Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

As an adult who has worked for several years, Geng Huihui spends every day with her colleagues and often listens to their daily conversations. She naturally knows that blind dates are based on each other's conditions. When looking at conditions, it is inevitable to ask each other about and weigh each other's conditions. So Geng Huihui can understand Yan Weining's calculations.

Besides, if Yan Weining was a fool who would throw himself at a girl at first sight without caring whether the girl had weird brothers or bad parents, or whether they would bring trouble to him in the future, Geng Huihui would not dare to associate with such a person.

Yan Weining has carefully calculated the future of him and Geng Huihui. If he wants to divorce after their love is gone, he will also weigh the losses. There is probably only one result - he dare not divorce.

If you find someone stupid, and he falls in love with someone else at first sight after a few years, I won't hesitate to divorce you.

Geng Huihui favored Yan Weining when she talked to Dabao about him because she admired his prudence and seriousness. Geng Huihui worked in a simple environment. Her colleagues guessed that she had a good family background. Usually, no one bothered her. She was used to the comfort and didn't want to deal with her parents-in-law after work. To put it bluntly, continuing with Yan Weining was just a waste of time.

Geng Huihui doesn't have to be with Yan Weining. She can avoid trouble by simply saying "break up", so why not?

Geng Huihui saw that her aunt looked serious, so she also answered seriously: "Let's do it again."

Ye Fan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "What do you mean by 'again'? Just break up if you want to, just say it's fine, are you playing house?"

Geng Huihui shook her head: "No. We really broke up before. He apologized to me. He admitted his mistakes and corrected them, which is better than many people. My mom and dad often refused to admit their mistakes. I think you can look at it from everywhere."

Yu Wentao asked: "If you feel it's not suitable after three days, then break up?"

"No way. I'm not a child. How can I really play house like this?" Geng Huihui said.

Ye Fan: "But your attitude now is just like that. Your aunt was sad for a long time when they broke up. Even if you don't cry or feel bad, you shouldn't be so indifferent."

"Aunt, it's not that I don't take feelings seriously. We've been together for less than a week, and we've known each other for less than two months. How much affection can there be?" Geng Huihui said, "If we had been together for a year or so and then broke up, I would definitely not be like this now."

Yu Wentao: "How would you feel if we broke up after being together for a year or so? You'd be just as reluctant as your aunt."

"It took me a year to recognize him clearly. All these years of study would have been wasted."

Yu Wentao blurted out: "Your aunt——"

"My aunt is different from me. Liu Ning found her on her own, and she is content with love. We two, who met through blind dates, value actual conditions more." Geng Huihui said, "Grandma, aunt, don't worry, I know what's going on."

Yu Wentao muttered, "I'm just afraid you know too much."

"What do you mean?"

Yu Wentao: "Huihui, love is not a business."

"Living is just like doing business. Also, please don't use my aunt and uncle as examples. People in their generation were so simple." Geng Huihui raised an eyebrow at her aunt, "I dare say that before you two got married, your uncle didn't dare to hold your hand. Nowadays, these people go to bed after knowing each other for three days. Fortunately, there is a crime of hooliganism, otherwise there would be wild children everywhere."

Yu Wentao scolded her: "What nonsense are you talking about. You are a university teacher."

Geng Huihui took another bun and said, "Because I'm a teacher, I know what kind of people in their twenties are like. They learn from the West's openness and stay out every few days. I used to find them with other teachers. Now I'm too lazy to ask. But as a teacher, I can't just ignore it. I can only give them extra lessons and buy a box of family planning products at my own expense. I was even called to the principal's office for this matter. Fortunately, the principal was open-minded. After listening to my concerns, he didn't scold me and praised me for really caring about the students."

Yu Wentao was surprised: "Didn't Dabao say that college at a good school is the same as high school?"

"That's his school. The students in our school are not as busy as his. Some students have watched romantic TV series, and in addition, they have been influenced by Western liberal ideas in recent years. Most students want to try that." Geng Huihui asked, "Grandma, do you understand what I'm saying?"

Yu Wentao glared at her and said unhappily, "Your grandma is not an antique."

Ye Fan reminded: "Aunt Yu, you are getting off topic. Yan Weining said that you think you two are not suitable because his father is a leader?"

Geng Huihui nodded: "I did say that. But he also said that his elder brother lives with his parents, and if I marry him, he can live wherever I live." After a pause, "Well, just like my sister-in-law can go to her parents-in-law's house if she wants to, and say she's busy if she doesn't want to go. I think it's okay."

Yu Wentao was dissatisfied with her attitude: "If it's a relationship, it's fine. If it's not, it's not."

"Is it okay to not look everywhere? Grandma, do you not need to wash clothes and cook? You have nothing to do all day and night and just think about my affairs? If you have nothing to do, come back and wipe the furniture, so that we don't have to clean up on the weekend."

Yu Wentao was so angry that she was speechless. She pointed at her and told Ye Fan to take a good look at her.

Ye Fan: "Huihui, your mentality is good. You won't be sad if you break up after a year together. If Yan Weining is serious, even if it's not Yan Weining, but someone else, he will take it seriously and not want to break up. Have you thought about the consequences?"

"What's the result?"

Ye Fan said: "I thought the investment cost was too high and I couldn't accept failure, so I got carried away and attacked you."

Yu Wentao felt distressed again when she heard this: "Don't scare her."

"I'm not trying to scare him. Many murders are caused by emotional disputes. This situation is different from highway robbery. Robbery injures one person, but this situation injures at least one person. If the three of us were at home, it could be us." Ye Fan looked at Geng Huihui, "You can go to the Public Security Bureau and ask."

Geng Huihui followed up her question and asked, "Do you think Yan Weining has this tendency?"

Ye Fan: "If he analyzes the reasons first instead of just assuming you're playing a trick on him, he probably won't kill him impulsively. But if he can't stand your constant breaking up and getting back together, it's hard to say."

Geng Huihui lowered her head uncomfortably: "We didn't break up or get back together."

"You have the right to break up and get back together. But three times is the limit!" Ye Fan said, "Even if you break up and get back together many times, he doesn't mind, but his parents can't stand you."

Geng Huihui: "His parents don't know yet."

Ye Fan sighed, "I know what Dabao wants to do when he coughs. He is not in the right state, but his parents are blind and can't see it. Even if his mother is carefree, what about his father? His father was carefree and would have been driven down long ago."

Geng Huihui suddenly realized.

Yu Wentao stood up and said, "Don't waste your time talking to her. Tell her to move out tomorrow. If anything goes wrong in the future, she will have to bear it on her own. Let's go make dinner."

Geng Huihui chased after him: "No, grandma, I have to buy groceries and cook for myself when I move out."

"Should I serve you?" Yu Wentao asked.

Geng Huihui: "Next month when I get my salary, I will buy you a gold necklace."

"Do I care about your gold necklace?" Yu Wentao went to the kitchen without looking back.

Geng Huihui said: "I love you, I will buy it for you voluntarily."

Ye Fan carried the lunch box to the kitchen and placed it on the dining table: "Huihui, since you have decided to be together again, ask him questions directly in the future. If you are not satisfied with his answer, you should refute it directly. Don't make blind analyses by yourself and suddenly want to break up. Not to mention outsiders, even your family can't stand you being fine yesterday and running away from home today."

"I know, I know." Geng Huihui nodded, not really meaning it.

Ye Fan said helplessly: "It's better to be like your aunt. When she is sad, she cries alone without us accompanying her."

"Aunt, I will be careful. There won't be a next time for what happened today!"

Ye Fan: "It's not that I'm afraid of trouble. If I talk about anything, I'll be more relaxed. But I don't want to be blocked in the alley every other day."

Yu Wentao glanced at her granddaughter and said, "She's just dating as if it's a joke. Xiao Yan is afraid that if she gets angry, she'll break up with the person again, so she must come to us often."

"No way. I never thought of breaking up with him before." Geng Huihui couldn't help but defend herself: "If it weren't for Dabao and Erbao--" she saw her aunt suddenly shut up.

Ye Fan was not surprised at all: "Aunt Yu, what did I say?"

Geng Huihui looked curious about what she and her grandmother had talked about behind her back, but she was afraid of saying something inappropriate, so she didn't dare to respond.

Seeing this, Yu Wentao pointed out directly: "Your aunt guessed that you must have heard something from someone that made you suddenly want to break up."

"Yes, aunt, I am easily influenced and cannot help but listen to Dabao." Geng Huihui said quickly, "It's not that I don't take feelings seriously. So don't--"

Ye Fan sneered: "Why haven't I seen you listen to Dabao so much before?"

"This..." Geng Huihui didn't dare to argue under her aunt's gaze, "Okay, I admit that Dabao's words just made me feel relieved. Breaking up was my own decision."

Ye Fan: "I will also remind Dabao not to interfere in your affairs anymore."

"Dabao also cares about me." Geng Huihui said.

Ye Fan ignored her. Geng Huihui thought, if I'm undecided, I can ask Erbao and Sensen for help. Thinking of this, Geng Huihui couldn't help but secretly praise herself for being smart.

Ye Fan saw her smile and shook his head helplessly. After dinner, Geng Huihui went to take a shower, while Ye Fan and Yu Wentao were in the kitchen. Yu Wentao recalled her granddaughter's attitude and couldn't help saying, "When Xiao Yan came to her house to look for her, she was very serious in front of Xiao Yan."

Ye Fan: "People have many sides. People who like Dabao think he is good in every way. Who knows he is like the reincarnation of a Pixiu? He is so rich and he asks me for money whenever he has the chance."

"No one has asked Dabao to shoot commercials recently?"

Ye Fan said: "Wait until the film he shot a while ago is released and the publicity effect comes out, someone will come to him."

"He promotes this company, how can the other company know the effect?"

Ye Fan: "They will ask people in the industry and do market research. It's not just what Dabao says."

Yu Wentao understood: "Our Dabao is really great. He doesn't have to buy clothes and shoes by himself. By the way, does the car seller want to give him a car as a gift?"

Ye Fan: "I'm not giving it to him, I'm lending it to him for two years. But Dabao is a student, and it would be too conspicuous for him to drive to school, so I asked him to refuse."

"You can give it to Jianshe or Xiaochangkai."

Ye Fan said: "Only Dabao can open it."

"How stingy." Yu Wentao paused for a moment, "I'll take more practical ones next time."

How can there be so many more practical things? Ye Fan complained in his heart and went to wash rice and cook porridge.

On the weekend, Geng Huihui went out, and Dabao and Erbao were at home. Ye Fan called the two children over and reminded them not to interfere in Huihui and Yan Weining's affairs.

After breakfast this morning, Geng Huihui went back to her room to put on makeup. Yu Wentao nagged a little more, and then the siblings realized that Geng Huihui and Yan Weining had separated. Calculating the time, the siblings immediately understood that it was because of their talkativeness.

Dabao promised: "I won't dare to do that anymore, Mom. No matter what Sister Huihui talks to us about in the future, as long as it involves Yan Weining, we won't say we don't understand."

Erbao muttered, "Yan Weining is really uncouth. Sister Huihui broke up with him, so why is he looking for mom?"

Ye Fan: "Come to me to complain."

"If Sister Huihui doesn't break up with him but just ignores him, he will call his mother and ask Sister Huihui to pay attention to him?"

Ye Fan smiled and nodded: "Maybe."

Erbao was speechless.

Dabao: "Mom doesn't seem surprised. Has Dad ever done this before? No wonder grandma is annoyed with him."

Ye Fan laughed: "Don't bring up your dad for everything. But I am used to complaining. When your grandma is annoyed with your dad, she complains to me. When your dad is annoyed with your grandma, he also complains to me and asks me to control my mom. By the way, I will go to the army in two days and will be back on Saturday afternoon."

Dabao: "Dad is still in the same unit? How many years has it been?"

Ye Fan calculated the time: "Five years. It's time to move. Hopefully it's still in the capital."

Dabao and Erbao's schools are in the capital, and Ye Fan's career is in the capital, so none of the three of them want Geng Zhiye to be sent out. So on the day Ye Fan arrived at the army, whenever they had a chance to be alone, Ye Fan asked him about his superiors' attitude.

Geng Zhiye: "Most likely I'm still in the capital. But no army wants me."

"Are there any troops that dare to compete with the capital for people?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "My old leaders are more irritable than each other. Some of them can still work for a few more years. They want me to take over, and they dare to compete with the capital for people. But I am not that popular."

Ye Fan wanted to laugh: "Does anyone say that about themselves?"

"I can despise myself, but others can't." Geng Zhiye remembered something and quickly added, "Except Ye Fanfan."

Ye Fan wanted to complain whenever he heard the reduplication of words. He didn't know when he got this bad habit. He didn't get tired of calling her for so many years. "Brother, can you come back next year?"

"It depends on how the next term is planned. If necessary, my eldest brother will have to retire in another place."

Ye Fan: "Brother, have you ever thought about fighting for it?"

"As long as he is not asked to retire early, he thinks it doesn't matter where he lives." Geng Zhiye sighed, "I can see that our family is not destined to enjoy a good life."

Ye Fan said: "People from the same family don't enter the same door."

"So the guy named Yan is also someone who can't sit still?"

Ye Fan: "He has too many thoughts. But after Huihui's disturbance, he probably won't dare to have any more thoughts. It's a good thing, because he is too cautious at work and may end up being too clever for his own good."

"Just because you don't dare to think too much about your relationship doesn't mean you can be honest at work."

Ye Fan said: "Work requires dealing with people, right? He doesn't dare to make random guesses when facing Huihui and us, but he will subconsciously hold back when facing his colleagues."

"That's good." Geng Zhiye was quite surprised that the Yan family allowed his niece to work part-time to earn extra money. "You and Aunt Yu haven't met his parents yet?"

Ye Fan: "It's not time yet. Besides, your second brother and his wife don't know yet. We have to wait until they know."

Geng Zhiye couldn't help but mutter: "Not your brother and sister-in-law."

"My brother and sister-in-law's surnames are Ye and Li."

Geng Zhiye pulled her to lie down: "I don't want to quarrel with you, don't provoke me!"

Ye Fan turned sideways and stared at his face: "Angry? Impossible! Commander Geng has been at the seaside for so many years——"

Geng Zhiye raised his hand, pulled her into his arms and sealed her lips.

—

In mid-June, Ye Fan headed north again.

Perhaps she had some irrelevant thoughts in her mind, and her mood was scattered. She felt that this time was very hard, and it took her a few days to recover after returning home. Dabao and Erbao saw that she was in low spirits and did not dare to disturb her.

Erbao arranged her own summer vacation time when school was on vacation. Erbao had money in her hand, which was given by Dabao. She played with her cousin Liangliang for a few days, bought many things they liked, and then the two sisters signed up for an interest class.

Chen Xiaohui was worried that the interest class teacher would bully the new students, so she accompanied them to the class twice. The second time, Chen Xiaohui met someone, a familiar person from her previous life. She was so dazed that she wanted to call Ye Fan when she got home. When she picked up the phone, she realized that Ye Fan was not the Ye Fan from her previous life, and he definitely didn't know that she had memories of her previous life, so what could she say to Ye Fan?

I really wanted to find someone to talk to. I didn't sleep well that night, and asked where Ye Fan was the next morning.

Ye Fan rested in the company of course.

Chen Xiaohui rode her bike to the company. When she got downstairs, she saw the security guard, cleaner, and front desk. She had to register as a visitor. When she saw Ye Fan, she couldn't help but say, "Your company is so formal."

Ye Fan was annoyed: "You speak as if I'm just a shell company."

"Don't be angry, I was wrong." Chen Xiaohui sat down, and the secretary hired by Ye Fan from a college brought her a cup of instant coffee.

Chen Xiaohui exclaimed: "You have a secretary?"

The young secretary was so frightened by her that she dared not move.

Ye Fan sighed, "Keep your voice down. I've only been here a few days. What do you think?"

The secretary was wearing work clothes and low-heeled leather shoes, looking very presentable: "Not bad. Where did you find her? The secretary is as good-looking as the receptionist. No, isn't this a computer company?"

"Who said that only people from film and television companies are good-looking?" Ye Fan winked at the secretary, who went out and closed the door. Ye Fan asked, "You never contact me for no reason. Tell me, which dynasty's treasure is it about this time?"

Chen Xiaohui blurted out: "Today!"

(End of this chapter)