Regiment dormitory.
Baichuan knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered. He was a little puzzled:
"It's just past seven o'clock and you're already asleep? Have you been so tired this day?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dark shadow appeared beside him, passed him and went straight into the house.
Bai Chuan looked surprised: "Where have you been?"
After the training, the person disappeared. He even went to the bathhouse and found no one. The dormitory was also dark.
Meng Jiu'an had a dark face and looked like he would keep away from strangers. He didn't turn on the light when he entered the room, and sat motionless on the edge of the bed.
Bai Chuan was keenly aware of something strange about him - Meng Jiu'an was in a bad mood at the moment, and it was not generally bad.
If Meng Jiu'an was usually in a bad mood, he would have been kicked out long ago, but today he acted as if he hadn't seen him, completely ignoring him and immersed in his own emotions.
This strange and abnormal situation made Bai Chuan a little unsure whether he should intervene or not. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to give him some space.
It's okay to provoke him in normal times, but in this situation today it's better to be honest.
Just as Bai Chuan was about to quietly exit the room, Meng Jiuan in the darkness suddenly spoke:
"Bai Chuan, what do you think Yu Changle is thinking?"
The words came out so haphazardly that Baichuan didn't understand what he meant for a moment:
"What do you think?"
Meng Jiuan was silent for a few seconds and then spoke again:
"About divorce."
Bai Chuan frowned. With Meng Jiu'an's temperament, he would never ask this question.
Now that he has opened his mouth, it means that this problem has caused him great trouble and cannot be solved, otherwise he would never ask himself.
Baichuan stopped and his expression became serious:
"Do you want to hear the truth?"
The person on the other side was silent for a few seconds, and then responded with a dull voice: "Yes."
Bai Chuan had wanted to talk to him about this matter for a long time, but he couldn't interfere with his friend's family affairs. Since Meng Jiu'an asked, he simply sat across from him and talked:
"First of all, I think my sister-in-law is not as bad as other people say. On the contrary, she is smart, capable, generous and beautiful, and treats others kindly. In short, she is definitely a good girl."
"Everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages. My sister-in-law may have her own problems, but to be honest, Lao Meng, you also have a lot of problems. You are too serious, don't understand humor, and don't care about people. You have to admit these, right?"
"Even I, an unmarried person, know that if a couple lives by picking on each other's faults, they will definitely not be able to live together."
While talking, Bai Chuan wanted to see Meng Jiuan's expression clearly, but unfortunately the room was dark without the lights on, and he could only hear his slightly heavy breathing.
"Secondly, I don't think she is just pestering you all day long and fighting for you as others have said. I think she is actually quite independent."
"To put it bluntly, it's not necessarily true that someone can't live without you. If we get divorced, it's not necessarily true who can't live without you!"
He stopped and thought about it, and decided to tell his brother his true feelings:
"So, I think it is not a good choice for you to file for divorce."
...
"Divorce... I didn't bring it up."
Meng Jiu'an's muffled voice was a little aggrieved. He had thought so before, but when he saw Yu Changle, he couldn't say such words. In the end, all he said was to send her back to the countryside.
On the contrary, Yu Changle took the initiative to ask for her consent to divorce again and again, actively looked for a job and moved out of the compound, and made an appointment with him to submit the divorce application at the Youth League Headquarters.
He seemed to be completing a set task, doing it step by step, but he was becoming more and more resistant and felt more and more like he was being roasted on the fire.
The moment he was rejected by Political Commissar Ning, he even felt a bit of luck and joy in his heart.
This series of anomalies made him feel at a loss, and his mood always fluctuated with Yu Changle's words and deeds.
Just like today...
Bai Chuan was shocked: "You didn't mention it. Could it be that my sister-in-law mentioned it?"
This was a bit too unexpected. He had always thought that Lao Meng disliked his sister-in-law, but unexpectedly, it turned out that his sister-in-law didn't like Lao Meng either?
No, he remembered the night when Lao Meng returned to the army from his hometown three years ago. He was extremely depressed and drank all night long. When he was drunk, he said that someone was forcing him to get married...
Meng Jiu'an said nothing, but the extremely depressed look on his face said it all.
Baichuan suddenly realized: "No wonder..."
"What's the wonder?"
Bai Chuan accidentally said half of what was in his heart and Meng Jiu'an heard it, but Meng Jiu'an definitely didn't want to hear the rest.
Even in the darkness, Bai Chuan could feel Meng Jiuan's eyes staring at him eager for answers. He swallowed, just die!
"I want to say, no wonder, I saw my sister-in-law getting along with you before. Although...we treat each other as if we were guests, I always felt that it was a bit awkward. It turned out that I wanted to divorce..."
Bai Chuan thought about it again and again, trying to choose nicer words to describe it.
Feeling that the aura on the other side was gradually weakening, Bai Chuan quickly stopped talking and changed the topic:
"But I think the first thing you need to figure out now is not what your sister-in-law thinks, but what you think yourself!"
"Have you ever thought about this issue? Do you, Meng Jiu'an, want to divorce Yu Changle?"
"How can you make the right choice to deal with this matter if you don't even understand your own thoughts?"
"What if your sister-in-law doesn't really want to divorce you, but she doesn't know what you think, and you two missed it by mistake, and you will regret it for the rest of your life?"
Bai Chuan's series of words shone like a ray of light into Meng Jiuan's chaotic mind. He had never allowed himself to think about this issue.
Bai Chuan was right, even he himself didn't know the answer, so how could Yu Changle know what he was thinking?
Meng Jiu'an thought seriously and recalled every bit of the past one by one.
His feelings for Yu Changle went from being forced and helpless at the beginning, to being disgusted and disgusted, to having some changes, and now to worrying about gains and losses.
Do these changes mean... that he's starting to like her a little bit?
Regardless of whether he felt that Yu Changle's change was sudden and huge during this process, these were all blinding methods to hide the truth.
He just needs to bravely face his heart and make it clear whether he is attracted to her and whether he is moved by her, instead of pursuing such insignificant questions as why she suddenly changed.
Meng Jiu'an has never been a pretentious person. Once he thinks clearly about his inner thoughts, he will no longer look around or hesitate.
In the darkness, his voice was particularly determined:
"I have thought clearly, I don't want to divorce her!"
