Even though Lu Qingyu had expected her to be smart, she couldn't help but laugh at his resolute question.

"Yeah. It's just about the price..."

"The price is fine!" Shu Miao replied quickly.

What a joke, if you can get the convenience right away, you’d be in big trouble!

You have to know that on this return trip, there may not be someone like Lu Qingyu to help her watch her luggage.

This is a two-day and one-night train ride. You have to pay attention all the time along the way. It must be so tiring!

If you can get a sleeper ticket, it would be much more convenient to put your luggage inside the berth.

But then she thought of He Li and Zi Li, and hesitated to mention it.

But in a moment, he dismissed the idea.

In this inconvenient era of travel, sleeper tickets are not something that ordinary people can buy.

Although she didn't know what Lu Qingyu's position was, the fact that he offered to buy a ticket for her meant that he could afford a sleeper ticket given his position.

Generally speaking, one person's ID can only buy one sleeper ticket. If he buys more than one, Lu Qingyu will inevitably owe favors to others.

Although she thought she was thick-skinned enough, she would not take advantage of others to her heart's content.

Seeing that she agreed readily, Lu Qingyu was not surprised, but still a little confused.

"Your brother's side?"

"Don't worry about him, it's still early for his holiday!"

Lu Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized that Shu Zili was not a student, and was about to say something.

A girl's sobbing sounded from far away and gradually got closer. Both of them subconsciously stopped talking and looked towards the second-floor window above their heads.

Through the glass window, I could clearly see a mother and daughter talking.

"My dear, this Wang family kid's parents are both workers, and he himself has a proper job. Why do you still look down on him?"

"Mom, I don't want to get married yet..."

"How can you not get married? Mom has been through this before and won't hurt you!

I know you are young and ambitious now, but have you ever thought about where you can find such a good family when you get older?

Just listen to your mother, you can’t go wrong!

When I married your father, I had never even met him, but now we're living a good life, aren't we?"

"Mom, I haven't thought about it yet. Can you please stop pushing me?..." The girl's voice was choked with sobs, filled with the pain of her family not understanding her.

The woman's voice suddenly rose at this moment, "No!

I've already given you two years, don't try to fool me again!

Don't you think I know what you're thinking?

I didn’t do my job well and I didn’t get into university.

Do you think it's that easy to get into university? If you really had that kind of luck, wouldn't you have passed by long ago?"

The girl's crying gradually became uncontrollable, and the woman's voice finally lowered.

"My dear, just take pity on your brother. Can you really bear to see him remain single?"

Hearing this, Shu Miao was dumbfounded.

No, she just thought it was a drama about her daughter overestimating her own abilities, failing the exams repeatedly, and bringing down the family.

Such a sudden turn?

A hint of understanding and helplessness flashed across Lu Qingyu's eyes, and when he glanced at the girl, he saw her surprised look.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he looked at her thoughtfully for a few more seconds.

I was very surprised that she had such good hearing.

You have to know that the mother and daughter were chatting in a low voice inside the house with the windows closed tightly.

Even if ordinary people can hear people talking, it is very difficult to hear the specific content.

Even he had to train in the army for a long time to achieve this.

But she seemed to be born with this talent and had no intention of hiding it.

At this moment, the woman's voice sounded again.

The difference is that she is now taking the path of self-torture.

"It's all my fault that your dad is useless. We can't afford a new house, and we can't even get enough for your brother's betrothal gifts. Otherwise, your brother wouldn't have lived to this age, wuwu..."

As she spoke, the woman's voice choked and she began to sob.

"If you don't want to marry me, then don't marry me. I accept it. Your father and I will never have the fate of having grandchildren!

As long as I stay at home for one day, you can stay at home as long as you want, woo woo..."

In Shu Miao's view, these words were clearly a retreat to advance and a form of moral kidnapping.

But the girl involved was soft-hearted.

"Mom..." The girl's low sobbing continued.

But Shu Miao could hear the compromise in her sad sobs.

She originally wanted to pass the time by listening to gossip, but she ended up listening to a story that would cause breast hyperplasia.

Don't mention how upset I am right now.

How can a family with all the hands and feet not be able to find a wife?

Isn't this clearly a deliberate sacrifice of the girl in the family?

It's so fucking disgusting!

Zhou Qingyu glanced at the girl's expression and knew that she didn't see the key point, so he couldn't help but sigh.

Shu Miao looked back at him in surprise, "Do you feel sorry for her too?"

"You know, my job requires me to deal with all kinds of disputes and... crimes." He lowered his eyes slightly and spoke in a flat tone.

But Shu Miao felt inexplicably heavy, and walked to his side unconsciously, listening to him quietly.

"There are countless similar cases like this, and they are not even taken seriously."

He slowly raised his eyes to look at her, his pure and clean eyes filled with helplessness.

"This is a case of oppression and expulsion of women by their original families, and I don't know when it will stop..."

"Expel?" Shu Miao stared blankly into his eyes, pondering the meaning of these two words over and over again.

The word "exploitation" is easy to understand, but why is it "expulsion"?

In fact, in today's rural areas, families with more male members do have a better life.

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