Post Date April, 15 2023
The smell of Fried Shrimps with Longjing Tea wafted out of the kitchen as soon as I entered the door.
Are you back? "His cheerful voice rang out. She let out a lackluster 'um' and glanced at his busy figure in the kitchen wearing an apron. She put on her slippers and collapsed on the sofa.
Today, he cooked a very rich dish, as well as her favorite Fried Shrimps with Longjing Tea, which was better than that of the restaurant.
But looking at the colorful and willow green dishes on the table, her mood was gloomy, perhaps because it was raining non-stop. Spring in Jiangnan always has so much dripping rain.
He served the dishes one by one and asked with a smile, "Do you want some red wine?" She shook her head.
He has been like this lately, with a pleasing expression on his face. Perhaps - I feel guilty in my heart! She felt a piercing pain at the thought of this.
She turned on the TV and ate with Korean dramas.
At this moment, his phone sounded like an alarm clock. He glanced at the display on his phone, picked it up and vaguely "hello" and walked into the study. It was a while before he came out.
She looked up at him and he seemed a bit flustered. He forced a smile and said, "Uh - it's from the company. A foreign trade payment has arrived
She sneered, seeing all the tricks of this man who had known him for ten years, and suddenly felt very tired.
She and he are classmates in college. At that time, she and he were the most enviable couple on campus, one being the handsome captain of the school men's basketball team and the other being the beautiful director of the school's literature and art department?
At that time, from spring to winter, she and he always walked in circles on the playground, with endless words to say.
At that time, the magnolia flowers on campus were blooming gracefully, and the fragrance of magnolia was also scattered in every quiet corner of the playground. A refreshing breeze passed by with a smile, and a faint fragrance surrounded it, as if this was forever.
Graduated and came to this unfamiliar city. She has nothing with him.
But their love is wine, for them to sip in the midst of toil and noise, and enjoy it as sweetly as ever. They couldn't wait to get married in the first month of graduation.
Five years have passed, and he has taken on the title of CEO of a foreign trade company, while she is also a calm and elegant university teacher.
However, I don't know when they started talking together anymore. They started eating quietly and watching movies quietly. Like a child, he was always listless now.
She often thinks, is it the seven-year itch that others say has arrived?
Everything seems to have started with Fan Lin coming to Hangzhou.
Fan Lin is the planning director of his company, but at the age of 30, she is unmarried and surrounded by men like a fish in a river. Such a woman has fairy like eyes, diverse demeanor, a sense of balance, and a dangerous charm.
Fan Lin used to be the sales director of a multinational company in Beijing. Last year, when his company was almost in danger of collapse due to the stock market crisis, Fan Lin refused the high salary retention of the original company and switched jobs to join his company, saving the company from the crisis.
Everything that Fanlin has done cannot but be related to him. It is said that Fanlin was his first love and childhood sweetheart, but he broke up due to his parents' opposition.
A person often values their feelings for teenagers the most. When Fan Lin comes from Beijing to Hangzhou to rescue the hero, it is inevitable that it is not out of nostalgia for the past feelings.
She has always held a very tolerant attitude towards Fanlin's appearance - she feels that Fanlin is outgoing, enthusiastic, and not disliked by others.
And most importantly, she has enough confidence in herself and him. She and Fanlin are socializing like good friends, often going to the island for a cup of coffee and chatting together in their free time.
In fact, upon careful consideration, things had a premonition after Fanlin came to Hangzhou.
One year ago, on his birthday, Fanlin had just come from Beijing.
Usually when she goes shopping, she always buys him something good. Once it's his birthday, he can't figure out what to give him.
Later, I bought him a bottle of KENZO men's perfume, which was almost used up last year.
After smelling the perfume, he seemed to casually say, "Do you find something in my room?"
What thing? Just like usual
What book do you have on your desk
And most importantly, she has enough confidence in herself and him. She and Fanlin are socializing like good friends, often going to the island for a cup of coffee and chatting together in their free time.
In fact, upon careful consideration, things had a premonition after Fanlin came to Hangzhou.
One year ago, on his birthday, Fanlin had just come from Beijing.
Usually when she goes shopping, she always buys him something good. Once it's his birthday, he can't figure out what to give him.
Later, I bought him a bottle of KENZO men's perfume, which was almost used up last year.
After smelling the perfume, he seemed to casually say, "Do you find something in my room?"
What thing? Just like usual
What book do you have on your desk
She found that he had gradually changed since his birthday that day. I often have urgent matters to go out on weekends and always dodge into my study when answering the phone.
Checking his phone records, she fell into despair: the phone list was densely packed with his and Fanlin's communication records, sometimes even late at night.
He did tell Fanlin... she asked him, but he didn't admit it.
Until half a year ago, when she returned from a seminar in another city, he unexpectedly picked up the plane with Fanlin. Fanlin was proud and his expression was awkward. She thought, 'Finally, we have a showdown.'.
She wisely proposed a divorce. He firmly disagreed, promising never to contact Fanlin again and begging her to forgive him time and time again.
I remember when I was in college, listening to heart to heart talk programs on the radio at night, women often cried to the host about their husband's affair and explored ways to make him change his mind.
At that time, she always disdainfully said, "I really don't understand why these women cry. Isn't it easy for my husband to have an affair? Let's get a divorce
I don't know where the arrogant princess went back then, but after his pleading and promises, she didn't insist on a divorce anymore.
Perhaps love for him has become a habit, perhaps leaving him is equivalent to leaving all the memories of youth. She couldn't bear to part with it.
The glass bottle broke and stuck, but there is always a crack in the bottom of my heart.
Silently finishing his meal, he handed over a small box, which was a necklace. The moon shaped pendant shone with a blue crystal light.
She looked at him in confusion, and he affectionately patted her shoulder and said, "Tomorrow is our fifth wedding anniversary, don't you remember
Is that right? Tomorrow is your fifth wedding anniversary? How did you forget this day? She feels a bit guilty.
He said softly, "I have already booked a seat at your favorite Blue Moon restaurant tomorrow
The next day, at the familiar Blue Moon restaurant, many sweet memories flooded in. She chatted with him about those interesting past events, and the long lost harmonious atmosphere returned.
His phone rang surprisingly, and as soon as he looked at the number, he pretended to be guilty and walked out holding it.
Watching him whispering to Fan Lin on her phone from a distance, she really wanted to go over and grab her phone and scold Fan Lin. But she still held back, her upbringing did not allow her to do so.
In the evening, they went to visit Hangzhou Tower.
He was trying on a suit in the fitting room when his mobile phone rang again. When she saw it, it was Fan Lin's again. She got through a bit angrily, and said directly without waiting for the other party to speak: "Today is my wedding anniversary with Mingzhao, and I am going shopping with him, and he has no time to answer your phone. In addition, please call him less in the future."
On the other end of the phone, Fan Lin's domineering voice came: "What a pure and chaste university teacher! What a virtuous wife and mother! He's such a fool. Even though he knows you're fooling around with Su Cheng, he still loves you wholeheartedly. You'd better persuade him, otherwise I'll sue you at your university
As soon as she heard it, it was like a bolt from the blue. How could Fanlin know about this?
This may be the only absurd thing she did in her life.
During the days when she suspected him of having an affair, she often went to a bar on Nanshan Road alone to drink.
That day, I happened to meet Su Cheng. Su Cheng is a professor at the School of Economics at the school. He is young and runs a company. His lectures are always full, and both on and off campus are thriving. She didn't know how many bottles of wine she had drunk, but had a strong desire to intoxicate herself.
I don't know when Su Cheng saw her drinking alone in the corner. He left behind a group of business friends and came to drink with her.
That day, Su Cheng seemed to be drunk and said a lot. Su Cheng said he fell in love with her from the first moment he saw her. He had never seen a thirty year old woman with clear deer like eyes, like the lake water in autumn
That day, she, who had been blinded by jealousy, went to a hotel with Su Cheng to open a room. After waking up, she cried bitterly and left before Su Cheng woke up.
But from then on, Su Cheng always came to see her, and she was extremely cold to him, saying that doing all of this that night was just an act of chance.
But Su Cheng didn't believe it. Like a young man at the beginning of his love life, writing love letters in sealed envelopes. She never looks and tears it off.
I never dreamed that Fanlin would know about this! She suddenly remembered one time after wandering the street and having coffee with Jovanlin, there happened to be a letter from Su Cheng that she had just received in her bag that day, and she didn't have time to throw it away.
Later, when she returned home, the letter in her bag disappeared. She thought she had lost it while shopping, but anyway, Su Cheng's letter didn't include an address, so she didn't take it to heart.
Looking back now, she went to the restroom while drinking coffee. Did Fanlin flip through her bag at that time? At the thought of this, she was both shy and angry, her face turning red.
At this moment, he came out of the fitting room and saw her holding his phone in a daze with a strange expression. He gently wrapped his shoulders around her and said, "Let's talk
Originally, Fanlin's old love was unforgettable. After switching jobs from Beijing to Hangzhou, he launched an attack on him, but he always had only his wife in his heart and refused to accept Fanlin.
Half a year ago, Fan Lin found him with Su Cheng's letter and exposed her affair with him. Fan Lin said that if he didn't accept her as his lover, he would reveal her one night stand with Su Cheng, causing his beloved woman to fall into disrepute.
For her sake, he had to go out again and again to negotiate with Fanlin. Worried about her embarrassment, he endured the torment alone and kept this matter from her.
Although Fanlin did her best to threaten temptation, he never crossed the bottom line, to the point where Fanlin became angry and repeatedly harassed her on her phone
Three months later. The long rainy season has finally passed, revealing a blue sky.
She has resigned from her job as a university teacher and become an ordinary and happy housewife.
Her resignation freed him forever from the threat of Fanlin. She also paid the price for her absurdity, but she did not regret it.
Now she prepares a good table of dishes every day, irons his clothes one by one, and waits for her beloved man to come home.
