At that time, she hated Li Heng, and also hated Qin Chuan. She thought that she would get out of this mountain and would not be trapped here forever. So she decisively gave up Qin Chuan and agreed to Li Heng's conditions.
Memories flooded back, leaving her with endless regrets. If she had known this would happen, she wouldn't have done it in the first place.
If she had known that Qin Chuan was a potential stock, she would never let him go no matter what.
"What's your relationship with Qin Chuan? Why do you want to meddle in his business?"
"friend."
"Friend?" Ye Ziqiu sneered twice, then said, "There's no need to protect ordinary friends. Stop lying to me. Qin Chuan is a fool who can be deceived by you, but I'm not."
"That's why I told you to stay away from him. You're such an ungrateful, selfish bitch, you deserve to rot out here. How dare you come back and bully your fellow villagers?"
"What did you say?" Ye Ziqiu yelled angrily. No one had ever dared to point at her and call her a bitch. She accepted it when her family called her a bitch, but she never expected that a random passerby would dare to call her a bitch. Ye Ziqiu shouted angrily, "Do you have the guts to say that again?"
"I say, a woman like you who doesn't know how to live or die and has such a cruel heart shouldn't live in this world. I regret saving you. If I had known this would happen, I should have let you fall off the rooftop."
Xu Jing's words were like a spell engraved into the dark world of her heart, and Ye Ziqiu's anger also found a source to vent. She subconsciously wanted to tear his mouth apart but was stopped by him.
"Ye Ziqiu, the most valuable thing in life is self-knowledge. No one can stop the path you choose, but no one will always accommodate you. Look at your parents and your neighbors; each of them is a stepping stone for you. You say you're going to college for them, but why is it that you're the only one who benefits?"
Xu Jing's words were more venomous than a knife, stinging Ye Ziqiu's heart, liver, spleen, and lungs. She angrily said, "You're talking nonsense. Isn't it the parents' job to raise their children? Is it my fault that they didn't create favorable conditions for me? You have no idea what I've been through, how dare you criticize me? Because you're a man, you didn't have to make any effort, you could just sit back and reap the rewards. So you have the nerve to criticize me, right?"
"You were raised by your sisters. Even if the conditions were not good, did you lack food and clothing? You don't have to worry about having enough to eat, but I do. My peers wear half-worn clothes, while I wear clothes my mother picked up from rags. Only my brother eats at the table, not me. I always eat on a small stool. Even so, whenever something happens to my brother, I am the one he blames. I was the one who led my brother astray. In such a suffocating family, you tell me they indulge me. How have they treated me well?"
"Have your parents left you without food and clothing? Weren't the clothes your brother was wearing picked up from the garbage dump? When your father beat you just now, wasn't it your mother who spoke up for you?"
"They should be nice to me. I am the eldest and also a child. Why do they stop me from going to school and make me work?" Ye Ziqiu started to cry while laughing.
"You may not know this, but my father plans to sell me to an old bachelor in the village because he can afford the bride price. He can use the bride price to improve his family. What do you want me to do with such a man?"
"No matter how cold you are, you shouldn't use other people's blood to warm yourself. What does Qin Chuan owe you that you should ask him to support you for three years of high school? It's not enough that he supported you, even after he became successful, you still miss him. Are you happy just because you transfer the misfortune of your original family to him?"
"Shut up." Ye Ziqiu said coldly, "You have no right to criticize me, nor do you have the right to teach me. Qin Chuan is my childhood sweetheart. Our relationship is deeper than yours. It's only natural for him to support me."
It's just as natural as the man having to support the family after a couple gets married.
The traditional custom in Xiaoguang County is that after a couple gets married, the man is responsible for supporting the family and the woman is responsible for taking care of the family and raising children.
Ye Ziqiu treated Qin Chuan as his childhood sweetheart, and felt it was natural for him to support him.
"Aren't you ashamed of relying on a man for support when you have hands and feet?"
"Isn't it natural for men to support women?" Ye Ziqiu said, "Women bear children for men and provide for a large family. You men don't see the hard work they put in. So you get angry when I ask you for some money? It's no wonder no woman wants to be with you, a stingy man."
"Why are you still living in the Qing Dynasty? Since you want to be supported by a man, shouldn't you follow the Three Obediences and Four Virtues? What kind of society are we in now? Women can go to college, work, and earn money. Why do you throw the responsibility to men when it comes time to shoulder obligations? Then why did you go to college? Wouldn't it be better for you to just listen to your father and get married early?"
Ye Ziqiu angrily said, "What good stuff is there in the countryside? How much money can they make? Getting married is a woman's second life. If I marry a rich second-generation man, I can save thirty years of hard work and even change my next generation. It's a very small price to pay to get more. Do you think it's worth it?"
It's quite a good deal. Feelings can be bought and sold like money, so how can it not be a good deal?
"I don't like Qin Chuan, but I like the money he has. Am I right?" Xu Jing sneered, "You're playing around with so many people, and you think you're right?"
"You men are allowed to be fickle, but women are not allowed to pursue true love?"
"No, you're insulting true love by saying that. You're just looking for a better partner while you can't."
"What's it to you if I'm looking for a better partner?" Ye Ziqiu said confidently, "Qin Chuan and I have the best relationship. He will tolerate me without reservation and do anything for me. The relationship between us is definitely not something you, an outsider, can break up."
"Zi Qiu." Ye Ziqiu turned around and saw Qin Chuan slowly approaching. Seeing his dull eyes, Ye Ziqiu stopped talking. "It was all Li Heng, that bastard, who misled me. It was all his fault."
Qin Chuan asked, "What do I owe you?"
"I..." In front of Qin Chuan, Ye Ziqiu thought for a moment and said, "Qin Chuan, you should know that you and I have a special relationship. I..."
"Tell me, what do I owe you?"
His sudden loud voice frightened Ye Ziqiu so much that she almost lost her soul. She subconsciously said, "Why are you shouting so loudly? Didn't I say nice things to you? Every time you gave me money, didn't I put in the corresponding work?"
"So that's how you think of me."
"Yes." Ye Ziqiu also encouraged himself and continued, "You know I never owe you anything. I also provided you with services. Don't you like my contact and closeness?"
"You mean you're nice to me because I can provide you with money?"
"What else?" Having already torn the skin between them, Ye Ziqiu was too lazy to pretend. "You are an idiot. Do you think you are worthy of me?"
This is the truth hidden in her heart. The truth is much more unpleasant than a lie.
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