Ding Jian blushed, feeling extremely ashamed at being belittled by everyone.
"Liu Liu, I'm your neighbor's older brother! We've met before! My family came to your house to propose marriage..."
He deliberately withheld the results in an attempt to mislead others.
When the classmates heard that they knew each other and that a marriage proposal had been made, they were all quite incredulous.
"What? They've already proposed marriage? Wu, your family didn't keep this from you, did they?"
Wu Liu looked at his clumsy acting with sarcasm, and at this point, she finally understood.
This is a plan to solidify their relationship first, so as to further pressure her to agree!
Regardless of whether her family has mentioned the marriage proposal to her, spreading rumors is just a matter of words. Let's force her to admit it first!
After all, reputation is very important these days; messing around with women will get you arrested!
"Oh! It's you! I heard about it from my mom. But you don't need to be so ambiguous! My family has never agreed to your family's marriage proposal!"
You're a whole twelve years older than me! And you're a second-time husband who drove his first wife away—how could my family possibly approve of that?
Her words immediately provoked public outrage.
"What? Beating your wife?"
"Is it a second marriage? And he's so much older?"
"Fine, so you come to their door and force them because they don't agree? Get lost! Shameless!"
"Exactly! How shameless! They even spread rumors that he's Wu's boyfriend! So cunning and despicable!"
Ding Jian never expected that this gentle and kind woman would reveal such a ruthless side. He had thought she was easy to manipulate, but it seems he had misjudged her.
He narrowed his already small eyes dangerously.
"Liu Liu, don't be so heartless! I know my family is poorer than yours. My parents are just honest, ordinary workers, not as capable as your parents, who are both officials..."
But I really like you, and I promise I'll treat you well!
Can you please stop looking down on my family? I may be poor, but I can give you my entire salary!
The newspapers already said that people are not divided into different classes. You can't look down on ordinary workers just because your parents are officials, right? That's wrong!
His purpose in saying this was to make others think that Wu Liu's family looked down on his family because they were poor and looked down on the working class, which is a major taboo nowadays.
At this point, no one dared to say anything more. Speaking out about class conflict could get you arrested, and everyone was afraid of getting into trouble.
Wu Liu was so angry that she trembled all over. She had never seen such a shameless person!
But when she thought of the person in her heart, she clenched her teeth tightly, not letting herself show weakness.
"Don't drag me into this if you're shameless! Why can't I refuse you just because you've taken a liking to me?"
My family has officials, so what? Does being an official mean you don't have the right to choose your own life?
Does being an official mean you can't refuse unreasonable demands?
You're ugly, have violent tendencies, and are so much older than me. Why should I be interested in you?
Stop pretending! I don't even remember you. What makes you like me?
Although the others dared not say much, they all nodded in unison, silently supporting Wu Liu.
Ding Jian stopped pretending this time and shrugged indifferently.
"Fine, you won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences, huh? There's no woman I set my sights on that I can't have!"
As he said this, he gave Wu Liu a lewd look.
Wu Liu trembled. She understood what he meant.
Is he trying to force her? These days, if he ruins her reputation, she'll have no choice but to marry him!
Moreover, ruining a girl's reputation is an easy thing for people like them!
She gripped the book tightly in her hands, her mind racing as she tried to think of a solution.
"You dare! If you get any funny ideas, I'll report you!"
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