Zhu Yue pulled the person in: "I haven't thanked you for the fruit before. It's rare to eat fresh fruit."
"You're welcome. We're good friends, so of course we have to share delicious food together.
By the way, I ran into Zhu Mei at the department store today, and she told me you were getting married? Why is it so sudden? I haven’t heard you mention it before.
Ning Xi was very surprised when she heard about it. Zhu Yue had been taking care of her during her hospitalization. The two of them had no other entertainment every day, so they just stayed together and chatted, talking about everything.
Zhu Yue even told all the aunts and uncles in the family, and Ning Xi even knew where her grandparents lived.
The only thing I haven't heard her say is that she has a partner or is going to get married.
As soon as the topic of marriage came up, Zhu Yue's excitement at seeing her friends disappeared in an instant, and her face fell.
"I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?" Ning Xi saw her reaction and realized that she might have said something she shouldn't have said.
"I don't blame you..." Zhu Yue covered her face and shook her head. Suddenly, she leaned on Ning Xi, hugged her and started crying.
Although Ning Xi didn't know what happened, she could still offer some comfort to her friends.
I hugged her back and gently stroked her back, then asked her in a gentle voice, "What happened?"
Zhu Yue sobbed for a long time. After calming down, she stood up, washed her face, tidied her appearance, and sat back next to Ning Xi.
"This is neither a happy event nor what I want. I wish no one knew I was getting married."
"You also know the person I'm going to marry. It's Li Lei, who brought you to the hospital with me."
"What?!" Ning Xi's mouth was wide open enough for an egg to fit in. "How did you two end up together?"
She doesn't know what's going on, and their appearance alone doesn't make them a match!
Zhu Yue is over 165cm tall, with almond eyes and rosy cheeks, and her every frown and smile is bright and cheerful.
Let’s look at Li Lei again. Let’s not talk about his character first. Just his pair of white eyes are very unpleasant. The key is that he always has a forced smile from time to time, which makes people feel that he is up to something bad.
Ning Xi is not a person who prioritizes appearance above all else and whose values are dictated by facial features, but it is undeniable that the first thing she notices when looking at a person is his or her appearance.
As for character and personality, you can only understand them after you get to know them well.
Just when Ning Xi was puzzled, Zhu Yue dropped another bomb, which startled her and made her stand up suddenly.
"I was raped by Li Lei."
After saying this, Zhu Yue turned her head away, not daring to look at Ning Xi's reaction.
Her innocence was tarnished by scum, she was dirty...
Even though he knew that he would be despised and looked down upon if he told it, Zhu Yue couldn't help but tell Ning Xi the truth.
Unexpectedly, Li Lei did such a beastly thing and even shamelessly threatened her that if she didn't marry him, he would tell her parents that they had had sex.
He also turned black into white, saying that she found opportunities to seduce him during work and forced Zhu Yue to tell her parents that she wanted to marry Li Lei.
This matter had been kept secret for so many days, and people who didn't know about it still came to congratulate her. Zhu Yue was almost going crazy.
Ning Xi didn't live in the east of the city and didn't know what happened later, but she heard a lot with her own ears and had witnessed the power of rumors.
Ever since Lin and He were taken away, many people have been talking about them behind their backs.
Those who say Ning Xi is ungrateful and disregards the grace of giving birth to her and reporting her parents can be considered to be showing mercy. Some people even go to the extreme of making up pornographic rumors.
It was said that Ning Xi had fallen for Lin Zhendong and insisted on marrying her stepbrother, causing Lin Zhendong to run off to the army without looking back. She then harbored deep resentment and persecuted Lin and He.
These things seem outrageous just by hearing about them, but they are spread so vividly.
In view of this, Zhu Yue dared not tell the truth to her parents. If this matter were to be exposed, who knows how others would distort it.
She herself didn't care, but she couldn't let her parents be embarrassed.
She remembered a young widow who lived next door to her grandparents. After her husband passed away, she did not remarry but continued to take care of her deceased husband and her sick father-in-law.
This should be something worthy of praise, but I don't know which foul-mouthed person made up a story that said the old man was having an affair.
This led to the two of them being pointed at and criticized, and finally the father-in-law and daughter-in-law could not stand the rumors and both hanged themselves at home.
Ning Xi was even more puzzled: "He's a rapist, and you still want to marry him? Aren't you just pushing yourself into the fire pit?"
Shouldn't we report him and bring him to justice?
"Are you afraid of people gossiping?" she reacted.
Ning Xi recalled a client involved in an indecent assault case whom she had once received while on duty at the Legal Aid Center.
The person involved was a junior high school student, under 15 years old, and was assaulted by someone close to him. He mustered up the courage to seek legal help.
As a result, when the family came, they tried to cover up the truth.
The reason is that family disgrace should not be made public, and it would be bad for the girl's reputation if others knew about it.
But be damned! Is such a person worthy of being a parent? Not only does he not stand up for his child, but he also prevents her from seeking justice for herself.
Ning Xi scolded the couple on the spot and encouraged the little girl to call the police.
Then her parents were complained about...
But in the end, the little girl was helped as she wished, and her parents' resentment was vented on her, a stranger, which was also a good thing for the little girl.
In modern society, people are more open-minded, and there are still those who are narrow-minded and worried about having a bad reputation. This problem is undoubtedly more serious now.
Zhu Yue wiped the corners of her eyes and shook her head: "I'm not afraid of being criticized, but I'm afraid my parents will be criticized."
There was nothing going on with Ning Xi, yet rumors were spread that she had a secret crush on Lin Zhendong. She didn't know how far this would spread.
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