Worldly

Chapter 3/Section [-] Separated

01

On the balcony, He Hongxia was drying her clothes. Unfortunately, she could see everything downstairs.

She frowned, puzzled.Puzzled, she hung up her clothes, and holding the rest of the clothes in her hand, she came to Chen Liguo and asked:

"Old Chen, I saw my son hugging a boy."

"You read it wrong." Chen Liguo didn't look at him with his eyes, and continued to look at the newspaper in his hand as if nothing had happened.

"Our son can be wrong?" He Hongxia continued to ask.

It was only then that Chen Liguo remembered the man "he" in the diary. He hurriedly left the newspaper on the sofa and ran to the balcony, wanting to see it for himself.

There was no one downstairs, and he saw nothing.

Chen Liguo returned to the living room thoughtfully, just as he was about to say that He Hongxia had made a mistake, Chen Xiaohui pushed the door open and entered.

He looked at the candied haws in Chen Xiaohui's hand, and he understood it thoroughly!What a male 'he', his son is clearly with a man!

Chen Liguo shouted angrily:

"Who did you go to see? Is it the man selling candied haws?"

He glared, he roared, his voice was like thunder rolling and flash floods.

When Chen Xiaohui saw his father so angry, he realized it instantly. No wonder his diary was neatly placed on the table. It turned out that he had touched his diary before!

He Hongxia was still immersed in the joy just now, and didn't know what happened, so she asked, "What's wrong with you two?"

When Chen Liguo heard her asking, he became even more angry, and shouted: "Look at the good things your son has done, and he even got involved with men. Is it because there are not enough women?"

Chen Xiaohui became nervous, his heart was pounding, he didn't know how to face it, he wanted to hide, he wanted to escape.So, he carried the candied haws and walked to his room.

After He Hongxia found out, she began to wipe away her tears.

Seeing Chen Xiaohui walking towards his room, Chen Liguo grabbed his clothes and said, "You must explain clearly to me, you must separate."

Chen Xiaohui looked back at his father and said, "Dad, this is impossible."

"What is impossible! It must be possible!"

Chen Xiaohui broke free and hid in the room with candied haws.

Chen Liguo was so angry that his neck was bursting with blue veins, and he shouted at He Hongxia angrily: "What's the use of crying, look at your good son!"

After he said that, He Hongxia suffered even more, her eyes were red and swollen and she shouted: "Chen Xiaohui, if you don't separate from him today, I won't have your son!"

02

After Chen Xiaohui returned to the room, he slapped himself hard, hating himself for not being cautious enough, hating himself for being careless.

After he warned himself, he sat on the bed blankly, looking at the blue sky outside the window, it was peaceful, there was disturbance outside, and chaos inside.

He recalled his experience from childhood to adulthood, always being restrained by his parents, whether it was big or small, whether it was business or private, they were the ones who decided, and now he wanted to make a decision by himself.

The sky is getting dark gradually, and the sun is setting towards the west. Everything in the world has laws, and no one can break it.

Chen Liguo's heart was in turmoil, while He Hongxia was just crying, crying continuously.

suddenly.

He Hongxia stood up suddenly, knocked on the door of Chen Xiaohui's room, and cried out in a crying voice: "Chen Xiaohui! Come out and talk to us."

Only then did Chen Xiaohui come back to his senses, turned his head, and looked in the direction of the door.

When he opened the door, he saw his mother's disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes in her red and swollen eyes.He didn't dare to meet his mother's eyes, and quickly avoided seeing her.

Suddenly, his mother said in an unusual tone: "Call him and tell him to break up."

"Mom, we are serious." Chen Xiaohui didn't dare to look at his mother, lowered his head, and added: "Besides, Taiwan is already legal, it's just..."

Before he could finish speaking, He Hongxia said: "If you don't separate, I'll crash and die here today!"

After speaking, he bumped into her. Fortunately, Chen Xiaohui had quick eyesight and quick hands, and grabbed her.

Seeing that she was stopped, He Hongxia bumped into her again, and Chen Xiaohui stopped her again.After two unsuccessful attempts, He Hongxia burst into tears,

Chen Xiaohui was afraid that his mother would seek death again, so he put his body in front of her.Seeing his mother looking for life and death, the sturdy armor he had just put on in his heart scattered all over the place.

His eyes were moist, Gu Ze's warm and hearty smile appeared in front of him, all kinds of experiences echoed in his mind, tears flowed down unconsciously, across his cheeks.

Seeing this, Chen Liguo stepped forward and said, "Let go, give him a call. We are all old, and you are the only son who has found a girl before. Wouldn't it be nice to live a normal life?"

Chen Xiaohui's mind was in a mess, and he couldn't hear what his father said clearly.Only the words 'let go' 'girl' and 'normal' were heard.

03

Chen Xiaohui and his mother sat paralyzed on the ground, Chen Xiaohui cried silently, He Hongxia cried aloud, and Chen Liguo stood aside and cried.

Time went on for a long time.

suddenly.

Chen Xiaohui smiled and said, "Don't push too hard, give me some time."

That smiling face, how cowardly, how obedient, how helpless, how hypocritical, how smirking.

04

Chen Xiaohui returned to the room with that smile, slumped on the ground, leaning against the door.

Gradually, the smile disappeared, and tears ran down the cheeks again.

He picked up the candied haws Gu Ze sent, under the dim light, it exuded a crystal clear light, just like when he ate it for the first time.

No longer sweet, but bitter.

He ate all the candied haws, picked up the mobile phone on the ground, and walked to the living room with that smile.

The final chapter

Volume III/Final Chapter

On this day, snowflakes fell one after another, like a vigorous lion shaking its snow-white fur.

As usual, Gu Ze stood at the corner of the street, selling "candied haws".

He picked up a bunch of candied haws and wrapped them in glutinous rice paper.After eating it, it is sweet, then sour, and then bitter.

Their love is like this bunch of candied haws. At the beginning, it is sweet like icing on the outside, followed by the sour taste of hawthorn, and when the sweet and sour taste disappears, it becomes bitter.

On this day, it was still the same street corner, still swaying in the wind and snow, but the couple who loved each other were missing.