"Wei Deng, what do you mean? Just because I want your mother to help us take care of our children in the future, you want to break up with me?"
Since the day he broke up with Mo Ru, Wei Deng had blocked Mo Ru's contact information. Unexpectedly, Mo Ru came directly to his workplace to confront him.
"I really didn't expect you to be a mama's boy. Are my demands too much? I accept that your mother won't help with the child; I can take care of him myself. But you can't expect me and the child to starve at home, can you? Shouldn't I keep all the profits from your shop?"
Because of Mo Ru's commotion, more and more people gathered around to watch, which even affected the store's business. After signaling to the manager, Wei Deng pulled Mo Ru out with a dark face.
"Mo Ru, this is a restaurant, not a place where you can act recklessly."
"I'm being ridiculous. You were the one who pursued me first, and now you're so heartless as to break up with me. Can't I even ask you for an explanation?"
"What kind of explanation do you want? Falling in love and breaking up are normal human experiences. You can't say that just because you've been in a relationship, you have to be responsible for someone forever. Mo Ru, I don't owe you anything."
"You don't owe me anything?" Mo Ru's voice was sharp. "You wasted a whole year of my youth! Do you have another woman, so you're using such a ridiculous excuse to break up with me?"
"You think my reasons for breaking up are absurd?" Weiden didn't even know he could be so emotionally stable. After making that decision, he didn't feel anything was wrong.
“Mo Ru, I’m talking to you about those things very seriously. My mother has had a hard life, so she deserves to have her own life when she gets old. I can’t ask her to sacrifice her whole life for me, and I can’t stop taking care of her in her old age just because I’m married and no longer support her. One generation should take care of the next. I can’t be too selfish. So the future wife I want should have the same thoughts as me.”
"Just because of this?" Mo Ru questioned sharply. "But which elderly person doesn't help their younger generation these days? Your mother didn't raise me. If she doesn't help me after we get married, why should I take care of her in her old age?"
“I didn’t say that I would ask my future wife to support my mother in her old age. My mother probably doesn’t need it. But my future wife can’t make demands on my mother, do you understand? Life is for young people to live, and they shouldn’t hold their elders hostage.”
"Weiden, you're ridiculous! What kind of wealthy family do you come from? If you don't need your elders to help you, do you know how many more years you'll have to work hard? With a mindset like that, you'll never be able to get a wife."
Weiden's expression remained calm: "So I can't give you what you want. It's better for everyone if we break up sooner rather than later. If I can't marry someone who shares my values in the future, then I don't care if I stay single for the rest of my life."
Mo Ru was speechless for a moment; she hadn't expected Wei Deng to be so insistent.
“You’re the only male in your family. Do you think your mother would allow you to be single? Wei Deng, just admit it. You’re tired of me and want to find someone else.”
"What era are we living in? My mom no longer has the idea of favoring boys over girls. Mo Ru, why can't you sometimes think about others? I know you. Even if my mom gave us everything, you wouldn't be very polite or filial to her. You can only take, not give. Have you ever thought about why people who spend a lot of time with you eventually drift away from you?"
Wei Deng didn't want to say such hurtful things, but seeing Mo Ru's eyes, he realized she wasn't going to give up easily, so he sighed and said, "Even your own mother, isn't she contacting you less and less often? Mo Ru, I beg you to think about others too. Not everyone who's connected to you should indulge you without limits."
Mo Ru's eyes immediately reddened, and Wei Deng, feeling sorry for her, continued to patiently persuade her: "Mo Ru, caring for people can't just be about words and text messages. You may not even realize it, but all the decisions you make are for your own good, without ever thinking about how others will feel. Although selfishness isn't inherently bad, it will push those around you further and further away. If you don't ask anything of others, that's fine, but if you do, change yourself first. Stop thinking about whether you'll lose money in everything."
"So it's because I asked you for a Valentine's Day gift, and I didn't prepare one for you?"
After all that talk, Mo Ru had come to this conclusion, and Wei Deng fell silent.
"If that's what you think, I have nothing to say, Mo Ru. All I can say is that I won't unconditionally satisfy you. I'm not your Mr. Right, so breaking up is the best choice."
"You think you can just dump me after using me? Wei Deng, do you think things are that easy? You've said so much to criticize me, do you think you're some kind of exceptional person? Aren't you just as much of a leech off your family? What right do you have to talk to me? You've only worked a few days and you think you're so ambitious?"
Wei Deng's expression gradually turned cold: "Mo Ru, first of all, let me correct you. Dating is a matter of mutual consent. There is no question of who takes advantage of whom. If we really want to calculate, I've been the one paying for everything during this year of dating. We haven't even slept together. Also, because I'm not a particularly outstanding person, we shouldn't be together and harm our loved ones. That's it. I don't want to say anything more."
Seeing him leave so heartlessly, Mo Ru shouted after him, "Wei Deng! I didn't agree to break up, you can't just walk away like that!"
Wei Deng ignored her. This time, the restaurant was prepared, and Mo Ru couldn't just enter. Moreover, the mall security guards came over because of her actions, so Mo Ru could only leave angrily.
But instead of going home, she took a taxi directly to Song Xia's place. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Wei Deng's family must have said something to break up with her, and she had to go to Wei Deng's mother to find out the truth.
She asked why Wei Deng never introduced her to his parents after dating for a year. Maybe it was because Wei Deng's mother disapproved. "So what if he opened a popular snack shop? Is that all it took to get him? And he looks down on me?"
Song Xia was clearly unprepared for Mo Ru's visit; the two had actually broken up.
"Stop pretending to be shocked. It must have been your persuasion, otherwise Wei Deng wouldn't have broken up with me," Mo Ru accused loudly. "What kind of elder are you? Saying you won't help your son and daughter-in-law in the future? How can you be such a person? Just because you own a shop, you think you're so great?"
Song Xia said calmly, "Student Mo, if you have any questions, please go outside and talk. Don't disturb the customers' meal."
Mo Ru raised her chin: "What, you feel ashamed too? I'm going to show everyone just how awful you are."
Song Xia looked at her indifferently: "I have no say in what you and my son Wei Deng do, and I will not interfere. What happens to you in the future is none of my business. But what you've done today is disturbing my business. Mo, if you don't leave, I will call the police."
Mo Ru's expression changed, clearly unsure whether what she said was true or false.
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