On April Fools’ Day, my boyfriend of five years sent out wedding invitations. The bride was his junior from school. When I confronted him, he just smiled nonchalantly. His junior put on a false show of explaining: “Sister Qin, it’s April Fools’ Day. We’re just joking.” But he’d always hated it when I brought up marriage. I was going to put up with it, but someone couldn’t stand by and watch, and told me, “Lu Yixiang has always been in love with that junior. Are you stupid? You’ve been her free housekeeper for five years.” I was shaken to the core, and overnight, a few strands of my hair turned white. Five years of my life had become a joke. If that was how it was, then I didn’t need this relationship anymore.
