see you in spring

Chapter 212 Middle Age Doesn't Believe in Tears

When Sun Yan and Liu Quantao returned home, their two children had fallen asleep on the sofa.

Liu Quantao took off his dirty coat, washed his hands, and wanted to take the two children back to the room to sleep one by one.

Sun Yan looked at the injuries on his body and hugged her youngest son before him: "I'll do it, don't fall."

Liu Quantao thought about it, took a step back, and sat down on the chair, finally allowing his injured leg to have a good rest.

After both children fell asleep, Sun Yan heard the sound of washing outside. She finally couldn't help it, opened the door and walked out: "How did you get injured?"

Liu Quantao, who was brushing his teeth, was stunned for a moment, and slowly spat out a mouthful of toothpaste foam: "...Didn't I tell you, the road is too dark, and it has fallen into a trap."

"That's not what this list says." Sun Yan handed him the test sheet.When he took off his coat just now, these rolled-up sheets fell out of his pocket.She picked it up and found that it was a laboratory test form from the hospital, so she secretly took it into the room to read it.

One of the lists clearly stated that multiple soft tissue injuries were caused by falling from a high altitude.

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Liu Quantao rinsed the toothpaste out of his mouth with water, looked at his swollen face in the mirror, and said slowly: "I... accidentally fell off the shelf at the construction site. You can also read the test sheet. It’s okay, nothing happens, just rest for a few days and you’ll be fine.”

"Construction site?" Sun Yan looked at him in disbelief: "Why are you going to the construction site at night?"

"Work." After Liu Quantao said quietly, he turned around and limped out of the bathroom. When he opened the door of his room, he sighed and smiled bitterly: "I can't find any other job. I can exchange my strength for money. At least it makes me less useless. I thought I could earn some living expenses for my children, but I didn’t expect something happened.”

Sun Yan didn't know how to answer, but he had already opened the door and walked in.

Looking at the closed door, Sun Yan turned and returned to the room.It was already one o'clock in the morning, but she didn't feel sleepy at all.

She remembered that when their lives were just getting better, Liu Quantao, who had not been back to his hometown for many years, specially took her back home in their newly purchased car during the Chinese New Year.In order to let people in the village see that he got a promotion and bought a car, he drove the newly bought car into a village that didn't even have a decent road and turned into mud soup when it rained.In those days, Liu Quantao drove around the whole village with his mother and brother, visiting every house to pay New Year greetings.

When they were about to return to the city and drove the car out of the village, the original color of the car was no longer visible, and the four tire seams were all filled with mud. Not only did they have no anti-skid function, they could barely stop the car.

There was no car wash on the road, so they could only drive on the highway at the lowest speed. The two of them were extremely nervous the whole time, fearing that they would suddenly be unable to stop the car.After driving all the way to a simple gas station, I connected a water pipe from the toilet of the gas station and washed the mud off the wheels and car body.

She didn't expect that Liu Quantao, who used to be so face-conscious, could now do such a job.

Although she was divorced, she still wished him well.Seeing how he looked now, the dull pain in her heart slowly spread.

She was in a mess. Her sympathy for Liu Quantao, her anger at online violence, and her worries about the future of this family all made her so anxious that she could not sleep.

Seeing Liu Quantao like this made her feel distressed, and she even began to blame herself because he was covered in injuries.

Although reason told her.The whole thing actually had nothing to do with her, but she still felt uneasy.

If she hadn't insisted on divorcing him, would he have stopped working as a scaffolder?

There was no point in assuming it, but the thing scared her.Fortunately, he was lucky this time and there were no problems.If he fell and died, the two children would be without a father.

Now they have become two unrelated individuals, but for the sake of their children, they have to fulfill their "responsibility" to each other.

The marriage is gone, but the family function still survives, and she is still psychologically dependent on him.

If something really happened to him, then she would have to quit her current job to take care of her children.Or give up everything here and return to your parents' home with your children.She has stayed in Jincheng for so many years, where she has her youth, her friends, and her career, and she doesn't want to give up.

She wanted Liu Quantao to stop working in such a dangerous place, but they were divorced now, and she had no right to interfere with anything he did.

She tossed and turned, knowing that her heartache for him was more of sympathy.When she decided to divorce, she showed great determination and courage.She didn't want all her previous decisions to go back to the starting point because of sympathy.

Sun Yan now wanted to talk to Jia Lie and Gu Yu and ask them to give her some advice.But it was almost two o'clock in the morning, and she couldn't disturb them.

The upset Sun Yan posted an anime photo of standing on the edge of a cliff in her WeChat Moments to express her feelings at this time. Unexpectedly, Jia Lie's message was sent two seconds later.

"Swallow, are you asleep?"

Sun Yan was stunned for a moment, but just as she was about to go back, Gu Yu's message also came in: "Why aren't you sleeping yet? Don't you have to go to work tomorrow?"

Sun Yanxin said this is what I want to ask you, right?
She didn't reply one by one, and directly said in the group: "You two made an appointment, right? Why aren't you sleeping now?"

"I... Dongqing came back late tonight. I just cooked some late-night snacks with him. I'm a little exhausted and can't sleep." Jia Lie said.

"I drank tea before going to bed and couldn't sleep." Gu Yu followed.

"There seems to be something wrong with you. It seems that you are all waiting for news from me. As soon as I posted on Moments, you both sent me messages at the same time." Sun Yan said.

"I can't sleep at all. Seeing how busy you have been recently, I thought you would be so tired that you fell asleep. Unexpectedly, you were still making hair ties in the middle of the night. Of course we have to ask what's going on." Jia Lie couldn't help it. I just wanted to find out if she knew about Liu Quantao.

"Liu Quantao is injured." Sun Yan said.

Neither Jia Lie nor Gu Yu spoke, waiting for her to continue.

Sun Yan told them what happened tonight when Naoyao upstairs and Liu Quantao returned home, and finally sighed: "It's been several days since he went to work, but I don't know anything about it. If he really does tonight What happened, I really..."

Her words were stuck there, and her emotions fluctuated violently.Seeing Liu Quantao's appearance tonight, she couldn't bear it. She even attributed his situation to her.If she hadn't divorced him, wouldn't he have been so miserable?
"Swallow, you don't have to blame yourself, this matter has nothing to do with you. Liu Quantao is an adult, and everything he does is his own choice." Jia Lie knew that Sun Yan would be sad if he found out, so she never dared to sleep, so she I was hesitant to call her, but I didn’t expect to see her post on Moments.

In fact, Sun Yan focused all her energy on work during this period, and it was already seven or eight o'clock when she came back from overtime work at night.Liu Quantao waited for Sun Yan and the child to fall asleep before going out. It was normal for Sun Yan not to know his whereabouts.

But at this time, Sun Yan was frightened by her own assumptions, and her emotions were occupied by self-blame. She fell into self-doubt: "Do you think I shouldn't have divorced him in the first place? Should I think of other ways? Solve the problems at that time?"

Gu Yu immediately pulled her rationality back: "If the conflict in a relationship can be resolved through communication, there will be no quarrel; if the quarrel can be resolved, there will be no cold war; if the cold war can be resolved, there will be no divorce. If There are other ways to solve it, and you will not use divorce to solve it. At least at the moment of divorce, you have done your best. Don’t doubt your decision because of other people’s behavior.”

"I thought that after getting divorced, I would be able to get out of the quagmire. Unexpectedly, now I am even more troubled. I am in a mess both at work and at home." Sun Yan looked at the ceiling, her voice hollow.

"Since you can't take care of both sides, then concentrate on one side. Put all your energy on work. When you make enough money, you will find that these worries at home will no longer be worries." Jia Lie has benefited from making money, so she knows that only by making enough money can many problems be solved.

"Lie Lie is right. When you have money, you can hire Liu Quantao to work at home. Then he won't have to go out to work at the construction site at night." Gu Yu said.

Sun Yan was awakened, and the fog in front of her eyes seemed to dissipate. She finally came out of the pessimism just now.

Seeing that Sun Yan finally regained her composure, Jia Lie and Gu Yu felt relieved.Urging her to sleep quickly, she would put on her battle uniform and go to the battlefield tomorrow.

After hanging up the phone, Sun Yan remembered the day she went to get the divorce certificate with Liu Quantao. Although she knew that Liu Quantao would not leave the house and her children were with her, she might not change much after the divorce.But on the way back, she still cried.

For her lost youth and all she has given to this family over the years.

Now that she has come out of this marriage that took her ten years of hard work, she cannot give up halfway. For herself, her children, and their formal family, she also has to carve out a path in the workplace.

(End of this chapter)