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The Comeback of a Cuckold Man
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Originally, the business trip was supposed to last at least three days, but who knew this time it went exceptionally smoothly, and I returned a day early. I arrived back at my doorstep before noon, took out my keys, and tried to open the door. After inserting the key into the lock hole, I realized something was wrong - the key couldn't turn the lock at all. Looking up, I confirmed it was indeed my home, number 1608, with the "Safe travels" sticker on the door that my daughter and I had put up during the Spring Festival.
Since the room is not the problem, is it the key that's wrong? I took it out and examined it carefully, but it's not wrong. I tried inserting it into the lock hole, but it still wouldn't turn. I took out my phone and dialed home. After dialing two numbers, I suddenly smelled a scent of conspiracy. I dialed Xiao Cui's phone.
Xiao Cui Although she is a nanny, her status at home is even higher than mine.
My wife Jiang Xiaoli is the deputy director of the Market Supervision Department of Jiangcheng City. People often give her things like phones and tea. When she gets a new phone, the old one that she replaces is worth very little, so she just gives it to the nanny Xiao Cui. There are many nannies in the market supervision bureau, and Xiao Cui is the first employer to give her a phone.
Xiao Cui's phone rang: "Hugo, do you need anything?"
I asked, "Where are you?"
Xiao Cui said, "I'm outside walking the dog."
I asked again, "Who's at home?"
Xiao Cui suddenly appeared very alert and asked me, "Where are you?" I sensed something from her tone and lied, "I'm in Mingyang City. Who's at home? The phone has been busy." I could tell that Xiao Cui visibly relaxed and said, "It's probably Jiang Jie at home, maybe she's using the phone."
I already understand everything, but I am still unwilling to accept it, so I continued to ask, "Did she not have a meeting?"
Xiao Cui: "The meeting has already finished."
Several years ago, someone from the market supervision bureau hinted to me that the reason Jiang Xiaoli was repeatedly promoted was because of her ambiguous relationship with a certain superior, who I understand to be the Deputy Director of the Market Supervision Department, Cheng Huairen.
I have always held the view that family and career are the two main pillars of life. One pillar can be broken, but both cannot. When a person's family and career are both in trouble, you must stabilize one of them. Only when one half is stable can you properly handle the other half. And what I am facing now is exactly this kind of dilemma, where neither my family nor my career is going well.
With my temperament, I would have wanted a divorce long ago. Jiang Xiaoli has also expressed a clear attitude that living with a weak man might still be tolerable, but living with a weak and unsuccessful man would be a huge tragedy in life.
In the past, I was a Chinese language teacher at Shiyi High School. Because I often submitted literary works and news reports for publication and even won a few awards, I felt like the most talented person in the entire city of Jiangcheng. I felt that this school could no longer contain me. Coincidentally, the Jiangbei Science and Technology News, organized by the Jiangbei Provincial Association for Science and Technology, was recruiting editors and reporters. I confidently went to apply for the position.
Everything went smoothly, and I successfully joined as the deputy editor of Minsheng Weekly.
A scholar is of no use! It wasn't until I arrived at the new company that I realized I had fallen into the biggest pit of my life: in this provincial-level newspaper with nearly 200 staff, there are no more than 10 positions available, and no more than 30 people receive a basic salary.
Minsheng Weekly is an independent department "contracted" by the editor-in-chief Chang Dazhi. Every month, it pays the newspaper a contract fee of 5000 yuan. The gathering, editing, and proofreading of the newspaper are all done by me, the deputy editor, and a few inexperienced people I brought in. None of us receive a basic salary. If we want money, we have to generate revenue. For example, by attracting advertisements or advertorials. But with our weekly magazine printing less than 3000 copies, what advertising effect can we have?
Currently, the biggest "growth point" is in publishing papers and conducting "special topics" for some "money-rich and foolish" organizations. Generating income from publishing papers is not feasible, and to conduct "special topics," you need to have connections.
I, who used to be a teacher, have become a nameless cultural beggar (the only comfort is that I still have a position at the school).
For years, I have been avoiding the issue of Jiang Xiaoli having an extramarital affair, but unexpectedly, this difficult problem has suddenly appeared in front of me today in this way.
As a man, I cannot bear this great humiliation no matter what. In this moment, I silently warn myself that I have endured for years, endured until my heart bled. If there is even a little bit of manliness left in me, I cannot endure this anymore. I must find a way to get in and catch this couple in the act.
To get in, there are only two ways. One is to break down the door. The other way is to stand at the door and call inside, clearly telling them that I am standing outside and asking them to open the door.
Breaking down the door should allow me to catch them naked in bed. I can even make a scene, let the neighbors come and see their disgrace, make them lose face completely, and never hold their heads up again in the entire Jiangbei Province Municipal Bureau. The other way, although slower, may not catch them in the act, but I have plenty of time. I can bring in more witnesses to make the impact of this matter even greater, and even call in the leaders of the municipal bureau to demand that they resolve this matter.
I haven't decided which method is better yet, but I have found a more urgent issue. What should I do after entering the door? I want to beat Cheng Huairen severely, break three of his ribs, and make him lie in the hospital for three months. This is the price he must pay for cheating.
However, after calming down a bit, I realized that this approach is inappropriate. As a weak scholar, can I really win against Cheng Huairen? And also against Jiang Xiaoli? Even if I prepare tools and immediately start, it would be intentional injury if I really hurt him, and the civil case would immediately turn into a criminal case.
If a criminal case really occurs, the leaders and colleagues at the newspaper will definitely take pleasure in my misfortune, and my last bit of dignity will be completely lost.
It is a deformed era now. If you sleep with someone else's wife, people say you have the ability; if your wife is slept with by someone else, people say you are cowardly. The law is too lazy to deal with such things, and morality cannot control it. If this matter is really made public, it may make them even more unrestrained, and then the whole world will know about it.
After calming down, I once again thought of my established policy, which is to first solve the difficulties in my career. Once my career is stable, I will immediately proceed with divorcing Jiang Xiaoli. As for the current matter, there is only one way to handle it, and that is to endure.
After thinking this way, I gritted my teeth, swallowed the biggest humiliation of my life, and turned to go downstairs.
Back in the car, I thought about my life and felt a sense of unbearable regret. The more I thought, the more I felt pain, oppression, and despair. I couldn't control myself and ended up lying in the back seat, sobbing.
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