“Mom, don’t be so impulsive …”
“You write! Mom didn’t have an impulse, mom considered it clearly.” Mo Simin didn’t even glance at her husband, just her voice was surprisingly cold, and her face was also cool, “I no longer read much, I don’t have much culture, but I also know the words ‘propriety, righteousness, honesty, and shame’. If I want to spend the rest of my life with this kind of lowly person, I can’t do it. For the first half of my life, consider me blind!”
“Mom … can’t you reconsider? In the past, you often told me that Dad treats you well. Who went halfway around the city at night to buy you a bowl of wontons when it was a few degrees below zero? Who traveled thousands of miles to come back for your birthday? And …”
“Don’t you say it again …” mentioning the past, Mo Simin’s tears, ‘swish’ fell down. The past night was beautiful, it’s just a pity that …
Reality, more cruel than anything.
She grabbed Zi Ge’s hand, “Junior is forcing her way to the door, if I’m not smart enough here, am I really going to wait for your father to kick me out before I leave?”
“Dad, say something!” Zige was also anxious and looked at her father.
Meng Yuhui’s eyes looked like they were covered in a layer of gray. Dark and lightless. Looking at his wife and daughter, his heart was also incredibly painful. But, the words he exited were …
“The divorce agreement, I’ve already written it. Since you’ve already made up your mind, don’t delay any longer, go sign it right now. Tonight, I will move out, and this place will be yours.” Seemingly afraid that he would regret it, he finished the string of words in one breath.
The hand hanging at his side, squeezed firmly. When he said that, he got up and headed for the room, his back, trembling.
Mo Simin instantly went limp on the sofa, as if all her strength had been drained out of her. Zige almost couldn’t believe what she had heard that day in the kitchen, her father had clearly assured herself that she wouldn’t get a divorce, so why was it that only a few short days later, his stance had completely wavered?
She stood up and rushed to the bedroom door. Only to see her father surprisingly already packing, her hand merely picking at the door panel, her fingers white, “Dad, you really want a divorce?”
Meng Yuhui didn’t reply or turn around, just continued to pack up his things. The hand that folded the clothes was vaguely shaking.
Zige’s tears, uncontrollable, fell as she bit her lip lightly, “Are you still the dad I know?”
Meng Yuhui’s movements froze and he didn’t turn around, “Xiaozi, I’m sorry for your mom, since she wants a divorce, there’s nothing I can say.”
“You know full well she’s gambling!” Ziggy exclaimed in exasperation.
“This is an adult’s matter, you don’t care anymore.” Meng Yuhui began to lower his head to pack things again, and only after a long time did he lightly and quietly spit out a few words, “In the future, take care of your mom …”
When she went to the Civil Affairs Bureau, her mother also called her best friend, Aunt Chi. When the two parents signed the papers, Zi Ge didn’t go in, but just stood outside the door, looking at the crashing rain. The rain fell on her body as if it were hitting her heart, and it hurt so much that she was a little numb.
When the three of them came out together, Zi Ge didn’t even dare to look at her parents’ complexion. It was only Aunt Chi who came over alone and shook Zi Ge’s hand, “I heard your mom say that you still have to go to work. You go about your business, adults have to be given space for their affairs.”
“I’m not busy, I switched shifts with someone.” Ziggy replied mournfully.
Where’s the mood to go to work now?
“Whether it’s busy or not, you also go about your own business, don’t be preoccupied with staying by your mom’s side.” Aunt Chi said in a thin voice, “You know best what kind of temperament your mom has. The more you stay with her night and day, the more she will be tense. You might as well give her some buffer time first, and let her vent herself.”
“I’m worried about …,” Ziggy snorted thickly.
“I’ll watch your back, don’t worry. Your mom needs to get it out of her system right now.”
Auntie Chi’s words made sense, and Zi Ge didn’t follow her mother home after all. Not even dare to say more than a word of comfort. The mother has a strong sense of self-esteem, and it is more and more difficult to hold on like this.
The sky, gradually darkened. Zi Ge dragged her tired body through the rain. She didn’t have an umbrella, so she walked in a daze, drenched to the skin and couldn’t care less. Her heart had never been so disappointed, and she didn’t know whether it was disappointment with her father, or disappointment with the love of the world.
The couple who once thought they had the best relationship couldn’t avoid separation after all.
At the corner of her lips, a bitter taste that filled into her chest, Zige couldn’t even figure out if it was tears, or rain.
Cell phones, streaking and ringing.
“Where are you?” Tears welled up in her eyes even more as Lan Yu Feng’s voice came from the other end.
“…” Ziggy’s lips quivered, but she didn’t make a sound for a long time.
“I’m in front of your hospital, aren’t you off duty right now?”
“Your knee hurts again?” Ziggy worried about him.
“What’s wrong with you?”
“It’s nothing …” She was trying very hard to adjust her breath.
“Are you crying?”
“No.”
“Don’t lie to me!” Lan Yu Feng was inexplicably a bit annoyed underneath his heart, “Where the hell are you? I’ll go over right now.”
“What did you want to see me about?” Ziggy asked as she looked around the room dully.
Where is she here? She’s not sure herself …
“Yes, I asked Yannan to book movie tickets. I’ll pick you up now.”
“No, I don’t watch movies …” Zige lowered her eyelashes, the rain on her lashes slowly sliding down from the top, her voice light, “I’ll hang up first. Bye …”
“Meng Zige, try hanging up the phone if you dare!” He raised his voice, impatient. “I’ll ask you again, where the hell are you!”
He was fierce, so fierce that Zi Ge’s tears, again, began to flow out. But she really didn’t dare to hang up the phone, only shook her head aggrievedly and choked up, “I don’t know where I am, I’ve traveled a long way …”
“Stupid woman!” Lan Yu Feng cursed, following which, his tone eased a bit, coaxing her, “Look at the buildings around you, or the tallest one.”
“Tallest building …” she mumbled before saying, “No. All the houses here are short …”
Very good! It was rare that someone could give him the urge to freak out.
“Use your cell phone locator system and send me the map.” He was patient and continued to teach her.
“I don’t know how to use …”
Lan Yu Feng wanted to curse, “What kind of building is that around you?”
“Across the street … is SWEET Bakery.”
That’s good!
SWEET bakeries, there are at least 50 more than that in this city.
But it’s better than no information at all.
“I’m coming to get you. You better just stay right there and don’t move!”
After instructing and leaving the phone, he immediately called Yan Nan.
“SWEET Bakery?” Yan Nan had a headache, “Sir, there are 58 chains, which one are you looking for?”
“If I know it, I need you to find it? Tell the people below to look for them one by one. within 30 minutes, I want the exact address.” Without giving Yan Nan any more chance to hesitate, he dropped the phone and drove towards the nearest bakery.
Yan Nan was fretting over there, winding out of the company and calling to order the people on the road.
“Assistant Zuo, what kind of person is Mr. Lan looking for here?” Jin Qiang, who answered the phone over there, couldn’t help but ask.
“Woman. The photos are emailed to you, so identify yourselves and don’t miss them.”
“Woman? Find them and do away with them?” Mr. Blue never winds up looking for someone like this, much less a woman. So the other party had to think this was looking for an enemy.
Yan Nan’s lips twitched, “She’s Mr. Lan’s wife, why don’t you make one for me!”
Wife?
The other man had a cold sweat on his face, plus a surprised look on his face.
When did Mr. Blue have a wife? Surprisingly, I’ve never heard of it! And it was hard to imagine that a man like that would willingly let a woman hang on for dear life.
After knowing that it was Lan Yu Feng’s wife, Jin Qiang became more efficient all of a sudden. 20 minutes or so later, Lan Yu Feng’s cell phone rang. At this moment, he had just driven past the second SWEET bakery and still hadn’t seen her, his heart was already at peace.
It just sounded like she was clearly crying on the phone.
And …
The whole thing has been muddled.
What the hell happened to her?
When he received the address from Jin Qiang, he immediately turned the car around. This woman, why did she go to a place like that? That’s all the way to the suburbs. Where did she walk there from?
The car, drove to the opposite side of SWEET Bakery. Lan Yu Feng saw the woman sitting on the bench by the roadside at a glance. The rain had stopped, but she was still soaked. Sitting there with her head hanging low, above her head was a dim streetlight. The yellowish light sprinkled down from above, setting off her figure more and more lonely and despondent.
This look of Meng Zige, like a child abandoned by the world …
Lan Yu Feng suddenly wanted to get angry.
His brow wrinkled deeply, he pushed the door open and walked down, gripping his cane.
That’s good!
While he was searching for her, she actually drenched herself and, well, fell asleep.
He was so annoyed that he tapped her calf with his cane, the motion was not gentle and Zi Ge woke up in a flash. She opened her eyes slightly to see a furious Lan Yu Feng, “You’re here.”
“You call this your home? Are you a fool? It’s raining so hard, you don’t know how to hide from the rain, and you’re sitting here sleeping!” Bringing it up made him even angrier.
Zige was soaked to the bone, and it was hard to bear. She only felt a burning in her throat, and even her lips were dry. Hearing him lecture himself, she defended herself feebly, “You told me to stay here and not move …”
Lan Yu Feng was furious.
So it’s still his fault that she’s so self abusive to herself right now?
“Get in the car! Go back!” He turned around and was about to head for the car. But after waiting for a while, he hadn’t heard any movement behind him, he turned to look, only to see Zi Ge looking at him with an innocent face, “I don’t have the strength …”
A string in his heart seemed to have been stirred by something. Almost without thinking much, Lan Yu Feng turned around and walked back.
“Hold me!”
Bending slightly, he brought his neck over and commanded her.
Ziggy glanced worriedly at his leg as he prodded, “Hurry up!”
She was soaking wet now, and a minute longer she stayed, a minute colder. Any minute now, she could catch a cold.
Seeing his face darken, Zi Ge didn’t dare to slack off any longer and hooked her arms around his neck. He only used one hand to hold her hips, and the other to support his cane as he walked towards the car. He walked with some effort, but fortunately she was really light, and when she was held in his arms, she was like a feather, so ethereal that it seemed like she would disappear at any time.
Just …
The water on her was cool and refreshing.
Zi Ge was moved and her whole body got up in a daze, only feeling the sky spinning. It was hard to be carried to the driver’s seat, and she leaned there all weak and limp, only feeling the clothes on her body seem to be tugging.
Barely opening her eyes, she saw that Lan Yu Feng was half-bent over, poking over to tug at the jacket she was wearing.
“What … are you doing?” Zi Ge blushed, her hand subconsciously grabbing his large palm.