The heavens set sail from the courtyard

While Wang Gang was washing and chopping vegetables at home, the doorbell rang. He wiped his hands and walked over to open the door.

Standing in front of the door was a tall and thin middle-aged man, Mark's best friend Zhao Ling.

"Lao Ma, you really divorced Ye Ye!" Zhao Ling asked Wang Gang when he came up.

Wang Gang waved and said, "Let's talk after you come in!"

Zhao Ling walked into the house politely and took a pair of exclusive slippers from the shoe cabinet to put on.

Mark, Zhao Ling and Tian Tian have known each other for more than 20 years and have a very good personal relationship. When Ma Li was born, Mark and Tian Tian directly asked the child to recognize Zhao Ling as his godfather.

Zhao Ling usually visits Mark's house as a guest, so he has a pair of exclusive slippers.

"Pour yourself what you want to drink!" Wang Gang got into the kitchen again and started cooking.

"How long are you still in the mood to cook?" Zhao Ling chased into the kitchen and said strangely: "Old Ma, are you stimulated?"

"If you don't cook, what will my child eat at night?" Wang Gang rolled his eyes and said, "You have to attend a class reunion tonight, so I won't let you eat."

Zhao Ling took Wang Gang's hand and said righteously: "Old Ma, tell me honestly, did you make a mistake?"

Wang Gang chuckled and said: "You guys are really interesting. Does the divorce have to be the reason for the man's cheating?"

Zhao Ling frowned and said, "You and Tian Ye have always had a good relationship. You just got divorced no matter what. There was no warning at all."

Wang Gang put down the green vegetables and said: "No one made any mistakes between Tian Ye and I. The divorce was just because the relationship faded. The two people have very different values. We broke up peacefully."

Zhao Ling opened his mouth in surprise and asked in confusion: "Are you really willing to divorce?"

Wang Gang shrugged and said: "Since ancient times, true love cannot be retained. Since Tianye has no feelings for me, what's the use of forcing him to stay? There's nothing sweet about forcing someone to stay."

Zhao Ling's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking!
Wang Gang glanced at Zhao Ling and said, "Since you're here, I just have something to ask you for help."

"You want me to persuade Tianye?" Zhao Ling guessed.

"No." Wang Gang shook his head and said: "Our school gave me a house purchase quota. I am planning to buy a small house. However, after the divorce, all the money I had was given to Tianye, so I wanted to borrow some from you first."

Zhao Ling said without hesitation: "How much money do you want to borrow?"

Wang Gang said: "One million! I will pay the down payment of the house first. If I can't pay back the money within a year, the house will be yours."

In fact, Wang Gang didn't borrow money to buy a house at all, but wanted a start-up capital to speculate in stocks.

Mark and Tian Ye have indeed saved a lot of money over the years, adding up to at least one million.

However, during the divorce, Tianye did not ask for a house, so Wang Gang gave all his savings and car to Tianye, leaving only 50,000 yuan for himself for emergencies.

There is a lot of money in Wang Gang's space, but it is difficult to tell the source and explain it to his family.

Wang Gang had already thought about borrowing money from Zhao Ling. With this money, he had many legal means to multiply one million dozens of times.

Wang Gang is not Mark. It is impossible for him to work for others. Sooner or later, he will have to quit his job in school and gym. Without a legal source of income, it will be difficult to raise children.

As for Zhao Ling not borrowing the money, Wang Gang also considered it, but was not too worried.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Gang opened his mouth, Zhao Ling agreed and immediately asked the finance department to transfer money to Wang Gang's account without Wang Gang writing an IOU.

Zhao Ling is a very successful real estate businessman and the best person in Mark's circle of friends. One million is just a small thing to him, and he is not afraid that Wang Gang cannot pay back.

"If you ask me, why don't you resign and join me? If we join forces to enter the business world, we will definitely be invincible. I guarantee that your annual salary will be more than one million." Zhao Ling said to Wang Gang.

"It's not like you don't know that I have no ambitions since I was a child, and I don't expect to be rich. I just need to live a decent life." Wang Gang received the bank payment information and threw his phone aside.

"If you were willing to make progress, your marriage with Ye Ye wouldn't have come to this point!" Zhao Ling said regretfully.

Wang Gang chuckled and said: "It's good now. I will continue to live my small life and pursue my career in the field. Who said we can't be friends after divorce."

Zhao Ling turned around and looked at the house and asked, "Isn't Ye Ye at home?"

"She went to work." Wang Gang shook his head and said, "She is more career-minded than me, and even after getting divorced, she didn't forget to go to work."

Zhao Ling sighed and said, "You are divorced, what will your children say?"

Wang Gang said: "Manao is still young and will be raised by my mother for the time being. As for Ma Li, I plan to talk to her at night and let her choose. I hope the child will follow me!"

"Can Ye Ye agree?" Zhao Ling shook his head.

"I do it for her own good. If a woman is divorced and has children, it will be more difficult for her to find another one in the future!" Wang Gang said.

Zhao Ling frowned and said: "If Ye Ye really finds another one, can you bear it?"

"Is there anything I can't stand?" Wang Gang said nonchalantly: "I have no relationship with Ye Ye for a long time. In fact, I feel that Ye Ye has never loved me from the beginning to the end."

Zhao Ling stared into Wang Gang's eyes in surprise.

Wang Gang was not aimless. Through Mark's memory, he discovered that his marriage to Ye Tian was problematic from the beginning.

Mark and Tian Tian were lovers on campus. Mark took the initiative to pursue Tian Tian at the beginning. Tian Tian reluctantly accepted Mark. In fact, he had always been aloof from Mark, neither very distant nor very close.

After they graduated, they were busy working and working hard. Later, they decided to get married because of Ma Li.

But after getting married, Tianye has always been unhappy. Even in front of her children, she sometimes behaves like a harried woman, writing her unhappiness on her face every day.

Wang Gang felt that Tian Tian was willing to marry Mark, not because of love, but to live a makeshift life, or even because of a Beijing household registration.

"Zhao Ling, I know you have always had a crush on Tianye. Now that Tianye and I are divorced, if you want to pursue her, I have no objection." Wang Gang suddenly said something shocking.

Zhao Ling's eyes widened and he subconsciously denied: "Old Ma, don't talk nonsense. I don't mean that to Tian Ye?"

Wang Gang snorted in his heart, but didn't say anything.

In the TV series, as soon as Zhao Ling heard that Tian Ye was divorced, he immediately confessed that he had no crush on Tian Tian, ​​and he didn't even believe it.

In fact, Zhao Ling and Tian Tian had an affair for a while during college. However, both of them were not in good conditions at that time and had various concerns, so Zhao Ling did not dare to confess, but Mark took the lead.

Of course, Mark didn't know Zhao Ling's feelings for Ye Ye, otherwise with the relationship between the two, he wouldn't be able to steal his brother's sweetheart.

Zhao Ling was also considered a good friend. When he found out that Mark and Ye Tian were together, he immediately cut off his thoughts and hid this relationship for twenty years.

In fact, with Zhao Ling's current conditions, if he wanted to get married, many young and beautiful women would pounce on him, but he had a soft spot for Ye Ye, a forty-year-old young woman, and even Wang Gang had to admit that he was true love!
If Wang Gang were Mark, he would definitely not be able to bear it knowing that his brother has been thinking about his wife, and there is a possibility of breaking off the relationship.

But Wang Gang is not Mark! Zhao Ling wanted to pursue Tianye, but he would not have any objections, and he was not qualified to have any objections.

"Zhao Ling, I'm not kidding you. Ye Ye is single now, and I have no right to stop her happiness. You can pursue her if you want. But there is one thing. Ma Li has always regarded you as her godfather. I'm worried that the child is too young to understand. Matters for adults.”

Zhao Ling frowned. If Wang Gang hadn't said these words, he would have really gone after Tianye, but now he was in a dilemma. On one side was his best brother, on the other was the woman he had secretly loved for twenty years, and in the middle was his goddaughter Ma Li. Zhao Ling hesitated for a moment.

If he didn't know his good brother very well, Zhao Ling would now suspect that Wang Gang was playing retreat in order to advance. He obviously agreed with him to chase Tianye, but in fact he was kidnapping him with the morality of brotherly friendship.

"Lao Ma, I don't know if you have misunderstood something. I have always regarded Tianye as my sister-in-law and as a friend. I have never thought of her inappropriately!" Zhao Ling said sincerely.

If Wang Gang hadn't watched the TV series, he would have almost believed Zhao Ling's words.

"Okay, anyway, I won't be able to intervene in Tianye's affairs in the future. It's up to you to decide."

Wang Gang prepared all the ingredients for the evening, then looked at the time and said, "It's almost time for Manao Kindergarten to finish school. Is it convenient for you to send me to pick up the child?"

"No problem! My car is parked downstairs." Zhao Ling agreed readily.

Wang Gang took off his apron and then went downstairs to drive with Zhao Ling.

Zhao Ling's car is a Cadillac Escalade. It is a full-size luxury SUV that adopts the new design concept of the Cadillac Century Concept Car. It combines a powerful and distinguished appearance, exquisite and luxurious interior, unparalleled power, and many Combining leading technologies, it has become a model of luxury SUV in the United States and even the world since its birth.

The car, which is more than five meters long, looks domineering. It is the car of the President of the United States. It is parked downstairs in Wang Gang Community and attracts many people to stop. Even passers-by take a second look.

"Your car is really nice. It has spacious space and comfortable seating. If I have a chance, I'll get one too." Wang said to Zhao Ling as soon as he got in the car.

"If you like it, just take it and drive it! Why are we so polite between brothers?" Zhao Ling handed the car key to Wang Gang.

"I like it and I can buy it myself." Wang Gang refused: "My brother is still settling the score, what will I do with your car?"

Zhao Ling shook his head and said: "Old Ma, you live an open life. After I became rich in these years, I don't know how many old classmates came to fawn over me, but you only regarded me as a simple friend. Brother, I will always remember this feeling. "

Wang Gang just said a polite word. He had never driven any car, so how could he really fall in love with Zhao Ling's Escalade, but he didn't expect that Zhao Ling would get the wrong idea.

"At the class reunion tonight, I know someone is coming for me." Zhao Ling sighed: "Sometimes money is really not a good thing. Once interests are involved, all relationships will change."

Wang Gang comforted him: "You are overthinking this! Tian Ye and I have never looked at you differently just because you are rich."

Zhao Ling patted his chest and said, "I know that in this world, only you and Tian Ye are my true friends, Zhao Ling."

The car started slowly. Wang Gang gave Zhao Ling directions and soon arrived at Manao Kindergarten. Wang Gang got out of the car and went to pick up the children first. Zhao Ling waited on the roadside for a while.

A few minutes later, Wang Gang walked out with Manao in his arms and got directly into Zhao Ling's car.

When Manao saw Zhao Ling, he affectionately called: "Godfather."

Zhao Ling smiled and touched Manao's little head.

"Please send us to the gate of the community, and then you can go directly to the class reunion!" Wang Gang said to Zhao Ling.

"Can you mention the matter between you and Tianye with your classmates?" Zhao Ling asked tentatively.

"There's nothing I can't say, and it's not something shameful." Wang Gang said with a smile.

Zhao Ling observed Wang Gang's expression carefully and murmured in his heart. He always felt that his good friend was a little weird today?
Without thinking much, Zhao Ling sent Wang Gang and Manao to the gate of the community.

Wang Gang took Manao out of the car, greeted Zhao Ling, and asked him to go first.

After returning home, Wang Gang let Manao watch cartoons by himself while he worked on dinner in the kitchen.

At about six o'clock in the afternoon, Ma Li came home from school and smelled a special smell of meat as soon as she entered the room.

"Dad, what did you stew? Why is it so fragrant?" Ma Li sniffed and asked curiously.

Before Wang Gang could answer, Manao, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, jumped up.

"I know, I know, dad made beef stew today and it was delicious."

Ma Li narrowed her eyes, pointed at Manao and shouted: "Little thing, did you eat it secretly?"

Manao immediately covered his mouth, shook his head desperately and said, "I didn't eat it secretly, my father gave it to me."

Wang Gang walked out of the kitchen carrying a casserole and said to Ma Li: "Hurry up and wash your hands. You can eat when your mother comes back!"

Ma Li ran over smelling the aroma, opened the lid of the casserole, and wanted to reach out for a piece of beef.

"Go, wash your hands." Wang Gang hit Ma Li's hand.

Ma Li hesitated and said: "Old Ma, you are patriarchal. Why can't my brother eat meat but not me?"

Wang Gang said angrily: "Wash your hands before eating."

Manao jumped out again and laughed loudly: "My sister was not good and was beaten by my father."

Ma Li put down her schoolbag unwillingly and shouted to Manao: "You dare to laugh at me, see if I don't spank you."

The siblings started making noise in the living room, and the house was filled with laughter and laughter.

Wang Gang looked at all this with a knowing smile on his lips.

Tian Ye didn't get home until nearly seven o'clock. When he was about to get off work, he happened to meet his boss and chatted a few more words.

Ma Li and Manao's stomachs were growling with hunger for a long time, but Wang Gang still insisted on having this meal together as a family. There may not be many opportunities like this in the future!

Sitting at the dinner table, Ma Li and Manao devoured their food. On the contrary, Wang Gang and Tian Ye ate very little and mostly watched their children eat.

After the children had finished eating and were about to go back to their rooms to play, Wang Gang stopped them.

"Ma Li, Manao, mom and dad have something to tell you today!"

Tian Ye put Ma Nao on his lap and asked Ma Li to sit next to Wang Gang.

"Mom, what's going on! Do I have to go back to my room to do my homework?" Ma Li asked doubtfully.

Wang Gang and Tian Ye looked at each other, and Wang Gang took the initiative and said, "Ma Li, your mother and I are divorced."

Ma Li was stunned for a moment, thinking her father was joking, but when she saw the serious expressions of her parents, her smile slowly disappeared.

Manao shook his head in confusion and asked Tianye: "Mom, what is divorce? Is it delicious?"

Ma Li suddenly shouted angrily: "Divorce means parents are separated. We will no longer be a family. They don't want us anymore!"

Tian Ye was a little surprised by his daughter's reaction, but Wang Gang was more calm.

"What is today's meal? Is it our dinner?" Ma Li continued to shout. (End of chapter)