Leon opened the fridge while talking, took out the food I barely ate, and was about to heat those in the microwave. I stopped him right away, “Do not eat the food that I made.”
“These are not any delicate or rare food, what would be wrong if I eat it. I am hungry.” He pushed me aside and continued to heat the dishes.
I dared not escalate the conflicts, because I knew I won’t win him. But I couldn’t help but angry.
Why would he get what he wants every time?
I stared at him with anger.
“Why are you staring at me with so much anger and hate? If you’d be like that, please don’t follow me on the road, or else I could have hit you by my car as a foe.” Hua Chen said coldly.
“Shameless, that’s what you are!” I did not have a way to win him, so I attacked him with words.
He reached out his hand, held my chin with one hand and then lifted me up. That was painful so I tipped my toes to ease the pain, but he kept lifting my chin, “Nala Yao, are you out of your mind? You started scolding me ever since I went back to home.”
He saw my painful face, and loosed his hand a little. At this time, I kicked my foot firmly towards his crotch.
I won’t let you bully me!
But he reacted so fast. As soon as I kicked, his legs were closed and sandwiched my leg between his legs and pulled back slightly. My body was unstable, and fell backwards.
He reached out to hold my waist, he and I kept facing each other in such a weird posture.
“All you know about is to bully a woman, what else are you able to do?” I said bitterly.
“When did I bully you?”
“You flirt with Nan Lin in the day time, and came to me at night. Isn’t that a bully? Please get out of my house, and do not eat the food I cooked, not matter how cheap is it.”
“I don’t have to explain to you about myself.” He said coldly.
“Then get out of my house!”
“Nala Yao, stop being so rampant, no one has ever told me to get out of somewhere.”
“I am just like this, I am this rampant. You are always bullying me, and I want a divorce. If you want to be with Nan Lin, so be it! Why should I make an acceptance of you being with two women at the same time?”
“You are really going into this drama, aren’t you? And you started being jealous out of nowhere? If it’s not for that piece of marriage certificate, do you think you are able to have any of this right now? Now you started to bother me with my personal affairs and want a divorce? Are you nuts? After the divorce, what else do you have? Stupid woman!”
I was so furious and I said, “Even if I lose everything I have right now, even if I have to beg for money, I want a divorce. I don’t want your alms!
“Okay, fine. Suit yourself.” Leon said disdainfully.
“So please leave, I don’t want to see you in my house.”
Leon was not in a hurry, he took the dish outside the microwave and found a spoon, “I will leave after I finish this.”
I didn’t want that. But at this time, Alex knocked door outside the kitchen, and said, “Daddy, mommy, what are you doing in the kitchen?”
Leon glanced coldly at me, as if he was telling me not to quarrel in front of the child, and then opened the door.
“Daddy’s hungry and about to eat some food.”
He took the dish to the living room and sat down, he tasted it and frowned, “Why is this still cold?”
I sneered inside. Sure enough, he was from a rich family, even cannot use a microwave properly.
He put the food in the microwave, did not pressed the buttons, he thought that food will be heated automatically if he puts them in.
But I won’t tell him, I just watched him coldly.
“Daddy, you can put it in the microwave and heat it.” Alex tried to figure this out for his dad.
“I had done that, but it’s still cold.” Leon was confused.
Alex tilted his head and thought for a while, then he said with sudden realization, “I know why! That’s because you did not heat it long enough! So, it was still cold!”
“I don’t think so, I put the dish in the microwave for a very long time before I took it out.” Leon said.
Alex had no idea this time, and looked at me for help, “Mommy?”
Leon looked at me for an answer as well.
“Come here, Alex. It’s time to take a shower and go to bed, you need to get up early tomorrow morning.”
“No, I want to share some time with daddy. I haven’t seen him for a whole day.” Alex refused.
“You can’t be like this. It’s late and it’s time to go to sleep! What if you cannot get up on time and too sleepy to go to school?” I raised my voice.
Alex looked at Leon grievously, and Leon quickly acted on it, “It’s not that late, it’s not time to go to bed yet. Don’t worry Alex, daddy will take you back home later.”
With Leon on his back, Alex still dared not to be very pleased. He just looked at me weakly.
I looked at Alex and then looked at Leon, they were becoming more and more alike.
I sighed and walked towards bedroom, then shut the door.
After a while, Alex knocked on my door, and said, “I was wrong mom, I will go to bed early, please don’t be angry.”
I didn’t feel like to respond to that.
And then, after another while, Alex knocked on my door again, “Mom, I will read you some poems, please stop being angry.”
And I heard him recite a famous poem, “A thread is in my fond mother’s hand moving. For her son to wear the clothes ere leaving. With her whole heart she’s sewing and sewing. For fear I’ll be roving and roving. Mom, I love you.”
I didn’t teach him this poem before, and he read this poem about mother at this time, it had to be taught by that man outside the door.
Alex was very clever, normally it would take a long time to recite a poem, he just had to read it for a few times.
I opened the door and said, “Now you are willing to take a shower?”
“Yes, mom. I will listen to you.”
My heart became soft and tender and I hugged him.
But god damned it, Leon was walking towards us again, “Let’s go back home. Alex needs to go to school tomorrow, it would be more convenient with the driver taking him. You are living with Alex alone, no one will take care of you both.”
“We are able to take care of ourselves. If you need to look after someone, you can go take care of Nan Lin.”
“Not everything you see is true. You are not stupid, let us go back home. I have been busy all day and did not have time to eat anything. I rushed here to see Alex, there was even no warm dish waiting for me.” As he said, he took a bite of a bread he found somewhere in the house.
I wanted to warn him that the bread might be out of date. But I didn’t say it, a bad man like him, won’t die even after he ate a whole box of expired bread. There was an old saying that catastrophic-like person will last for a thousand years, and that was talking about him.
“It’s too late, daddy, we will stay here, and you should stay here too.” Alex said.
Leon said yes without any hesitation, “Okay then, I will stay here tonight and leave tomorrow.”
I ignored him and took Alex to the shower.
After the shower, I tucked Alex in the bed.
I then walked to the living room and saw Leon sat on the sofa comfortably, looking at my laptop.
“Give it back to me, what are you doing with my computer.” I reached over to get my laptop.
“Quit it, I need to use your computer to send some emails. You are mine so your computer is mine. I can use it if I want to.”
“Leon, I am not your personal belongings. I cannot just let you diminish my dignity. Let’s get a divorce tomorrow.”