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Chapter 61 smoke cloud.14

Mao Dun's Novels 茅盾 1493Words 2018-03-19
Tao Zutai walked out of Yue's house without a definite plan, and had nowhere to go.When he thinks that only "Zhu" has bad intentions and his "dear" is still innocent, he uses "protecting" his wife and "responsible to the end" as a barrier, so he can live in his wife's house with peace of mind.But after discovering the long letter from "the surname Zhu", he felt that there was no reason to carry this "burden" any longer. His heart became quieter, but his stomach was noisy, so he wandered into a small restaurant. While waiting for the food, he took out the letter "surnamed Zhu" to read.People who have been traumatized can't help touching their scars, and Tao Zutai also has this mentality at this time.

Seeing more than half of it, he shook his head contemptuously, and folded the letter, just as the food came, so he ate. "Unexpectedly, there is such a dirty trick!" - He chewed his rice and said in his heart.Of course, although the cohabitation life between him and his wife was not as elegant as the ancient sages, it was by no means as miserable as described in the letter "surnamed Zhu". He read the letter again, this time with the intention of seeing how ugly "this pair of dogs and men" really is.He watched slowly while eating.However, this time the description in the letter became "Europeanized", one side was active, and the other side was passive; "She seems to have been hypnotized!"——such a meaning floated in Tao Zutai's mind.This time, he "discovered" that there were words on the back of the letter paper, just a few lines, but his heart beat again after reading it.Holding his head with chopsticks in his hand, he thought: "Could it be that she was really hypnotized at that time? Otherwise, how could she completely forget about that person after having a relationship?"

Tao Zutai's "calm" heart suddenly became disturbed again. The "new discovery" required him to reassess "the whole situation in front of him". "En!" He let it go, put the letter "surnamed Zhu" in the envelope, but pulled out his own long letter.He has read his "proud work", and as he reads, his heart beats again. Every sentence here seems like another person is "teaching" himself! Men of "great spirit" are often forgiving—even those who have sinned.What's more, the perpetrator is passive and in a state of hypnosis.

"It's just that the surname Zhu is really hateful!" Tao Zutai thought repeatedly, his heart like a pendulum. The meal is over.He stared at the empty dishes.The waiter delivered the bill, but Tao Zutai was still staring at the empty bowls and plates.The waiter came again to take away the empty bowls and plates.Tao Zutai just stared at the greasy tabletop.The waiter stood in front of him and did not leave.Only then did Tao Zutai realize that he was in a restaurant.He looked at the bill and at the same time pulled the money out of his pocket.He mechanically and instinctively pieced together the bills and coins in his hand into the amount on the bill, and walked out of the restaurant.

Inadvertently looking at the few cents left in his hand, he excitedly said to himself: "It's the damn Zhu! I can't shirk my responsibility, and I still protect her, so as not to be in further danger!" So I walked back to "home".But when he passed a small photo studio, he suddenly had an idea, went in and took a photo of the letter "surnamed Zhu".When the photographer looked at the letter and made a face, and then smiled at Tao Zutai, Tao Zutai regretted that he should have done so, and felt that the photographer had insulted him and his wife.However, it has already been taken out, so it is unnecessary not to shoot it.

After coming out of the photo studio, Tao Zutai was already worthless.Why he took a picture of the letter, he didn't understand; he always felt that he had to keep a record. When I got back to "home", the sun was setting. The "home" was surprisingly quiet.The old lady coaxed her grandson downstairs and told Tao Zutai, "Sister A'e is not feeling well." Tao Zutai felt that these words were very useful to his ears.He saw that his wife was indeed on the bed, but the expression on her face was still the same as usual. "Alas!" Mrs. Tao uttered such a voice when she saw her husband. She seemed surprised and relieved, but she also seemed a little flustered.

Without saying a word, Tao Zutai walked up to his wife, took out the letter with the photo taken from his pocket, and put it by his wife's hand. Mrs. Tao didn't know what it was at first, her hand shook, and when she realized that it was the letter, she picked it up and tore it up one by one.After tearing to the last strip, Mrs. Tao said softly: "I'm not kidding you...it's yours...it's yours." Tao Zutai knew what his wife was referring to, and suddenly his heart ached again, but he shook his head, and only replied: "Forget it!..." "Hey, yo! I really won't lie to you..." Mrs. Tao sat up, "It happened the night you jumped into the Yangtze River and survived!" Mrs. Tao suddenly burst into tears.

Tao Zutai seemed to hesitate for a while, then took a step closer to his wife, and asked tremblingly in a very low voice: "So... the boat... the boat... the first... first time?..." "Oh! It's like I had a dream, a dream..." "Oh...meng..." Tao Zutai suddenly burst into tears.
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