Chapter 18: Irreparable Relationship Between Husband and Wife
"There's nothing to be nervous about." Although Wu Nan said this, his eyes were a little wandering.
She picked up the water cup in front of her and used the time to adjust herself to drink water, buying herself some time. After putting down the cup, she continued, "You are still young, you haven't married yet, right? In fact, there are always bumps and bruises between husband and wife, not to mention that Dong Xing and I have been married for 28 years. It is normal to have conflicts occasionally, but there is absolutely no problem with our relationship. If there was a problem, how could we maintain a marriage for so long, right?"
"I can see that you are very happy." Han Yun pointed to the wall next to the dining table.
On that wall, there were many photos of Dong Xing and Wu Nan. Han Yun took a quick look when he entered the room just now. Most of them were taken during travels, but they should have been taken more than ten years ago. The two people in the photos were very young.
"We used to plan a trip every year, but in recent years, he has become busier and busier, so he rarely goes out." Wu Nan also looked at the photo wall and said lightly: "But as long as he is not busy in the hospital, we will still go for a walk around the city, have a picnic, or camp." At this point, Wu Nan's expression became a little sad: "Originally, we planned to go hiking in Changzhu Mountain on Labor Day."
"Actually, I know this topic is quite sensitive. It's okay if you don't want to answer." Yu Miaomiao heard Wu Nan say this, turned her head and glanced at Han Yun, then said: "You and Dong Xing have been married for more than 20 years, why don't you have children?"
"I need to correct one thing. It's not that I haven't been pregnant before." Wu Nan looked at Yu Miaomiao, showed a brief smile, and then said: "I got pregnant the second year after Dong Xing and I got married. At that time, we were all looking forward to the birth of the baby. No one expected that a week before delivery, when I was planning to go to the hospital, I had a car accident on the way. It was not a serious car accident, but the baby was lost. Later, we wanted to have another child, and there was heavy bleeding during delivery. We could only keep one, and Dong Xing chose me. After that, Dong Xing seemed to be afraid."
"After that, will you be prepared to support each other until old age? Do you not plan to have any more children?" Yu Miaomiao seemed to have been infected by Wu Nan's emotions. She showed a sympathetic look and her tone of voice became much softer.
Wu Nan nodded, took a deep breath and said, "Two pregnancies, two accidents, this is one of the reasons. I didn't know at first, Dong Xing was just very determined, saying that he was afraid that something would happen to me and he didn't want to lose me. Later, I felt something was wrong, so I went to the hospital for a physical examination and found out that the possibility of me being pregnant was very low. So Dong Xing may have made this decision because he was afraid that I would be sad. He never knew that I had known about this for a long time, and I never mentioned it to him."
"So this matter is like a thorn in your body, and no one wants to mention it again." Han Yun picked up the paper cup, without looking at Wu Nan, and said to himself: "This is also the fuse of your emotional discord, right?"
"I've just said that Dong Xing and I love each other very much, and there's nothing wrong with each other." Wu Nan was agitated when she heard Han Yun say this, and she retorted: "It's been almost a month since my husband's accident, and the murderer has not been found yet, and the body is still in the morgue. And you don't go looking for the murderer, but come here to question my relationship with my husband."
"Only by clarifying the essence of the matter can we clear the fog and see the truth. If the truth allows the police to find the murderer and let Dong Xing rest in peace , you shouldn't lie." Han Yun stared at the ripples in the water in the paper cup and said slowly, "You deliberately decorated your home very warmly, wanting your husband to feel a sense of belonging when he returns, but in fact your marriage has long been dead in name only. You probably haven't had sex for many years, right?"
Yu Miaomiao, who was sitting next to Han Yun, heard this and quickly looked at Wu Nan. She seemed to feel that the atmosphere had become a little awkward, or perhaps she thought that Han Yun's words were a little harsh, so she said before Wu Nan spoke: "Actually, what my partner meant was..."
"That's what I mean on the surface." Han Yun interrupted Yu Miaomiao and looked up at Wu Nan. "After two failed pregnancies, Dong Xing had already started to dislike you when he knew you couldn't get pregnant again. You also clearly felt that your husband was becoming more and more distant from you. Although you were sleeping in the same bed, you had different dreams. You tried hard to change this situation, but you still couldn't win your husband's heart back. You don't understand why Dong Xing became more and more indifferent to you and even stopped touching you."
"With your imagination as police officers, you can become writers and write novels." Wu Nan tried hard to suppress his emotions, but his breathing became a little rapid.
"I went to see Wang Mengxian. I think you know more about her relationship with Dong Xing than we do." Han Yun put down the water cup and continued to stare at Wu Nan's eyes: "Before Wang Mengxian, Dong Xing had another assistant who worked as an assistant in that old building. If I'm not mistaken, the relationship between that assistant and your husband Dong Xing is not simple, right?"
Wu Nan originally had a sad face, pretending to be a weak and helpless person whose husband was murdered, but now there was some anger in her eyes. She deliberately avoided Han Yun's gaze, lowered her head, clenched her fists and said, "You policemen must destroy my last dignity before you are happy?"
"Why bother holding on for the last bit of dignity? From the moment Dong Xing got into trouble, you should have known that you couldn't hide anything anymore." Han Yun paused and continued, "In fact, there are some things that the police can find out even if you don't say them."
"During the second pregnancy, Dong Xing chose the child instead of me. But in the end, I survived, but the child unfortunately died. I didn't know about this and was still obsessed with Dong Xing's love for me. Later, when I went to the hospital where Dong Xing worked, I saw the doctor who delivered me. During the conversation, the doctor accidentally let it slip, and I learned about this." Wu Nan's voice trembled when he talked about this: "But at that time, I quickly convinced myself to understand why Dong Xing made such a decision at that moment. I felt guilty for not being able to give birth to a child for Dong Xing, so I suppressed this matter in my heart and tried hard to compensate Dong Xing. But the result of doing this was that Dong Xing became more and more indifferent and disgusted with me. He saves lives in the hospital and has a kind heart in private, but he is so cold-blooded to me."
"Since there were problems in your relationship, why didn't you choose to divorce?" Yu Miaomiao asked softly, "Wouldn't it be better to start over? Why struggle in pain?"
