Ning Yuan did not wake up the next day as he thought. Instead, she slept for two full days and was woken up by urination on the morning of the third day.
She covered her painful and dizzy head and tried to sit up, but fell back all of a sudden.
"Ouch, stinky girl, you're finally awake!" Aunt Xia's familiar voice came from beside her.
Ning Yuan tried her best to open her swollen eyelids and looked at Granny Xia, feebly: "Grandma...am I sick?"
"It's not a disease, it's almost gone." Grandma Xia checked her pulse, frowned, and shouted outside: "Old man, come here with the medicine."
They had been using a small stove to heat the medicine for the little girl.
Upon hearing this, Ning Yuan muttered: "I want to go to the toilet..."
Seeing her like that, Grandma Xia could only help her go to the bathroom: "Be careful."
This girl's hangover reaction was too great, or it was more like a side effect of alcohol poisoning.
Ning Yuan went to the bathroom and came back to drink the medicine prescribed by Grandma Xia.
She followed her instructions, drank a lot of warm water, and lay on the bed for a long time before regaining some energy.
Ning Yuan sat under the persimmon tree, drinking the health porridge cooked by Mr. Tang for her, and looking at A Bai's bandaged wounds, she felt unhappy: "Did Zheng Baoguo and the others catch him?"
"We've caught him. I heard that he and his fiancée will be shot for at least fifteen years if they catch a model." Granny Xia looked relieved.
She thought of something again and couldn't help scolding: "And your female classmate named Li Fang, you kindly sent her home, but she actually came to fuck you in order to please a bitch who abandoned her, and she also had to squat Prison."
Ning Yuan was silent for a moment, holding the bowl of porridge and said, "I heard about a case from another province. There was a pregnant woman who was not a virgin when she married her husband. The husband always beat and scolded her because he thought she was second-hand goods."
"The pregnant woman decided to find a new virgin for her husband to pay off her debt, so she pretended to fall while the students were on their way home from school."
"A 17-year-old high school girl who was passing by kindly helped her go home. Then she tricked the girl into drinking milk laced with sleeping pills, and asked her husband to rape and kill the girl."
This was a very sensational real case that happened decades later. Her classmate Li Fang was just as stupid and vicious as the pregnant woman.
She used to watch criminal investigation dramas and knew that rape, murder and acid disfigurement meant in criminal psychology——
Some men think that this means that they will forever dominate and possess the life and life of a pure girl.
Grandma Xia was stunned and felt shuddering: "It seems that when a single woman encounters someone asking for help, she will go to the police if she can. It's really..."
She murmured to herself: "How could there be such terrible malice in this world? After that Lin Juanzi woke up, she told the police that she hated you and would curse you to hell when she died."
How come the quarrel between girls in their teens and twenties has reached such a vicious and unrelenting level?
Ning Yuan closed her eyes: "I'm not cautious enough."
Don't worry about scarcity but inequality. Malice itself comes from psychological imbalance and is unreasonable.
For now, this is just malice stemming from jealousy. In the future, if she wants to do so many things, it is imperative that she learn self-defense techniques.
Speaking of self-defense…
Ning Yuan hesitated: "Is Rong Zhaonan... gone?"
She was addicted to alcohol, and many things were fragmented, but she still remembered that he found her in the garbage dump and saved her.
"Little boy Nan is gone. I don't know where he went. He only said that he would send us a letter and that we would meet again in the future." Grandma Xia sighed and looked at her with some worry.
"I... originally wanted to thank him in person." Ning Yuan fell silent. She thought it would be difficult to find him, but it was easy for him to find her.
So, has he thought it through and decided to give up completely?
I originally wanted to sit down and talk with him again, but it seems... that's not necessary.
He didn't say it, but she still believed that in addition to being responsible for her, he might also have some affection for her...
However, we are all smart people, and no one will survive without us. The sun still rises from the east.
Ning Yuan wanted to smile, but she also knew that her smile must be very forced at this time.
She pursed her lips, and there was a little mist in her eyes: "Grandma... I thought I was very free and easy... but I am still sad because he is gone. Am I useless?"
In her previous life, she tiredly finished all the housework and relied on reading books and various social media to get by while waiting for her husband to come home from his mistress.
At that time, she really envied the freedom and self-confidence of those highly educated young girls in the new era on Weibo and Xiaohongshu after seeing the world.
They are gradually breaking free from the shackles of tradition. They have seen a lot, are highly educated, and their vision has made them more sober in their relationships. Even if they long for love, they understand that they love others first and love themselves first.
So in this life, she has always been very clear about her plans——
She wanted to work hard at school and have a good career like them, and she no longer wanted to deal with the messy relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, let alone endure the man's bad temper and habits.
I don’t want to worry about my husband cheating on me, but divorce will be difficult, and I don’t want to worry about my illegitimate child taking away my children’s property.
Yes, in a few decades there will be a cooling-off period for divorce and illegitimate children will be allowed to inherit property.
Love is good, but career and money will never betray you.
If she meets a man she really likes, she won't object to a fruitless relationship. If she has a child, a confinement nanny, a nanny, and a part-time job, can she still afford it if she has money?
So she didn't expect anything from Rong Zhaonan at first.
But when he suddenly forced her to become a real couple with him, she finally began to consider finding a balance between him and her own life plan.
Is it because...
She...maybe liked him more than she thought.
"Did I do something wrong? Shouldn't I have told him my thoughts so early?" Ning Yuan looked at Granny Xia with red eyes.
Mrs. Xia looked at the girl in front of her who was rarely vulnerable and overwhelmed because of her illness.
She reached out distressedly and took Ning Yuan into her arms——
"Silly girl, you are right. The bottom line and life plans of two people should be made clear before they decide to be together for the rest of their lives."
People who love you will love you as you are, not as you pretend to be tame.
Grandma Xia touched her back tenderly: "If what he likes is your sweet disguise, the day you can't pretend anymore is the day your conflicts break out and you get divorced."
Ning Yuan leaned against her grandma and closed her eyes tiredly and helplessly: "Yes... we are all together because we don't understand each other, and we are separated because we understand each other."
Decades later, why is the divorce rate approaching 50%?
Isn’t it because too many men and women want to show their best side to their lovers.
Under the stimulation of hormones, they cultivated into a positive state, and then each other... there was no need and no way to pretend.
You start to be unable to tolerate the things you don't like about the other person, and you get angry that the other person can't do what you want.
Men are cowardly, selfish, mama's boys, and can't stand up when the oil bottle falls. Not many men can take care of children, do housework, earn thousands of dollars and be the man at home...
A woman’s nagging, supporting her younger brother, not seeking advancement, being suspicious, being mean, forcing her husband to make money even though he doesn’t know how to make money…
In the end, one party will cheat or engage in prostitution, and everyone has their own numbing thoughts.
Among all living beings, she was once just one of those ordinary women, nothing special.
The only special thing is that she can do it all over again.
Ning Yuan looked at the blue sky in the distance and took a breath: "Grandma, I really envy you and Mr. Tang. They are in love and are tolerant and supportive. It is rare to meet them."
Yes, she is selfish, but she is not wrong.
Marriage should be a diplomacy between two countries seeking common ground while reserving differences. Each other's bottom line should be drawn from the beginning, and they should only be together if they accept it.
She shouldn't pretend to be patient. After a few years or even decades, no one can tolerate the other anymore and they become resentful couples. If Rong Zhaonan doesn't accept it, she should also accept that he gives up on her.
Grandma Xia patted her on the back and smiled faintly: "It's not all smooth sailing for you and me, Grandpa Tang. Let's gather ourselves together and we should set off in a few days."
Ning Yuan raised her head and looked at the fine afternoon sunlight falling on the persimmon leaves, and said softly: "Okay!"
She closed her eyes and accepted the caress of the sun.
Yes, the long river of time is rushing forward, and yesterday’s day cannot be left behind.
She could not allow herself to indulge in sadness for more than half a month.
She touched her legs, and there were bruised fingerprints between her thin legs under her skirt. In addition, when she went to the bathroom this morning, she saw that there were no traces of dried liquid on her legs.
Well……
Damn this dog Rong Zhaonan!
She was still sick, and this cold bastard took advantage and ran away!
He had better not appear in front of her again in this life, otherwise she will kick him to death!
…
In a blink of an eye, summer is gone and autumn is coming, the sweet-scented osmanthus in Shanghai is fragrant in October, and the National Day is approaching.
A red flag is waving on the Bund!
Major universities in Shanghai are preparing to rehearse programs to celebrate the National Day.
Fuda Campus, Girls Dormitory, Department of Economics and Management, Room 314
"Ning Yuan, do you think this dress looks ugly on me?" A Beijing accent sounded disgustingly.
The tall northern girl with short shoulder-length hair and a knee-length red skirt asked the petite girl who was drying clothes in the corridor at the door.
From the upper bunk near the window of the dormitory, a soft and gentle female voice sounded——
"Let me see, a big guy like Neng looks good in anything he wears!"
