don't force me

Zhou Man stayed in the bathroom for a long time, and when she came out again, she had washed her face, combed her hair neatly, and even changed her clothes.Except for a pair of red and swollen eyes and pale complexion, it was already hard to see that she had suffered such a big blow.She stood in the living room and looked around. Every piece of furniture here was purchased by herself. She once wanted to run her life into a typical "middle-class successful family", with a relatively affluent life, loving and harmonious life. Family, a handsome, sensible, versatile son.In her plan, she should spend the rest of her life abroad, in the United States or Northern Europe with her outstanding son, and enjoy the fruits of her hard work in the first half of her life.However, everything was interrupted in just over a month. She didn't know what the problem was. She only knew that she had nothing now, except for the son who made her dissatisfied.

In the end, the only one who never gave up on her was this son.

Zhou Man gently pushed open the door of his son's room, and Du Xuan sat in front of the desk and looked at the phone in a daze.

"Xiaoxuan, what do you want for dinner?" Zhou Man cheered up and asked.

Du Xuan put away her phone and shook her head: "I don't want to eat."

"If you don't want to eat, you have to eat something," Zhou Man stroked his hair habitually, "I'll order you a takeaway."

Du Xuan nodded indifferently, the phone in his hand vibrated, he looked down for a while, smiled and said: "There is no takeaway, but there is delivery."

Zhou Man was stunned for a moment to understand what she was, and she frowned: "What delivery? Who did you tell?"

"Lin Ting'an."

"What do you tell others about this kind of thing!" Zhou Man became a little annoyed, and raised his voice, "Don't you feel ashamed enough?"

Du Xuan stood up and looked at her mother, "Uncle Lin lived with my father, do you think the Lin family might not know about it at all? How long can this kind of thing be kept secret?"

"That can't be..."

"We are not at fault, so why are we 'ashamed'?" Du Xuan said calmly, "If we say shame, it is not our shame."

Zhou Man was speechless for a while, and Du Xuan's words were irrefutable.

"Lin Ting'an said that his family is eating dumplings tonight, and they will cook them for us in a while." Du Xuan looked into Zhou Man's eyes and said slowly, "Mom, why do you care about other people so much? Give it to yourself, and besides, you can’t influence other people’s opinions.”

Zhou Man stood silently for a while, turned around and went out.

After half an hour, Lin Tingan knocked on the door, Zhou Man hid in the bedroom and did not come out, Du Xuan opened the door.

"Cabbage stuffing, do you want to eat it? Your mother put a lot of meat." Lin Tingan asked.

"Eat." Du Xuan took a small pot from Lin Tingan's hand and said heavily, "How many of these do you have?"

"Fifty." Lin Ting'an said, "I feel sorry for my mother, lest I starve you."

Du Xuan twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "Thank you, Auntie, for me."

Lin Tingan followed Du Xuan into the restaurant, watched Du Xuan take out the bowls and chopsticks, and asked in a low voice, "Where is Auntie?"

Du Xuan pointed to the bedroom.

Lin Tingan understood: "Then I'll leave right away, you and auntie have a good meal."

Du Xuan: "This winter vacation will be chaotic, I... can't take care of you anymore."

Lin Tingan: "What are you talking about, I won't do anything else this winter vacation, I will just take care of you. Don't worry, I'm here."

Du Xuan was stunned for a moment, "I am here" he used to say these three words a lot, but today when he said it from Lin Tingan's mouth, it made people feel very at ease.Thinking about it carefully, "dependence" never appears in a single face. When Sun Rui thinks that Lin Tingan is dependent on him, he is also dependent on Lin Tingan.Relying on the happiness and warmth brought by him, which is rarely given to him by his family; also relying on Lin Tingan's self-confidence and freedom, which is the driving force for him to move forward; Need these.

Du Xuan said: "If there is a need, I will be the first to find you."

"24-hour personal butler service on call." Lin Tingan winked his eyes.

After all, Du Xuan was still amused. Although it was only for a moment, the happiness and warmth in that moment were enough for him to survive this winter vacation.

Lin Tingan touched Du Xuan's hand reluctantly: "I'll go down first, call me if you have anything to do."

Du Xuan nodded, and held Lin Tingan's hand behind his back: "Thank you."

"Thank you," Lin Tingan said in a low voice, "don't worry, I'm here."

Divorce is complicated to talk about because both parties have to consider their own interests, or one party is unwilling, but if you are determined to do whatever it takes, then you can talk about it very quickly.

That night, when Du Jiancheng came home, he saw Zhou Man sitting on the sofa, his eyes were still red, but his expression was calm.

Du Jiancheng even felt that Zhou Man was wearing makeup.

The first sentence Zhou Man said was: "When will you sign?"

Du Jiancheng was stunned for a moment: "Sign...sign."

Zhou Man said: "Presumably our family doesn't have much money now, and I don't bother to sue you. What you did must be very clean. I advocate that I have to prove it. It's too much trouble. Although I don't care about money for so many years, I don't care about money. There is probably a number, our family’s savings are only 80 million at most, which is not enough for the down payment of a house, and you have spent a lot of thought for this 80 million.”

The sarcasm in Zhou Man's words made Du Jiancheng's face swell purple, and he said sternly, "What... What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Let's just talk nonsense," Zhou Man interrupted Du Jiancheng, "I'm about to leave, why are you talking about this?"

"you……"

"Let me ask you, Xiaoxuan is going to be in his third year of high school. This house is very close to the school. Can we live there until he finishes his college entrance examination?"

"Xiaoxuan is my son, of course he can live here."

Zhou Man shook his head: "My child and I, I can pay the rent for this house, it's our rent."

"Fart!" Du Jiancheng jumped up, "Xiaoxuan's surname is Du, he is from my old Du's family, he must follow me."

Zhou Man: "Then I will sue and see how the law judges."

"Prosecution..." Du Jiancheng hesitated for a moment.

"If you sue, you are the wrong party in the marriage." Zhou Man said calmly, "I will ask you to transfer property by the way."

Du Jiancheng paused for a moment: "In this case, the child belongs to me, and I will compensate you for your financial losses."

Zhou Man shook his head: "I don't want anything but Xiaoxuan. What is economic compensation for? How much money can you give me? How much can you buy Xiaoxuan? I mean the house. It doesn't matter if you don't want to. We You can rent a house again.”

Du Jiancheng: "It's not up to you alone, I want to talk to Xiaoxuan."

Zhou Man pointed to Du Xuan's door: "Go and talk."

Du Jiancheng pushed open the door, Du Xuan sat on the bed and swiped his phone, looked up and said lightly: "Dad."

Du Jiancheng was confused by Zhou Man and Du Xuan's calm attitude, and always felt that the mother and son had left something behind.

"Xiaoxuan, I want to talk to you."

"Sit down." Du Xuan got off the bed, sat down on the side of the bed in an orderly manner, and put the phone aside.

Du Jiancheng coughed, and glanced at Du Xuan's mobile phone with embarrassment. The screen was full of colorful things. He had nothing to say, "Where are you going online?"

"Ah, let me see the house."

"House... house?" Du Jiancheng was stunned.

"Mom definitely doesn't want to continue living here. I'll see if there is any suitable one."

Du Jiancheng was very embarrassed: "Xiaoxuan, you don't understand the affairs of parents, and this actually..."

"Why don't I understand?" Du Xuan chuckled, yes, who hasn't been in love, what's the matter?What do you not understand?

"Whether you love it or not is indeed a matter between the two of you. However, besides the so-called 'love', there is always responsibility and morality." When Du Xuan said this, there was dissatisfaction in her tone, mocking and The accusation was not disguised at all.

"What kind of talk is that!" Du Jiancheng blushed and said angrily.

"Well, pretend I didn't say it. Then what do you want to say to me?" Du Xuan said disapprovingly, no matter what Du Jiancheng said now it was meaningless, and he didn't bother to listen.

"Xiaoxuan," Du Jiancheng coughed, "You are from our Du family. Dad has always placed high hopes on you, hoping that you will become a talent in the future."

"I will definitely work hard. I still want to live a better life in this life."

"Ah..." Du Jiancheng swallowed, "So you need to be admitted to a good university, which requires a lot of investment, whether it's training courses, tutoring, going to university or studying abroad in the future, all of these need money. In addition , you also like good shoes, ah, by the way, you haven’t bought any new shoes this year, what do you like?”

"Something is more important than shoes." Du Xuan said, "I know what you want to say to me, but I want to talk to my mother."

"You..." Du Chengcheng slapped the table and stood up, "Don't forget your surname is Du!"

"If you don't mind, I can apply for a change. I don't care much about the last name."

"You... bastard!" Du Jiancheng pointed at Du Xuan, "Why are you talking to Dad?"

Du Xuan stood up not to be outdone: "Then how did you become a father? Are you worthy? Are you qualified to say this?"

Du Jiancheng raised his hand and waved it down against Du Xuan's face. Without thinking about it, Du Xuan made a blocking motion with his hand, blocking Du Jiancheng's slap.Du Jiancheng felt a burst of pain from the palm of his hand, while Du Xuan stood in front of him expressionlessly, with indifferent eyes.

This was the second time Du Jiancheng saw Du Xuan's eyes like this, this time he was so dumb that he couldn't speak.

"I don't have to hire a tutor or take remedial classes. Even if I can't get into Tsinghua University and Peking University, I don't have to worry about it. In this era, I can find a way to survive. Clothes and shoes can be worn on the street, but I can't wear them. My own feelings are also thrown on the floor." Du Xuan's eyes were sore, and tears were about to well up, but he closed his eyes and tried to hold back the tears.I can't cry anymore, I have cried too much this year, what's the use of crying?At most, I can only vent and vent. After venting, I still have to continue on the road, no matter how difficult it is, I have to go through it step by step.

Du Xuan opened her eyes: "My mother and I."

Du Jiancheng scratched his hair angrily: "What's the point of being with your mother? She's always going to be blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. She can do whatever she wants. Let me tell you, Xiaoxuan, why I divorced her is because she is self-righteous, she interferes with family affairs, big and small, and I also interfere with my work, she..."

"What you said is meaningless," Du Xuan interrupted his father, "I know all of this, but I still choose to follow my mother."

"why?"

"Because mom doesn't want anything but me." Du Xuan said coldly, "or in exchange, you give everything to mom, and I will follow you."

"You... Aren't mine yours? When I die, don't they all belong to you?"

"I can't count on being alive, and I can't even count on dying." Du Xuan said sharply. He stared at Du Jiancheng unceremoniously and refused to give an inch. There is nothing to discuss on this issue.

"Why don't you know this child."

Du Xuan smiled: "I know what I want and I can do it."

"What do you want?" Du Chengcheng asked, "I can give it to you."

"Then you give me 50 first."

"Five..." Du Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Du Xuan dumbfounded. He couldn't believe his son could say such a thing!

"As you said, if I want to study and buy shoes, I have to rent a house, not more than 50."

"You...you are..."

"I know our family is not a rich man, but we should still have 80 yuan, not more than half." Du Xuan said with a sneer.

Du Jiancheng stared at Du Xuan, completely speechless.

Du Xuan looked at Du Jiancheng's face, and asked in a provocative tone: "Well, the relationship between our father and son is not worth 50, 30 for the head office, right? Even if we divorce, I will have to call you 'Dad' in the future." 'no?"

Du Chengcheng slammed the door and left trembling.

The divorce went smoothly, Du Jiancheng was embarrassed by Du Xuan's words, and he was embarrassed to let Zhou Man leave the house, and finally gave 30.A week later, the Civil Affairs Bureau wanted to persuade him as a matter of routine, Zhou Man said directly: "He cheated and transferred property, what can I persuade?"

The clerk tapped the chapter neatly and handed over the red book.

Du Xuan was waiting for Zhou Man at the gate of the Civil Affairs Bureau. He was wearing a black down jacket. The bloated clothes made him look thinner, and his slender legs looked a bit eye-catching.In the cold wind, his face was pale, but his eyes were bright and he was in good spirits. His long and slender fingers quickly passed over the screen of the phone.

What a wonderful kid this is!

Du Jiancheng's heart twitched violently. At this moment, scenes from Du Xuan's childhood to adulthood flashed before his eyes: he was babbling, he was a toddler, he got back the first double hundred, the first certificate ...Even his "rebellious" words and deeds a few days ago can be put aside for now.Now he finally has a kind of "wives and children separated" sadness.Du Jiancheng almost choked up and said, "Xiaoxuan, Dad invites you to have a meal."

"Thank you," Du Xuan put away her phone, stood up straight and said politely, "Next time, I have an appointment with my mother and the agent to see the house."

For the first time, Du Jiancheng felt heartache in a real sense.