Listening to Lu Xiaoyun's affectionate words, Liang Zhaodi was so angry that her fingernails almost dug into the tree trunk. She bit her lip tightly, her eyes fixed on the direction the two were heading down the mountain, radiating a vicious light.

Unexpectedly, Wen Xi is the biggest threat. It seems we can't delay any longer. We need to get the puppy and Wen Xi to consummate their relationship as soon as possible, so that Lu Xiaoyun will give up on Wen Xi as soon as possible.

Wen Xi returned home carrying a basket, took off her boots and put on warm cloth shoes, poured herself a cup of hot tea, and sat down at the table. "Lu Xiaoyun just confessed to me. He said he likes me and wants to be my girlfriend."

"What?" Shen Jiaojiao, who was looking down at the fish, turned around excitedly to look at Wen Xi when she heard this. "Lu Xiaoyun confessed to you? Even if Nie Xiulan is already married, doesn't he still have a girlfriend back in his hometown?"

While sipping her tea, Wenxi said, "I haven't accepted him yet. I said I'll think about it."

"What's the point of considering someone like that? We should just refuse them!" Shen Jiaojiao said worriedly.

Wen Xi nodded, "I know. I'm just afraid that he will get angry after I rejected him and retaliate against us. Don't worry, I will protect myself when I deal with him."

If she directly rejected Lu Xiaoyun, he would turn his attention to Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue. The two of them were inexperienced and couldn't handle it. But she was different. After all, she had lived more than ten years longer than them. Lu Xiaoyun's little tricks to please girls wouldn't move her at all. So Lu Xiaoyun shouldn't even think about getting the better of her.

"Xiaoxi, you don't actually like that scumbag Lu Xiaoyun, do you?" Jiang Yue asked worriedly.

Wenxi was the youngest of the three, and Jiang Yue was afraid that she might develop feelings for a scumbag like Lu Xiaoyun.

Wen Xi scoffed, "Xiao Yue, do you think I'd be interested in a man who's two-timing or even more? If I can't meet a man who's devoted to me in this life, I'd rather live alone forever. No in-laws to bother me, no noisy children, no endless housework, my back won't be bent, my figure won't be ruined, I can do whatever I want, so free and easy, isn't that great?"

Everyone imagines marriage as something wonderful, but for women, especially those born in the 1970s and 80s, it was anything but wonderful.

Because once you get married, you have to serve your parents-in-law, take care of the family, have children, and do housework. Some women clearly have jobs and salaries and could live very well, but once they get married, they are forced to give up their jobs and become housewives at home.

'Housewife' is still a romanticized term. In reality, they are like hardworking oxen, taking on all the housework by themselves, completely losing themselves. If they don't do even the smallest thing well, they will be met with a barrage of accusations and insults.

Men, on the other hand, only need to go to work and earn a few dozen yuan a month. They don't have to do anything when they get home; they can be waited on hand and foot.

What's so great about this kind of life?

In short, Wenxi doesn't think married life is wonderful unless she meets a particularly good person who can completely respect all her decisions, not interfere with her development, not care whether she is superior to him, not get involved with her family, and not be a chauvinist who keeps her at home as a maid.

But do such people exist in this world?

Wenxi wasn't sure if such a person existed in the world.

Seeing that Wen Xi was indeed not interested in Lu Xiaoyun, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue were relieved.

If it were someone else, they might consider it, but Lu Xiaoyun is absolutely not an option. Although Nie Xiulan is married, he still has a girlfriend back in his hometown, and he will definitely go back to marry her in the future. In that case, Wen Xi will have to be abandoned.

"Jiaojiao, have you finished preparing the old hen?" Wenxi asked.

Shen Jiaojiao immediately said, "It's all taken care of."

Wen Xi nodded, "Okay, I'll make the pork tripe and chicken soup now. It doesn't have to wait until tonight."

Wenxi returned to her room, took out all three pig stomachs, went to the kitchen, cut the pig stomachs into strips, and then started a fire to cook pig stomach chicken.

Shen Jiaojiao brought the fish to the kitchen and asked, "Xiaoxi, how should I prepare this kind of fish? I've never prepared a fish like this before."

"You deal with what you know first, and leave what you don't know there for me to handle." Wen Xi looked at the fish that Shen Jiaojiao had asked about; it turned out to be a catfish. Catfish have a large spine on their back, and people who haven't seen one before really don't know how to handle them.

After Wenxi started stewing the pork tripe and chicken, she went to the well and helped Shen Jiaojiao prepare the fish. Seeing how quick and efficient Wenxi was, Shen Jiaojiao was a little surprised. "Xiaoxi, I'm the one who's in charge of housework at home, but it feels like you do everything better than me."

“Although I don’t do much housework at home, I know how to do it all. My second brother said that girls don’t need to do housework, but you have to know how, so that you can take care of yourself when no one is there to take care of you.” Thinking of her handsome, dashing, and promising second brother, Wenxi felt a warm feeling welling up in her heart.

Both her parents had jobs, so her second brother took care of her from childhood to adulthood. When she was born, her eldest sister was already in school, leaving only her and her second brother in the family, so taking care of her naturally became her second brother's responsibility.

From birth until she was ten years old, she lived with her second brother. It wasn't until she was almost a young lady that she had her own room.

As for why she didn't share a room with her eldest sister, it was because her eldest sister thought the children were noisy and refused to let her share a room with her second brother. Even after Wenxi separated from her second brother, her eldest sister still wouldn't let Wenxi stay in her room, saying she was afraid it would affect her studies. However, at that time, her eldest sister was already in high school, so it was normal for her to have such concerns.

Later, her parents built a wall in her second brother's room, dividing it in two, and she finally had her own little room.

It seems that the eldest sister disliked her from a young age, feeling that her appearance stole the affection that belonged to her. Otherwise, with three boys and only one girl in the family, the eldest sister would definitely be the treasure of the family. But since there was another girl in the family, the affection for the daughter naturally had to be divided in two.

Upon hearing this, Shen Jiaojiao was filled with envy. "Xiaoxi, your second brother is so good. He has a good mind and is also very handsome."

Shen Jiaojiao had been to Wenxi's house and had naturally met Wenxi's second brother. However, Wenxi's second brother was five years older than Wenxi, and they didn't go to the same school. Moreover, Wenxi's second brother had a heavier workload, so Shen Jiaojiao saw him less often. In addition, Wenxi's second brother always had a cold face towards outsiders, so Shen Jiaojiao didn't dare to talk to him. The two of them were just nodding acquaintances.