"Bang!" With that sound, a deep steel stamp was imprinted on the red divorce certificate. In the Civil Affairs Bureau, Yu Fei took a deep breath. Thus, their seven-year marriage came to an end. Looking at the side profile of the person beside him, Yu Fei felt a profound sense of strangeness.

Yu Fei is a person born in the 1980s, who grew up in an ordinary rural family. His father was a teacher and his mother was a typical farmer's wife.

He could also be considered half of a scholarly family. He also has an older brother and two older sisters. Yu Fei was the most beloved one, and his older siblings took good care of him.

Catching up with the era of reform and opening up, which is also catching up with the good times, is a sentence often said by the older generation to the younger generation.

But Yu Fei didn't quite agree. He thought that his grandfather had married for a bushel of rice, and his father had married his mother for a pig door.

He married a wife and used up all of his parents' savings, as well as all the money he had earned from working after school for several years. In addition, his parents also took on a debt.

When a daughter-in-law first comes to live with the family, her mother-in-law will often tell her son: "Be kind to your wife. She's all alone and might feel awkward at first. Once she has a child, things will be better."

Mother didn't have much education, but she used her life experience to advise Yu Fei. Yu Fei listened to his mother very much and was very kind to his wife.

After getting married, Yu Fei stayed at home with his wife for half a year before going out to work. This is almost a common phenomenon in rural areas. Every year, he works outside for a year and only returns home for a few days during the Chinese New Year.

Yu Fei didn't have any grand aspirations. All he wanted was a simple life with his wife and children, tending to a few acres of land. That was his dream. But reality forced him to spend every day on the factory floor, working as an assembly line worker, operating a semi-automated robotic arm. His job required no thought; just complete the assigned tasks within the allotted time, nothing more, nothing less.

Although the salary wasn't high, at that time he could still earn around three thousand yuan per month. It was already considered a good salary back then. With his wife, their combined monthly income was almost six thousand yuan. Yu Fei felt very satisfied.

In the third year, Fei had a lovely daughter named Guoguo. She was the darling of the family, the most pampered little princess. Fei's motivation surged even more. Every day, he looked at photos of his daughter—her big eyes, fluffy hair, and chubby cheeks. He felt that the whole world was bright. This also made Fei treat his wife better.

The child grows day by day, becoming more and more adorable. Before long, he turns one year old. However, Yu Fei's daughter-in-law doesn't want to stay at home anymore and wants to go out without the child. But Yu Fei prefers to wait until the child is a little older before letting him out.

For this, they argued fiercely, but in the end Fei chose to compromise, and after the child was born, he followed his grandfather.

But she doesn't want to work in a factory anymore. She heard that her sister-in-law opened a beauty parlor in Shenzhen two years ago and now even bought a car. Yu Fei's wife wants to go there.

Yu Fei thought about it and agreed. A thousand words couldn't compare to that one sentence: "With the little money you earn each month, what can you even do?"

Yu Fei went back to work at the factory, his child stayed home with his grandfather, and his wife went to Shenzhen, living a life apart. Every now and then, there would be phone calls from home, "Today, Xiaoguo will see her father," or "Today, Xiaoguo will eat by herself with a spoon..."

When she calls her husband, she always says that people here are very wealthy. A simple facial treatment costs three or four thousand yuan. Sometimes, she also excitedly says that she has learned a lot... Later, when the call ends, she always says she's busy.

The child grows bigger and bigger, and Yu Fei and his daughter-in-law grow further and further apart...

Until one day, the daughter-in-law suddenly appeared in front of Fei and said: Let's get a divorce!

Why? Am I not good to you? Yu Fei was a little stunned.

"You are good, but you cannot give me the life I want," the wife said to Fei.

Let's go home, and stay out of this deep city. Yu Fei believed it was this city that changed him.

Don't you understand? Your monthly salary isn't even enough for someone to have a nursing session once, or to spend a night at a KTV, or to buy a single piece of clothing. And you don't strive for progress, just that measly paycheck every month. What are you going to do with it?

"What's wrong with my salary? Did it offend you? Did it scare you? Is it because of Guoguo? I didn't steal anything, I didn't cheat anyone. What's wrong with the money I earned through my own sweat?" Yu Fei asked a little angrily.

When she mentioned Guoguo, a fleeting look flashed in Yu Fei's eyes, but it quickly returned to firmness: "Whatever you say. I'm filing for divorce right now. Otherwise, you'll never find me again. Guoguo is yours, take her. Your parents can raise her well."

Yu Fei took a deep drag of his cigarette and glanced at his wife. "Good!"

The next day, Yu Fei returned home and found his household registration book and marriage certificate. He told his parents about it. His father and mother were not very surprised; they only asked Yu Fei if there was any possibility of reconciliation.

Yu Fei glanced at the son who was bouncing with joy because he had returned, then turned to his parents and said that it was impossible, he had made up his mind to leave.

The father said, "In the past two years, Meng Fei (Yu Fei's daughter-in-law's name) has returned with her dressing and way of speaking. We can tell she won't stay in our family anymore. It's just poor GuoGuo."

The daughter-in-law said she wanted a divorce, and when Yu Fei returned home, he didn't shed a single tear. But at this moment, he could no longer hold back. His nose was sour, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably. Guo Guo saw Yu Fei crying and ran over to help him wipe his tears with her small hands clumsily. She said to him, "Daddy don't cry, okay? I'll give you candy. Every time I cry, you give me candy."

Yu Fei held the child tightly, nodding desperately but not saying a word.

Some people say that couples who are noisy and chaotic in the civil affairs bureau may not necessarily divorce, but those who come in quietly always come as a pair and leave as a pair.

Yu Fei said the person who said this was very experienced. Before them should be a newly married couple, who had been arguing nonstop since they walked in. But they were arguing about trivial things, one moment pulling and tugging, the next whispering together in hushed tones.

It doesn't seem like they came to get a divorce, it seems like they came to show off their love.

Yu Fei glanced at his wife beside him. Oh, after today she wouldn't be his wife anymore. She seemed very calm, quietly playing on her phone. He thought she was probably chatting with someone. They sat close together, yet felt worlds apart.

Finally, Yu Fei is here. It's mainly thanks to the young couple in front of us. They left the Civil Affairs Bureau hand-in-hand after talking about something, I guess they made up again...

Copying, photographing, signing... After a series of procedures, with the final stroke of the official seal, Yu Fei regained his bachelorhood. Oh no, he became a single father. Meng Fei clearly stated that he waived his parental rights to the child.

When they walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Meng Fei said to Fei, "Be good to Guoguo in the future. And if you ever look for someone else, I hope you find a good stepmother."

"You don't need to say more about this. Guoguo is my precious daughter, more important than my own life. I won't allow anyone to bully her. Besides, before I doted on two daughters, now I will only spoil this one even more." Yu Fei stared and said.

Hearing this, Meng Fei bit her lip and then let go: "I know you're a good person and you've been very good to me, but our values just aren't compatible. You can't give me what I'm looking for, and being together would be tiring for both of us. You'll meet someone more compatible in the future..."

"Alright." Yu Fei interrupted, "People say that divorce means being friends. I don't have that kind of heart. From now on, we'll be strangers. Don't give me a 'good person card'. I know myself better than you do."

From now on, you go your way, and I'll cross my own bridge. If you want to see Guoguo in the future, just let me know beforehand so I don't get startled. She doesn't even know that we're divorced.

"I understand. Wish you happiness." Mengfei turned and left.

Yu Fei clutched the divorce certificate in her hand, looked up at the blazing sun, and suddenly didn't know where to go...

"Why not call those old buddies?" Yu Fei thought, and immediately took out his phone to dial a number.

"Second brother, I'm divorced!"