Yiran ---- a woman from a small town, pretty, obedient and fashionable. She is sincere and straightforward to people. She has been working in the city for several years but has always maintained the simplicity and magnanimity unique to women from small towns.
She met Jianqiang on the day she lost her first love. At that time, she left the city that made her sad and went to another place to heal her wounds. In that strange place, she met Jianqiang. It was his meticulous care, unwavering belief, and numerous encouragement and comfort that helped her get out of the shadow of a breakup and made him her only support.
In the autumn of the second year, they had a lovely daughter. When their daughter was eight months old, they left her with Jianqiang's mother and came to the city that Yiran once knew but was now unfamiliar. They wanted to change their family's living conditions as soon as possible through their own efforts. A few days later, Yiran successfully applied to be a masseuse at the largest massage parlor in the city, while Jianqiang became a parking attendant at a high-end hotel. They rented a single room, and their life was simple and peaceful.
When their child turned one year old, they took leave twice to return to their hometown to register their marriage and register their daughter's hukou (household registration). However, due to some reasons, they didn't succeed. After a while, they felt it didn't matter. They said: "For two people to be together long-term, it relies on feelings, mutual understanding, and trust between the two individuals. It relies on both people's confidence and sense of responsibility towards the family, not just on that red paper."
Last winter, Jianqiang's mother suddenly passed away, and they hurriedly returned to their hometown. Half a month later, when they came back, they brought their daughter with them, along with 20,000 yuan given by Jianqiang's uncle. After sending their daughter to kindergarten, they started a new life, and their days became more fulfilling and happy than before. Shopping became another luxury for them. Every time they bought clothes, they spent over a thousand yuan. By the time they returned home for the Spring Festival, they were almost broke fashionistas. They returned their rented house, saying they would go back to their hometown to open a bar. They looked at many places, but none of them worked out because the transfer fees were too high, and the rent was too expensive. During this period, Jianqiang learned how to gamble and also made many friends in the gambling world.
After returning after the Spring Festival, they brought the last 30,000 yuan in assistance given by Jianqiang. The day after renting the house, Jianqiang resigned resolutely without even claiming his 1500 yuan deposit (actually, there were only 20 days left on his contract). He began doing the loan-sharking job, going in and out of foggy places every day. On Yiran's birthday, he invited five tables of loan-sharking brothers to celebrate together.
Three months after Jianqiang started loan-sharking, one day when Yiran returned home from work, Jianqiang was taking a shower, and the phone rang. She picked it up casually to see who it was. The message was from someone named Plum Deer. What a strange name? She couldn't help but read further: "Husband, what are you doing? I miss you so much!" That day, they had their first argument since they met.
One afternoon a month later, Yiran found another similar message: "Husband, haven't seen you for a few days, what have you been busy with these days..." That night, Yiran dragged Jianqiang to find the woman and slapped her face in person.
Afterward, whenever Yiran was at work, she would call Jianqiang every two or three hours to confirm where he was and what he was doing.
Two months later, one day Jianqiang called and said he urgently needed some money, asking Yiran to help think of ways. So Yiran agreed to borrow some money from her colleagues at the store and told him to come pick it up in the afternoon.
The next day after work, when Yiran returned home, she was stunned______the house was empty, all the things were gone, and there was only a large note on the bed that wasn't written properly: "Sorry, I'm leaving. Please take care of our daughter. Goodbye!"