Lu Yiwei looked at Ma Zhiming and said, "I don't ask for anything. I just hope that you can give me an explanation. Otherwise, I will be neither a human nor a ghost. Anyone who sees me will avoid me as if they have seen a plague. "Then tell me, at that time …"
Before Lu Yiwei could speak, Ma Zhiming immediately interrupted, "Yiwei, I just don't understand. It has been so many years, and Mayor Chu has been reinstated. Why are you still pestering on this issue? "In my opinion, Mayor Chu is not wrong, and you are not wrong. What is wrong is that you are not in the right place. "On the other hand, how do you expect Mayor Chu to explain to you? Say that you were not involved? Then it doesn't matter whether you were involved or not. You need to change this axis of yours. "
Lu Yiwei bit his lip and smiled bitterly. He nodded at Ma Zhiming, his heart full of resentment and helplessness.
After Ma Zhiming got out of the car, he stood there and watched Lu Yiwei go away. His heart was full of infinite guilt, because in the near future, he would follow his old leader and serve as the captain of the cultural inspection team of the Municipal Bureau of Cultural Affairs. It could be said that this was all controlled by Mayor Chu. However, Mayor Chu did not mention a word about Lu Yiwei's way out. Obviously, he had become an abandoned chess piece. To put it bluntly, he was just a shield and a stepping stone for others.
Ma Zhiming could not tell all of this to Lu Yiwei. If he did, not only would he betray his old leader, but he would also deeply hurt Lu Yiwei. Ma Zhiming put his hands in his pockets, kicked away a small stone on the road, wrapped his clothes tightly, and entered the house.
In fact, Lu Yiwei had thought about these things in his heart for a long time, but he never believed that Mayor Chu had really forgotten him. If it weren't for Lu Yiwei standing in front of him as a shield, perhaps Chu Yunchi would not have been simply dismissed, and he might even have been imprisoned. How could such a big favor be written off with a mere fifty thousand yuan? Every time Lu Yiwei thought of this, he felt a heart-wrenching pain. That kind of pain was incomprehensible to others. They could only swallow it down and bear it alone.
When they were almost home, Lu Yiwei stopped the car by the side of the road, turned the stereo to the loudest, and burst into tears. She turned all the depression in her heart into motivation through crying, encouraging herself to live bravely and strongly. This was also the only way for Lu Yiwei to vent his frustrations over the years.
After venting, Lu Yiwei turned on the car lights, tidied up his messy hair, and used toilet paper to press his red and swollen eyes. Everything returned to normal, and he walked home.
Lu Yiwei's home was the family compound of the Audit Bureau. It was a wedding house given to them by his ex-wife's father, who was the current Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, Li Dengke. After the divorce, his ex-wife, Li Shu-man, took away their children and left the house to him. Lu Yiwei rarely came back to live, and usually lived in Dongwa Village. He did not want to go home, because every time he came back home, he would be reminded of his past, familiar faces, and naughty daughters. For him, it was a kind of mental torture.
Lu Yiwei parked the car, tidied up his clothes, and looked up instinctively. He found that the house on the third floor was actually lit, which made him a little confused. Did I forget to turn off the lights when I left last time? Lu Yiwei thought. With doubts, Lu Yiwei hurried upstairs.
When he arrived at the door, Lu Yiwei skillfully took out the key to unlock it. At this moment, the door suddenly opened. To Lu Yiwei's surprise, the person who opened the door turned out to be his ex-wife, Li Shu-man.
"Come in, it's cold outside." Li Shu-man acted like a good wife and had already taken out a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and placed them at Lu Yiwei's feet.
Lu Yiwei looked at Li Shu-man in shock. He kicked off the shoe on his other foot and slowly changed into the slippers. Li Shu-man did not care about Lu Yiwei's strange gaze. She walked behind him and took off his coat, patted the dirt off his clothes, and hung it on the hanger.
"You haven't eaten, right? I'm already done, and I'm just waiting for you to come back. "Li Shu-man said as she walked to the kitchen.
Lu Yiwei looked at Li Shu-man's back as she moved to the sofa, but his eyes never left Li Shu-man. It was only until Li Shu-man reminded him again that Lu Yiwei reacted and asked in a daze, "When did you come back?"
Li Shu-man smiled virtuously as she took out a glass of wine from the cabinet and replied, "This afternoon."
"Where's Xiao Yu?" Lu Yiwei asked.
"Xiao Yu is at her maternal grandmother's house."
"Oh." Lu Yiwei did not dare to believe it, because this was the first time that his ex-wife stepped into the house after their divorce. Lu Yiwei looked around the tidy house and guessed that Li Shu-man had helped him tidy up. It had been a long time since there was a woman in the house, and Lu Yiwei was still not used to it.
"Come and eat, I've made your favorite braised pork ribs." Li Shu-man did not seem unfamiliar at all, as if he had just returned from a long trip.
Lu Yiwei had already eaten, but he was deeply touched by the familiar voice, environment, and even the familiar smell. He walked to the dining room and looked at the sumptuous meal on the table with tears welling up in his eyes. How many years has it been since he last used this dining table? Lu Yiwei rarely ate at home, and even if he did, he would eat instant noodles. He boiled some water and placed it on the coffee table as he watched television while eating. When he was done, he threw the rubbish bin and covered himself with the blanket before falling asleep on the sofa. When he woke up in the morning, the television was still on. After that, he switched it off and quickly washed up before leaving home for work.
Li Shu-man took out a goblet that he had not used for a long time and filled it with wine. He sat opposite Lu Yiwei with a warm smile on his face as he watched his ex-husband wolfing down the food.
"You eat too." Lu Yiwei said to Li Shu-man. The two of them were somewhat unfamiliar with each other, so they started to be polite with each other.
Li Shu-man picked up the glass and gulped it down in one gulp. It was a mixture of sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy. After that, he poured a second glass and lowered his head. "I'm divorced."
Hearing this, Lu Yiwei put down his chopsticks and looked at Li Shu-man in shock.
Li Shu-man did not look at Lu Yiwei as he ran his fingers through his hair and bitterly smiled. "I've had enough. Ever since I saw you, I've made up my mind to give Xiao Yu a healthy and stable environment to grow up. Otherwise, I won't be able to live with my conscience."
"How long has it been?" Lu Yiwei asked as he wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Last month, I left everything to him. I left with Xiao Yu with nothing. In this world, aside from Xiao Yu and you, there's nothing worth being reluctant to leave." Li Shu-man's face was already covered in tears as he gulped down another glass of wine.
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