Orange storm

When Fang Jie finished writing a comprehensive review, the sound of the door opening and closing came from the living room.Fang Jie put down his pen and got up, thought for a while, picked up the water glass beside him, and opened the door of his bedroom.

Just as Jiang Zhijin changed his shoes, he threw the car keys on the shoe cabinet and saw Fang Jie standing at the door of the bedroom.

"It bothered you?"

"No." Fang Jie raised his cup as a signal. "Pour water."

In fact, he wasn't very thirsty, but he came out immediately when he heard Jiang Zhijin's door opening, which seemed a bit too deliberate.

Fang Jie went to the kitchen and poured a glass of hot water casually, and then asked when he returned to the living room: "My mother said she would come over tomorrow—did she call you?"

"Yes, she said she was passing by on a business trip, and the plane arrived at Shaojiang at four o'clock in the afternoon." Jiang Zhijin glanced at Fang Jie's expression, and the other party looked quite calm.

"I'll pick her up at the airport then, you—"

At four o'clock, Jiang Zhijin went to pick up the plane, and it must be too late to pick up Fang Jie from school.Fang Jie instantly understood Jiang Zhijin's meaning, and immediately answered, "I'll just come and find you after school."

"Okay." Jiang Zhijin smiled, "I'll call you then."

The last time Jiang Zhijin met Zhou Ling was when he came back from the army and visited his grandma's grave in his hometown.In his impression, the other party has always been a very powerful woman, straightforward and decisive. He had no money to study in high school, so Zhou Ling paid him all the expenses without saying a word.At that time, Jiang Zhijin didn't even have a bank card, let alone WeChat Alipay. It was Zhou Ling who called another neighbor and asked that person to go to the town to take it out and hand it to Jiang Zhijin.

The tuition fee plus living expenses for one semester was 3000 yuan, and the stack of red banknotes, which was not too thick in his hand, was all Jiang Zhijin's hope at that time.

Later, Jiang Zhijin learned that Zhou Ling was also very difficult at that time. Women in the engineering industry were not favored. Zhou Ling had just gritted his teeth and made his way in the circle.

Although it's been a long time since Zhou Ling got out of the pick-up gate, Jiang Zhijin recognized him.

Zhou Ling was wearing a black windbreaker, his hair was over his shoulders, slightly permed, and looked very neat.Jiang Zhijin walked over to take the luggage in the other party's hand, smiled and called out "Sister Zhou Ling."

On the contrary, Zhou Ling didn't recognize Jiang Zhijin a little bit, she raised her head and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, her tone was pleasantly surprised.

"They're all so tall!"

"The last time I saw you was this tall, you haven't grown much." Jiang Zhijin took Zhou Ling out with a helpless expression on his face. "It's not Fang Jie."

Mentioning Fang Jie, Zhou Ling's expression softened again, and he asked, "Is Fang Jie okay, did I cause you any trouble?"

"What trouble can he cause me?" Jiang Zhijin put the luggage in the trunk and opened the car door for Zhou Ling. "It's pretty good. I took the first place in the exam every time, and I also took the third place in the provincial physics competition. I'll inherit it from you."

Zhou Ling couldn't help laughing: "Maybe, I was pretty good when I was in school."

After finishing speaking, she glanced at Jiang Zhijin who was driving: "I remember your grades were good in high school, I told you earlier that I can pay for your college tuition—"

"It's not about tuition." Jiang Zhijin smiled, "It's because I want to be a soldier."

How could Zhou Ling not know what Jiang Zhijin was thinking at that time, it was nothing more than too much self-esteem, but after Jiang Zhijin said so, Zhou Ling didn't continue to say, and the topic turned back to Fang Jie.

"Xiaojie doesn't need to worry about his studies and life, but he doesn't like to talk very much. A child has a lot of thoughts. You... know about me and his father?"

"Fang Jie told me." Jiang Zhijin hesitated for a while, but finally said truthfully, "This incident has a big impact on him."

Zhou Ling didn't speak anymore, turned to look at the car window, and sighed after a long time.

Zhou Ling was going to stay in Shaojiang for one night, and had already booked a hotel. Jiang Zhijin helped her put her luggage back to the place where she lived, and went to the hotel again.

It was already past five o'clock when we arrived at the hotel, which happened to be the time for Fang Jie to leave school. Taking advantage of Zhou Ling's time to go to the bathroom, Jiang Zhijin called Fang Jie.

Fang Jie on the other end answered very quickly, and Jiang Zhijin could hear his background sound a bit noisy, probably at the school gate.

"I picked up your mother, in the Li family compound." Jiang Zhijin said

Fang Jie had been in a fluctuating mood all day long, so he laughed as soon as he heard it: "I knew I should call Teacher Tang."

"He's so beautiful." Jiang Zhijin said with a smile. "Come here by taxi, private room No. 6."

It took about 10 minutes for Fang Jie's school to arrive at Li's compound. Jiang Zhijin asked Zhou Ling to order first. Zhou Ling looked at the menu for a while, and finally ordered steamed pork ribs and eggplant beans.

"Fang Jie used to like these two dishes very much." Zhou Ling said with a smile. "He doesn't tell you that he likes it, but if he does it, he will eat a little more on the day."

Jiang Zhijin also laughed.

Fang Jie did not tell Jiang Zhijin what he likes to eat, and Jiang Zhijin never knew, but he did not expect Fang Jie to be like this at home.

Cool guys can't be set up.

After Zhou Ling finished speaking, his smile faded: "But I was also the nanny who found out and told me that his father and I seldom eat with him."

Jiang Zhijin hesitated for a moment, always feeling that he should not speak rashly about other people's family affairs, but he felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of the troubles Fang Jie encountered and the emotions that occasionally appeared.

Not for myself, but for Fang Jie.

"May I ask? If it's not polite, I apologize first." Jiang Zhijin finally spoke. "Are you going to divorce Fang Chenglin?"

Zhou Ling was taken aback: "Of course I want a divorce—"

After she said this, she didn't speak for a long time, and finally smiled bitterly.

"But just getting divorced like this, I sometimes think, why?"

"Why do I work so hard and end up ruining my life by irrelevant people? Why does Fang Chenglin use the money I earn to support women and sons outside? Why does Fang Jie have to suffer so many things before the college entrance examination? He even made an appointment with a lawyer a few days ago and wanted to negotiate a divorce with me. I patiently went to talk to him, but he also wanted to discuss property distribution."

Zhou Ling sneered: "Dream, if it wasn't for the sake of the husband and wife and Fang Jie who have been married for more than ten years, I would have charged him with bigamy a long time ago."

The tea in the Li Family Courtyard is glutinous rice tea. The rich tea is mixed with a faint scent of glutinous rice.Zhou Ling took a sip of tea, and slowly said in the roiling heat: "Many people around me know about this, a group of people advised me to divorce quickly, a group of people advised me to bear it for the sake of my children, and a group of people Wait for the joke."

Zhou Ling smiled, looking a little tired: "I don't care, let them do as they please. But Fang Jie is still a child, I sent him to Shaojiang just to let him not be affected and take the college entrance examination."

Jiang Zhijin frowned after listening to Zhou Ling's words, and spoke after a while.

"Although I think it seems inappropriate for me to say these things—" Jiang Zhijin said. "Fang Jie's coming to Shaojiang doesn't mean he won't be affected."

"No matter where you are, you and Fang Chenglin are his parents. Fang Jie cannot be unaffected. He is not a child who doesn't understand anything. The concept of 'be patient for the sake of the child and don't divorce' applies to him. It's not suitable for you, and it doesn't conflict with your divorce if you take the college entrance examination well."

Jiang Zhijin recalled that when Fang Jie talked about Zhou Ling for the first time with him, his tone was very serious, with a little pride.

"Fang Jie has always thought that you are very powerful, so he doesn't want you to be restrained. If you choose not to divorce for his sake, he will feel uncomfortable." Jiang Zhijin said.

"He is an adult, has independent thinking, and has the most basic judgment—"

Jiang Zhijin was halfway through speaking, when he suddenly remembered what Fang Jie had said on the phone that night.

Adults have basic judgments about their own feelings or something...

The sudden deviation of his thoughts caused Jiang Zhijin to get stuck, and he paused for a few seconds before continuing.

"...no one can make decisions for him."

After these words were finished, the private room fell into silence.Zhou Ling was stunned for a long time, looking at Jiang Zhijin without speaking.

Outside the private room, Fang Jie stood at the door with his schoolbag on his back for a long time. When there was no sound inside, he let out a light breath and knocked on the door.