Chen Xianghong didn't take to heart what Yu Hongzhen said last night, but she was upset today and didn't know what to do about Yu's parents.
She wiped the slightly dirty counter while the place was quiet, her mind preoccupied. She didn't know who to tell about this private matter. Her mother wasn't around, and if she wanted to send a letter, she had to wait until after work. Her mood was so complicated yesterday that she didn't even know what to write.
If Mom were here, what would she do? Chen Xianghong couldn't help but think of Old Lady Xia's usual style. If it were her, Uncle Yu and the others would probably have been scratched in the face last night.
Her mother never suffers any loss.
Last night, Yu Hongzhen not only told her about the marriage, but also about Yu Qingqing. Since she was taken home, she has been living a very bad life and her mental state is also very bad. Yu's parents have not taken care of her at all. They just treat her as a decoration at home and don't allow her to go out and talk to others.
She didn't eat well and no one cared about her. Even a normal person would go crazy after such a long time. Yu Hongzhen always wanted to take her to live with him, but her parents disagreed. They said that if she was taken to his place, it would mean that they couldn't take good care of Yu Qingqing, which would affect their image.
For the sake of image, a daughter can be sacrificed. Yu Hongzhen has been holding it in his heart for a long time. He dared not confront his parents, for fear that they would become desperate and make Yu Qingqing disappear. By then, there would be no evidence. They would use their previous reputation to pretend to be pitiful, and he might not be able to win them over in the end.
Yu Hongzhen has wondered more than once why he has such parents.
Sometimes, he would daydream, for example, they would just die, but how could such a good thing happen in the world? Would anyone die just by wanting him to?
Chen Xianghong was absent-minded, tidying the shelves with her back to the counter, and she didn't notice at all that Yu's mother, who was pretending to be aggrieved last night, was standing in front of her counter with a girl on her arm.
"Knock, knock, knock," Yu's mother knocked on the counter impatiently.
Chen Xianghong reacted, turned around and asked, "What are you buying...Auntie?"
Yu's mother: "Is this how you work? You don't even know how to greet customers when they come. Your work attitude is not positive at all."
Chen Xianghong asked unhappily, "What do you want?"
Yu's mother: "I'm talking about your work attitude now!"
Chen Xianghong: "Are you my leader? What right do you have to criticize me?"
Yu's mother raised her voice, "You... our society is progressing so slowly because of parasites like you who fish for three days and slack off for two days."
Customers and colleagues at other counters looked over and shook their heads, thinking that this was another troublemaker. They didn't think that the apprentice taught by Sister Sun would be easy to mess with.
While they were selling things, they were secretly watching the fun over here. They loved to see these trouble-making customers get humiliated.
Chen Xianghong: "You say our society is progressing slowly? Do you look down on our current society? Do you look down on me, a salesperson?"
Yu's mother: Why are you slandering me again like you did last night?
Before Yu's mother could say anything, the girl next to her said in a contemptuous tone, "Auntie, stop talking nonsense with her. There's nothing to talk to her about. Let's go!"
Chen Xianghong suddenly said loudly, "Oh, you look like a decent person, but why do you always find fault with me for not having money to buy things? You look up to me all the time, and you don't know what nobility is. What are you pretending to be?"
The girl who was about to leave with Yu's mother immediately felt embarrassed and angry. What was this man saying? Couldn't he see what material the clothes she was wearing were made of? How could he say that she was pretending?
"You...give me a portion of everything on your counter."
Now it was Chen Xianghong's turn to be upset. "Did you bring enough tickets?"
The girl yelled, "Of course it's enough. I'm not like you."
Chen Xianghong: "I need a lot of candy coupons here. If I pack them for you and you can't take out the coupons, wouldn't that be a waste of my oil paper?"
The girl began to take the tickets out of her pocket angrily, but as soon as she reached in and touched a few tickets, she suddenly realized that something was wrong. Her tickets were in another piece of clothing, and this piece of clothing only had a few cloth tickets. Her face suddenly turned red.
Yu's mother reacted and started looking for tickets, but who normally would bring so many candy tickets to buy candy? The two of them together didn't have any tickets.
Seeing the line forming behind her, Chen Xianghong immediately shouted, "Why are you here to buy candy without a ticket? And you want one of each kind? You call me a parasite, but I think you are the parasites, wasting public resources."
Yu's mother: "You...we just forgot to bring our tickets. We..."
Chen Xianghong waved her hand: "Alright, alright, there's a line behind you. If you don't want to buy, just move aside. I've seen people like you many times."
The people listening nearby and those waiting in line behind her burst out laughing. Yu's mother felt she had never been so embarrassed in her life. In a fit of rage, she suddenly abandoned the girl and ran off.
The girl stared blankly at the people around her laughing, and finally couldn't help but run away.
I could hear people booing behind me, and I had no idea what they were so happy about.
Chen Xianghong originally respected them, but since she heard that they could even abuse their daughter, she was ready to break off relations with them. Her mother was never afraid of breaking off relations with others, and as her daughter, Chen Xianghong thought she had the courage to do so.
In the evening, during her lunch break, she sent a letter to Old Lady Xia, explaining the situation at the Yu family. She knew that after sending this letter, her mother would definitely be even more against her being with Yu Hongzhen. This family was so terrifying, her mother wouldn't just watch her walk into a den of wolves.
Chen Xianghong was also in a state of confusion. Yu Hongzhen was truly a good person, completely different from his parents. But accepting him meant accepting a whole family: his parents were difficult to get along with, his sister had mental problems, and he was in the army, often on missions. She had to face the entire family on her own.
She felt that she was not such a strong person. She wanted a simple life, not such ups and downs.
If... she went back home, she would not be willing to do so. After seeing the prosperity here, she was a little reluctant to go back home to find a job and then find a husband to get married.
Deep down, she still couldn't bear to part with Yu Hongzhen. She felt sorry for him and also for Yu Zhiqing. She felt that separating from Yu Hongzhen like this would be irresponsible to her relationship and an escape from difficulties. Love shouldn't be like this.
She should accept everything about him and face the suffering with him.
But...Chen Xianghong felt that she was still selfish at heart, so she retreated a little.
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