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Chapter 14 Fang Guofei’s Waterloo

The woman came to see Xu Ailian. Xu Ailian was too lazy to pay attention to her, letting her catch her interest and pounced on her, but it seemed like she was hit by a ball of air.

After leaving the door, the woman bit her lip and thought about it, but she still refused to give up.Fang Guofei deserves to die because he likes to be surrounded by singing and dancing birds, and he likes multi-part stereo sound. The women he deals with all know each other, and some of them are good sisters. Fang Guofei finds this very enjoyable and exciting.

The woman finally blocked Fang Guofei in the underground parking lot of Fang Guofei's building and asked Fang Guofei to fulfill his promise to him and divorce Xu Ailian.Fang Guofei was furious, and the two quarreled in the underground parking lot. Fang Guofei called her a psycho, and she called Fang Guofei a liar and a hooligan. Fang Guofei gave the woman a slap in the face in anger.

The woman stumbled home shyly and resentfully, and fell on the bed crying and thinking. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She got up, called five or six other women who had been abandoned by Fang Guofei like her, ran to the police station, and reported Fang Guofei. .

Although by the 90s, society was already very tolerant, and the police generally would not intervene in matters between men and women, as long as they did not involve prostitution.But so many women came together to report Fang Guofei, even the police had a hard time judging. They felt that this had exceeded the boundaries of ordinary relationships between men and women, and Fang Guofei was suspected of being a gangster.

When I heard that Fang Guofei had taken three of them to the suburbs together, and the four of them had sex in a tent, that was enough. This was no longer a relationship issue, but a naked gathering of people for sexual intercourse.

The police immediately dispatched and took the surprised Fang Guofei away from Fang Guofei's company.

They were quite polite. The policemen at the police station had dealt with Fang Guofei and knew him well, so they did not handcuff him.

Before leaving, Fang Guofei lifted the belt that had slipped down around his belly button and told his assistant to call his wife.

Xu Ailian received a call from Fang Guofei's assistant. She was still at work. When the assistant finished explaining the matter, Xu Ailian was not surprised at all. She seemed to have known that Fang Guofei would have this day. She and her assistant calmly said "I understand." , hung up the phone and continued working.

She didn't even ask who took Fang Guofei away or which police station he was in now.

After Xu Ailian got off work, she went to the kindergarten to pick up Fang Yan first. The two of them walked to the gate of the community. Xu Ailian didn't go home to cook. She took Fang Yan with her and ate at the restaurant in front of the community.When she got home, she gave Fang Yan a bath, and the two played in the living room for a while. Xu Ailian asked Fang Yan to go to bed first, and she sat alone in the living room.

It was around ten o'clock in the evening, and Fang Guofei had not returned yet. Xu Ailian called his office, but no one answered, and called his big brother, but no one answered.Xu Ailian stood up and walked into the bathroom, washed herself, and then walked into Fang Yan's room.

Fang Yan was still young at that time, and Xu Ailian slept with him in his arms. He remembered that Xu Ailian didn't seem to sleep much that night. She tossed and turned on the bed and sighed constantly.

When she got up the next morning, Xu Ailian tried to call Fang Guofei's big brother again, but she still couldn't get through.

Fang Yan was eating breakfast, and Xu Ailian sat aside blankly, not eating anything.After Fang Yan finished eating, Xu Ailian asked Fang Yan to play for a while. We won't go to school today. Fang Yan was overjoyed when he heard that and went back to his room to play games.

Xu Ailian found paper and pen, walked back to the sofa in the living room and sat down. She called Fang Guofei's assistant to ask which police station she was in, and wrote it down on the paper with a pen.Xu Ailian told her assistant that she should notify the company's driver to pick her up at home immediately.

When the driver arrived, Xu Ailian went out with her dialect, got in the car, and told the driver to go to the Provincial Foreign Economic and Trade Commission.

Xu Ailian is very tough, not only in front of Fang Guofei, but also in front of outsiders, even in front of her own parents.

In the car that day, Xu Ailian and Fang Yan were sitting in the back row. She put a hand on Fang Yan's shoulder and looked out the window blankly.

The red light stopped and the green light continued. Hangzhou in the morning blurred past the car window. The window glass blocked the sounds of the city intermittently. Xu Ailian suddenly felt that from today on, she seemed to be unable to be tough anymore, no matter how good her face was. Regardless of self-esteem, it has fallen to the ground, even the dregs are gone.

She felt that her limbs were weak and she couldn't help crying in the car. Fang Yan had never seen Xu Ailian cry before. He was frightened when he saw Xu Ailian crying so sadly that day.After returning home from her father's office, Xu Ailian sat down and thought about it. She thought that her father, who never liked asking for help, had already taken a back seat and was about to retire. As a result, he still had to beg for help everywhere with his old face, and it was so A shameful thing.

Xu Ailian couldn't help crying again.

Fang Yan cried on the side: "Mom, mom, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Ailian looked at him and said, "Fang Yan, promise mom that when you grow up, you won't be like your father, okay?"

Fang Yan nodded repeatedly and said yes.Like the dialect, Xu Ailian is also used here instead of your father.

Fang Guofei finally came back. From the day he came back, Xu Ailian slept in a separate room with him.Even so, Xu Ailian still didn't mention the things Fang Guofei did outside, obviously because she thought he was dirty, but what Xu Ailian and Fang Guofei said was that she had a nervous breakdown.

It seemed like she did those things outside and she was too embarrassed to mention them.It seemed that Fang Guofei's visit to the police station was just a business trip, which was normal.

There is one thing that Fang Yan has never understood since he was a child, and that is why Xu Ailian and Fang Guofei never mentioned divorce.Fang Yan had imagined the divorce between Fang Guofei and Xu Ailian countless times. He also longed for the happy life he and Xu Ailian would have together after their divorce.

What a joy it would be for Fang Yan when he was a child without Fang Guofei in his life.

But the picture he imagined in his mind has never been realized in reality.

At home, Xu Ailian and Fang Guofei never quarreled.Xu Ailian and Fang Guofei have a pleasant look most of the time. In this kind of pleasant look, even the dialect can feel a kind of coldness.

It’s just not worth it. I don’t deserve any other attitude towards you. Even if it’s anger, don’t you know that anger requires a lot of effort?Not worth it, I'm not worth the expense.Xu Ailian's pleasant appearance is like the dialect's "father", which is also measured with a ruler, accurately marking the relationship between them.

Fang Guofei is very domineering outside, but when he comes home, except for Fang Yan, he never speaks harshly to Xu Ailian. He is always a head shorter, and he seems to be happy to accept that he will be shorter like this.

When Fang Yan grew up, he seemed to understand. He felt that Xu Ailian was still fighting for a breath and was still tough.Fang Guofei was her own choice, and their marriage was cursed. No one had ever been optimistic about it, and many people were still laughing at it.Xu Ailian's self-esteem and personality made it impossible for her to raise her hand and slap herself in the face.

She is like an actor. Before she goes on stage, she puts in a lot of preparation and makeup. Once she goes on stage, no matter what kind of play she is performing today or what unexpected things happen on the stage, she must continue to act and keep doing this. The play is finished.She would not allow herself to let those who were cheering and booing below look happy.

Fang Yan felt that Xu Ailian was such a person.He felt that her depression was both caused by Fang Guofei and suppressed by herself.

So, what about Fang Guofei?Fang Yan still couldn't figure out why Fang Guofei never mentioned divorce if he liked hanging out so much and didn't like going home.If he gets divorced, won't he be free?Although Xu Ailian doesn't care about him, Xu Ailian's symbolic meaning is still there.

If Fang Guofei had lost even this symbolic entanglement after his divorce, why had he never mentioned divorce?
This is something that the dialect is completely puzzled to understand.

Now, the answer to this question has probably turned into a plume of smoke and the box on the hundred-dollar bill with Fang Guofei, who is facing the sky. No one can answer it for Fang Yan.

(End of this chapter)