Story丨The rest of your life is not long, you have to live the way you like

After struggling in the quagmire of marriage for many years, Xiaowen finally successfully divorced.

Looking back at this marriage, it took seven years for Xiaowen and her husband to go from being estranged to each other to becoming strangers, and another seven years to go from being strangers to having skin cramps.

Xiaowen is from Anhui. She is so beautiful and dignified that she looks like Chen Hong.

After graduating from technical secondary school, she went to Hangzhou to work and met Wang Yu at a party.

Wang Yu is sunny and handsome, with a small pear dimple on the left side of his lips when he smiles, which makes people's hearts intoxicated.

This chance encounter was like a spring breeze, ruffling her peaceful heart.

Xiaowen, who looked quiet on the outside, did something that even she couldn't believe. She chased Wang Yu for two months and finally received a nod from Wang Yu.

For the sake of love, she ignored the objections of her parents and relatives, stayed alone, and married away from home.

Married life is not as sweet as imagined, only trivial. Xiaowen silently endured her father-in-law's disdain and her mother-in-law's harsh words.

Friendship is enough, and for love, nothing is intolerable.

After giving birth to her son, Xiaowen was busy with both work and family. She felt that it was worth it to stay with her husband and accompany her son, even if she was as busy as a top all her life.

Those who cannot get it are always in turmoil, and those who are favored are always confident.

Xiaowen's love for Wang Yu runs deep into her bones, but Wang Yu is just the opposite. No man will cherish the love that is obtained effortlessly.

Young Xiaowen doesn’t understand this. What she believes is that if you keep thinking about it, there will be repercussions.

But Xiaowen never expected that the response she was waiting for would be a slap in the face.

Wang Yu cheated on her in the fifth year of their marriage.

The object was his first love that he had been asking for and failing to get.

Wang Yu did not blame himself or regret for his cheating. After the divorce of his first love, he did not want to hide it from Xiaowen for a day, so he confessed everything on an ordinary night.

Xiaowen squinted her eyes and smiled: Tell me another joke, husband, you are so funny.

Wang Yu was angry, as if he had been cheated on. He opened the chat history and threw it in front of Xiaowen.

Xiaowen looked at her phone, laughing and crying.

There was not even a weather forecast. The sky above her head and the ground beneath her feet just collapsed.

The days of warm spring breeze are gone forever, and what awaits her is the endless miserable wind and rain.

Wang Yu proposed divorce, but Xiaowen sternly refused.

Whether it was a cold war or a curse, Xiaowen could endure it even after she broke her silver teeth. She hopes that Wang Yu will change his mind and return to his lost ways.

But what awaited was Wang Yu's blatant absence at night.

Her first love was pressing hard, but Xiaowen held on to her stubborn backbone. Even if love was dead, she would drag the empty shell of her marriage with her until the end of the world.

After a year of stalemate, Wang Yu finally received the wedding invitation from his first love, but the groom was not him.

Wang Yu was driven crazy by hatred and dragged Xiaowen directly into hell.

Due to alcoholism and domestic violence, Xiaowen suffered from new injuries and old ones all day long. Her eyes were empty, her expression was dazed, and she no longer had the same energy as before.

Until the last bit of love was squeezed out, Xiaowen took the initiative to file for divorce in the seventh year of marriage.

This time Wang Yu disagreed.

Wang Yu grabbed Xiaowen's hair and pressed it against the wall: You pushed me into hell, and now you want to leave by yourself, no way! The rest of our lives are long, let’s torture each other like this!

Marriage is not the tomb of love, it is clearly the slaughterhouse of love.

Suffering in pain, Xiaowen also thought about running away from home, but in the end she was reluctant to let go of her young son and the real estate that she had worked hard for many years to buy with Wang Yu.

In this way, Xiaowen spent another seven years in the darkness.

My son has graduated from elementary school and attended boarding school in junior high school.

Xiaowen returned to her hometown in Anhui to attend the funeral of a classmate who died of illness at the age of 37.

At the funeral, Xiaowen thought a lot. After returning home, she filed for divorce again.

This time, she talked with Wang Yu for a long time.

People only have one life to live. They are almost 40 years old. I wonder if they can live another 40 years. The rest of their lives is really not that long.

Instead of torturing each other and being extremely painful for the rest of the time, it is better to let go of each other and live the life you want.

Wang Yu only said one thing: If you want to divorce, you can, keep all your children and property, and take away the mortgage loan.

Xiaowen only considered it for a day before agreeing to Wang Yu's unprecedented unequal agreement.

When her best friend found out, she scolded Xiaowen like crazy.

I have to drag her to the court to sue.

Xiaowen said calmly: Compared with the rest of my life, property is nothing.

Her only regret was that she realized it too late and wasted the second seven years in vain.

Xiaowen moved into a rental house with her simple luggage. After working hard for half her life, all she was left with was the mortgage, rent and the pressure of daily life.

But Xiaowen has no regrets. After experiencing those long and painful days, the bitterness of life is sweet.

Every day after that, she was free.

After work, she makes friends, practices piano, draws, rides her bicycle to the West Lake to watch the sunset, picks up her son on weekends, and cooks all kinds of delicious dishes.

No matter how long the rest of her life is, she will always be kind to herself, love life, listen to the birdsong in the morning, look at the stars at night, and all the beauty in the world will surround her.