6

Jack was determined not to sign the divorce agreement. Faced with his stubbornness, I did not choose to entangle, but decisively entrusted a lawyer to file a lawsuit. At the same time, I submitted my resignation report. Although Jack did not approve it, I applied for annual leave instead and decided to temporarily leave this suffocating environment.

Since I started my business with Jack , I have hardly had a real rest. At this moment, I was standing at the door of my house with my suitcase, hesitating whether to knock on the door. However, the door opened by itself while I was hesitating, and my mother came out with a bag of groceries.

Seeing me, she was stunned for a moment, and then her face darkened. "Why did you come back alone? Where's Xiao Lu?" she asked coldly. I remained silent, and she snorted coldly: "Others are returning home in glory, but you are different. You only think of going home when you can't make it anymore."

" What's the matter? Did you have a fight with Xiao Lu? Are you so angry that you went back to your parents' home?" She was keenly aware that I was in a bad mood, but she still scolded me with sarcastic words, "I'm so unlucky to have a useless daughter like you! I can't get pregnant, I can't keep my man, and you haven't brought any money home after several years of marriage. What's the point of giving birth to you?"

I couldn't help but retort, "Don't Jack and I give you tens of thousands of yuan in red envelopes every year when we come back?" But she said disdainfully, "Is tens of thousands of yuan called money? You have slept with him for so many years and you are only worth this little money? Are you cheap? If I had known you could only give me this little money, I might as well not support your studies and let you go out to sell yourself earlier, so that I can get my money back!" Her dirty words kept firing like a machine gun.

I quietly watched her mouth opening and closing, but my heart was as calm as dead water. I thought that I was probably hurt too deeply outside, so I wanted to go home to find a little warmth. However, the reality is so cruel.

Seeing me turn around and leave without saying a word, my mother chased me out and called me. Before I could react, she poured a basin of cold water on my feet. "Your brother will have winter vacation soon, pour a basin of water to get rid of your bad luck!" She said coldly, "Don't think I don't know that Xiao Lu's business is big. If you don't bring home 1 million this year, don't come back for the New Year!"

I walked away, and I could still hear her shouting from behind: "Don't spend money recklessly. When your brother gets married, you have to buy him a school district house in Shanghai!" I clenched my fists, but I didn't tell her about the divorce. Maybe it was because I hadn't been home for too long, I was stupid enough to want to hear a word of comfort from my mother.

The cold and damp trouser legs rolled up my ankles, and my heart was as cold as the dampness. Jack was so sure that I would never leave him, perhaps because he knew that he was my only safe haven. Apart from him, I had nowhere else to go.