The marriage was decided by Du Juan's aunt-in-law, Chen Meiqing.

In the Du family, Chen Meiqing was practically the sole ruler.

Once she's made up her mind, it's basically impossible to change it.

But Dujuan had no desire to marry him. She had met the man; although he wasn't bad-looking, he had very dark skin and looked like someone who had worked in the fields since childhood.

In addition, the man worked in a coal mine.

Although they all came to meet on a blind date, they were all quite clean.

But Du Juan still saw the indelible black marks from his time mining coal between his fingers.

The thought of such hands touching her body filled her with resentment and unwillingness.

However, when she suggested that she was still young and would talk about it in a few years, the look in her aunt Chen Meiqing's eyes sent chills down her spine and gave her a creepy feeling.

Du Juan felt uneasy, as if her aunt-in-law knew something.

Looking back on her words and actions, she realized she had been overthinking things.

But if her aunt hadn't discovered anything, why was she forcing her to get married?

The more Dujuan thought about it, the more wronged she felt, but she couldn't cry out loud. After all, the house was so small, and if she cried out and her aunt found out, it would be even more disadvantageous for her.

Du Juan didn't get out of bed until Du Xiaoru knocked on the door.

She wiped away her tears forcefully, then tucked her bangs behind her eyes and brows so that no one would notice anything amiss at first glance, before opening the door.

Why are you so slow?

Seeing the door open, Du Xiaoru pouted, pushed aside Du Juan who was standing at the door, and walked in with a displeased look.

"Dujuan, let's go to a restaurant for dinner tomorrow!"

I heard the restaurant has braised pork belly these days, in pieces as big as your palm.

Du Xiaoru asked her parents for money, but to her surprise, they refused to give it to her.

She even said she'd already used up all her allowance for the month last month—she's so stingy!

Fortunately, she wasn't afraid.

In the Du family, besides her parents, she also has a free ATM—Du Juan.

At home, whenever her parents didn't give her pocket money, she could eat or buy whatever she wanted. As long as she told Dujuan, Dujuan would take out the money and give it to her.

Since Dujuan has been eating and using their family's food since she was little, it's only right that we give her some money to spend now that she's working and earning money!

Du Xiaoru had absolutely no sense of gratuitousness in eating and drinking for free.

Although Du Juan opened the door rather slowly this time, which annoyed Du Xiaoru, the thought of being able to eat the fragrant braised pork later made her feel that she could be lenient and let Du Juan off this time.

Hearing Du Xiaoru's matter-of-fact tone, Du Juan couldn't help but bite her lower lip.

She clenched her fists, lowered her head, and let her bangs cover her eyes.

He said sullenly, "I'm out of money!"

Even if she had money, she wouldn't be willing to give it to that brainless and greedy Du Xiaoru.

Her mother wanted to kick her out of the house, so why should she expect her to spend money on Du Xiaoru willingly?

"No money? How could you be broke? It's only the last day of the month! Where did all your money go?"

Upon hearing Du Juan's words, Du Xiaoru immediately questioned her in a shrill voice.

Du Xiaoru was very unhappy. What would she do if she didn't have money for the braised pork she wanted to eat?

Hearing Du Xiaoru's sharp and loud rebuke, Du Juan pursed her lips. Even though she wasn't happy, she still suppressed her displeasure.

She replied in a low voice, "As you know, I just got paid at the beginning of the month, and my aunt made me get a new outfit made, so most of my money is gone!"