“You know what? People treat others differently depending on who they are. My dad not coming home means he doesn’t value my mom, so my grandparents don’t value her either. And my grandparents don’t like me either. My mom doesn’t really want to take care of me. When I was five, my mom left me with an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor so I could learn from him. That’s why I know traditional Chinese medicine. Later, I went to the front lines with a military doctor and studied with him for many years. After passing many exams, I obtained various certificates and then started working in a hospital.”
“I thought my dad had a family and children outside because he hadn’t come home for so many years. After I became capable, I secretly went to my dad’s workplace, secretly investigated and even followed him. He didn’t have a family outside, and he didn’t have any other children. He only had my mom as his wife and me as his child. But I don’t know why he didn’t want my mom and me.”
“I didn’t understand before, but I did later. He doesn’t like my mother, and he doesn’t like me either. Marrying my mother was arranged by our elders, and having me was just to fulfill their wishes. His not going home is a silent rebellion against the family’s arrangements.”
“From that moment on, I decided that even if I never meet someone I like in my life, I will never go on blind dates or get married, let alone marry someone arranged by my elders and live a life without feelings.”
"It wasn't until I met you outside the operating room that I realized there really are people in this world you can fall in love with at first sight. I'm so happy to be in a relationship with you. You are the only warmth in my life. I'm so afraid of losing you, and I value you so much. In my heart, you are more important than myself. Without you, I don't know if I could go on living..."
Wen Xi listened quietly, never expecting that He Chen'an had such an unfortunate background.
It's truly remarkable that he's so outstanding, because many people are defeated by adversity and give up on themselves. There are very few people like him who have forged their own path through hard work.
This is the most common type of marriage nowadays: the couple doesn't like each other, but they come together for various reasons such as continuing the family line, becoming a resentful couple and having several innocent children.
She found He Chen'an's father disgusting. Unable to disobey his family's orders, he married He Chen'an's mother, and after the child was born, he never came home again, leaving the mother and child to live in misery.
Moreover, it has delayed He Chen'an's mother for so many years. He Chen'an is now in his twenties, and he has not been home for so many years, so his mother has been delayed for so many years.
He didn't like He Chen'an's mother, so he could go home and get a divorce. He could find someone else, and He Chen'an's mother could find someone else too. In the end, he wasted more than 20 years of her youth.
Wenxi would rather live alone than have such a marriage.
"I haven't told you these things because I'm afraid you'll be scared, and also because I don't plan to take you home. I want to marry you and settle down in the city where we work. I won't go home unless absolutely necessary, and I certainly won't let you face these things about my family."
Wen Xi smiled faintly, "You make it sound so easy. Do you think you can escape it by not going home? Your parents are still young and haven't reached the point where they need you yet. When they get old and need you, if you're not by their side, they'll use filial piety to pressure you and force you to stay with them. I've seen too many parents like that. They're afraid that no one will take care of them when they get old, so they clip their children's wings, preventing them from developing and getting better."
“If you really marry me and live outside, they might not bother you since you have a job, but they will force me to serve them.”
"Moreover, some elderly people deliberately make things difficult for others. They don't want a caregiver and insist that their daughters-in-law serve them personally." Wenxi has a deep understanding of this because she worked for that old man's family for more than ten years in her previous life.
Does that old man's family have no money?
His family is rich, but they don't give her any money or hire a nanny. They just exploit her like a free nanny.
"Xiaoxi, will you marry me?" He Chen'an asked excitedly.
"You're dreaming. Do you think it's possible?" Wen Xi tried to pull her hand back, but He Chen'an held it tightly, never letting up for a second.
She wasn't particularly interested in marriage to begin with, and after hearing about He Chen'an's parents and grandparents, she became even less interested and lacked the courage to get married.
"I genuinely wanted to marry you before, but now I really don't want to anymore," Wen Xi said truthfully, not wanting to waste He Chen'an's time.
In this day and age, what girl would pay for her own house and get married? She's probably the first one. Isn't that enough to prove her determination?
After visiting several mission worlds and experiencing some things, her mindset changed, and she no longer wanted to get married. Moreover, her situation was not suitable for marriage because she would frequently travel to various mission worlds and meet many other people. If she did not restrain herself, she might very well fall for them in the mission worlds. After all, there are also many outstanding people in the mission worlds, aren't there?
He Chen'an knew that a rift had formed between them, and it wouldn't be easy to heal. However, he would try his best, and he believed that one day they would return to how they were before.
"Coo coo coo..." An embarrassing sound suddenly broke out in the quiet kitchen.
Wen Xi looked at He Chen'an suspiciously, "Didn't you have dinner?"
"I have no appetite and haven't eaten much." He Chen'an looked at Wen Xi with a pitiful expression.
Looking at his thin face, Wenxi understood why he had become so thin. He probably hadn't been eating properly since the breakup. In that case, she was the more carefree one. She had just been a little absent-minded at first and hadn't been able to concentrate, but she had been eating properly all along, so she hadn't lost weight because of the breakup.
"I still have some steamed buns at home, I'll heat them up for you." Wen Xi stood up, and He Chen'an then let go of Wen Xi's hand.
Wen Xi walked to the cupboard and, using it as cover, took four large, golden-yellow cornbread buns from the system's inventory. She added two ladles of water to the iron pot, placed a steamer basket on it, put the buns in, then added two fresh eggs. She then turned to He Chen'an and said, "Come and start a fire. Are you waiting for me to cook for you?"
"Okay, good." He Chen'an was overjoyed and hurriedly ran behind the stove, grabbed a handful of straw and stuffed it into the stove hole, lit it with a match, and then used fire tongs to stuff leaves into the stove hole.
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