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Chapter 227 Is it too late to regret?
"You're really planning to come?"

"Really? I think it's really interesting to watch you analyze marriages for others."

Xia Yi tugged at Zhang Zhe's arm, her tone somewhat coquettish:
"Since you don't have any outsiders here, why don't you let me do it? I'll be your assistant."

"You can bring me along when you're online chatting or meeting clients in person."

"emmm..."

"I'll come on the weekend, since I have nothing to do on the weekend anyway."

"Alright then." Zhang Zhe nodded. If Xia Yi came over on the weekend, it would be a unique date.

After receiving Zhang Zhe's affirmative answer, Xia Yi finally smiled with satisfaction, quietly sat back down, and continued watching Zhang Zhe edit the video.

The atmosphere was very peaceful for a moment.

At 6 p.m., Zhang Zhe was about to take Xia Yi home when a customer suddenly arrived at the matchmaking agency.

A simply dressed, somewhat dejected middle-aged woman, who looked to be over 30 years old.

Upon seeing this woman, Xia Yi turned and left, quickly putting her bag in the matchmaking agency, clearly intending to stay with Zhang Zhe until he finished serving this client before leaving.

"Brother Zhang." The woman clearly recognized Zhang Zhe and had come specifically for him. "You're probably still at get off work, right?"

"No no."

"Please come in." Zhang Zhe turned to the side and gestured for the other party to come in and discuss the matter in detail.

Once they were seated, the woman revealed her purpose: "I wanted to consult with you, Brother Zhang, about some issues related to marriage."

"It's not convenient for me to talk about my situation in the live stream, because I feel like I'll get scolded."

"So I can only come to see you offline."

"It's alright, it's alright." Xia Yi comforted the woman from the side: "If there's anything, just go to Zhang Zhe in our family. He can definitely help you analyze things objectively."

"Assistant, could you go get the payment code first?" Zhang Zhe made an excuse to tell Xia Yi not to be so enthusiastic.

In this matchmaking agency, only those who have paid are considered clients.

Zhang Zhe couldn't even imagine how explosive the story of a woman who was too afraid to consult in a live stream was, so he had to take the money, even if it wasn't enough to cover her emotional distress.

After the woman paid, Zhang Zhe handed her a form: "Do you want to fill out the blind date information, or just a simple analysis?"

"You can help me analyze it." The woman smiled somewhat awkwardly.

"Okay, then you say it."

"Assistant, come sit here and help me take notes."

"Okay!" Xia Yi sat down next to Zhang Zhe with a great sense of participation. This was much more interesting than taking notes on the principal's speech.

"Brother Zhang, can we keep our chat history a secret?" The woman looked at Xia Yi with some concern, clearly having reservations.

"No problem, don't worry about it. Since you said so, I will definitely guarantee your information security."

"Okay, let me explain my situation first."

"I was born in 93 and I'm already married."

"My partner and I met on campus; we've been together since our student days."

“None of us are native to Qingshi; we’re from the surrounding counties and cities, but we stayed in Qingshi because of our work.”

We've been married for three years now, but we don't have any children yet.

Xia Yi looked a little surprised when she heard what the woman said, because the woman was talking about a top-tier romantic love story, "from school uniform to wedding dress".

But the tone of her voice didn't convey any sense of happiness. The woman quickly explained the reason for her state:

"Because we were together since our school days, we didn't know each other's family backgrounds or what would happen after marriage."

"As a result, after we got married, he chose a job that required frequent business trips. He was always on business trips all year round. Sigh, it felt like we were married but not married at all."

The woman spoke with a listless, dejected air, which not only exhausted Zhang Zhe but also made his own voice low and somber.

"You're starting to regret it, aren't you?"

"A little." The woman nodded, a struggle appearing on her face: "When I was young, I didn't care."

"But now I'm older and I haven't had any children... In fact, even if I did have children, it would be like being a single parent, and my life would probably be worse than it is now."

"Therefore, I am somewhat dissatisfied with the current situation."

“I’ve also talked to my parents, and they think my situation is already very good. They told me to persevere and that things will be different after I have a child.”

"But I can foresee that after having a child, my life will be like this for the next 10 or even 20 years, and it won't change."

"But this isn't the life I envisioned before I got married."

"Ugh--"

Zhang Zhe sighed as he listened: "After all this time since our campus romance, you're the kind of woman who's married for love, the happiest girl in the eyes of pure-hearted girls."

"If you're not happy, how are other people supposed to live?"

"I feel that you have a problem with your self-perception."

Zhang Zhe could tell that the woman wanted a divorce; he couldn't force herself to stay together if things weren't working out.

But discussing divorce in a matchmaking agency is a bit too abstract; it feels like trying to persuade someone to commit suicide in a crematorium.

So we need to find out exactly what's going on first, after all, it's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage.

"To sum up your current situation in one sentence, your married life is not meeting your expectations."

"Then there are only two possibilities: either the situation is indeed bad, or your expectations are too high."

"Let's analyze the first scenario first."

"Your husband travels frequently for work, so does he contribute his income to the family?"

"Yes, he hands over all his salary, except for his allowance, every month, and I save it all."

What's your approximate income level?

“I work in the public sector and earn 15 yuan a year. He works in a private company and earns more, about 30 yuan a year.”

"Your husband earns so much? It's normal for him to travel a lot for work."

Zhang Zhe rarely encountered workers in Qingdao who could earn 30 yuan a year. The people he had met before who could earn that amount were all small business owners.

“But his job stability isn’t good enough,” the woman retorted. “Private companies have the risk of layoffs when employees reach a certain age, and he’s not far from 35.”

"So we've been saving money because the pressure of life will be enormous after we turn 35."

"But this kind of pressure is something that every ordinary person encounters in life. If you didn't think about it before marriage, it's because you didn't think about it enough, it's not a problem with marriage itself."

“Yes, but…” the woman sighed again, “Maybe I was underthinking things back then. Actually, when I graduated, there were some better options available.”

"When I was young, I thought I could solve these problems through my own hard work, but I probably made the process of hard work too easy..."

"So you're basically saying you made the wrong choice," Zhang Zhe smiled helplessly. "You want to ask me if it's too late to regret it now, right?"

(End of this chapter)