry and look after her elder sister's child."

Xie Zongming couldn't bear to see me speak about his mother the most. He endured with a flushed face, but in the end, he still didn't argue with me.

"Then I'll put the porridge away first." After Xie Zongming finished speaking, he left.

I watched him go out the door with a cold snort. Who was he planning to show off to?

The following week was very peaceful. Xie Zongming got off work on time, cooked food for me, and even took care of all the household chores. No matter who it was, he seemed to be a good husband.

Zhou Jin did not contact me, nor did he come to see me, even during Xie Zongming's shift time.

I called him, but he hung up at once, and then I stopped calling.

I bought a frame and hung the painting Zhou Jin gave me in the guest room. Xie Zongming noticed it the moment he entered.

Perhaps the silhouette on the painting was really pretty.

"Who drew this for you?" Xie Zongming asked me.

"The people who paint on the street." I answered lightly.

As the two of us sat across from each other at the dining table, I ate a mouthful of tomato scrambled eggs and asked, "Are the employees in your company very mobile?"

"Hmm?" Xie Zongming asked me for no reason.

I said carelessly, "Didn't we see that delivery guy called Zhou Jin after just a few months?"

"Him." Xie Zongming said, "He previously moved to another district, he resigned last week."

"Why?" I picked up a piece of meat and asked, "Did you find a better job?"

"No way." Xie Zongming thought about it and said, "He never planned to be the boss in the first place, with one look he can tell that he is the son of a rich family."

I nodded and stopped asking.

I know that the Zhou Jin family must be either rich or noble.

It's laughable that I even imagined a divorce with him. Even if Zhou Jin could accept me, would his family be able to accept a woman who wasn't only divorced, but was also ten years older than him?

Probably not.

Stop dreaming, I only have physical relations with Zhou Jin, the physical relationship is probably about to end soon. I was a little depressed.

I lay on my bed in the guest room and began to miss Zhou Jin's kiss and embrace.

It was already midnight. It was quiet outside, except for the pale moon in the sky.

I took out my cell phone and dialed Zhou Jin's number again. I needed his hug.

I waited a long time, but he didn't answer.

Perhaps … It was really over.

I turned off my cell phone and pressed it under my pillow, deciding not to think about him anymore.

After sending Xie Zongming off early the next morning, I left the house.

I wandered around the street, the sun was very good, I bought a Ice cream, sitting on the chair last time I met Zhou Jin.

The last cat who sat on my feet so rudely was even more outrageous this time. He didn't even sell his moe and went into my arms.

While I massaged the cat, I ate the Ice cream.

Last time, it was two people sneaking sweetness, but this time it was only me.

After sitting on the chair for a short time, I saw a large cloud rapidly drifting towards me from the sea. The wind had also gradually cooled down.

I picked up Cat to let him go, but he seemed to sense the change in the air and disappeared into the grass.

The rain came quickly.

I didn't bring an umbrella, and I didn't want to run in the rain, but walking slowly in the rain seemed even stranger.

As the thunder rumbled and the rain washed over the road, I looked around at the lovers who were running past. I don't know why tears suddenly started to fall.

Sometimes, very sad and sad things happened. I wanted to cry, but I couldn't, but it usually happened a long time later. It was because of an accident that caused me to burst into tears.

I can't be willful. I said to myself. I'm in my thirties, so don't be a child.

Tears mixed with the rain as they fell down. My clothes were already soaked, and I felt like I had walked for so long that there was no one around me. However, I still hadn't left the square.

A heavy rain was falling, and the sound of thunder was resounding in his ears.

I crouched on the floor, suddenly tired.

I've been trying to grab at something since I was a kid, but I haven't got anything, and it's still the same.

At this moment, the raindrops that were unbridled to fall on my body suddenly stopped.

I looked up in surprise to see Zhou Jin standing in front of me with a red umbrella.

He was wearing a white shirt and his face was calm. He looked as clean as ever.

He held out his hand to me again and said, "Why are you crying?"

Even when the rain mixed with tears, he could see that I was crying.

I looked up at him, and I don't know why I saw him glowing.

When he saw that I did not take his hand, he put his hand in my hair and stroked it as if it were a kitten's.

Even when he didn't speak, I could feel his gentleness.

Is he such a clean, gentle boy about to be pulled into a dirty vortex by me?

I hugged my knees and didn't want to take his hand. I was still angry that he hadn't answered my call.

He suddenly crouched down to shield us with his umbrella. He threw his arms around me and kissed me on the lips.

Today, my body was finally colder than his. I thought at the moment of kissing.

How I wish it would continue to rain and flood the city and make the day the end of the world.