After twelve years of marriage, what Lin Wan knows best is pretending.
Pretend to be considerate, pretend to be sensible, pretend to have no temper.
Pretending not to hear her mother-in-law's overt and covert attempts to suppress her, and pretending not to understand her husband's perfunctory and evasive actions.
She quit her job, raised her daughter, took care of all the trivial matters at home, cooked when she had a fever, and hung water with her children in the middle of the night. The parent group, cram school, and daily necessities all fell on her shoulders alone.
It's not like she never made trouble.
In the first few years of marriage, she also argued, argued, cried, and begged.
But every time, the husband only said: "I am very tired from going to work every day, what else do you want?"
My mother-in-law would only say: "Who doesn't live like this as a woman?"
Later, Lin Wan finally understood.
In this family, no one cares about her at all.
Since she couldn't fight for understanding, she wouldn't fight.
Since she couldn't wait for change, she would prepare her own way out.
So she continued to pretend, and she pretended for twelve years.
Until her daughter entered junior high school, Lin Wan insisted on letting her live in school despite everyone's opposition.
Everyone scolded her for being cruel, but only she knew——
She has been waiting for this day for too long.
After her daughter lived in school, she returned to the workplace, secretly saved money, secretly found a lawyer, and gradually extricated herself from the marriage.
Then, on an ordinary night, she looked at the man she had been married to for twelve years and spoke calmly:
"Cheng Yan, let's get a divorce!"
He froze.
Mother-in-law exploded.
Everyone thought she was having a tantrum again.
But only Lin Wan knew,
She has been silent for so long, endured for so long, worked hard for so long,
Not to continue being someone's good wife and mother,
But for today——
