Xie Wan was a childhood friend of Zhan Aiping. She was a teacher. When Zhan Aiping got married, they talked on the phone. Xie Wan said, "Old Zhao has started a bet on when you two will get divorced."
"I bet you'll divorce within three years."
Now, three or four years have passed, and Xie Wan has completely lost the bet. She really didn't expect that Zhan Aiping and Gu Sheng had been married for three years, and their twin children are almost three years old.
Zhan Aiping said at the time: "In three years, you may be able to meet the child that Gu Laowu and I have."
Xie Wan said: "If you can give birth to Gu Laowu's child, then I can have a little Nezha."
Thinking of these past events, Xie Wan sighed. Now she is going to get married too, but Zhan Aiping has not married for the second time. This is her first marriage, and Zhan Aiping's husband has become the head of a group. No one knows what kind of life Zhan Aiping is living.
Although Xie Wan came from a large compound, she did not join the army. She became a teacher, and when she looked for a partner, she found a virtuous, considerate, and family-oriented middle school math teacher, a very gentle man named Zhang Shuyang. He was just like his name, bookish.
Xie Wan didn't envy the military officers that her childhood friends married. She liked her own teacher, Zhang, who was considerate, family-oriented, and could cook and educate children.
Before getting married, she had to show off her good man to all her childhood friends. The first person she thought of was Zhan Aiping. They had been good friends when they were young, and Xie Wan really wanted to meet Zhan Aiping.
I even wanted to persuade her that if she and Gu Laowu were not getting along well, she should get divorced as soon as possible.
When Gu Sheng and Zhan Aiping were young, their quarrels were irrational. Xie Wan saw it all. Since they were married, how could they not have a big quarrel every three days and a small quarrel every two days? How tiring their life would be.
What is the captain's wife? Although the title sounds loud, in fact, you have to bear the hardships behind it yourself. It is better to be like her, find a gentle teacher, and live an ordinary and warm life.
Xie Wan didn't want to be like her mother, who was with a chauvinistic man, regarded her husband as her God, and obeyed his orders. Even when she was old, she still boasted about her achievements when she was young. Her father's hot temper and commanding tone made her live in fear when she was young.
Xie Wan never thought that Zhan Aiping would marry Gu Sheng. Zhan Aiping's family situation was completely different from hers. Xie Wan envied the strong nature of Zhan Aiping's mother, while her biological father Zhan Bo was always timid in front of his wife.
Xie Wan was quite envious of Zhan Aiping for having such a spineless father.
Zhan Aiping envied her mother's gentle personality, who took care of and accompanied the children at home, and ensured that the children had hot meals as soon as they got home. However, she didn't know that her father had a bad temper and was picky at home, and liked to interfere in everything.
To be honest, Xie Wan couldn't imagine the life of Zhan Aiping and Gu Sheng.
Zhan Aiping has a very similar personality to her mother Ai Feihong, both are stubborn women who refuse to show weakness. Xie Wan thought that Zhan Aiping would be like herself, or like her mother Ai Feihong, and choose a spineless or henpecked man who is family-oriented and considerate.
Unexpectedly, Zhan Aiping finally married a soldier.
That person was still Gu Sheng.
It’s not that the military is bad, but there is too much emphasis on discipline. When a person is in a leadership position and is used to giving orders and using an uncompromising tone of command at work, he will unconsciously bring this into his home, making people feel... suffocated.
He is supposed to be a father and a lover, but he becomes like a superior and a subordinate. You cannot go against his wishes. If he doesn't like something about you, he will call you over and, like a political director, use all kinds of righteous words to seriously criticize you for having problems with your thinking.
"It's better to marry a teacher. I never thought that Zhan Aiping would marry Gu Sheng." Although many teachers have suffered setbacks over the years, as long as there are no major mistakes in their words and thoughts, they can live a normal life.
By this year, many former teachers have returned to their former positions.
"Qin Lu, isn't that right?" When Xie Wan was a child, she mostly played with Zhan Aiping and had little contact with Qin Lu. Zhan Aiping had more contact with Qin Lu.
But because they work in the same place, they are both teachers, and they are both married to teachers, so Xie Wan and Qin Lu have a better relationship now. They have more contact with each other on weekdays, and occasionally make appointments to hang out, drink tea and chat.
Teachers also have a lot of free time.
Xie Wan said that she wanted to meet Zhan Aiping before getting married. Qin Lu also said that she wanted to meet her, so they went together. Qin Lu's man did not go, so Qin Lu took her four-year-old daughter with them.
Qin Lu smiled: "Yeah, I thought Zhan Aiping would marry someone like her father."
"She's as strong as her mother."
Xie Wan also laughed: "I thought so too."
"We were smart and found a teacher."
"What's so good about marrying a military officer?"
Qin Lu had a smile on her face, but it did not reach her eyes. She pinched the back of her hand lightly with her fingers, forcing herself to maintain the smile on her face.
She and her husband are getting a divorce recently, and Qin Lu plans to separate from her husband and take her daughter with her.
Qin Lu's man, Mr. Zhou, is a nice guy with a good personality, but he has one shortcoming, which is that he is content with the status quo, only cares about trivial matters, and always advises Qin Lu to live a simple life.
Qin Lu was fed up with this aspect of his. Everyone else praised Teacher Zhou as a good man, but she thought he was cowardly and had no future.
What future can a man who only thinks about “family, family, family” all day long have
Qin Lu was multi-talented when she was a child. The elders in the compound all vied to have her as their daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law. Qin Lu liked singing and dancing, but when she grew up, she was not outstanding in appearance, singing or dancing. She sang and danced better than ordinary people, but she could not become a professional and was always eliminated.
She was neither good nor bad and could only be an elementary school teacher. She was considered beautiful among the female teachers. Teacher Zhou was very considerate and always made soup and sent meals to her. Qin Lu married Teacher Zhou.
It was fine in the first one or two years, but as time went on, Qin Lu felt more and more uncomfortable, especially after the husbands of her cousins, with whom she had a good relationship, became directors or political commissars, and she became more and more regretful.
Over the past few years, there was no sign of any improvement in Teacher Zhou's work. He always lived a leisurely life, allowing her to live a peaceful and stable life without worrying about anything else.
How could Qin Lu come down with peace of mind? After struggling for a long time, she finally figured it out. She was still young and beautiful. She wanted a divorce. She didn't want to live with this unambitious man anymore.
"Zhan Aiping will envy you." Qin Lu said to Xie Wan with a smile. She did not persuade Xie Wan not to get married, but watched her coldly as she stepped into the "pit" she had stepped into before. Now she regarded her past as a pit she had stepped into by mistake.
Xie Wan will probably regret it later.
Xie Wan said: "Pingping is the one who envies you. Your husband is so good to you and so considerate. Look at your daughter, she is just like you when you were a child, she can sing and dance, it's amazing. I don't have any talent."
"My daughter Tingting can only dance. Her teacher said she has a talent for ballet." Qin Lu smiled even more brightly when she mentioned her daughter Zhou Ting.
Because her husband was not ambitious, Qin Lu devoted all her attention to her daughter. She wanted her daughter to be outstanding and beautiful, and to marry a promising and ambitious big man in the future.
Xie Wan said: "Pingping gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and we don't know what her daughter will look like. Daughters look like their mothers when they are young. Your daughter looks like you."
Qin Lu said: "If Zhan Aiping's daughter looks like her, that's unbelievable, it's going to be a big deal!"
Xie Wan said: "People like Gu Laowu are also going to make a fuss. These two are both restless. I never thought that these two would end up together."
"We all thought you and Gu Wu were the best match at first, and we even joked that you were the bride and groom."
"Well, Pingping was like a wild boy, making trouble beside us." Xie Wan recalled her childhood and found that Zhan Dapingping was indeed heartless.
She hadn't met Zhan Aiping for several years, but Xie Wan remembered her childhood appearance clearly.
"Really?" Qin Lu lifted the hair beside her ear, "That was a long time ago."
When Qin Lu mentioned Gu Sheng, her voice became a little unnatural. Gu Sheng was the best-looking boy in the compound with the best family background. He had red lips and white teeth since he was a child. When she was a child, Qin Lu had fantasized about marrying Gu Sheng in the future.
But every time she returned to reality, she didn't think that Gu Sheng would marry the girl he grew up with. He should find an elegant and beautiful girl from outside.
But Gu Sheng ended up marrying Zhan Aiping.
That's ridiculous.
She brought her daughter and Xie Wan to visit Zhan Aiping, partly because of Gu Sheng. She wanted to know how Zhan Aiping and Gu Sheng were doing? Did Gu Sheng still remember her
Xie Wan: "Speaking of which, Gu Laowu is really amazing. He has become the leader at such a young age. He has a bright future."
Qin Lu said softly: "Which of his brothers is not powerful?"
Qin Lu knew Gu Sheng's family background very well. Gu Sheng and his brothers were also the subjects of frequent discussion among her cousins' husbands.
"Too."
Qin Lu couldn't help but ask, "Do you think Gu Sheng will regret marrying Zhan Aiping?"
Xie Wan said, "Now that they are married, they have to make do with each other for the rest of their lives. I think they are destined to be a perfect match and cannot live without each other."
Qin Lu said: "Didn't you bet that they would divorce within three years?"
Xie Wan: "They haven't divorced in the past three years. Now that we have two children, we definitely can't divorce."
Qin Lu thought that wasn’t necessarily the case.
Just like her and Teacher Zhou, although on the surface their marriage seems to be an enviable one, they have already decided to divorce.
If Gu Sheng saw her, would he remember her? Would he regret marrying a woman like Zhan Aiping
Zhan Aiping is just like her mother, she must have raised her daughter in a rough way.
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When Xie Wan said she wanted to come see her, Zhan Aiping was very happy. They were good friends and had played well together when they were young. Xie Wan's personality was similar to Shen Liqing's. She was a real lazy person, but she knew how to live.
Zhan Aiping envied Xie Wan for having such a considerate and gentle mother. Her mother gave Xie Wan plenty of love and companionship. Zhan Aiping had gone to her house for meals several times and envied her mother's delicious cooking.
While eating, she saw the mother and daughter playing affectionately and she was very envious.
She and her mother would never be so close, and she would not act like a spoiled child with her mother.
"Xie Wan is coming over, so I have to clean up the house."
"I didn't expect Qin Lu to be here too. Her daughter is older than our Yuanyuan, and she got married a long time ago."
(End of this chapter)