Hu Yuxuan couldn't help but speak: "My parents have already explained this to you. It's a tradition and a respectable thing to do. We have to do this to give you and your family face, so that you can marry in style."
Yaxian clenched her hands under the table, and thanked herself again in her heart for leaving this family that made her irritated.
"Yes, your family wants to be respectable and traditional, so you contacted my parents without my consent. You also said that this matter does not require my consent and is a matter between both parents."
"Oh."
"No matter what I said or asked, the answers you gave me were words like tradition, decency, and respect for me and my parents."
"So, I found that I couldn't hear any truth when I was at your house."
"I told you my parents treated me like a commodity from a young age. It took me more than a decade to escape from my family of origin and cut off all ties with those people."
"But what about you?"
"You took the initiative to help my parents complete a deal they had always dreamed of, and no one cared about my feelings!"
"I came out of that disgusting family of mine just to tell myself that I am a living person, not a tool."
"I want someone to love me sincerely and treat me well. I also want to love others sincerely. I've come this far with wounds all over my body. Tell me, how can I go back?!"
Hu Yuxuan was a little annoyed. He didn't understand why Yaxian was so extreme.
"Yaxian, I know you hate your parents, but we didn't try to persuade you to reconcile with them, did we?"
"My parents did this to clear all obstacles for us to have a wedding. This way, we can all go through the process in a decent manner. Why do you have to create obstacles?"
"Why do you have to be so awkward?!"
Yaxian looked at Hu Yuxuan blankly. He had said this to her on the day they broke up.
Unexpectedly, she heard these words again today.
"Yeah, why?"
Yaxian suddenly felt an unprecedented loneliness, as if it was about to drown her.
"Why do I feel so awkward and hate them so much? Didn't I tell you everything?"
Before Hu Yuxuan could speak, Yaxian muttered to herself.
"Have you ever seen parents keep accounts for their children? My parents have a box on their bedside table. Inside the notebook is a clear record of every penny spent on me since I was born."
"From small things like a 20-cent popsicle to big things like a semester's tuition and living expenses, I remember everything clearly."
"My clothes and daily necessities are all bought by my mother so that she can keep track of the money."
"I discovered their account book when I was in high school. The funny thing is, I was already sixteen years old at the time, and the total amount of money they spent on me was only a little over 40,000 yuan."
"Why did you find out?"
"That's because after I entered high school, they stopped giving me tuition and living expenses. My family isn't poor, but they just won't give me anything."
"Only when I beg them on my knees, crying and giving up all my dignity, will they give me tuition and a little living expenses."
"At that time, I considered whether to sell it, because I realized that the money I could earn from selling it was more than my monthly living expenses, and it was more dignified."
"But I don't want to go to that point where I can only kneel down and beg them every semester to give me tuition and living expenses."
"There were many, many excessive things. For example, after I finished the college entrance examination, they told me to find a job as soon as possible and pay back the money they had spent on me."
"I was admitted to a good university, but because it was far from home, they tried every means to stop me from going. They even wanted to tear up my admission letter. I had no choice but to flee home overnight with my ID card and household registration booklet."
"My university tuition and living expenses were covered by applying for national student loans and studying hard to get scholarships."
Most netizens feel heavy-hearted because there are more than one person like Yaxian.
So they suddenly understood why Yaxian broke off the engagement.
Yaxian looked at the camera and gave a heart-wrenching smile.
"Master Jiang, I don't want to know how his parents found my parents. After all, his family's resources are not comparable to mine."
"I respect his parents very much. I don't want them to be bothered by my difficult parents, so I opened my heart and told them about my experiences and mental journey since I was a child."
"I've never told anyone about those things except their family. I really feel I'm being sincere and willing to tell them my situation without reservation."
"I thought they were all intellectuals and respectable people, and they would understand me. But they ended up doing what they thought was the most respectable thing."
"Whether they were kind-hearted or not, their actions hurt me and made me feel like I was a tool, not a person."
"That's why I chose to break up with him."
After Yaxian finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Tang quietly.
Hu Yuxuan knew that if he said more at this time, he would only make more mistakes, so he just looked at Jiang Tang quietly.
"In the final analysis, it was your family's disrespect for Yaxian that led to her breaking up with you, Hu Yuxuan. Do you think I'm right?"
Hu Yuxuan quickly shook his head in denial: "Of course not!"
"There's nothing in our family that disrespects Yaxian. Although it was a bit inappropriate to contact her parents without her consent, I've apologized to her."
"But she keeps on pestering me. What can I do?"
Jiang Tang sneered: "Don't tell me anything else, your family just doesn't respect her, there's no way to wash it off."
"After Yaxian expressed her opinions time and again, you still did the thing she disliked the most behind her back, and even then, you expected Yaxian to accept the consequences."
"It's understandable that you have more things you want to do to control Yaxian after your marriage, and now you are just testing her."
"Your family is extremely controlling and doesn't understand what people say. You don't consider Yaxian's feelings. I can only say that Yaxian made a good decision."
Jiang Tang's words made Yaxian burst into tears.
"They're not doing this for my own good. They're giving my parents money, so if anything goes wrong in the future, I'll be the only one who has to pay the price."
"In his family's eyes, their focus is to tell everyone that they have married a daughter-in-law. No, they should tell everyone that they have bought a daughter-in-law, not to hope that the young couple will be happy."
"If I accept everything this time, then after marriage, childbirth, feeding and education, and even our life together, I will have to follow their way."
"After all, my parents accepted the betrothal gift they offered me. In their eyes, I am just an object, not a person with thoughts."
Netizens were simply stunned by Yaxian’s sober appearance.
It’s rare to see such a clear-headed girl. I really need to learn from her!
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