Chapter 250
"You're dreaming!" Yao Yi refused without hesitation.
Father Yao looked at Ma Yong's expression and felt that this man did not look like he was joking at all. He felt more and more weird and uncomfortable.
"You've called my kindness a bad one. You've ruined my reputation, so of course you have to take responsibility for me. Anyway, you said I humiliated you, so I'm responsible for you, and you're responsible for me. The result is the same." Ma Yong said with a slick smile, "I'll go to your house tomorrow to propose marriage!"
He tugged at the wet clothes that were sticking to his body and walked away in a frivolous manner.
The onlookers looked at each other, all confused by this development.
"Yao Yi, did that young comrade really humiliate you?" Aunt Liang said, "I saw you two were quite close when he rescued you. But the young comrade was saving someone, after all. How could he have rescued you if he hadn't held you tighter?"
"He just humiliated me!" Yao Yi yelled angrily.
"This..." Aunt Liang looked embarrassed. "But Comrade Ren Xiao doesn't admit it. You were almost unconscious at the time. He really did touch you inappropriately. Could you feel it? Or were you hallucinating?"
"Aunt, I'm divorced, but I'm not short of men! I can't tell what is reality and what is illusion!" Yao Yi glared at Aunt Liang with gritted teeth.
"Okay, you're all wet and frightened. Don't let the wind blow on you or you'll catch a cold. Let's go back quickly." Father Yao interrupted the argument between Yao Yi and Aunt Liang at the right time and changed the subject.
The next morning, Ma Yong really brought his mother to propose marriage.
Ma's mother said in a serious tone, "I heard everything about what happened yesterday from Ma Yong. My Ma Yong did save your daughter, so he did a good deed. But your daughter actually insulted Ma Yong's reputation like that. Then she must take responsibility for Ma Yong and marry him."
Before Aunt Xie could say anything, Yao Yi spoke angrily.
"I didn't report him to the police and sent him to the police station. I already gave him a break! And he dared me to marry him? Is that the way he is?"
"Go ahead and report it! Go report it to the police right now. Let's see if the police will side with you or with my Ma Yong!" Ma's mother stood up and said arrogantly, "He saved your life, and the police dare to say he didn't do a good job? You say my Ma Yong humiliated you, but who can testify for you? But you slandered Ma Yong, and so many people here heard it. We can go to the police and sue you!"
Ma's mother and Yao Yi glared at each other, and Yao Yi was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Aunt Xie knew from the way Ma's mother acted that she was not to be trifled with. Furthermore, Ma's mother had a point. Yao Yi claimed Ma Yong had humiliated her, but no one could testify against her. But if Ma Yong really went to the police and sued Yao Yi for defamation, there would be plenty of people who could testify.
"Sister-in-law," Aunt Xie said with an apologetic smile, "Yiyi was just frightened yesterday and is still a little confused. Don't bother with her. My husband and I were planning to go to your house at noon today to thank Ma Yong for saving Yiyi and apologize to him. I didn't expect you to come here first."
Seeing that Aunt Xie's attitude was quite good, Ma's mother snorted coldly and said, "No need to thank me, no need to apologize, just settle the marriages of the two children."
Yao Yi was about to explode when Aunt Xie secretly held her back and said to Ma's mother with a smile, "Our Yi Yi really doesn't need Ma Yong to be responsible. The two children aren't even that familiar with each other, so how can we just get married like that?"
"Sister-in-law, don't act like that in front of me. What's Yao Yi's situation? We live just a few blocks apart. Do you think I don't know?" Ma's mother sneered, "In the past few months, you have arranged so many blind dates for her. Which one did she like? And which one did she like? Our Ma Yong is getting married for the first time, and she's getting married for the second time. What right does she have to be picky? She doesn't have a job, and if she can't find someone to marry, she'll have to go back to the countryside. It's her blessing that Ma Yong is willing to marry her."
Yao Yi was so angry that she was about to jump up and down. Aunt Xie could no longer pretend and said in a colder tone, "No matter how bad my Yi Yi is, she will never marry just anyone."
Yao Yi frowned and nodded rapidly.
Aunt Xie had already inquired about this this morning. Ma Yong was a street urchin, idle and unemployed, hanging out with a bunch of bad friends. Because Ma Yong was the only child in the Ma family, they had doted on him since he was a child, which is why he was so spoiled. It was also because he was the only son in the family that Ma Yong didn't have to go to the countryside.
Ma's mother sneered, "Sister-in-law, you don't understand the situation! Now it's not a question of whether your daughter Yiyi is willing or not, but she has slandered my daughter Ma Yong's reputation. We demand that she be held responsible for Ma Yong. And the story of Ma Yong saving Yao Yi yesterday has spread to several streets. Rescuing someone is bound to involve physical contact. But the onlookers don't care about that. You don't know what people are saying about Yao Yi and Ma Yong behind their backs, do you? Your daughter Yao Yi's reputation is already bad, and after what happened yesterday, do you think there are still gay men willing to marry her?"
Yao Yi and Aunt Xie's faces turned pale and blue.
They did hear some rumors that when Ma Yong rescued Yao Yi last night, the two of them hugged each other very tightly, something that even serious people wouldn't dare to do.
Although everyone knew that in such an emergency situation, where someone had to be pulled out of the water, physical contact was inevitable, it didn't stop everyone from thinking the two people were excessively physical. If they weren't saving someone, they could be charged with hooliganism.
Ma's mother glanced proudly at Yao Yi and Aunt Xie's faces and placed the thirty yuan in the red envelope on the table. "This is our Ma family's betrothal gift. After all, it's a second marriage, and we're saving Yao Yi from going to the countryside. With this amount, you should be content."
"I'll keep this betrothal gift with you for now. If you think there are other gay men who dare to marry Yao Yi, you can go and ask them for help. When the time comes, you will naturally accept my family's betrothal gift and let the two children get married."
Ma's mother said this with confidence and left with Ma Yong.
Before Ma Yong left, he threw a coquettish glance at Yao Yi, which made Yao Yi so angry that her whole body started shaking.
After leaving the compound, Ma Yong gave his mother a thumbs-up: "Mom, you're awesome!"
Ma's mother was very proud: "Given their situation, they are no match for me. But you, why do you want to find a lesbian like this? You are at least a first marriage, while Yao Yi is a second marriage that no man wants!"
"You know your son's conditions very well. Which girl from a good family would dare to marry me? Although Yao Yi has a bad temper and is a second-marriage, she looks just like me! If I hadn't been strolling by the river last night and saw her jump into the river with my own eyes, and I hadn't been the first to jump in to save her, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly." Ma Yong said.
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