Chapter 974 Retirement (Ⅱ)

"It would be disingenuous for me to say it wasn't because of that."

Josephine sighed, her expression dejected.

Joan can completely understand her state of mind.

Although Mr. Kaufman's ex-wife, Mrs. Irina, was not killed by him himself, but he subjectively had the intention of murdering her. The wife was killed by her lover.

When Mr. Kaufman pursued Josephine, he deliberately concealed this "black history" from him. Later, the stain of buying and murdering his wife was exposed, and Josephine was mentally shocked. It is reasonable for him to lose trust.

However, having said that, perhaps because Joan himself is also a man, mainly from the perspective of men, examining the tragedy that happened in Kaufman's house, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for David Kaufman.

Mrs. Josephine seemed to see his subtle mentality change, and asked with a smile: "Joan, tell me honestly, do you think I made a wrong decision?"

"Of course you did nothing wrong, I just feel sorry for Mr. Kaufman."

"You seem to have more sympathy for him than for me?"

"A little bit more or less."

Joan spoke frankly.

"Most men in the world, in the position of Mr. Kaufman, may not be able to bear the desire to kill after being humiliated by his ex-wife."

"Of course, this is morally and legally untenable, and should be criticized and punished, but since you asked me, I can only express my truest thoughts, although I also know that such thoughts are selfish Narrow-minded, but I can't pretend to be a gentleman and deceive you..."

Joan blushed and tried to explain clumsily.

He originally thought that he would inevitably annoy the countess by saying these unpleasant words, and even attract ridicule such as "men are not good things".

But no.

Josephine did not criticize him for being wrong, and defended her decision with a tone of self-blame and grievance intertwined.

"Joan, I'm also a reasonable person, and I can even accept your defense for David."

"Let's put it this way, if it wasn't me who was going to marry David back then, but one of my girlfriends, one day she suddenly came to me crying, told me the stains of her fiancé's past, and asked me if I should call off the engagement."

"I will also be like you. I will help her analyze what is right and what is wrong with reasonable evidence, and in the end I will come to the same conclusion and tell her that your fiancé tried to murder his wife because the other party betrayed first. I can't bear that kind of humiliation, and I made a mistake on the spur of the moment, which is not unforgivable."

"Since he has repented now, and since he treats you wholeheartedly, don't worry about those old things. Marrying such a man who loves you wholeheartedly, and taking into account the benefits in money and social status, you are still What is there to be dissatisfied with?"

"There is no perfect person in the world. I think David is already very good. Don't think about it, get married now!"

"Joan, what do you think?"

"Reasonable and convincing, but why did you make the opposite decision when you put the same thing on yourself?" Joan couldn't understand.

"Because of truth, it is easy to tell others, but it is difficult to use it to convince ourselves."

Josephine shook her head and smiled wryly.

"Actually, I understand all the truth, but after all, I can't persuade myself to get rid of a knot in my heart - since David has a history of killing his wife because of jealousy, who can guarantee that he will not do the same thing to me after we get married in the future. "

"Mr. Kaufman once promised you not to interfere with your social activities after marriage. Isn't that not tolerant enough?" Joan couldn't help but say something fair.

"The question is, do you think I should trust a man who has a history of killing his wife to make such a promise?" Mrs. Josephine asked sternly.

Joan was speechless.

A relationship breakup always starts with a crisis of trust.

Once mutual trust is lost between lovers, there will be emotional rifts, and such rifts based on sensibility are difficult to bridge with reason.

When it comes to this step, it doesn't matter who is right and who is not, the important thing is that there is no love anymore.

No matter how much the cold truth is said, it will not be able to rekindle the fire of love that has been extinguished. After all, they are still unwilling to compromise.

Josephine sighed, and continued, "I am determined to divorce, not only because I am disappointed with David, but also because I am disappointed with the contractual relationship of marriage. Perhaps this kind of contract that suppresses human nature should not exist at all."

"If David's former wife, Mrs. Irene, had divorced him in a peaceful way when she found out she didn't love her husband, instead of just making do The contradiction, the result gave the liar an opportunity to lure her into cheating... All the tragedies after that may not happen."

"However, under our current marriage system, especially considering the pressure of public opinion, this is almost impossible. The tragedy of the Kaufman family will continue to repeat itself in this world."

Qiao An was very disapproving of her high-sounding remarks, and couldn't help but refute in a low voice.

"You say these are meaningless, the marriage system has existed in our society for thousands of years, and will continue..."

"But one day it will perish!" Josephine said decisively. With a stern expression, he looked like a judge who was announcing a verdict.

Joan couldn't help but tremble.

The Countess' decisive demeanor reminded him of the blind witches in ancient temples who were said to be able to predict the future, but he didn't know whether the prediction she made at this moment would be a blessing or a curse for the people in the future.

"If there is no marriage contract, how will people live in the future? Don't everyone have children? Then the human race will be extinct!"

Joann's attempt to refute the Countess's pessimistic view of marriage only elicits a burst of laughter.

"My silly child, you can have children if you don't get married!"

"One day in the future, when human society abolishes the 'husband and wife relationship' on the legal and moral levels, people will break free from a shackle and marry purely for love. If they don't love each other, they will break up. What's wrong with that?"

Joan shook her head, vaguely feeling that what she said was unreasonable, but she couldn't find any obvious loopholes in logic.

At the very least, he has to admit that marriage is not a necessary nature like eating and sleeping. People will die if they don't eat and sleep, but what if they don't get married?

The marriage contract is nothing more than human beings' legislation for human beings at a specific historical stage, and its foundation of existence does not seem to be as unbreakable as it seems on the surface.

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