They fell in love, went on dates, got to know and understand each other, and married.
Then, suddenly-
One day.
A problem arose.
At a perfectly ordinary meal.
Tang Hua got angry because her husband had forgotten what day it was.
They argued, but soon made up.
The timeline moved forward.
They argued twice in their first year of marriage, five times in their second, and more and more often after that.
Every time, it was over something trivial.
From the seventh year on, they had a minor argument every three days and a major one every two.
From the tenth year on, their arguments escalated into physical fights.
Yet at the root of such consequences, nothing major had ever happened!
Rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea-any daily necessity could spark an argument.
If Han Bin took a sip of water, Tang Hua could snap at him, "Why didn't you finish it? Why are you wasting water?" Then they would argue.
When Tang Hua finished sweeping and put the broom down, Han Bin would snap, "What's wrong with you, leaving the broom lying around?" Then they would argue.
They even went further.
They could sit down to watch television, remark that someone's acting was disgusting or their singing sounded awful, and start an argument just because the other person heard it!
If the problem had to be put into words.
It came down to this: incompatible personalities.
The man was easygoing and terribly careless, and paid no attention to so-called special occasions, while the woman quibbled over everything, counted every penny, and was full of schemes.
Their personalities had not complemented each other. Instead, they had become the source of mutual loathing.
"Incompatible personalities... could have such terrible consequences? They could change a family, two generations-no, they could even