The water in the faucet was flowing quietly like the moon in the clouds. In the dim bathroom, Chengmei's shining face was gradually reflected in the mirror. Yucheng held his breath, perhaps because the summer water was cool and deep. He slowly dipped his face into the water, feeling confused and comfortable. At that moment, all the noise in the world was cut off, and Yucheng suddenly had the urge to hope that the short-term comfort would become eternal. If those distant images hadn't been floating in his mind, maybe he wouldn't have burst out of the water because he couldn't hold his breath.
"I'm going to die! The endless overtime work is really exhausting."
The moment he loosened his tie and collar in front of the mirror, Yucheng remembered the past, when Chengmei had a band-aid on her face and coldly avoided herself for a long time.
"I'm sorry. I obviously wanted to accompany you to visit my father-in-law's grave. But our branch manager suddenly became interested in playing ball. I really can't refuse. After all, I'm still waiting for a promotion and a salary increase."
Chengmei glanced at Yucheng hesitantly, perhaps because she had nothing to say, so she continued to watch TV calmly. Desperate for a response, Yucheng's eyes widened like the axis of the earth. Even when Yucheng leaned fifteen degrees closer to Chengmei's shoulder, Chengmei remained motionless.
"Obviously I drank a lot of wine myself, but I still have to use my little rational brain to fight with him. I'm really tired of it. Hey! When will this kind of situation end with one glance at the end, but no one in sight? It’s a hard life to hope for.”
What frightened Yucheng was that his wife's confusion, contempt and contempt did not appear. At this moment, Chengmei's eyes only shone with a turbid and ignorant light. Yucheng could only curl up his tie silently, not knowing what expression to make, so he could only look at Chengmei with a playful smile, but he had no idea how bad he was like this.
"Did the anniversary go well?"
"Um."
Chengmei, who only said a word, still watched the TV with an unsurprising attitude.
In Yu Cheng's impression, Chengmei should have refuted a hundred words and then rushed out of the door. Although it is common to be calm and ignorant of current affairs, the atmosphere was not as depressing as it is today. Yucheng felt that his body temperature was obviously higher than in the world. He unscrupulously took out the pillow from behind Chengmei and played with it for a while. Seeing that Chengmei was still indifferent, he stared at Chengmei's face.
"It's been a hard day today. Wife, you should go to bed early."
"Um."
This is not what Yucheng wants to hear, and certainly not what Chengmei really wants to say. But at that moment, the two people who straightened their backs and stared into each other's eyes had nothing to say.
When Yucheng sat down at the dining table, Chengmei ran to the bathroom and vomited out everything she had eaten. The bloody sweet and sour chops and a hint of bile were floating in the yellow toilet. When she hunched over and sat back in front of the TV, Yucheng pretended to eat with gusto.
"Honey, you are so nice today. You actually left me a bowl full of pork ribs. Just smelling it makes me want to eat, and the roundworms in my stomach are jumping up."
Chengmei didn't look sideways, still looking at the TV blankly. Yucheng could only praise him for a while with a displeased face. Suddenly he mustered up the courage to walk up to Seung-mei.
"I heard from the branch manager that there seems to be a baseball league today. I have to change the channel..."
Chengmei held down the remote control tightly and stared at Yucheng coldly.
"No change allowed, I have to watch TV series today."
Yucheng sighed and looked at Chengmei expectantly.
"Please, let me watch it once. Today is a very crucial one! Let's talk about a TV series that has been downloaded. When can't I watch it? Tomorrow the branch manager will definitely show off the content of the game to us. I have to have it. Just say it.”
Chengmei stared at Yucheng with wide eyes. Yucheng wanted to snatch it, but Chengmei's funny dog-pawing struggle was too weird, so Yucheng had to give up.
"Honey, you have to watch the game live in real time to feel passionate. Just let me change the channel. Please, honey! Once the league is over, you can monopolize the TV for a few months."
As if hearing a cliche threat from a gangster, the taciturn Chengmei stared at Yucheng with fierce eyes.
"If I say no, it won't be okay. If we continue to rob him, we'll get a divorce!"
Yucheng heard this in confusion, as if thousands of meteors were hitting his head like a thunderstorm. Yucheng, who felt out of breath, suddenly stood up and pointed at Chengmei's nose and shouted hysterically.
"Why would you say such harsh words to me because of a crying soap opera? I really can't stand you anymore. It's because we watch too many of these movies that our lives have become so decadent."
"Get out!" Chengmei yelled in a panic. At that moment, both of their abdominal cavities felt a tremor like a mountain falling apart.
"boom!"
The door slammed shut, and Yu Cheng walked toward the utility room with the worn quilt in his arms. At this time, his fighting spirit became even stronger. "Just wait and see, I will leave you sooner or later." Perhaps in this tense environment, only this hint could give Yucheng some comfort.
The hands on the watch were ticking, and Yu Cheng looked blankly at the water falling through his fingers, savoring the disappearing spark of love in his heart.
"Damn, I haven't played the game for two days. Why is my vampire magician Caleb still dead? So are those werewolves, Jacob, Greg, and Lulu. I have a headache when I look at those red balls. Can't you just calm down? What's wrong with you!"
Yucheng was wrestling and playing games while carefully recalling what he had just said to Chengmei. Until a half-moon slowly poked its head out from the dark clouds, Yucheng vaguely seemed to hear a woman's roaring cry.
"The atmosphere at home is too depressing. You cry so horribly in the middle of the night? Don't you think it will affect your children and neighbors?"
When Yucheng walked to the room, he was immediately at a loss. Just as he secretly opened the door a crack, Chengmei's cries became louder and louder. Yucheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and look at the woman on the TV who was also crying cluelessly and laughing absurdly.
"It's such an evil tragedy. It would be nice if there were less of it."
"Ashe, my baseball league is held once a year! I'm so angry that I want to curse!"
Yucheng sat back in front of the game again, and his loud words flowed out of his mouth like shining coins.
Early the next morning, Yu Cheng walked into the entrance hall carrying his briefcase. Chengmei was leaning on the sofa quietly with her eyes closed, obviously looking like she had stayed up all night. The door was gently closed, Chengmei's long hair was fluttering in the wind, and her upper body was tilted in the direction of the wind.
"Honey, I'm so sorry about what happened yesterday. In fact, it was because..." Chengmei blocked Yucheng's way with an almost disheveled look. Yucheng was obviously a little unhappy. His eyes were unfamiliar and his face was swollen. It used to be more serious.
"Time is already running out. I really can't listen to you talking anymore. Let's talk short and long when I come back. Okay?!"
Unlike the passionate novelty that Chengmei deliberately presented, Yucheng's attitude was even more exciting and urgent than the exiles.
The morning light fell messily around the two people like yesterday's unburned incense. Chengmei suddenly sat down on the ground, crying like a child with runny nose and tears.
"I won't choose you for anything else. You can pick up the child for me tonight. Yesterday was my father's anniversary, and my mother was very depressed. I just wanted to see her." Yucheng originally wanted to reach out to help her. , but Chengmei twisted her body and cried loudly in front of many neighbors again.
"Li Chengmei, don't do this. I promise you it'll be fine." Yucheng retracted his hand and said coldly, but Chengmei had no intention of holding back.
"Li Chengmei, why do you always think like this? I'm very tired of you acting like this."
Yucheng simply insulted the good old man and beat his chest and roared at Chengmei for a while in front of the bustling neighbors.
