Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

"Sister Xia, what are you doing here?" Liu Lihua was getting up to get a glass of water when she saw Yi Zhonghai and Xia Lihua walking in. Although she had already guessed in her heart that they were here to get a divorce, she still pretended to be surprised and said.

"Girl, let's talk over here." With that, the aunt and Yi Zhonghai walked to a place where there was no one nearby.

"Sister, if you have anything to say, just tell me. There are not many people here." Liu Lihua glanced at Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai saw Liu Lihua looking at him, smiled and nodded without saying anything else.

"To be honest with you, I'm here to get a divorce." said the aunt.

"What? Sister, why do you want a divorce? This is not a joke." Liu Lihua said in surprise. At the same time, she felt lucky for the aunt. She was afraid that Yi Zhonghai would not want to divorce.

"Oh, it's okay. We have discussed this. I'll tell you about this first. I will live with the old lady later. I hope you won't tell anyone in our hospital about our divorce. By the way, is Director Wang here?" An aunt said, holding Liu Lihua's hand.

"Okay, don't worry, sister. I won't tell anyone. Director Wang is in the office, you can just go find her directly." Liu Lihua pointed to the location of the office to the aunt.

"Hey, thank you, sister." The aunt nodded to Liu Lihua and led Yi Zhonghai to the office.

"Knock, knock, is Director Wang here?" an old lady knocked on the door and said. Yi Zhonghai hadn't said a word since he entered the street office. He now felt that divorce was a bit shameful, although he might remarry in the future. But he didn't know why, he always felt something indescribable, and felt that he couldn't divorce like this.

"Who is it? Please come in." Director Wang responded.

After hearing what Director Wang said, Auntie opened the door and said, "Director Wang, it's me. Lao Yi and I have something to do with you today."

"Oh? It's Yi Zhonghai and you two, just tell me what you want to say." Director Wang didn't recognize who it was at first until he saw Yi Zhonghai behind the old lady.

"Old Yi, please take out your things." An old lady turned around and said to Yi Zhonghai.

"Okay." Yi Zhonghai reluctantly took out the marriage certificate and ID card from his pocket and placed them on Director Wang's desk.

"What are you doing? You want a divorce..." Director Wang looked at the documents in front of her, then at the two people standing in front of the table, and said with wide eyes. After all, she knew that Yi Zhonghai and Auntie were famous for their harmony in the nearby courtyards. Although they had no children, they lived a good life. Why did they suddenly want to get a divorce?

"Yes, Director Wang, we are here today to get a divorce. Can you see if it is convenient for us to process it now?" The aunt said to Director Wang with a smile.

Yi Zhonghai stood at the back like before, not saying anything. He didn't know what to say. Was he saying that he didn't want a divorce at all? Or was he talking about his romantic past when he was young?

"Big sister, Yi Zhonghai, you two sit down first. Since you are younger than me, I will call you big sister. Do you mind?" Director Wang waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down.

"Don't mind, don't mind. Why should I mind?" When an old lady heard this, she quickly waved her hands and said, since the master is willing to call her "sister", why should she be so pretentious?

"Sister, I heard that you two were quite harmonious. Why do you want to divorce now? Is it because of the problem of children?" At this point, Director Wang looked at Yi Zhonghai. After all, she had also heard that an old lady seemed unable to have children.

"No, no, we have some problems that need to be resolved. We feel like we can't live like this anymore, so we're thinking of getting a divorce first to calm down. Once we've resolved the problem, we can then consider whether we can live together in the future." Yi Zhonghai spoke quickly when he saw Director Wang looking at him.

"Oh? Are there any problems that cannot be resolved within the marriage that require divorce? Yi Zhonghai, have you bullied other female comrades? If so, I advise you to reflect on yourself. If the situation is serious, I may have to find a comrade from the Women's Federation to talk to you." Director Wang frowned when he heard this.

The aunt thought that she could get a divorce directly at the street office, but she never expected that Director Wang would come here to understand the situation. The main reason was that Yi Zhonghai and the aunt had not had any conflicts for so many years and suddenly wanted to get a divorce. This made Director Wang have to think more about whether there was any situation.

Seeing Director Wang interrogating Yi Zhonghai, the aunt stepped forward and said, "Director Wang's problem is not his. I feel that I can't live like this anymore. There are some things that are inconvenient to talk about, but he didn't bully me. We parted ways amicably. We had already agreed before you came. You don't need to persuade us to think about it again."

"This..." After hearing what Auntie said, Director Wang was stunned. Although it was a new era, there were still very few divorces. Those who were willing to divorce were usually because their husbands cheated on them or were domestic abusers. She had never seen a case like Auntie's. Well, since both of them were willing to divorce, she couldn't say anything more.

"Okay, then I'll do the procedures for you now." Director Wang then started to process the divorce procedures for them.

Watching Director Wang busying around, Yi Zhonghai felt a little uncomfortable at the moment. This was not the result he wanted at all. Was this considered a divorce?

Seeing Director Wang writing and drawing, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but say, "Director Wang, I have something to ask of you. Can you keep our divorce secret from others?"

"Don't let others know? What do you mean?" Director Wang stopped writing and looked at Yi Zhonghai.

"Well, Lihua, why don't you talk to Director Wang?" Yi Zhonghai rubbed his hands and looked at the old lady.

"Director Wang, it's like this. After all, Lao Yi works in a steel mill. I don't want him to be talked about behind his back after our divorce. So could you please not tell anyone about this?" an aunt explained.

"Of course you can, but you two won't still live together, right? That wouldn't be a good idea." Director Wang said with embarrassment.

"Director Wang, don't worry. She will move to the old lady's place in the afternoon to take care of her." Yi Zhonghai said to Director Wang.

"Yes, the old lady was just discharged from the hospital recently and there is no one to take care of her. It's a good opportunity for me to go and take care of her."

"Okay, don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this." Director Wang said after thinking for a while.