Han Ming took a sip of rice wine, frowned, looked at Zhou Yuan again, and said:
"Alright, Zhou Yuan, is that so? If you consider the people at this table as friends today, then tell them what's wrong with you, and we'll all help you figure things out and come up with some ideas."
If you're going to keep crying like this, then no one can help you. Remember, this might be your last chance!
These words, though spoken with a hint of domineering arrogance, were taken by the girls as Han Ming trying to persuade Zhou Yuan.
But these words had a different meaning in Liang Qi's mind, especially in Zhou Yuan's.
Liang Qi thought that Han Ming was willing to help Zhou Yuan and solve the difficulties she might be facing.
But in Zhou Yuan's heart, Han Ming's words were like a ray of dawn suddenly breaking through a sky full of dark clouds.
Of the people present, only Liang Qi's brother knew that he had spent the afternoon with Du Yan.
Just from the fact that he could decide to buy a luxury car worth millions in just a few minutes, you can tell that Han Ming must be a rich and powerful person.
Such a person must be intelligent and able to guess their current situation.
Especially his last sentence, "the last chance," what does that mean?
Zhou Yuan felt that this meant that as long as she talked about the difficulties she was facing, he might help her.
For someone drowning, even a straw is seen as hope. After hearing Han Ming's words, Zhou Yuan also believed that this was her last hope.
If Han Ming is willing to help him, this may truly be his last hope.
Whether to submit to the disgusting Du Yan or accept the help of her roommate's older brother, this choice should be very easy to make.
Seeing that his words had finally persuaded Zhou Yuan and that the girl had stopped crying, Han Ming began to slowly recount her story.
It turns out that Zhou Yuan was born in a small mountain town in a central-western province. To say that her family was so poor that they used the sky as their blanket and the ground as their mat wouldn't be an exaggeration.
However, it is an undeniable fact that the region was originally an underdeveloped economic area and that people lived a hard life.
This girl has both parents and grandparents. Including her older brother who is a few years older than her, there are six people in her family.
These two siblings are quite promising; they've always had excellent grades since they were young.
However, for poor families, even good grades from their children can be a heavy burden.
Zhou Yuan's parents worked away from home to earn money when she was young, and most of their earnings went to support their two children's schooling.
After raising them with great difficulty, Zhou Yuan's brother was finally admitted to a prestigious university with excellent grades.
Misfortune began to befall this already unhappy family.
Zhou Yuan remembers that she had just entered the third year of junior high school when her brother's university admission notice was sent home, and she was happy for him.
She secretly hoped that she could be like her brother, get into a good university, and earn money to support her family, so that her parents wouldn't have so much pressure.
Going to university in an economically developed region involves a hefty tuition and living expenses, which can be quite substantial.
To raise enough money for his son's school fees, Zhou Yuan's father worked even harder at the construction site.
During the height of summer, construction sites are supposed to avoid peak hours, partly to prevent workers from suffering heatstroke in the sweltering heat.
But Zhou Yuan's father was anxious about his son's tuition fees, so despite his coworkers' advice, he worked on the construction site under the scorching sun.
Whether it was anxiety or the heat, Lao Zhou felt dizzy after working for a while and staggered down from the 5th floor.
Upon seeing this, his coworkers rushed over to check on him. Fortunately, he was cushioned by some scaffolding below when he fell, and his life was saved.
However, his left leg landed directly on a steel bar on the ground, resulting in a comminuted fracture of his leg bone and half of his pelvis.
After receiving treatment at the hospital, although amputation was not necessary, the left leg will be severely impaired from now on.
As a result, Zhou Yuan's father became a disabled person with a limp, although the foreman at the construction site took pity on him and paid for his medical expenses.
But this delay not only meant that they couldn't raise enough money for their son's tuition, but it also created problems for the whole family's livelihood.
Zhou Yuan's mother works as a laborer on construction sites and doesn't earn much. How can she support such a large family?
After learning about their father's accident, Zhou Yuan's brother looked around and saw that he had a younger sister who was still in school.
Although I was extremely sad, I still gritted my teeth and gave up my admission to a prestigious university, and instead went to a regular junior college.
Because of his excellent college entrance examination scores, the junior college offered him a good scholarship, which finally solved their biggest problem.
Later on, Zhou Yuan's older brother worked part-time while studying to earn money to help support the family.
Zhou Yuan's living expenses have always been paid by her brother, and the more he does this, the sadder Zhou Yuan feels.
Zhou Yuan, who always thought that she could go out to work and help her brother earn money after graduating in two more years, received another call from her father some time ago.
The mother was said to have unfortunately fallen ill, and after a hospital examination, the situation was not optimistic. The treatment would cost an astronomical sum.
As for what happened next, such as when she had no other choice but to become a kept woman, Zhou Yuan was too embarrassed to say it in front of so many people present. Anyway, it was enough for Han Ming to know.
Han Ming listened to the story from beginning to end; it was a rather old-fashioned tale.
Impoverished families are basically crippled when something happens, so it's no wonder that Zhou Yuan thought of marrying a rich man as a last resort; she probably had no other choice.
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