The days just weren’t working out, and divorce was the smartest thing for us to do, without the drag of kids anyway. The third day after I said the word divorce, we went to the street to get it done.
She is a friend of mine from college and we were in a relationship for three years and spent another three years together. There’s just one problem, after the divorce, we’ll have to live together until she can find a new place to live.
Think of yourself think funny, when we fell in love, we special pure, although each other more than holding hands and embracing, but cohabitation such a thing, pressure did not dare to try. I did not expect now divorced, but to catch a trip to the new wave of one-room house, two men and women are no longer husband and wife to live together, especially twisted.
The first night, I took a sleeper set and spread it out on the couch.
What a comforting first night’s sleep! It was a beautiful night with no one nagging me in the ear! Except, if only our couch was a fabric couch, this wooden couch makes my neck a little sore when I wake up in the early morning.
When I reached the door of the restroom, I heard the sound of clattering water inside. This stinking woman, I don’t know when she picked up the bad habit of taking a shower before going to bed at night, and then taking a shower after waking up in the morning. Forget it, I’ve gotten used to it anyway. I smoothly pull the door and go in. I just lifted the toilet ready to facilitate, I did not expect that she unexpectedly “wow” wildly screamed. Early in the morning, not to see a ghost ah, scream what scream? Frightened me urine are held back. “You do not see me in the shower? Are you a man? Is there a man who comes in to relieve himself while a woman is bathing?” She lifted the shower curtain, wrapped her body in a towel with one hand, pointed one finger at my nose and started to reprimand.
“What are you screaming for? Isn’t there a shower curtain between us? What can I see? It’s not the first time I came in to relieve myself while you were taking a bath, why are you so exaggerated? Besides, I’ve been looking at your body for three years, I know what it looks like when I close my eyes, is it worth peeping at?”
“You ……” she gasped. Wrapping a towel around her, she ran out of the bathroom when she heard the bedroom door slam.
Shrew! With your foul temper, let’s see who dares to have you in the future!
After relieving myself, I went to the bedroom, the clothes I was going to wear to work today were still hanging in the cupboard. This dead woman, even locked the bedroom door. I knocked on the door for half a day, and finally the inside returned a sentence, I’m getting dressed!
Forget it. We’re divorced anyway. Let her be.
She came out half an hour later, but she was well-dressed with red lips and white skin. Unfortunately, she spoiled her image by giving me a hard stare on her way out. Because of this half hour, I was late for work for the first time.
After work, I killed time by skulking haphazardly down the street, it was boring, but it was better than looking at her face. Staying like that until nine, I grabbed a bowl of noodles on the corner and headed home.
When I entered the house, her old man was surprisingly sitting in the living room. When she saw me come in, she surprisingly had a smile on her face. I hesitantly sat down in front of her, and boy! She actually made me a cup of tea.
What’s she up to? One word comes to mind: smirking.
“As for today, I thought carefully about it, we are not husband and wife anymore, although I am borrowing your house for a month, I think that in order to avoid unnecessary embarrassment and misunderstanding during this month, it’s better for us to make a pact.” Saying that, she tenderly picked up a piece of paper and waved it in front of me
“Take a look, if you have no problem with it, then sign it, one for each of us.”
I picked up the paper and looked at it.
Rule 1: While one party is using the restroom, the other party may not enter under any pretext;
Article 2: One party shall not touch the other’s body under any pretext;
……
I counted as many as twenty-six in size.
“No comment, then please sign.” Surprisingly, she even had a pen ready.
I was going to lash out at her, but figured it wasn’t necessary. It’s only a month at most anyway, so I’ll just put up with it. I gave her a cold look, picked up a pen and waved my big name.
“By the way, in return for your signature, I’ve continued to cook for you for the duration of our life together.”
With this treaty, the days are really constrained. Those first few days, it felt like I was bound to do everything. And, I continued to hang out looking for a place to eat. Hmph, you think I’ll be grateful if you cook for me? Go ahead! I won’t eat your food for a month, let’s see if I’ll starve to death! Alas, that being said, I was still envious of the smell of other people’s food every time I wandered around.
A week of peace and quiet.
One day I walked in the door just as she was getting ready to go out.
“Out?” I asked pretending to be casual, I actually didn’t like the fact that she was out so late and wearing perfume. “Yeah, Suzu said she’d introduce me to a friend tonight. Look at the clothes I just bought today, they’re not bad, right?” She stood in front of the mirror scrutinizing herself.
“Yeah, it’s good, trolling for douchebags is perfect.” Any fool can hear that I’m not saying anything nice.
“You!” The look of loathing for me is starting to surface on her face again. Only, in turn, she faked a shallow smile.
“Yeah, anyway, I’m single now, even if I’m trolling for douchebags, I still have that right ah, there will always be someone who cherishes me. You’re not so young anymore, it’s time to think about your own happiness.” She glared at me angrily.
“Then I wish you luck in hanging a big fool tonight! If they give you a villa, lend it to us for two days.” “Yo, why are you talking so sour? You’re not watching me go out and get jealous, are you?” She laughed out loud.
“Go away, go away, don’t stand there and get in my way!” I casually pulled the door open for her. She squinted at me and walked out. On her way out, she even gave me a “hum”. I closed the door with a bang.
There is no one in the way, I began to look for my sister online chat. The day before yesterday, I purchased a set of comparable to the West Izas, that East East specializes in preventing screen monitoring, keyboard and mouse records, to prevent the chat records were peeking, etc., with that East East peace of mind. Internet finally no one tube, huh. Just how is the heart so annoying? I’m really jealous? Haha, I began to laugh at myself, how so wild imagination? But I initiated the divorce ah!
After about two hours, she came back. And, as she walked in front of me, I saw how bad she looked. She went straight back to her bedroom to sleep, and surprisingly, she didn’t even come out of the shower.
She came back in a bad mood and I was surprisingly in a good mood. Hey, hey, you deserve to go out, and I’m happy to sleep down.
In the middle of the night, I woke up to a scream from her. I was just about to get up to see what was going on when she rushed out in her pajamas and jumped onto the couch and threw her arms around my neck and shivered. “What’s wrong?” I asked patting her back. “Cockroaches ……” I realized as soon as she said those two words. This woman, although fierce to me, but inherently afraid of small animals, what cockroaches, rats, cats, dogs, etc., every time she appeared she screamed for half a day, so that I have been trying to get a puppy back to raise all can not.
“Good girl, don’t be afraid.” I comforted her as usual and went into the room to exterminate it for her. After looking around the room for half a day, I couldn’t find any sign of cockroaches, so I just had to come back.
As soon as I sat on the couch, she threw her arms around my neck again. “Beaten to death?” Tears were scared out of her face, but in the dull light of the night, they had the look of a pear with a spring in it. “Well, killed by me. Don’t be afraid, you go back to sleep, everyone is working tomorrow.” I lied to her. Because I knew that if I didn’t say killed but said I didn’t find it, I would definitely be forced by her to look for it again. Then my sleep kind of don’t expect to sleep. “I’m scared, I’m not going back to sleep.”
“You forget we’re divorced. Also, you broke the second of our covenant. You touched my body first.” I spoke in a cold tone, hmmm, I told you to go out at night and fish for fools and only think of me when you see a cockroach. She froze for a moment when she heard that from me, bit her lip and said “I’m sorry” before running back to her room. The door slammed again.
I sat frozen for a long time and suddenly gave myself a big mouthful.
I slept on the couch, but wasn’t sleepy at all. Vaguely, the sound of her crying came from the room. To go in or not to go in? I’m a little hesitant, I give myself another big mouthful, go in if you’re a man!
I opened the door to my room and saw her crouched under the covers crying. I sat on the edge of the bed, pulled back the covers, and softly asked her what was wrong. To be honest, it really hurt me to see her face full of tears.
“What are you doing in here? Aren’t we divorced? I don’t care for you to care about me! Get out, get out!” She screamed hysterically at me, picking up a pillow and hitting me with it. “I’m sorry, I said the wrong thing just now, forgive me, okay?” I didn’t care what she was really upset about, I still insisted on holding her in my arms and gently kissing the tears on her face. She stopped growling at me and hugged my neck hard and started crying endlessly.
Finally, she’s crying while talking about what she’s upset about tonight. It turns out that the person her broken sister, Bell, introduced her to was an old Taiwanese man, who started to move around not long after she sat down. Ah Ling even advised her that you’re a divorced person anyway, so just go with this old man and forget about it. “If I’m divorced, am I shorter than others? Why did we get divorced?” She asked me while crying and choking me.
I have no way to answer her question, because I don’t know the answer myself. Although her neck was so painful to be pinched by her, but let it be pinched, it can’t kill me anyway, and if we don’t live together in the future, we won’t have the chance to be pinched by her even if we want to!
Finally we were both tired and fell into a deep sleep with each other.
When I woke up, the sun was out. I was still holding her, and she still had her arms around my neck.
I didn’t dare move for fear that I would startle her dreams, as if I hadn’t felt like this in years. The longer two people are together, the less they feel when they wake up in the morning. Thinking about the old days, we almost always woke up in a hurry, complaining about each other while packing up to rush to work. Between us, why did it come to this? Because of what exactly?
She’s awake too.
When she woke up, she suddenly realized something and loosened her hold on my neck, a touch of shyness on her face, “Good morning!” I also panicked and loosened my hold on her, rushing out of bed.
“Last Night ……”
“Last night was nothing, get up and wash up or you’ll be late for work.”
After that night, I felt that our relationship had also changed subtly. When I got off work, I saw a seller of begonia cake by the side of the road, and remembered that it was her family’s
I was able to buy some of the country’s specialties as I went along. Just after I bought them, I didn’t know whether I should go home now, or just wander around and kill time like before.
“Sir, this is best when it’s fresh, but after a long time, it’s not good anymore.” When I was looking for money, the vendor took special care of me.
I came home stiffly and she was cooking.
“Well …… well, I got you the begonia cake. Just happened to see it when I got off work.” I stammered my explanation to her who was busy in the kitchen.
She happily stepped out, picked up a piece and ate it. “Go wash your hands, the food is ready.”
My heart sank as I faced the meal on the table.
Counting the days, it’s been more than twenty days since I’ve been out mingling. Her cooking, it smells so good.
“Eat.”
I picked up the dishes.
“Eat slowly, don’t choke. Here, have a bowl of soup.” She gave me a bowl of soup.
“This dish is quite fresh, have a piece.” She gave me a chopstick.
“You’ve lost a lot of weight lately, don’t eat out anymore, it’s expensive and not nutritious, better come home and eat.”
…… finished the meal and I grabbed the cleanup.
“Forget it, we’ve been married for so long and I haven’t seen you clean up, I’d better do it.”
“I ……”
“It’s okay, I’m used to cleaning up too. You go watch TV, I’ll clean up in a minute.”
I made myself a cup of tea and another for her.
She finished scrubbing and sat down beside me. I hurriedly brought the steeped water over to her. “What program do you want to watch?” I asked her, holding the remote control.
“Why are you being so polite today? So polite I’m not used to it.” She giggled.
I rub my head in embarrassment. “Was I, before, bad?”
“Bad? No one’s saying you’re bad, you’re just lazy. Now that we’re divorced, you’ve forgotten to wash your own clothes. You don’t even think about it.
Clean clothes, who washed them for you? In the future, learn to take care of yourself!”
“Divorced …… Yes, we are divorced.” I stopped speaking in silence.
She too lapsed into silence.
That night, we sat and watched TV for three hours without talking, without changing the channel, except I don’t remember what I watched.
Thirty days came quickly. On this day, she told me after dinner that she had already found an apartment and could move when Sunday came. My heart immediately became very, very empty.
Saturday came quickly and I sat on the couch and watched her come and go as she packed.
The room seemed chaotic, but it felt like the air was still. Neither of us spoke. What would she leave behind? My heart suddenly wondered. But, I didn’t ask. “Take your time cleaning up, I’m going for a walk.” Without waiting for her answer, I walked out the door.
The sky outside the house is blue, much like the day we flew kites three years ago. The sunlight outside the house is very light, three years ago whether the same warm us? There are a lot of couples outside the house, and we have walked through three years so sweetly ……
“Mommy, Uncle is crying.” A small child beside him called out.
I wiped my eyes and forced a smile out, “Uncle is getting sand in his eyes.”
I smiled to myself and found a random direction to walk down.
Until late afternoon, I was still hanging out.
The phone rang and it was a text from her, “The food is ready, let’s eat one last time.”
I ran right back home.
There were no lights on in the room. She had lit candles on the dining room table, the food was sumptuous, and there was a bottle of red wine.
She was wearing a black lace dress I bought her when we got married.
“We’ve been married for three years and we haven’t even had a drink together. After tonight I’m leaving, so let’s have a drink for once, shall we?” She said as she poured me a drink. “Cheers.” I raised my glass.
We didn’t say much more, what else could we say? No more words can change tomorrow’s ending. Forget it, don’t think about it, drink and eat. It’s better to get drunk. When I wake up, she’s gone. She’s gone, isn’t that what I’ve been hoping for? Haven’t I always hated this nagging, stinking woman? I should be happy! I’m not going to have someone chastising me and telling me to go to bed when I’m watching the game, no matter how late it is, so how cool is that? No one will think I’m dirty if I go to bed without washing my feet, how beautiful! I have no reason to be unhappy! Just why is this wine bitter in my mouth?
“I’ve organized all your clothes and put them in the cupboard, your underwear and socks are in the drawer under the bed, your stomach is not good, if you must stay up late in the future, remember to get yourself something to eat. I bought some food in the refrigerator, you should slowly learn to cook, don’t always eat out. Don’t always eat out. And pay attention to nutrition, don’t always make do. I put our bankbook in the nightstand, there are still more than 30,000 dollars in it. Our monthly telephone, gas, water and electricity bills are paid at the bank on the corner, this is the card, keep it safe, don’t be unable to find it when the time comes. I’ve already sent the money to your parents this month, so remember to send them money on time and call home more often, Mom and Dad miss you. I called them today, Dad said his cell phone broke down, I also special good mall to help him buy a new cell phone courier back. Dad’s leg rheumatism is a bit strong recently, last time we bought him medicine, I’m afraid it’s almost finished, this is the name and address of the medicine, you remember to buy some tomorrow also courier back. I didn’t tell them that we are divorced, you can tell them later when you have a chance to think about it. No matter what your dad says about you, remember not to make him angry. This is the sweater I bought for mom and dad, you can hand it back together tomorrow.”
She was handing off pieces one by one, and I wished I could remember every single one myself, but then I wished I couldn’t remember anything. I suddenly felt like an idiot. I’ve lived in this house for three years, but now I feel very strange. I’m starting to get scared and I don’t know if I’m capable of living on my own.
“This is the ring Mom gave me when we got married. This is a family heirloom for you, I’m not taking it with me, so please say sorry to mom.” A turquoise emerald ring was placed in front of me, its light was so strong it made my eyes start to sting. “What I’m taking with me is as negotiated in our divorce.”
She stood up, looked around, smiled and said, “Is there anything you don’t understand that you want to ask?”
What don’t I understand that I have to ask? I don’t know anything, all I know is that she’s leaving when I want her to stay the most. She kept saying that I wasn’t a man, and I always thought it was an insult to me. I finally realize now that I am indeed not a man, and that I squandered the happiness and stability she gave me like a child.
“If you don’t have anything to ask, let’s rest. Tonight you sleep in the room and I’ll sleep on the couch. The movers are coming in early tomorrow morning, I’ve lived here for an extra month, enough trouble for you, so tomorrow morning you can sleep in your room and disturb less.”
I didn’t know what the hell I was supposed to do, I just nodded woodenly at her and walked into the room, closing the door behind me.
I looked at the ceiling all night.
The early morning sun shone in.
I hear knocks on the door, I hear things being moved, I hear her telling the workers to “lighten up”. Only, I can’t hear my heart beating.
She knocked on the door and I didn’t move.
“I’m leaving, take care of yourself from now on.” She didn’t come in, her voice whispering through the door.
I heard the door slam.
I didn’t hear any more.
Why are we getting divorced? Why are we getting a divorce?
“Remember to come back and play sometime!” I heard my neighbor’s voice.
Are you still a man? A voice yells at me inside.
You’re the man. It’s not too late for you to go after her and come back!
I rolled out of bed, ran to the window and yelled down below, “Wait, don’t go yet!”
I stormed down the stairs. I’m going to be a man!
She stood at the side of the car, looked at me with a smile, and said softly, half-heartedly, “Thank you for coming down to see me off.” There were tears in the corners of her eyes.
“What am I going to do when you leave?” I asked her as I grabbed her arm.
“We’re divorced.”
“I don’t want you to go now, I can’t live without you.” I yelled at myself, begging her bitterly.
“You’re the one who brought up the divorce.”
“I know I’m wrong, please forgive me once, okay? I beg you!”
“You’re a man, how can you cry in front of so many people?” She wiped my tears with her hand, her fingers were so cold.
“I don’t want to be a man as long as you come back!”
“We’ve been together for six years back and forth, and you haven’t cared about me since we got married, haven’t asked me what I want, haven’t asked me what I think. When I talk to you, you feel nagged; when I want you to be at ease with your family, you say I have no interest in life. You know what? I’ve been living with you for three years and I’m tired. I do love you, but you know what, this love I maintain so hard!”
“I’m sorry, give me another chance to start over, okay? I’ve missed out on a lot and I don’t want to keep being wrong. You love me, don’t leave if you love me, OK?” My heart ached, why did I say such words until the end?
“We’re divorced. You want me back unless you ask me to marry you again right now.” There was a strange look on her face.
“Yes, I’ll propose. I beg you to marry me again!” I got down on one leg and asked her to marry me a second time.
“You need roses and a ring to propose, do you have one?”
Roses! The ring! Oh, my God, where am I going to find it now?
“Our second girl just received a bouquet of roses last night, silly boy you go get it.” The neighbor’s grandpa barked straight at me. I remembered that family heirloom emerald ring again!
I rushed upstairs, broke into my neighbor’s house, grabbed the bouquet of roses and came out. I went back to my house, but I couldn’t find the emerald ring!
Why? Why does God want to make things so difficult for me? Ring, where the hell are you?
I was rummaging around in a panic as she came up the stairs. Behind her followed a large group of watching neighbors.
I grabbed her and shoved the rose into her arms, “I can’t find the ring, please promise me first, okay?”
She puffed out a laugh and pulled a black velvet box from her bag. Opening it slowly, an emerald ring that shimmered with warm light stood on end.
“Sorry, I seem to have taken one more thing.” She jumped into my arms and laughed.