1
When she saw Zhao Ting and another man walking out of the Express Hotel on the roadside, Liu Yinghua couldn't believe her eyes.
A second ago, she was still complacent. Her biological son and goddaughter were getting married next week, and it was a double happiness.
As a result, the next second, the goddaughter was hugged by another man and walked out of the hotel door.
She rubbed her eyes vigorously. The figure was indeed her goddaughter Zhao Ting, and the big characters behind it were indeed Express Hotel.
In the blink of an eye, the two people had disappeared on the street corner.
is a sinner.
Liu Yinghua was so angry that she went crazy, but after all, she had lived so long, so she still had some depth.
She suppressed her anger, walked quickly to her son Zhao Jiazhe's unit, and called him down.
Zhao Jiazhe listened to his angry mother telling this ridiculous thing with a confused look on his face, and subconsciously refuted it.
"Mom, you are wrong. Tingting has been in our family for so many years, and you raised her with your own hands. If you don't believe in anyone, you have to believe in yourself."
Liu Yinghua looked at his own son's stupid look and was simply furious.
"Why are you so honest? Do you believe that Zhao Ting will never change your feelings until death?"
Hearing this, Zhao Jiazhe also got angry: "Mom! We are in free love!"
"Free love is nothing!"
Liu Yinghua wanted to slap this idiot soberly. : "If I hadn't considered it carefully, I thought that Zhao Ting is a good-looking person with excellent academic qualifications. Marrying you can save a lot of gift money. If I hadn't guided your relationship intentionally or unintentionally in the past two years, do you really think that people would like you just by calling you brother? What do they want from you? Do they want you to graduate from junior high school, or do they want you to be an insurance seller?"
Zhao Jiazhe fell silent.
His mother's words really touched his pain point.
The woman is still chattering: "I have told you a long time ago that Zhao Ting may not be tied to you and let you keep an eye on her. If people have better choices, they will not care about the upbringing of our family. Right now Isn't this the case..."
Zhao Ting is the adopted daughter of the Zhao family. She was abandoned by her biological parents before she could go to school. Liu Yinghua picked her up from the roadside and became Zhao Jiazhe's unrelated sister.
During her time in the Zhao family, she was sensible and hard-working, and her grades were always very good. Finally, she graduated from college and became a white-collar worker in the city.
In the same year, Zhao's father died unexpectedly. After the funeral, Liu Yinghua simply packed up his belongings and the three of them moved from the town to the city.
The behavior of the only son Zhao Jiazhe is completely opposite. He has been naughty and naughty since he was a child, and he is not very interested in learning. He couldn't continue studying halfway through high school.
After arriving in the city, it was even harder to find a decent job, so he had to make do as a small salesperson in an insurance company. He was so busy running business all day that he didn't even have much money.
Even so, the two of them followed the feelings they had had since childhood and fell in love, and even got to the point of getting married despite the doubts of others.
Considering the actual conditions of his son, Liu Yinghua naturally gave his full support.
Under her repeated urging, the process of discussing marriage was omitted, and the family directly set the date for receiving the certificate a week later.
But the more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes. Fortunately, at this stall, she discovered Zhao Ting's restlessness before receiving the certificate. What can I do with
?
2
The man who spent the night with Zhao Ting is named Wang Shumo, and he is the junior leader of Zhao Ting's company. Since
was transferred from other departments, he has made blatant overtures to Zhao Ting.
Zhao Ting is the head of the department. She has some power but not much. It is a neither embarrassing nor awkward position, and the room for further advancement is also very limited.
Now there is an opportunity coming to her door to help her climb up the ladder, and the man Mr. Wang is not bad looking and has the temperament of a mature man. Even if two people get together, he will probably be the one who takes advantage.
After being entangled, Zhao Ting decided not to miss it, so she began to explore the edge of danger under the reproach of conscience.
This congenial and unethical relationship lasted for more than a month, but the two never went any further.
Until that night, the company department had a dinner, and more than a dozen people drank a lot.
Zhao Ting was also slightly drunk. When she went out, she leaned on Wang Shumo's shoulder in a daze, and the latter hugged her without hesitation.
The colleagues drank too much to care for themselves, so the two of them walked into the nearest express hotel and booked a room.
The physical entanglement and the excitement of the affair brought Zhao Ting's love for Wang Shumo to its peak.
After the chaos was over, she forced the tired man to tell him everything about the past, including her adopted daughter's life experience, her half-promising relationship with Zhao Jiazhe under the help of her adoptive mother, and even the fact that she was going to get married and get a certificate next week.
However, Wang Shumo's attitude was a little perfunctory. He just hummed a few times and turned over and fell asleep. He didn't show the slightest intention that he didn't want her to get married.
Zhao Ting's heart suddenly felt cold, and she even felt drunk.
She was not sure what Wang Shumo meant, whether he was tired and didn't want to continue, or just because he was a little tired and too lazy to reply.
He is mature and funny, he is unique in the workplace, and he can even take care of her side.
A man can also please a woman, understand her and praise her during conversations.
Then he thought of Zhao Jiazhe, who went out early in the morning and returned home late every day to run business in the insurance company. Compared with Mr. Wang, he was not inferior at all.
If her adoptive mother hadn't been brainwashing her all day long by saying things like "If you don't fall in love, you'll become an old girl", "Jia Zhe is honest, unlike the men outside who don't know your roots", and "I've raised you for so many years"...
herself wouldn't be confused and have to marry a man she neither loves nor hates.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ting turned over and sighed heavily.
I couldn't fall asleep no matter what in the second half of the night, so I kept my eyes open until dawn.
The next morning, when Liu Yinghua saw them on the street, Zhao Ting actually saw Liu Yinghua as well.
It would be a lie if he said he wasn't scared. The moment he caught sight of it, Zhao Ting's head went blank.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly, looked strong and nonchalant, and quickly turned around the nearest street corner.
After hurriedly sending Wang Shumo away, Zhao Ting squatted on the ground, feeling briefly guilty.
To be honest, Liu Yinghua has not been bad to her over the years, but combined with her efforts to bring herself and Zhao Jiazhe together, it always seems to have an impure purpose.
Seeing that next week was the day she agreed to get the certificate, there was not much time left for her to hesitate.
Zhao Ting made a decision: let's show it off, she doesn't want to get married anymore.
3
Zhao Ting asked Wang Shumo to meet at the coffee shop downstairs of the company and expressed her thoughts straightforwardly.
"I have thought about it carefully. In fact, there is no love between Brother Zhao and I. I want to marry you."
Unexpectedly, Mr. Wang dismissed her words without thinking: "How is that possible? You think too much."
Now it was Zhao Ting's turn to be confused.
"What do you mean? Didn't you always pursue me in the company before?"
"You call that pursuit?" Wang Shumo looked at her as if she were a fool, "You are an adult, don't you understand the ambiguous rules in the workplace?"
He shrugged his shoulders and looked at her as if he were joking, as if to say: I don't want to have a result with you at all, and I don't expect you to do anything to me.
"You are really not human!"
Zhao Ting was anxious and angry. She raised her hand and picked up the coffee in front of her and poured it on the head of the man opposite.
However, the next second, a loud slap hit her left cheek.
"I think you are shameless, slut!"
Zhao Ting covered her face with one hand, turned around and widened her eyes.
The person who attacked her was Liu Yinghua, and beside her stood an angry Zhao Jiazhe.
"Mom? What are you doing..."
"Don't call me mom, I'm not your mother!" Liu Yinghua continued to yell and curse, "Look at how you look now. You are about to get your certificate and you are hanging out with other men. You don't want this face, but I still want it!"
Zhao Ting lowered her head after being scolded, unable to say a word.
However, at this time Wang Shumo stood up unexpectedly: "Mother-in-law, I think you may have misunderstood."
He wiped off the water stains on his face with a napkin: "Zhao Ting and I are just ordinary people. If you come here earlier today, you will know that she is actually pestering me, hoping that I can have a better relationship with her."
After hearing these words, Liu Yinghua and her son looked at each other.
"What's more, I'm married and have a child."
After finishing speaking, he took out his mobile phone, flipped through a photo of a family of three and showed it to several people.
No one was speechless now.
Wang Shumo put away his phone, even reached out and patted Zhao Ting on the shoulder, and said, "As long as you don't pester me anymore about this matter today, I can pretend that nothing happened in the company. If you are willing, I can even help you apply to your superiors for transfer to other departments."
Then he strode out of the coffee shop, completely ignoring the mess behind him.
Zhao Ting really didn't expect that this man would be so heartless, and even wanted to put all the blame on her.
But as a girl who was adopted since childhood, being indifferent to feelings may be one of her few advantages.
She immediately decided to cut off this relationship that should not exist, and would definitely take revenge on Wang Shumo.
Zhao Ting raised her hands to cover her face, turned around and cried out in tears: "Mom, you believe me! He is harassing me at work. I asked him to come out today to ask for an explanation, but he refused, so I threw water at him! If you don't believe me, I really can't live, Mom..."
Suddenly a hand patted her, and a woman's confused and collapsed voice came from behind: "Old Wang, what's wrong with him?"
4
After the lunch break, Wang Shumo cleaned up his image and returned to the company.
As soon as he entered the door this time, he could feel the slightly strange eyes of his colleagues focusing on him.
He walked all the way in surprise until the boss's secretary asked him to go to the office.
Pushing open the door panel, Wang Shumo felt as if his head had been struck by lightning: sitting on the small sofa in the room was the person he least wanted to see and the most unexpected person, his wife and children.
The young son was playing with his fingers, and his wife looked at him with tears on her face, full of disappointment.
Wang Shumo's wife was introduced to her by her family members in her early years in her hometown of a small county town.
Later, when he moved to the city for work, his wife stayed at home and took care of the children and parents-in-law full time.
It is human nature. After he worked his way up to the management level, he naturally looked down on his wife who was raising children in his hometown. He only went home once during the holidays and usually just paid for living expenses. Instead,
began to target young employees within the company. Zhao Ting was not his first prey, nor would she be his last.
In the past, due to their own methods, the young women who were deceived did not spread any news in the company.
Comparatively speaking, this dispute with Zhao Ting's family downstairs was already the riskiest one.
He was already a little guilty, but after seeing the abnormal behavior of his family members in the office, he felt even more nervous.
"Boss, why are my lover and son here?" he asked tentatively.
"Xiao Wang," the boss sighed meaningfully, "Logically speaking, the company cannot interfere with employees' personal matters, but since your family members have come here today, I have to have a good talk with you as a senior."
Wang Shumo suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"What is going on?"
"Someone has accused you of sexually harassing a female colleague. Do you know this? This matter may affect the company's reputation. I hope you can explain it carefully.""
The boss's serious sense of oppression directly indicated the seriousness of the problem. The sweat on Wang Shumo's forehead was almost breaking out.
"Well, can I know who framed this? "
"Is this important, Wang Shumo? "The woman interrupted his Tai Chi, "I take care of your son and parents every day with the salary you gave me. Is this how you behave outside? Are you worthy of me? "
"Don't make trouble here. If anything happens, let's go home and talk about it..."
The man tried to shut up his wife, but the latter didn't care and started crying.
"I took my son with me and took a four-hour bus ride to see you. Who would have thought that I would see you being splashed with water as soon as I arrived downstairs at your company. I took my son and didn't catch up with you, so I went to find that woman to reason with you. Who knew you were the one who was wronged! "
Wang Shumo suddenly thought of Zhao Ting who was with him at the coffee shop downstairs at noon.
"What did that woman Zhao Ting tell you? She is a woman who talks about running things, how can you believe what she said. "
" is talking too much? The wife laughed angrily, "Tell me, a girl who is getting married next week has any reason to lie and ruin her reputation in front of her fiancé and prospective mother-in-law!" How could you do such a beastly thing! "
5
"Xiao Wang's wife, please calm down first. Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, the boss hurriedly spoke to comfort him, "Look at these words, it's not appropriate to quarrel in front of the children, right?" In this way, Xiao Wang and I will chat alone. "
After his wife went out, Wang Shumo finally couldn't help but become anxious.
"Boss, listen to me, is there any evidence for this matter? Everything depends on evidence, right? How could you conclude so hastily that I harassed Zhao Ting? "
" At this time, does the evidence still matter? "The boss said meaningfully, "Before you came up, your wife and her children had already made a fuss at the front desk of the company. Whether this responsibility is yours or not, you have to bear it. You are considered an old employee, so I shouldn’t have to waste time explaining this to you. "
" So, how does the company plan to deal with this matter now? Wang Shumo asked tentatively.
"After seeing this, will the company transfer you to a branch in other provinces, or will it?" Of course, if you go to other provinces, it will not be conducive to family unity. Do you see it yourself? "
These words seemed to throw out a choice, but in fact there was only one way: forcing him to resign.
Wang Shumo understood and he had no choice.
Although his heart was full of hatred for Zhao Ting, he could only pretend to be calm and say: "Then I will hand over the work. "
" Hmm. The boss nodded, "Go and appease your wife first. The company will no longer pursue the truth. Go and explain to her." "
Yes, although no one cares about the truth of the matter, the effect of humanistic care is full.
At the same time, there is also the dignity of capital.
Wang Shumo walked out of the office and saw his wife in the corridor who had not read for a few days still holding her child and wiping her tears. He felt irritated.
For a moment, he wanted to file for divorce directly, but when he thought that he would have to pay child support and his parents would have to take care of them by themselves, his rationality suddenly returned.
Can't get divorced.
He turned his head and looked at the mother and son angrily: "I'll buy you a ticket home, let's leave tonight. Thanks to you, I still have work to hand over and don't have time to entertain you. "
" I'm not leaving tonight. "
" What did you say? "Wang Shumo didn't expect that she would dare to contradict him.
"Let's get a divorce. The woman raised her head and seemed to have made up her mind, "The custody of the child belongs to me. If you want to fight, we will meet in court. You will take care of your parents from now on." I don't want to live such a widowed life anymore. "
The man still looked at her with an expression of disbelief, but she no longer wanted to say anything more to him.
"I think you heard what I said clearly, so I won't go back tonight."
6
Zhao Ting survived this workplace public opinion disaster by relying on a vague so-called "gender benefit."
She was not sure what her colleagues in the company actually thought of her, but this result was already a blessing among misfortunes.
Especially in sharp contrast to Wang Shumo who was forced to resign.
The only thing she felt was that she felt ashamed to go home.
She didn't know how much her adoptive mother and Zhao Jiazhe believed her on-the-spot performance in front of Wang Shumo's wife. points.
In short, Liu Yinghua didn't have a good attitude toward her.
Zhao Ting always thought that one day Liu Yinghua would come to break the deadlock and denounce her sharply from the moral high ground.
But unexpectedly, the first person to stand up was Zhao Jiazhe, who was usually not good at talking.
After a few days, he became noticeably thinner and his spirit became much more haggard.
He sent Liu Yinghua out and talked with Zhao Ting alone.
"Tingting, actually I can vaguely feel that you don't like me that much. But I really like you, since we were very young. "
Zhao Ting became silent, not knowing how to respond to this emotion.
"I know that if my mother wanted to marry you to me from the beginning, instead of truly admiring you and caring for you, then this approach is sinful. If it is her attitude that makes you want to escape and place your hopes on the man in your company, then I apologize to you on behalf of your mother. "
Zhao Jiazhe's sincere attitude made Zhao Ting feel guilty and embarrassed, but she still had to speak clearly.
"I...actually I have never complained about our mother. I agreed to get married before, but I haven't met a more suitable person. But now that we have really gone through something, maybe the two of us are really not suitable to be together. I'm sorry for breaking her expectations in such a ridiculous way. "
" Well, I understand. "
The two fell into a brief silence.
"Well, I applied for a job transfer and I am in another field. The working environment there is better, so I may not go home often in the future. "Zhao Ting said.
She didn't want to see Liu Yinghua again, and Liu Yinghua didn't want to see her either.
"Okay, I don't know anything about your work, so you can make your own decision. I'll take care of my mother's side. You are so good and deserve a better life, and you should not be tied to us, mother and son, for the rest of your life. "
These words made Zhao Ting's eyes sore and she cried.
Compared to being tied together for the rest of her life in the form of marriage, Zhao Jiazhe's letting go at this moment made her truly feel like a "family".
"Thank you, brother. "
Zhao Ting threw herself into the man's arms, and the two hugged each other tightly.
(Original title: "Premeditated Marriage")
This story has been authored by the author: Xi Xiaoning, and has been authorized to be published exclusively on the Reading Stories app every day. Its associated account "Talk" has been legally sub-authorized for publication, and any infringement will be investigated.
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