Late spring, slanting sun

Author: Yunzi / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The author is a scholar and writer from Taiwan today. In the book, he depicts the inner journey of a seventy-year-old man facing his wife's extramarital affair and his own illness, revealing that extramarital affairs not only exist in the middle and young stages of life but also extend into old age. The author focuses on analyzing the sexual psychology of the two genders, portraying the behavior and emotions of the male and female protagonists, and thoroughly explores the contradictions of human nature and the resulting pain.
"What do you mean by 'exposing oneself'? What am I exposing? I'm not his anything! He's your relative! I'm just here to demand justice for someone!"
"Again, 'someone'! My relative? Damn relative! Scoundrel! Nothing more than a petty bastard who wants to take advantage of me, this cousin of ours. Such a petty bastard still has the nerve to talk to me about justice? What do you mean by 'justice'? Isn't this my home? What right does he have to demand that he must live in my house? Since I'm not his anything, what right do you, Yu Rong, have to demand justice for him? Can't I decide what happens in my own home? Ha! How can this be allowed? He insists on forcing himself into my house? And you, Yu Rong, are backing him, helping him force himself in?"
He was so angry that his lips turned white. Yu Rong continued shouting, "Yes, this is your home! But it's also my home. This matter is not up to you to decide alone."
Since their marriage decades ago, the couple, like most families, would occasionally argue, and during arguments, Yu Rong was almost always very stubborn, never giving in whether she was right or wrong. However, like ninety percent of married couples, their arguments were usually over trivial daily matters, resolved quickly, and neither had ever shouted like this or been so harsh before. But today, the argument was about the wife's extramarital affair and the husband's love and hatred, touching on the boundaries of marital freedom and the status of women in the family—issues that were deeply sharp.
Yu Rong had never been as fearless as she was today. She then said even more bluntly, "This isn't just your home; it's half mine too. I'm telling you now: I, Hu Yu Rong, welcome Liang to stay here." Her words were like a powerful bomb, exploding with a bang and igniting her husband's fury. He jumped up and said resolutely, "Just saying you welcome him to stay isn't enough! I don't welcome him! He will absolutely not stay! How can this be allowed? You think I'm blind? That night, right on this sofa!"
Originally, he had been jumping around in the living room, but now he came over, stomped his foot hard twice on the sofa, and pointed at it, "Right on this sofa! Right on this sofa! I saw it clearly from the balcony upstairs! I was being too kind, trying to spare your feelings, and kept enduring, refusing to expose you directly. But you forced me to speak. The facts are clear. You're the thief and you're not even ashamed. Are you going to deny it?"
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