Lawyer

Chapter 1 Get Your Life Back

At the food stall at midnight, the bustling diners gradually dispersed, and the young man yawned tiredly and began to clean up the tables and chairs.In the corner is a middle-aged man, a table, a bottle of white wine, a plate of boiled peanuts, and a plate of cucumbers. He has been drinking alone since nightfall until now.

The middle-aged man looked haggard, his hair was disheveled, his eyes were bloodshot, with tears in his eyes, his shirt was wrinkled, and he looked poor.

Sometimes he stared at the wine glass in a daze, and sometimes he drank one after another, looking very lonely under the dim light of the food stall.

The boy wanted to remind the middle-aged man that the food stall was closing, but he was stopped by the boss. The man didn’t cry easily, because he didn’t feel sad. The boss, who has been there, naturally understands this truth.

This middle-aged man is Fang Yi, a lecturer at the local University of Applied Sciences. No one would have thought that a handsome seven-foot man, a college teacher, would secretly drink and cry in such an inconspicuous roadside food stall. .

A month ago, he always thought that he and his wife could grow old together. Half a month ago, he always thought that he could work steadily in school until retirement, but the reality gave him a heavy blow. What he once had Everything was like an illusion, fleeting in a blink of an eye, and he could only watch helplessly, unable to do anything.

His heart suddenly felt like a tall building kicked into the air, the cable broke in the center of the Yangtze River and the boat collapsed, falling into the abyss of pain.

Back then, his parents told him that as long as he was admitted to university, he could find a good job, which would honor his ancestors.He is very obedient and studies hard. In the end, he joined the undergraduate, master, and Ph.D.s, entered the current work unit, became a university teacher, and later married a beautiful wife. From the outsiders' point of view, he is all right. Winner in life.

From then on, he began to indulge himself, muddle along in the work unit, and enjoy the so-called life, but he never thought that this was just the beginning of life.

In the following days, he lived a leisurely, unrestrained (not enterprising) life always passed quickly, and he was already 37 in a blink of an eye.

His wife, Cao Xiaohui, has grown from an ordinary cashier to the company's financial director. The children are growing up day by day, and various cram schools are overwhelming, but he is still standing still.

I don't know when, his salary began to make ends meet, he, the proud son of heaven, a university teacher began to be ridiculed by his wife.

His wife once introduced him to a private company as a legal officer, and his salary was double that of a university, but he felt that the legal officer of a private company was not as respectable as a university teacher, so he dismissed it dismissively.They also had a fight about it.

In fact, the real reason why he didn't want to go was that he was used to the comfortable life in the ivory tower and didn't want to leave. He felt anxious and uneasy about the outside environment.

People often say that blessings do not come together, but misfortune does not come singly.

Last month, his wife Cao Xiaohui filed for divorce, which gave him a blow to the head.Not long ago, the head of the department talked to him again. After the contract expires in August, the school will not renew his contract.Divorce + unemployment, his life suddenly became a mess.

He didn't understand why the first half was going smoothly, but God suddenly gave him a big blow at the beginning of the second half, making the ground full of feathers.

His home was gone, his job was gone, and even his most beloved son was taken away by his wife. Depression, decadence, pain, and panic climbed up his once vigorous face in an instant, filling his heart with invisible pressure Pushing him into a corner, unable to move, he felt unprecedented despair.

Drinking liquor one cup after another, he became more and more silent when he was worried. How excited he was when he entered the university, he is now depressed. How glorious he was when he got married, how depressed he is now.

He regretted that he didn't listen to his wife's words and was greedy for comfort, and now he has ended up like this.Looking back now, I was so naive at the beginning, thinking that I would grow old leisurely by relying on the big tree of the university.

Whenever he thinks of his son's innocent and pure smile, he can't stop crying. In this world, the person he feels most sorry for is his son. Because of his own fault, he can no longer have a complete family. .

Thinking of this, Fang Yi slapped his big mouth hard, and blood trickled down the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, the boss who walked by handed over a few napkins. He didn't comfort or encourage him, and there was a look in his eyes that only adults can understand.

Fang Yi was stunned for a moment, took the napkin and thanked him.After paying the bill, he grabbed the remaining half bottle of Laobaigan, and walked towards the house unsteadily.

The next morning, he woke up from his sleep, smelling of alcohol on his body and in the room. He sat on the bed, his eyes were staring, his head was a little numb, groggy, and the lingering power of alcohol had not yet receded.Glancing at the divorce certificate and the photos of the family of three on the bedside table, he felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

Daughter-in-law Cao Xiaohui didn't want to see him decadent all day long, so she took her son back to her mother's house early and left the house for him to live in temporarily.

There are several employees in the university cafeteria who belong to the same village as him. With his heels, he can imagine what will happen in the village after he is dismissed by the school. There is no doubt that he will become the focus of discussion among the villagers after dinner. All kinds of gossip , will be spread by the roadside society as quickly as possible throughout the village, and even in ten miles and eight villages.

The old father, who has been proud of his son all his life, doesn't know what to think when he hears the rumors in the village. The label of family misfortune seems to have been attached to his spine.

He slowly lowered his head, inserted ten fingers into his hair, and grabbed his scalp vigorously. Finally, he buried his head in the crook of his arms, shrugged his shoulders, and cried silently in pain.

Now he is like a prisoner, the ridicule from his wife, the notice that the school will not renew the contract, the rumors from the villagers, the guilt towards his son, the guilt towards his father, etc. are like iron bars that trap him to death. among them.No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free.

He wants to save his marriage, but he can't do it; he wants to fight for the custody of the child, but now he can't even support himself, what can he do to support his son; he doesn't want the villagers to point fingers behind his father's back, but powerless.

Fortunately, after experiencing a period of pain and despair, Fang Yi did not sink down. His heart slowly calmed down and he began to reflect.

This time in Waterloo, he was completely awakened. He didn't want to be poked on the back of his life in the future. He wanted to get back his life, and get back to the persevering self.

In fact, what he didn't know was that at the moment of his awakening, although God closed a door for him, it secretly opened a window for him, a spacious and bright floor-to-ceiling window!It's just that he hasn't realized it yet.

When the sun started to turn westward, he was lying on the bed, staring at a pair of bloodshot eyes, staring blankly at the ceiling of the bedroom, recalling the past scene after scene, with tears rolling in his eyes.

"Get back your own life" is easy to say, but for Fang Yi who is now impoverished, his ideals are full, and he is so skinny now. He doesn't know where to start, and his confused brain can't make up his mind.

Suddenly the phone rang, and he didn't want to answer it, but the phone kept ringing. What he didn't expect was that this phone call changed his fate, allowing him to find the French window that was quietly opened.

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