And now, I was leaving and leaving forever.
Before leaving, I wanted to increase the stakes.
A week later, I met Isabella again.
I saw the surprise flashing in her eyes.
She should be surprised. I was tortured by the pain and lost a lot of weight in just a few days, but I still dressed neatly.
I went to the Civil Affairs Bureau again, this time to get a divorce.
Along the way, the two of us sat in silence in the back seat of the taxi.
The scenery outside the car window was rapidly receding. While waiting for the red light at the intersection, I saw a young couple sharing the same ice cream.
She smiled and smeared the ice cream on his nose and cheeks. He smiled brightly and turned his head to tickle her.
Isabella also saw it. She was silent for a moment and said to the driver, “Stop here.”
Then she got out of the car.
This place was only two hundred meters away from the Civil Affairs Bureau in front.
Watching her walk straight to the ice cream stand in high heels, I knew that she had not forgotten that day.
That was the day to get the marriage certificate.
At that time, we rode a shared bike and navigated all the way to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
We were both very young at that time. I didn’t have a car or a house and even though I didn’t have money to hold a wedding, she was still willing to get the marriage certificate with me first.
After coming out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, I was wrapped in huge joy and picked her up and turned around several times.
She pouted her lips and said, “I want to eat vanilla ice cream!”
I couldn’t wait to pull her to find the nearest stall.
She took a photo in the sun with a cute ice cream ball and smiled happily.
I couldn’t help but shake my head, silly girl, how could you be so satisfied?
I knew how much I owed her when I got the marriage certificate, so in the following years, I worked hard to make money for her to spend, just wanting to give her everything to compensate her.
But later, I had a car and a house and my love for her only increased.
But she fell in love with someone else.
“Here you go.”
Isabella’s voice brought my thoughts back from drifting away.
She handed me the chocolate ice cream and ate a vanilla one herself.
“I remember we had ice cream that day, so let’s have one today, so we can part ways in peace.”
I took it with a bitter smile in the corner of my eyes.