Zhou Jiadong immediately shook his head, "No, I... I won't go..."
This time, Zhong Xiaolan was stunned. "You...you don't want to go? What are we going to do then? Don't you want me anymore? Aren't you going to care about me? Are you going to just watch me marry another man?"
As she spoke, large tears streamed down her face.
But this time, Zhou Jiadong remained unmoved by her tears. "Xiao Lan, I'm sorry..."
He wanted to be with her, he wanted to marry her, and he didn't want to see her marry another man, but he really had no choice!
He couldn't possibly sever ties with his family for her, much less elope with her or risk going to Dongguan Province. The farthest he'd ever been was a county town; he'd never even been to a city. How could he dare go to such a distant place as Dongguan Province?
He dared not, and did not want to, go.
"How could you do this? Didn't you say you'd listen to me no matter what? Why don't you come to Dongguan with me?" Zhong Xiaolan's heart sank when she saw Zhou Jiadong like this, and she unconsciously tightened her grip on his hand.
Zhou Jiadong didn't dare look Zhong Xiaolan in the eyes, "I'm sorry..."
"No, no, I don't want your apology, Jiadong, how could you do this? How could you not want me? You can't do this, you said you would listen to me, you said you would marry me, I beg you, please come with me to Dongguan Province, okay?!" By the end, Zhong Xiaolan's emotions were a little out of control, and her voice rose two decibels.
She simply couldn't accept this outcome. She had considered that Zhou Jiadong might hesitate, but she never imagined he would refuse!
Zhou Jiadong pursed his lips, withdrawing his hand as if to escape, "I had no choice..."
Zhong Xiaolan refused, "No! There's a way! As long as we go to Dongguan to work, we can be together! Jiadong, look at me, look into my eyes!"
She cupped his face tightly, forcing him to look into her eyes. "Jiadong, please listen to me, okay? Let's go to Dongguan Province. We'll come back when we've made some money, and then you can marry me in style, okay?"
"No, no, if I go with you, my mom will never let me come back..." Zhou Jiadong knew very well that if he really dared to elope with Zhong Xiaolan to Dongguan Province, his mother would never let him into the house again.
Seeing that nothing she said would work, Zhong Xiaolan panicked and blurted out, "If she won't let you come back, then we won't come back! We'll have money, we can rent a place outside, I don't need a wedding, I don't need a dowry, I don't need anything, I just want to be with you, Jiadong, come with me to Dongguan Province, okay?!"
“No…” Zhou Jiadong took a step back and broke free from her grasp.
He no longer avoided her gaze, but his tone lacked its usual gentleness, "Xiao Lan, go back now, and don't come looking for me again."
Zhong Xiaolan could hardly believe it. "What...what did you say?!"
I said, "Let's end things here. Don't come looking for me again."
"Slap!" Zhong Xiaolan slapped him hard across the face, her whole body trembling.
With red eyes, she screamed, "Zhou Jiadong, how could you say such a thing?! How could you do this to me?!"
Zhou Jiadong lowered his head and remained silent.
"Say something!!!" Zhong Xiaolan couldn't accept that everything was out of her control. She stared at Zhou Jiadong, her eyes surging with extreme resentment and anger. He had clearly said that he would listen to her in everything, and he had clearly said that he would marry her!
How can he say "let's break up" now?!
"Xiaolan, please stop pressuring me, okay? Didn't you say the other day that you didn't want to put me in a difficult position? Please stop putting me in a difficult position now, okay? I really have no choice. If you want to blame someone, blame your parents. It's your parents who insisted on a thousand yuan dowry. It's them who are forcing you to marry an old man. If you really don't want to marry him, you can resist. You can report it to the police or go to the Women's Federation!"
Zhong Xiaolan: "..."
Zhong Xiaolan almost couldn't catch her breath.
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