Chapter 92: Flowers in Full Bloom, Fire and Oil in Flames
"He can provide me with a good material life. I won't be subjected to cold violence, domestic violence, infidelity, or other such messes. I don't even need to have children. I just need to remain a widow for him and be buried together after death. Isn't that good?"
Shi Yu didn't want to answer this question about values.
There is no right or wrong in thinking.
After all, Xiaoyu just wants to live the life she wants. She is willing to pay the price to live such a life, and she will not hurt others because of her desires.
In a way, she even saved Mingyue's life.
If it weren't for Xiaoyu holding her back, Mingyue might not have been able to make it to the day when she could connect with Shiyu.
[Actually... everyone yearns for a different life. Xiaoyu didn't hurt anyone, so she can't be considered wrong, right?]
Is the person above crazy?! Wake up, please. That's a dead person. How can a family that allows their dead son to marry a wife be considered a normal family? If she really did that, she would be harming herself.
So what? She's a human being. She's not even going to choose to marry a dead person. Even if she chooses to commit suicide, she's still entitled to die.
Xiaoyu does have the power to decide her own life and death, but we can't think that this is the right thing to do. Have you heard of the Werther Effect?
[Get out of the way! Popular science is coming!]
The Werther effect is a psychological phenomenon in which media coverage of a high-profile suicide may trigger an increase in suicides elsewhere.
This phenomenon is named after Goethe's novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther". The suicide plot of the protagonist Werther in the book is considered to have the spirit of the times and universal enlightenment significance.
In some cases, suicidal behavior can be imitated and contagious.
It's the 21st century now, but there are still people who think livestreaming isn't considered public media, right?
Shi Yu saw this comment, looked up at his audience number which had already exceeded one million, and silently withdrew his gaze, "Xiao Yu, do you want to hear about your future?"
"Although you're not my patron saint, well... just consider it a gift from me." Shi Yu tilted his head slightly, making his gaze seem gentle. "Are you interested?"
Xiaoyu stopped crying. She understood what those people in the barrage were saying, but she didn't understand what Shiyu meant for a moment.
Subconsciously, I responded, "No thanks."
"Host, can you believe that even in this day and age, there are still families that don't have enough to eat?" Xiaoyu sniffed. "I have three older sisters, a younger sister, two younger brothers, plus my parents and grandmother, making a total of ten people in my family. But as far as I can remember, I never lived in a house before I started high school."
"We are a family of ten and have been living in two tricycles with carriages, all the time!"
Xiaoyu emphasized the last two words. "When I was in high school, a classmate of mine cried every night because the dormitory environment was bad. He was so upset that he cried for a month at night."
"But I don't think the dormitory is bad at all. On the contrary, it's like heaven to me! I have my own bed, I can turn over however I want, and there's even air conditioning in the summer, so I don't have to squeeze into that cramped space with my sisters!"
"I can eat meat and white rice, and all I have to do to get these is help in the school cafeteria after school every day at noon!"
Xiaoyu stopped crying as she spoke.
Seeing many comments on the barrage saying she was exaggerating, she just laughed and didn't mean to explain at all. She just kept talking to herself, "Later, I was admitted to university."
"I don't even dare to recall how I got the chance to come to this city."
Shi Yu was also silent. Xiao Yu didn't say anything, but she had seen it before.
That was a full two months. I worked in a restaurant during the day and borrowed a high school classmate's electric bike to deliver takeout at night.
During that time, Xiaoyu slept less than four hours a day, but she had to hand over half of the money she earned to her family so that she could go to college.
Even now, Xiaoyu still needs to give home half of the money she earns from working every month, in addition to saving it for tuition and daily life.
Money may not be that important to some people.
But for Xiaoyu, having money may really be more important than being alive.
"This is my own choice. I can be responsible for the choice I made, so..." Xiaoyu bit her lip and looked at Shiyu steadily, "Please save Mingyue. She is a good person and should not be implicated by this kind of thing."
"As for me, please leave me alone and let me fend for myself."
Shi Yu didn't respond to Xiao Yu's words, but just said again, "What if I must tell you about your future?"
"Please don't make fun of me. There's no future for someone like me." Xiaoyu took a deep breath. "I'd rather die surrounded by flowers and flames than live my whole life in darkness like a rat in a gutter."
"Flowers in bloom, oil boiling in a blazing fire." Shi Yu pondered the two words carefully, then laughed, "You really have chosen two very suitable adjectives for the rest of your life."
"Xiaoyu, have you ever thought that you grew up in such an environment and still managed to get into such a good university? With such ability and perseverance, you will succeed in everything you do."
"What's more." Shi Yu glanced at Mingyue, who had been silent for a long time, "You have a friend like Mingyue, so you are never alone."
Mingyue no longer dared to speak.
They have been roommates for several years, but Mingyue only knows that Xiaoyu, her best friend, comes from a poor family and has to work outside the school whenever she has some time.
Other than that, she knew nothing.
Mingyue never thought that Xiaoyu, who seemed so optimistic and calm, had such a difficult journey.
Xiaoyu is not a fool either.
Although there are some things that Shi Yu Shi cannot say actively unless Xiao Yu asks, she has already revealed a lot of information.
"Anchor, do you mean that I will have a good future?"
Shi Yu chuckled softly, "Flowers are in full bloom, and oil is boiling on a raging fire."
"Xiaoyu, let's listen!" Mingyue stepped forward and grabbed Xiaoyu's hand. She forced herself to smile, "I spent a lot of money. We can't let it go to waste, right?"
Xiaoyu was a little hesitant.
But in the end he nodded.
"In two minutes, you will receive a call saying your grandmother has passed away. This is your chance to move your household registration out and completely leave that home."
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